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"We had our own case of the freak suspension of the predator-prey relationship. We had a mouse that lived for several weeks with the vipers. While other mice dropped in the terrarium disappeared within two days, this little brown Methuselah built itself a nest, stored the grains we gave it in various hideaways and scampered about in plain sights of the snakes. It finally met its end in a curious way: a young viper bit it. Was the viper unaare of the mouse's special status? Unsocialized to it perhaps? Whatever the case, the mouse was bitten by a young viper but devousered--and immediately--by an adult. If there was a spell, it was broken by the young one.
"What could be the explaination for zoomorphism?I believe the answer lies in something I mentioned earlier, that measure of madness that moves life in strange but saving ways
"I'm sure even the adult viper, as it swallowed the mouse, must have felt somewhere in its undeveloped mind a twinge of regret, a feeling that something greater was just missed, an imaginative leap away from the lonely, crude reality of a reptile."

~excerpt from Life of Pi

lol at "Mongeese killed my brother"
Love the colors and the mice on the sleeve.

I really love the color scheme, all the different purples, help bring out the cream color of the mice.

turned out great $5

this really is amazing. i love the story it tells. the color choices are fantastic too.
$5. really hope they print this.

great placement on the shirt! I like the colors, too. Great job!

not a fan of the wrap around, but love the design

very clever, i agree with chelly about the wrap-around.

I loved Life of Pi, and this design is nice.

beautiful

Really love the story. Well done!

love the design! life of pi is a great book ... 5$

nice

Haha, that reminds me of this news article.

Hey, that's actually similar to something I linked to in my critique! Haha nice too see that zoomorphism is recognized by the news media.

Anyway so I didn't realize that it would only take Threadless like...a few hours to approve my design (seriously I waited for a week each for my other ones). So here is the link for closeups and a brown color option!

And many thanks to everyone who's scored so far!!

Oh and I acknowledge that I misspelled a few things in the quote from Life of Pi. I am a very bad typer, especially at 3 in the morning.

The way that there are images in the loops of the sake and the placement of it made me think it was some kind of weird intestines at first.

I'm not a fan of the design, but the story was extremely interesting. Thanks for that!

bump

Interesting stuff. I like that you tell a story on the shirt.
Not entirely sure I would wear it personally, but I'm picky about the position of prints on shirts and how thick the ink is, cuz sometimes something low or too big irritates me.

But cool shirt and design overall, 4.

I think this is very cool. I like the purple and gold together, very nice.

I LOVE mice and I love this. If it doesn't get printed, I may cry. I love the "Wanna be friends?" in the mouse's tail... Ah! The purple is amazing, but I'm not a big fan of the wrap... I'd buy one for me and one for my boyfriend if the placement was different. $5!

I really must protest...

"Mongeese" is not a word. You'd think so, but it isn't.

The plural can be either "mongoose" or "mongooses."

Apart from that, the shirt is just too busy, and the print on the back is too small for anyone to read without coming right up behind you.

I think it's cute and deep all at once! 5555$

@cunningsoapman: The plural of mongoose can be mongeese or mongooses. Believe me I looked it up before making the final version.

Thanks for all the comments so far! I'm keeping critiques in mind too, so hopefully I can keep improving my designs!

This is fantastic, one of the best shirts i've seen...i adore the colours and the story just adds to its awesomeness.

A must buy if it gets printed. Which it should.

I really like the idea behind it. I like how the words are inside the coils and all. Sad about the mouse, though.

I think the story is more interesting than the design.

i can't believe it scored so low!!! that is so sad. i can tell you worked on this for ages. if i could print it i would.

:(

aww thanks diulf!

this is really good. =] gluck

Again, a punishing score? : ( The Life of Pi was a really good book, and I love your quote and the way it ties in with this unique and charming design. I think it would have looked even better larger on the shirt and placed more in the center. Anyway, better luck with all your future subs, you have real talent!