Scoring finished:
152 days ago
Submitted on:
Mar 24 '08
Scored by:
1,899 people
Comments:
111 comments
Final average score:
2.70 out of 5
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You are sick with the skills $5
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slaterock on Mar 24 '08 so gorgeous. so gorgeous. $5.
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This is lovely. I love the fluidity of the image - the elongated tail, the doppelganger positioning of fox and crow and the little details like the rushes in the background.
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very, very nice! 5$
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yea dis goooood
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BlameTheSuburbs on Mar 25 '08 Cool to see you use your style with such different subject matter.
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Ray, you are the king of Crow Mountain!.. er, Fox Mountain! ;)
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Andreas Mohacsy on Mar 25 '08 colours
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that bold black line around the fox really makes it pop in the foreground
( can you tell I've been watching some of your videos ? ) |
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I like it but what the heck is with the falling cheese?
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It's from one Aesop's fables, Freyanator.
And this is awesome. $5! |
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polynothing on Mar 25 '08 $5 lovely!
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darn you ray frenden with your easy-to-use flash presentation and great design!
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WanderingBert on Mar 25 '08 Awesome! Colours are great.
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beesneak on Mar 25 '08 Beautiful work!
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xiaobaosg on Mar 25 '08 very cool~!!
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olie! on Mar 25 '08 Stylish, Ray. Very stylish.
I wish I had read Aesop's Fables, 'cause I don't really get the falling cheese thing otherwise. Good job on this. |
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I don't get it, but it's a sick design you have in there! very nice!
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Very nice and awsome made!!!
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bsmana on Mar 25 '08 gorgeous indeed.
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Ray Frenden on Mar 25 '08 It's a from Aesop's fable about the fox and crow:
A fox once saw a crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree. "That's for me, as I am a fox," said Master Reynard, and he walked up to the foot of the tree. "Good-day, Mistress Crow," he cried. "How well you are looking to-day: how glossy your feathers; how bright your eye. I feel sure your voice must surpass that of other birds, just as your figure does; let me hear but one song from you that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds." The crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox. "That will do," said he. "That was all I wanted. In exchange for your cheese I will give you a piece of advice for the future: "Do not trust flatterers." I tried to post it in the description, but I think the form didn't accept blockqoute html tags. |
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This is stunning, and thanks for posting the fable. I'd forgotten that one. :) $5 for sure.
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Laser Bread on Mar 25 '08 nice -5
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love this
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Ray Frenden on Mar 25 '08 Thanks, peoples!
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steven218 on Mar 25 '08 good job ray. you really went all out on the presentation didn't you dude?!!
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Ray Frenden on Mar 25 '08 Steven, I have a much better presentation storyboarded out. I just haven't had a chance to do it yet!
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great work Ray! love your linework, very fluid $5
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Fantastic illustration... I'll always remember that fable now. (Of course, I'll remember it even better when I have it on a t-shirt...)
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I think the music note looks out of place, and isn't really needed. Other than that though, very good.
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0Jim0 on Mar 25 '08 I hope you left your pants at home; because there are going to be a lot of people stroking you @#&$. I hope that people give you an honest response.
I think it's a great design; but it's not really working for me on the shirt, I think it would make a much better print. it's very bottom heavy and some of the details would be lost in the folds of the shirt. The only other issue I have is the size of the tree (bottom portion vs the top portion) and thats just me being critical. Like I said, great illustration; but better as a print! |
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Raid71 on Mar 25 '08 Great illustration, love the story behind it
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Ray Frenden on Mar 25 '08 Thanks, Raid!
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nice! 5$!
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Edword on Mar 25 '08 cool!
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so awesome dude! loved watching your video for this, it came out great! $5
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Ray Frenden on Mar 25 '08 I should probably post a link to that, eh? Heh.
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Ray Frenden on Mar 25 '08 |
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print! 5
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alvarejo on Mar 25 '08 wich software did you use? Illustrator? It doesn't look like Illustrator
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alvarejo on Mar 25 '08 and $5 by the way!!! terrific
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*waits for mr domino to comment*
effin awesome! and sweat presentation to boot. |
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sonmi on Mar 25 '08 yesyesyesyes
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Ray Frenden on Mar 25 '08 Alvarejo, my blog has a bunch of videos on using Manga Studio. I really like it's inking tools. Akin to using a real brush and ink!
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Ray Frenden on Mar 25 '08 I can't wait for our collab, Sonmi!
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sonmi on Mar 25 '08 me neither!! i'm brainstorming dinosaur-related themes right now.
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Ray Frenden on Mar 25 '08 Me too!
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Great presentation and I'm loving the content...reminds of being a kid. Nice.
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yowsers!
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The music note is totally appropriate. Everything's perfect. Plz to not change a thing kthxbai. $5
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greatness
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that's some crazy-good presentation and self advertising
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Mr Rocks on Mar 25 '08 Nice work dude.
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Ray Frenden on Mar 25 '08 Thanks, dudes!
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hey_barn on Mar 25 '08 Superb style man!
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It is up! hurrah!
indeed, it is beatiful |
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jstumpenhorst on Mar 25 '08 beautiful work ray!!!
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dacat on Mar 25 '08 Top-notch $5
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that's a crazy long foxtail! I love it, though I would have liked to see it on a model... as 0jim0 said, it looks really nice flat here, but I wonder how it would actually look on a shirt.
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Ray Frenden on Mar 25 '08 |
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print. $5
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Love it.
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I adore Aesop's Fables! (As well as amazing graphics!) $5
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the only thing I would change is the music note. Crows don't really have a beautiful song, it's more of a screechy "Caw" sound. Otherwise I love everything about this.
