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Oct 24 '08
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Final average score:
2.31 out of 5
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bsweber
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by bsweber   
Threadless Loves Travel.

So anyway, for this contest I thought, 'Hey wouldn't that be cool if I could like draw every country and then draw a line connecting every country to all of its border countries?' and I answered myself, 'Yeah! that would be cool!.'

Go!

Eight thousand hours later I was finished.

193 U.N. recognized countries, plus Antarctica.

Countries in blue are pure island nations--no shared land borders.

Blue sections on black countries mark where a border is created by a major body of water.


Super large front view! Warning, it's super large.


Super large back view!



Special thanks to the amazing Phil (pilihp) for being awesome and making this presentation!!

Also special thanks to Paul (Johnny Baboon) for modeling!
outline
outline on Oct 24 '08
*tries to read paul's passport info*

this is really awesome btw, its like a feast for the eyes. $5
jess4002
jess4002 on Oct 24 '08
terrific! 5$
SoldierofGondor
SoldierofGondor on Oct 24 '08
I really dig the idea and how it looks on the shirt.

5.
ndikol
   ndikol on Oct 24 '08
nice ...
Maltzmania
Maltzmania on Oct 24 '08
soopercool!
foooter
foooter on Oct 24 '08
haha i made a shirt kinda like this one...yours is coooler though. id buy it.
ivejustquitsmoking
   ivejustquitsmoking on Oct 24 '08
crazy awesome!
everything
   everything on Oct 24 '08
Optical-art border wonderland! Awesome job!
MinnieMel
MinnieMel on Oct 24 '08
holy crap
that would have taken forever
well done and well worth it
5$
Ivantobealone
   Ivantobealone on Oct 24 '08
Excellent!! Gets a 5 from me
Tonteau
   Tonteau on Oct 24 '08
Ace. You nailed it really well.
bsweber
   bsweber on Oct 24 '08
thanks everyone! i also forgot to mention that they are all in (roughly) alphabetical order from left to right, top to bottom.
producer
producer on Oct 24 '08
coool
martiandrivein
martiandrivein on Oct 24 '08
SO MUCH WIN!
jym_davis
jym_davis on Oct 24 '08
this is really great. I can really see this as a big gallery print. Very contemporary and sharp
intentionalgreen
intentionalgreen on Oct 24 '08
+5. now that is what i call 'the new world order'. chaotic yet intentional. foreign but compelling. works as a flat abstract form as well as a layered literal concept. it's tee time - i want one
evercurious
evercurious on Oct 24 '08
i love that your are mad enough to do a task like that, and survive. that must have been some undertaking!
theianmachine
theianmachine on Oct 24 '08
Honestly, I think this kind of sucks as a design. I don't even think it is a design. It's a slogan. You subbed it in the wrong place. Just go to slogans and type "go"
SEVEN-HUNDRED
SEVEN-HUNDRED on Oct 24 '08
Mind blowing

I've had a few of those, 'Hey,wouldn't it be cool...' type ideas myself, before realising the epic amount of work involved, and shamefully, never seen them through.

Well done
theianmachine
theianmachine on Oct 24 '08
Where is Rwanda?
t4sh4
t4sh4 on Oct 24 '08
^5!$$
flealicious
flealicious on Oct 24 '08
That's probably one of the coolest things I've seen.
snow day.
snow day. on Oct 24 '08
awesome!
AmyJW
AmyJW on Oct 24 '08
I can't even imagine where I'd start if I was crazy enough to attempt this! I love it though and I want one! p.s. who is that hot model of yours?
polkadotpanda90
polkadotpanda90 on Oct 24 '08
Ridiculous but amazing!
angelito
angelito on Oct 24 '08
YES YES YES! $5
luc415
luc415 on Oct 24 '08
unique! 5
atomic child
atomic child on Oct 24 '08
damn 5
FRICKINAWESOME
   FRICKINAWESOME on Oct 24 '08
Something this cool and well-deatiled and thought out should be illegal and make you legally insane. At least only one of those things are true. Amazing man, just amazing!

