2009-04-25T21:10:10-04:00 2008-01-14T08:20:11-05:00 16 2008-01-12T00:32:57-05:00 This was just one of those straight-outta-the-head designs. One morning there I was, brushing my teeth and blinking a stubbon contact into submission when suddenly WHAMMO: Zebra. Barcode. Bamboo. Do zebras even cohabitate with bamboo? Doubt it. Do the markings of a zebra, in turn, possess any relation to the stripes on a barcode? Visually, well sure, but functionally? Well, maybe, but that’s only according to some hippologists who beleive that zebras use these markings to recognize one another. (Much as a scanner uses barcodes to differentiate between products) Another theory is that the stripes serve as camoflauge, protecting against predators such as lions who are colorblind and unable to distinguish between a zebra’s black and white markings and tall blades of grass. But! This design does make up for its lack of depth with its cryptological message, burried deep in the soil beneath a rich fauna of numeric symbols. Mm! Fauna. No, but seriously, those numbers do actually have some significance, and it isn’t that hard to figure out. I mean, you shouldn’t have to like hijack a U-boat or anything. (A cellphone helps) 27 1646 441 UPC 1490 2 2009-11-08T02:43:16-05:00 2120 http://cache1.emptees.com/images/6556/UPCemptees.jpg http://emptees.com/tees/1646-upc/buy Cool. Banksy had an awesome stencil that was similar. <img src="http://www.woostercollective.com/images2/barcode.jpg"> 1646 Tee 2008-01-12T00:36:06-05:00 16392 1219 2008-01-12T00:36:06-05:00 Not saying you ripped it at all, its just been done A LOT! <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v178/burlymugg/zebracode.jpg"> 1646 Tee 2008-01-12T01:21:53-05:00 16397 1106 2008-01-12T01:21:53-05:00 holy google search! 1646 Tee 2008-01-12T09:03:30-05:00 16424 1146 2008-01-12T09:03:57-05:00 Soo..... What do they mean? I'm too lazy to think. 1646 Tee 2008-01-12T12:14:11-05:00 16451 1567 2008-01-12T12:14:11-05:00 I am with SkullWithHair... but I do dig your version of the design! 1646 Tee 2008-01-12T13:47:15-05:00 16494 245 2008-01-12T13:47:15-05:00 out of the Zebra lot, your illustration stands above the rest. Very cool on a tee as well. 1646 Tee 2008-01-12T14:12:30-05:00 16503 1025 2008-01-12T14:12:57-05:00 yours looks better than the others, the lines turning into the trees is a great touch, really sets it apart 1646 Tee 2008-01-12T15:35:28-05:00 16542 1280 2008-01-12T15:35:28-05:00 Lol, live and learn. I guess the idea is too obvious to miss, eh? Although until now the only one I'd seen was Banksy's. 1646 Tee 2008-01-12T16:14:04-05:00 16544 1490 2008-01-12T16:14:04-05:00 yeah the design has been done on a t-shirt before.. not sure if yours came first or what but i blogged about this and emailed you about this and never got a response. http://www.taddict.com/blog/?p=30 1646 Tee 2008-01-12T16:28:09-05:00 16547 1885 2008-01-12T16:28:09-05:00 It's a cool idea and I'm sure someone else is going to design something similar and think they were the first. Then they'll be super happy about this amazing idea until their peers tell them it's been done before. It is inevitable. 1646 Tee 2008-01-12T17:48:37-05:00 16559 1219 2008-01-12T17:48:37-05:00 <blockquote><cite>taddict said:</cite> yeah the design has been done on a t-shirt before.. not sure if yours came first or what but i blogged about this and emailed you about this and never got a response. http://www.taddict.com/blog/?p=30 </blockquote> Yup, I saw that tee before, but about a year after I released mine (mine came out in November '06), not sure when your's was... But either way, I think we can all agree it isn't a difficult idea to come up with. Only have 5 or so shirts left of this design anyways, so it won't be an issue for much longer. 1646 Tee 2008-01-13T01:58:01-05:00 16650 1490 2008-01-13T01:58:01-05:00 Oh, and about the email - I never remember receiving it? Sorry. I'm usually really good about replying to emails! 1646 Tee 2008-01-13T01:58:34-05:00 16651 1490 2008-01-13T01:58:34-05:00 I am going to give this some love. 1646 Tee 2008-01-13T02:02:11-05:00 16652 1219 2008-01-13T02:02:11-05:00 yeah go to threadless they have a shirt with that concept i think 1646 Tee 2008-01-13T17:54:51-05:00 16772 195 2008-01-13T17:54:51-05:00 OH!!! I see! The numbers say Linty Fresh! 1646 Tee 2008-01-13T20:53:19-05:00 16837 1567 2008-01-13T20:53:19-05:00 oh i get it cause they both have lines. 1646 Tee 2008-01-14T08:20:11-05:00 16945 441 2008-01-14T08:20:11-05:00