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.

Miles To Go

admin    T-Shirt Discounts, T-Shirt Reviews     Coty, Greg Kerr, Miles To Go, art t-shirts, artist tees, graphic t-shirts, illustrated tees

Greg Kerr, the guy behind Miles To Go Clothing is a multi-talented t-shirt visionary with his finger most definitely on the pulse in the tee scene. There are a couple of great interviews if you fancy learning more here and here. This guy started off selling hand printed tees in a Phoenix market, now he’s procuring designs from artists worldwide, and respected ones at that, to produce great collection after collection. Anyway, let’s move straight on to the fine collection of tees on offer at MTGC, including a bunch of great unisex discharge ink t-shirts at bargain prices!

The Invisible Man Tee

A lovely antique style toon tee available in coffee in unisex sizes XS-XL (2XL sold out) and small for girls at $24.99 each.

Medusa Tee

Amazing artwork and a superb 4 colour discharge ink print… stare and be turned to stone :0 Available S-XL at just $15 each! Also available as limited edition screen prints here.

Dulce Muerte Tee

Aka “sweet death”, another excellent design, in its final print and only S-L sizes left at $15 each.

Paradise Lost Tee

An absolutely beautiful design by Dan Mumford that takes inspiration from the 1667 poem by John Milton. It’s on its last print and only sizes XS-L are left at $15 each. It even comes with a free belt! If you like custom belts Greg Kerr runs www.milestogobelts.com as well.

Alone Poe Tee

This beauty’s by Russian designer Rob Dobi who we’ve featured a few times here at Buy Tees. This time inspired by Gothic horror writer Edgar Allan Poe’s poem Alone. Again on its last print and only sizes XS and M-XL left at just $15 each.

See more tees, hoodies, track jackets and belts at www.MilesToGoClothing.com.

Xraylibra

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     Xray Libra, Xraylibra, art shirts, comic tees, illustrated tees, lucha libre

Sean Bahrpart owner and designer for Xraylibra contacted me recently and something that caught my eye was this “we believe in the craft of design and screen-print“. He had me sold on that one line, and you can tell, with just 6 black and white tees it’s obvious there are big things ahead for Xraylibra! To avoid any confusion make sure you visit their Big Cartel store and not their main domain name as that doesn’t seem to be completed. Let’s hope they get their act together on the marketing front, it would be a shame to see these shirts disappear into the ether of obscurity.

Sean is part owner and graphic designer at Xraylibra, he creates and prints every tee in-house by hand, top quality too! Let’s take a look at some goodies, all of these shirts are on sale at $17.99 each in unisex sizes S-XXL.

El Luchador!! Tee

If you love lucha libre masked wrestling, you’ll love this tee. Actually I’m not a fan of wrestling, Mexican or otherwise, but for some reason art featuring Luchadors always rocks. Maybe I was a fighter in a past life lol.

Billy Ray Satan Tee

Sean definitely has the gift when it comes to titles, I’m sure plenty of self proclaimed bad boys out there will fight over this tee. Now all you need is the leather jacket, the chopper and the girl and you set will be complete.

Zombie Killers Tee

I am a big fan of great zombie and infection movies, but I’m fussy, I can count less than ten I really love, and it’s always bugged me that at least one zombie blockbuster hasn’t been set in the Old West. You’d think all those Hollywood players would have come up with a decent pitch by now. In the meantime you’ll have to console yourself with this cool shirt.

Luchador War Tee

The sequel to ‘El Luchador’, there are some phenomenal Marvel/D.C elements to this design, check out the robot in the background and the lovely grunge/distress effect. Let’s hope for more adventures from the masked avenger!

See two more tees and a great sticker at www.xraylibra.bigcartel.com.

