Love it. 5

it's gear-5$-is that jimmy stewart?

hahaha, oh man thats awesome.

$5

very cool....5$

Lol, it's a scan from a 1960s pamphlet called Tensions - and how to master them that I vectored :-)

Thanks so much!

haha thats awesome

it was anoying to try and read but I like it.

Coolest.

Shirt.

EVER.

It's so cool that even if it weren't cool, it would still be cool. I would wear it every day (on chocolate or navy).

5+$

Sorry about the strobe effect, I messed up my flash file. Better view here: http://www.deviantart.com/view/20084586/

I don't get it, but I think it's a great design.

Nacho muchacho! Numuero Uno, designo!

nice expression

Hilarious. Nuff said.

funny

Did you draw that? It looks a lot like CSA print stock by the Charles S. Anderson company.

The composition is great, typography is really fun. I'll buy it if it's 100% original material!

this is so awsome, deff. best on the brown i think.

reminds me of bod dobbs

*bob

BOB DOBBS yes! a subgenius reference....i thought we were extinct.....i did some art for them under my church name, PASTOR BEDTIME.....i think they're all but defunked now...

Alas, I'm not that great at drawing - I vectored it (which took me a looooong time) from a 1960s pamphlet cover that I got at an estate sale and scanned -but it appears to have no copyright nor even an artist's name on it - you can see the scan though if you wish :-)

The typography however is all me!

Btw that CSA stuff looks pretty cool, I'll have to look through it sometime

nuttin' but love babe! 5!!

I love the Aquabats and I love this shirt, a five and a buy to you.

i dont get it. wouldnt wear it. -$ and -5...but i cant do that so a 0

this has a mesage as well cos if u put nachos in ur head there gonna explode some time??? 5$

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHA
I SO WANT THIS SHIRT RIGHT NOW.
5$

kind of like a comic book...
cool awesome

Bence hiç güzel olmamış tasarım güzel değil bence O Adamın yerine çoçuk olsaydı daha güzel bir şey olabilirdi

Fahrettin SALAHOV

yum... nachos!

Ah, that's a bummer, but it's good of you to be honest.
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html

It depends on when the pamphlet was published whether it's still under copyright. Whether or not it had a mark, it could've been renewed under pre-1978 copyright laws. Post 1978, every unique writing/image/sound recording is automatically copyrighted to it's creator the instant it's recorded and that copyright holds for the author's lifetime + 70 years, minimum. I doubt Threadless would publish something derivative without knowing 100% that the copyright on it has expired.

It's a shame that there is such a lack of understanding of this stuff, especially among young designers, because I hate not being able to get behind pieces that look really great visually. Sometimes I just have to because I can't get behind the ethics.

oh well. $5. lets be sneaky and see who notices. dunno how great of an idea that is.

i love the use of type! very awsome. 5+$

danegerous you dont know what your talking about! your crazy! KRAZYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!

I understand completely, and now you have my curiousity to see if this is really under copyright or not. I did a google search for the thing, and this is what I found: http://www.venturapacific.net/cgi-bin/index/0029164.html

This is the notice on the inside cover:

This pamphlet is a condensation of the book, Master Your Tensions and Enjoy Living Again, by George S. Stevenson, M.D. and Harry Milt, published in 1959 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. (Englewood Cliffs, N.J,. $4.95.) Dr. Stevenson is National and International Consultant for the National Association for Mental Health; Harry Milt is the Association's Public Relations Director.... Drawings are by Dick Shelton.

Published and distrubuted as a public service by The National Research Bureau, Inc., 415 N. Dearborn St., Chicago 10, Ill

I don't believe the cover is done by this Dick Shelton, as it's in a completely different style than the inside illustrations. And I did ask a friend of mine who manages artists and he didn't seem to think it was under copyright either, but who knows.

I will say though that Threadless did print that Darth Vader shirt... dunno if they got permission or not though, heh.

Anyways, I am glad you're getting on my case, I really should try to be more careful about copyrights and whatnot. :-)

HAHAHA i dont get it but it random wierd stuff like this is awesome..i like the 50's style pic of the doode..nice font to go with it too!

$+5!!!

i like every element of it, but i'm not sure i understand the nachos thing. if i'm walking around with a bunch of (very nicely drawn) words on my chest, i wanna know what they mean. ESPECIALLY if the words are about nachos.

Well... I think it's kinda like loosing your mind for a sec... like when you walk into a room and forget what in the heck you came in there for

LOVE.

Talierin, thanks for being patient with my fuddy duddy designer stuff.

I think you could probably get away with this, but when you're incorporating someone else's artwork, it's always a gamble. To be 100% legit, you and/or Threadless would have to contact the publisher for licensing permission (assuming they hold the copyright).

The Darth Vader design would be a different issue. If that author copied the drawing from a movie still or promo shot, it's a copyright violation. If they did it from memory, it's more of a Trademark law issue.

It's all touchy subject matter. The reality is, if something isn't 100% yours and/or done with full permissions for the originators, it's always a gamble. If you've ever known anyone who has been sued for copyright violations, you get a lot more careful about how you make art.

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