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I drew this some time ago and now I vectorized it for a stencil. Hope you like it!

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10 months ago • Quote
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10 months ago • Quote
l14340

Made an account just for this t-shirt, hope it gets voted!

10 months ago • Quote
LilSquiggle

I think this has got to be one of the best word designs I have ever seen. Usually either the words or the image is hard to see/read but in this, both are really clear. Very very effective. Awesome design.

10 months ago • Quote
Sh4rkoon

What a awesome work!

10 months ago • Quote
thesimbie

Thank you everyone! Please share on facebook, because I don't have a facebook account!

Arialle
10 months ago • Quote
Arialle

This is fantastic!

10 months ago • Quote
thesimbie

Quoting: Arialle
This is fantastic!



Thank you! Please share!

10 months ago • Quote
FrederickHoffman

Surely this must print - I think heather grey or perhaps charcoal would be especially good - congratulations on a great design!

10 months ago • Quote
SOULTHROW

>quote:38527
I still prefer the white one even if its not that "buy-able"....

10 months ago • Quote
thesimbie

Quoting: FrederickHoffman
Surely this must print - I think heather grey or perhaps charcoal would be especially good - congratulations on a great design!



Thank you very much.

10 months ago • Quote
thesimbie

Quoting: SOULTHROW



quote:38527
I still prefer the white one even if its not that "buy-able"....




Same for me; the white shirt is supposed to represent Joker's face, so another color would just be a compromise, but I'm ok with that, if it's what people want. Also, I wear white in a fabulously.

dcrosskill
10 months ago • Quote
dcrosskill

It's gotta stay on white

10 months ago • Quote
okekyk

White has more sense, but the other light colors are neat too.

10 months ago • Quote
MalinVK

overly awesome!

dcrosskill
10 months ago • Quote
dcrosskill

>quote:38525
Its nearly at 300 votes in just a few days. I think people are fine with white

9 months, 4 weeks ago • Quote
thesimbie

What you say, dcrosskill, can be true, but you have to understand that the voting community is very little compared to the total traffic of the site, and is also composed by quite different people, mainly designers.


What qwertee is trying to say is that I should find a version that could satisfy the wider public, not just a cool design printed on a tee, or this could be a total flop at the sale.


I'll work on something this afternoon; then I would suggest to set up a poll on facebook, to see what color the wider public prefer AND how wide the response actually is. If it smells like failing, I have no problems on withdrawing this. I've got many cool designs in my HDD and I'm already pleased with the positive response for this! But, yes, I'd like it printed, so let me work on something else, then we can see if a poll is possible.

jerodfromsubway
9 months, 4 weeks ago • Quote
jerodfromsubway

This shirt really is pretty great, It's original and nothing like the others. you have my vote.

stephiegajsek
9 months, 4 weeks ago • Quote
stephiegajsek

Love this shirt!!! :)

9 months, 4 weeks ago • Quote
FrederickHoffman

I hope you don't mind, but I just drew up a (really rough) way of putting it on charcoal without feathering it, I'd like to see this printed so it'd be a shame if it was shelved just because of shirt colour
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/546490_10151071753403780_2064542766_n.jpg

9 months, 4 weeks ago • Quote
thesimbie

Nice man. And thank you. Can you send me just the white stain via mail ([email protected])? So I can also thank you privately.

9 months, 4 weeks ago • Quote
FrederickHoffman

Done and done!

9 months, 4 weeks ago • Quote
thesimbie

New design, thanks to Frederick http://i.minus.com/iZC7ACTM4Huzz.png

chrismcdonnell16
9 months, 4 weeks ago • Quote
chrismcdonnell16

I still think with all the mock up designs, the white one is still the best. You don't see many white t shirts on qwertee, I would definitely get this when/if it gets printed.

9 months, 4 weeks ago • Quote
thesimbie

There will be a poll on the facebook page guys.

9 months, 4 weeks ago • Quote
Qwertee

Looks like White is the clear winner in the voting! Let's make this happen:)

9 months, 4 weeks ago • Quote
thesimbie

Yes! Looking forward to hear from you.

dcrosskill
9 months, 4 weeks ago • Quote
dcrosskill

Quoting: thesimbie
What you say, dcrosskill, can be true, but you have to understand that the voting community is very little compared to the total traffic of the site, and is also composed by quite different people, mainly designers.


