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Explodingbears

About my design

by Explodingbears
shminta
shminta on Apr 25 '08
very nancy sinatra inspired....love it!
ginetteginette
   ginetteginette on Apr 25 '08
shots resulting in butterflies has been done here, but i like yours a lot more because i hate silhouettes.

http://www.threadless.com/product/114/Flowers_in_the_Attic
whoiszozobrinks
whoiszozobrinks on Apr 25 '08
want it! $5!
ginetteginette
   ginetteginette on Apr 25 '08
silhouettes, i just dislike the older one.

4.
ginetteginette
   ginetteginette on Apr 25 '08
argh, "silhouettes" was supposed to be striked out there^. i'll just give up now.
bcrider
bcrider on Apr 25 '08
LOL @ ginette



HTML fails me on this site for some reason, too.
ginetteginette
   ginetteginette on Apr 25 '08
^i think it's just the strikeout code. :\
lyssie
lyssie on Apr 25 '08
i like the other blood butterfly one better the figures in this one are drawn poorly
ginetteginette
   ginetteginette on Apr 25 '08
^are you kidding? there's not one bit of this that is drawn poorly, it's just stylized and cartoon looking.
DivineAna
DivineAna on Apr 25 '08
I... like it. I sort of wish the little cowboy was more obviously crumpling to the ground...
helo
helo on Apr 25 '08
I think the concept behind this one is much better than the

concept behind Flowers In the Attic, but I'm still debating in my mind

if the cartoon style weakens the power behind it

when compared to a style that portrays the figures

in a more realistic manner. Since the answer to the

my mental debate stays hidden, then I think the

cartoon style works just fine.
cyanidee
cyanidee on Apr 25 '08
my baby shot me downn
Explodingbears
Explodingbears on Apr 25 '08
Thanks for all the feedback. =) Yeah, someone told me after I had completed this design that there was another butterfly/blood t-shirt.....nuts! I thought my design and concept was different enough though to still enter it into the running.
Sweet.and.Snarky
Sweet.and.Snarky on Apr 26 '08
Bang bang, he shot me down, bang bang I hit the ground, bang bang what an awful sound, bang bang my baby shot me down...



Yeah It is a reversal but reminds me so much of nancy sinatra. I love that song. I love this shirt. hooray.
FRICKINAWESOME
   FRICKINAWESOME on Apr 26 '08
Really awesome idea if you swapped the blood-hearts into something other than butterflies...i love flowers in the attic and i also really enjoy this completely different sub as well....re-submit without the butterfly blood and it's a winner.
Explodingbears
Explodingbears on Apr 26 '08
Cool, thanks for the feedback. I originally had the boy being shot through the head and flowers being blown out the back of his head....but sort of thought this might be a bit violent for everyone's taste. Thought having him shot through the heart, with the hearts merging and flying away was a bit nicer. Hmmm...maybe it needs a re-submit without the hearts joining?
anjrea
anjrea on Apr 26 '08
it's a little weird that they don't have noses
rachmt
rachmt on Apr 26 '08
I like them without noses, Nice work!
delicious cake
delicious cake on Apr 27 '08
Good stuff, you have an awesome style. 4
Woss
   Woss on Apr 27 '08
Badass.
DivineAna
DivineAna on Apr 27 '08
Can you draw a the cowboy's back leg being back behind him, as though he's staggering backwards? I just realized that that's what I think would really improve the design.
Rubb3rDucky
Rubb3rDucky on Apr 27 '08
I was five and he was six

We rode on horses made of sticks

He wore black and I wore white

He would always win the fight
Rubb3rDucky
Rubb3rDucky on Apr 27 '08
^had to add my oen bit from the song -_-
scobot
scobot on Apr 27 '08
neato - 5 $ from me
more.than.ordinary
more.than.ordinary on Apr 28 '08
I like it, I just need to see noses
Explodingbears
Explodingbears on Apr 28 '08
Haha....the missing noses are just part of the illustration style....but I can see the no noses are perhaps holding the image back. =) Noses are overrated really anyway....I mean you can breath out of your mouth, so the nose really has no purpose. I just cut out the middle man.
BettyNZ
BettyNZ on Apr 28 '08
So Sweet...



Chengui
   Chengui on Apr 28 '08
"Shot through the heart,

And you're to blame

Darling, you give love

A bad name."




Nice one.
MusicIsTheOnlyHi
MusicIsTheOnlyHi on Apr 29 '08
this looks like another shirt i saw here... but i like it better than the other one.
Explodingbears
Explodingbears on Apr 30 '08
Hey, thanks. =)
Jueidu
Jueidu on Apr 30 '08
their faces look a bit weird, and the butterflies thing has been done, but I still like it. 4 I think.
quister
   quister on May 01 '08
Totally original idea*, very stylistically rendered. Looks great on the shirt and a terrific first submission. 5





*absolutely no CONCEPTUAL connection to flowers in the attic, none, zero, zip, nada, nil, etc.

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