August 2011
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Lead and Lines Brilliance On A Budget
Lets face it, the Big Cartel themes that are free are some of the ugliest themes and definitely do no good for brands that are starting out and want to make a good first impression. That is mainly why Storenvy appeals to me much more than Big Cartel. Lead and Lines have been providing awesome texture packs and great graphic design services so it is a no brainer that they will push the envelope...
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A Virtual Community Art Mural
When you were kid didn’t you find drawing on the sidewalk really fun and entertaining, but the only thing missing was more people? Introducing Chalk Party, a revolution in virtual art. They are currently looking for funding through the kind community on kickstarter to get their amazing project started. The basic idea is to create a community of random artists to get together and work on a...
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Just A Taste From Abstruse Apparel
Abstruse Apparel has finally leaked just a little bit from their much anticipated brand new line. Whats coming at us is a logo tee with that class touch that the artist Eric Bryant can seem to only pull off with the use of strong type and photo-realistic elements as you can see in their previous line. Aside from a new shirt and a brand new site that looks amazing they also have some new...
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Snapbackers Navy - Ahoy Threads
Another brand from Canada that is starting off heavy is Ahoy Threads with this native american feeling design with a twist of modern style with the snapback hat. I like that classic cartoon feeling with a touch of insanity of the art that the brand aims toward with the designs like Bugs, Smokin Out Haters, and Pigs. It may be hard to tell from the picture but this shirt is navy but they also...
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West Chester Courthouse - BreakawayInk
Just the sight of this shirt will transport you to a simpler time where your only worries were of the British were coming or getting small pox. I’m 100% sure they didn’t have shirts this soft back in the day because by todays standards this is one incredibly soft tee. The design is a simple one that is clearly penciled in which some fine details show. The uneven strokes add a certain...
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Pyknic To Start A Retail Revolution?
While thinking about how awesome the idea Pyknic had about starting a clothing “Food” truck tour why stop there. Imagine if a brand opening up shop not online or an actual retail shop but a truck that goes top to top at events like concerts, art exhibits, movie screenings, parks, basically anywhere an actual food truck would stop and sell food but in this case shirts, accessories, hoodies, and...
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Wotto-Yema - Yema Yema
Here is a classic example of a Yema Yema and how unique their t-shirt art is. There is no other t-shirt company on the market that have designs that look anything like these. In the world of Yema Yema robots, mutated humans and animals are at the center of the universe in their books and it could not look any better. I like to refer this shirt as 4 layers of abnormal bliss. The design is printed...
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Sleepyhead Clothing’s Summer 2011 Line
Switching gears a bit Sleepyhead Clothing has released their long awaited Summer 2011 line up of shirts and it has gotten animated. Focusing more on illustrations and animals instead of type I believe the brand has gotten stronger. Who doesn’t love seeing animals animals on their shirts? The new line is made up of 11 brand new articles of clothing including 6 t-shirts, 2 v-necks, 2,...
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Fresh Dough Back To School Sale
Fresh Dough have discounted every single item on their shop by 25%! That means $15 T-shirts, tanks, Warped Tour exclusive t-shirts and tanks, and $5 sunglasses. This sale ends on sunday and hurry up and pick up a shirt before your size runs out. Buy now here!
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Tee-of-the-Week (Aug 23rd)
This weeks tee-of-the-week goes to Be Bold by Threaded Type.
One of the newest brands on the block but they are producing some of the most stylish typography tees. It was hard to just pick one but I must say Be Bold is now my favorite typography shirt with Ugmonk’s 7 Days A Week in a distant second. Now that is huge praise. The design is flat out sexy in a minimal way with it only being a 1 color...
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Local Advancers Summer 2011 Line
The much hyped line from young Peter Takis has finally dropped on planet earth for all to see. The new line has 4 new shirts, 1 tank, and 1 pull over hoodie, 1 new era Snapback, and the most noticeable of all, a brand new website! Local Advancers are starting to get a feel for what sort of image they want to project and where in the t-shirt industry they want their shirts.
Local Advancers are...
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Irish Green Logo Tee - Seventh Ink
Seventh Ink is one of those brands that have crated a very large and loyal fan base over and have gotten to the point where they printed skate decks with some of their most recognizable designs on it. I have the Irish Green Logo tee and first off the green in the product picture looks a bit faded from the actual green color of the shirt. Second, the print on the shirt is thick and very feel-able...
