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zipper

Five stars! Excellent drawing! Would wear to tea time! - Teevil

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themidgardknightsaid 139 weeks ago

I absolutely love this! Great job!
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elboricua123said 139 weeks ago

more bears....how lame, cool design but too many bears...teefury needs to switch it up
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calvinpoesaid 139 weeks ago

This shirt is so win.
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heartlucesaid 139 weeks ago

Love your art and the bear is awesome.
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stablercakesaid 139 weeks ago

Isn't this pretty much just like the FatMouse shirt TF put out a couple weeks ago? I mean, that one didn't have glasses and a hat, but it's essentially the same shirt.

Not for me this time, naturalistic animals (with or without accoutrement) aren't my style, really.
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ChiefCoffinsaid 139 weeks ago

I need that Pablo Escobar! SO badarse.
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ChiefCoffinsaid 139 weeks ago

i cant say a$$?
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Nominatesaid 139 weeks ago

Wait, lookin' extremely large/weird on the guy in that photo. o.0 Is it only me?
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whhiittsaid 139 weeks ago

yeah, theres a lot of bears on the site

but a CLASSY bear??!
i think not

your illustrations are straight smurfin ridiculous

you rule :)
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wakegracesaid 139 weeks ago

whats with all the bears? make it stop. :( i mean they are cool. but i dont want to wear it. :(
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mrwalrusfacesaid 139 weeks ago

jan rules and so does so this
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mrwalrusfacesaid 139 weeks ago

yay i cant type still go JAN!
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TIZZD DO'URDENsaid 139 weeks ago

Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets.

Battlestar Gallactica.
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VRizosaid 139 weeks ago

http://www.designbyhumans.com/product_images/0000/1193/8663_BearHug_M_F_zoom.png

no?
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EdwardBlakesaid 139 weeks ago

Hmm. Is that placement a first for teefury? At least I don't remember teefury doing that type of placement for a while.
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zipper

MJsaid 139 weeks ago

I think the placement is pretty similar to Sporck Long and Prosper, should print awesome :)
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sonmisaid 139 weeks ago

i looooooooooooooooove this!
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par58said 139 weeks ago

The Spock shirt I got had placement different than pictured (way far off to the side and not as high). Hopefully this one is better.
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Toonstarsaid 139 weeks ago

Haha brilliant! Hilarious and i love the colour as well.

Nicely done.
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Robsoulsaid 139 weeks ago

amen to hawwwwwwwtttttt

great choice in artists' wotto, mo funkieeeee
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ShellyShenoysaid 139 weeks ago

Jan, it's not your fault that teefury did a shirt with a polar bear smack in the front last week, similar to this shirt. Similar -- Only in the placement of the bear to the t-shirt, however. That bear was definitely not dressed to the 9's, with a bowler hat, a bow tie and a pair of reading glasses. That bear was definitely not classy like this bear. Let the record state that if I had tea with a bear, I'd like to have tea with this bear.

At first glance I was like 'a bear'. But after reading your awesome interview & perusing your diverse and super cool artwork on the side, I'm now a fan of both you and your very classy bear.

However, Teefury, after this classy act, lets stay away from the bears for like a month. Do it for the people.
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SilkyGardenssaid 139 weeks ago

this shirt is sick nasty.

(It just had to be said...)

I love it...and I would buy it...if I had money... :)
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SilkyGardenssaid 139 weeks ago

Also...the guys slate color is awesome. Thank you teefury :)
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francischtimesaid 139 weeks ago

YES! awesome tee jan!!! love your work!
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Kangaroosaid 139 weeks ago

If only it was on brown D:
or I wasn't so picky :(
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cyberpaintersaid 139 weeks ago

Is this site associated with BRC?
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wottosaid 139 weeks ago

No cyberpainter, when I was a curator for teefury I arranged a BRC series, cos they are awesome.

THIS SHIRT IS THE SHIZ. Now quit the bear moaning, get your bowler hat on and pop over to the UK for a spot of tea. Obviously wearing this shirt.
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MJsaid 139 weeks ago

TeeFury is not affiliated with Black Rock, except in that both are awesome in their individual, unrelated ways ;)
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Tuismsaid 139 weeks ago

I wish there was more bear!! But I guess that'd make it look like the other bear a while back...

Awesome work man... love how he looks like he's gonna kill you with deathrays from bear eyes :)
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whhiittsaid 139 weeks ago

oi
after reading all the comments about all the bears
i do realize the polar bear from last week
WHICH
i also bought
but still
the similarities are insane

both still rule the house though :):)
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DeltaSigChi4said 139 weeks ago

elboricua123 said
more bears....how lame, cool design but too many bears...teefury needs to switch it up

Cual es tu problema con los osos, cabron?

