Threadless T-Shirts - Oh, The Possibilities

Oh, The Possibilities

Submitted by:

BusCaptain
on Jun 29 '06

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Average score:

1.60 out of 5

Number scored:

2,118 people

Scoring finished:

682 days ago

Comments:

78 comments

Design forum

BusCaptain on Jun 29 '06

Read what?

yokekit on Jun 29 '06

? i'm confused... read what? Was there some technical difficulties?

MrBaz on Jun 29 '06

confusion sets in

Dorme on Jun 29 '06

wait for it.......wait.........ok...now you can score!

threnodyx on Jun 29 '06

I'm on the edge of my seat

Piefayth on Jun 29 '06

He tried to post comments with the shirt designer comments, but to my knowledge those don't show up. I guess we have to wait until he makes a comment here.

statistics_lie on Jun 29 '06

i predict you color in some of the dots with a red marker to make your own t-shirt. lite brite-esque.

helo on Jun 29 '06

Threadless has a bug that has been removing the
designer's opening comment when presenting
submissions to be scored. So this design is really
suffering due to that bug.

Prexis on Jun 29 '06

i'm gonna hold off scoring this one.

FeIZocE on Jun 29 '06

Anyway, I can't read. I've only been taught to write.

BuriedAlive on Jun 29 '06

I've only been taught to read, not write.

cip on Jun 29 '06

I think that tha man (or lady) wanted to say that you can cover the white spots with za marker and compose your own image.

broooooke on Jun 29 '06

i like the idea of being able to fill in the dots or whatever...but does it come with a marker?

mlawton on Jun 29 '06

ahhh...the possibilities certainly must be endless. personally wouldn't buy it since i'm one of the crappiest visual artists ever to grace the planet. my stick figures make margaret thatcher look hot.

also, would the marker be supplied with the shirt? will it blend in with the color of the shirt or be a contrasting color? beuller?

SuperPope on Jun 29 '06

I think that I wanted to say that all of these submissions trying to "push the envelope" by asking you to fill in blanks on your own shirt are C H E E S Y with a capital CHEE.

If I want to draw on a T-shirt I don't first need to pay Threadless $15. I can buy a Beefy-T and a marker at Wal*Mart and make something just as ugly on my own.

nadeau_david on Jun 29 '06

If I had all the time in the world, I still wouldn't have time to fill in the dots on a shirt...

cell-gfx on Jun 29 '06

i think this design is suffering from a lack of any kind of skill, not a lack of comment.

em aye el on Jun 29 '06

what? a shirt you can write on?!
...who would've thought...

mikesanders on Jun 29 '06

i would not even think about paying $15 on a shirt like this. Submit this to a craft store instead.

.onion on Jun 29 '06

haha, well... i guess it was interesting. but it's not a DESIGN.

van1llag0rilla on Jun 29 '06

Right On Mike Sanders, this shirt is maybe fit for JC Pennys

beachfloat on Jun 29 '06

how the heck does THIS get the judges initial approval?

Versevice on Jun 29 '06

why should I have to design a shirt I'm gonna pay for?

BusCaptain on Jun 29 '06

Of Course... The one time I try somethong a little different, my comments don't show up!!!

Here's What you were supposed to be able to read before scoring:

This is an idea I've had for a long time, but never submitted it, because it obviously lacks in the design category. However, the guidelines of this new Loves competition seemed to fit an idea like this to a "tee" (wink wink) Initially, I thought the marker would come with the tee, but that's entirely up to threadless. Then I realized that you could use multiple coloers if you'd like, or even washable markers. (that way you could redesign every time you wash it!) Anyway, i thought it was a unique idea, and I figured it would make for a really cool gallery of photos. (it'd be cool to see what different people did with this) Anyway, just a different idea. Be gentle.

Hope ya dig.

BusCaptain on Jun 29 '06

As far as everyone's mean-spirited insults, please keep them to yourself. Like I said, I was trying something completely different. (which is what's stated in the Loves guidelines as the WHOLE POINT of this competition) Those of you who are being constructive, thanks for your comments.

artgeek17 on Jun 29 '06

it's cool. i don't think i would buy it (i wouldn't know what to put on it) but it's cool. 8 )

She Says So on Jun 29 '06

kinda cool.

boomerang on Jun 29 '06

good idea!

kooky love on Jun 29 '06

marker loves threadless competition maybe?

kaloyster on Jun 29 '06

Read what?! Haha owned! You're not the first post. Robots deleted it.

Borf JR on Jun 29 '06

i love this idea. id buy it.

wiretop on Jun 29 '06

very interesting

joeypenny on Jun 29 '06

it's great you are taking on the challenge to trying something new, but personally I think do-it-yourself shirts do not sell well to the particular crowd that comes to threadless ---- great idea for kids though, I think.

Heavenly Devil on Jun 29 '06

Love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love this design!

jwalsh on Jun 29 '06

id like the idea if it was a washable marker!

