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Feb 01 '10
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by thunderpeel   
I feel like there is a history of successful Threadless designs that use figure/ground relationships in effective & exciting ways, but I feel like perhaps this is usually done in a fairly concrete way... I could be way wrong. Way wrong.



In any case, perhaps this will be the year of the Figure-Ground Mind-!#*@, set loose in a more fluid devil-may-care sort of way. Or maybe this will be the year little globby teardrop shapes totally take off, if they haven't already...



Regardless, I feel like this year I will try to supplement my typical offerings with some more personal or otherwise self-indulgent work, with an added emphasis on color (pink is back again, by the way) and with a dash of Just Because. If nothing else, I think any strides I make in this regard will add versatility to my value as a designer.



If you read any/all of that you deserve a cookie.
thunderpeel
   thunderpeel on Feb 01 '10
In retrospect, almost none of that was worth writing :-P



Cookies for everyone!
Winter the artist
   Winter the artist on Feb 01 '10
hey man this is pretty kewl!



it's like what I see when I drink too much lol
jess4002
jess4002 on Feb 01 '10
great! 5$
Ivantobealone
   Ivantobealone on Feb 01 '10
Incredible visual appeal!!!
v.calahan
   v.calahan on Feb 01 '10
didn't read but still, it's cool & cookies taste fine!
Ian Leino
   Ian Leino on Feb 01 '10
I've always enjoyed your clean illustrative style, and the colors on this are especially striking
alexmdc
   alexmdc on Feb 01 '10
I want my cookie, and great work!!!!
skyjanus
skyjanus on Feb 01 '10
just don't go too pink this year

:-p



love this one, though!

$5
teex
teex on Feb 01 '10
looks super! nice colors
Omnitarian
Omnitarian on Feb 01 '10
So frakkin' original! 5'd!
susanh.
susanh. on Feb 01 '10
Great Illustration! Very nice colors!
AlexMacDuff
   AlexMacDuff on Feb 01 '10
Wow this ROCKS!
thunderpeel
   thunderpeel on Feb 01 '10
Thanks guys!
chinnythings
chinnythings on Feb 01 '10
i read it! i need a cookie!... love the drawing. i'd buy it
perrriwinkle
perrriwinkle on Feb 01 '10
Love the owls.

5 dollah.
jonssona
jonssona on Feb 01 '10
I want to wear this one.
mvahrati
mvahrati on Feb 01 '10
the owls! very neat.
CleverLineHere
CleverLineHere on Feb 01 '10
kOOkOOcAcHOO!



I'D BUY THAT THANG! HOO, HOO HOO. wooooof.
Mad Cotton
Mad Cotton on Feb 01 '10
Cool
Mr Rocks
   Mr Rocks on Feb 01 '10
consistantly great work. 5
Kuriko
Kuriko on Feb 01 '10
ooh very nice!

great style. the owls look awesome
annabel141
annabel141 on Feb 01 '10
LOVE the owls.
cakeypigdog
cakeypigdog on Feb 01 '10
this is a really wonderful piece, well done! 5 from me.
Underdawg
Underdawg on Feb 01 '10
Nice illustration
Robsoul
   Robsoul on Feb 01 '10
very awezome, great colors and imagery
YaaH
   YaaH on Feb 01 '10
4.5$
toast543
toast543 on Feb 01 '10
i love it! the pink is so bold :) i hope this is the next new trend!
no disassemble
no disassemble on Feb 01 '10
OWLS! I LOVE OWLS! OWLS! I would buy MULTIPLE MULTIPLE of these shirts and make sure everyone I knew wore one....



$$$$$$ 555555555
HandsomeJake
HandsomeJake on Feb 01 '10
really fresh shit here!
atomic child
atomic child on Feb 01 '10
cool
ben chen
   ben chen on Feb 01 '10
nice
kooky love
   kooky love on Feb 01 '10
GREAT $5
myteemo
   myteemo on Feb 01 '10
Wow, this is awesome! $5
valorandvellum
   valorandvellum on Feb 01 '10
That looks great!
actionjackie
actionjackie on Feb 01 '10
the repetition of shapes in the top and bottom and then left to right, the use of positive-negative imagery through color and shape, it's all much more complex and progressive than previous work.



Also, it looks way cool.



bennyd302
   bennyd302 on Feb 01 '10
awesome color!
laurastead
laurastead on Feb 01 '10
angry owls ftw. not that u need any help, but i'm putting you on the owl club page... and taking my cookie.
Arrow08
   Arrow08 on Feb 01 '10
creative design!
citronadedesign
citronadedesign on Feb 01 '10
Love it!
pilihp
   pilihp on Feb 01 '10
love it! awesome colors ;)
againstbound
   againstbound on Feb 01 '10
I want this.
feikudisigns
feikudisigns on Feb 02 '10
awesome colors and illo. $$
limetree
   limetree on Feb 02 '10
so awesome! $5
Jumpy
Jumpy on Feb 02 '10
gold!
Tikimasters
Tikimasters on Feb 02 '10
THIS IS FRICKIN AMAZING THUNDERGOD!



