Rejected Artwork

Good designs you feel should have been picked. Post them here. I’ll start:

1. 

   gaunty said 2 months ago

   which dumbasses rejected that!

2. 

   RustyEight said 2 months ago

   

   http://emptees.com/tees/7391-robot-decapitation

3. 

   derekdeal said 2 months ago

   oh snap, i thought that snowboard was killer.

4. 

   MarginalLeger said 2 months ago

   gaunty said: which dumbasses rejected that!

   Seriously, who? The’re just not worth working with...

5. 

   godmachine said 2 months ago

   I am amazed- really.

6. 

   chrisrushing said 2 months ago

   These are all for sale - chris[at]thedara.com

   
   
   
   
   

   http://www.thedara.com/forsale

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   molasses4masses said 2 months ago

   chrisrushing said: These are all for sale - chris[at]thedara.com http://www.thedara.com/forsale

   The 4th one is so good. Probably not their style?

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   Kevin Doom said 2 months ago

   RustyEight said: http://emptees.com/tees/7391-robot-decapitation

   Dude, that ruuuuules!

   chrisrushing said: These are all for sale - chris[at]thedara.com http://www.thedara.com/forsale

   That is the only Paramore shirt I would ever wear. They are straight up fools for not picking it.

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   justgeoff said 2 months ago

   

   this one didn’t get accepted but I did get a protype print of it from the merch company.
   

   

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    chrisrushing said 2 months ago

    justgeoff said:

    really we’ll done dude... only thing that bugs me is it feels a little heavy on the right. like the type is pulling that way. regardless... surprised they didn’t take it.

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    edgillustrator said 2 months ago

    gosh, what sort of dumb ass would reject the designs posted already? this post made me realize how many t-shirt designs i have just lying around unloved, will post them all on a later date.

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    shmokey said 2 months ago

    this is so cute to me!

    RustyEight said: http://emptees.com/tees/7391-robot-decapitation

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    derekdeal said 2 months ago

    i thought this was awesome for them, a band member even told me he loved it. oh well.

    

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    justgeoff said 2 months ago

    chrisrushing said:

    justgeoff said:

    really we’ll done dude... only thing that bugs me is it feels a little heavy on the right. like the type is pulling that way. regardless... surprised they didn’t take it.

    Who knows why it didn’t get accepted. A lot of their merch, in my opinion, is pretty lame.

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    skull with hair said 2 months ago

    derekdeal said: i thought this was awesome for them, a band member even told me he loved it. oh well.

    pitch that to broadway pizza

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    Joey said 2 months ago

    skull with hair said:

    derekdeal said: i thought this was awesome for them, a band member even told me he loved it. oh well.

    pitch that to broadway pizza

    i hate that place

17. 

    skull with hair said 2 months ago

    i was totally into these...

    

    

18. 

    chrisrushing said 2 months ago

    solid, both of them. ^^^

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    Elks said 2 months ago

    skull with hair said: i was totally into these...

    The Phantom Planet one is sick.

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    horsebites said 2 months ago

    I thought this one was pretty sweet but no go. It was a while ago. Ben Folds also rejected it. I still want to use it for something though.
    

21. 

    kyleisez said 2 months ago

    you guys dont want to see my rejects, ugh... haha

22. 

    All Work No Sleep said 2 months ago

    
    
    

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    gabroll said 2 months ago

    skull with hair said: i was totally into these...

    Invisible Creature (formerly Asterik Studios) did this so perhaps it was for the better it didnt get picked up so no one would accuse you borrowing a concept that I’m pretty sure you didnt.
    

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    kyleisez said 2 months ago

    dude come on now, the hook is facing a different direction.

25. 

    chrisrushing said 2 months ago

    hahaha

26. 

    ryanmiller said 2 months ago

    

    http://emptees.com/tees/6332-the-morning-light-cow-tounge-text

    i love that design... it’s up for sale but i might just print it for carraway

27. 

    sittingduck said 2 months ago

    

    it was for someone I know, he just changed his mind at the end of it.

28. 

    suffoca said 2 months ago

    

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    Griggitee said 2 months ago

    skull with hair said: i was totally into these...

    The Phantom Planet one totally reminds me of those MadBalls.
    

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    chrisrushing said 2 months ago

    Griggitee said:

    skull with hair said: i was totally into these...

    The Phantom Planet one totally reminds me of those MadBalls.
    

    no wai!!!!..............

    haha

31. 

    kyleisez said 2 months ago

    haha, i think thats the point dude. ha

32. 

    Griggitee said 2 months ago

    It’s really sweet. I just totally forgot about those.

33. 

    Survival said 2 months ago

    This was the band’s concept...never heard back from them.
    

34. 

