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Jul 12 '05
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illustraTom
Okay. This is my first time, so please be gentle.
blucow
blucow on Jul 12 '05
Wow.

I REALLY REALLY like this one. 5+$

A little bored with the whole empty face concept, but I couldn't help but smile once I looked at this.

Get rid of the horizon line though.
blucow
blucow on Jul 12 '05
Ack, another thing I just noticed, I realize that the circular horizon is why the end streetlight looks how it does, but I really think it would look better without the line, and if you fix that, then the strretlight would need some editing as well.

Really great job.
talkintrash
talkintrash on Jul 12 '05
i like this a lot
deadduck008
deadduck008 on Jul 12 '05
I seriously love this shirt on brown. 5$
anti-pasta
anti-pasta on Jul 12 '05
nice very i hope it wins
sauterelle
sauterelle on Jul 12 '05
Excellent.
I like the horizon line. If you did take it out, you'd probably want to play with the relative placement of the figures.
funkie fresh
   funkie fresh on Jul 12 '05
hahah! niice
illustraTom
illustraTom on Jul 12 '05
Thanks, all! I didn't expect to see this many comments so soon. sauterelle is right: taking out the horizon line makes the allignment of the lamp posts and the walking figure look a little funny, but I take all suggestions seriously. If this ends up being a "so close and yet so far" image, I may resubmit a tweaked version.
SlicedBread
SlicedBread on Jul 12 '05
this is awesome. i'm all jealousy. i like the colors on the shirt the best (as opposed to the ones off to the side), though that line does bug me a little bit. 5 & buy, and good luck!
graphicairlines
   graphicairlines on Jul 12 '05
cool~ keep up the good work
therobbbster
therobbbster on Jul 12 '05
i really like it.
goodog
goodog on Jul 12 '05
woo, with a winner like that , you obviously been around the block a few times! are you sure it's your first? alright baby, we can play that! who do I pay?
illustraTom
illustraTom on Jul 12 '05
goodog: Well, this is my first threadless submission. My first drawings "ever" were... not so good.
angeltoes
angeltoes on Jul 12 '05
This is amazing!
jellswor
jellswor on Jul 12 '05
I'd like to see the design on a midnight blue. My first thought is that it looks off center but I realize this is because of the placement on the horizon line. Overall I'd say it is a naughty little design, absurd yet placid. It dances delicately across my taste buds and finishes off with a rich smoothness I have not come to expect from a first time submission. Bravo!
Karnegal
Karnegal on Jul 12 '05
hehe, nice one
whitelefant
whitelefant on Jul 12 '05
Like the red on yellow, more original than alot of the stuff i've seen here recently. I'm not sure on the horizon line. Overall, good job.
cartoonkiller
cartoonkiller on Jul 12 '05
Very awesome. Nice job.
blucow
blucow on Jul 12 '05
Okay, I'm very sorry to be leaving so many comments, but I really do LOVE this design. Play around with some more color scheme and the placement, this would be perfect on mint. I'd also like to see how this would look on the bottom corners.
goodog
goodog on Jul 12 '05
i think the horizontal line ould make me look fat or maybe just make my beer belly look fat. But the color would bring out the kaki in my eyes while the white would bring out the white. Overal I 'd say I'd look great in this shirt if I hold my stomach in or take up running. So I say leave the horizon and promote good health.
kaishek
kaishek on Jul 12 '05
I really like this shirt, but he should really be smoking a bubble pipe.
illustraTom
illustraTom on Jul 12 '05
Ah! A bubble pipe! Great idea! I never had a bubble pipe as a kid. Must have been Mom's way of keeping the dangers of smoking away from my spongelike brain. It didn't occur to me.