What qwertee is trying to say is that I should find a version that could satisfy the wider public, not just a cool design printed on a tee, or this could be a total flop at the sale.


I'll work on something this afternoon; then I would suggest to set up a poll on facebook, to see what color the wider public prefer AND how wide the response actually is. If it smells like failing, I have no problems on withdrawing this. I've got many cool designs in my HDD and I'm already pleased with the positive response for this! But, yes, I'd like it printed, so let me work on something else, then we can see if a poll is possible.



For you to have to withdraw this awesome t-shirt would have been a crime against humanity.


Glad to see white won the poll. Wonder if its because I voted twice :)

JunkoKiu
9 months, 3 weeks ago • Quote
JunkoKiu

Oh.My.God.
I just need it so badly !!

9 months, 3 weeks ago • Quote
mario.carroll

>quote:38525
i love it in white. please print this!!

9 months, 3 weeks ago • Quote
thesimbie

GONNA GET PRINTED.
If you want to know the date, like my fb page http://on.fb.me/Ow6VKP

9 months, 3 weeks ago • Quote
thesimbie

It's not blackmailing, I still don't know the date, I'll just write it in my FB page so you'll get updated, I wasn't being mean, I love you all.

JunkoKiu
9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
JunkoKiu

Yay ! Here it is !
Gonna get it right now :D

chrismcdonnell16
9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
chrismcdonnell16

Just ordered:)

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
MichaelPD

I. LOVE. THIS.
Only problem for me is that I just can't pull off wearing white :'(
Still, it's an amazing shirt :)

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
ctaie

Just ordered, this shirt is fantastic!! Thank you!

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
secretphobia

Awesome! It's too bad that I can't pull off white t-shirts :(

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
thesimbie

As I said, I had this drawn on pencil from years ago, and vectorized once retrieved recently.

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
arcane927

Ok Victor

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
shumaza

You're right... it was done years ago by a guy named victor maristrane, you saw it floating around the internet, you vectored it and you're pawning off this mans artwork as your own. let alone the fact that your other designs are not nearly as advanced artisticly as this design is. I'm calling fraud on this one and trust me it's a small pond on here and stealing someone else's art and calling it your own is a great way of getting blacklisted buddy

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
shumaza

http://maristane.deviantart.com/


That is some serious art... the guy who did this is not you and if it was you i highly doubt your art would degrade from this http://maristane.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2v03ye
this this http://www.qwertee.com/product/what-would-cave-johnson-do/

5tarvin
9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
5tarvin

@3 hours, 4 minutes ago • Quote
shumaza


you are right !!

scabdesigns
9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
scabdesigns

I repeat it, I had this drawing along with other old ones made in stencil; the paper says it's from 2009, and I was 15 at the time, and it was similar to other drawings of mine (and just if you haven't seen them, doesn't mean I'm not able to do them). Anyway I'm not so stupid to do such a thing, I know how the internet works: if I copied it back in the days I didn't remember and if it's actually like this I'll contact the original artist and send him all the money.

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
thesimbie

I repeat it, I had this drawing along with other old ones made in stencil; the paper says it's from 2009, and I was 15 at the time, and it was similar to other drawings of mine (and just if you haven't seen them, doesn't mean I'm not able to do them). Anyway I'm not so stupid to do such a thing, I know how the internet works: if I copied it back in the days I didn't remember and if it's actually like this I'll contact the original artist and send him all the money.

tobideshiy
9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
tobideshiy

Getting this! Don't have any money, actually have to beg my friend to get this for me today, lol.

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
shumaza

no it's not similar, it's an exact copy.. hope you enjoy the money you get off this design cus i have a feeling you won't be selling any others for a while

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
Lozzieful

I can't believe that art theft has got through this site as a chosen tee design when there's hundreds of other original artists who put their time and effort into making their own original designs!