    JBennettDesigns said 2 months ago

    

35. 

    skull with hair said 2 months ago

    gabroll said:

    skull with hair said: i was totally into these...

    Invisible Creature (formerly Asterik Studios) did this so perhaps it was for the better it didnt get picked up so no one would accuse you borrowing a concept that I’m pretty sure you didnt.
    

    i hadn’t seen that. i did that one in early 2006 so i think it may have been before that jenny lewis one. i actually was inspired by a todd bratrud sticker, but it was way different.

    oh and the madballs design is obviously madballs. they sent madballs as the art direction duh.

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    hunty said 2 months ago

    edgillustrator said: gosh, what sort of dumb ass would reject the designs posted already? this post made me realize how many t-shirt designs i have just lying around unloved, will post them all on a later date.

    without wanting to be the complete 'pimp my site whore' - that’s why we invented mysoti.com

    To let people earn some passive revenue from shirts that deserve good chests/homes.

    Too much good shit to waste here... I wish I had some designs myself that felt worthy!

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    mbradyclark said 2 months ago

    horsebites said: I thought this one was pretty sweet but no go. It was a while ago. Ben Folds also rejected it. I still want to use it for something though.

    soo good!

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    joshp said 2 months ago

    

    

    

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    shmokey said 2 months ago

    love the shirt!!!---without the band name on it bleeccgggghhhh

    JBennettDesigns said:

40. 

    DeadRight said 2 months ago

    There’s so much good stuff in here.

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    sjkaufman1 said 2 months ago

    
    
    

42. 

    justgeoff said 2 months ago

    sjkaufman1 said:
    

    I like this one

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    Kevvbo said 2 months ago

    joshp said:

    So mad this was rejected....I love this illustration and colors.

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    skullface said 2 months ago

    joshp said:

    so goood

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    sjkaufman1 said 2 months ago

    justgeoff said:

    sjkaufman1 said:
    

    I like this one

    Thanks I wish they would’ve.

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    Joey said 2 months ago

    sjkaufman1 said:
    

    both of those are great

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    JBennettDesigns said 2 months ago

    shmokey said: love the shirt!!!---without the band name on it bleeccgggghhhh

    JBennettDesigns said:

    thanks duder! still looking to sell it

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    doublej said 2 months ago

    Joey said:

    sjkaufman1 said:
    

    both of those are great

    let me try again.

49. 

    cbass99 said 2 months ago

    sjkaufman1 said:
    

    Wow, these are both killer.

50. 

    M.Eureka said 2 months ago

    

51. 

    kevinsylvia said 2 months ago

    Survival said: This was the band’s concept...never heard back from them.

    local favorite around here,
    just saw them last night,
    they’re pretty busy guys,
    when was this pitched?

52. 

    quakerninja said 2 months ago

    
    Stitches Pro Custom Type.

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    sjkaufman1 said 2 months ago

    cbass99 said:

    sjkaufman1 said:
    

    Wow, these are both killer.

    Joey said:

    sjkaufman1 said:
    

    both of those are great

    Thanks

54. 

    fiftyeights said 2 months ago

    M.Eureka said:

    you’re kidding about this being rejected, right?
    its too killer to be \rejected

55. 

    Moss said 2 months ago

    

    One of my fave old designs. No one went for it, but I still get regular emails from folks asking where they can buy it.

56. 

    Simply Complicated said 2 months ago

    Moss said: One of my fave old designs. No one went for it, but I still get regular emails from folks asking where they can buy it.

    Very nice

57. 

    Randomentity said 2 months ago

    justgeoff said:

    sjkaufman1 said:
    

    I like this one

    that...that rules face. BTBAM = officially retarded.

58. 

    asdafkid said 2 months ago

    quakerninja said: Stitches Pro Custom Type.

    that’s so cool. i’d like to mess around with it.

59. 

    M.Eureka said 2 months ago

    fiftyeights said:

    M.Eureka said:

    you’re kidding about this being rejected, right?
    its too killer to be \rejected

    yeah sometimes I just don’t understand people.

60. 

    Elks said 2 months ago

    JBennettDesigns said:

    sick design man, looks perfect for HTL

61. 

    KidneyLeans said 2 months ago

    horsebites said: I thought this one was pretty sweet but no go. It was a while ago. Ben Folds also rejected it. I still want to use it for something though.

    so cool!

62. 

    KidneyLeans said 2 months ago

    asdafkid said:

    quakerninja said: Stitches Pro Custom Type.

    that’s so cool. i’d like to mess around with it.

    same i really like this dude!

63. 

    KidneyLeans said 2 months ago

    

    

    
    

    haha but you all feel the same about all of these im sure.

