Threadless T-Shirts - How to be happy

How to be happy by patlaw

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Submitted on:

Oct 06 '06

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44 comments

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Everyone could use a little happiness.

Veranicafilms on Oct 06 '06

like it. wish it was a bit bigger so we could read the smaller text!

natesone on Oct 06 '06

would you really want someone staring at you long enough for them to read all of this?

bananaphone on Oct 06 '06

i dont think threadless are going to promote drugs on their tees any time soon.

HolyHndGrenade on Oct 06 '06

what does it SAY!?!?!? but i dont wanna promote drugs like the other guy said .

SuperPope on Oct 06 '06

You should find some satirical brochure competition and submit this to that.

Better yet, start a satirical brochure competition website. Many of us will probably come hang out.

eighten on Oct 06 '06

this should be called "how to spend too much money to be happy in 1992". Or, "how to spend WAY too much money to be happy but incredibly out of style in 2006".

patlaw on Oct 07 '06

Hey guys, thanks for both your nice and nasty comments. Note that a number of you are asking about what the hell the copy says. Well, view the design here: http://flickr.com/photos/error302/262745090/.

AzrimEkim on Oct 07 '06

Too much reading.

MrGallagher on Oct 07 '06

I would have been way into this in '97, not so much now that its 9 years later. Use your talents wisely.

Daddy Ham on Oct 07 '06

I'd be happy if I could get my hands on one.... ; )

Daddy Ham on Oct 07 '06

"Does it come in black...?"
- Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne, Batman Begins

Noobits on Oct 07 '06

bad message

nanlikestoast on Oct 07 '06

zoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom?

alacyt on Oct 07 '06

soma

patlaw on Oct 07 '06

To view the words, go to: http://flickr.com/photos/error302/262745090/

Looneygirl on Oct 07 '06

I agree - bad message!

wide_eyed on Oct 07 '06

is guaranteed supposed to be spelled wrong? cause thatd be kinda funny.

patlaw on Oct 07 '06

Plenty of deliberate but subtle misspellings there just to prove a point that drugs kill braincells. Well spotted, wide-eyed.

Kevin Barrack on Oct 07 '06

Clever and a little jaded. Perfect combination.

ljluense on Oct 07 '06

i gotta agree with most that there is far too much text and it's much to small to read. more importantly what you're supporting isn't really cool.

newklear on Oct 08 '06

Way too much copy. Besides, the people it'd appeal to don't really need any more encouragement to do this kind of thing.

patlaw on Oct 08 '06

How much is too much copy then? Is there a limit we should be aware of? Or is it just asethetically driven by personal liking? If you read it, fine. If you don't, that's alright too. Why would it matter that the copy needs to be read? Its a t-shirt, not your housing mortgage contract.

BCloudy on Oct 08 '06

Nice balance, but isn't the "illicit-substances-are-fun-and-useful" thing kind of really, really tired?

patlaw on Oct 08 '06

I do agree with you BCloudy. In a way, while I don't regret submitting my design, I wish the rest of which I've submitted came out first. Oh well. We all learn.

kristen21 on Oct 08 '06

I love it and want one sooooooo badly.

pennylane447 on Oct 08 '06

satirical or not, i don't support putting drug messages on my chest.

drspjackson on Oct 09 '06

If you can cut out some of the text (summarise or be more concise), the t-shirt would be perfect. The drug message is satirical, so I wish you all wouldn't take it so seriously! No one compains about guns or knives on t-shirts, even though you could argue that they promote violence. I think the concept and design are great, and the play on spelling mistakes is genius. Nice design Patlaw, I hope it gets printed.

patlaw on Oct 09 '06

drspjackson: you have no freaking idea how much your comments made my day. Finally someone who shares the same sentiments. Despite all the negative reception I've amazingly and suprisingly garnered, a single agreement with someone is good enough. Thanks, mate.

specialdave on Oct 09 '06

i don't think people get it, thus, prolly won't get printed

yoghourtbrain on Oct 09 '06

help me get it too!

organ-donor on Oct 09 '06

i like it but to me i read step one then step three.. it's just how people are used to reading. but i like the idea and i like the inclusion of an email address.. i think people would email it to see if they get a response. if it's real its a good idea

maxandglad on Oct 09 '06

I love it that Americans have just discovered ecstasy or X or whatever it's called now. There were so many 'Rave' shirt like this here in England in the early 90's.

Simply_ Lovely on Oct 09 '06

The drugs thing is kind of iffy, but i like it overall. very nice :]

patlaw on Oct 10 '06

specialdave: I don't get cooking books but they still get printed anyway... ;) Guess they're for the sexy chefs. Hmm.

patlaw on Oct 10 '06

organ-donar: your viral marketing idea is simply brilliant! god someone should start a campaign with this. haha.

patlaw on Oct 10 '06

maxandglad: did Americans just discovered it now? I doubt so.

patlaw on Oct 10 '06

Thanks Simply_Lovely. Your comments are, well, simply lovey.

Sorry! Just felt really tempted to do that!

CherryRoyal on Oct 10 '06

oooooo i effin love it!!!

SusieO on Oct 10 '06

DRUGS ARE BAD

mr.yeti on Oct 10 '06

keen design, ditto the flow flaws and too much text - my eyes went 1 - 3 - 2 - 4, and I first thought "Free Yourself" meant free from drug addiction.

This can be tweaked into something pretty keen. Increase the graphic size, then you can out-weigh the smaller text if you decdie to keep it. You have some good initial text hierarchy, but it could be stronger.

Leumy on Oct 10 '06

I think its pretty witty. I can see where you are coming from with this. Cool idea.