5$
endygo.soul
endygo.soul on Oct 25 '08
honestly i hate you.

its going to win.
Andreas Mohacsy
   Andreas Mohacsy on Oct 25 '08
crazy
TangYauHoong
   TangYauHoong on Oct 25 '08
Whoa.. this is a super concept!
$5
Johnny Baboon
   Johnny Baboon on Oct 25 '08
this is great. the attention to detail is sick.

plus, the model is hawt
empiricist
   empiricist on Oct 26 '08
Way cool, look really good!
numpet
numpet on Oct 26 '08
Hats off, just for the effort. And the design. Nice one!
squatterjohn
squatterjohn on Oct 26 '08
It really needs to be on a poster print. That would be awesome. Get on it Threadless!
Mountain Gnome
Mountain Gnome on Oct 26 '08
Wow, what a lot of effort went into this. Great stuff!
ratkiss
ratkiss on Oct 27 '08
whoa, nice job!
SnakeMan
SnakeMan on Oct 27 '08
i would have $$5'd it except the model looks like a turd.
eggagogo
eggagogo on Oct 27 '08
GENIUS
Retroludo
Retroludo on Oct 27 '08
That's obsessively, crazy good
bsweber
   bsweber on Oct 27 '08
gracias! i appreciate y'all's comments :)
encg
encg on Oct 27 '08
I really really like this one... 5!
roadkill3d
   roadkill3d on Oct 27 '08
Ohhhh that looks great on the shirt specially the back
adek_apohan
adek_apohan on Oct 28 '08
fantastic...
Montro
   Montro on Oct 28 '08
unique
SoulfumeInc
SoulfumeInc on Oct 28 '08
wow crazy details my friend. very cool. would make an awesome poster too
SnakeMan
SnakeMan on Oct 28 '08
i want to get this tattooed on my back.

answer key will go on my butt.
Woss
   Woss on Oct 28 '08
Wow!
enjoyit
enjoyit on Oct 29 '08
I would buy this in a second...really. i love it.
$5
tepusz
tepusz on Oct 29 '08
this is so cool
beccapeach
beccapeach on Oct 29 '08
whoa...
sargent
sargent on Oct 29 '08
So BSWEBER, it looks like this design is pretty awesome....
Looks like it took so long that no one saw you for days...
Very creative, I think it is awesome. Hope you win cause I give you a $5, and I would so totally buy this!!!
networkosaka
networkosaka on Oct 29 '08
very nice! :-)
ebolasmallpox
ebolasmallpox on Oct 30 '08
dig it $5
WhitneyBeth
   WhitneyBeth on Oct 30 '08
this is awesome! nicely done.
marblecargirl
marblecargirl on Oct 30 '08
wow, brett! this is amaztastic! eight thousand hours well spent, my friend.
thatwheel
   thatwheel on Oct 30 '08
this is really lovely.
everything
   everything on Oct 31 '08
SO low! should have been much much higher!
bsweber
   bsweber on Oct 31 '08
thanks for your comments everyone!
LINK2DPAST
LINK2DPAST on Oct 31 '08
Wow... I can't imagine how long this took you to do.
EricDiaz
EricDiaz on Oct 31 '08
underscored!
enjoyit
enjoyit on Nov 02 '08
underscored extremely. psh. whatevs. brett, can you please just make me this shirt anyway?

seriously. it's so cool.
2 days later
SnakeMan
SnakeMan on Nov 04 '08
bulllllllllllllllllllshiz
luc415
luc415 on Nov 05 '08
I would wear this in canada.
Retroludo
Retroludo on Nov 06 '08
This should've gotten way higher it's such an amazing design
2 days later
FRICKINAWESOME
   FRICKINAWESOME on Nov 08 '08
This score should be unconstitutional.
111 days later
opifan64
   opifan64 on Feb 28 '09
missed this one... awesome and underscored. my head explodes thinking how much work this must have been.

anyway, a belated $5
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