0096. Pink Skull

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Friday, September 18, 2009

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Pink Skull by Lacey aka Lacey

Originally titled "girls like skulls, too." From the original Threadless design post:

I did in full-color watercolor, scanned it in and monotoned it in p-shop. It is a one-color image for the tshirt design.

From the artist's website:

Possible tshirt designs. Too friendly? Too messy? Too metal?

I made the heart painting really messy with a...toothbrush! Yes, I've moved on from natural and synthetic brushes and have instead chosen to paint with a toothbrush. Don't worry, it's not mine or my roommates'...it is a special pink "painting toothbrush."

Submitted on: Aug 05 '03
Average score: 3.03 out of 5
Number scored: 349 people

0095. Eighties Child

By Mr. Everygoon |

Thursday, September 17, 2009

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Eighties Child by Multiple Moorby

Includes stickers for:
I read the Caernafon Herald
MOUZERS! (Maybe this is Mouzers?)
Spork ^TM
Gordon Strachan ©
HULK RULES (the album! Oh wait, this was released in 1995. Oh well, it's a great album)
Action Jackson (1970s toys / 1988 movie)
Eighties Child
Fire in those Shiny Trees (a knock on Bob Ross and his "happy little trees")
If you can read this sticker… I've lost my Caravan!
Quality Control
ROCK LORDS
Been to Barnsley ... preferred Sheffield
and a price tag for £3.16 (a nod to John 3:16?)

Submitted on: May 21 '03
Average score: 2.22 out of 5
Number scored: 432 people

0092. Eagle

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Eagle by IMYJ aka Imyj

The current imyj.com is a spam site, or just a very boring blog, but Internet Archive has some historic pages, if you like to dig around.

I'm not sure if this was a Dreamless design, but it seems fitting for the early days of Threadless, from what I've seen.

0080. Stir It Up

By Mr. Everygoon |

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

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Stir It Up by 345

[T]o me it's not about eating at all! it's all about stirring, maybe even causing a commotion. people are loading trash into their brains with watching TV, living a consumer-zombie life, and maybe we can do something about that, wake them up.

On a personal level: keep on moving, work on it, dig deeper, ask difficult questions, maybe find something in there you can't deal with yourself, then go talk to somebody about it, get some therapy maybe, but don't let bad stuff just sit there to rust and influence your life negatively.

This description is from a Threadless "blog" about the design.

Submitted on: May 16 '03
Average score: 2.81 out of 5
Number scored: 488 people

0078. Free

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Free by Amnesiac aka amnesiac

Wow, I am so glad this tee-shirt was printed, because I never in a million years could've gone to someone else's website and download someone else's Photoshop brushes and then just slap them all over a tee-shirt with some generic shield symbol behind it. I mean, really, how long did it take to d othis shirt? Like a whole 5 minutes? I wonder what this site would look like if it had real designers making real designs? Gee, I don't know, maybe, a lot better!

I'm not sure if this comment was from the artist himself, or a weird mis-association error by Threadless. Either way, it's rather true in terms of generic designs. Misprinted Type still exists, and still has free brushes.

Submitted on: Mar 20 '03
Average score: 3.08 out of 5
Number scored: 325 people

0073. Outbreak Girl

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Friday, July 24, 2009

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outbreak_girl by Girl Friday

Most likely a vectorization of this image, which lead to a rousing discussion on the original submission page. Other fun notes: the tattoo on her neck changed from the original submission to the final printing.

Submitted on: Apr 19 '03
Average score: 2.55 out of 5
Number scored: 431 people

0069. I Luv You CPU

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I Luv You CPU by Greg Washington aka jeedubnew

Shirt text:

Central Processing Unit
i.luv.you.cpu.
instruction: Apply daily when needed

Rx: ____signature___

For Best Results: Maintain a healthy diet. Get lots of rest.

Jeedub.com is now being squatted, but The Wayback Machine hides some goodness.


Submitted on: Nov 12 '02
Average score: 2.52 out of 5
Number scored: 398 people