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My Car Runs on Dead Dinos

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The text is optional, but it was the quote that inspired this picture.
dondisco
dondisco on Jun 06 '05
i'd buy if it didn't have the text
SemantiTheft
SemantiTheft on Jun 06 '05
I vote for the blue.
delu
delu on Jun 06 '05
Very nice graphic, but darker shirt please.
sedita
sedita on Jun 06 '05
yeah, no text and i'd own that sucka.
Meier
Meier on Jun 06 '05
agreed, like the blue lose the text
fastthumbs
fastthumbs on Jun 06 '05
pretty sweet idea, i just don't really like the "flowchart" execution. it seems, however, that you have the illustration skills necessary to do something really great.



how about you make it so that the car's exhaust is in the shape of a dinosaur skeleton? or something. i don't know, just an idea. and more hand-drawn style is always a plus.



keep going with it - i've got hopes for this one



p.s. text sucks.
radiostaticstar
radiostaticstar on Jun 07 '05
i think its the flowcharts that make the shirt what it is, i want one!

but not in the yellows!
shanaree
shanaree on Jun 07 '05
Love the idea but a different shirt color would be better - maybe green or blue.
RobinHood
RobinHood on Jun 07 '05
I'd take the text out, otherwise it's really great. Amazing you did that with so little colours. Although I must say I'm not too keen on the brightness of the yellow, I think a shirt in another colour would be better. Or maybe it's just that all the colours are too bright for me.. Great T-Shirt though.
aaronin
aaronin on Jun 07 '05
Keep the text, but I think the text needs to be a design rather than a font.



Put the flow chart on the left hand side (up to down) and balance it with just the front of the car and the text on the right. The yellow space between your flow chart and the car draws the eye a little too much, it's a bit unbalanced.



I'd buy it.
Split-Reason
Split-Reason on Jun 07 '05
bloo FTW!
jooser
jooser on Jun 08 '05
i don't think you need the text. i like the whole concept bt it feel's tome like it maybe should have a more cartoon style & definately smaller on the shirt!
queenotu
queenotu on Jun 08 '05
Blah.
manlooon
   manlooon on Jun 09 '05
madness
Spain_chickens
Spain_chickens on Jun 09 '05
I'd buy that if I actually had a car...
xbear
xbear on Jun 10 '05
i like the concept a lot.
vampiress
vampiress on Jun 10 '05
i really like the flow chart on top and the general style. i would leave the text. i would wear this shirt, i just wish it was a suv.
sixtwenty3dc
sixtwenty3dc on Jun 10 '05
please, if you HAVE TO USE TEXT (which you dont. it kills it)

DON'T use the DEFAULT font in illustrator...
jacko05
jacko05 on Jun 10 '05
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THE TEXT, YOU DONT FULLY GET WITHOUT THAT, ITS JUST NOT AS FUNNY
Roysterini
Roysterini on Jun 10 '05
I don't mind the text. I would like to see a nicer font though.
Fakemidnight
Fakemidnight on Jun 10 '05
color story sucks
quirkykitsch
quirkykitsch on Jun 11 '05
I think that without the text would look better. It's pretty easy to get the message without it. I like the design though. $5
nebagakid
nebagakid on Jun 11 '05
i like it without the text
false-alarm
false-alarm on Jun 11 '05
heaps good concept, but it just sucks
kevindujour
   kevindujour on Jun 11 '05
623dc: thanks.



I really haven't put any thought into integrating the text into the design. It wasn't even an afterthough.



I think the flow chart conveys the message well enough that text may be unnecessary.



vampiress brings an interesting point with potentially having an SUV, but I wasn't trying to make any statement about SUVs and their poor gas efficiency.



fast thumbs also brought a nice idea to the table, with the use of the car exhaust in a manner. What first comes to mind following this idea is making the car exhaust cloud up and encompass a tweaked flowchart.



Thanks so far, everyone.
teragram
teragram on Jun 12 '05
kinda lame
xc04girl
xc04girl on Jun 12 '05
loose the text
jonnycoutuRe
jonnycoutuRe on Jun 12 '05
either no text or change the typography. other than that and i like it
bottlesandcans
bottlesandcans on Jun 13 '05
helvetica sucks and so do you.
fifty50
fifty50 on Jun 13 '05
puh... Myriad looks like arse on this shirt.
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