Threadless T-Shirts - Ironic Slogan

Ironic Slogan

Submitted by:

Ian Leino
on Feb 09 '06

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Average score:

2.14 out of 5

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2,347 people

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822 days ago

Comments:

45 comments

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cambert on Feb 09 '06

Smart-ass comment. Low vote.

Robsoul on Feb 09 '06

smart ass comment with a smart underlying meaning.

Isn't this what almost every t-shirt company tries to achieve... go to urban outfitters or Target or where ever you shop for your tees (besides threadless) and this is the formula they all use.

it's a good statement, well done,,, I actually like the retro image with the "retro image" type!!! I think that maybe the "ironic slogan" is too in your face for the threadless crowd, even me, but the car alone with the "retro image" type would definitely fly. I'd buy it with that change.

grayehound on Feb 09 '06

An ironic image that knows it's ironic. How ironic. Sure it's smart ass, and that's why it works and why it'd look great printed. Besides, the illustration is flawless and works with the idea very well. Well done!

redstar on Feb 09 '06

can you guys tell me what "smart ass comment" means - I'm french so I don't underdtand. But I like the "ironic" aspect ...

please help me to understand this world ;)

MarcoBat16 on Feb 09 '06

YES!

mikemills on Feb 09 '06

This shirt would get so many laughs around here. Probably too smart for its own good... 5$

pencilbomb on Feb 09 '06

*Distressing of the Design is also a key ingredient to a trendy shirt.

I like this. well done.

helo on Feb 09 '06

to redstar,

smart ass = smart aleck
smart ass = know-it-all
smart ass = wisenheimer
smart ass = An impudent or obnoxiously self-assertive individual

Your profile page says you're German.
Have you changed citizenship ?

helo on Feb 09 '06

I think it's neat that from a distance
the muscle car on an orange shirt
tends to make viewers think of
Dukes of Hazzard while up
close the viewer will see the
formula used for many shirts
in a graphic format ( including
the design being distressed ).

Thus the message has more impact
with it being misinterpreted
from a distance and the viewer
finally understanding it when closer.

artbuyer on Feb 09 '06

kinda funny idea, but maybe trying a little to hard to out-ironic everyone else. and hood scoops open in the front. flames on the side usually face backward, too, as if the car were moving forward. but maybe i just don't get how ironic all the mistakes are.

The Captain of Awesome on Feb 09 '06

I would wear this. I like how it's on the same color as all those shirts too.

royal on Feb 09 '06

This actually already exists, but with CRAP SLOGAN underneath the car.

fish.. on Feb 09 '06

iu would buy this in a minute if a wasnt a poor little weasle of an 15 year old.

FIVE.

JOHN2 on Feb 09 '06

This is fucking great!

Mr Rocks on Feb 09 '06

This is gold. A great return to the subs from Mr Leino. Nothing but class, and of course, a $ and a 5!

Ellsswhere on Feb 09 '06

artbuyer... hood scoops open on the front... bone up on your american muscle cars my friend, take it from a transportation design major student... your way off. As for the design i like it except for the text at the bottom... as robsoul sed. Oh and not just because its text, but because its too long for the drawing, the lettering is spaced to far appart, bring each letter closer together and we might have a good design.

chaka bear on Feb 09 '06

perfect. some things others said arent big deals and they need to chill.

brettro82 on Feb 09 '06

artbuyer on Feb 09 '06

must just be my imagination
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=hood+scoop

funny how all these photographs got it wrong.

helo on Feb 09 '06

what's on the car is called a cowl

try : " hood " and " cowl " in a
google Images search

DSReskin on Feb 09 '06

The anti-shirt the world so desperately needs.

SeraphNoctum on Feb 09 '06

loos the "ironic slogan" and I'd give it a $5

SeraphNoctum on Feb 09 '06

(plus...I don't like the font...if the font was more like the trendy fonts...then the text could stay)

Seannerz on Feb 09 '06

As someone who works with type-setting on a daily basis, the only thing that sticks out to me is that "Retro Image" on the car seems to read opposite the car's direction. Traditionally with sheared lettering the forward slant gives a sense of motion and on the car it faces opposite the car's direction. Yes, this is trivial but in the end I really don't care because this design is intellegent and well done. $5.

Grebnesor on Feb 09 '06

no matter what anyone says this is amazing

$5

Minsky on Feb 10 '06

Love it! I'm sick and tired of companies creating ironic slogans on retro stylie tshirts so this is a great idea! Spiggin genius! $5

CheesecakeBree on Feb 10 '06

This is funny, nicely done.

ohmystarsNET on Feb 10 '06

wouldn't wear it but it's funny.. 4

allismarie on Feb 11 '06

The shirt is just as much as an "ironic slogan" as it tries to satirize. Meh. I don't find it to be overly witty.

idefyu on Feb 11 '06

i dig the idea and no I won't be one of those losers that searchs the internet for something similar to this so i can spray pretentious all over this site

toadvine on Feb 11 '06

It's great, but too over the top for my tastes. 3

gfixler on Feb 12 '06

That's bizarre. Two weeks ago in my office I scribbled out a t-shirt with a hand-drawn 3D block font in 3/4 view of the stacked words "RETRO OBJECT" (such that it looked like an object) with the text "NOSTALGIC MESSAGE" around it, and a few additional versions with the text in other locations. It didn't seem like it would have to be just right for it to read quickly enough to not be too annoying in and of itself. Now that I see a real version of the idea, I'm kinda meh on the subject, too. I'll give it (and by extension, me) a 4 for 'cleverness.' ;)

gfixler on Feb 12 '06

I meant "it DID seem like it would have to be just right..."

loki35 on Feb 12 '06

wow, so original. cause, you know, i havent seen enough buttons on peoples bookbags that read "GENERIC PUNK PIN" and the like. not funny, or witty. its been done. 0.

Callum on Feb 13 '06

I'd love it there was another title underneath it all, saying " ironic take on hot fashion item" or something along those lines. Irony on top of irony. Yeah!
Cal

Wesaynothin on Feb 13 '06

Love the idea, but wouldn't wear it.

xPigeonx on Feb 14 '06

What's peoples sudden fascination with orange?

wombatgal on Feb 14 '06

You're my hero.
$5

Hayward on Feb 14 '06

The text is all wrong. Why is it wider than the design? This will make the hips on the wearer more evident, and well... Fat.

lorlaur on Feb 14 '06

I like the car.

Ditch the words though.

Mythsnlore on Feb 15 '06

Mmmm... yes, I think so. 5 just the way it is.

jeep morisson on Feb 15 '06

old skool flava

StaneStane on Feb 15 '06

Nice idea but overall performance is a bit lacking...

musicianamedave on Feb 15 '06

I like it.

$5

Coelho on Feb 15 '06

I like it, but still cant attach myself to the slogan. However, for all the "expert" design major detractors, http://www.carsonline.com.au/brock3.jpg

3.5

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