T-Shirt Review

This is my first actual shirt review. By that, I mean that I actually purchased this shirt and I am reviewing how it looks in real life. This shirt impressed me so much to start up a new review type. Anyways, even though this is a reprint, I honestly believe that this looks absolutely incredible on the shirt. The huge-ness of it is amazing and it looks great when wearing it. I especially like how the design has that bright blue in it that has such a contrast when actually wearing the shirt. The design is just perfect for a shirt as well and when I received it in the mail today, I was excited to see how large the print actually was. I think threadless made an excellent decision in printing this shirt and reprinting it as well. To think that I actually gave this design a 1 when it was up for scoring that it would be one of my favorite shirts. I don't know what I was thinking! Thank god threadless didn't listen to my score, haha.

Self Promotion

This is my latest design called The Hollywood Sign! I really am satisfied with how this one turned out, although it isn't getting that much attention from the voters. It is a take on all the Hollywood action and dramatization in movies and stuff tied with the all too famous Hollywood sign. I really like how this turned out and honest to say, I don't really care how this scores as long as I felt that I had fun making the shirt.

Design Review

Of course tomburns does it again. This time, he comes out with this ingenious design of a baby stacking blocks in the shape of one of those impossible triangle things. Optical illusion and optical appeal. All around, another great design.


The detail on this is just superb! I especially like the hugeness about it on the shirt. I don't know if I'd wear it, but it definitely is a great design.


I thought this one was cool. The idea of popups (the most annoying ones as well) is pretty good, but one thing I kinda find not that good about the subs in the GMail contest is that a lot of people think the contest is about the internet, but it is actually about "Connect"-ing which can be related to many more things besides the internet. Still think this design is great tho.


I just love the colors in this design and the concept. The concept of Nature and music is not foreign to me as I myself have submitted a design called Nature's Music (and I have another in the works, Nature's Music II). But yeah, I love the use of all the music symbols and the way the staves are not parallel. This is just an all around eye-appealing design.

Designer Spotlight - Haddadapillar

Haddadapillar has some pretty good work so far. With only 6 subs, he has been doing really well score-wise. His most recent sub I particularly love:



This sub is just great and I love the color and illustration. I definitely see that printabiliy quality in this designer and I really hope he gets some prints in the future, which I do not doubt.

Visit his site here.

Design Review

I just love this design for some reason. I know that it lacks the intricacy and detail of a lot of the more successful designs, but this one has the funny concept and that clean look to it. Anyone that can pull off a simple design like this is ace in my book. Great work and hopefully there are some more prints from this person in the future! I mean, Hypnotic Sound was awesome!


Pretty sweet pixel work on this one! What more can you expect from label? I am never disappointed by label's stuff. I think this is my favorite of the contest just because of the detail and I always love pixel art. I was about to make a shirt like this, but label beat me to it, and even did much better than I ever would. I also love how the connections are not just straight, but have those little intricate weaving details to them. I also like all the little electronics references.


This shirt design is IN-credible! I absolutely love the detail and the way this turned out. And finding a model for the shirt with a snake in the photo is just the clincher right there. I really have a great feeling about this and I know it will be printed. Almost 50 comments with under 500 scores? That is a key indicator of printworthiness!

New Subs Reviews

This week's prints are not bad. I was kinda hoping for a sale, but I'm still feeling one. Anyways, here's the lowdown.

Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
This shirt is really fun and I think it has a great appeal to kids. The illustration is great and the use of negative space is well done.

A Birth Day
I think this one is funny, but I think it isn't that good enough to have been printed. It is one of the better designed one of its type, but I still don't really like how this was printed this week.

Messages From the Reverse
This is my favorite from this week. I like the illustration and how it looks on the shirt. I'm not particularly fond of the purple version, but I'm a guy, so I don't have to worry about that. Really nice work and great job for only a 2.32 score.

Skip Dessert
Yeah, congratulations to the winner, but I don't think this should have been printed. It isn't even that well illustrated and I've heard people say "skip rope" but I always refer to it as jump rope. I just think there should have been some other shirt or maybe even another reprint or something besides this shirt.

Pense Pas Bête
This is nice looking, but I don't know how it will appeal since it is all in Spanish (or Portuguese?) and I think it won't be easy to understand if you can't read it. I still think it was designed well though.

Beasts and Pearls
This is a nice drawing and I like the detail on this, but I don't really like how it looks on a shirt. I'm glad threadless is printing lower scored shirts though. This gives me hope for some of my designs, haha.

The reprints this week were both good ones too. Glennz is just classic and always good to reprint. So I think Defend the Kingdom was a great choice to reprint. And FrequenCity is just a great shirt. I probably will buy it, as I tend to buy reprints more than new shirts.

Design Reviews

I have high expectations for this sub. I hope it does very well and that there is a future print involved. I really like the illustration and I know I can't draw people that well, so this is really well done. The only criticism is that the blue sky looks a little weird, but I still gave this a $5.


This is great. The detail is amazing and the colors are not bad. I think this will be another future print. Keep it up dude!


This one, I like a lot. I don't see why it isnt getting too much attention from the voters, but I think this is very well illustrated and very well done. This definitely should score high and if it does not, it is a shame. Great work and hopefully this goes well.


This is a fantastic illustration. I like the way that he made the background. It is sort of like a halftone, but prettier. I think this designer is very promising and I see another print for this person. Great job!