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A New Way To Represent Your Roots
CityFabric has to be one of the most creative ways of showing off your home town or favorite city other than wearing some generic shirt with the city name printed with heavy plastisol ink on it. Please nobody wants to see that. Each shirt has a satellite image of the city from a birds eye view printed on it. You get such a detailed print that you see every block, every street, and every...
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Yema Yema. Prints, Prints, and more Prints
Yema Yema is one of the most distinguished independent brands on the market thanks to the unique art found on their shirt and newly added prints. My favorite of the collection of 3 is We Are Robots as shown above. I find it a very refreshing change of pace with the dark color scheme but still staying true to the overall abstract/robotic feeling of Yema Yema. Each of their prints sell for $12 and...
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Baron Crown Turquoise - Branded Baron
Branded Baron is back with a new line which is a considerable step up from their previous line. The shirt is softer, the print is softer, and the design has more of a symbolic relation to what Branded Baron is all about. Being original and not a product of popular trends. The black on turquoise color combination is completely superb and very original to my eyes. I expect nothing less from a...
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Win Big From CX City
Everybody’s favorite California based street ware brand is giving you the opportunity to win 2 t-shirts of your choice! To enter all you need to do is follow them on twitter and tweet this message.
“Check out @CXCITY at http://cxcitybrand.com – To win two shirts in their Anniversary Contest, just RT this & follow them”
The contest ends on Friday August 19th so hurry put and tweet to...
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Tee-of-the-Week (Aug 17th)
This weeks tee-of-the-week is Nine To Five by Sock Monkee.
The first thing that catches my eye on this shirt is the color combos. It doesn’t get any more original than black on red and not to mention that this is a huge print going from the bottom stitching to the collar. Big prints are almost always a hit or a miss but this is definitely a hit! Just looking at the print you can tell...
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Filter Tee - Simplified Clothing
This shirt is downright perfect. The print is completely soft and unnoticeable. The execution of the print is 100% on target. As if the shirt cant get any more comfortable it does. There is a custom screen printed tag that is just as beautifully designed as the filter design and just a comfortable. This shirt has been through the wash a few times and the print still stays fully intact. I’m sure...
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Help Out Seibei On Kickstarter
I’m not entirely sure if you have seen the picture above but some tool stole the van that belonged to David Murry, the owner of Seibei. The van was found but all his inventory was stolen. Instead of staying in a state of misery David decided to turn that frown upside down and launch a kickstarter project to a release an even bigger and better Seibei. When you donate a certain amount of money you...
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Time To Panic Puts A Tank & Tee For Pre-order
It seems that Time To Panic have released a very bold and different design from their previous line up for pre order. This designs both comes on a white American Apparel tee and tank. I hope they decide to throw this design on various color shirts or play around with different color combos because with the addition of different colors the design could have a big impact as far as adding depth to...
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Cost of Ideas - Miles To Go
The print on this shirt is just brilliant and I expect nothing less from such an established brand like Miles To Go that always put out 100% quality t-shirts. As I was saying before the print isn’t noticeable to the touch at all. The design is printed on a silver 100% American Apparel tee that is incredibly soft and compliments the smoothness of the print. As with all of Miles To Go’s art...
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Lead and Lines Texture Now Packs On Sale
The genius designs of Lead and Lines studio have textures they use themselves and now they are on sale starting at $3 for everybody to use. There are 3 packs for sale and are perfect and ready for apparel printing. All these textures are ready to print, each at 15” x 22” inches at 300dpi. Buy them now here if you are looking for a new way to add a unique dimension to your next masterpiece that...
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Myth Clothing-Summer 2011
Myth Clothing has released their Summer 2011. The new release is definitely much more extensive, graphic wise since they worked with a master of design, Craig Robson. I also like how they stuck with their design roots and they made a really nice black and white Minotaur shirt. On the flip side the decided to get a little more diverse with their color pallet which adds a nice change in pace from...
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Tee-of-the-Week (Aug 3rd)
This weeks tee-of-the-week is Never Forget to Dream by Era Clothing.
Dreaming is an instinct that we are all born with, but along the road some of us loose that instinct and turn to robots that fall into the rat race, and some of us achieve those dreams and live a great life. This shirt is a great reminder to Never Forget To Dream while at the same time looking like an awesome tee. My...
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Modern Medieval - Dream Gold
With a name like Dream Gold you know the shirts have to be good. Today I have the Modern Medieval form Dream Gold’s spring release and disappointment is not in their brand vocabulary. Their original release with Psychowl and Aqua was good but they have really stepped it up since then with the biggest improvement bring the edition of the sewn on tag with the Dream Gold tag in gold. This adds...
