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The Folly Of Youth

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Aug 22 '07
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2.65 from 2,199 votes
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fatheed

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by fatheed   
This is my submission for the Purple Rain theme. You see the young fella on the right is laughing (perhaps at his melting elders) - ignorant of his own impending demise! It's about the inevitability of death and the optimism of youth.



I'd say that's pretty deep.
maxattack
maxattack on Aug 22 '07
lawl. i lovvee it! 5
slaterock
   slaterock on Aug 22 '07
damn you fatheed! No more good subs. NO MORE! $5.
Momentarily
Momentarily on Aug 22 '07
never thought id use these two words together in a sentence but: deep and adorable! ;)
courtney pie
courtney pie on Aug 22 '07
man, this is really deep. (love the wax in the eye detail!)
Luke...
   Luke... on Aug 22 '07
haha, light it up!
Ste7en
   Ste7en on Aug 22 '07
I would have liked to see some wrinkles or other signs of age on the elder candles, but it is deep and well done anyway
wotto
   wotto on Aug 22 '07
looks good on the tee.
Kookaberry
   Kookaberry on Aug 22 '07
Can the young candle have some hip shades or something? I saw this as a penile reference rather than an age thing. But my mind's perpetually in the toilet I guess. It's all TV's fault I tells ya! I'm still deathly envious of your drawing skillz though.
ALIADOTONY
   ALIADOTONY on Aug 22 '07
ME LIKE VERY MUCH! $5
ai illusora
ai illusora on Aug 22 '07
another awesome one!
jess4002
jess4002 on Aug 22 '07
5$
Mr Rocks
   Mr Rocks on Aug 22 '07
cool work again
funkie fresh
   funkie fresh on Aug 22 '07
hilariously well drawn
jpiatt
   jpiatt on Aug 22 '07
jebus, this is genius!!!!!
cellspin
cellspin on Aug 22 '07
tee hee 5$
BrandonB11
BrandonB11 on Aug 22 '07
great great stuff
bad_nobe
   bad_nobe on Aug 23 '07
nice work man.
kooky love
   kooky love on Aug 23 '07
GREAT $5
burgz
burgz on Aug 23 '07
love the message in this...nice

kingforaday
kingforaday on Aug 23 '07
wow, fatheed, you should be a profit.



$5
lemonalle
lemonalle on Aug 23 '07
well done!
littlem
littlem on Aug 23 '07
nice work!
Bisparulz
   Bisparulz on Aug 23 '07
nice 5$
mezo
   mezo on Aug 23 '07
Threadless loves evil & cute combined together...and you know how to do it so well.
mrwalrusface
   mrwalrusface on Aug 24 '07
Awesome job again on the concept and execution
FRICKINAWESOME
   FRICKINAWESOME on Aug 24 '07
Oh...i thought you were saying the folly of youth as in the young kids were burning themselves as the elder sat and laughed, which didn't strike me particularly funny. Now i get it and it's all the more neato. As Ste7en already stated, please put some things on the each candle to designate they are old/young. After this has happended, I'm $'ing all over this!
courtney pie
courtney pie on Aug 24 '07
but doesn't a burned down candle imply oldness, and being so tall imply that he was just lit?
ImNoLo
ImNoLo on Aug 25 '07
i think courtney pie missed something...



anyways, i rather love this shirt. I'd like it better if the two older ones had laugh lines or wrinkles or something, but it's not even needed to make this great.
Ava Adore
Ava Adore on Aug 25 '07
great, love the colours

$5
Jemae
   Jemae on Aug 26 '07
strong message! pretty cute design! 5$! :D
epika pubika
epika pubika on Aug 27 '07
would look great with lower right placement too
courtney pie
courtney pie on Aug 27 '07
ya, i worded that wrong. whatev. we all know what the shirt means.
FVG
FVG on Aug 28 '07
this is about impotence, right?
fatheed
   fatheed on Aug 28 '07
Hahahe. It could be, I guess. Innuendo is in the eye of the beholder. Take from it what you want.
mullmuggins
mullmuggins on Aug 28 '07
Jolly good! $5
applegary
applegary on Aug 28 '07
Way to wax philosophical! Very well done! $5
F.o.d.d.
F.o.d.d. on Aug 28 '07
Impressive
ISABOA
   ISABOA on Aug 28 '07
dude - this sent me spiraling into depression for 5$ seconds
fatheed
   fatheed on Aug 29 '07
Based on the number of comments, I didn't think this was going that well. What a pleasant surprise! Cheers guys :-)
r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus
   r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Aug 29 '07
no diss, but you have a name now, much like glennz or some such...they see your name associated with it and they love it! you're a goldenboy...and that means i hate you...





i keed.
fatheed
   fatheed on Aug 29 '07
Hmmm. Not all my recent subs have scored as well, so I don't think that's really the case. When I did the WIP for this - I said I was going for the popular cute tragic comedy concept because I know a lot of the voters have a soft spot for this kind of thing. I think if anyone else did this concept, the score would be about the same.
impossibleoctopus
   impossibleoctopus on Aug 29 '07
but you do have a name...you're up there enough to get a select...so wait...are you doing a select yet?
fatheed
   fatheed on Aug 29 '07
Yeah - I'm experimenting with a concept at the moment
3 days later
sometimessane
sometimessane on Sep 02 '07
looking forward to seeing your select!
jublin
   jublin on Sep 04 '07
haha didnt see this one while it was up for voting. very funny fatHEAD. very funny indeed.
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