I received three tees from Zazzle yesterday and I am pretty impressed with the quality. After constantly hearing about the poor quality of POD t-shirts I guess my expectations weren’t all that high. Even if they were high though I wouldn’t have been disappointed. That said I was always pretty impressed with the shirts from Cafepress too. Anyway back to… Read more →
First thing I would like to say is: Cafepress, take note. Contests don’t have to be just for US citizens. This Spreadshirt contest is open to anyone with a Spreadshirt.com account. The design contest is called T-Summer Games 08 and they are for summer and sports related designs. Existing designs can also be submitted, you just have to add the… Read more →
The good folks over at GoMediaZine have just completed their three part series entitled 15 Awful Mistakes Made by Designers in the Music & Apparel Industry. These articles are essential reading, as is most of their website, for wannabe designers. They interviewed respected t-shirt designers such as Jimiyo and shared the wisdom borne from their own past experiences. If you… Read more →
Coming home from a baseball game yesterday in which the Yokohama Baystars kicked the Yakult Swallows behinds badly I noticed this pretty cool t-shirt. As you can see I just got a glimpse of it but luckily I was able to find it on teh internets. I hadn’t heard of La Coka Nostra but I am not into the hip-hop… Read more →
Scottish designer/artist Wotto aka Craig Watkins is on a roll at the moment. His design was recently chosen by itself, the new Turkey based ongoing t-shirt contest, as their second t-shirt. A few days ago his design was also chosen by Bang Bang T-Shirts and today it was announced that he won the Design by Humans contest. He is also… Read more →
Fellow Japan ex-pat, Paul from Tokyo Art Beat (TAB) shot us an email to let us know about their new t-shirts. Each year, TAB releases a collection of exclusive, limited-edition shirts. The designs are donated by both famous and up-and-coming international designers and artists living in Tokyo to share their love of this exciting city. Tokyo Art Beat is run… Read more →
It’s been a while since I promoted one of my own shirts here but I thought these were pretty funny so I thought I’d share. Those who have seen the recent Paris Hilton video will understand the designs. If you haven’t seen it though, don’t worry. We have included the video below. See Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad and… Read more →
Design by Humans are again celebrating their first year in existence in style. The very first t-shirt contest they held had the huge prize of $5000 but they have doubled that this time. $10,000 is very sweet for a t-shirt contest and I’m sure it will attract the best of the best of t-shirt designers. THE DBH 10K Contest Overview:… Read more →
The new ongoing t-shirt contest site has announced its second winner. It is a very cute piece although not something I would personally wear. It is called Never Take Candy From a Strange Thing by Craig Watkins aka wotto. It is a rather complex seven color pastel design and images are reminiscent of children’s story books. I also just noticed… Read more →
There are some new tees and a couple of great reprints over at Threadless today. The first one here is Living Doll by Stephen Dillon-Malone. It seems to be his first win and third submission at Threadless. It is a pretty solid piece and a fun t-shirt but I think it might really only look good on slim girls. Who… Read more →
