One life one rule, be you
04-24-17, 07:25 AM
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One life one rule, be you
Hello guys!
I decided to illustrate a tshirt for a friend who is a screen printing enthusiast. I wanted to create character that could resonate with the oldschool cyclist in me. I made a scrawny, rough wolf riding his bike with flies all over him (that looks deliberately ambiguous). You can read ‘One Life One Rule Be you’ underneath him. The concept is the opposite of what the modern society is all about: Glamour. Glamour is for fakes. The message here is just be yourself at any cost. Even if you are an ugly, miserably looking, lonely wolf.
What do you think?
I decided to illustrate a tshirt for a friend who is a screen printing enthusiast. I wanted to create character that could resonate with the oldschool cyclist in me. I made a scrawny, rough wolf riding his bike with flies all over him (that looks deliberately ambiguous). You can read ‘One Life One Rule Be you’ underneath him. The concept is the opposite of what the modern society is all about: Glamour. Glamour is for fakes. The message here is just be yourself at any cost. Even if you are an ugly, miserably looking, lonely wolf.
What do you think?
04-24-17, 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Semipedersen
The saddle in combination with the wolf looks a bit "strange".
04-24-17, 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Juan Foote
agreed, raise the other leg
Or simply omit the saddle's nose from the pic.
04-24-17, 08:02 AM
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Haha, Ok I will fix it! It's annoying how easy something can reminds you of male genitalia!
04-24-17, 08:38 AM
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Tell the printer not to center the screen but to center the wolf's body---or remake the screen if it is home-made. Right now the mass of the design is too far left. (Right, but left in the pic.)
Other than that and adding some detail or changing the shape of the saddle nose .... nothing else to say. Good enough design.
I wouldn't protest loudly if the text were actually visible, but you might have wanted it small. Can't say.
Other than that and adding some detail or changing the shape of the saddle nose .... nothing else to say. Good enough design.
I wouldn't protest loudly if the text were actually visible, but you might have wanted it small. Can't say.
04-24-17, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Crawdaddy
I like it and I want one of the tshirts!
A friend of my sell some of them, but I am not sure the forum allows to share this kind of info. Send PM
04-24-17, 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Maelochs
Tell the printer not to center the screen but to center the wolf's body---or remake the screen if it is home-made. Right now the mass of the design is too far left. (Right, but left in the pic.)
Other than that and adding some detail or changing the shape of the saddle nose .... nothing else to say. Good enough design.
I wouldn't protest loudly if the text were actually visible, but you might have wanted it small. Can't say.
Other than that and adding some detail or changing the shape of the saddle nose .... nothing else to say. Good enough design.
I wouldn't protest loudly if the text were actually visible, but you might have wanted it small. Can't say.
04-24-17, 09:02 AM
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I actually like the text as-is.
Second the centering the wolf body, not the image as a whole, and (third? fourth?) the saddle suggestion.
Not a fan of the ambiguous flies though.
Second the centering the wolf body, not the image as a whole, and (third? fourth?) the saddle suggestion.
Not a fan of the ambiguous flies though.
04-24-17, 09:08 AM
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What if "you" likes glamour?
04-24-17, 09:40 AM
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shirt is A+ ... don't mess with your mona lisa's style 
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04-24-17, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Semipedersen
Cool design! I like it. The saddle in combination with the wolf looks a bit "strange".
04-24-17, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
What if "you" likes glamour?
04-24-17, 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike
Really pretty simple; don't buy/wear products that indicate otherwise.
But the OP says glamour is for fakes and instead I should be me.
"Glamour is for fakes. The message here is just be yourself at any cost."
But if, to me, being me means being glamorous then, according to the OP, being me would be being fake. Yet it wouldn't be fake because, to me, being glamorous is being myself. But according to the OP, I am not being myself if I am being glamorous because being glamorous even though, to me, I cannot be myself unless I am being glamorous. And 'round and 'round we go.
04-24-17, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
But the OP says glamour is for fakes and instead I should be me.
Don't worry Indyfabz. I am sure you look Fabulously glamorous in anything you wear.
04-24-17, 12:39 PM
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Wolf pic with saddle reminds me of this picture.
Otherwise, I third/forth/whatever the centering of the wolf.
Otherwise, I third/forth/whatever the centering of the wolf.
04-24-17, 12:43 PM
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Somehow, it bugs me that I can see the rear derailleur but no shifter...
04-24-17, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by corrado33
Wolf pic with saddle reminds me of this picture.
Otherwise, I third/forth/whatever the centering of the wolf.
Otherwise, I third/forth/whatever the centering of the wolf.
04-24-17, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by corrado33
Wolf pic with saddle reminds me of this picture.
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Originally Posted by 55murray
Somehow, it bugs me that I can see the rear derailleur but no shifter...
04-24-17, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
But the OP says glamour is for fakes and instead I should be me.
"Glamour is for fakes. The message here is just be yourself at any cost."
But if, to me, being me means being glamorous then, according to the OP, being me would be being fake. Yet it wouldn't be fake because, to me, being glamorous is being myself. But according to the OP, I am not being myself if I am being glamorous because being glamorous even though, to me, I cannot be myself unless I am being glamorous. And 'round and 'round we go.
"Glamour is for fakes. The message here is just be yourself at any cost."
But if, to me, being me means being glamorous then, according to the OP, being me would be being fake. Yet it wouldn't be fake because, to me, being glamorous is being myself. But according to the OP, I am not being myself if I am being glamorous because being glamorous even though, to me, I cannot be myself unless I am being glamorous. And 'round and 'round we go.
Wearing scruffy looking t-shirts and worn out jeans is kind of glamorous nowadays...
04-24-17, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by andrei_r
Wearing scruffy looking t-shirts and worn out jeans is kind of glamorous nowadays...
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Originally Posted by 55murray
Somehow, it bugs me that I can see the rear derailleur but no shifter...