Qwertee - if "thesimbie" can't prove that he actually owns the design, I personally would have it removed. Profiting from a design that is stolen from the original artist without their consent is illegal. :/

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
darrenadamson

Totally agree. The point of this site is to provide 'one-off' designs not 'rip-off' designs.

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
hkiri

If all this is true I hope this design won't be printed and thesimbie will be banned!
Unbelievable...

jsharlog66
9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
jsharlog66

Gettin this for some1 special.... hope he doesn't read this :)

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
Sherlock

Now, is this the comic book Joker, or The Dark Knight one??

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
bryanee1983

Its the Dark Knight Joker.

Argyell
9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
Argyell

Yaaaay! GREAT design ^^ I'm buying it!!

maristane
9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
maristane

Hello guys!


It's not the first time someone uses my design for t-shirts and stuff without my permission. Unfortunately there's not much I can do when they vectorize it, because they can claim they have the authourship over the vectorized version and it's more difficult to get things straight.


The real problem is when someone claims to be the author of the original work/concept. Then we have some laws being broken.


I'll talk with Qwertee staff, thesimbie, let's solve this the friendly way :).

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
thomashy2000

nice work victor, sorry this happened.

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
weblaus

Well, I'd say it's rather obvious what the right way to handle this mess should be: keep the shirt on sale, but hand the money over to the guy who actually did the hard work by drawing the original image, i.e. maristane. And then kick out thesimbie along with every fake/dupe account of his you can find, starting with "scabdesigns"

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
NinjaHumStart

This is seriously ridiculous. To have the audacity to <b>completely</b> rip off a design and upload it. For shame.

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
weblaus

And at the same time bashing others in the forum for submitting shirts that have at least some original ideas or intent (no matter how small) behind them, well...


"I drew this some time ago" - sure, sure

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
Qwertee

Quoting: maristane
Hello guys!


It's not the first time someone uses my design for t-shirts and stuff without my permission. Unfortunately there's not much I can do when they vectorize it, because they can claim they have the authourship over the vectorized version and it's more difficult to get things straight.


The real problem is when someone claims to be the author of the original work/concept. Then we have some laws being broken.


I'll talk with Qwertee staff, thesimbie, let's solve this the friendly way :).



Thanks Guys, just to say we'll sort this out and make sure the correct person gets the credit etc for their design.


Please keep future discussion to the design itself now, thanks!

5tarvin
9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
5tarvin

why us my comment with link's deleted ???
where you could see he is a fraud

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
thesimbie

I've contacted Maristane and qwertee. I told him all the money will, of course, go to him, and that I wish to close my account. I really had this drawing in my old stack, but evidently I copied it for personal use back in 2009. I was 15, so I didn't remember this. I really thought it was mine, and stupidly didn't do any reverse image search. Damn I'm sorry. I know that fraud is illegal and that if I do something wrong I risk to end living on a street, seeing that I have no money, so really guys, try to believe me. I sincerely believed it was mine. I feel badly now, seriously. I'm sorry... farewell.

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
conkeroo

You're an absolute sham, thesimbie, still trying to lie right now even though you've been found out. Even if the money goes to the original artist, perhaps they didn't want to sell it in the first place? But getting back to the design, absolutely awesome, but I couldn't buy it knowing the "actual" designer hadn't given their permission.

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
philroy

Ugh. I'm so glad I read the comments before ordering. Plagiarists should be dealt with harshly.


"maristane" - the original work is beautifully done, sir.

Ex-Parrot
9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
Ex-Parrot

It is clearly a vectorised version of the original artists artwork, not a vector of a drawn copy 'inspired' by the original, anyone can see that based on how perfectly it matches. As such, little 'woe is me' stories aren't likely to convince too many folks, I'd imagine. Especially when the only thing you are truly sad about is the fact that you got caught before the money cleared.


Hopefully Qwertee will make sure that all monies go to the original artist. And hopefully that artist then doesn't mind that so many people will be enjoying their splendid artwork on a qwertee t-shirt. Alternatively if they do mind I'm sure that most would understand if Qwertee did a cancel and refund on this one. It really should be the (true) artist's choice, either way.

