Print Method: simulated process for photographic image.
Loves Threadless Theme: Midnight Movie

Yes, must be a VERY short film.
I hope the relation to the the theme is self-explanatory. Sometimes great experiences last only for half a nano second. "10th Annual" can be taken out if no one like it on the movie ticket.

omg this shirt is the best i've seen today
love it!

The concept is solid and it looks like a gorgeous photograph. However it's just that, a beautiful photo on a shirt and I am not sure how I feel about that, especially on a site like this. Also the one kernel kind of looks like ice cream to me. That is what I thought at first.

I concur with .MINUS., well typed.

did you take the picture?

It would make a great million dollar campaigne!

I can't wait to see how this shirt does here. I like it.

This shirt is awsome, go for the lower placement. 5 and print!

not the lower placement!!! looks kind of...um...not such a good place for the guys.especially on this photo where he's sitting down.khm.maybe it's just me :)

not the lower placement!!! looks kind of...um...not such a good place for the guys.especially on this photo where he's sitting down.khm.maybe it's just me :)

^good question. I have to hold off scoring until I know if you took the photo or not.

Ditto.

i love the concept but i'm not into the photo realism...also i hear you guys on the ice cream...but the tub looks like KFC

I like the lower placement. :]

Yes, the photo was taken by myself after days and days of preparation and conceptual brainstorming.

nice!

its a great idea and if it was made into a more cartoony way so that it was only 8 colors it would be AMAZING
i LOVE the idea
and it looks great on the chest area

The photographic style is more persuasive in portraying the small kernel. An illustration may mislead viewers into thinking it's just a large bucket with a large kernel... thanks for the comments everyone. Keep them coming!

you could make this into an illustration, itd be tought, but doable

How did you light that kernel. What was the audition process?

cool $5

In the middle, not botton. Like this shirt alot $5 print!

HAHA, wish-ga, your question is so amusing! The audition process? OMG LOL! Well, I went to Whole Foods Market and Trader Joe's, and purchased bags and bags of popcorn. I went through every kernel looking for one that was round and nicely puffed (I must've gone through 1000s). The rejected kernels went to kids who couldn't care less about the appearance.

I used two sources of light for the kernel, one on each of its sides, using GE Reveal bulbs. A faint, third light source was used for lighting the background.

I like. $5
http://www.threadless.com/critique/11722/Idea_Sonar

$5 ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! Definite buy for me.

Pretty cool.

looks like man walkin' on the moon,good looking!!
----------------5!

nice photo

threadless cant print this or do they?
its not threadless style, its the first photograph i've seen here

upper placement for sure

THANKS

stop spamming, please.

very nice

damn! can this be printed? so fuckin' real!

iDanSimpson on Dec 21 '07
stop spamming, please.

yes! thank you iDan for adressing that!

I like the idea. Not so much how the design is centered though. And photo realism doesnt do too well on threadless i think. Maybe if this was hand drawn/colored. neat though.

it's very interesting, i'd like to see that on a shirt.

Does it was a joke when you ask me to draw for you?
If not, we could talk about it

that's hilarious. Dude send that in!

Really nice... I'm intrigued to see how it'll actually look printed on a shirt.

Hey Love the Shirt, so where can i get one?

I dig the concept and how it looks, just don't know if I'd wear it, but say if this was used as a shirt from an actual short film festival, I'd get it, same if it was a poster for an actual film festival I attended, I'd hang it up. So 5 for the design but unfortunitly I think it'd need some personal or historical context for me to move over to $5

This is amazing. I can imagine the attention it'd get if I wear this around. Great idea, great execution, good luck.

I'm much more of a photographer than a drawing type artist myself and if you took this yourself, I commend you on setting foot in new territory with the simulated process. I say fooey on the people that are insisting that you should make it into an 8 color doodley type design. It's a photograph for a reason and these comments smack of narrowmindedness to me. Embrace new things people!

Kookaberry is right. Like I blogged-commented to someone earlier, isn't this the reason why threadless is offering more print options? It's suppose to be taken advantage of!

i love it on the the low print, looks solid. well done, and nice photography

Haha! Awesome. I like the higher print better.

