Shirt of the Day - September 29, 2008
The Bull
by Gringoloco from Ecuador
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Gringoloco has 3 designs in the running. This is the 1st winning design for Gringoloco.
A tribute to this magnificient animal. White on Black (originally made with ink on canson paper)
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80 Comments
I love this. I would suggest the image be printed only SLIGHTLY smaller, the horns would get all wavy and stressed around the armpits. Then again, the head is the perfect size on the shirt.
thanks for your comments & support guys/gals! jfish – good suggestion – in the beginning i was thinking of making the horns wrap around the back of the person :P that would have been kind of strange
This has to be printed… I’m a taurus too! Would be nice if they could do a discharge print of this.
if it was on a light gray color i think it would look better.
but the bull is pretty dang sweet. i love the line usage in it.
+1
this is pretty cool great job. you goin’ for a christ-like figure with the crown of thorns?
wow! congrats! turned out well. looking good on the black shirt…cool style! congrats!
I like how DBH is picking a lot of first winners. I’ve never seen this one before but it looks really good on the tee. Nice work.
Pretty edgy design, what with him wearing that crown. For me, adding just the slightest bit of blood at the thorns would have given it a lot more power.
I’m pretty sure Messiah is a lamb that was slain. Never heard of a bull that was slain with a crown of thorns.
What’s with the crown of thorns?! Very bad taste..i don’t see how the crown of thorns applies in the conception of this design and considering ths significance it has for christians, very insensitive. Bad design, horrid concept and choice of elements to integrate.
That crown of thorns is kind of confusing… They did sacrifice bulls as well as goats and lambs in the old testament so maybe it has something to do with that. Or maybe it has some relation to Hinduism and cow worship? Let us know Gringoloco! Good-looking design!
I am with Iggi and Lukelukeluke…I like the style a lot, but I would go for it without that crown of thorns
love it, for one reason or another it reminds me of a Picaso painting, don’t ask!
TBone – Thanks man. I wanted to use the thorns as a symbol of suffering, more than compare the bull with christ. It’s a anti-bullfighting statement.
FallenPH – thanks man, yep it looks great!
CollisionTheory – thanks bro!
Fouad666 – thanks for the support!
Douba – Thanks man!
Corey9 – Thanks man!
Lost_Control – Thanks!
Guillotine084 – Thanks for the support!
Ckoelle – Thanks for the support!
Kayekayekaye – Thanks for the comment. I don’t intend to disrespect christians or catholics. The symbol is used to show the bull’s suffering in the practice of bullfighting, which is a “sport” that i condone.
GrosPlante – Thanks man!
io_tee – thanks mate!
CardinalGoldstein – thanks man. I had a version which had blood on the thorns, but i felt it distracted from my intended message. blood on the thorns would have signified that the bull killed somebody – not cool! thanks again!
ChrisOmlor -Yep me neither. But the bull has been from the far past to the present been “sacrificied” for whatever reason. The difference with the present is that in the past, it had a religious significance, today people do it for fun. WTF.
Iggi09 – The crown of thorns is a symbol of suffering (thanks to Christ, no doubt of that). I’m using it with the bull to make a very strong point about bullfighting. Thanks for the barely constructive criticism!
LukeLukeLuke – Thanks man! As I put before, the illustration i made is a message against bullfighting. The crown of thorns is a very powerful symbol, and as you can see from the comments, strong opinions are coming from them!
The_JCW – Thanks man… without the crown of thorns, i believe my message would’ve been lost.
Ajvchuk – Thanks man! The comparison with Picasso is interesting!
A spear sticking out of the bull’s head would have been a symbol of suffering more associated with bull-fighting. THE crown of thorns is a symbol of the humility that THE SON OF GOD had to endure and an an example he was setting for us as well. Spear is relevant, the crown of thorns isn’t. Please, do not reverse engineer your concept.
“F*ck you*??What a lovely educated response..ran out of ways to try to make sense of your crappy work?
I don’t get the fighting. Your looking, too deep into the design. Half the people in the world don’t even care.
It’s a nice design, none the way. =D Grats.
It’s not primarily about who cares though. It’s about the glory of God. He cares.
Haha! Controversy, gotta love it. There’s alot of power behind the image. A good piece and can understand the angle you are taking for the suffering symbolism.
Don’t listen to the haters, some people are just to self-righteous and blinkered in the way they look upon the world to understand that there is more than one way to look upon something. This vocal minority of critics seem to have forgotten that Christ taught us to turn the other cheek.
king3rs – thanks bro. RikkiB – Thanks for the support! I will keep up. Magicaltoast – yep, gotta love it! thanks for writing your thoughts… should keep the haters quite.
recieved it 3 days ago n it`s perfect really
better than alot of the most popular prints i bought
thanks fouad, it really is great to hear that you love it! i’m honored…
So many “thanks” to everyone. Well.. THANKS FOR THIS ONE. My eyes are much more happy now. You are tallented person man and I’ll be honour if you bash my first works here. Aloha
This is such a grt design Brother…… Lovin the concept & cool Tee,Cheers :)
your design reminds me of Sergio Toppi. If you don’t know who he is you should look him up.
wow..the random segment is cool..i love this one…