Threadless T-Shirts - Heroes in an Art Shell

Heroes in an Art Shell by jonhillier

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1201 days ago

Submitted on:

Jun 20 '05

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1,357 people

Comments:

64 comments

Final average score:

2.88 out of 5

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by jonhillier

One of my earlier submissions was similar to this, but with just leonardo's portrait. It was suggested that I might try a similar design but with all of the turtles/artists.

Comments appreciated. In case you were wondering, the "purple" on the right hand side is just cross hatching of the red and blue. Damn 4 colour limit heh...

Pifman on Jun 23 '05

Muuch better.

man835 on Jun 23 '05

i like it a bunch. the white doesnt work for me, but it wont affect how I score. I'm hoping it will change if it gets printed.

turkeymonkey on Jun 23 '05

yeah, good job. i like it. very silly.

little_hobbit_feet on Jun 23 '05

That be five colours, says I.
Unless the purple is made up of tiny lines of blue and red.
Which is possible.
Too bad you can't have the heads white on a green shirt.

krebscout on Jun 23 '05

blast that four color limit! surely they would make an exception for this: this is genius. much more tempting than your last leonardo submission. i would buy this without hesitation.

Kallen on Jun 23 '05

is better, but try just 1 at a time. that was working. this seems a bit full on the shirt. just leo pls

fktubby on Jun 23 '05

I adore the concept, but it's frustratingly limited by the colours. White shirts, for me, are nevre attractive and the purple, I imagine, looks less good than the other colours.
Damned arbitary colour limits.

DR15 on Jun 23 '05

You could use a blue or purple shirt (or orange or red...) and save a color. Might look okay.

magpie blue on Jun 23 '05

I like, but I feel like the illustration style is a bit different between the four figures.

sauterelle on Jun 23 '05

Great job. The headbands are so narrow that the ink limitation doesn't really thwart you too much -- you get the idea across just fine, and people will clearly see that it's Donatello before they get close enough to notice any hatching. Plus, your positioning of the faces works nicely. In closing, I want this shirt immensely.

chocolate girl to the rescue on Jun 23 '05

yeh, this is a whole lot better.

hmmm... not sure about the white though - doesn't really work for me.
argh 4 colour limitations! well... don't worry about that! just try it white on green anyway, then give us a look??

yeh, great concept though!

jazzs3quence on Jun 23 '05

i definately dig all four. i still think this should be on a green shirt, white faces be damned.

Xrissy on Jun 23 '05

maybe not have the black outline and have everyone outlined in the color of their mask or mix it up... ?

Saint Onge on Jun 23 '05

awesome.

batbanana on Jun 23 '05

yep, dude. fix the colours. and make the t-shirt not white.

and then i REALLY hope you get printed. such a"why didn't I think of that??" idea. good job.

_milk on Jun 23 '05

so cool.

Piranha Petting Zoo on Jun 23 '05

This is the best Tshirt design EVAR. The four color limit is unfortunate. I hope Threadless bends the rules when they make this a design, because I know they will make this a design, because it is simply too friggin awesome NOT to be a Threadless design.

icki on Jun 23 '05

this must happen,. it's such a good idea that i'd wear it in white if i had to.

GVLaker09 on Jun 23 '05

This is a great idea. I'd buy it as is, but I wish I could see the Donatello mask up close. Brilliant. I'd buy it for sure.

RaeKuusou on Jun 23 '05

such a great idea!

curse the four color limit!

but....i'd probably get it anyway and wear it in white. ;)

jonhillier on Jun 23 '05

I must admit, it looks so much better on a green background.
But the different background inevitably meants that there are more colours... and I'm not sure that the threadless crew will stretch to 6. Anyway, for those that requested it, here it is.

http://img166.echo.cx/img166/9783/leo9zh.gif

emprise on Jun 23 '05

wow. 5

emprise on Jun 23 '05

and $

bortwein on Jun 23 '05

Love it on the green.

Aldrinnn on Jun 23 '05

this is such an awesome shirt 555

ponyshow on Jun 23 '05

ooh damn that limit. it looks so good with 6 colors.

and kudos to you for taking everyone's suggestions and resubmitting so quickly.

jesamin on Jun 23 '05

Different color shirt and I'd totally buy it.

GreenEggs on Jun 23 '05

AWESOME! 4 color limit be damned, this looks flippin INCREDIBLE on green like you did it! and regarding the aforementioned "different art styles" on each of the artists' portraits, i believe he said in the first submission that he was going to do each portrait in that artist's style. and may I be the first to say that you pulled off each style quite well. congratulations! 5$.

chbeeston on Jun 23 '05

Wow SOOO much better without the name. And having all four of them is great. Awesome job, I hpoe it wins.

pink_lynz on Jun 23 '05

The beard on the second one looks very different from the other three, but this is a great improvement on your other design!

//_bren on Jun 23 '05

i like t his a lot.

i'm with whoever said it above:
print it on red, lose the red bandana (?) and then you could colour in the purple one.

five and a buy.

ecstasy on Jun 23 '05

oh yes, $5

sauterelle on Jun 24 '05

You know, the more I look at this the more I really -like- the white. It's subtler than green would be, and it fits better with the drawing style you used. Hell, I'm just justifying this because I like the shirt so much. :) Best of luck.

the_mighty_quinn on Jun 24 '05

isn't http://www.threadless.com/product/193/Go_Japan! 5 colours, or does white not count as a colour on that shirt?

Anyway, great idea, $+5

arexkun on Jun 24 '05

<3 This. Threadless, it looks so much better with the 6 colors, break your rule for once. D:

origamiT on Jun 24 '05

Curses, man! Single Leo Da Vinci was like money in the bank. Thats right, a bank full of money! If you're up for submitting a third time, leave Leo alone and big it up.

NeoDreamer on Jun 24 '05

Leonardo is more feathered than the others. I would still buy this shirt though.

amishtek on Jun 24 '05

I noticed that too, neodreamer.

I just assumed he took a lot of time of Leonardo in his first submission, and since this one is made afterwards, he didnt take as much time with the other heads, or used a different size tool.

If this gets printed, maybe redo Leonardo to match the other heads.

dojo_chemeleon on Jun 24 '05

i think if you added something with their weapons to help differentiate you could add a lot to this.

Kasai on Jun 25 '05

Love it. Wish you could stretch it to 6 colors, but would buy anyway. :D

dnd on Jun 25 '05

i want this shirt!!!

koo_koo_maroo on Jun 25 '05

$5 X 1000000 cuz ninja turtles rocks

WhattheFernando on Jun 26 '05

Hahaha. I want this.

thatsnotnormal on Jun 26 '05

concept is gold
the design could be done better

arildg on Jun 26 '05

4, and $5 with a few minor changes.... Liked the idea someone had about making the shirt "turtles green", and perhaps split them up (one tee each)... But the possibility for printing all is probably pretty slim, so I would choose Leonardo, as I guess he is the easiest to recognize.