homage to threadless.

Sweet!!! Love the crest....

Nice! Cool presentation as well.

I've seen a lot of shirts with threadless on them, but this is the first good one.

great work.. very nice concept

I'd but this Mofo!

i think this is the best threadless shirt ever.. and it seriously would work... 5

thanks for the comments so far guys. has anyone zoomed in on the crest on the guy? it's a little homage just for the community here.

yes but dont expect it to be printed just becuase it says threadless....its well done though.

this is awesome. i think this shirt works for both the community here and for those who have not heard of threadless at all. i'd be proud to wear this. this is just simply a great looking shirt. x5

Yes this is definately the first cool design with threadless on it i've seen.

it's be super extra cool if that could be real stitching.

this is really good. i would definitely buy this.

Thumbs up!

umm, can you explain why this look almost exact like the core design for the crest of canada? There is a few key differences but the characters, positioning and design is there (http://www.forces.org/evidence/images/crest.gif).

Looks to me like 'someone' redrew and editted it and put the word threadless over it. if that's true, i'd say this is a rip-and-a-half. hail canada?

good concept but i could make a better one by taking the american flag and writting america on it, it would make more sense. can you explain: crest/threadless?

amazing crest. I would epresent threadless with this shirt.

agree-- definitely the first nice design with "threadless" on it
--- shame about callmeMooCow's comment, i can definitely see how people might get upset about it
but this is so well-done, your skill is fantastic, that i'm not in the least upset about you using canada's crest as a guide-- you changed it around a lot, edited out many things... learning how to draw something has to start somewhere. i think you did a great job, the end result (your design) doesnt look like what you (might have probably) started with.
---also, threadless might be refering to the thread for machines like bolts and screws and plastic screw tops and things. but, yah this is supe anyway.

r* super. heh.

maybe change the........yeah right, it kicks ass!

im with call me a rip is a rip whether you like it or not

I really like this design. I don't like it on red, I'd definately buy this.

a lot of crests look the same, go check other ones out. there are some similaritys between those two crests but there are way to many diffrences to start screaming rip.

i saw the canadian crest link. the basic structure for most english and commonwealth crests all usually the same. before this link i have never seen the crest of canada before as i used a combination of various crests from the U.K. and australia(where i'm, from). it is more likely that canada under the british commonwealth adopted similar designs in their crests because of their english heritage. try looking through some english crests and you'll see what i mean. instead of just linking an image which is similar to most english crests. the main reference for the animals was actually from the duke of norfolk's crest. although in most crests an equine, a feline, or bird-like figure will appear. thanks for the comment anyway. i just wanted to make a good looking design for the people of threadless. (ps. zoom in on the shield detail, tell me if you've seen a crest like this before.)

callmeMooCow and someguy, you tools! if this was a rip, why doesn't the drawing style and all the flags, and flowers look all the same? you can tell this is actually drawn not just traced bitmapped. this is definitely a different design, it just has the feel of an old english crest probably because he wants to have an established community feel that threadless has. this shirt is great and i'd buy green. x5

id like to add that i love the red

Great, I especially love the little images in the crest the guy is wearing. Print the brown!

this shirt rocks !! i'd definately buy this in brown, red or green! they all look great!

Why do people feel the need to not use the templates when they present their designs? The design guidelines are VERY SPECIFIC about how you ae supposed to use their templates.

I like the idea of a stitched threadless, but except for the little bit on the inside this is WAY too close to a Canadian crest. Make the crest a little more original and you've got a winner.

can we mate?

personally i don't think this is too close to the canadian crest, but that shouldn't really matter. what should matter is if this is a good design, if you'd buy and wear it. and i know i definitely would. so stop the bitchin. this shirt would be cool if printed and it would definitely be a deserving winner. x5

good stuff. x5 please print this. finally a good threadless based shirt.

I'm pretty sure that it'd get printed but I know that threadless won't embroider it.
it'd be mega awesome if they did tho,
tape recorder boom

im not going to write a paragraph of text..this is just great.

