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While working on my last sub (The Wrong Bros.), the pen and ink lines reminded me of Maurice Sendak's work and so I started looking at Where the Wild Things Are and was inspired to do this parody/homage. Like everyone, I loved Sendak's work when I was a kid. So here it is! I changed the characters enough so that they would be my own, obviously inspired by his.
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That's the first thing I thought of when I looked at it. Nicely done.
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DeadPoetic_Underoath on Oct 03 '06 wow wow 5$
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slaterock on Oct 03 '06 F'd in the a hole, this is amazing. This was my favorite book back in the day, and this it justice.
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tomburns on Oct 03 '06 was my favorite too! this is awesoem work!! 5
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This rocks. $5
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bananaphone on Oct 03 '06 awesome, i remember that book too =)
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Love this!
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Awwwwyeah.
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Please, please, please, please, please, please, please.
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Rockslide on Oct 03 '06 Some people have asked me for a wallpaper of this so here is a link to a giganto-res version that you can size to your screen. Enjoy!
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PRINT THIS NOW! $5
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Luke... on Oct 03 '06 haha, dead-on...i enjoy that it takes a "double take"
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watch the dollar roll in
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wow, that is so awesome! $5. my fiancé and i will have to fight over who gets it when it's printed. :-P
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well it's about god damned time!
$5 |
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$5 - an awesome design.
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5$
splendid! |
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oh yes, love that book, love the style (both yours and maurice's), love the sub
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I WANT THIS NOW!
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$love love love love love
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wullagaru on Oct 03 '06 this is just painfully good and it makes me hate you and your talent .. nice work
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heck yes
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jublin on Oct 03 '06 you got it man! go for gold!
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Thank you for the wallpaper and the trip down memory lane.
Great design. |
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omg when i was little i LOVED that book.
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Great design; dya think it will print out OK? The details and all?
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I hate that I didn't think of this first. I can't draw like that so I guess that is a good thing for all the people who will own this shirt when it is printed.
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always always always love you
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coooooooooooolest book
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adam antium on Oct 03 '06 awesome!
it makes me feel furry inside. oops, fuzzy i mean... :) |
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Can i order mine NOW
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YES! i love it. dearly. +5
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sweet i will so buy this if it gets prnited if not too abd for u and me and society
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Cute idea. =)
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nice
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holy crap this is sweet!!! 5$
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amazing, as usual :D
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Congrats!!! $5
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This design is amazing. No mistaking the inspiration. $5. And thanks for the new wallpaper! =)
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5$ !
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Bloody great!
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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE >>>this begging in public has to STOP i love it ! $5 with a cherry on top
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jpiatt on Oct 04 '06 WOW. This is amazing. Dude, your illustration skillz impress me everytime I see one of your designs.
And, this is one of your best. I'll be SHOCKED if you don't get a print out of this. CHA-CHING! |
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so cool...
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a true work of art!! awesome job!! $5
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steven218 on Oct 04 '06 quite simply the best colour work i've seen on threadless.
you get my dollahs!!!!! |
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great and also the colour you choose
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i certianly agree that you have skills with pencil but i have to say i feel like it isn't such an original design. not in concept but i think you paid 'homage' a little too much and might border on copyright infringement. i think people like it because it DOES look like it came straight from the book and that is great but what does that say about your own originality. with such talent i'd be interested to see an original design from you that doesnt copy someone elses style as much.
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Rockslide on Oct 04 '06 Hey thanks everyone for all the great comments! I'm glad you enjoy this piece.
Kmaron-easy answer- check out my other subs or visit my website, this particular piece looks like a Sendak piece because it was meant to, not because I have no skills of my own. (sidenote: there never was any pencil or even penwork in this piece. It is 100% digital start to finish. Just me, a Wacom, and Corel Painter) |
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Very amazing.
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Apparently kmaron has not yet been introduced to the genius that is Rockslide. This is wonderful... and I would wear it daily.
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HOLY CRAP ! I NEED THIS RIGHT NOW !!!! GIVE IT TO ME!!!
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God this is awesome!
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I agree with kamaron, who aptly dissed my first sub :), you did a fantastic job of mimicking Sendak, but just putting the characters in a "mild" setting doesn't really do anything. It's too similar to the original to be an homage, and not funny/extreme enough to be any sort of parody. The best way to carry out your concept would've been to draw original, inherently mild characters in the same style, and to have the boy looking very bored and disappointed.
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I looove it, I neeeed it...it's wonderful.
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mezo on Oct 05 '06 Here comes the print-train! Woooo! Wooooo!
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$5 obviously
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insania. and im using it as my wallpaper.
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i love that book! this is great!
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(matthijs) on Oct 05 '06 I agree with eighten and kmaron up there.
As much as I love you work and respect your talent, I don't think this could be described as your own work. Each one of the characters is easily recognizable from Sendak's book. At first I didn't even see the minor differences until I looked up some pics of the original. Like eighten mentioned, if you want to do a parody or homage, you should have changed a whole lot more. Dude, you're so talented, why not create something in this style with your own characters? This would be the same as someone submitting some Looney Tunes characters with in different colours or with pants on. Again, I do like the other stuff you do (I 5'd your other sub), but this just doesn't quite cut it. |
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jublin on Oct 05 '06 As far as a "parody" shirt goes, i don't think you need to take extreme liberties to make a character look vastly different from the original. I'd much rather see the character (how I remember them) in a goofy wacky crazy town scenario. I like this a lot rocky. As far as the copyright garbage goes I have no idea how that works. I think it's fine considering we have all of those god damn silhouette parodies running around.
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yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes!
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This is basically amazing.
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wow.
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I LOVE this design. Awesome.
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herky on Oct 06 '06 amazing illustration and linework. I think it's a great homage.
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Yeah!! $5!
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sweet. I actually gave something a $. Nice.
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awesome!
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This would be good for a kids tee too, I think. :)
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Absolutely fabulous
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yay little kiddos. i want this.
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AMAZING! I'd buy it in a millisecond.
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Beautiful idea and execution.
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Stop the press- PRINT THIS NOW!!!
I still say Tim Burton needs to do a version of Where the Wild Things Are. |
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I love this design! $5!
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great stuff 5$ DO IT
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Love it! You are very talented.
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awesome. definite $
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wonderful.
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can anyone say copyright infringement.
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love your style
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i think i'd like it with the title on it too. Very cool, you have serious talent.
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lol this book and all ascosiated is touring in my city now:)
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I love this and it looks AMAZING, whatever copywrite issues there may be aside.
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I LOVE THIS!!!
However, I almost wish it said "Where the Mild Things Are" on the back, or something, simply because (as an avid Wild Things Fan) I would like to establish that it's not the "Wild Things". |
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I love it!
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print this! I loved the book, and all my brothers will want to have one, too! awesome!
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o my freeking gummybears amazing! i love you!
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$55555555
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mahalov on Dec 02 '06 i've always wanted a wild things shirt
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Please print this :(
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I would do ANYTHING to get this printed
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slaterock on Jan 18 '07 print it. print it now.
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pleeeeease print it!!!
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Just curious as to why this isn't wrapped around my torso yet.
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probably because of copyrights? :( i want it too
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printypoo
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Bump for a print!?
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please print :)
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PRINT NOW~!!!!!
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This is wonderful and very humorous!! And beautifully drawn too - just like the original book! I really hope this comes back - I'd LOVE to buy one!!! :-)
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I would SO buy this.
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Let me buy this
now now now |
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haha that's great
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