The Flying Farnsworth on Jun 30 '06

nice Idea 5$

sarahuh0h on Jun 30 '06

i... don't get it.

reflectric on Jun 30 '06

nope. my favourite custom t-shirt is still those ones with the giant 'HI, MY NAME IS..' print on them that come with a marker, anyone remember where they come from?

nadeau_david on Jun 30 '06

We have an explanation now? Okay, cool. Yeah like I said earlier, I don't think this is for me. It is, however quite original and I can see some people that would invest in it, 5.

-Moog- on Jun 30 '06

Liked the idea with the marker (which of course was obvious right away without your comment)

When you then explained that the marker could be washable I loved it.

Pixelgraphics rock, cool for kids? I say cool for us interested in "design".

Doodle your own look for the day!

Washable pen, 5$

streetwise on Jun 30 '06

I like your thinking. And yeah, the first comment thing not showing up isn't much help lately. 5

Lavina on Jun 30 '06

It's a really cool idea. But I have rarely had a washable marker do what it says it should.

nestic on Jun 30 '06

great idea!!! love it 5$

CheesecakeBree on Jun 30 '06

Interesting idea... very original.

obapplepie on Jun 30 '06

Its very cute. Good Idea. Reminds me of light bright.

koolest_chicken_91 on Jun 30 '06

i must be stupid..... i don't get it

FionaB on Jun 30 '06

huh....
interesting idea...

daveyafivixen on Jun 30 '06

how clever
and
cute
i got it
even though other people didn't
but thats ok
'cause i'd buy it
it's so cute and clever
good job

Tom Foolery on Jun 30 '06

OOOh i get it nicely done well played

ANS= he is say use a red marker to color in any design u want

jayman22 on Jun 30 '06

i like the marker and text on the picture up there^

Dahlia.Storm on Jul 01 '06

aaah! i get it. its fab. with the dottieessss

meanderbean on Jul 01 '06

Seems like a lot of people are submitting pseudo-DIY shirts. It's an interesting idea I guess, but I can't be bothered to color my tees each time I wear them.

Dilemma8 on Jul 01 '06

well it is something new

freakofyourheart on Jul 01 '06

It's a pretty good idea, and hey, even if it doesn't win, look at all the feedback you generated!

Logillyfish on Jul 01 '06

wtf?

Schroeder on Jul 01 '06

i've done that on paint when i got bored.
and i only did it once.

what would i do once i got the shirt and decided i didn't want to color on it anymore?
i don't know about this one.....

VR4 on Jul 02 '06

You say you're "trying to do something completely different" but quite a few submissions are asking the buyer to draw on them. So it's really not different at all. Nice try, though.

BusCaptain on Jul 02 '06

Here's why I think my design is a bit different from similar entries:

I've somewhat limited the designer's options. The field of dots is all you have to work with, so you have to really think about what image you're trying to create, and how to create it. It's not just a blank shirt wih a "Hi, my name is:" on it.

So yes, I realize that this is not "Something completely different". But relative to the other stuff I'VE submitted, it certainly is.

Thanks for the comments everyone. Keep 'em comin'.

December13 on Jul 02 '06

Hmm kinda innovative, but not that great for those lacking artistic abilities. That and.. I have no idea what I would draw on there, so the thing with most shirts is I like them because there's something cool already on it, and having to figure out what to put on a shirt seems a bit of a tedious conundrum

Jenna Lupey on Jul 02 '06

it's a really cool idea
i would buy it.

alwayzhappy on Jul 02 '06

soo its just a plain shirt that might come w/ a marker? i think people can just do that on their own. maybe add a little something of your own, like a connect the dots or random lines that people can use in a drawing of their own. :)

Discord and Entropy on Jul 02 '06

If you use a washable marker, you can have a new shirt every day :D

laurelxcore on Jul 02 '06

Why did threadless decide to have texttees?

diavolaki27 on Jul 03 '06

Think alot of people r bein pretty harsh, i think it's cool, it's not like drawin on a plain tee that'd look dodg at least with the dots u've got some structure.

diavolaki27 on Jul 03 '06

oh yeah, an i think havin the dots a little further apart(bigger too) would create a better effect

Goetz on Jul 03 '06

i like the idea!
forget about all those nasty comments, given a pen those people might end up with a blank shirt for the lack of creativity anyway...
5!

teenageharlequin on Jul 04 '06

no..just no

miciah on Jul 04 '06

i love it

pebbles87 on Jul 04 '06

and this is when you sign off of threadless for 24 hours

dagstar on Jul 04 '06

oh hell yeah. since i have an imagination- i would so buy this- I could rock this shirt. Make it and we will buy it. ( those of us who have some creativity that is)

ChromeLegend #2 on Jul 04 '06

mm. Not bad, but i probably wouldnt buy.

jimjimdesign on Jul 05 '06

I thought about something similar.

If you really beleive in this product you should get them made yourself and sell them. You can probably make more scrilla that way anywho.

soylamorsa on Jul 05 '06

I think it's really cool.

Eclectapop on Jul 05 '06

Hi, nice idea but not original. I saw something very similar in Delia's a few years ago. But good for you to try to break away from the same-old mold :)

SlyDante on Jul 05 '06

I like the whole "dot" idea, very unique...But I gotta agree with some of the others in that this isn't much different than just any blank t-shirt & a washable marker. Points for effort, though.