David After Dentist T-Shirt

admin    Charity T-Shirts, T-Shirts     David After Dentist, YouTube, charity t-shirt, funny tees

Probably one of the most famous videos on Youtube has to be “David After Dentist” where the then 7 year old boy David DeVore Jr. was filmed by his father after leaving the dentists. It’s had nearly 65 million views so far and David who on the drive home asks “Is This Real Life?” has become something of an Internet craze in itself. The catchphrase has even hit the small screen – the Devores family have already appeared on many shows including the Today Show, Tyra Banks Show and The O’Reilly Factor. David DeVore Sr. has decided to sell t-shirts to celebrate the hilarious video, and for those who might think he’s just cashing in the family have already raised $6000 for the charity Operation Smile which provides cleft lip and palette surgery for over 200,000 children in over 50 countries so far.

Before you all start hailing the Devores as saints, the bulk of the money doesn’t go to charity, however it will go towards the school and college education of their two sons, which when you think about it is fair enough seeing as they’ve both provided an enormous amount of entertainment for millions of Youtube fans. Still, I suppose you could argue for and against, though I have no qualms. What’s more one of the t-shirts on offer is actually rather cool, a great comic style and at a good price too.

David After Dentist (Is This Real Life?) Tee

Available for both guys and girls in purple (all sizes) for $15 each here.

If you want to check out more of their hilarious videos click here.

T-Shirt Wars

admin    T-Shirt Marketing, T-Shirt News     Coca-Cola, McDonalds, Rhett and Link, YouTube, t-shirt videos

If you haven’t seen the original t-shirt war video by Internetainers (don’t blame me they made it up) Rhett & Link then check this out:

Since then they’ve been plucked from obscurity (if you can call 4 million views on Youtube obscurity) and snapped up by evil corporations to do their bidding in order to increase obesity and tooth decay across the world. I say world but I’ve never seen this ad in the UK so I guess it’s only for the eyes and pockets of N. America:

Ah well who can blame them, they’ve hit the big time even if it is on the back of a Coke and McDonalds advertising campaign. What’s really cool about their vids (asides from the fact that they features so many tees) is that they’re relying on old school animation techniques, slavishly taking photos of every t-shirt and effect in stop-frame motion. Yes, every t-shirt in each of these videos is real, there’s no Photoshop trickery involved. In fact they must have made a tidy bundle of money or at least a whole heap of free PR for their local t-shirt printers. If you want to see how they did it then take a look at this video:

I love t-shirt videos, if you do too then I suggest you subscribe to Rhett & Link’s Youtube Channel!

Option-G and Cole Gerst – T-Shirts to Perfect Life’s Imperfections.

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     DADA, Duchamp, Hollywood, Jasper Johns, LA designer, LaLa Land, MySpace, Surrealism, T-Shirts, Warhol, YouTube, music posters, outsider art, retro, urban

Option-G Apparel is an extension of the design firm Option-G based in Los Angeles and headed by artist extraordinaire Cole Gerst. You may have heard of him already, or seen one of his many designs on posters, paintings or prints. He has been particularly successful in the music world, where you’ll most likely recognize his works. Gerst even produces his own monthly comic strip in the LA Weekly called “LaLa Land” which features his two dogs roaming the streets of Hollywood.

Gerst has a prestigious arts background with a string of successful art shows behind him, having shown his work across had shows all over the USA as well as a retrospective show in Glasgow, Scotland of his rock posters. The t-shirt line was started as a mere sideline, simply another medium to explore his unique view of the world, and experiment with different ideas, whilst having fun with his audience. The instant feedback provided by t-shirt fans helps many creative minds in their quest to hone their skills and find perfection in their art. Option-G’s started selling to the public 4 years and since expanded into a variety of products, even wallpaper would you believe? Cole has a truly unique style, I’d describe him as the Jasper Johns of the T-Shirt World, take this design as a clear example:-

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