Snake Oil T-Shirt

Scott Robinson

Snake Oil

All the promises of modern technology, and 95% of our efforts result in shiny distractions…
I`m not against technological advancement, I`m just question if what we`re doing can be considered that..

iSnake Oil
Patent pending

The newest, and therefore the best cure for that hollow feeling deep, deep down in your soul.

Good for:
Feelings of inferiority
Social awkwardness
Lack of concentration
Real-life escapism
Lack of self worth
The need to impress
Income removal

Use to:
Drive next-gen psuedo partnerships
Destroy efficient communities
Give the illusion of seamless relationships
optimize 24/365 dependencies
or any other number of tech-savy sounding
catchphases.

Gives fleeting relief

Gauraunteed to make your life complete
*Not a real garuantee

Repackaging your shit, and selling it back to you as chocolate

Full preview here

Also, you should read this by Lucan, it`s a fine read.

Looks best on Black in my opinion. Enjoy

Available for sale as

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  • Danny

    Danny

    Yep, can see this one in the top ten.
    One of the best this year along side Rubyred’s AT and NoFrills Scissors.
    excellent

  • Scott Robinson replied

    Thanks Danny, Your help with this one has been invaluable.

    I don`t often do shirts with so much type. I think it all worked out ok though..

  • Jen Cannella

    Jen Cannella

    Excellent tee!!!

  • Scott Robinson replied

    Cheers Jen, Glad you like it.

  • Kaiju

    Kaiju

    Fabulously detail! great choice of type! LOVE IT!

  • Kaiju

    Kaiju

    The funny thing about this message is I just bought a book from Amazon last friday call Age of Propaganda: The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion. I want my son to know about this world we are living in when he learns to read or ready for a book report on what i had to do on summer vacation!

  • Scott Robinson replied

    Sounds like an excellent read, and a great forwarning to your son!
    Really glad this appeals to people, I don`t want to be overly negetive about things, I just wanted a way of expressing disatisfaction.

    Thanks again.

  • Mungo

    Mungo

    Does it help with the night-terrors?

  • Scott Robinson replied

    You know, I bet you could download an application that`d sort that right out.

  • Adam de la Mare

    Adam de la Mare

    lol… another killed design Scott!!

  • Adam de la Mare

    Adam de la Mare

    opps… I mean “killer”... ;-)

  • Scott Robinson replied

    haha, thanks Adam.

  • Casey Herman

    Casey Herman

    Kaiju looks kinda young to have a son … but then, it’s good to know that we can download something to soothe us all. Thanks for your great product, Scott! It healed my feelings of worthlessness, incompetence and inane sense of ignorance in an instant! :D

  • Scott Robinson replied

    Ha! Thanks Casey.. outrageous claims are all part of the service.

  • MarysBoyChild

    MarysBoyChild

    Can’t comment
    Must join Twitter…....

  • Scott Robinson replied

    HA! I just noticed all the talk about twitter here… strange.

  • Damien Mason

    Damien Masoncommunity host

    But I like chocolate!
    Seriously, great tee, I’ll have to twitter about it on my iPhone while blogging on facebook.

  • Scott Robinson replied

    Sounds perfect! Thanks Damien.

  • thickblackoutline

    thickblackoutlinet-shirt and design aficionado

    fantastic! i love it lots!! :) excellent specimen of typography and snake ( join twitter ;) )

  • Scott Robinson replied

    Haha, No twittering for me, real life is chaotic enough…

    Glad the typography works for you, it`s been ages since I`ve done anything like that for a T.

  • Matt Simner

    Matt Simner

    Kerrching! – So loving the single colour designs Scott.

  • Scott Robinson replied

    Thanks Mat, Some designs call for it, others don`t. This was getting pretty close to too complicated even without colours.

    Glad you like it.

  • Simon Sherry

    Simon Sherry

    Instant fave and an excellent marriage of image and type. Unfortunate though that it all rings so true (especially that last line).

  • Scott Robinson replied

    Thanks Simon, was challenging fun to do.

    I got a bit carried away with the text, but I guess overdoing it works with the concept really.

  • Nick Ford

    Nick Ford

    Looks unreal Scott!! Yeah the black does look pretty special!!! Brilliant usage of halftone mate.

  • Scott Robinson replied

    Thanks Nick, took a while, but I got there.

    The black makes it look silvery, which is how I think it should look, but the preview is more pronounced on white.

    The halftones on this were a challenge, too heavy, too light.. etc etc..

  • Danielle Davenport

    Danielle Daven...

    Top of the line T design Scott! Great phrasing…it’s dripping with the ugly truth…love it!

  • Scott Robinson replied

    Thanks Danielle, I appreciate the kind words.

  • Gregory John O'Flaherty

    Gregory John O...

    Good one !!!!!!!!

  • rubyred

    rubyred

    I’ll take fleeting relief any day! Really nicely balanced design, not an easy thing to achieve with a lot of text. Sadly, the text speaks of what a lot of people crave these days.

  • Scott Robinson replied

    Thanks Roger, the typography is a large part of this design overall, i think it all came together rather nicely though, all things considered.

