Great Gorilla!
I spied this sleeping gentleman on the train earlier this week, spied his excellent shirt and silently rejoiced. And then silently grabbed this photo.
A single color print on a red shirt. No url, no logo, unless the gorilla head itself is a logo; it appeared to me as a study in shirt elegance. Just an excellent ape head. I immediately wanted one.
And based upon this photo, I could easily approximate the art, and have a batch printed. I could feature it here on Homeland Tiny Run and perhaps spread this simple gorilla cranium joy across all the land. But ethically, can it be done?
The ape is awesome and I do want one. My wants compel me, but all the same I cannot. I wouldn’t want someone to appropriate anyone’s art from Tiny Run, even if the reason is the sincerest form of larceny. There are more shirts in heaven and earth that have yet to be made, I will settle into the singular joy of just knowing this shirt is out there, like a tiny atom upon the wind, interacting amongst all the others. I’m not one to run out of ideas and need to borrow excellent others; there is always more work to do that I already have planned…
Karma compels you not to steal this design.
Besides, it’s been done. Appreciate and move on. Bigger things await you.
And I need all the good-shirt-karma I can get. I agree.
But damn, I apprecitate it too…
But, as you say, bigger things. Better things. MORE things.
I know this is way, way late. Like almost 2 years late. However, just to let the OP know… I have this exact shirt. I too saw it and could not resist it, and actually had to buy it from my room mate! This was at least 6 years ago. I love it, but now it’s a faded, almost pink color instead of red. FYI, it’s an Old Navy shirt, believe it or not. Probably some random stock image, but I love it! I took this concept into consideration when producing my own brand logo!