PREDICAMENT
by twin
Scoring finished:
1210 days ago
Submitted on:
Jun 09 '05
Scored by:
1,380 people
Comments:
150 comments
Final average score:
3.98 out of 5
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A Holland-esce, philosophical illustration. This is my 3rd submission. Thanks for your vote!
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travis76 on Jun 13 '05 did i say this week's subs sucked? this kicks ass! excellent juxtaposition of clip art my friend, the only way clip art should be... 5
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This is so cool. 5$
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BRILLIANCE.
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Genius
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I'm all over this like a fat kid on a smartie. 5 and buy
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Ya, this kicks A$$! I would def buy!
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This is probably the cooles one i've seen, good job.
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This is my favorite shirt yet...I'm really rooting for it to get printed 5+$!!
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I REALLY want this! Right when i saw it im like "If this one doesnt win, i think im gonna cry."
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wow excellent idea :)))
great design! |
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this is the sweetest shirt ever! print this one so I can sport it around town baby :) 5$!
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Very cool. I'd buy for sure.
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i'd make the blue of the fish a bit darker, but this is way cool ;) |
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Well damnit, I love it.
This better get printed. $ 555555. <3 |
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Just a thought (that you've probably had yourself), but shouldn't the fishing line have a worm on the end of it instead of a fish?
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F_c_i_g love the design though by the way, 5!
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love it. great job.
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twin on Jun 13 '05 I use both worms and minnows, but prefer worms. Design-wise, the minnow worked best. Thanks for all your votes!!
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I'm going to faint because of how perfect this shirt is.
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wow, this is awesome.
5$ |
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Excellent
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Fantastic design. Definitely the coolest shirt I've seen in a while. I love it!
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Beautiful. Thanks for the break. The diamond in the rough!
5/buy |
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this is one of the coolest shirts ive ever seen.
id buy it! |
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that is so awesome!
5 and $ |
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Simply brilliant! I could think of hundreds of metaphors for this.
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I hope that I could get one in time when this Is in print!--To the folks from threadless, make sure to print enough female shirts please, thank you. This is lovely.
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i must join the throng of screaming fans. it reminds me of big fish, and not just because it is a ... big fish. the tree and concept remind me of tim burton. in conclusion, that deserves a 5.
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badasss
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if this doesnt win, emial me (ericed@adelphia.net) and ill pay you if you go to a silkscreening shop and get one made for me.
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Great job.
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Impressive. I would definitely buy it when it is available.
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Awesome :)
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Incredibly great
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very nice, great concept!!
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OH! my nipples are hard with exitment!!!
. . - nipple dance |
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very nice, very different!
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some like.. oniric..
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wow. great.
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reminds me of Jack Jhonson's new CD's cover...still rad. 5$
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Very, very good!!!
5 fingers in the air..... |
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love the design and A definite buy!
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I love it. $5
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*L!* I would totally buy this for my dad, the fisherman.
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great design and great idea
:( wish I would have had 5+$ |
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it would be a crime not to print this
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Pacifique on Jun 14 '05 I would buy this, 5$
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This is one of the coolest designs I have seen. 5! $$
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reminds me of the movie big fish. i like it.
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SaaaaWeeeet! I would love to see more.
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Finally a good fishing tshirt
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I'd buy 2 for 2 guys who love to fish.
A nice design - well done! |
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ive got a tee shirt in the running this week so i shudnt help the competition but this is so good im givin it a 5!!!
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this is great...i would not only buy it but wear it too!
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love the tree 5
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oh this is really awesome!!!!!!!
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Ronin60 on Jun 14 '05 haha, this is great.
Should score well judging by the amount of comments :D |
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i love fishing and this is awesome.
i'd have to buy some for gifts too. |
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grayehound on Jun 14 '05 For those who aren't aware of the Brad Holland reference:
http://www.bradholland.net/beta/portfolios/portfolioAdv.html Click on the fifth button from the left. You get credit for using clip art well and putting together a well balanced design that works well as a shirt. If this gets printed, I think I'll stop trying to come up with my own stuff and instead rip off Oblinski. |
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I have a shirt in the running, so perhaps I shouldn't vote on this. However, although I wouldn't wear it simply because it isn't my style, this is brilliant. 5
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My mom would love this shirt being the fisherman she is. But... It's not my style. I must say it's a pretty good design though.