Wisper Tee

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     Impek Clothing, Impekgear, girlie tees, hippy t-shirts, illustrated tees, wome's t-shirts

I took a break for Xmas and my birthday which was (as it happens) New Year’s Eve. Anyway back on with the blogging… This little number comes courtesy of ImpekGear.com – I’m not too keen on the other designs, but their Wisper Tee makes up for it. I’ve been reliably told the name of this shirt isn’t a spelling mistake, rather a play on words. Their logo contains three stars or “wisps” that seem to represent something about universal energy but I’ve had my fill of hippy talk for a lifetime so here’s the tee instead…

Wisper Tee

Cute! Sure it could do without the logo, but still a nice design, rather French in style. This tee is available for ladies in black for $25 each, in sizes small to large with a printed inner tag.

One Ten at 8Ball

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     8ball, One Ten, artist t-shirts, graphic tees, illustrated tees, t-shirt collective

You probably already know 8Ball.co.uk – they are a very familiar site on the t-shirt scene, a British store selling licensed tees from many of the major labels and manufacturers from around the world, particularly funny shirts. However, 8Ball are taking a new direction with their new collaborative/collective project titled One Ten Clothing. You may think you’ve heard it all before, a successful mainstream t-shirt company dipping their toes into the indie/artist market but in all honesty, when Rich at 8Ball sent over a wealth of sample images I was proverbially floored by the quality of both the artists and the designs. They have some extremely hot hot hot tees on offer right now. Expect both up ‘n’ coming and established indie artists to wow you all the way to the checkout, I really think you’re in for a treat today, and I don’t say that lightly. These are what I call ‘real’ art shirts, many hand drawn and inked, covering a broad diversity of edgy styles and subjects, and wonderfully eclectic as a whole collection.

All of the tees at One Ten are available at £17.99 each (Buy Tees Exclusive Discount – Enter BUYTEES at the checkout for a whopping 20% off all One Ten tees!!!) and come in sizes S-XXL for both guys and girls, check out these phenomenal selected tees and artists… yes this post is a biggie.

Budi Satria Tees

Budi Satria Kwan is a highly accomplished graphic designer based in Singapore with a flair for simplicity and fluid line, rather surrealist in both style/content, each illustration is in itself a take on life and confidently conceived for maximum impact. Budi is both blessed with great ideas and a slick and simple graphic style that really stands out.

Drawn To Play Tees

Drawn to Play is UK illustrator Chris Carr, expect surreal, street/graffiti styles and a tendency to explore the ‘beauty of the ugly’ in much of his work. Harking back to a golden age of skater art, expect naked ladies and freaks all round :D

Masch Tees

Masch aka Mark Schofield is a professional designer and creative consultant based in the UK who loves to spend his free time letting his proverbial hair down and designing for the love of it. Cool, smart, funny.

Lunartik Tees

Lunartik is the alter ego of artist, designer and all round madman Matt Jones – his work for One Ten is inspired by his time in Japan & London. His characters and creations have been shown worldwide, both in exhibitions and in his work for Toy2R, Forbidden Planet, SEGA Games, & Mind Candy.

Paul Roberts Tees

Paul Roberts under the guise of Monsters Monsters is well known for his silly funny quirky line in outsider art/simplified illustration style – his tees are guaranteed to make you laugh if only out of disbelief. I love these two shirts, although I can understand those who’d say Roberts’ work is an acquired taste – heh.

SHHH Tee by Peasoup

This tee is absolutely mad, designed by the artist Peasoup, the acronym stands for “Self Help for Hard of Hearing” and is supposed to represent the chaos that surrounds us all. Still… if you have a dirty mind like me… well… it looks more like some kind of, how can I say this politely? An erotic explosion. Lol. Available for men and women in all sizes.

Seb Burnett Tees

Some of the funniest shirts at One Ten have to be from the quirky mind of Seb Burnett, an illustrator, character designer & reluctant animator based in Bristol, UK. The King Charles tee has to be one of the most kooky tees ever spawned, when is this going to be a hit animated series? Time to talk to Adult Swim!

Finally, probably my favourite designer of all at One Ten right now, there’s a touch of tattoo/stencil art about Steven Silverwood, ever-so-slightly Shepard Fairey(ish) if he’s been raised by the Tim Burton the movie director.

Steven Silverwood Tees

Steven Silverwood is a highly versatile designer and artist with a real feel for what people want, no matter the brief, a very talented guy in my opinion.

