Threadless T-Shirts - Where the Mild Things Are

Where the Mild Things Are by Rockslide

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Oct 03 '06

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93 comments

Final average score:

2.97 out of 5

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by Rockslide

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.

Toriff on Oct 03 '06

That's the first thing I thought of when I looked at it. Nicely done.

DeadPoetic_Underoath on Oct 03 '06

wow wow 5$

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.

tomburns on Oct 03 '06

was my favorite too! this is awesoem work!! 5

PrettyBulldog on Oct 03 '06

This rocks. $5

bananaphone on Oct 03 '06

awesome, i remember that book too =)

squintygirl on Oct 03 '06

Love this!

redrabbit on Oct 03 '06

Awwwwyeah.

redsugar on Oct 03 '06

Please, please, please, please, please, please, please.

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!

Wallpaper

the czar on Oct 03 '06

PRINT THIS NOW! $5

Luke... on Oct 03 '06

haha, dead-on...i enjoy that it takes a "double take"

staffell on Oct 03 '06

watch the dollar roll in

ladykat on Oct 03 '06

wow, that is so awesome! $5. my fiancé and i will have to fight over who gets it when it's printed. :-P

phones on Oct 03 '06

well it's about god damned time!

$5

TimScribble on Oct 03 '06

$5 - an awesome design.

PuterBoy on Oct 03 '06

5$

splendid!

firebolt816 on Oct 03 '06

oh yes, love that book, love the style (both yours and maurice's), love the sub

squeegebeckenheim on Oct 03 '06

I WANT THIS NOW!

lemonalle on Oct 03 '06

$love love love love love

wullagaru on Oct 03 '06

this is just painfully good and it makes me hate you and your talent .. nice work

Lowfat on Oct 03 '06

heck yes

jublin on Oct 03 '06

you got it man! go for gold!

Vlad3060 on Oct 03 '06

Thank you for the wallpaper and the trip down memory lane.

Great design.

MarcieD on Oct 03 '06

omg when i was little i LOVED that book.

Seosaimhthin on Oct 03 '06

Great design; dya think it will print out OK? The details and all?

OCandCO on Oct 03 '06

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.
5$

ewey6 on Oct 03 '06

always always always love you

brynwyn17 on Oct 03 '06

coooooooooooolest book

adam antium on Oct 03 '06

awesome!
it makes me feel furry inside.
oops, fuzzy i mean... :)

SusieO on Oct 03 '06

Can i order mine NOW

BeeBubble on Oct 03 '06

YES! i love it. dearly. +5

Mr migilicudy on Oct 03 '06

sweet i will so buy this if it gets prnited if not too abd for u and me and society

NessaChan on Oct 03 '06

Cute idea. =)

lbdesigns on Oct 03 '06

nice

Jo$h on Oct 03 '06

holy crap this is sweet!!! 5$

Ava Adore on Oct 03 '06

amazing, as usual :D

pickledbib on Oct 03 '06

Congrats!!! $5

ButterflyWings on Oct 03 '06

This design is amazing. No mistaking the inspiration. $5. And thanks for the new wallpaper! =)

Coffeesoup on Oct 04 '06

5$ !

17731773 on Oct 04 '06

Bloody great!

kristy30 on Oct 04 '06

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE >>>this begging in public has to STOP i love it ! $5 with a cherry on top

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!

radiostaticstar on Oct 04 '06

so cool...
5$

amy122166 on Oct 04 '06

a true work of art!! awesome job!! $5

steven218 on Oct 04 '06

quite simply the best colour work i've seen on threadless.

you get my dollahs!!!!!

aperobic on Oct 04 '06

great and also the colour you choose

kmaron on Oct 04 '06

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.

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)

Nodus on Oct 04 '06

Very amazing.

Wembley on Oct 04 '06

Apparently kmaron has not yet been introduced to the genius that is Rockslide. This is wonderful... and I would wear it daily.

koolest_chicken_91 on Oct 04 '06

HOLY CRAP ! I NEED THIS RIGHT NOW !!!! GIVE IT TO ME!!!

bedspring on Oct 04 '06

God this is awesome!

eighten on Oct 04 '06

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.

TupeloHoney on Oct 04 '06

I looove it, I neeeed it...it's wonderful.

mezo on Oct 05 '06

Here comes the print-train! Woooo! Wooooo!

chelly on Oct 05 '06

$5 obviously

She Says So on Oct 05 '06

insania. and im using it as my wallpaper.

fc gravy on Oct 05 '06

i love that book! this is great!

(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.

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.

kayceislost on Oct 05 '06

yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes!

Verdana on Oct 05 '06

This is basically amazing.

Pseudonymity on Oct 05 '06

wow.

zahhaz on Oct 06 '06

I LOVE this design. Awesome.

herky on Oct 06 '06

amazing illustration and linework. I think it's a great homage.

l1qu1D on Oct 06 '06

Yeah!! $5!

melhel86 on Oct 06 '06

sweet. I actually gave something a $. Nice.

Squince2 on Oct 06 '06

awesome!

Squince2 on Oct 06 '06

This would be good for a kids tee too, I think. :)

annabananna777 on Oct 06 '06

Absolutely fabulous

Simply_ Lovely on Oct 06 '06

yay little kiddos. i want this.

elphabasoup on Oct 06 '06

AMAZING! I'd buy it in a millisecond.

lulubella on Oct 07 '06

Beautiful idea and execution.

alacyt on Oct 07 '06

Stop the press- PRINT THIS NOW!!!

I still say Tim Burton needs to do a version of Where the Wild Things Are.

classictaryn on Oct 08 '06

I love this design! $5!

BrandonB11 on Oct 08 '06

great stuff 5$ DO IT

heather13 on Oct 08 '06

Love it! You are very talented.

spen dog diggy on Oct 08 '06

awesome. definite $

applexcore on Oct 08 '06

wonderful.

simardj on Oct 09 '06

can anyone say copyright infringement.

drorkov on Oct 09 '06

love your style

JAYGATZ on Oct 09 '06

i think i'd like it with the title on it too. Very cool, you have serious talent.

i carnt spel on Oct 09 '06

lol this book and all ascosiated is touring in my city now:)

twinkle_byte on Oct 09 '06

I love this and it looks AMAZING, whatever copywrite issues there may be aside.

SCHOSR_I on Oct 09 '06

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".

far_2_far_2_fast on Oct 10 '06

I love it!

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redhead78 on Oct 13 '06

print this! I loved the book, and all my brothers will want to have one, too! awesome!

25 days later

Sarah Lettuce on Nov 07 '06

o my freeking gummybears amazing! i love you!

9 days later

owlLove on Nov 17 '06

$55555555

15 days later

mahalov on Dec 02 '06

i've always wanted a wild things shirt
$5

25 days later

ketsugi on Dec 27 '06

Please print this :(

21 days later

benbrignell on Jan 18 '07

I would do ANYTHING to get this printed

slaterock on Jan 18 '07

print it. print it now.

20 days later

ewey6 on Feb 08 '07

pleeeeease print it!!!

13 days later

Nodus on Feb 21 '07

Just curious as to why this isn't wrapped around my torso yet.

schleb on Feb 21 '07

probably because of copyrights? :( i want it too

6 days later

chelly on Feb 28 '07

printypoo

74 days later

YtFeLMi on May 13 '07

Bump for a print!?

harpo25 on May 13 '07

please print :)

104 days later

koolest_chicken_91 on Aug 25 '07

PRINT NOW~!!!!!

9 days later

artalicia on Sep 03 '07

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!!! :-)

16 days later