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Awesome.
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WOW. WONDERFUL. i love it!! 5
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CCAD keeps churning out talented folks. Regardless of the reference, this is very well done. Fine art sometimes can't translate to apparel graphics. This is brilliant.
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Reminds me of a graphic children's book, The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, soft back not hard bound version. Great illustrations. Also reminiscent of the whole iceberg concept, not really knowing what lies beneath the surface. It's nice.
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this sooo reminds me of the movie big fish, its awesome.
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oh, that's so cute!
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I would honestly wear this. It really is a great idea and very well done.
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Poor FisherMen, being used as a tool by that very large fish with a tree growing out of its back.
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too bad you didn't save this one for your own t-shirt line... on the other hand, I guess this will be pretty good promotion when it gets printed. 5
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yep. great.
5 and buy! |
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twin on Jun 15 '05 After getting all these sick reviews, I kind of regret not keeping it for my line, but I am astonished as to how many people will be wearing it if it gets printed. That, to me, is a true honor. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!
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i love it! i'd definetely wear this!
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Brilliant.
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Super duper. Love it. Good Father's Day shirt.
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Oh, this rocks... I would really buy this and I am such a stickler for t's
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J'ADORE!
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great idea, wonderfully done.
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Wonderful! I hope I get one in time when it prints!! :D Great work.
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Please print this. If it doesn't get printed, I will be mad. I hate being mad. And I hate not having any good t-shirts to wear.
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i agree, i'd totally buy this shirt- love it, print it
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Ok.....I know everybody says the same thing....but what more can we say than WOW!
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my average score for over 6000 shirts is a .8
and im giving you a five. nicely done. |
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Holy... wow. Just wow.
This is beautiful. Moving. Buy5. Looking at how many positive comments you've gotten so far, I think Threadless would have to be blind not to print this. |
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Love it. $5
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This shirt is great. 5$
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beautiful.
An island in the sea of mediocracy. A 4, which is the highest I've given |
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omg this is beautiful. they have to print this!!!!!
5 + $ |
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i hope to God this wins. this is the best design ive seen on this site. period.
$$$555 |
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$5 And another for my dad. He's a fisherman and would just think it was a fishing shirt.
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I don't like fishing, but that's fucking amazing!
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Yes, definitely awesome. It will probably get printed so I'll buy it when I'll get a job :)
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Sweet mother of clipart, I want this shirt.
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Wow! it awesome! i love it! i'd definatly buy it.$five
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Wait---
fish dont have trees growing out of there backs do they? |
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Yes... yes they do.
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Robsoul on Jun 17 '05 dear god, 97 comments, well I'm 98 then. nice tee
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That is one of the coolest TEEs i have ever seen. 5 out of 5
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100
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Great design.
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This is so awesome.
#102 |
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Why so many comments? THis sucks.
ha just kidding 5 |
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SWEET
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i HATE fishing.. but i LOVE this! $5
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Amazing amazing amazing. 5 : $!!!
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neato. 5$
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GREAT! --Darker blue; then perfect. Makes me think of the movie Big Fish.
...I wonder why? |
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5$
absolutely genius, amazing illustration. |
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this is BEAUTIFUL, it's amazing. It's the best thing I've ever seen on Threadless. I agree that it does remind me a bit of Big Fish but that's a good thing! It's just spectacular, they would be insane not to print this. 5$ without a doubt.
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If they don't print this i'm not buying anymore shirts.
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AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!
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Andy, you're hot! Are you taken? ;)
Oh, i love your work too. |
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I love this. I really hope they print this. $5
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Congratulations, you have the highest score! Excellent design. I'll be sure to pick one up when it gets printed.
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I can't believe that somebody has got so many coments and got such a high score for ripping off somebody else's idea. It is an okay illustration. not my style and I wouldn't wear it.
