nice.

the gun looks weird..the tip i meant

i LIKE THE CONCEPT THE SHIRT COLOR SUCKS THOUGH

good one... the stroke could be a liiiiiiiiitle bit less tho'. 4

ya the tip of the gun looks like the perspective is a bit off. still very nice.

A friend of mine already owns a shirt with this design. Is it being sold elsewhere?

a bit weird with ur gun head...

I'm not into the gun theme, but this is a kick ass illustration! And I don't have a problem with the denim shirt color. It's a nice frame for the art.

i like it but, like they said, the perspective is off at the tip

The perspective is off a touch, but I love the design. Very cool.

http://dooker.com/products/2003/flash.html

I always liked this shirt.

The perspective is off (like everybody says, it's a 3/4 gun profile and the tip is straight profile) and it has nothing to do with the WIRED contest.

fix the tip n i'll buy it!!!! also it'll probably be better on black or grey shirt

Guess what? The tip needs sorting, the stroke needs thinning, I would have it on a royal shirt, apart from that it does it for me.

so.. ehm, did you steal this design then? Or is this a product from you? http://dooker.com/products/2003/flash.html ?

Looked trough your portfolio and couldnt see it there, I have seen this t-shirt many times before. If its you then good work. But I dont think it is you and then you just really REALLY suck.

yeah, i know i've seen that gun and those tshirts at dooker.com before through an email list i received leading up to the 2004 election.

the graphic is cool, but passing someone else's art off as your own definitely is not.

i like it but i would NEVER wear it because of the flag colours.

awesome.

DUDE SOMEONE IN MY OFFICE HAS THIS SHIRT

YOU ARE A WEIRDO

Everyone, thanks for tracking this down. I was doing some investigating as I've seen several shirts from Threadless in the Bangkok markets and I was wondering how to find the original.

Sorry, if it's been printed elsewhere I can't give ya more than a 1.

Haha America and their stupid gun laws. Cool design but i wouldnt by a design that has anything to do with America on it. Someone might kidnap me and shot me in the head, ya know what i mean.


Jd

great t shirt!
to me it saying America is farkin trigger happy yeeeeha.....which it is
im from new zealand so I'll be buying 1 as soon as its printed

this shirt kicks so mcuh ass, i would buy it any day.

i saw that exact design in a book called 200% cotton. did you design it? or did you just flat out copy it? pretty cool design though

this is a rip of of the dooker tee. i saw it in a book called 200% cotton, a tee design book...how cheap.

Hmmm. The anti-American bent is a big turn-off.

"Everyone, thanks for tracking this down. I was doing some investigating as I've seen several shirts from Threadless in the Bangkok markets and I was wondering how to find the original."

- The most stupid excuse I have ever heard.

You are just a low life thief.

Dear Threadless Readers,

My name is doug jaeger, I am teh co-owner of dooker.com (doug&johnny llc) I designed the graphic above. I designed it in November of 2003. I printed 100 signed and numbered limited edition t-shirts, that were signed and numbered by my business partner Johnny Vulkan. We distibuted the shirts to various gallery stores allover the US , including Stackhouse in Mnahatten. In 2004 wwe reprinted another 300 shirts and distibuted them in Switserland, the UK and online at Karmaloop. We have since pulled our product off the shelf and will realease more in the fall. If you would like to see the shirts modeled you can visit our website.

our website:
http://dooker.com/products/2003/flash.html

on my flickr account:
http://flickr.com/photos/dougjaeger/14669197/in/set-354804/

press clippings:
200% cotton
http://thehappycorp.com/press/dooker/200percent/index.html
Drapers ( UK fashion trade mag )
http://thehappycorp.com/press/dooker/200percent/index.html

squarelight:

Why would you copy someone else's work and pass it off as your own? That's really poor. If you really wanted to find this design, then post it in your blog, not in the submissions.