Alright, back to regular type. This is exactly the kind of design I myself plan on creating. I love everything about this from the composition, the illustration and the colors. Also, you've got my favorite animals (Owls...yeah I know it's childish) plastered all over it. This is golden dude



$$$$
WEAREYAWN
WEAREYAWN on Feb 02 '10
LOVE IT!! the colors are amazing and i love your background/foreground idea!
littleclyde
   littleclyde on Feb 02 '10
yes! style, colors, all great.
Pakpandir
   Pakpandir on Feb 02 '10
this is FREAKIN COOL!
Andreas Mohacsy
   Andreas Mohacsy on Feb 02 '10
RAD!
akrapf
   akrapf on Feb 02 '10
awesome style! $5
FRICKINAWESOME
   FRICKINAWESOME on Feb 02 '10
This design is five hundred and fifty kinds of gorgeous, from a conceptual, placement, movement, character, color and many many other kinds of ways we could judge something is extremely t-shirt wonderful.



This is a really exciting design.



5$
Al-Bryan
Al-Bryan on Feb 02 '10
awesome$$$$$$$$$$
pickupRINGO
pickupRINGO on Feb 02 '10
love everything about this!!
thunderpeel
   thunderpeel on Feb 02 '10
Thanks, everyone!



Also, Mr. Rocks, coming from you that means a lot, thanks
polynothing
   polynothing on Feb 02 '10
$5 awesome!
landcrab
landcrab on Feb 02 '10
With this shirt as our uniform, my team will win our next dodgeball tournament. Bottom line.
queenmob
   queenmob on Feb 02 '10
This is original, beautiful, great....wow. 5$
rockin_horse
rockin_horse on Feb 02 '10
amazing! I would buy the crap out of this shirt
Yoiks
Yoiks on Feb 02 '10
Extremely nice!!! 5$
EN AJUSTES
EN AJUSTES on Feb 03 '10
Excellent work! Five cookies for ya
herky
   herky on Feb 03 '10
really cool, love the vivid colors!
badbasilisk
   badbasilisk on Feb 03 '10
coolness
Thomas Anthony
Thomas Anthony on Feb 03 '10
Sick!!!
isawa
isawa on Feb 03 '10
Really cool!
John Will Balsley
John Will Balsley on Feb 03 '10
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW! 5
buko
   buko on Feb 03 '10
awesome 5$$$$$$
helmut13e
   helmut13e on Feb 04 '10
WOW!
reenay13
reenay13 on Feb 04 '10
renegade says 5! woohoo!
quister
   quister on Feb 04 '10
Wild! Great style, characters, line work and colors. Awesome illo and tee design! $5
davidfromdallas
   davidfromdallas on Feb 04 '10
Love the colors.
AdderXYU
AdderXYU on Feb 04 '10
I cannot stop looking at and loving and wanting this. I fived it not because it is top-notch (though it is) but because that's how many i want. nay, need



Also, blogged
celandinestern
   celandinestern on Feb 05 '10
I love the simple clean lines and the brilliant expressions on angry owlies. Great work in such a small number of colors. Win!!!



*takes cookie*
thunderpeel
   thunderpeel on Feb 05 '10
Wow, thanks for the awesome post, Edmund! That made my morning :-)
bigheaded
bigheaded on Feb 05 '10
love it!!! i reeaaally like this one, brian :)
moopants
moopants on Feb 05 '10
good vs evil, yin and yang, but which is which? that's the magic of it--one has scales, the other angry but adorable owls, both seem to be carnivorous beasts! does this mean good is also evil and evil is also good? does it need an interpretation, or is it one of those works that defies description? this is truly art that stands on its own and evokes different feelings in every viewer.
Nocturne
Nocturne on Feb 06 '10
I am not sure I understand the concept but it looks awesome. I love the way you built the owls into the body of the fox/wolf, pure amazing face melty.



$5 PRINT
lemonalle
lemonalle on Feb 06 '10
nice!
NiNTH WHEEL
   NiNTH WHEEL on Feb 06 '10
Top notch. $5.
vic_vicko
vic_vicko on Feb 06 '10
5
tadstick
tadstick on Feb 07 '10
great layout, nice line work!
Eligo
Eligo on Feb 07 '10
this one should be printed. well done composition



if you have tiime check out mine, thank you link

thatsquality
thatsquality on Feb 07 '10
Dude, wicked crap with this one!
jfritz34
jfritz34 on Feb 07 '10
Superfantastico!! $5 whoppers
dillywilly
dillywilly on Feb 07 '10
awesome job. deff should go to print. $5
blumkins
blumkins on Feb 07 '10
pink is deff back.. i think? where's my cookie? oh and I like that shirt the bestest $5
Chengui
   Chengui on Feb 07 '10
$5!
thunderpeel
   thunderpeel on Feb 08 '10
Thanks, everyone :-)
Chengui
   Chengui on Feb 08 '10
Nice score! NOW PRINT IT!
NiNTH WHEEL
   NiNTH WHEEL on Feb 09 '10
PRINT!
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