King Top Takeaway

admin    T-Shirt Designers, T-Shirt Reviews     British t-shirts, Hanan Quattan, King Top Takeaway, UK designer, girls tees

King Top Takeaway is the brainchild of former Adidas intern Hanan Qattan, a young British designer with a flair for the immediate and eyecatching graphic artwork. Bright, fresh  graphic tees that are a little macabre  at times (Emo’s need tees too :p), and the high quality and generous print sizes really do add impact. Hanan has been in business for 6 months now, catering mainly for the female market she has an avid following, especially via the social networks, and looks set to be big for the future. Just in case you haven’t guessed, the name is of course inspired by the bold and vibrant graphic styles of the Far East. Prices start at just £10 for tees and £15 for premium vees, available in a range of sizes and cuts for guys and girls.

Ribcage Vee

This is one of a few premium vees available for girls at £15 each. A lovely anatomical tee for all you who believe that beauty isn’t skin deep :D Sizes

Put A Bow On It Tee

My GF Chris adores this shirt – very sweet, very subtle, perfect for a girly night out. And what a bargain! Just £10 in sizes XS-M.

Jelly Fishy Tee

One of a few aquatic themed tees, a really generous print and ever so cleanly executed. £15 XS-M.

Pulling Teeth Tee

Ouch! This is kinda’ hardcore, not my taste but I can imagine it’s big with Saw movie fans and cannibals lol. Joking asides, a great design, perfect for a visit to the dentist. Get it for guys and girls in a range of sizes at £10 each.

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Hotlife 10% Discount Code

admin    T-Shirt Designers, T-Shirt Discounts     Living The Hotlife, Mike Cortada, art t-shirts, discount code, hotlife, illustrated tees, sale, t-shirt discounts

Mike Cortada, illustrator, designer and founder of Hotlife has kindly given us a permanent 10% discount code to share with all you lucky readers. If you want to save 10% on any of their fantabulous graffiti/tattoo style gear then enter their permanent discount code BUYTEES at the checkout. Another superb addition to our ever expanding discounts section in our sidebar. I think it might be time to consider creating a new directory for all of these, it’s getting that long!

Anyway, in case you’ve forgotten how superb Hotlife’s tees are since our last feature then take a peek at these beauts…

Show You No Mercy Tee

A very upfront design, in crimson, with some real nice biker and military undertones. If you’re more of a lover than a fighter get your GF one :o Sizes XS-2XL and a girls fit too.

Outta Style Tee

A superb graffiti/geek crossover tee, lovely styles going  on there, that cheap LCD display is hilarious. If you’re as old school as me you probably played your Tiger Electronics handheld crap through at least one Summer in the school yard :p

Hoplife Tee

Wazzup’ Doc? Nice. Very streetsy, angry bunnies are always good for a laugh, although some pink in the eye would have been a nice evil albino touch. Available in XS-2XL (XL sold out) for just $15, but hurry it’s a reprint as the first batch sold out immediately.

Worldwide Tee

Recognizing the worldwide rep that Hotlife have gathered over the last couple of years, here’s a big, loud and proud shout out to all the fans for supporting the label. Really smart fontage too. $20 in S-2XL.

Amazing, Mike just gets better and better. See much much more here.

$2000 T-Shirt Design Contest

admin    T-Shirt Contests, T-Shirt Designers     T-Shirt Designers, sci-fi t-shirts, sci-fi tees, t-shirt contest, t-shirt design contest, win money

The Curiositee Imachination T-Shirt Contest is offering a grand prize of $2000 for all you t-shirt designers looking to make some real money. It’s being run by the science and technology obsessed Phathom Tribe at Phathom.com so I think you can already guess what they’re looking for. You’ve still got until 11.59 PM EST March 15th to submit your entry, which is also when the public vote ends so the quicker you submit the better I’d say. Judging begins 16th March to the 22nd of March when the winner will be announced.

