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bassanimation wrote:I read somewhere that pandas aren't actually bears, but are more like raccoons. Freaky.
Wikipedia says that they're bears, and like other bears, they have the digestive systems of carnivores, but their diet is 99% bamboo, which doesn't have much protein. So they've had to adapt.
“[Much] like the vegetarian gorilla, the low body surface area to body volume [of the giant panda] is indicative of a lower metabolic rate. This lower metabolic rate and a more sedentary lifestyle allow the giant panda to subsist on nutrient poor resources such as bamboo.”
Well, I think I'll get a bowl of ice cream and some potato chips and watch TV now. :-)
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lordjefe wrote:not to rain on anyone's parade but, this seems dangerously close to idea plagiarism.
http://www.threadless.com/product/178/Pandamonium
granted the design is different, but the title and theme, same. i mean that shirt's been on threadless.com for well over 6 years!
how did nobody notice?
Pandamonium as a concept of pandas creating mayhem predates the world wide web. Heck, there was even a cartoon in the early 80s called Pandamonium about some pandas that kicked ... things. That Threadless shirt was hardly a completely original idea, but it was a success because it was cute.
To say this artist ripped off the idea of the artist of that Threadless offering is nonsense. And in case I'm not being clear enough in my support of an artist being unfairly attacked, I'll reiterate: The accusations are complete and utter ignorant nonsense. While it is certainly possible that he stumbled across that design and then thought of this one, the much more likely scenario is they both independently got their ideas simply from the word usage already being in the public conscious.
Although this shirt was not my favorite of the Derby, I personally think it is without question, the better design. The comment about the city skyline not being visible from afar is valid, but not of major concern in my view. Plenty of shirts have aspects not visible if you aren't say, in the same room as the wearer or some crazy close proximity like that. The other Pandamonium shirt for example -- I can barely make out that the helicopters are carrying bombs with my head one foot from the screen, from five feet that is going to look like a panda throwing dirt.
Who the heck downgrades a shirt because they wouldn't be able to make out the design from across the street? I think the majority of t-shirts sold have designs that begin to diminish after moving beyond five feet.
I got a fever, and the only prescription...is more pong! (What Christopher Walken should have said in Balls of Fury.)
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AdderXYU wrote:But it does make it first.
First t-shirt perhaps, but not the first of that general concept.
AdderXYU wrote:Toss something out there. Give a reason this has any value. Talk about the artwork,
Fair enough, although it is certainly far easier to off-handedly say, "This shirt has no artistic merit." than to quantify the specific reasons why you prefer one piece of art over another. In fact, some say you shouldn't even try as that deconstruction is contrary to the point of art in the first place. You're supposed to just look at it and let it speak to you. "Hi, I'm a shirt."
But since you asked...I think this one has a good use of negative space in the creation of the city. The cobbled together skyline represents at least four cities I see immediately (Seattle, St. Louis, San Francisco, and Chicago), probably more -- that not only makes it have a connection to a broader segment of society in terms of identifying a town being crushed, but also broadens the concept to indicate a more global destruction going on. And then, at the same time, the concept is softened to humour with not just a farcical giant panda doing the destroying, but an obviously cuddly, big-headed stuffed animal child's toy.
The coloration gives a soft, at-dusk feel to the image which possibly makes it seem more dreamlike. I will agree that the color choice might also backfire and render the shirt difficult to make out -- this could go either way and will depend on the exact inks and shirt fabric. My guess is that it will work fine.
I'm not thrilled with the watercolor type painting style used, but it was clearly the artist's intent. I would have preferred a more cleanly executed line drawing for the graphic art parts, but that is not a condemnation of the artist's choice.
I'm no t-shirt art history professor, but there's my quick analysis.
Like I said earlier, not my personal favorite, but I think it was a well executed, creative concept, and I have no problem with this shirt being declared the winner of the derby.
I got a fever, and the only prescription...is more pong! (What Christopher Walken should have said in Balls of Fury.)
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Eats, shoots, and leaves. (Graffiti by Banksy.)
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Oh, it's a panda! That's a cool idea!
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