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Breakdanceres are Upside-down Ballerinas

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Dec 13 '07
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by DorianDantes
Yeah, it's an artist's model. I like them and I origionally planned to use a wood grain simlar to an old submission of mine but I decided not to in the end. I like the blue one, but the purple one looked kinda nice too, a bit girly perhaps, but as half the world happens to be lady-folk I figure it works.
burgz
burgz on Dec 13 '07
so true....
polkadotpanda90
polkadotpanda90 on Dec 13 '07
This is neat.
Twiggyhall
Twiggyhall on Dec 13 '07
I really like this!
loveaslaughter
loveaslaughter on Dec 13 '07
hahahahaha. Def. love the concept. Dark purple would be lots better.
silent1643
silent1643 on Dec 13 '07
interesting... i like it

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nikolina100
nikolina100 on Dec 13 '07
great idea!
Pookiepookstar
Pookiepookstar on Dec 13 '07
Clever!



I'd like to see it on different coloured T's, and the illustration a little bolder. Then you'd get $5!
Bio-bot 9000
Bio-bot 9000 on Dec 13 '07
whoa! this would be a bazillion times better if you hard actual ballerinas on the bottom and break-dancers on top, with just the poses mirrored. mannequins are cool and all, but they make it seem too "artificial"
lxyt
lxyt on Dec 13 '07
nice! good point. never thought about that, but definitely true.
thamuffingal
thamuffingal on Dec 14 '07
I like this the way it is. simple. but I do agree that it is too cool of a design to be on baby blue errr pink. $5 from me though
DorianDantes
DorianDantes on Dec 14 '07
I see that the color is an issue for some. If you guys want to give me some specific ideas for color preference, and a general consensus can be reached then maybe threadless will let me change the colors if it wins. So throw out some shirt/dancer colors and lets see.
nate_davis
nate_davis on Dec 14 '07
Agreed, so much of the humor is in the title. Without the title it's merely a cool graphic treatment--might be too subtle without the title.
rawr_kaboom
rawr_kaboom on Dec 14 '07
I love the whole idea, the tee's pretty neat too
KM3
KM3 on Dec 14 '07
Submit it as a slogan, it might do better. I think it's clever.
simastrick
simastrick on Dec 14 '07
The concept is great, but not obvious enough without the title.
alexabexis
alexabexis on Dec 14 '07
It's a great concept but I think the execution needs to be clearer - like what Bio-bot said.
FRICKINAWESOME
   FRICKINAWESOME on Dec 15 '07
Bio-bot 9000 on Dec 13 '07

whoa! this would be a bazillion times better if you hard actual ballerinas on the bottom and break-dancers on top, with just the poses mirrored. mannequins are cool and all, but they make it seem too "artificial"




I was gonna type that, thanks for saving me the time bio bot!
opendestiny
opendestiny on Dec 15 '07
I wish the ballerinas had tu-tus, and maybe some pling, or a hat or something for the breakdancers.
beedrill
beedrill on Dec 16 '07
Needs title.
DorianDantes
DorianDantes on Dec 16 '07
Thanks for all the feedback. I guess i should have submitted it as a critique because I can't change any of this stuff and resubmit now right?
DaveSmith
DaveSmith on Dec 16 '07
You can resubmit later when you have your design worked out.



you could use a Ballet font and a break dancer font to do your characters easily.



Ballet Font



Theres also a good Breakdancer font on Abstractfonts.com called "Superstar Dj".
DorianDantes
DorianDantes on Dec 16 '07
thanks for the help and the fonts.
cindylou
cindylou on Dec 17 '07
This would be better if the breakdancers looked like breakdancers, and the ballerinas looked like ballerinas. It's still cool, but it just looks like you're showing the body mechanics of a dancer or something.
aynee
aynee on Dec 18 '07
haha! very good idea!
fribblemctits
fribblemctits on Dec 19 '07
What a great concept! I wish it wasn't with those wooden model things, I'm so sick of seeing them.
gtoast99
gtoast99 on Dec 19 '07
rework and resub. such a good idea!
rekreation
rekreation on Dec 19 '07
cool!
BlueEmu
BlueEmu on Dec 19 '07
....My world has been rocked by this T-shirt.



Rework it PLEAAAAAASEE! maybe full silouette?
Eowyn_twl
Eowyn_twl on Dec 19 '07
nice concept. For myself I would have preferred more realized figures instead of the artists model, but that's just me.

Good job!



Maybe you could have a look?

http://www.threadless.com/submission/144772/Valkyrie
DorianDantes
DorianDantes on Dec 19 '07
so, the consensus is that people want realistic silhouettes and different colors. For the silhouettes, do you want them to be breakdancers up top and the same image mirrored on the bottom? Or do you want ballarina silhouettes on the bottom. I will also make the bottom more prominent and less like a shadow as well as try to work the text into the design perhaps.
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