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Laughing Out Loud

About my design

by Laughing Out Loud
This is a design I've been thinking about submitting for a while. It's sort of an elaboration on the Lefterer.com flag which I've been wanting to use more places. The barcode actually scans the word "BUY". So spawned the title of the submission. The astronaut is there because astronauts are sweet.



I hope everyone likes it!
Lithy
Lithy on Jun 27 '05
thats a sweet astronaut.
skipcronin
skipcronin on Jun 27 '05
i'd almost prefer a shirt that lost the naut and had a translation of the barcodespeak at the bottom of the shirt that says "buy" or something.
thatsnotnormal
thatsnotnormal on Jun 27 '05
the astronaut rocks but the barcode flag is a little sloppy next to it, so i don't know i wish that was cleaned up



also i don't love it on the green
bortwein
   bortwein on Jun 27 '05
Stars could have been $ signs.
Laughing Out Loud
Laughing Out Loud on Jun 27 '05
I considered it, but I thought it would seem a little heavy-handed.
alwayzhappy
alwayzhappy on Jun 27 '05
pretty good, lose the green though
Carlin77
Carlin77 on Jun 27 '05
i really like it. design, colors, and all
Laughing Out Loud
Laughing Out Loud on Jun 27 '05
Thanks for all the kind words!



What color would you guys have preferred for the shirt? I didn't originally set out to make a green shirt, but when I was looking through my options the green was the nicest backdrop to my eye. If I could have had any color I wanted I might have tried a da-glo bright orange or something, but I'm curious to read other suggestions.
thatsnotnormal
thatsnotnormal on Jun 27 '05
hm, its just you have red, blue, then green- its too much...the best i could say would be a darker blue
nighttimeallday
nighttimeallday on Jun 27 '05
i don't like the green, maybe even better without the flag
tesko
   tesko on Jun 27 '05
It dosent come across as a barcode, you need the numbers or something. Maybe just stripes and then the dollar signs instead of stars?
queenotu
queenotu on Jun 27 '05
Way, way, way too big.
turkeymonkey
turkeymonkey on Jun 27 '05
bleah.
slender fungus
slender fungus on Jun 27 '05
yeah, uhm. i didn't automatically know that was a barcode. i immidiately thought of candycanes. most barcodes have a DPCI )or was it DCPI... whatever) number at the bottom.



but i agree, astronauts are cool.
kid_dynamic
kid_dynamic on Jun 27 '05
it would be better on a different color shirt like black or white i think white would be the best choice.
donnasharrison
donnasharrison on Jun 27 '05
How about a pale blue background? I KNEW it was a barcode immediately - It didn't look like a candycane to me! (Says Donna)



For clothing, you might modify the colors so they're not primary - primary colors are hard to wear. Other caolors might be more sophistcated.. If you stare at the red UPS long enough and then look away, you'll have a green UPC infront of your eyes.(says Sam)



donna & sam & wallace & gromit in Oakland
jololli
jololli on Jun 28 '05
You should make the bars wider/less bars
SCHOSR_I
SCHOSR_I on Jun 28 '05
it's a little big
mischievium
mischievium on Jun 28 '05
My suggestions are just a combination of what others are saying-- I would buy it if it were just the flag (no pole even), with numbers across the bottom, mix up the width of the bars in the barcode so there are really wide ones along with the really skinny ones, and sharpen up the stars so they look like the real stars on the flag.
Pooty T
Pooty T on Jun 29 '05
just to echo: lose the astronaut and the pole. center the flag with the text "buy" underneath. it'd give the statement more impact, and... well, I'd buy it immediately.
thacker_josh
thacker_josh on Jun 29 '05
The design seems to overtake the shirt. I'd like it to be more on the subtle side. As others have already stated, I'd change up the shirt color.
pinkywinky
pinkywinky on Jun 29 '05
IT SEEMS LIKE YOUR DICING OUR FLAG!

tat2dbettie
tat2dbettie on Jun 29 '05
This reminds me of MTV... the dude they put on their music awards and use in their ads. Old enough to remember?
wackygirl
wackygirl on Jun 29 '05
The moon man. Cool design. Don't love the color.
heliotropedragon
heliotropedragon on Jun 29 '05
Schweet!
hatticus
hatticus on Jun 29 '05
You might want to vary the width and spacing of the bars more. It'd read better as a barcode. And no green. Otherwise, cool shirt.
BlackBeastOfArrgh
BlackBeastOfArrgh on Jun 30 '05
the astronaut has a psuedo realism and the flag is cartoony.... it should be waving or something, i can't quite put my finger on it... but then again, i suppose if the flag were waving, you'd lose emphasis on the bar code... hmmm... also, i didn't immediately recognize it as a bar code
Kallen
Kallen on Jun 30 '05
is that supposed to be a southpark flag. ASStroNOT
lauramania
lauramania on Jun 30 '05
for a minute i felt like i was sucked back into mtv 80s style
i__say
i__say on Jun 30 '05
I really like it! The best shirts are subtle comments on society.



This really reminds me of Rammstein's music video for the song "Amerika."
hoorah
hoorah on Jul 01 '05
the flag should look more realistic.
philosofialogos
philosofialogos on Jul 01 '05
on navy blue. :)
Catt_32000
Catt_32000 on Jul 02 '05
I LOVE THE SIZE!!!

huge is hawtt
PatShat
PatShat on Jul 03 '05
to bad that if printed, it would be on a shirt made in honduras. aka fruit of the loom.
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