I have designed this piece in the hopes that if it gets printed I will make a large donation to PETA's sister site circuses.com to help stop the animal cruelty that occurs at animal circuses.

Nice idea, and very well done! Might be a bit more clear they're escaping if there were a couple of more elements to set the scene - maybe a circus tent below, with the ringmaster chasing after the rope? Looks great though.

thanks if it doesn't win then I will consider that

4$ but maybe have the monkey holding the end of the rope?

Nice use of such a limited color palette, though the halftone is kinda throwing me off. Might work better on simulated process.

Cute! I would wear it.

i love this, and the cause especially. however i think that if it doesn't win you should include more about the conditions of circuses- chains or a mean circus master waving his stick (do they use sticks?) but while keeping the cuteness of the overall design.

can you find some way to donate a portion of the profits to the charity?

I would actually like to see the title written on the back in that font. The phrasing has an old-timey movie feel.

If it had nothing to do with PETA I would give it 5 'cause I like the design. PETA though is full of a lot of people who believe/do some scary/hypocritical things. (check out Penn and Teller's BullSh** episode on PETA if you can). So I won't vote on this one.

mirdreams, I agree with you about PETA, however I think the cause is what is important. I am not vegan, and consider myself not to be over the top with my beliefs, I just thought this one part of PETA is worth getting behind

voespero, I will definitely look into adding chains, and had already thought of an angry ringmaster with a bull hook, I will work on it