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Title: DK Shirt on Woot Today ($10)
Post by: javeryh on May 19, 2010, 11:42:49 am

http://shirt.woot.com/ (http://shirt.woot.com/)

(http://sale.images.woot.com/Lunch_Break2cbDetail.png)

Title: Re: DK Shirt on Woot Today ($10)
Post by: WhereEaglesDare on May 19, 2010, 10:21:19 pm

10 bucks free shipping, but i dont know why hes eating lunch?

Title: Re: DK Shirt on Woot Today ($10)
Post by: HaRuMaN on May 20, 2010, 10:26:45 am

Everybody's got to a take a break...

Good concept, fugly execution.

Title: Re: DK Shirt on Woot Today ($10)
Post by: Ginsu Victim on May 20, 2010, 10:32:50 am

I've always liked this one better
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2006/02/dkandmariobeer.jpg)

Title: Re: DK Shirt on Woot Today ($10)
Post by: Epyx on May 20, 2010, 11:03:34 am

Quote

I've always liked this one better

Never seen that one but ya way better! Very cool, where is that one from?

Title: Re: DK Shirt on Woot Today ($10)
Post by: Ginsu Victim on May 20, 2010, 11:39:35 am

I forget.

Title: Re: DK Shirt on Woot Today ($10)
Post by: Hoopz on May 20, 2010, 11:58:26 am

It was a print originally:

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/28/dk-and-mario-playin-the-game-havin-a-beer/ (http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/28/dk-and-mario-playin-the-game-havin-a-beer/)

If you like that type of artwork, check out this thread for a couple of others:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=90689.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=90689.0)

Title: Re: DK Shirt on Woot Today ($10)
Post by: Hoopz on May 20, 2010, 12:07:54 pm

Google link to the Iam8bit image gallery:

LINK (http://www.google.com/images?q=iam8bit&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=lF31S4iPEZfqNbTgkKcF&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CDsQsAQwAw)

Title: Re: DK Shirt on Woot Today ($10)
Post by: Franco B on May 20, 2010, 05:29:02 pm

Quote from: WhereEaglesDare on May 19, 2010, 10:21:19 pm

10 bucks free shipping, but i dont know why hes eating lunch?

The first thing that sprung to mind when I saw the woot DK image was this picture:

(http://www.piratescott.com/mostpowerfulimages/mostpowerfulimages_files/image023.jpg)

I wonder its a reference to or took inspiration from that?

Edit: Original pic url no longer exists, changed it for another one.

Title: Re: DK Shirt on Woot Today ($10)
Post by: HaRuMaN on May 21, 2010, 07:42:57 am

Woot 'artists' have been known to 'borrow' other peoples work...   ::)