Barack Obama the 44th President of the United States of America 05Nov08
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This illustration from Patrick Moberg would make a brilliant T-shirt :-)

Thanks LaughingSquid

BTW if you like this shirt and would buy it, make a comment as if we drive traffic to his site, maybe we can persuade him it’s worth his while to license it to me :-) I do pay residuals for as long as we’re printing the shirt.

UPDATE: if you post links to rip off t-shirts on ebay or any other store they will be deleted immediately.

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  • http://madfinn.paananen.fi/ The Mad Finn

    Nice. I love it when you can capture the essence of something with such simple images.

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  • http://threadless-coupons.com dvir hazout

    I would like to buy a tee with this design… looks awesome!

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  • Derek Turner

    where can we get this shirt? This show's how far we have COME!!!!

  • http://www.wizeguyztees.com Dutch Schultz

    What a funny design. I love it. I would buy this in a second. Too bad no one has done it yet. I like how you did a non t shirt related post. It is cool to see you throw this one out there.

  • http://tcritic.com karllong

    thanks so much Dutch, I'm sometimes a bit millitant about posting t-shirts but when I see great illustration I like to see if there is demand for it, in fact why am I not doing that more? shit, I think I just had an idea!

  • fernee

    http://cgi.ebay.com/BARACK-OBAMA-SHIRT-FUNNY-08…
    ^^^
    You can get the shirt here in all sizes.

  • http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/etechlib/ PF Anderson

    I would buy this. Or as a poster. Would be great for schoolkids and teachers.

  • change08

    This shirt has already been printed… well, something close to it http://cgi.ebay.com/BARACK-OBAMA-SHIRT-FUNNY-08…

    And the ladies version –
    http://cgi.ebay.com/BARACK-OBAMA-FUNNY-08-polit…

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  • http://www.beDFRNT.com Tony

    My company DFRNT Apparel has had a similar design for sale since before the election, despite that, I wonder if Patrick realizes his design is being ripped of like this, I'll try to notify him, here's a link to the shirt we've been selling http://www.bedfrnt.com/product/dfrnt-presidents…

  • http://tcritic.com karllong

    Yes, please do, I don't have email for him and have tried to contact him a couple of times through his web form to offer to license it and also tell him he's getting ripped off :-( BTW love the DFRNT version, can you email me proper photos of the T and i'll write about it, cheers! you can email me at karl dot long at gmail dot com

  • http://tcritic.com karllong

    Hey Matt, isn't that Etsy design just a rip off of Patrick's illustration? Are you the one selling it?

  • http://www.beDFRNT.com Tony

    Karl, I've already contacted Patrick and he responded with an appreciative thank you, I also went a step further and complained to ETSY about the product indicating that blatant copyright infringement goes against ETSY's artist made policy. As four our T, I will provide you with some proper photos later tonight.

  • mattbarry

    No Im not the one selling theT was just crusing some stores and happened to notice it. Cant believe how blatant they were about ripping it off.

  • Kimberly Eaton

    How awful that this ripping off is happening! I actually know the artist! Well, indirectly. Wait for it…my friend 's (who is a graphic designer) coworker's brother. A bunch of us got it in an e-mail the day after the election. It would ABSOLUTELY make a fantastic t-shirt that I would undoubtedly buy. And I know a bunch of other people who would because it was the highlight of our November 5th. Well, that and still riding a very high wave of the fantastic moment that was the night before…and still is 17 days later. :D

  • http://www.beDFRNT.com Tony

    If it makes you feel any better, the ETSY shop hasn't been selling it since I contacted them. As artists we always have to watch out for this stuff and enforce our copyrights.

  • http://tcritic.com karllong

    I would love to print it license it from the artist, we provide an ongoing payment for as long as it's selling. We always make sure the product is a great print, and promote the artist as much as the shirt itself.

  • http://www.takeitsmiling.blogspot.com Andrea

    This would make a great t-shirt; I'd buy it!

  • Andrew Yu-Jen Wang

    Speaking of Barack Obama:

    Barack Obama is a racial-minority individual, and in his heart and mind he inevitably does not endorse hate crimes committed by George W. Bush.

    George W. Bush committed hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism (indicated in my blog).

    George W. Bush did in fact commit innumerable hate crimes.

    And I do solemnly swear by Almighty God that George W. Bush committed other hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism which I am not at liberty to mention.

    Many people know what Bush did.

    And many people will know what Bush did—even to the end of the world.

    Bush was absolute evil.

    Bush is now like a fugitive from justice.

    Bush is a psychological prisoner.

    Bush has a lot to worry about.

    Bush can technically be prosecuted for hate crimes at any time.

    In any case, Bush will go down in history in infamy.

    Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang
    B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
    Messiah College, Grantham, PA
    Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993

    “GEORGE W. BUSH IS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY” BLOG OF ANDREW YU-JEN WANG
    ______________________
    I am not sure where I had read it before, but anyway, it is a linguistically excellent statement, and it goes kind of like this: “If only it were possible to ban invention that bottled up memories so they never got stale and faded.” Oh wait—off the top of my head—I think the quotation came from my Lower Merion High School yearbook.

  • http://www.shopping4shirts.com Drew

    Not sure if your interested but if you do want to print these designs you can at http://www.shopping4shirts.com
    there is a MOQ though but they can make the tshirts in about 15 different colours. Just in case anyone actually wanted to get them made up?