Check out all the art tees at One Ten via www.8ball.co.uk/one-ten-clothing.

Funky Tees For Boys

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     Mister Mista, boys t-shirts, graphic t-shirts, illustrated tees, kids tees

When I was a kid the best I could come up with as far as t-shirts went was a Scooby Doo tee that crackled the first time it hit the washing machine, within a few weeks I was fighting my mother off as she tried to bin the ugly thing. Fortunately times have changed, men and especially boys get a far less raw deal when it comes to fashion, whether it’s quality or choice. One fine example for boys has to be Mister Mista who specialise in t-shirts for boys, the big difference being this is a “proper” indie label with an in-house designer, a unique range of incredibly well conceived designs, and a devotion to quality screen printing, just how I like it. What’s more each tee is limited to 100 and here’s a really sweet detail, the “background story” to each character is printed on the back of each personalised swing tag. A very nice touch.

Mister Mista are based in Australia, made up of a highly talented husband and wife team, Renee Price having a strong background in marketing, and Travis being a successful illustrator, it seems like the perfect set-up. You can see more of Travis’ illustrations at www.travisprice.com.au. He’s worked with plenty of major agencies and online companies, I think you’ll be impressed. I actually first came across Travis’ work when I spotted this piece featuring Bill Murray as Hermin Blume in the movie Rushmore (a must see!). His work really reminds me of the animator Genndy Tartakovsky – a great talent behind toons like Samurai Jack and Dexter’s Laboratory. If I’ve piqued your interest then check these out:

Artcotic T-Shirts

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     art shirts, artcotic, illustrated tees, limited edition, limited edition t-shirts

Artcotic.com offer a wide range of highly artistic limited edition tees created in collaboration with new and established art talent from around the world. Usually the t-shirt print runs are limited to 500 each and once they’re gone they’re gone. At Artcotic a far greater variety of styles on offer, there’s no particular “house style”, some are hand drawn, others superbly executed with a retro graphic aplomb, even a few montage pieces too. They work  very closely with their artists and interview every one of them, after all where would they be without them?

They’re usually open for submissions, but I think they must have their books full as they’ve closed the doors, at least for the immediate future. Still they do like to collaborate, helping the indie music industry on the side by giving out a few shouts to their fave bands and artists at their Turntable Archive – which is full of interviews and music clips to keep your brain occupied for a while. Whilst you’re they’re you really should check out their t-shirts though, after all that is what they make. Anyway as the store is loaded with Javascript I can’t link to their products directly,  so you’ll have to do a little hunting for yourself. Here are some cool picks from the store:

Artcotic Traditional T-Shirt

Designed by Shawn Conn from Rochester, NY, a part-time tattooist and talented artist who’s exhibited at several shows, as well as designing art for t-shirts, skateboards and more. I’m always a sucker for a good tattoo tee, and this one’s a beaut. ust $14.99 for men in all sizes.

Happy Pointer T-Shirt

A fine example of Trent Call‘s work. I love this guy’s art, his cartoon style illustrations are like taking an acid trip through the early age of animation, when Mickey Mouse was neither beautified nor a mascot for an evil corporation (as Bart from The Simpsons would say). You’re either a fan or not, I definitely am. Trent works from the Captain Caption Studios in Salt Lake City, he’s done illustrations for the likes of Newsweek and he even runs his own zine called Swinj. Get this limited edition tee for men/women in sizes S-XL for a piddlin’ $14.95.

Running Operative: Final Mission T-Shirt

This tee is by Derek M Ballard (aka the line tamer) currently resides in Gainesville, FL. He’s created art for Giant Robot, Wonkavision, SCREW, Escort, The Drama, Faesthetic, Circus Punks, SEIBEI, Eros/Fantagraphics, Tinymeat, Go Ape tees, Royal Flush and tons more. Top notch t-shirt by a top notch artist. A total Ninja Kama Sutra in glorious retro toon style. Get it for just $14.95 in S-XXL sizes.

