The T-Shirt Review That Never Was

Okay this is probably way off social protocol and breaks the boundaries of Net Etiquette by a few feet (or miles), but I will be keeping the t-shirt store and designer in question anonymous because I want to share this rejection e-mail with you. Why anonymous? Because the guy has talent, and it needs time to grow, and getting his site ranked for “t-shirt criticism” isn’t going to help. Why share? We can all learn a thing or two from design critique - positive and negative alike.

This is a transcript of an email I’ve just sent to a t-shirt designer who I can tell has tyalent, seems a really nice guy, has a pretty decent store, a wide collection of t-shirts, and a unique style, but I’ve refused to review him at this stage. I think, I hope, he will understand my position (fingers crossed).

I’m not here to slate any designer, no matter what level of skill I always appreciate an individual that wishes to express them self through art, and especially t-shirt design. (I’ll have to post a thesis on the validity of t-shirt design as art form and medium one day - till then I’l just keep reviewing them). Read more

Omg SpreadShirt.NET are driving me crazy!!

First they ask me to make layers, then they want me to ‘interleave’ the shapes, now they want the former with a solid background.

SpreadShirt.net must have the most confusing submissions program for just about anything in the world!

Here’s what they’re saying now - I’ll point out that I did increase the borders to every shape in the design to 2.0mm (took me days!) Read more