The Frog Forgets the Tadpole — Tee

Description

개구리 올챙이 적 생각 못 한다. “The frog cannot remember when it was a tadpole.” Aimed, in Korea and everywhere else, at the person who got promoted and immediately became unbearable.

What makes it perfect is that it accuses nobody. It simply states a fact about amphibians and lets the room do the rest.

Drawn in the spirit of minhwa, Korean folk painting: flat pigment, confident outlines, a composition that looks painted rather than rendered.

For anyone who remembers exactly where they started — and for the colleague who very much does not.

Two versions, one page

Choose Artwork only for the illustration on its own, or With saying to get “개구리 올챙이 적 생각 못 한다” drawn into the composition in its original language. Same garment either way — pick your version above.

The shirt

• Bella+Canvas 3001 · 100% airlume combed and ring-spun cotton · 4.2 oz/yd² (heather shades include a small amount of polyester)
• Unisex retail fit · side-seamed · pre-shrunk · tear-away label
• Sizes S–3XL · choose your colourway above

Printed on demand, shipped worldwide

Nothing is made until you order it. Your design is printed in the fulfilment centre closest to your address — usually within 2–5 business days — and then shipped. Flat-rate shipping: $7.95 in the US, $12.95 everywhere else. Shipping & returns.

More from the same place: browse the collection by country, or read proverbs about failing well.