DBH 10K Final Four (0)
Published on August 21st, 2009. By The Taddict, under T-Shirt Design Contests.
With only a couple of days left to vote on Design by Humans‘ second annual 10K design contest the T Addict would like to present the final four contenders. I don’t mind following th pack and posting about this (like every other t-shirt blogger on the web) because everyone wins with this kind of dough. I hope the coverage encourages all the other design contests to pony up some real jack once a year. Here’s what we’ve got for the final four:
This design by gloopz, called “SOS Straberry Flavour”, reminds me of a scene from 28 Days Later. The twist of course is that the guy in the biohazard suit is chowing down on an ice pop.
As soon as I saw this design, entitled “Twilight Rain,” I knew it was by CollisionTheory. It’s got the same trademark look we’ve all grown to love. Based on the description, and the title, it looks like this shirt might be a reference to movie.
“Journey to the City of No Horizon” by TangYauHoong is a really unique shirt. It’s cool how it runs the entire length of the shirt and uses the shirt itself so effectively as part of the canvas for the artwork. Very cool concept.
csj89′s “Mecha-Labaw” is a terrific all over print done as a massive representation of the Carabao, a type of Water Buffalo found in the Philippines. It’s really cool how the eyes stand out so much from the rest of the shirt.
So now that you’ve seen the Final Four hurry up and go vote on your favorite before it’s too late. Voting closes on August 23rd and according to DBH the shirts will be available for purchase on the day the winners are announced! At least we won’t have long to wait to snatch up these guys.
Shirt Fight Is Funny (0)
Published on August 19th, 2009. By The Taddict, under General.
Jud from Shirtfight gave us a little funny drama last week on Emptees by parodying the conversation about another artist who admitted to copying artwork. He named his design “Robocop(y)” which is a very clever title considering the subject matter. Here is a look at the design:
The reference to “EZ” in the caption of the design is because in a previous thread, a certain t-shirt line owner admitted to borrowing more than inspiration from previous pop culture iconic artwork.
The whole design/post was done in good humor and some of that was missed by those browsing. It wasn’t an attempt to “out” any designers as thieves, just make light of the situation. Too funny Jud!
Camiseteria List at Abduzeedo (1)
Published on August 12th, 2009. By The Taddict, under T-Shirt Lines.
Recently GisMullr at Abduzeedo featured a list of 50 Awesome Camiseteria Shirts and it was so comprehensive that I had to give it a shout out. Combing a site that size for the best of the best, not to mention making a list that long, is never an easy process and GisMullr did a great job.
For those who don’t know, Camiseteria is a Brazilian site similar to Threadless that features user submitted designs. Like all great design, many of these shirts transcend language and cultural boundaries and can be appreciated by everyone. Here are my personal favorites which don’t require any knowledge of Portuguese…only a good sense of humor.
This one was really funny to see online because I didn’t get the joke until I had scrolled down low enough to see the deer. It’s definitely a winner and the details make it really shine.
This shirt is another one that’s pretty easy to enjoy purely for its sarcasm. I love the idea of a group of giant roosters standing around watching a couple of guys boxing. Regardless of any social message, it’s just funny.
Ten Bills – A Bird In Hand (0)
Published on August 6th, 2009. By The Taddict, under T-Shirt Spotlight.
The last t-shirt spotlight I did was on the company Ten Bills and it featured one of their logo shirts. Well, they sent me two shirts and you know what that means…two posts. In this post I wanted to spotlight another one of their t-shirts called “A Bird In Hand.”
A Bird In Hand is a pretty popular design and there’s a good chance that you might have seen this design elsewhere on the internet if you visit a lot of t-shirt related sites. As you can see the t-shirt features a robot and birds – two of the most popular images in today’s t-shirt design world. What makes this t-shirt so unique is the level of detail in the robot.
I love the red eye and transmitting antenna on the robot’s back. The fact that they added another color for these small details really stands out to me. The other interesting detail with this design is that there are ten birds on the shirt which is meant to represent ten bills. This is a cool, quality design and a great example of the kind of shirts Ten Bills produces.
Dripping In Fat (0)
Published on August 4th, 2009. By The Taddict, under Cool Sites.
