Spunky.co.uk are buying t-shirt designs!

admin    T-Shirt News     British humor, British t-shirts, Spunky.co.uk, UK t-shirts, funny t shirts, funny tees UK, sell designs, sell t-shirts, spunky clothing, t-shirt designers wanted

Spunky.co.uk have to be one of my favourite online British t-shirt labels; you may have seen them doing their thing at Glastonbury this year, this company is the real deal, they go out there and actually sell their gear rather than sit back and wait like most stores. Besides they have a refreshingly quirky sense of humour and a great selection of original t-shirt designs on offer to top it off.

They’re currently seeking new t-shirt designs for their next collection and are offering £150, a sample t-shirt and as much publicity for your work as they can possibly muster. After all it’s a two-way street here, the better known the designer, the more sales they receive. Essentially I’d take a punt with Spunky because they seem to support their creative sources more than your usual t-shirt label might, they’re even redesigning their t-shirt designer showcase to further improve public awareness of their contributors. Although I have asked if they might consider linking the designers’ names on each product page to their showcase profile. I’d like to see more interactivity too, perhaps a shoutbox or star ratings, although I don’t want them to just become another Threadless clone. read more

An Interview With T-Shirt Industry Expert ‘Profits’.

admin    T-Shirt Articles     bad taste tees, funny t shirts, how to make it in the t-shirt industry, how to sell tees, retro vintage tees, t-shirt article, t-shirt biz advice, t-shirt business, t-shirt industry, t-shirt interview, t-shirt rater, teefeeds

The name ‘Profits’ aka Anthony Marsh maybe familiar to some of you in the industry, I’ve seen his name associated with many t-shirt related sites whilst researching for the Buy Tees blog,. He’s almost everywhere these days, be it t-shirt design, printing, whole, promotions and marketing, he’s even included my news feed at his popular t-shirt news site TeeFeeds.com. However I felt that Profits deserved a little more attention than he’s received so far within the industry. He has a great of experience in the field, and can teach us all, beginners and professionals alike, the mysterious art of forming a popular t-shirt network of must have resources and products that have ensured his prolonged success for quite some time now.

For the best part of a decade Anthony sunk his teeth into the food concession business, spending intermittent periods of his early career as a property manager for an office park and an IT manager. However with the 90’s boom in Internet use, he spotted an opportunity to provide online services resulting in his final decision to capitalise on the humorous t-shirt market, which has since burgeoned into a successful network of t-shirt related sites and resources. read more

Glamour Kills – Killer Tees

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     BigCartel.com, GK, Glamour Kills, clothing store glamour, fashion, glamour, glamour tees, most epic tee ever, t-shirt design

I stumbled across this crazy clothing store at BigCartel.com last night but I was too whacked to write about it, yes I’m an insomniac but even I have my limits. Glamour Kills design and sell all kinds of items, in fact their site seems to be a real hive of activity, truly a barmy army of fans out there for GK, but I’ll concentrate on their tees, as you’d expect.

Firstly what hits me is the sheer size of their prints, every design near enough smothers the whole front of everyone of their tees from neck to waist, and every colour as crisp and full as I would ever hope to see. This is what I’d class as an independent art tee label, they truly do live up to the title, sometimes their work leaves me a little confused, but I doubt there’s supposed to be much of a message behind their work as the fact that they relish fashion and style and project that passion through their clothing label.

Better Believe It is any sci-fi buff’s dream tee, a great deal of work obviously went into this t-shirt, I love the all-over printing, and the sentiment rings true, for all those who’d like to believe but don’t have the evidence!

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Shiroi Neko Tattoo Tees

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     BlueBaldur, Japanese Designer T-Shirts, Japanese tattoos, Lucky Cat, Shiroi Neko, White Cat, tattoo designer, tattoo t-shirts, tattoo vectors

I used to believe it was a cultural stereotype, that so many Japanese people have such incredible illustration technique, but here’s yet more proof that there might be something in it after all. Shiroi Neko (Japanese translation “White Cat” -meaning luck) produce some of the most beautiful tees I’ve seen in years, and in a way their work is almost too good for the humble t-shirt, or even tattoos for that matter. I’d almost rather see their work as wall hangings, although in my house it would be tricky to find the space with all my retro prints I’ve collected over the years.

Nevertheless I’m proud to say that labels like Shiroi Neko are raising the stakes in the t-shirt market, their incredible eye for detail is a must for any savvy fashion buyer looking to add more impact to their show, these are the kind of t-shirts I expect to see sported by Hollywood celebrities, let’s hope they have to pay money for them, because sheer talent should carry this company into the big league. read more

Full Bleed Ahead With Rob Dobi

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     Connecticut, USA t-shirts, art shirts, fullbleed, original tees, rob dobi, t-shirt art, t-shirt designer, unique t-shirts, vector designs

I knew it wouldn’t be long before I’d have to bring your attention to Rob Dobi and his Connecticut-based designer t-shirt label Full Bleed. Last year Rob focused a lot more on band tees and commissions, however now he has his own label up and running, although I’d ignore the home page – it says ‘Summer collection ‘08 Coming Soon’, and to be honest I think we’re already there, although you couldn’t tell by the British weather :/