Here’s some of their blurb (complete with typo) to give you an idea of what you’re in for…

“Whether your mission is to protect John Conner Connor at all costs or you simply have an idea on how to make your flux capacitor a little more eco- friendly. This is the T-shirt design contest to melt you steel heart.“

Here’s the submission kit. You’ll be glad to know you can make unlimited entries too! So if you’re over 18, a sci-fi buff, and handy with a Wacom then here’s your chance to pay off those Xmas bills. If you want to keep up with all the latest then follow them at Twitter. Let’s hope they’ve bought the ‘Curiositee.com’ domain which is lying empty right now as hosting a t-shirt brand in a subdirectory won’t do them many favours at Google.

Mumford Clothing

admin    T-Shirt Designers, T-Shirts     Dan Mumford, Mumford Clothing, art shirts, art t-shirts, art tees, band tees, fantasy t-shirts

If you haven’t seen London artist Dan Mumford‘s work then you’re truly missing out, producing some of the most visceral contemporary imagery in the UK from his work space in Studio 100, a collective group of artists, illustrators, and graphic designers. His client list is as impressive including bands The Devil Wears Prada, Bring Me The Horizon, and Gallows, Mumford has also tackled major companies such as Nike and Adidas. He is best known for his cover art for “Homesick,” the largely successful album from A Day To Remember, and his extensive t-shirt work for The Black Dahlia Murder.

Check these classic Mumford art tees, all of which are available in black at $18 each, sizes range from YL-XL where available.

Sunset Tee

Crazy colours, a palette that ranges between Fauvism and street artists like OBEY, a beautifully rendered illustration that almost makes you want to frame this one and hang it up on the wall. The end is nigh :0

Dawn Tee

You’d think things would have got a little better by the morning, but no, the evil powers that be seem to have built an intergalactic highway on the rubble of a ruined Earth. These designs could really be storyboards, when is the movie out Dan?

Hope Tee

The heroes have come to save the day, although they’re tooled up and look a little fanatical to me, I’ll be hiding in a cave if anyone needs me.

VIII. Epilogue Tee

I can’t quite tell what’s going on here, but it’s just about the best naturalistic abstract tee I have ever seen. Reptiles, wood, and wheat textures, golden hues galore, amazing.

VI. Dominion Tee

A dazzling design, Dan seems to pull out all the stops with every design. If ever you meet a girl that can do this, I’d run :D

V. Priest Tee

Old goatie, hallowed be thy name, thine evil mutton chops’ bidding will be done. This is probably the sort of thing they get up to at those dodgy Bohemian Grove gatherings. So detailed it hurts.

For more luxuriously illustrated yet rather spooky tees visit www.mumfordclothing.com.

Eau de Mars

admin    T-Shirt Designers, T-Shirt Discounts, T-Shirt Reviews     British t-shirts, Craig Robson, Eau de Mars, Helmi Himawan, UK tees, art t-shirts, indie tees, t-shirt discounts

Hmm… the smell of Mars? If it did have an atmosphere I think it have a whiff of sulphur, but who cares this brand spanking new indie Brit label is definitely not a stinker! In fact Eau de Mars are already firing all guns in order to quickly find their place in the market, with a very slick site and store, a couple of discount codes, and top street fashion t-shirt designs by top artists, many of whom have worked in the past for cool labels like Vicious History and Honour Over Glory.

A few tees are already available already, namely their selection of artist designed (highly) limited edition shirts (200 each), there’s also a premium and classic section, however you’ll have to wait for those. Here are the discounts:

For a massive 20% discount on any limited edition tees use the code SECRETSALE at the checkout.

Take the time to click ‘like’ at their Facebook page and get an even bigger 25% discount off all their tees using the code WELOVEUBACK at the checkout.

Here are the latest tees, each comes with a free poster illustration and other freebies when you pre-order.  Ships 01/03/2011 and be warned there will be no reruns for these:

Ritual 2.0 Tee

Available in both black (looks more like dark grey to me) and white editions, pre-order for £24.95 each in unisex sizes XS-L. Another classic heavy metal/tattoo style design from Craig Robson.