I love it so much. Nice inside jokes, but not too inside. I love the CliChe thing.

thanks for everyone's comments. especially ava adore.

no doubt about it, a perfect shirt x5. something everyone can buy.

probably the only deserving winner for the grand prize. x10

I likey the red the best.

No way.

yeah brown and green are better colors for this. awesome shirt kid z.

thanks to everyone that commented and voted. especially people from deviantart. big thanks.

nice, but... a bit cheap.

without a doubt, the clear winner.

Nice design but it seems kind of shameless. I am sure Threadless can find someone to design their promotional tees for them.

shameless? why would threadless find others to design their tees for them. that would defeat the whole purpose for promoting the threadless community site in the first place. this design is great, because it has succeeded where no other like it has. i would be very proud to wear this shirt if it gets printed. so please print it for everyone.

print dis..it's hot!

I don't think Canada will sue for likeness. Great shirt.

Nice work but why does it say EST 2000?

this is really cool shirt!!

look this is a great shirt, I'd wear it. But it's NOT a great concept people have been drawing crests like this for hundreds of years.. and by hand. Aside from this how many designers have been using crests in their work over the last two years or so... hmmm every other one including me.

just a great shirt no matter how you look at it. everyone may not agree with this but everyone would sure wear it if it gets printed. this would be a perfect winner.

yeah, this is a great shirt.
but, I agree with moogi.net.
Using crests is a turn-off for me.

I hope they embroider the threadless logo. That would give it a high fashion/diesel feel.

I'm sorry but people act like they have never seen a crest on a shirt before. Detail is great but that just talks about time...not design. An original idea should be the winner!

didn't understand the last comment. but i think this is great and i'd buy it simple as that. and from the looks of it most people here would aswell. just look at all the damn comments good or bad written way after this has been already scored. this would make an awesome shirt that i'd be proud to wear.

like the threadless logo.. first one i've seen that looks good

Congraturations! It's a bit early, but that's ok...

I want this

PRINTED!!! TODAY ITS RELEASED! MINE's COMING SOON!!!!! I CAN"T WAIT!!!!! CONGRATs
!

I should have known that a design that incorporated the Threadless name was going to be chosen to win the big bucks.

What bullshit.

Uh... I don't get it. Its just a crest with 'Threadless' written across it. I can appreciate the little details, and the fact that the design is well done... but its just so generic. This design doesn't seem at all representative of the creativity and originality pervasive in the shirts and submissions I see here. Its just a damn crest, with the word threadless... I can buy something similar at American Eagle. Maybe this is an attempt to sell more accessible designs? Maybe get another feature in 'Cargo'?

I should have known, first it's "Cargo" now this. It's one thing to have it printed and another for it to be the $2,500 winner. What a crock of s***. You suck Threadless. It looks like any other tee you can buy at the conformity stores, i.e. american eagle. Not only do you have to buy the shirt, you're a walking advertisement. Come on people, just look at all the other scored tees, I know there has to be better designs out there then this one. Whats next? Threadless selling their tees to Abercromie. Shame on you Threadless.

Yeah! This shirt SUCKS!!!!

ha ha just kidding. Congrats KID Z! It looks good and it got a realllly high score, you deserve it! Now don't spend it all in one place. :)

the above 2 commenters obviously haven't zoomed in on it, or just plain don't understand the meaning behind the shirt. whatever.

I've zoomed in, I've seen the detail, I understand the shirt, I'm not impressed one bit!

I don't know whos worse, KIDZ for designing it with threadless written on it, or threadless for picking it for shameless self promotion!

I think threadless have lost it with that one, it looks like something you would buy from a cheapy crap shop for a fiver!

Sorry but that's terrible, is there any way you can withdraw my submissions from this site?

As from now I will continue with my own label, threadless have finally been taken over by commercialism. I come on here because you get a lot of stuff that you wouldn't be able to get in shops full of over commercialised tack. It seems that threadless is heading that way now.

