Comments on: Neatorama T-Shirt Design (Help!)

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:05:55 +0000

ASTRONAUT!!! Bayb, he rawks. : )

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:00:59 +0000

Seems like the Neatoama-naut is going to be the one!

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:51:37 +0000

Or Jeremy, do the market research and find out what of the acceptable options is the more popular…

By: Hannes

Hannes — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:58:56 +0000

I think the bear looks best. But the astronaut is cool because it looks like he’s actually juggling those balls.

By: aberguy

aberguy — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:02:07 +0000

Astronaut Retro-coolness can’t be beat!

By: Anonymouse

Anonymouse — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:49:01 +0000

The astronaut is the best design, by far, but I’m voting for the underdog, the zen acrobat dog.
What a cool dog.
Look at him, just chilling there, while balancing on a ball.
So much cooler than the loser robot. Four arms, open mechanical eyes and he still manages to drop a ball.

By: Erik

Erik — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:28:00 +0000

Robot —— all the way
I so want a free T-shirt !
Pick me! pick me

By: Jon Anderson

Jon Anderson — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:33:58 +0000

I love the astronaut! I’m glad he is winning.

By: inkedgal

inkedgal — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:59:37 +0000

The astronaut is the best design. This is coming from a woman who loves robots. Good luck.

By: gtraylo

gtraylo — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:09:55 +0000

The neatorama astronaut is by far the best!

By: bl0ss0m

bl0ss0m — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:26:00 +0000

Definitely Space Cadet – I think it’s closest to the feel of neatorama…bit out there!lol!

By: asdfqwerty911

asdfqwerty911 — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:07:41 +0000

Oh man, whats wrong with the bear? It looks awesome in the tux.

By: :::Cornfed:::

:::Cornfed::: — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:36:10 +0000

The astronaut design is outta this world!

By: mexichica85

mexichica85 — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:09:43 +0000

But the robot is just so much cooler than all of them.

Team Robot!

By: rawbert

rawbert — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:19:41 +0000

I applaud and respect Ape Lad’s work, but don’t think that it is NEAT enough for NEATORAMA. The work kind of reminds me of stuff you find in Highlight magazines. I really think you could find better work that represents the site better, don’t settle on something just because its free.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:34:39 +0000

astronaut, cuz astronauts are cool

By: KiM

KiM — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:12:47 +0000

voted for astronaut bec neatorama is about everything out there in the universe that sounds neat or weird enough to be blogged here …

By: Avital

Avital — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:36:18 +0000

great designs. I’d go with the robot.

By: neenjha

neenjha — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:28:45 +0000

I voted for the dog simply because I love dogs, but the astronaut one is really awesome.

By: Mark the Lip

Mark the Lip — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:28:08 +0000

I like them all and really like the fact that they are all juggling. Just missed this for the 47th annual MadFest 2008: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA5k9IS93YM

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:51:40 +0000

lol – love that dog…

By: duus

duus — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:13:18 +0000

someone above suggested offering all four designs? is there a downside to this? (Are you making them in bulk, maybe, and therefore must commit to one?)

By: Double D

Double D — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:11:56 +0000

i lo0o00o0ove that dog!! but if i win ill take any design1! they are all great!! LOVE NEATO!!

By: SW

SW — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:51:03 +0000

i’d be smug too if i was an astronaut. he wins with me.

By: SW

SW — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:50:24 +0000

i’d be smug too if i was an astronaut. he wins.

By: LoyLoy Gupta

LoyLoy Gupta — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:23:04 +0000

The astronaut is o.k. But I like the robot. It’s funkier.

By: ruby

ruby — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:55:12 +0000

I vote astronaut. Even if he is juggling in space..why not? Art is meant to do what is not possible in real life…to stretch boundries. It’s cute and whimsical…great job!

By: Badjuk

Badjuk — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:42:30 +0000

Astronaut! this is it!

By: Steve B

Steve B — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:35:58 +0000

YEA to Astronaut! You should nickname him Neato and put a name badge on him!

By: Makkelele

Makkelele — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:21:41 +0000

All of them were great but I voted for the astronaut.

By: clairmonde

clairmonde — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:54:18 +0000

Bear in ill-fitting hat. Duh! Not only does he balance on the ball well, but with man killing bear claws! The astronaut is pretty cool too.

By: L.C.

L.C. — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:43:12 +0000

Am I the only one that thinks that all of these are queer??? wtf. at least pay someone to come up with something creative.