Sounds like you stared something jimmiko.

Consider this insightful quote from the preeminent designer Milton Glaser when the old school designer and illustrator purists were railing against the computer.

“The form-making impulse is so powerful in human behavior that even the most incomprehensible technology eventually becomes usable as an instrument of the imagination. One has to remain optimistic about this and not simply deplore changes. Some older practitioners view these changes as both dangerous and a reduction of artistic quality and basically say that this new stuff is all trash. Many young people feel they are being criticized and held in contempt. This separation hurts the field and the sense of generosity and professional friendliness that should characterize our practice.”

Now, I'm for peaceful coexistence, but not if it means conformity. Jimmiiko had an original idea that he originally executed, we don't have to like it but we do have to respect his honest attempt.

I happen to think it's a very strong concept that was beautifully executed and will give it 5$. However, after hearing Kookaberry blkstim, and others, I would vote five even if I hated it.

SORRY!
well guys i hate to ruin your happiness but this concept has already seen the light of day.Namely,this was the official campaign for 54."Belgrade documentary and short film festival" with the sentence:"popcorns make you fat".
it is very good idea and I'm sure that it is idea that you came by yourself,but it was already made.
here is the official website of the festival:
http://kratkimetar.fest.org.yu/2007/

proja, thanks for sharing, but aside from the one kernel imagery, I do not see how their concept is related or even similar to mine. The context is completely different. The tag line there is "popcorn makes you fat" whereas my tag line is "short film." Furthermore, how does their image tie in with their tag line? I can't help but feel that this is only an insult, simplifying my concept.

How on earth is this only 8 colors?

It's actually only 4 colors I think. It's simulated process. So the colors are layered over another to create millions of hues. Just like a printer.

Kookaberry, thank you for your support of my photographic style. I hope the threadless community can appreciate it as you do.

Not the lower placement. $5

quister's comment ftw.

Well shot? Yes.

Original? No.

http://www.coloribus.com/admirror/mini_packs/

99 times out of a hundred, photographs on tshirts look wack, this is no different i'm afraid

Thanks for the examples Flippinheck -- I haven't seen these ads before.

I suppose great minds think alike, and there really isn't anything new in the world, only how we express old ideas in our own ways.

sorry I really didn't want to insult you.
But then again I think that you are wrong because this image was used for SHORT film festival,and not to tell people to eat less popcorns.Like i said idea is great and I think that is really yours but like you said there is anything new in the world.(then again once you think you have original idea it is very easy to check if it is original-use internet)
cheers!

Newton and Leibniz discovered calculus at the same time. Einstein and Poincare published papers on relativity within months of each other. Picasso and Braque discovered cubism independently of each other. And so it goes. And when you think about it, minaturization and reduction are common catalysts in the act of creation. Weru makes sound proof windows and their ads feature tiny jack hammers, lawn mowers and musical instruments in the hands of real-sized people. A volvo made out of a safety pin, A Jeep car key with a mountain range replacing the key ridges, Jif peanut butter jars in a shell, replacing peanuts, etc., etc. In the end some of us will think that jimmiiko came up with his idea independently of the examples that proja and Flippinheck have put forward and others will not. In the end we'll all vote and the threadless community will have its say. Cool.

Great, make sure it's printed low!

great photograph but no something i would wear on t-shirt

2 girls 1 cup?

re: support

No problem, jimmiko =)

http://www.coloribus.com/admirror/mini_packs/

nice concept!

Thanks Z35. I am reminded of this quote: "You're special, like everyone else."

It's unfortunate that we're not exactly unique from everyone else. The thoughts we have that we think are unique to ourselves are shared with thousands of others, and the appearance hold can probably be spotted elsewhere around the world...

For the record, my work was done without having seen those ads or anything similar. I came up with this in my art class after brainstorming.

And to proja, I am sorry for accusing you of being insulting.

nice concept for an add, but doesnt work on a tshirt.

No problem:)

I like that this is just a picture...

Thanks!

go for the lower placement, and i give it a $5

Just one more day... it's torture waiting!

you fail.

it's like having portal to another world on your chest ;)