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WhitneyBeth on Mar 26 '08 fantastic as always. $5.
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phantastic $5
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Ray Frenden on Mar 26 '08 Sunshine, if you read the fable, the crow's "song" is directly related.
Thanks, all! |
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fab fable design. i award 100 bobbins
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Ray Frenden on Mar 26 '08 That's a lot of bobbins!
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What a lovely design! =3
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franx on Mar 27 '08 finesse job!
the link you posted showing it on an actual shirt looks fantastic! the flat one doesn't do it justice. very very nice. |
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Ray Frenden on Mar 27 '08 My future templates will have a photo too. Just to make things clear as possible.
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LOVE. $5
This was one of my favorite stories; I believe Richard Scarry also illustrated it in one or more of his books and this brings back memories!!! |
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Ray Frenden on Mar 27 '08 Richard Scarrey is my favorite kid's book author (okay, disclaimer: he's the only one I know).
I was obsessed with his little animals as a kid. |
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nice :)
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I don't understand the cheese...!!
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Ray Frenden on Mar 27 '08 It's explained in the comments. It's from a fable by Aesop.
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love this, but the presentation is too complicated
its almost a website in itself |
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i lovvvve that story!! i love aesop's fables actually.. more, you should design more! i love it! $5
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Ray Frenden on Mar 27 '08 I plan on making an art book if not more shirts. I love the fables too. Even the obscure ones that don't get repackaged for children.
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Ray Frenden on Mar 28 '08 Any thoughts on the presentation? I see a couple of people think it's complicated.
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im not quite sure how you could make the presentation any easier or user friendly, really.
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Yes please. And navigation is easy.
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Ray Frenden on Mar 28 '08 Okay, cool. I tried to make the icons match the existing Threadless UI. I was hoping that a minimal number of buttons and a help screen would quell all naysayers.
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Sweet! Great colors & linework.
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The presentation is really well done. Same goes for the design. 5.
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Ray Frenden on Mar 28 '08 Okay, cool. I am working on a lossless gradient mesh for the background of the presentation. It will better simulate the image (a movie clip of the design) against a shirt.
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I have read the fable. I thought she sang a loud "caw". The note makes it look like she's actually making music.
I watched your video and thought it was very interesting. |
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love the way you color. Love the background too, great work
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Bisparulz on Mar 28 '08 wow, very well done. 5$
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Ray Frenden on Mar 28 '08 Sunshine, I chose to show the crow reveling in her own delusion. Individual perception vs. the collective unconscious. That sorta thing.
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a jagged speech bubble might make it look more like a screechy sound. sorry to nag. Overall, I love this design, the movement is really great and the triangle between the crow, the cheese and the fox's head is great... your eye just moves from one to the other seemlessly and you take in the whole story.
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I just realized that I was still harping on my own idea after appologizing for doing so. just feel free to ignore the first sentence in my comment above.
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Ray Frenden on Mar 28 '08 That was my goal. I had to make the line widths on the fox really thick to give him appropriate visual significance. Similarly, the crow's total blackness helps her contrast with the background, lending her importance. The cheese kind of fills the visual gap between them and, hopefully, the receding width of the tree and the speed lines help lead the eye the right way.
I like criticisms! Quickest way to learn. |
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LOVE
$ FIVE $ |
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Awwww, i have always loved that story! Great job, it looks amazing! Wonderfully done!
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Ray Frenden on Mar 28 '08 Merzi, thanks. I've always dug that story as well.
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Very awesome!
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Beautiful! It's so fluid $5
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Gorgeous design! $5
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I can't believe people didn't know about this... it's good 4$
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Now this is Cool -- Amazing style! 5$
Great color. I love the Crow. Wow! |
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Whoa!! This is crazy good!!! $$$ 555 really beautiful!
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Its been said, but I'll say it again, it always looks nicer when you display the design on an actual shirt. This looks really nice on the shirt.
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Ray Frenden on Mar 29 '08 I'm revising my templates in a few ways. :)
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good stuff 5
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OMG yes! At first it made me think of Chaucer, with Chanticleer and the fox, then I suddenly went 'cheese? Aesop!'
Finally a tee I can make all my lit buddies jealous with. |
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Ray Frenden on Mar 30 '08 Heh, awesome, Sanguinity!
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roadkill3d on Mar 30 '08 Fables=New Black 5 all around.
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Ray Frenden on Mar 31 '08 Ah. The final push to the sun.
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alvarejo on Mar 31 '08 PRINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ray Frenden on Apr 01 '08 Yay. My highest score yet!
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Wait - the ONLY children's author you know??? We must meet so we can discuss the wonderfulness of Shel Silverstein, then. Granted, he's really more of a children's poet... Ah, well.
I still want this to print. Then I will force my children to wear it while I recount the story. Bwuahahaha. |
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Edword on Apr 01 '08 nice score!!
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So, Ray... how did you create this wonderful Flash file? You actually have time to ActionScript AND draw?! You're... you're... not human!
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Ray Frenden on Apr 01 '08 Yeah, I made it. :)
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Congratz, nice score.
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fatheed on Apr 01 '08 Yeay! Nice score, Ray
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Ray Frenden on Apr 01 '08 Thanks. I wasn't sure, so I started checking what other shirts have scored. I think this ain't that shabby.
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not a bad score at all! ^5
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Congrats on the sweet score! Missed this, but a belated 5$. Wonderful design, looks like a must-print.
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My word, I wish this had been printed... it's lovely, has elegance and a great meaning, and happens to use my have color combination-orange and purple-with the perfect accents of green and a great hue of brown as well.
I hope they wise up--not like 2.7 is exactly shabby! |
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Ray Frenden on Aug 28 '08 Thanks! I dig this one a lot, truth be told.
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