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December 17, 2006 12:18 PM

Help me find the Joust like graphic seen on this shirt.

I'm looking for either a digital copy of the image or a similar version of the image, or worst case, a link to someone who sells an adult size version of that shirt.

posted by Null Pointer and the Exceptions to Society & Culture (6 answers total)

This will sound sarcastic and I don't mean it be... but um.. have you tried Old Navy?

Seriously, a designer friend of mine did production graphics for a bunch of stuff for Reebok, Nike and WuWear (yeah, that Wu Tang Clan stuff) and it was just cranked out design that they were paid to do from 9 to 5. Some of the stuff was very cool but wasn't generally available anywhere but on the clothing.
posted by jtoth at 12:38 PM on December 17, 2006

Holy Crap. I must get that for my kid.

To answer your question, as jtoth said, it's almost certainly a 'proprietary' image.

Thanks for pointing this out!
posted by ulotrichous at 1:02 PM on December 17, 2006

Major retailers like Old Navy wouldn't use public domain graphics, because it would make knock-offs too easy.
posted by dhartung at 1:23 PM on December 17, 2006

Does it have to be that exact drawing (it is extremely cool, I have to admit)? I found a few others that might be acceptable for whatever it is you need the graphic for.

http://www.dracosaur.com/artbrowse.cgi?book=foofers&page=5&item=2
http://www.localarcade.com/arcade_art/details.php?image_id=85
http://www.mameworld.net/massive/Marquee2/GFX/joust.jpg
http://www.mameworld.net/massive/Marquee2/GFX/joust1.jpg
posted by iconomy at 1:40 PM on December 17, 2006

Response by poster: I was hoping to have it laser etched on my macbook pro.
posted by Null Pointer and the Exceptions at 8:20 PM on December 17, 2006

you could always buy the shirt from old navy, any size would work, and the lighter the color the better. Take a hi-res digital pic of it and tweak colors / contrast and do some creative background erasing to isolate the design sans shirt.

Incidentally, I saw that laser etching article a week or so back - that image he uses on his mac in the article is from the classic O'reilly UNIX reference book cover.

If you get the etching done, can you update this thread? I'd love to see the results but I'm chicken to send my laptop anywhere. I can drive to NYC in just over 2 hours so a trip there is definitely a possibility. It sure would make all the people at work jealous, it's like getting a tattoo for your computer - the ultimate geek chic!
posted by jtoth at 1:43 AM on December 18, 2006 [1 favorite]