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um, strawbs? wanna back up those flying accusations? and everything's already been done... this has just been really well done again and i think this one is the shizzle mcnizzle - it'll be a huge surprise if it doesn't get printed.
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Anything but light blue, please, please please
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mezo on Jun 22 '05 lucindyation- the "artist" says so himself:
A Holland-esce, philosophical illustration. Want further proof? http://www.bradholland.net/beta/portfolios/portfolioAdv.html (5th button on left) You nincompoop. |
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this is *AWESOME*. i wish i'd seen it, i'd have given it a 5 and buy :)
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holy crap, 3.98? highest rating yet?
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PRINT PRINT PRINT!!!!!!!
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ID BUY IT $
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WOW hell yes...print it....I knew I should have been checking this week i didnt get a chance to score this but print it please!
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i don't get it
how is this the highest rating |
3 days later
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excellent use of... PLAGIARISM!!!
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4 days later
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do not print! unorigional idea and most of the design from images from the internet.
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10 days later
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I would pay money for this shirt.
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Please read up on Brad Holland and copyrights if you haven't already. He is the primary force right now fighting for Illustrator's rights. Being that you are an illustrator too, I wouldn't piss in the pool you swim in. It is a nice image though.
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They didn't print it, probably because of what people said about plagiarism. I still want it.
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13 days later
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yeah, come up with your own ideas next time... props to brad holland though. for, you know... giving you your idea.
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if they dont print this ive lost all hope in threadless
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original: http://www.bradholland.net/beta/portfolios/portAdv/0105.html |
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realy...realy cool...$5
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6 days later
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print this!
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40 days later
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woooow... Stealing a Brad Holland Illustration... Cant believe threadless didnt catch this one. I mean its not like Brad Holland isnt one of the most well known illustrators of all time. Oh, and look at that.. someones already called it out. Yep and theres the link... havent seen it in ahwhile, but deffinitely remembered the painting, since it was such a great concept... especially when it was an original.... SHAME, SHAME, FUCKING SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-- Hope that money was guilt ridden!!!!!!! |
18 days later
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NICE... (:
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12 days later
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Fair enough the concept has been used b4 but it has also been totally reworked.
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kaloyster on Oct 27 '05 What the? Fair enough? So i just need to steal an original, existing design/concept and edit it a bit and that'll make the design MY original? I don't think so. No originality, no brain for thinking, and BentoBox is right, FUCKING SHAME ON THE AUTHOR (err, i meant the THIEF)!
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26 days later
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I like Holland's better. Creepier.
This would feel like wearing an O'Reilly cover. Except with an O'Reilly cover, I probably wouldn't have to contend with art history types helpfully explaining to me that it's a Holland take-off/rip-off... |
6 days later
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this is a total rip off.
shame on you. and whats sickening is this is the highest ranking shirt on the site, ever. |
68 days later
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The tree on the fish's back was lifted from Chapter 3.3 of The Chaos Hypertextbook.
http://hypertextbook.com/chaos/33.shtml I should know, I wrote that book and did all of the illustrations. Andy Weitzel is a thief. |
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oooo that's not cool
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14 days later
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i beive the tree used in this image was ripped from google image search , after looking into it further i saw it may have been from a copywritten text book,
The Chaos Hypertextbook™ © 1995-2005 by Glenn Elert the validity of this information is questionable on my part, although i LOVE the design, i just thought id give a heads UP All you have to do is goto Google, search under images, and type "tree" its on the first page. |
84 days later
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...GREAT IDEA!!!...
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21 days later
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I saw a picture at a graphic design conference a month ago, a picture which could've been by an illustrator, i forgot his name, but this picture is a rip of his original illustration.
Twin doesn't deserve the praise everyone has given him!!! |
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grayehound on Jul 05 '06 and a big DUH just landed in front of ya, Pink Rabbit.
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80 days later
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omg. i did a google search on it and the tree silhouet did come up. Then go into Paint and do a horizontal swap of the image and BAM! It is the one on the shirt, what a fucking phony.
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