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
JamieIII

You're talking like 2009 wasn't under three years ago. I remember drawings I did in 2009. I remember drawings I did in 2001, when I was 15. Typography drawings like this take many attempts of trial and error to get absolutely perfect, and you'd damn sure remember the many hours of effort you'd put in to make this. It's an insult to the artist, ignoring the fact that you actually stole it and claimed credit, that you'd belittle the skill and effort he put into making this as something that you could have doodled up a couple of years ago and since forgotten about.

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
conkeroo

Quoting: JamieIII
You're talking like 2009 wasn't under three years ago. I remember drawings I did in 2009. I remember drawings I did in 2001, when I was 15. Typography drawings like this take many attempts of trial and error to get absolutely perfect, and you'd damn sure remember the many hours of effort you'd put in to make this. It's an insult to the artist, ignoring the fact that you actually stole it and claimed credit, that you'd belittle the skill and effort he put into making this as something that you could have doodled up a couple of years ago and since forgotten about.



Exactly my sentiments. When you look at likeness to Heath Ledger, you know an awful amount of time has gone into the work. It really is brilliantly done.

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
JamieIII

Look here, it's not even been vectorised from a self-drawn copy like he claims, it's literally the original picture from that link up there put in Illustrator with Live Trace run on it. The artifacts from live trace are clear if you recognise them, the pointed extremities have been cut short and squared off, and none of the curves are particularly smooth because it was done with a low/medium res version of the original.


http://i48.tinypic.com/349duzp.jpg

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
paulychilds

Oh dear :( 'tis a sad day for shirt designers!

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
Qwertee

Thanks Guys,


This is sorted out now in terms of the original artist getting the credit/commission.

9 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
Sherlock

Bought it!

9 months, 1 week ago • Quote
StonedGorgon

Very cool! Wish I could afford all the shirts that come up on here.

9 months, 1 week ago • Quote
Emyr

This... Is Awesome!

hodsey77
9 months, 1 week ago • Quote
hodsey77

Quoting: Qwertee
Thanks Guys,


This is sorted out now in terms of the original artist getting the credit/commission.



Qwertee, the tee still says it is by thesimbie, so it's not being credited to the proper artist? I was gonna buy this last night, but after reading all the comments and seeing the dispute, I stopped. Now it's gone up in price, so I'll have to leave it. It really is a great design, but it's a bad state of affairs when someone's design is stolen like that, and put out there for the world to order on a t-shirt. Hope he didn't mind that happening, but at least he's getting the commission, I suppose.

maristane
9 months, 1 week ago • Quote
maristane

Guys, everything is ok now, no worries :), I'm very thankful to the Qwertee team for solving this so quickly. I wish you to know that I have no hard feelings about TheSimbie. I've been talking with him via email, he's a nice person just like anyone, and I only hope he can learn the most from this in order not to get in this kind of trouble again, whatever his true story is :).


So, you're completely free to vote for the design to be back on sale :). And soon I'll be sending some new designs ;).

Ex-Parrot
9 months, 1 week ago • Quote
Ex-Parrot

You seem like a very classy person, and I'm glad to see it got sorted out for you maristane. And I definitely look forward to seeing your other designs on the site in the future.

break13
9 months, 1 week ago • Quote
break13

Extra!
Very cool t-shirt.
So sad to see it so late...

afahey
9 months, 1 week ago • Quote
afahey

I thiought i bought this but it was never confirmed.... Dammit anyway!?

8 months, 3 weeks ago • Quote
Tekushi

Bring it baaack, i will buy 3

8 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
Blackfighter

Come devo fare per ordinare questa maglia?!

7 months, 1 week ago • Quote
dolci
4 months ago • Quote
Lee_Morris

Sick! Sick! Sick! (in a good way)

2 months, 3 weeks ago • Quote
LucKr

I want that soo bad!
Pls make it return

moisty70
2 months, 2 weeks ago • Quote
moisty70

16 April is my birthday. Time for a reprint?

moisty70
2 months ago • Quote
moisty70

LOL

1 month, 2 weeks ago • Quote
hamad

How can i buuuuuuy it !!! :@ i made my account just for this.

dafrales
2 days, 7 hours ago • Quote
dafrales

my favorite shirt on this site! or anywhere!

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