By: edhead

edhead — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:23:05 +0000

i don’t get WHAT you see in Ape Lad’s work, i find it very generic, and i don’t like ANY of these.

By: Mr.Lonka

Mr.Lonka — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:46:24 +0000

The astronaut is super awesome. Neatorama is spelled out with all the planets and a dwarf planet! How can you not pick that one. I am a sucker for robots but the astronaut is sweet.

By: michael

michael — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:06:23 +0000

Pudifoot, I doubt you’re a *professional* juggler.

The simple cascade is by no means the only juggling pattern.

While a nine ball shower is a stretch of the imagination for anyone I’ve every heard of (and may well be impossible), an arc of balls is normal for juggling in the shower pattern. There’s obviously room for artistic license as well, so I’d suggest just being happy that the art is being represented in culture at all.

For some reason, a crude representation of the shower is what’s usually captured in illustrations rather than the more common cascade.

I voted astronaut, in part because he actually looks like he might be juggling the balls, but I don’t really like any of these. In the right low gravity environment, a nine ball shower could be attainable rather casually, hence the smug look.

The others, the positions of the hands and balls don’t look related in any way.

By: monique

monique — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:59:59 +0000

If you put ‘O-rama’ on the end of any word it sounds 60′s. (go ahead, try it; peanutbutter-O-rama, comuter-O-rama, etc.) What was the 60′s and the space program about? It was a time of hope, imagination, the Cleavers, and anything seemed possible. Maybe it’s a little kitchy now, but it was always slightly nerdy to like astronauts. Neatorama is family friendly, has imaginative and interesting posts, and on the internet anything is possible!

Just because a majority of people like something doesn’t mean it’s ‘flat’ or else where would German chocolate cake, the internet, and practicing making babies, be?

By: Eileen

Eileen — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:32:26 +0000

These are great designs. Hard to choose. The astronaut won for me.

By: hey!Zeus

hey!Zeus — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:06:49 +0000

the one with the astronaut is by far the coolest!

By: Rammy M

Rammy M — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:42:15 +0000

I’m sorry but I must strongly disagree with many of you. The astronaut is the Worst choice. I do like the artwork, but juggling in outer space? C’mon!

(The dog seems to be hovering in front of that spotted ball, as well, as he levitates the smaller balls)

I voted for the robot, I like the idea of a multi-(more than two)-armed juggler, though the bear is also nice in his suit.

By: MariV

MariV — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:12:48 +0000

I like the Neatorama Bear bear-y much, and the Robot and Dog are just awesome and very imaginative. But the smug Neatorama Astronaut is just OUT OF THIS WORLD! My vote goes to him.

By: ted

ted — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:59:45 +0000

That’s what the people in Florence said about Michelangelo’s David – not another white male!

Astronaut is the best of the bunch, but the juggling objects should be neatorama-related. Hello Kitty could be juggling its own ear-plug nipples, for example.

By: leapin leptards

leapin leptards — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:59:32 +0000

just kidding. i see. mr. ape lad did so. silly me.

By: leapin leptards

leapin leptards — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:58:54 +0000

way great designs. who drew ‘em up?

By: MarkB

MarkB — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:56:45 +0000

While I did pick the bear, it does look like he’s going to drop that N! (Although, “Eatorama”? Hmmm…)

By: nat

nat — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:13:50 +0000

I’m surprised everyone likes the astronaut so much; honestly I don’t want one of my favourite websites represented the way nearly everything else is: by a white male. So I vote bear because bears are awesome.

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:03:12 +0000

The Neatorama bear appeals to me, so I voted for him. The astronaut is perhaps a more appropriate mascot for the site, but his facial expression is a turn-off. So smug.

The bear currently only has 60 votes (vs. astronaut’s 291)… trust me to pick the underdog. I mean, underbear! :p

By: mattytiz

mattytiz — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:59:36 +0000

While I would agree that you should “Go with your gut”, I am hoping your gut says “The Astronaut Design”.

By: Pudifoot

Pudifoot — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:56:11 +0000

Miss C: Why are so many women’s shirts like that? Then us men get yelled at for ‘reading’ their shirts.

//ok, maybe i am a slow reader…..

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:51:30 +0000

I would be happy to wear any of these. The old shirt had the name horizontally, right across… well, let’s say it drew a lot of eyes.

By: MrPumpernickel

MrPumpernickel — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:48:37 +0000

The astronaut is the only one to even remotely consider, the others look too infantile.

In general, none of those really feel like they capture the “neat” of Neatorama.