Untitled T-Shirt

Here’s a rarity, it’s a t-shirt design by the rather famous artist Dalek (as opposed to the Dr. Who frenemy), what’s more it’s figurative! Well kinda – in a cartoon stylie. This guy creates an amazing array of technicolour abstract paintings, he’s probably one of my favourites in the genre, I’ve never seen him do anything like this, still it’s rather cool, and mad (as usual). Again on sale for a pittance at $14.95, especially when you think how well known the artist is and that the tee is limited to 500. Available in all sizes.

See the rest at www.artcotic.com.

The Highly Motivated Super Motif

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     Isabelle Lumpkin, Little Boots, Rolling Stones, Santigold, graphic t-shirts, illustrated tees, super motif, supermotif.com

I’ve just read through Super Motif‘s manifesto and am fascinated at the ideological machinations behind this label, both conceptually and philosophically. This British brand openly reject the usual routes to building a successful name in fashion, preferring instead to take a dicier but more impressive stance, to simply let their t-shirts speak for themselves. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for SM, not only is the ethos behind their company as illuminating as anyone in retail could possibly muster, they produce a fine selection of graphically exuberant tees that would raise the bar in anyone’s wardrobe.

Although their submissions page is down right now they do still seem to be encouraging work from designers and artists, with a preference for hand-drawn illustrations for the main part. Check out their commissions page for more details, just remember that SM are as interested in why things look like they do as what they look like! The current payouts for accepted t-shirt designs are a £500 advance against a royalty of 12% of gross sales.

SM are gracious enough to dedicate a page to their designers too, which is something I’d like to see at a lot more t-shirt stores. If you fancy listening to music, SM are a multi-talented company after all, check out their mix tapes. But first and foremostly, let’s take a look at some of their t-shirts! read more

Ride The Rockett – Black Friday Sale

admin    T-Shirt News     Black Friday Sale, Ride The Rockett, cut price tees, graphic t-shirts, illustrated tees, t-shirt discounts, t-shirt sale

Hey here we go with another Black Friday, this time courtesy of our good friends at Ride The Rockett. We’ve featured before if you’re not familiar with their work, read it at Supersonic Tees at Rockett. If you want zombies, heavy metal, punk, Satanism, bad taste humour, L.A surrealism, or anything under the general header of ‘your mother/father wouldn’t approve’, then you have to check out this label. They deliver 110% over-the-top illustrated tees that turn heads till they twist off zombie killer style heh.

But here’s where it gets really exciting. RTR are offering a ginormous 40% off their products this Friday, now that’s a big deal worth raiding the piggy bank for something a little more extreme than the usual tees in your wardrobe. Just enter the code bozobux40 at the checkout, and if you spend more than $50 you’re automatically entered into their contest to win one tee from every collection in your size!!!

Anyway, can’t leave this without showing one great example from the label:- read more

A Crazy Blend Of Emulsion

admin    T-Shirt News     emulsion apparel, emulsionapparel.net, hunter, hunting, illustrated tees, illustrations, illustrator, screen printed tees

Emulsion Apparel run by Dave DiAngelis and Chris Fiftal, is located in Boston and deeply rooted in skateboard culture and art school didactic. This is a relatively new label, still finding their way in the t-shirt market. Dave asked me to take a look at the collection so far, and asides the usual logo tees that so many raw brands begin with, there’s a couple of beauts in the form of the Deerd Tee.

I asked Dave all about it and he came up with a rather intriguing explanation which is as follows:-

“I just graduated from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in May before starting up emulsion, I majored in illustration and I did my senior thesis on Moustaches.. I essentially did a whole load of ridiculous research and started coming out with certain images that pinpointed certain types of beards and then followed through by stereotyping the people that might sport one.. More specifically it turned into a conglomerate of what the beard’s kids would look like, What they would hunt (including their bones) and what would be the weapon of choice would be…”

I’m stunned, highly logical madness if you ask me. Still it’s helped Dave turn out his first powerful t-shirt design. He went on to say “It turned into a triptych. You can see the other two finished illustrations at my portfolio site – www.diangelis.net/anatomy.php.”

So let’s take a look at the Deerd Tee, and the psychology of beards!
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