Shirt of the day winner for September 29, 2008 by Gringoloco
Age: 23
Human Since: April, 2008
Interests: Art/Design/Illustration/my GF/weightlifting/fitness/capoeira (there is no order, well maybe GF comes first :P)
Preferred Medium: Mixed (Traditional + Digital)
URL: http://www.franciscogalarraga.com
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Gringoloco Apr 03, 2008
A tribute to this magnificient animal. White on Black (originally made with ink on canson paper)
Commünity Comments
older Apr 03, 2008
wow..the random segment is cool..i love this one…
saity Apr 04, 2008
great piece… good job
alan_maia Apr 04, 2008
great illustration
videsigns Apr 04, 2008
well done!
siXsiXsiX Apr 04, 2008
yes! great job.
Orgone Apr 04, 2008
Great lineart! Send more, this is really cool!+
georgehagi Apr 04, 2008
Well done…
jfish Apr 04, 2008
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.
opifan64 Apr 04, 2008
nice! +1
Gringoloco Apr 04, 2008
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
jonmkl Apr 05, 2008
bulls are fun but.. whats with the crown of thorns?
Gringoloco Apr 05, 2008
it’s a symbol.
cmarts Apr 05, 2008
cool work!
MancMarc Apr 05, 2008
Good work.
tzrfckr Apr 05, 2008
nice++
aman Apr 06, 2008
loooks nice. +1
campkatie Apr 06, 2008
cool
Pachy Apr 06, 2008
Ola Francisco, esta muy weno el diseño, sigue asi :) abrazos bye!
MrRocks Apr 06, 2008
This has to be printed… I’m a taurus too! Would be nice if they could do a discharge print of this.
hipauliee Apr 07, 2008
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
JLAlfaro Apr 09, 2008
con ganas carnal!! awesome!
tuncturel Apr 10, 2008
Awesome …
Gringoloco Apr 11, 2008
thanks for your support people! keep it up…
Ich_ Apr 13, 2008
Great design! Love the bull man. Keep it up!
JorgeChamorro Apr 23, 2008
messssssssssssssss
tikiroom69 May 15, 2008
Awesome! Hope you win.
AlexMacDuff Jun 02, 2008
awesome!
demisphere Jun 26, 2008
Ecuador represent. I voted!
fallen_ph Jul 26, 2008
nice line work! +1
the_jcw Jul 30, 2008
nice style of linework
BeeryMethod Jul 30, 2008
kooliosis! +1
kabalentot Aug 13, 2008
awesome bull! +1
Gringoloco Aug 13, 2008
thanks for the support people! keep it up!
TBone Sep 29, 2008
this is pretty cool great job. you goin’ for a christ-like figure with the crown of thorns?
fallen_ph Sep 29, 2008
wow! congrats! turned out well. looking good on the black shirt…cool style! congrats!
collisiontheory Sep 29, 2008
This is cool! congrats on the win!
fouad666 Sep 29, 2008
nice 1 i think am gonna buy it with my next order congrats!
duba Sep 29, 2008
congrats…great shirt
corey9 Sep 29, 2008
nice! congrats on the print!
lost_control Sep 29, 2008
wow nice print, congratulations
guillotine0084 Sep 29, 2008
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.
ckoelle Sep 29, 2008
love it, really nice work. big congrats!!
kayekayekaye Sep 29, 2008
look nice but seems like it is a disrespect for christians.
GrosPlante Sep 29, 2008
Nice work on your website, Gringoloco!
io_tee Sep 29, 2008
congratzz!
CardinalGoldstein Sep 29, 2008
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.
ChrisOmlor Sep 29, 2008
I’m pretty sure Messiah is a lamb that was slain. Never heard of a bull that was slain with a crown of thorns.
iggi_09 Sep 29, 2008
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.
LukeLukeLuke Sep 29, 2008
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!
WinterArtwork Sep 29, 2008
^^it’s look cool people don’t over think it…lol
the_jcw Sep 29, 2008
I am with Iggi and Lukelukeluke…I like the style a lot, but I would go for it without that crown of thorns
ajvchuk Sep 29, 2008
love it, for one reason or another it reminds me of a Picaso painting, don’t ask!
Gringoloco Sep 29, 2008
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!
ginabot Sep 29, 2008
congrats dude! nice design! :D
deyaz Sep 29, 2008
congratz and welcome to the club :D
iggi_09 Sep 30, 2008
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.
iggi_09 Sep 30, 2008
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. Furthermore,the israelites built a gold bull idol to worship while moses was receiving the ten commandments from God on Mount Sinai so please, do not try to justify your concept any further, you have made a huge mistake combining the 2 elements.
iggi_09 Sep 30, 2008
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. Furthermore,the israelites built a gold bull idol to worship while moses was receiving the ten commandments from God on Mount Sinai so please, do not try to justify your concept any further, you have made a huge mistake combining the 2 elements.
iggi_09 Sep 30, 2008
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. Furthermore,the israelites built a gold bull idol to worship while moses was receiving the ten commandments from God on Mount Sinai so please, do not try to justify your concept any further, you have made a huge mistake combining the 2 elements.
Gringoloco Sep 30, 2008
ah F*CK you.
Gringoloco Sep 30, 2008
ginabot – thanks! deyaz – thanks!
iggi_09 Sep 30, 2008
"Fck you??What a lovely educated response..ran out of ways to try to make sense of your crappy work?
Gringoloco Sep 30, 2008
hahahah…
King3rs Sep 30, 2008
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.
RikkiB Sep 30, 2008
Awesome, I love me a god fight. Love the tee dude, top work :)
brentRnelson Oct 01, 2008
It’s not primarily about who cares though. It’s about the glory of God. He cares.
magicaltoast Oct 02, 2008
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.
Gringoloco Oct 02, 2008
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.
Gringoloco Oct 05, 2008
quiet i mean :P
Gringoloco Oct 05, 2008
hey DBH staff… I was wondering when will the pay be sent?
Orbin_Nibor Oct 06, 2008
cool cool cool
anurb_design Oct 07, 2008
wow this is a relly nice shirt. concrats!!!!
Gringoloco Oct 08, 2008
orbin – nibor thanks! anurb_design – thanks!!
Sleeve-O Oct 17, 2008
Nice!
fouad666 Nov 11, 2008
bought 1 2day waitin for it
Gringoloco Nov 16, 2008
thanks man!
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