I could go to my local town or city and see a thousand t-shirts exactly like that one and pay nothing more than £5.

Absolutely diabolical! And the worst thing is, all the prizes he's got for it!

Whats the point of creativity on threadless if shirts are going to be picked that are so generic and ubiquitous?

Fuck threadless, they aren't getting anything from me in the way of design work, and now I won't be purchasing my winter wardrobe from them. I had so many t-shirts lined up but no way now! I'm sure there are many people out there who feel the same!

Although not as strongly as RespectToBurn, I do agree with many of the 'disgruntled' users about this design. Without trying to sound too much like a sore-loser (JC was a Streaker is getting printed btw) I believe KIDZ is capable of far greater work than this (see 'PIST', 'This is not a sheep', and 'Keysor Sose' just to name a few)

Again, I do understand the 'concept' behind the design, I just don't think it a strong enough 'concept' or 'image/design' to warrant the grand prize. Although this design scored the highest average for the month of june-july, my money was on akafab's 'elastic-band gun' to win.

Which brings me to my final point, ...everyone should remember that the panel of judges responsible for choosing the winner did not just consist of the people behind threadless. I believe there was a judge representing each sponsor, hence blaming threadless for picking this shirt seems rather unfair.

All that said and done, congratulations KIDZ, although my money was on akafab, at least a fellow aussie took out the grand prize... ozi! ozi! ozi! .....oi! oi! oi!

As much as I think Respecttoburn is a fucking bellend! It will be sad to see the little punk go...
Actually no it won't...

I PURCHASED THIS T-SHIRT 10 minutes ago..
Wicked!

Do they have 'disposable fashion' shops like Topman, Burton, H+M, and Next in America?

Obviousley not if people think tees like this are so cool!

I see tees like this everyday. This is the sort of t-shirt that made me experiment making and selling my own t-shirts and submitting to threadless, because I was sick of seeing them. I thought threadless was a good idea until I saw this diabolical display!

I respect the sentiments of RespectToBurn. There are similar crests everywhere in the world...some with tigers, some with elephants, lions, birds, crossed swords and so on...the design, sorry is not original...the ones who like it may not be exposed to all those logos...(like every indian principality had).
The concept is sort of summerising the stuff that is displayed at threadless...somehow not representing the community as committed designers. If it is a satire on threadless, then the message is clear.
Congrats!!!
I liked many of KID Z's submissions....the "cherub" in particular...keep up the good work...

glad you won. you deserve it. :)

SHIT

People above need to calm down. Oh no, your favorite trendy t-shirt store has SOLD OUT, OMG! I CAN'T EVER BUY ANYTHING HERE AGAIN AND MY HIPSTER FRIENDS WILL HATE ME FOR BUYING AT THREADLESS, MY LIFE IS OVER.

Get real and buy this shirt to spread the word and allow threadless to grow. I'm holding the shirt now, and it looks nicer printed on a shirt than on a computer screen.

it's cool it reminds me of something I could buy at express

I think yer missing the point, its a parody shirt of sorts, even though the finished product looks like every crest t-shirt, its paying out all those cliche's. Good stuff

its a t-shirt, who really cares..

I would buy it if the word 'threadless' were actually stitched with light coloured thread.

That is a fantastic design and that is what the trend is now too. Nicely designed and I would definetley wear it if I was a guy.

kiss ass design!

PRINT ON OLIVE

threadless self promotion, somehow that's the worst kind of all!

Major labels rely on branding, threadless relies on design as it's anti branding clothing, for this to win makes no sense.

Design is nice but is very DONE and OVER-DONE in the UK by very bad shops indeed.

i like the green one

I really don't mind the design, i personally don't care for it. It kinda looks like a JCPENNY's or KOHLS shirt. I am not blown away by the design, but Congrats KID_Z.

i agree with pezdood123