I love the simplicity of Rob’s t-shirts, almost every one of his designs offers a pithy pun and a surrealist sidelong glance at the world, something I’m sure Threadless would dress down, (I know that from bitter experience), however I’m giving this guy full marks for a great collection of unique and individualistic tees. I suppose I do lean towards his kind of style whenever I’m scouring the net for originality and purpose in the world of t-shirts, Rob has it by the bucketful. I’d love to create a collection as cohesive as this, I do come up good ideas (honest), but stylistically I dart about depending on the topic. That isn’t the way to create a long lasting collection (as does Glennz for instance), Dobi has an immediately recognisable ouevre and he capitalises on it. I don’t, I chop and change, I feel that different subjects deserve different treatments, though Glennz’s ideas and angle on the world are immediately recognisable, Dobi is more subtle, producing ideas from a slightly askew view of the world. I’d say that Dobi must be one of the best at what he does, a subtle design with an even more subtle message. read more

My t-shirts suck (according to Threadless.com)

admin    T-Shirt News     Threadless, threadless copyright, threadless rejection, threadless submission, threadless votes

Is it the transatlantic cultural gap? Could it be that the British sense of humour doesn’t translate in the USA or perhaps more simply my t-shirt designs suck. I’ve had a lot of trouble with Threadless.com up to this point, call me a glutton for punishment, but I am still fascinated by the Threadless mindset.

Some of the junk I’ve seen their grabbing the votes for days on end makes me wonder what the hell is going on? There doesn’t seem to be a hard and fast rule except one, don’t crack jokes, don’t make puns, and more than likely don’t admit your British. So much for the special relationship lol. Whilst I’m at it if I’d been running the country I’d have told Bush where to stick it rather than dive headlong after them into the Iraq War. read more

Top List of Threadless Clones aka T-Shirt Vote Sites

admin    T-Shirt News     Design By Humans, Threadless, dbh, designbyhumans, emptees, t-shirt ratings, t-shirt vote, t-shirt voting, t-shirt voting sites, threadless submissions, threadless votes, threadless.com, uneetee

Yes it’s another list, it’s not just the fact that ‘top lists’ seem to rank so well on Google but that this one has been bugging me for a while. I’ve been looking for the perfect t-shirt voting site for ages, something that offers high prizes, fair rates and provides most of the publicity themselves. There isn’t one out there, I’ve seen so many of these sites relying on popular members rather than fantastic designers to boost their profile. Besides there are so many good t-shirt designers out there not getting the kudos they deserve, it seems to make more sense to set up your own t-shirt voting/fulfilment site rather than submit your designs, which probably explains why there are so many on this list! read more

Latest Buy Tees News

admin    T-Shirt News     Glennz, T-Shirt Vouchers, Threadless, blog marketing, cafepress, spreadshirt, t-shirt contest

Here’s a quick round up of what’s been going on for me lately.

First up I’ve just won the BlogDumps.com T-Shirt and Logo Design Contest!

Woot! I’ve won 200 Entrecard Credits and a t-shirt, but best of all it’s brought more attention to Buy Tees and of course my t-shirt designs in general. It’s got me in the mood to do a few custom logo tee designs if the demand is out there, and so if you’re interested I can sort you out a design for just $50 which is a piddling £25 here in the UK so get them whilst they’re hot! I take payments by Paypal to avoid the hassle and would take around a week depending on my workload to create one for your blog/site/company. T-shirts make great prizes for any purpose, as you can tell from the interest built up at BlogDumps.com recently, so well worth a try. If you’d like a custom logo/t-shirt design for $50 contact me at info@webdesignweb.com and I’ll come up with my best I can for you. If you don’t like the design, you don’t have to buy it, it’s all valid experience for me as I’m opening up my old web and graphic site WebDesignWeb.com and need to fill the portfolio with some more recent logo designs.

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Twitter Rocks!

admin    T-Shirt Marketing    

Okay another quickie marketing method be it to promote your t-shirts or just make friends, it’s called Twitter, and yes a lot of you have heard of it or even use it. However the annoying thing about Twitter is the time it takes to add friends.

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Hell To Pay T-Shirt

admin    T-Shirts     Death, War, belief, economy, god, hell, money, oil, politics, recession, religion, satan

Hell To Pay T-Shirt by Paul Baines

‘There will be hell to pay’ – nothing seems to be free these days, or nothing of value. It seems that everything is going cheap now the recession has started to bite the four corners of the world (someone tell me, was this planet once a cube?). Life is cheap (depending which country you live in on a scale of 1 to 10), so are promises (and that includes all political ones), the earth is running out of every conceivable raw material out there, and yet I can go to Morrisson’s Supermarket (I hate all supermarkets equally btw), and buy enough for a barbecue for four for only a fiver. What’s that all about? This isn’t an ad for a supermarket, honest! Don’t worry I’m not tied into any secret sponsorship deals, but do buy a Lexus, change your long distance provider, let me do an insurance comparison quote for you and drink more alcopops. The point is everything of value is paling into comparison to the all encompassing economic might for crude. Oil is the be all and end all right now, and unlike a few energy crises we’ve had over the past half century, this one is permanent.

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