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grand_davidsaid 139 weeks ago

haha this one is excellent!!
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Gozzsaid 139 weeks ago

I'm trying to stray away from spending money! This is an awesome shirt!
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Maxsaid 139 weeks ago

Awwww why not centered? :(
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w3sl3ymill3rsaid 139 weeks ago

i lol'd a little bit.

Very nice illustration work.
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icecubesaid 139 weeks ago

@Max, people like centered designs?
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ErinS182said 139 weeks ago

My boyfriend is a classy bear...I just bought him one of these!
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Euphoriasaid 139 weeks ago

yeh i like it :d but i dunno im pretty broke right now
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honeybee78said 139 weeks ago

Bear is cute, but not my kind of t-shirt... I want the picture on the side with the pink shoes! Luv it!
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jackpagesaid 139 weeks ago

Love the shirt color!!!!!
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wullagarusaid 139 weeks ago

very nice jan .. I like that its only one color
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horimonosaid 139 weeks ago

I like the tiny hat. Not a big fan of Bears though.
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FuzzyLogicsaid 139 weeks ago

I love bears.
Furry. mmmmmm
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Sanussaid 139 weeks ago

Classy Bear wants to have you for tea
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heartlucesaid 139 weeks ago

Got mine. Hope to see more Janworks.
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sucedasaid 139 weeks ago

love your work, bear looks awesome!
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Boricuaking28said 139 weeks ago

Ha This is Hilarious! with a capital H

i love everything about that bear
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benditlikebenjiisaid 139 weeks ago

This is the first shirt from the over-hyped BRC that I actually like. Great job, Jan.

The bear looks amazing. It doesn't have a reason to be a classy bear, it just is. First Teefury buy since March. Honesty, I'm fine with bear/skull/bird/other animal tees, as long as they vary in styles. The slate color bothers me a little, though.
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lysol92said 139 weeks ago

i would buy it if i didnt buy the other light blue shirt this week
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superfreakfishsaid 139 weeks ago

Very tempting...
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Arrowsaid 139 weeks ago

haha Great illo! Congrats!
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icecubesaid 139 weeks ago

Hawt.
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TheBeardsaid 139 weeks ago

Done and Done. Sold. No arguments.
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muscle_n_flowsaid 139 weeks ago

The color for the guys is kinda lame. Judging from the picture, the black on dark blue doesn't show up well. Works much better on the light blue.
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said 139 weeks ago

this bear is so classy that if he used a hanky it would blow his nose!
Bought it!!!
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gengarsaid 139 weeks ago

Bears are awesome, don't listen to anyone who says stop printing bear shirts. This one is particularly awesome. Bought
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jublinsaid 139 weeks ago

beary cool.

something i would definitely bear.
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xtiffanysaid 139 weeks ago

not my thang.
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checklistforlifesaid 139 weeks ago

this freakin rocks. totally bought it, woo!!
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Archived Tee - 2009-06-04

Classy Bear

About the artist

Jan Avendano

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Art curated by

wotto

A word from wotto:

^ Jan did this design a while ago but it still remains one of my all time favourite illustrations. Welcome Jan, I am over the moon that you are here and I love all your work. Look at that bears hat, what's not to love?

First of all how did you enter the circle of awesome known as the Black Rock Collective?
Grayehound asked if I would like to be a part of a small themed group submission for Threadless. I don't think the group was named anything back then but as we got more people involved, we eventually took on the name of the Black Rock.

Tell us a little bit about your ‘BRC series’ design.
It's a bear in a sweater vest, glasses and bowler hat. He is pretty classy and likes afternoon tea.

Which BRC project has been the most interesting to you as an artist?
The card deck that we created was a fun project. It was great seeing how different styles could end up working as separate pieces as well as a unit.

Who is your favorite member of the BRC? (Don’t be shy, I’ll be asking all the others too ;)
I suck at picking favourites. Also, it's really hard to pick favourite peoples.

Which members of the BRC have you met?
I've met Julia, Priscilla, Phil, Joe, Jared, Jan Willem, Blair, Aaron, Josh, Rachel, Justin, Ross, Ian, Aled, Stef, Rob, Olly, Adrienne, Chris, Michael, Reilly and Kevin. And maybe others. Or maybe less than others.

Give us one piece of inside gossip on the BRC.
A certain somebody is a robot. Or more like, a certain somebodies. Also, drunk robots.

Do the BRC have a secret handshake, if so what is it?
The handshake is so secret that nobody remembers what it is.

What’s next for the BRC?
The future. More work, more collabs and more fun.

Which member of the BRC would you most like to collab with?
I think Aaron/Hogboy would be fun to collab with.

Hit us with a link.
www.janavendano.com

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