I say ban him.

i already have this shirt, i bought it off of karmaloop last year. lets see some new designs from the dooker team. peace

That is really really sad. BTW, you can contact the artist through his website which is linked to on his viewable profile.

worse than captainfantastic admiting to making his/her "own" copy of nuts... actually both very disapointing and bad

Squarelight,
Thats poor, lower than a a snakes pecker dude. I think you'll find the threadless community pretty unforgiving, and this will be evidnet when your future designs score a mere 0 average.

i like it. it gives me chills.

Very aggressive, NO THE WAR....

Don´t Like, sorry.

looks like the gun is bend at the end, other than that a great tee idea!

I belive Squarelight is to embarresed to give any replies. Your site seems like a "serious" company, with your attitude of stealing others work you wont get far in this business. Take it as feedback dude. I have also traced others work, but never submitting it or publishing it as my own. Doing it as a practice thing is a great way to learn the tools. But as I and others have said earlier this is just a big laugh.

You suck! (that wasnt wery constructive im sorry but you make me mad)

Holme Hippie, settle down. I'm sorry I used this forum to track down this image. I've asked them to pull this down. After reading about threadless in Wired, I noticed the image with the lady wearing a sars mask (potentially stolen and definitely being reroduced in Bangkok). Between that and a friend of mine who designs for Exact-Science in San Francisco (his designs are being pirated as well). I thought I could track down the gun design...and I did.

I'm the one who contacted dooker. I want to collaborate on a broadcast design for gnn.com out here in Oakland.

I'm not trying to make money or gain popularity by posting this design. It's not my thing. My site is 3 years old, if you noticed the travel section, you'll see that is all I have been doing. In the process, making myself more politcally aware. So, thanks again for locating the designer and I'm sorry this is upsetting to you. Believe what you will...

Squarelight did contact me, and I am working with him on his broadcast stuff. I think its great that he found me. It sucks that my shit is being duped over seas. You all need to chill out a bit. And to all of you that think the tip of the gun is weird...I traced a photo of my hand. I shot with a wide angle lense, and didn't want the gun pointed at the viewer. This shirt is commentary on the american brand. It is meant to cause debate about what america stands for. Is it about war? or is it about protecting freed0m? The shirt was designed to be worn by the gun proud as well as the gun scared. It begs the question... what is america up to and who are we defending ourselves from? Cause we sure have enough drugs, meat, and sex to go around.

XO doug

Squarelight should be banned forever along with anyone else that steals someone else's artwork. If he were truly trying to track down an artist as he claims, he would have, or should have, posted a disclaimer to that effect. It appears that he was trying to pass someone else's work off as his own and got caught. He then made up some ridiculous story in an attempt to cover his own butt. If a stolen design were to ever win and be printed, it could be terribly damaging for Threadless. Permitting behavior like this opens up Threadless to numerous legal pitfalls and undermines their credibility in the eyes of the participants. We don't want him doing this again, and we don't want anyone imitating his behavior. Be stern and send a message by banning this loser forever.

Wow, you didn't read the two comments above yours, did you?

hey dooker,

Isn’t the gun in your design a berretta (92fs)?
http://www.berettausa.com/product/product_pistols_main.htm

If you’re going to make a comment/ask a question on America and guns don't ya'll think using an American gun would be better than an Italian design (granting that Beretta’s are built in the US, as the military uses 92's)

Somehow I just find using an Italian designed pistol to comment on America and Guns Amusing.

And of course I’d take a 1911 any day over a 92FS.

I knew I'd seen this before, but I thought it was just a resubmission. If you really wanted to contact the designer, why didn't you post the first comment?

This sucks.

Yeah, stick it to the man!...ya lame ,loser, hippie.

I'd wear it on the 4th of july

This shirt is very good, musta took a long time do make it.
"I like it, a lot."

$5. Great Job dude.

hey mandingo,

it was a plastic beretta, thanks for gun nerding it for everyone. The shirt is not to comment on american manufacturing of guns. It's about american's use of them. It was what was laying around in my apt. The drawing was traced froma wide angle photo taken by me.

-doug

"Everyone, thanks for tracking this down. I was doing some investigating as I've seen several shirts from Threadless in the Bangkok markets and I was wondering how to find the original."

Pathetic. At least TRY when lying.