64. 

    atomicchild said 2 months ago

    Moss said: One of my fave old designs. No one went for it, but I still get regular emails from folks asking where they can buy it.

    always loved this one

65. 

    hideouscarwreck said 2 months ago

    great thread.

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    edgillustrator said 2 months ago

    Survival said: This was the band’s concept...never heard back from them.

    damn! i wish they picked that up :[

67. 

    sittingduck said 2 months ago

    KidneyLeans said: haha but you all feel the same about all of these im sure.

    i really like all of those, stupid they weren’t picked up.

68. 

    KidneyLeans said 2 months ago

    thanks man!

    i sold 1 of them but they made me change the colors and it printed weird.

    but for real thanks it means alot

69. 

    Randomentity said 2 months ago

    pretty much every band shirt i’ve done. cuz it’s all been spec, and well, yeah.
    But so far TentaSkulls,done for Sea of Treachery, which I have yet to upload the new version here, and my Between the Buried and Me shirt i just did.
    Not nearly as good as anything else in this thread.
    
    

70. 

    Setup85 said 2 months ago

    Survival said: This was the band’s concept...never heard back from them.

    That would be awesome on a snowboard.

71. 

    valorandvellum said 2 months ago

    Haha! This thread wins.

    
    I ended up having to do a really simple logo for this jacket instead... meh.

72. 

    Joey said 2 months ago

    valorandvellum said: Haha! This thread wins.

    rules

73. 

    hunty said 2 months ago

    Moss said: One of my fave old designs. No one went for it, but I still get regular emails from folks asking where they can buy it.

    I love this shirt Moss! Have you thought about printing it yourself? Either through someone like us, or just on a pre-order? I reckon you’d get enough to make it worthwhile...

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    Matthew88 said 2 months ago

    KidneyLeans said:

    I take it this was for DeZon Clothing?? If so, you are joking that they rejected it aren’t you?

75. 

    Ameeee said 2 months ago

    hunty said:

    Moss said: One of my fave old designs. No one went for it, but I still get regular emails from folks asking where they can buy it.

    I love this shirt Moss! Have you thought about printing it yourself? Either through someone like us, or just on a pre-order? I reckon you’d get enough to make it worthwhile...

    Yeah I’d buy it!

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    KidneyLeans said 2 months ago

    Mw_Design said:

    KidneyLeans said:

    I take it this was for DeZon Clothing?? If so, you are joking that they rejected it aren’t you?

    haha thats what i was thinking. all of there designs are awful. i did one for them a year ago and it was pretty decent but they just didnt want this, i think they just want fucking big font shirts. lame.

77. 

    LitoQ said 2 months ago

    Moss said:

    

78. 

    Matthew88 said 2 months ago

    KidneyLeans said:

    Mw_Design said:

    KidneyLeans said:

    I take it this was for DeZon Clothing?? If so, you are joking that they rejected it aren’t you?

    haha thats what i was thinking. all of there designs are awful. i did one for them a year ago and it was pretty decent but they just didnt want this, i think they just want fucking big font shirts. lame.

    Hahaha Well they made a big mistake not using your design dude. I really like it.

    I wouldn’t mind so much if their big font tees were any good, but they are just absolutely awful. I’m not one to say bad things normally, but anyone would see just how dreadful they are. They once asked me and a mate what we used to design....we told them paint, and they believed us. We would have replied with a better answer if they hadn’t been arsey the first time we spoke to them...

    Ah well, clearly there’s no telling them lol

79. 

    LuckyStripes said 2 months ago

    LitoQ said:

    Moss said:

    

    Hahahahahaha. I actually Lol’ed at that.

80. 

    Jon Kruse said 2 months ago

    skull with hair said:

    gabroll said:

    skull with hair said: i was totally into these...

    Invisible Creature (formerly Asterik Studios) did this so perhaps it was for the better it didnt get picked up so no one would accuse you borrowing a concept that I’m pretty sure you didnt.
    

    i hadn’t seen that. i did that one in early 2006 so i think it may have been before that jenny lewis one. i actually was inspired by a todd bratrud sticker, but it was way different.

    oh and the madballs design is obviously madballs. they sent madballs as the art direction duh.

    Hanger with clothes ... accused of borrowing a concept. People call things rips so easily now a days.

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    a killer wombat said 2 months ago

    I know swh wouldn’t rip it, but in all honesty I though of the Jenny Lewis poster as well. Mostly because IC is so big and I check their site so much that its pretty much imprinted in my mind.

    But anyhow, there is a ton of great work in here! I know I have a shit load of rejected art over the years, not to sure where it all ended up going. Here is one of them though, a shirt I did for atticus a few years ago... they ended up shooting it down but still printing it. Had no idea until I saw it up on an online store... they were way cool about it though.

    

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