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Pipe by HugoAraujo

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Submitted on:

Oct 30 '07

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43 comments

Final average score:

2.16 out of 5

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by HugoAraujo

Based on Magritte's work.

Translation:

1- This is not a pipe.

2- This is not a man smoking a pipe.

3- This is not a wife of a man smoking a pipe because she obtained the divorce for she could not take it anymore. My God! That man smokes too much!

:)

kcatbmuht on Oct 30 '07

I like the illustrations, but the words are a little confusing.

polynothing on Oct 30 '07

Love it!

winkypants on Oct 30 '07

I knew I would love it even by your thumbnail. $5

erinpillar on Oct 30 '07

I like the tie to the other threadless tee, the illustrations, and the text. The way they are on a tshirt doesn't quite work for me, but I like everything else... so who knows?!

aust1n on Oct 30 '07

The text ruins it for me. It'd make sense without the words at least I think.

loveily on Oct 30 '07

i like it. i really like the french, but somehow i feel like the fact that there's text takes away from the design? i don't know. i'm having self conflict over it... ignore me...

Mojie on Oct 30 '07

The text does make it look unbalanced, but it would be a bit strange without the text included at all. The theme is funny, the artwork is great, but the whole thing together as is isn't quite working.

Still, I'd give it a 3.

roadkill3d on Oct 30 '07

haha! hilarious!

yare on Oct 30 '07

I think it's obviously a piece of art of such a person that can feel the comedy even in the most obvious things... whatever, I love his artworks...

albinofreak620 on Oct 30 '07

I really like the concept... and I really hope this wins, because I know someone that this would make a great gift for.

KBShakedown on Oct 30 '07

If you don't like the text, then you really don't get what the illustration is referencing. The text is essential.

However, it is unfortunate that another 'This Is Not a Pipe" design has already been printed on Threadless with a more clever approach.

freshview on Oct 30 '07

I wish it was "ceci" n'est pas une pipe which is what it actually is...

PinkyMcCoversong on Oct 30 '07

i agree with freshview - the french is wrong

ZhongArt on Oct 31 '07

freshview is rigth

mype4nut on Oct 31 '07

I would like it if it was proper French.

MoveTheClouds on Oct 31 '07

Me too. Proper French. For instance, it's actually "Ceci n'est pas une pipe," rather than "ce." That is, if I remember correctly from the Magritte painting, and all my high school French classes, anyway.

Cute idea, but somehow it just doesn't work, especially considering that the French isn't grammatically correct. Although the illustrations are BRILLIANT. I would hang onto those and use them for something else.

HugoAraujo on Oct 31 '07

Oups, you are right freshview.
But I can correct it easily if it wins. I don't think this little mistake would be a reason to give a bad grade. Or I will have to re-submit it.
My apologies to French speakers.

etigro on Oct 31 '07

Yes the French is wrong, not so much the "ce n'est pas une pipe" ok in French but a poor tribute to Magritte's "ceci n'est pas une pipe".
"Elle a divorcé pour..." should be "Elle a divorcé parce qu'elle.."
Too much text anyway.

autumn_firefly on Oct 31 '07

cute cute cute

autumn_firefly on Oct 31 '07

fix the French and it would be a high rating for me

GeniusDog on Oct 31 '07

Haha, I love the end there, the "My God! That man smokes too much!"

ottr on Oct 31 '07

Yeah, fix the French. It's clever, though.

The Jolly Brewer on Oct 31 '07

Pure quality!

Ynza on Oct 31 '07

i like it French, or not but i don't so much like the color

lilybutt2419 on Oct 31 '07

Hilarious. I love it.
PRINNTT NOOOWWWW. $$$$5555555

mmanzanox on Oct 31 '07

The question that arises: What are they then? 4$

lcm07 on Nov 02 '07

Magritte is my hero...

love it

FVG on Nov 02 '07

funny, and nice matching illustrations with the idea. fix the french, tho...

theurbanraptor on Nov 02 '07

i lke the style.
lovelery.

gordond on Nov 02 '07

quite funny but the text does need fixing :)

chocolate4jillyz on Nov 03 '07

Too bad I can't understand it?
Good thing you provided translation.
Haha.

OneWheeledWonder on Nov 03 '07

ammmmazzzing.

pl4tine on Nov 04 '07

intéressant mais le texte original est "Ceci n'est pas une pipe".

yeahgarn on Nov 04 '07

Go France! $5!

spiderflux on Nov 05 '07

i like the fact that the text is french, because i don't speak french, and i don't mind a little confusion sometimes, y'know? still pretty easy to see what's up. interesting and different design, well done.

Sport Billy on Nov 05 '07

La formulation de la phrase est douteuse. Lorsque vous écrivez en français, ne vous contentez pas de le faire traduire par Babelfish....

sturdy72 on Nov 05 '07

The text has to be there because they are there in the original piece.

Razorratz on Nov 05 '07

If that's all it took to get rid of your wife mine would have been gone a decade ago. Instead now I developing an alcohol problem!

backgammon on Nov 05 '07

I think that this is amazing. $5 for sure.

CatherineB on Nov 05 '07

hemmm... My first langage is French and I saw some little mistakes in the description of the woman.

I would suggest to you:

"Ce n'est plus l'épouse d'un homme fumant la pipe, puisqu'elle a demandé et obtenu le divorce parce qu'elle ne pouvait plus le supporter. Mon Dieu! Cet homme fume trop!"

Even though is not 100% perfect, this is a better translation to French.