  • Tom Douce

    Tom Douce

    Awesome design Scott!

  • Scott Robinson replied

    Thanks Tom.

  • BYRON

    BYRON

    excellent, very cool and piss-funny.

    Added this to my shopping trolley… just waiting for my Rudd-Cheque to arrive.

  • Scott Robinson replied

    Ha! Thanks Bryon, glad it appeals to you.

  • Lucan Industries (© misterkhan 1995)

    Lucan Industri...

    I’ll take four.

    ‘comment sent from my fucking iWhore because I’m on the move yeah’

  • Scott Robinson replied

    Of course you are, no time to rest these days..

    Be sure to keep all the people you know updated to you whereabouts thoughout the day for maximum effect.

  • TigerFiSH

    TigerFiSH

    Excellent teeshirt, really well done.

  • Scott Robinson replied

    Thanks Tigerfish, glad you like it

  • quigonjim

    quigonjim

    Brilliant Scott, great design!
    I just love your halftone genius ; )

  • Scott Robinson replied

    Thanks Jim, Halftones are still relatively new to me, I`m getting there though..

  • burbskate

    burbskate

    i just can’t get past the warm feeling of my iphone in my pocket!

  • Scott Robinson replied

    That`s radiation.

    Just kiddiing, I`m just using the ipone as an example here anyway..

  • nofrillsart

    nofrillsart

    Excellent! wordy…but worth the read.

  • Scott Robinson replied

    Haha! Thanks Glen, I did get a little carried away with the text, but I had more to say than I first though..

    Glad you like it though mate.

  • ZAAAAP

    ZAAAAP

    I think I`m going to send a link to this image to as many techno/gagdet/elitism sites as I can, just for laughs

  • Scott Robinson replied

    Please do Zaap. I`d be interested in the response..

  • fixtape

    fixtape

    nice one!

    Ah, I still remember the days when you used to just knock on someones door to communicate.
    all the blither blather doesn’t even equate.

  • Scott Robinson replied

    Thanks, yeah, conversations a dying art isn`t it?

  • mylesaway

    mylesaway

    nice concept man. diggin it

  • Scott Robinson replied

    Thanks Mylesaway, concept’s the key really isn`t it?
    Glad you like it.

  • FrankHanker

    FrankHanker

    brilliant!!!

  • Scott Robinson replied

    Cheers Frank! I`m keen to shoot some more stuff over for 138 if it`s still possible?

  • Grandia

    Grandia

    this is a definite jaw-dropper right here Scott, truly amazing work =)

  • Scott Robinson replied

    Thanks Grandia. I`m really happy with how it all turned out.

  • o0OdemocrazyO0o

    o0OdemocrazyO0o

    hahah greatness…

    how do your super neat lines come out on RB shirts… do you have troubles on dark tees with light lines etc?

  • Scott Robinson replied

    Hey Demo,
    I`m not 100% sure what dpi they`re printed at, but I really lose very little information when printed onto T`s. All the knifepoint edges are super-sharp, they don`t blur together..

    Never really had a design printed that didn`t turn out exactly how I thought it should look, and I`m a picky bastard when it comes to line quality.

  • o0OdemocrazyO0o

    o0OdemocrazyO0o

    wow nice one… I had one tee thats still having problems so i gotta change it (that 2008 falling down one, with the stock market crash on yellow shirt) no thin lines tho… just odd stuff happening where the people in the windows were not being printed or being printed badly and the ink peeling off fast.. i have had them send me like three versions lol they were really good about it.. i though it may of been like a ink density thing but they were unsure… also they have a new printer now and the newest shirt they sent was alot more contrasty so watch your greys :D

    anyway was just curious to see if all your neat line work came out sweet… do you use an illustrator or photoshop template?

    cheers,
    d

  • Scott Robinson replied

    Hey Demo, I guess that`s why I don`t use a whole lot of colours here, Not that I don`t think that Rb can print it well, I think it just leads to less dramas in the end.Less overprinting required and stuff like that..

    I ususally do all the linework in Illustrator, then drop it into photoshop and make the final effects and stuff… So then go through both, but come out of photoshop for the end product.

  • Scott d'Almeida

    Scott d'Almeida

    excellent ,

  • Scott Robinson replied

    Thanks Scott, glad you like it

  • o0OdemocrazyO0o

    o0OdemocrazyO0o

    yeah ditto here to.. sometimes i’m lazy and just cut n paste it into PS from ILLO so hope thats not too taboo :D

    keep up the good work …

  • Belinda Leopold

    Belinda Leopold

    Oooh I missed this one Hun…...Mmmmm I like it a LOT-this either took you ages, or it all kinda happened at once in one gigantic brainstorm????
    Anyway, that snake is PERFECT for one of the tattoos I want…..;D

  • Scott Robinson replied

    Haha, kind of equal parts of both? Idea came to me in a second, took ages to squeeze out! hahaa

    I may just have to draw you up a tattoo version of the snake then eh?

  • Rajee

    Rajee

    Great design.

  • RVRFNX

    RVRFNX

    My bitterness washes away when I see another person thinking on the same page as me.

  • Scott Robinson replied

    I don`t think we`re alone RVRFNX

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