I find blood to be an overused design element, but I felt it was appropriate in this case.

is patriotism defined by shooting george washington in the head?

Irony my friend, irony.

at least you recognize blood is over used but still we need to move beyond the age of irony. I dont hate this image its solid for the most part but its all been said before and your deisgn is only so-so so your bringing nothin "great" to the table i mean it looks like you understad the basics of deisgn so i think yo ushould be able to either push this farther or say something alittle more powerful or personal. I mean whats better a good plat with nothing on it...no wait i F$#$-ed up, whats a good plate with nothing on it?

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9to5ian.. so american's DO understand Irony? hmmm

Yes, I was wondering what threadless' users from throughout the world would think about this. I mean, I made it from an American point of view and didn't really consider it's implications internationally.

this is lowbrow irony at best.

By the way, DeFCoN, that last line is the best thing you have ever said. Kevin Smith represent!

i'm sure non americans would think this is very boring.

What the fuck? Irony? I don't get it. Am I missing somthing? I think this is by far the most retarded design i have seen yet, at least use Lincoln or Kennedy. Washington? If your goal was to get a rise out of someone good job.



stupid idea!!! "0"

Wow, I don't what to say there, Gadbois. I mean, there have been a lot of stupid designs on here, but that was just harsh. No matter, perhaps my sadistic sense of humor is just too strange.



Besides, using a president that was actually assassinated would make no sense at all. I'm not out to create a t-shirt that coincides with your history textbook. There is a certain poignancy in uses the first, most respected and revered president of the United States of America.



And besides, I like controversy.

not really controversial, not really ironic, no reallly political, not very clever. I'm sure in your head you meant well or had a decent message but you haven't got it across here at all.

this is very boring,your argue is stupid.

don't waste your time on this page put a 0 and get lost !

So is the gun firing at the target and hitting Washington, or is Washington the target? And how does he bleed so much if he doesn't even have a neck? We need to know!

its not ironic. look it up in a dictionary.

Not liking it... not liking guns.

lol mezzarip.

Maybe it would be ironic if it was Abe Lincoln and not George Washington.



Either way, it makes a very weak statement, if at all.



Design wise - too blocky. Don't like it.

Finally a real design crit- "too blocky"



Thanks. But I still don't see why I would make it a president that was actually assassinated. That would be completely pointless. It probably would be cool if it was Bush, I would like that.

hrm

yeah, i like it.

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Anyone who says it's not ironic is wrong and obviously doesn't know what irony is. this shirt is just way too obvious(which can be funny sometimes) and not very clever. just because it's ironic doesn't mean it's funny or interesting. not that this t-shirt is terrible but i just think you could've played with the concept a bit more.



irony:

1.The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.

2.An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning.

3.A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or rhetorical effect.



-from dictionary.com

huh? Well at least we know that your left and that explains the design.

brendanboo is right. I never claimed that it was the most genius shirt in the world, but it is very obvious irony. I still think it would be a pretty cool shirt, too.

the irony is lost on me.

a person uneducated about american presidents.



i really can't read into it.

from my eyes... i see a man with a victorian hairstyle with a red dot that one assumes to be a gunshot wound

if that's george washington i would never know. (this is a "real" design crit)



if the design is ironic in the sense of saying patriotism when a "president" is being shot...

its an extremely pathetic excuse for irony if i've seen one



american irony is clearly best kept for americans who would know best about their presidents and such

that way the non-americans can be left in their uninformed misogyny