Also, I wasn't aware there was a mint tee available. (It does look nice on the jade though)
shamus
shamus on Jul 12 '05
i think it would be cooler if the dude was puffing a bubble pipe
thatsnotnormal
thatsnotnormal on Jul 12 '05
a.) NO! ANYTHING BUT KHAKI. don't ruin this design with khaki.
b.) i would buy this because i recently went to NYC, and theres was this random guy at a street corner blowing bubbles in peoples faces, and the guy roated, like, ever so ofter- hah. haha. good times.
c.) i vote for it on light blue
d.) khaki. no.
themanmachine
themanmachine on Jul 12 '05
I am a fan of simple elegant designs, and I love your concept, but it seems a little spare
murban
murban on Jul 12 '05
Great!
I agree that the horizon line isn't needed.
Orange or light blue.
3x1minus1
3x1minus1 on Jul 12 '05
i like this design a lot, very original. i'd be surprised if it didn't win.
damian_clark
damian_clark on Jul 12 '05
i fully like the idea of a bubble pipe. excellent!
bobZemuda
bobZemuda on Jul 12 '05
this is really cool and I like the horizon line. I'd definitely buy it.
blucow
blucow on Jul 12 '05
illustraTom, I believe Shimala said he updated the templates not too long ago. Check back with that if you've been using the 2003 template.

Once again, great design, I really hope this gets printed.
ugik-munky
ugik-munky on Jul 12 '05
good bubble and good perspective
matildaben
matildaben on Jul 12 '05
5$
illustraTom
illustraTom on Jul 13 '05
blucow: Hmmm. Maybe I'm just not seeing it, but the only template I can find (Photoshop, that is) is the summerfall2003 document.
bettyboo
bettyboo on Jul 13 '05
5$ definetely.
blucow
blucow on Jul 13 '05
illustraTom, it seems that they've only updated the Flash template so far. If you don't have Flash or know anyone with it, you could post about it on the blog forum, and I'm sure you could find someone willing to do the things you wanted if you give them the original artwork.

I've got Flash myself, but I'm pretty new to it. My older brother is a wiz, he's in college for graphic design, but it might take time some time, a few days tops. You can contact me about what you decide to do, my e-mails in my profile.
Samantha1981
Samantha1981 on Jul 13 '05
I would buy this on the yellow. I really like it but would maybe like to see the image smaller and positioned toward the bottom right hand corner of the shirt. Nice Design.
manalive
manalive on Jul 13 '05
i love everything about it except the colors. i like the brown design, but not on orange or khaki. would love to see some other colors.
TheRedSatinPants
TheRedSatinPants on Jul 13 '05
this is really cool. i think the problem with the line is that it intersects the man's waist. if it was moved up or down a little, it would look a lot better. very cool anyway. 5 $
nins45
nins45 on Jul 13 '05
this is really cool, I hope it wins! $5
mr_close_enough
mr_close_enough on Jul 13 '05
i can never get that many bubbles out when i blow those damn things... i like the shirt though, i've been watching turner classic movies a lot lately with detectives.
lovely_remaerd
lovely_remaerd on Jul 13 '05
Ooh i love it. a lot.
secondfate
secondfate on Jul 13 '05
oh my god, 5 and buy!
ModernMnky
ModernMnky on Jul 13 '05
very nice
Amazan
Amazan on Jul 13 '05
a great folow up might be sherlok holmes figure smoking and bubles coming out
gabrielrodz
gabrielrodz on Jul 14 '05
Awesome.
Definitely a must.
briansprototype
briansprototype on Jul 14 '05
$5 I would kill a bum for this
ocelot_
ocelot_ on Jul 14 '05
nice, but put it on a different shirt color and get rid of the horizon line. :)
Doomlad
Doomlad on Jul 14 '05
I want this shirt!!!! that is DAMN cool! Right on
losergirl
losergirl on Jul 15 '05
I freaking love it. 5$! But I agree, the khaki looks bad. But you should keep the horizontal line I think.
illustraTom
illustraTom on Jul 15 '05
Since I wasn't aware of the most current selection of tee colors, and since I wasn't aware of the great khaki aversion (heh heh), there's a version of the shirt on my website with a lower right placement and on the sagestone (or whatever it's called) tee.

http://www.tom-ellsworth.com/bubblenoirredux.jpg

Just another option for consideration...
strwbryjoy
strwbryjoy on Jul 15 '05
i really like this design. the second version you have on the link is even better. I say go with the second one. Either way, I'd buy this shirt!
Paris_x
Paris_x on Jul 15 '05
nice
mr.roskeworth
mr.roskeworth on Jul 15 '05
this is the best tee i've seen in a while
2 thumbs
really this is the best tee in this comp
a very well drawen image with great balence and great placement on the tee
mr.roskeworth
mr.roskeworth on Jul 15 '05
if threadless doesn't print this
i will
email me
seren
seren on Jul 15 '05
not corner placement! why is everyone pushing that so hard now it seems? sigh.

