Next Up in the T-Shirt Pattern Design Collection – Tiger Stripes


October 29th, 2010

Not to be outdone by the army camo, next up in the new t-shirt design collection of patterns is the tiger stripes. This design group incorporates less print colors and would cost less for that reason. Tiger stripes are very trendy right now and versatile with many different uses. It is important to note that we can take this design concept and use it for different mascots, different events, or different themes.

First up is the traditional orange and black for the tiger stripes.

Basketball T-Shirt Designs

Want to stand out from the crowd? Go with a bright color like a bright green for your volleyball team.

Volleyball T-Shirt Designs

Need to dress it down and look stylish and sophisticated? Go with a pink and black option.

Cheerleading T-Shirt Designs

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New T-Shirt Design Collection….First Up – Army Camo


October 28th, 2010

We recently got started on a new design collection that fuses popular patterns with text. And although these popular patterns typically have exact colors associated with them such as green and khakis for camouflage, you’ll see that these designs can be mixed up for any color set or occasion.

The first set we created is the army camouflage pattern paired with the standard stencil font. These two styles together give it a great military look that is very popular right now. First, we have the standard army green camo design for a fictional bear football team.

Football T-Shirt Design

The next design is the same concept with maroons and pinks substituted for the traditional army camo colors.

Softball T-Shirt Design

This next example can be viewed as winter or cold climate army camouflage colors or just as the colors of the fictional bears baseball team.

Baseball T-Shirt Design

Keep in mind that it doesn’t have to be bears and we can edit this design concept to match your mascot or any other idea you may have.

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Raven SEO Tools Gets It Right!


November 13th, 2009

As I am just getting settled back in from the Pubcon Conference in Vegas, one of the top priorities on my to-do list is to give credit to Raven Seo Tools. These guys and gals took the trade show t-shirt giveaway practice to a whole new level. They should be the text book example for going above and beyond the standard giveaway tee and knocking this one out of the park.

When you are giving away a t-shirt at a trade show, you want to accomplish two things. You want the traffic it brings to your booth and then you want the residual advertising of the shirt being worn/seen in the future. Raven nailed both.

Here are three things that Raven did that blew me away:

  1. Printed on American Apparel (top notch shirt that costs more but people LOVE them)

    They went for it with this one. The target audience at Pubcon knows a high quality shirt when they see American Apparel. It goes a long way with their prospective buyers.

  2. Did a Design that Wasn’t Logo-Centric
    A lot of companies can’t resist the urge to splash their logo all over a giveaway. Raven created a catchy design that the conference attendees couldn’t wait to wear. They unobtrusively included their logo on the sleeve and the branding has just as much effect.
  3. Did Two Different Colored Shirts
    It was Olive for Men and Plum for Women. What’s not to like about that?!?

View the images below from their blog to see what the shirts looked liked:

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Here is a shot of the Raven team rockin’ their wears:
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Heck of a job Raven!

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T-Shirt Blog Linkup


December 5th, 2008

It’s that time again…you know the time when we give a shout out to the top blogs of the week. Check out these gems!

TeeFury Has a Cool One from Taddict
Really cool design, as Taddict says it’s pretty amazing that TeeFury is able to come up with a new shirt each day. This is definitely one of their best.

Hannari Tofu, your Funny Japanese Friend from Cottonable
Cottonable certainly dug up an interesting t-shirt line with this one! Who can resist shirts featuring Japanese food?

Blue Sky from Buythistshirt.org
It’s hard not to appreciate such a beautiful, realistic rendering. Fantastic shirt.

Iron Maiden Number of the Best World Tour 1982 from Defunkd
In keeping with their objective of bringing us the best Iron Maiden T-Shirts defunkd brings us a couple of more very cool ones. Gotta love the camo sleeves.

Threadless Sale from Compete-tee-tion
Threadless is having another sale and Compete-tee-tion has found us some of the very best shirts on sale. My two favorites are “Boynado” and “Musical Chairs.”

Markertees from Pop Culture Tees
I think the best way to sum up this blog and T-Shirt company is to quote Liz, “It’s a concept that has made appearances off and and on in the last few years, but I think these guys are the first to make a go at having their whole brand built around writable tees.”

The Big Boys on Sale from Funky Duds
In the past we’ve often pointed out how the t-shirt world enjoys depicting rabbits as evil and violent. This latest design, complete with a bloody axe, is certainly in keeping with that vein.

