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)
16 Comments
Jon Kruse said 10 months ago
Cool.
Banksy had an awesome stencil that was similar.
skull with hair said 10 months ago
Not saying you ripped it at all, its just been done A LOT!
derekdeal said 10 months ago
holy google search!
ThinkBaker said 10 months ago
Soo..... What do they mean? I’m too lazy to think.
Nate said 10 months ago
I am with SkullWithHair... but I do dig your version of the design!
DCAY said 10 months ago
out of the Zebra lot, your illustration stands above the rest. Very cool on a tee as well.
noFunk said 10 months ago
yours looks better than the others, the lines turning into the trees is a great touch, really sets it apart
gameyy said 10 months ago
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.
justin said 10 months ago
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
Jon Kruse said 10 months ago
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.
gameyy said 10 months ago
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.
gameyy said 10 months ago
Oh, and about the email - I never remember receiving it? Sorry. I’m usually really good about replying to emails!
Jon Kruse said 10 months ago
I am going to give this some love.
jimmyhaffa1 said 10 months ago
yeah go to threadless they have a shirt with that concept i think
ThinkBaker said 10 months ago
OH!!! I see! The numbers say Linty Fresh!
printolithic said 10 months ago
oh i get it cause they both have lines.