I love it just how it is, and I like the brown/khaki/whatever that colour you have up there.
hoteldetective
hoteldetective on Jul 15 '05
$5 I don't want a bubble pipe. The bubble wand is perfect. I love this on a brown shirt -- a moody shirt colour is just right. No corner placement please. Don't want it hidden away or too subtle.
cass075
cass075 on Jul 16 '05
he's blowing bubbles. that's effin awesome!! $5
Pirate's  Log
Pirate's Log on Jul 16 '05
definatly change the bubbles to a bubble pipe.
i thought thats what it was at first, but when i realized it wasnt, i was a little upset.
sweet idea though, just needs a bubble pipe.
Lewisb
Lewisb on Jul 17 '05
sweeeeeeet $5
rabidgerbil758
rabidgerbil758 on Jul 17 '05
its too much like the no smoking commercial in CA. Everyones blowing bubbles istead of smoking etc. etc.
jazzpirate
jazzpirate on Jul 17 '05
i love this shirt, i want to buy it right now bubble pipe or not
franzieboy
franzieboy on Jul 18 '05
after a hard days work, i think its alright to blow bubbles now and then! i dig the perpective thing u have going on, perhaps to push it further, variations in line thickness for the bubbles. (thinner as it floats farther away) nice.
freshvarsity
freshvarsity on Jul 18 '05
dude, this is flippin awesome, im definitely diggin it! $5
miss elizabeth
miss elizabeth on Jul 18 '05
This is awesome. Change nothing
chief_eskimo
chief_eskimo on Jul 18 '05
I really, really want this.
disinclined_to_acquiesce
disinclined_to_acquiesce on Jul 18 '05
love bubbles.
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Chriswad
Chriswad on Aug 08 '05
I think it should be a woman on a pink shirt and she should be eating a meatless sandwich. Definitely should be a sandwich. And I think you should get rid of the perspective or maybe the concept altogether. Or.. maybe it's friggin great the way you envisioned it and really needs no changes, or new colors, or other peoples "creative vision". Cause peple would change everything given the chance. But about that sandwich...
Zachsta
Zachsta on Aug 09 '05
Great, but no horizon line.
10 days later
bodaciousgrape
bodaciousgrape on Aug 19 '05
This is SO COOL. What's the status? When can I buy it??!!!?!?!?!?!?!
56 days later
Duran Card
Duran Card on Oct 15 '05
You're one of my favorite artists on this site. I'm very sorry this shirt didn't win, I'd love to buy it. Not that it matters anymore, but if you'd resubmit, $5.
3 days later
YoreNameHere
YoreNameHere on Oct 19 '05
I really love this shirt... in fact I'm kinda mad that it wasn't printed simply because it's better than alot of things they've got. I vote you tweek it just a little and resubmit it until someone buys it.
2 days later
spitting_llama
spitting_llama on Oct 21 '05
Okay, this makes me unbelievably sad. I didn't have a chance to vote on this but if I had, I definitely would have given it a $5. This is amazing, and I don't understand why it hasn't been printed yet. That's just lame. This design is so much better than the one with the little blue thing serving ice cream through its bum.
2 days later
Mythrl
Mythrl on Oct 24 '05
I'm also pretty surprised this hasn't been printed. This is one of the best designs I've seen on this site. It's better than over 95% of the designs that have been printed in my opinion. I would buy it in an instant were it made available.
S'rah
S'rah on Oct 24 '05
i love this shirt!!! please submit more!
Elvaan
Elvaan on Oct 25 '05
Very threadless :D

$5
34 days later
bodaciousgrape
bodaciousgrape on Nov 29 '05
Resubmit resubmit resubmit.
I WANT IT. NOW. It's pretty much the best. I need it like ...a sled needs the snow. NOW. NOW. NOW,
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