Little Miss Sunshine submission...

I look at this two ways:
One... From a distance, everyone looks and acts \"normal\" (with some you may have to back up some more, harhar) but when you get closer, no matter how \"normal\" a person may seem, there\'s always gonna be things about them that are definately not normal. You just have to get close to see them. Everyone\'s got their quirks.

Two... If a person does something or looks a certain way that is considered not \"normal\", then what are they if they\'re in a group setting where everyone else is doing the same (or similar) and/or looks the same (or similar)? Yep, they are now the norm. Individually they are abnormal; as a group, they become the norm.

That was so much better before i saw the explanataion. its pretty self explanatory so not necessary. but a 5$ anyways.

Clever and simple, nice job

i think this would be better if the little people all had different 'quirks'.. some could have extra arms, legs, no head, et. it would make the message a little clearer, i think.

^Yaa, like the message should be more clear then this...anyway love your cool idea/message!

Yeah suspira I thought about making a ton of different abnormalities too at first, but then I started thinking that it would be too much and take too long to take in. Also, with everyone having the same abnormalities, it makes them all more normal in a group.

As far as the message goes, the message is what you make it. I just posted what my personal take is on it! It's up to you to decide what it means to you; as I think most all art or design should be. But yeah, I probably over-explained it. As I tend to do. As I'm doing now. I'll stop. haha

Well the way it is now with everyone the same, it looks way too cut and paste and bathroom people-ish.

I agree with suspiria, because normality is relative. If every one had two heads then two heads is normal. It is great though, a shirt with a real message behind it.

so rtue.

I like the design alot. I think it would almost work better if the over all image was smaller, so that the individual two headed guys would be harder to see. That way you really have to get up close to see that it's not just the one person it's lots of little two headed people making up that one person...ya know..

This looks like a "Girl Skateboards" shirt? hmmm no thanks.

its cool- id buy it- you can mark my words on that

im with suprisa. it may take more time, but the effect would totally be worth it. its a good idea, it just needs more work.

i think you should hand draw each one differently from the next, smae layout but with their different quirks. the bathroom signs (trust me, i know, i submitted one with them in it too) almost never work out well.

i like the idea about them being all the same, because to me, it exaggerates his second point that we may seem different alone, but in a group, its the norm.

if the people were all different, that point would diminish and become irrelevant to the design. because, i think the point of the design is to show the meaning of normal.

you could do it like suprisa suggested, but it would be totally different, and express a "we are all different, yet all the same"
sentiment. which is great, but i would personally enjoy more explaining how we can seem strange to some but perfectly normal to others, those like us.

i like the concept a lot. and i agree with prafeston in that you should make the overall person smaller, it would make it look more defined.

I like the concept, but I wouldn't wear it.

Yeah, believe me, I thought about alot of the things you guys have suggested (which are all really good) while making this design. panda kid nails it perfectly why I didn't make them all different. That and the fact I still think it could look too cluttered.

As for the size of each person, that I agonized over a bit. I actually made them as BIG as I could and still have some kind of definition for what I think is a good reason: I wanted it to be obvious from a distance that there was SOMETHING going on with the picture; that it's not JUST a silouhette of a stereotyped symbol; that there is something more there. And I didn't want people to have to get three inches from the wearer's chest to see what was there! haha

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I hear what you're saying about the abnormality becoming normal so long as that's what everone's like. However. I think this design is still a little on the plain side. This may be intentional, and may fill a philosophical purpose, but from a design standpoint I feel it is just lacking somehow. Great idea, but the shirt still needs more diversity. Adding even a little variation (even just different sized mens), would make a huge difference.

Nice.

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Yeah, believe me, I thought about alot of the things you guys have suggested (which are all really good) while

making this design. panda kid nails it perfectly why I didn't make them all different. That and the fact I still

think it could look too cluttered.

As for the size of each person, that's something I agonized over a bit. I actually made them as BIG as I could and

still have some kind of definition for what I think is a good reason: I wanted it to be obvious from a distance

that there was SOMETHING going on with the picture; that it's not JUST a silouhette of a stereotyped symbol; that

there is something more there. And I didn't want people to have to get three inches from the wearer's chest to see

what was there! haha

what the heck happened there? sorry for the repeat post.. weird.

I get what you're going for, and if you look at my previous work you'll see I'm a big fan of smaller images making up larger images.....but.....this isn't doing it for me.
The small images are too similar to what the large image is. I agree with suspiria. If you're going to use something so similar to the large image, atleast make them more different, otherwise it's just boring.
It's a nice try, but I don't think it works overall. I'll give it a 2

ALMOST NICE! If normality is what you are trying to project, and abnormality is what is subliminal then I feel you missed the mark cause all the abnormals are the same as one another which makes them normal. Just not the same "normal" as the big figure they make up. 4
I think going a little more indepth without cluttering and getting away from the two armed two legged two balls would make this a GREAT t-shirt. little bit of tweaking you are almost there....

geeze the analysis of the design has gone overboard. wut the fut.

clean and clever.

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Awesome critiques and suggestions. Very fair inputs, indeed; however, I'm sticking to my guns on this one... I just wanted to make it as simple as possible to get the message across. Sure, there are tons of other variations that you may feel further drives the message home, but that's not what I was after on this one. I thought of the concept and thought of many of the suggestions you guys have made before the fact (not all, but many) but in the end decided to keep it as simple (and as orderly) as I possibly could. I guess that's part of the concept too.

Still, very cool ideas, don't get me wrong. But any changes made would be too minor for a resubmittal I think. And anyway, I simply don't wanna! haha

I really agree with shawner. Great tee, Buddy.

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Good clean design, I'm a fan. I would purchase and wear this shirt.
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wish they had different problems

(they are butt-heads)

I really, really like it. They can't have different problems b/c then they could not become the norm. $5 ((though I'm not sure I'd wear it, b/c I don't think everyone would get it)).

interesting and intelligent concept but the bathroom man is just a little played out for my tastes. 4 bucks