Undercover in Creature Town Tee

This one’s by the illustrator Helmi Himawan. Again black and white editions on offer. If u love monsters you should be in mutant hog heaven by now… pre-order for £24.95 each in unisex sizes XS-L.

For more updates on their latest tees catch a whiff of EDM at www.eaudemars.com, or via Twitter and Facebook.

New Standard Clothing

admin    T-Shirt Designers, T-Shirt Reviews     New Standard Clothing, T-Shirt Designers, art shirts, artist shirts

New Standard Clothing. A slick site, a great selection of diverse art shirts and highly talented artists from around the world, a t-shirt club to receive discounts, a very simple upload process for prospective designers, free wallpapers for your iPhone, and a fun and interesting blog, the list goes on but you get the idea. NSC are serious about tees, to the core! I really like the range of shirts on offer at their store, eclectic styles, beautifully conceived, and plenty of funny/quirky designs for those with a good sense of humour. It’s not often I can browse through a t-shirt collective and like everything I see but this is definitely one of those exceptions. Collectively the brand reminds me of a high class indie store in the right side of town, the art leaps out confidently from their site, well presented unique designs by artists with strong styles and individual angles on life at large.

The R.R.P for their shirts is $25 each but if you’re based in the USA you get free shipping too. You can save an extra dollar per shirt if you join their tee club but we have a discount code for New Standard Clothing that can save you 10% with the discount voucher code BTSAVE10 – just enter it at the checkout for a great saving. In the meantime check out some hot picks at NSC…

Hungry Like A Wolf Tee

You know the tune, now love the tee. Joking and Duran Duran references aside this is a great tee – simple, bold and true. Designed by the 3-strong crew of Australians at Leon Vault – they have their own online store which isn’t up and running quite yet but definitely worth checking out. Available in indigo in sizes S-XL for guys and girls.

I Love Science Tee

I can’t believe I haven’t seen this concept before, so obvious now I can hear the echo of designers around the globe sighing with disbelief. A great take on the whole “I Heart” brigade of tee design, which I personally can’t abide. Reinventing a t-shirt standard isn’t an every day event – kudos to the artist who’s managed to evoke a lovely retro look. ‘Engineered’ by Christopher David Ryan aka CDR, a quirky illustrator based in both NY and Maine. Just for the guys this time – in all sizes.

Bonjour Tee

Crazy yet beguiling, the Bonjour Tee for girls is designed by British illustrator Gemma Correll who, all in all, has a knack for depicting rather hilarious scenes such as this one. Available in all sizes. Here’s another by her hilariously titled…

Pugs Not Drugs Tee

Embarrassment & Breakfast Tee

I’m not the biggest fan of typographic tees but I really love the chaos in this design, plenty for Brits to have fun with including a twist on the phrase “Britannia Rules The Waves” to “Britannia Waives The Rules” (except that we do neither :/). Still very a swinging tee with a nod to Brit greats like fish and chip dinners and old Two Tone tunes makes it the Best of British as far as I am concerned. Mad but rather fun all the same! Designed by graphic artist Matt Lyon aka C86 – available in all sizes for girls.

Vertigo Tee

More one for fans of Roy Lichtenstein than Alfred Hitchcock I love the cocophony of retro graphics, half craziness is always a treat and the perspective of the guy at the top of the stairs tops it off nicely. Designed by Tomo77 who’s a mainstay character in a lot of the big contest sites like Threadless and DBH. Available for guys in all sizes.

Panda Rock Tee

A cool graffiti style funny tee for girls and guys with some nice splatters and drips to keep the urban crowd happy. Kiss has a new frontman and he’s totally wild. This one’s by Concrete Rocket - an old favourite here at Buy Tees. Nice to see some new stuff! Available in all sizes in white for guys and blue for girls.

Ursus Maritimus Discoteque Tee

Last but definitely not least, well, let’s say at least the most silly, I can’t help admire this design, it’s out and out daft but still I like it. Even with a swanky Latin/French name it’s still daft as a brush, if not more. Philip Tseng is known for his cute yet slightly mad illustrations, if you love cartoons, rainbows, and animals wearing clothes he’s the guy to see! Available in all sizes for guys (though definitely worth NSC considering printing this one up for the girls!).

