Threadless T-Shirts - The power of words

The power of words

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mgrisham
on Mar 27 '08

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mgrisham on Mar 21 '08

This design uses some illustration along with some typography. It is influenced by the classic 40s poster style during the wwII era. The message is simple, that sometimes our words can be harmful. We have to learn to play nice.

6 days later

djfiraga89 on Mar 27 '08

take out some of the detail on the front of the planes. other than that its very well done.

Truckasauras on Mar 27 '08

I like it all except for the orange ball, remove that and you may have a winner.

KnitMongrel on Mar 27 '08

I really like the concept but I think there's a way to do this so you can eliminate the "words kill" - it's unnecessary if you can get that point across. Also, there don't seem to be any words coming from the planes - only letters. I don't mean to nitpick, just to point out that perhaps if they were full words you could eliminate the "words kill" and people would get it. The concept is fabulous, though.

turbolucy on Mar 28 '08

Terrificlicious. $5 I'd buy it.

kennot on Mar 28 '08

yeah...i think you should remove the orange ball...then i'll buy it.

bellesantori on Mar 28 '08

Aww, i dig the orange ball.. the color combo works well and it ties it all together!! I don't see the necessity to have "words kill" added on there- redundant.

Shiv Katall on Mar 28 '08

Totally dig the orange ball. Leave it. If you took away the orange ball, it wouldn't be a 4$

Ninjason on Mar 28 '08

Awesome shirt - can't wait to buy it - $5

iQuip on Mar 28 '08

you are such a nice person. your hair looks great. 5

loulou33 on Mar 28 '08

really like the type design and colors. 5

admyers on Mar 28 '08

Your shirt is awesome- I can't wait to buy it!

bridgetdmyers on Mar 28 '08

Congrats-what a great shirt!!!

booday on Mar 28 '08

I think the design is awesome and the concept is cool! I would definitely buy this t-shirt, you need to leave it alone - don't change a thing including the color or the words!

stevenEatsCats on Mar 29 '08

i like the idea a lot. but just a suggestion: add some letters flying out of the area of impact... like shrapnel. it kinda gives it a more of a bang. And a minor detail but i'd like it much more with a different colored circle. maybe green or another shade of darker blue. nevertheless, 5$.

flinghead on Mar 29 '08

If you take out the orange ball, I think it'll look great, but if you're going to just leave it there, I don't think it'll look that good on blue. Yellow, maybe?

eagleflight7777 on Mar 29 '08

Read all the above comments. I also thought maybe you should have words coming out, then I decided it would wind up being an angry biggotted T. Soooo, leave it be. Your message says it best. We need to learn to play nice.

denkol on Mar 29 '08

I really like the repetition of the planes. but yes- the orange circle is too distracting. maybe make it b/w?

lgoins on Mar 29 '08

i like the orange ball because it holds the elements of the design together...i think some are having problems with it because its so bold compared to everything else...maybe try making it more subtle. great design tho!

annasette on Mar 30 '08

I like this a lot but I would get rid of the "words kill"

snshijuptr on Mar 30 '08

I second knitmongrel

mgrisham on Mar 31 '08

I thought about having the falling letters form words but in the end I thought that might make it a little too complicated. I just wanted it to be a quicker read. I played with removing "words kill" but it felt like the concept needed it. The idea got lost without it.

Thanks for the comments though. I appreciate the thought.

northcutt on Mar 31 '08

This looks great. I'd wear it if it had a different shirt color.

Maku-chan on Apr 01 '08

we'll just have to agree to disagree here, but words only have power if you give them power. And I actually grew up threw some nasty discrimination and I'll take words over violence any day of the week.

jmayle on Apr 01 '08

maybe if the falling words would spell out mean things like "ugly" or "Fat", or stuff like that, and take out the words kill. This design has a good point, just needs a lil more attention.4.