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Imagination Postponed by Chengui

Scoring finished:

175 days ago

Submitted on:

Apr 09 '08

Scored by:

1,783 people

Comments:

41 comments

Final average score:

2.53 out of 5

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by Chengui

You ask kids what they want to be nowadays and they always seem to come up with something involving money. Forget about CEOs and superstars, where are those kids who want to be cowboys, spacemen and superheroes? This design is for anybody who wanted to obtain the unobtainable when they grew up.

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gahrace on Apr 09 '08

amazing. love the placement. $5

Savrona on Apr 09 '08

Excellent details and concept.

sideshow_sasquatch on Apr 09 '08

Diggin the design, diggin the style, diggin the concept...good work

squidspawn on Apr 09 '08

amazing but (not to be lame and generic) where is the ninja?

madenew on Apr 09 '08

this is really cool but i think it might be cool to have the imaginary things look like the little boy...you know because as a kid you would imagine yourself in those roles and not someone else...other then that its a 5

turbolucy on Apr 10 '08

this is excellent! i really dig the little boy looking at his watch and all of his imaginary characters waiting anxiously to find out if they get to hang around. PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PLEASE! $5 for sure.

EricDiaz on Apr 10 '08

I think this is your best work so far Brian!

Sunshine69 on Apr 10 '08

this is perfect.

chocofungi on Apr 10 '08

i think this needs some colour tbh

Pixtoons on Apr 10 '08

Could be a great animated cartoon series! Think about it!

Le Dobermann on Apr 10 '08

i think need some colors... but in other ways its awesome!

Bisparulz on Apr 10 '08

great characters 5$

Chengui on Apr 10 '08

Thanks, Eric and everyone else for your positive comments.

madenew - I did consider making the imaginary characters kids, but as a kid I didn't play at being a kid version of those different things; I imagined myself as the real thing. Plus I kind of liked the reversal of the ridiculous adults characters and the career oriented kid.

squidspawn - he's the one in the knight costume :)

helmut13e on Apr 10 '08

I really like the minimal colors used, it really brings the focus onto the boy. I also like how the imaginary characters are drawn in line. GREAT!

herky on Apr 10 '08

great characters, I like it on the darker gray.

Malcolm Man on Apr 10 '08

The expression you managed to capture on his face is nothing short of amazing!

5

gorty on Apr 11 '08

hihi

Chengui on Apr 11 '08

hi gorty.

Sucka Face on Apr 11 '08

Yay! $5

Laser Bread on Apr 12 '08

cool

HeyyWombat on Apr 13 '08

Ha ha i like the kids superhero lunchbox/briefcase

__rockstarr on Apr 13 '08

aw, this is a wonderful idea.
i remember those days...

wonder_woman on Apr 14 '08

i love the dinosaur!

radiomode on Apr 14 '08

it is very nicely drawn

irmo on Apr 14 '08

beautiful design, beautiful message, but you might want to make the clothes of the boy more serious, so the person who sees it would see that something is wrong. the first time i saw this, i thought it was a concept artist running out of ideas or something. i love how all the characters look sad.

Chengui on Apr 14 '08

Thanks, irmo - those are good observations. I wouldn't mind it being interpreted differently.

Ian Leino on Apr 14 '08

I really like how you've refined your style from your earlier subs, and your character work on this one is top notch, too

BadAsh17 on Apr 14 '08

this is perfect. i want one xD
$5

aswingkido on Apr 14 '08

love the idea!!! Great drawing too!! $5

courtney pie on Apr 14 '08

rad

Teiresias_uk on Apr 15 '08

Love it as a concept, but I don't think I'd wear it. That's just me though, it's a cracking design, and would suit other bodies

nccatim on Apr 15 '08

I dig it

Sarcasticatbest on Apr 15 '08

Reminds me of the sleep commercial with Abe Lincoln and the beaver.

bgonzalez on Apr 15 '08

I LOVE THIS. Im a graphic designer, so I get a lot of "Your just in it because it pays" crap from some artists. This is absolutely wonderful. I actually like the act that he is wearing dad's shoes, but i didn't get that at first, so irmo might be right. Its also just rewarding to see something when you get closer so you can leave it :D

bgonzalez on Apr 15 '08

p.s. GLad that the red print isnt actually on teh shirt.

dacat on Apr 15 '08

Wow, great characters and style!

Chengui on Apr 15 '08

Thank you gonzalez, I like sticking that little stuff in there and I'm glad to hear that people like the design enough to investigate further.

IanLeino - Thanks for your comment, those first few subs that I submitted over a year ago....are not my favorite. I may have Threadless delete them at some point :)...Plus they were done before I could livetrace any of my linework, which has helped a ton.

Thank you all for the comments, I really appreciate hearing what you think.