Threadless now has a kids store from Hide Your Arms
Threadless has opened its first kids’ store and that’s certainly big enough news to be acknowledged in our weekly top blogs.

Celebri-Tee: The It Crowd from Militant Geek Custom
This design certainly qualifies as a terrific geek shirt. It’s taken from the BBC sitcom “The IT Crowd” but it doesn’t take a fan of the show to enjoy the shirt.

$9 TeeFury: The Wave is Forever from Shirts on Sale
Yep, that’s right, this week we’re featuring two blogs about TeeFury shirts. They’re hard to ignore when they’re low price and high quality. This one depicts a surfing samurai.

Artists Series T-Shirts at Resist Today from T-Shirts Around the Internet
This may actually be my favorite design of the week. It features a plant growing from the green veins of a human brain/face. Check it out.

New 90′s Style T-Shirts from Kill The Label from Tcritic
The 90′s are hard to ignore and these shirts certainly epitomize that influential decade. Whether you hate them or love them you’ll have trouble ignoring them.

Don’t Trust Bunnies from The Daily Tee
We’re just a shocked as you are. Imagine TWO bunny designs in one week! Anyway if you haven’t gotten the message yet, DON’T TRUST BUNNIES!

Dale Edwin Murray from Thunderfrogs
Dale Edwin Murray is an incredibly talented, original designer and this Thunderfrogs feature is very informative and fun to read.

Buy 1 get 1 free at The T-Shirt Gang from Troundup
Unfortunately the sale is now over, but that doesn’t mean these great tees aren’t worth the standard price.

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Top 5 Design By Humans Bright Prints


August 2nd, 2008

Many of the most popular designs today feature dark, subdued colors on shirts with a soft tone.  Flashy doesn’t seem to be too hot right now. One of the main reasons for that is the difficulty of doing bright colors right without looking gaudy. One thing is certain, there have always been, and always will be, very vibrant, colorful t-shirts with great designs. With that in mind we scoured the internet (and by internet, we mean Design By Humans) to find some of the most colorful, coolest designs that are sure to please any bright shirt enthusiast.

Concentric Downpour:
Bright Printed T-Shirts
This shirt features colorful, vivid circles falling down onto a man cast in a black, shadowy design who is using an umbrella to repel the color spheres. They symbolism seems to indicate that the gentleman does not want more color in his life or maybe he just doesn’t want to be pelted with colorful, concentric circles. Either way, this is a pretty cool design and a great way to add color into your own life.

C-Theory:
Brightly Printed Tees
C-Theory has a very colorful, busy design. It features deep, bright tones depicting an array of different situations. The many bright colors seem to add well to the confusion of the shirt. However, they also seem to add to the overall harmony that the shirt is somehow able to convey through the synergy of the different designs. Well done!

Emo:
Printed T-Shirt Bright Colors
Emo is an extremely bright, flashy hippie style shirt that seems to directly implore people to make love (and music) not war. This timeless message and colors and style are clearly a throwback to the sixties. This is a great shirt for anyone who lived through the pivotal decade or merely for anyone who identifies with its message.

Bow Master:
Custom Printed Bright T-Shirts
Bow Master is an extremely surreal, abstract sort of design. All we really know about the creature who seems doglike is that it has its heads in the clouds and is practically getting tied up by its heartstrings. With so many colors and so much implied movement this shirt is sure to make the wearer standout.

Animal Story:
Animal Story T-Shirt
Animal Story features impressionistic renderings of animals sitting around a campfire, presumably telling stories. This dark shirt is done in vibrant pastels and it’s difficult to ignore.

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Cheer the Team on in Custom Designed Cheerleading T-Shirts


July 20th, 2008

We know how busy fall is around school campuses.  It’s not just the guys who are busy training and gearing up for the big season.  The cheerleaders are spending hours practicing and training as well so that they can be in top form to show their school spirit at the big games.  We also know that cheerleading is a twenty-four hour job.  That’s why we wanted to create something concrete that the girls could wear to show their school spirit even when they weren’t in their uniforms or actively practicing.  The solution: custom design cheerleading t-shirts.  We’ve spent the last few days busily adding even more templates to our cheerleading t-shirt designs gallery.  Here’s a great example that we’re proud of:

Cheerleading T-Shirt Designs

We can also easily alter these t-shirts to reflect your school information or crests.  These personalized t-shirts are the perfect answer of what to wear to school events when you aren’t actively cheering!

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