Set yourself a new standard in t-shirt fashion at www.newstandardclothing.com.

‘ave a Banana…

admin    T-Shirt Designers, T-Shirts     Banana Tees, British tees, Dale Edwin Murray, funny tees, graphic t-shirts

I hadn’t heard of Banana Tees until yesterday, they’re a new t-shirt brand on the block with a friendly easy-going attitude and a couple tip-top tees in the collection already. Run solely by British illustrator, designer and t-shirt fanatic Dale Edwin Murray, having achieved plenty of success designing for clothing companies, bands and major retailers as well as plenty of t-shirt contests – he’s decided to strike out on his own and used his alter ego Bananaman (no not this one >>  Bananaman) as inspiration for the brand name. But don’t expect banana themed tees at every turn lol.

All the tees are available at £15 (or 15 squid for cockneys), the majority of which are 100% cotton (apart from the marl gray which is 10% polyester and made in Honduras), shipping is reasonable at £1.50 for the UK and £7.50 for the rest of the world. I particularly like the distressed look of the prints.

Make Ideas Real Tee

A lovely sentiment perfectly rendered in a great piece of symbiotic design. Creativity should always be encouraged, not that Dale needs it, he’s well on his way. Being an old Warhol nut I’d have called it “Art Factory” but I am after all a bit of a posh git so ignore me lol. Get your MIR Tee (no not the defunct space station – it’s just an unfortunate acronym) in sizes S-XL.

Live Well Tee

Another positive message rendered in a quirky and appealing design – damn Dale is a positive guy – give me whatever he’s drinking. A nice simple illustration that I’m sure BUPA wished their ad agency had come up with, available once more in sizes S-XL.

See the rest at www.BananaTees.com.

Blue Plate Special

admin    T-Shirt Contests, T-Shirt Designers, T-Shirt Discounts     Ian Leino, TeeFury, funny tees, seafood, t-shirt discount

Our old mate Ian Leino has got created a new design that’s up for sale at the time-limited t-shirt store TeeFury today! Titled simply “Blue Plate Special” it mixes his love for hole-in-the-wall seafood restaurants (and their cheesy tourist shirts) with a deep appreciation for the wealth of aquatically-based characters in modern pop culture – everyone from Admiral Ackbar to Dr Zoidberg. As always at TeeFury, it’s just $9 + shipping, and will be for sale until midnight tonight.

Luuk

admin    T-Shirt Designers     Australian tees, Luke Chiswell, Luuk, art shirts, art t-shirts, t-shirt design

Luuk aka Luke Chiswell is an Australian artist and tee designer as well as a rather elusive character. There’s very little info out there on Luuk but his t-shirts really caught my eye and so I thought I’d share. First off the featured shirts are only available at a few Australian and NZ retail outlets (which I’ll list at the end of the post) but even if you’re not an Antipodean it’s still a little eye candy for you all. I love the style, beautifully simplistic and off-the-wall humour combine to create a rather outstanding selection of novel t-shirt designs.

However much I love elaborate illustration the truth is Luuk really has got the knack of what t-shirt design should be about. Immediate, eye-catching, solid design with a strong visual impact that lingers somewhat in the memory. Take a look at these, and if you do know of any more retail outlets outside of Oz and NZ then let me know and I will add them to the list!

Here are the stockists:

A Stitch In Time

admin    T-Shirt Designers     Effektive, Greg Anderson, Sorry I'm Late, SuperFancy, funny tees

Here’s a rather cool t-shirt at SuperFancy, the über cool Danish streetwear label, if you don’t think they’re that cool then check out their latest “exhibition” at The Laundromat Café. If your life is one hectic rush you might want one of their “Sorry I’m Late” tees available in white, black, grey and navy blue in S-L for €35 each. Designed by the highly prolific Scottish designer Greig Anderson of Effektive – he’s really “broken the mould” with this little beauty.

Sorry I’m Late Tee