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This was inspired by a WW2 prison camp advert I saw a few weeks ago. It's another entry for Staffell's Joy of Text II blog competition.
Papetti
Papetti on Jan 15 '07
It's cool, but too much writing for me.
quietine
quietine on Jan 15 '07
beautiful, makes me want to read it
kaloyster
   kaloyster on Jan 15 '07
Are those hand-drawn text? 'Coz I believe that's what staffell implemented as a rule.
JeffreyyS
JeffreyyS on Jan 15 '07
amazing 5$
steven218
   steven218 on Jan 16 '07
Yes, it's hand-drawn. I set it in illustrator first to get the look I wanted, then redrew it by hand once I was happy with it. The only vectors are the two boxers.
dacat
   dacat on Jan 16 '07
Sweet text...$5
(matthijs)
   (matthijs) on Jan 16 '07
very nice steven
steven218
   steven218 on Jan 16 '07
Please visit:

http://www.baselinegraphics.co.uk/blog/vintage_small.jpg

to see a larger version of this if you need to.



Cheers.
Tazocat
Tazocat on Jan 16 '07
Nice, love it!!!
jimmytan
   jimmytan on Jan 16 '07
awesome tee! love it!
deboraborialis
deboraborialis on Jan 16 '07
playbill
deboraborialis
deboraborialis on Jan 16 '07
That's my limit. Very nice by the way.



I'm also probably wrong aout the font.
steven218
   steven218 on Jan 16 '07
yes, yes you are… but thanks for playing debs!
deboraborialis
deboraborialis on Jan 16 '07
I like to feel involved.
steven218
   steven218 on Jan 16 '07
lol
xiv
   xiv on Jan 16 '07
looks great.



5&buy
Ian Leino
   Ian Leino on Jan 16 '07
My brain hurts just thinking about hand lettering all of that. In a design that would have so easy to go way overboard with, you've stuck a perfect balance of form and color. Incredible!
Ste7en
   Ste7en on Jan 16 '07
excellent text work (i'd say typography, but its more writography)
mruhland
mruhland on Jan 16 '07
too much going on
Luke...
   Luke... on Jan 16 '07
great concept
jelita78
jelita78 on Jan 16 '07
fwahh..very retro.. loving it.
I_heart_ducks
I_heart_ducks on Jan 16 '07
Something with this much text needs to be on the back of the shirt. It's less awkward to have people stalking behind you than walking backwards in front of you if they want to read your shirt.
+RECONSTRUCT+
   +RECONSTRUCT+ on Jan 17 '07
awesome work steven218
The Ending
The Ending on Jan 17 '07
Love it, so much better than those reading and glastonbry festival tshirts you see everyone in.
eskimokiss
   eskimokiss on Jan 17 '07
i agree with ian, your hand must be really sore :/

Turned out great though! 5$
steven218
   steven218 on Jan 17 '07
absolute agony pazz, I had to keep taking breaks!

bearlingual
bearlingual on Jan 17 '07
Just a nitpicky note: "Elecution" should be "Elocution," but every thing else looks great!
tommygurka
tommygurka on Jan 17 '07
to busy, but like the idea
d3d
   d3d on Jan 19 '07
i'd wear that. i love old boxing posters.
(matthijs)
   (matthijs) on Jan 19 '07
Good stuff Steven. It's not a fair game of course, only one of them is wearing gloves!
steven218
   steven218 on Jan 19 '07
haha, remember that it's Willie Pep he's fighting though - he'd need some kind of advantage! (One for the boxing fans out there)
Searobin514
Searobin514 on Jan 19 '07
I can't believe that you did all that lettering by yourself its amazing. Type drives me up the wall. Great job!
soapboxx
soapboxx on Jan 19 '07
i would buy it
krk
krk on Jan 20 '07
this is waaaaaaaaaaaay cool!
Finless
Finless on Jan 21 '07
Fix the elocution typo and I'd buy it.
Peppermont
Peppermont on Jan 21 '07
Love it.
djdole
djdole on Jan 22 '07
Reminds me of those old Wendy's table-tops from ~10 years ago. The ones that looked like old-timey newspapers.

I used to love reading the adds on those while eating 5-piece nuggets with my grandma & grandpa.

*sigh* But now G-Pa's gone, and G-Ma is alone. :-(

I really gotta go visit my grandma more often. *wistful chagrin*



Good design though!
Tita-pita
Tita-pita on Jan 22 '07
WOOOO vary cool this tee is awsome. My pop used to box bigtime... almost got pretty big too!
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Fragile Industries
Fragile Industries on May 07 '07
oh i do love a great text shirt...hand lettered even...wonderful font designs...i'd wear it, tho backwards...and i'm OCD enough to try to correct the "elocution" myself with ink
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