The T Addict caught himself sitting her thinking of a clever title when it hit him that the actual name does the trick just fine. I am referring to the t-shirt line Dripping In Fat based out of the UK. They have one of the slickest t-shirt catalog sites on the web. Seeing a screen shot of their site on DesignFlavr made me click through to see more of what I was looking it. Very impressive bordering overkill.
Sometimes that is just the thing needed to get the eyeballs to your site. Mission accomplished if you ask me. But what do I know…I’m just addicted to tees.
Ten Bills, Part 1 (0)
Published on July 31st, 2009. By The Taddict, under T-Shirt Lines.
Recently the T Addict received a couple of shirts from the company Ten Bills. The shirts were pretty fly and gave the T Addict his fix so I decided to show them some love and tell you about it.
For those who don’t know anything about Ten Bills, their basic marketing strategy is to create fresh, original t-shirts and then sell them for only $10. They release a new shirt each week and they have quite a few hits. It’s a pretty cool idea since you can often find some real winners here and stock up without breaking the budget.
Here’s one of the shirts they sent me called Currency Logo with their name screen printed on it. Many times companies miss the point and waste the opportunity to get sick with it when doing logo’ed shirts. Ten Bills did not miss the boat on this concept. They created a very clean design featuring their logo with a mix of color and fabric working together.
It’s a pretty cool printing style and I really like the detail present on the bird. All in all this design is one of the more interesting branding shirts I’ve come across and it’s a good strategy to get people asking about what Ten Bills is.
Part 2 is coming soon and we’ll show another print they sent me where it gives me the chance to cover the quality of the tees and the print. You don’t want to miss that do you? I didn’t think so.
GoMedia T-Shirt Templates Vol. 2 (0)
Published on July 29th, 2009. By The Taddict, under T-Shirt Design.
Ever since Go Media released their first volume of Arsenal T-Shirt Templates designers and other consumers have been begging for more. Well the wait is over; Go Media has just released their second volume and it features high quality HDR photography. Users still have options for preset t-shirt colors, and other effects such as whether or not they want to use the flat or wrinkled version of the shirt. Add in the fact that the new package also features photos of both front and backs of the shirts and there’s a lot to love here.
I hope see these getting some heavy use out there in the stores and presentations. This package is easy to use and fairly priced. There’s no more excuses for poor quality t-shirt design templates and mock ups!
Please Buy and Print This (0)
Published on July 24th, 2009. By The Taddict, under New Designs for sale.
Why has this design, Killer Arcade, not been purchased and printed yet? I found it 4 pages deep on Emptees and was shocked to see that someone hasn’t become the proud new owner of this bad boy. The designer is Josh Elowsky of TallCat Studios and he has a pretty sick port on Emptees.
It appears he regularly posts artwork for sale…this could be the beginning to a cool series fellow addicts:
The Black Axe Is Legit (0)
Published on July 21st, 2009. By The Taddict, under T-Shirt Design.
If you haven’t heard of the Black Axe Blog, I definitely suggest you check it out. The work that these guys do is simply amazing. I just found out about these guys yesterday when I was checking out You Design It TV for t-shirt videos and saw a tutorial that Godmachine did for Black Axe.
I clicked on through to Black Axe to see what these guys were made of and they have the goods. I immediately recognized the name Derek Deal from a recent Color Overload post inspired by him winning the design of the day at Emptees. The other thing that makes for a great introduction to this design firm is their monthly review on their blog. They’re doing some work for some big names. I would tell you some of those big names but I think you should go see for yourself.
Let me leave you with a little bit of their artwork from the review to whet your appetite:
Inspired Magazine’s List of 20 Streetwear Blogs (0)
Published on July 16th, 2009. By The Taddict, under T-Shirt News.
I know this is the T Addict’s second referral post of a list this week. I’m not ashamed of it. Ain’t no shame in this game. I just think if I can help spread a list that will interest you or help you succeed, then I’m gonna do it. This list is brought to us by Inspired Magazine and it features 20 streetwear blogs that should be in their own folder of your RSS feed reader.
You can check them out to stay trendy, get inspired, or see what not to do. You really can’t go wrong by getting a hold of these blogs in your feed reader.
