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Dazza

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by Dazza
The first in hopefully many t-shirts featuring a range of animal characters.



First up, introducing:

Dave the Rabbit & Tortillo the Turtle
batbanana
batbanana on Mar 18 '05
how come there isn't a question mark?



i really like your drawing. it's so silly!



...im not sure about how you did the text though... it reminds me of futunes from fortune cookies for some reason
pandar
pandar on Mar 18 '05
It's cute... I think it would be cooler without the turtle, with some other animal instead.. you know? Just some generic animal. Then, instead of a kind of cheesy joke, it would be just a totally random and somewhat surreal shirt, and I would find that funnier. That's just me though. It's still a nice drawing.
americangothic
americangothic on Mar 18 '05
I totally heart the turtle.



I like the idea of a surreal situation.



!
! on Mar 18 '05
bad puncuation. hate.
E*
E* on Mar 19 '05
What does the turtle have in his mouth?

Like the idea though.
kuya
kuya on Mar 19 '05
Why's the Turtle's name Tortillo? To me you're inferring a racial stereotype that Mexicans are slow and lazy.
whirzle1
   whirzle1 on Mar 19 '05
^^that's probably what he meant...that mexicans are slow and lazy. you are stupid.
RaeKuusou
RaeKuusou on Mar 19 '05
i guess the text seems off to me.....if things are slow at work, i get a lot done, if its really busy, i dont' have time to finsih things. i know he's a turtle, but still....
KEMMLER
KEMMLER on Mar 19 '05
love everything about this including the punctuation. This is the only one so far today that made me laugh. $5 baby
Cicada
Cicada on Mar 19 '05
I agree. I think the lack of question mark and crappy text style are beautiful. I'd buy it and wear it on a first date.
Rawr
Rawr on Mar 21 '05
i love this shirt more in design than execution. It makes me think Friend Bear, White Ninja, Toothpaste For Dinner, and generally that whole genre of absurdly non-sequitur - and yet, sometimes, strangely sharp - MS Paint webcomics. And i think that style would work excellently on a shirt, but this particular rabbit-tortise scene doesn't really do it for me.



i like it because it's like a poor man's Gary Larson: hinged on the silliness of ironic characters in a mundane human environment.



But the trick to it, i think, would be to capture greater irony in the production. Keep the sketchy characters, poor punctuation, and even the white "inserted text" blocks. But tidy up the individual pieces. Create the characters in a nice photoshopping program, and force your sketchy style over otherwise crisp lines and shapes. Gloss it up a bit. Maybe even handwrite the speech. It'd be gorgeous in its rattiness.



i really dig where you're going with this.
Dazza
Dazza on Mar 21 '05
First of all thanks for all the constructive comments, Couple of explanations:



1. Its meant to have bad puncuation.



2. The turtle doesnt have anything in his mouth - its his toungue sticking out.



3. The name comes from a small fluffy turtle I have at home. And definetly isn't a racial stereotype.



4. And yes things are slow today because he's a turtle!



Theres more to come featuring these guys and others, so I'll try and make use of the comments, thanks again.

tastes.insincere
tastes.insincere on Mar 21 '05
i really love it. change nothing at all. love the font, the contrasting colors and the whole cute little animals. looking forward to more adventures. 5 and buy.
Staplegun
Staplegun on Mar 21 '05
There needs to be word bubbles.
tastes.insincere
tastes.insincere on Mar 22 '05
thanx for the nice comments on my work. i know i got a few up that are similar.
KPizzle
KPizzle on Mar 22 '05
Good cartoon hah, but plz do something with the text... maybe put them in bubbles? i dont know i was enver very good with text. Great drawing tho.
Dazza
Dazza on Mar 23 '05
Can't hear you Popeboy!!
lunarc
lunarc on Mar 23 '05
yeah fix the text and puncuation
kingshit
kingshit on Mar 23 '05
This is horific, a slap in the face.



I think i could do better, and I'm an english major
hyphen8
hyphen8 on Mar 23 '05
he he...cool stuff dazza....look forward to seeing that long eared twat get it!! i'm sure the 'report' is just perfect....viva la revolution

kingshit....english major....how do you spell horific?? here's your missing r, copy 'n' paste
I am Barefoot
I am Barefoot on Mar 23 '05
I like it a lot. $5
mad_as_birds
mad_as_birds on Mar 24 '05
i love that it's handdrawn/looking, rather than the annoying paint program designs that are so prevailent here. i'm giving you the first five i've given.
fizz_fizz_bang
fizz_fizz_bang on Mar 24 '05
if this doesn't get made, email me at kitty_cat_nail_bomb@yahoo.com because i LOVE IT
flylcarusfly
flylcarusfly on Mar 24 '05
it made me laugh but i wouldn't buy it
Lemily
Lemily on Mar 24 '05
cute, cept for the text
thenomadway
thenomadway on Mar 24 '05
aww =) cute little turtle... i love turtles. haha.
wildeman10
wildeman10 on Mar 24 '05
i think it's damn funny. 5.
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