I haven’t been too impressed with the recent Threadless shirts, so rather than look at the present I thought I would peak into the future. Here are a few designs that I found very impressive and talkworthy:

2 things wrong with shirt: printed on a plain white tee and inverse of the image on the upper left of the back. Other than those two flaws, I think this is a beautiful shirt. I love shirts that are printed off center and printed all the way down to the edge. Similar to the LovesThreadless favorite - Liberty.
Verdict: 4$

It Might Be a While… brings out the obvious: we’re in 2008 and I have yet to see any type of 2008 reference. We have a Presidential election coming up and we have the 2008 Summer Games and yet I have yet to see any mention of 08. Do I have to buy a shirt from Old Navy? I love the color choice and the “waiting in line” flash allows to see what the artist was thinking when creating his piece.
Verdict: 5$

This last shirt caught my attention given that I just watched Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The real Indiana J is just so simple. Anybody caught looking would instantly understand it. A little cheesy, but I would consider it!
Verdict: 3$

Have a good weekend!

While I respect the artist for having the guts to submit this, it’s possibly the most horrific Threadless submission I’ve ever seen. I don’t even know what’s going on here – from the comments, I gather that it’s (maybe) some kind of obscure reference. As one poster commented, “dude. noone is going to get the random reference. it looks more like dick cheney anyways…” An anonymous source said that they would be tempted to gouge their children’s eyes out to protect them if this got printed. [Me. That was me. I'm the anonymous source.—Chris]

Verdict on Harry S. Trumancorn: 0
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I thought I’d drop a quick note before the weekend. I was surfing through the design submissions and I came across a couple submissions that caught my eye. Maybe I’m old school or maybe I’m interested in the lost art of Polaroids.

I haven’t held a Polaroid camera in probably 15 years. One of my co-workers turns out to be a huge instant pic fan. I came across her desk and her pile of Polaroid pictures that she took on her way to work. It brought back so many childhood memories. Nowadays we have the digital camera, so you can see your picture immediately. Polaroids were digital camera version 1 in the instant gratification department. It’s a little nostalgic to remember that old time feeling that you had when you took a Polaroid picture, waited a few minutes, waved it around and then magically saw that shot you just took.

The design name Sad SX-70 won’t mean much to the everyday person, but from my research it looks like this camera was a revolution device for Polaroid aficionado’s and the world of instant photos. The design is dead on like the camera on a black shirt. The only error that one Threadless commenter caught was that the picture is coming out in reverse. If they adjust that, this shirt will be great!

Verdict: 5$

Here’s another Polaroid inspired submission with a little inspiration coming from Harper Lee. The latest buzz here at lovesthreadless.com has been the Liberty shirt. I finally received my shirt and I love it. I think a lot had to do with the maroon color. I don’t own too many dark red shirts and I think the choice of shirt color makes To Spill a Mockingbird an awesome shirt. It also brings a little crime scene investigation theme. I like it!

Verdict: 5$

Yeah, You’re Right –Probably Too Controversial

Young Guy, trying to hit on a girl: I’ve been thinking about starting a blog.
Girl: [silence.]
Young Guy: You know, if I were to start a blog, I’d make it about t-shirts.
Girl: [silence.]

–Magnetic Field (Bar) on Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn

Hah. (Thanks, Luke!)

Threadless just finished an inventory check and quite a few previously sold out shirts are back up for sale! Check it out and happy hunting!

I snagged these little beauties after missing them the first time:

Once again, there’s a veritable bonanza of gorgeous subs up for scoring on Threadless and I’ve hand-picked some of my favorites for your voting pleasure:

While I don’t particularly like chocolate (and am, apparently, the only woman on earth who feels that way), I do love shirts with anthropomorphic chocolate hearts eating a box full of delicious Valentine’s Day humans. Mmm, humans; delicious, delicious humans. Admit it. It’s funny. And extremely well drawn, I might add. Put this on a cranberry tee (Threadless needs to print far more of them) and you’ve got yourself a Valentine’s Day Massacre winner.

My verdict: $5 (View submission)

Quite possibly my favorite shirt up for scoring now and any time in the recent past. Who doesn’t love a cute little piggy? Look at his fat little piggy butt and his cute little piggy face and tell me that your heart isn’t melting with piggy love. But a cute little piggy alone, adorable as he or she may be, doesn’t win a Threadless print and Friends In Low Places goes the extra mile by having a thoroughly adorable story behind it. Frank’s (I’m calling the pig Frank; I’ve made up my mind) got his own personal bodyguards to protect him when he goes for a swim. We should all wish for friends who would protect us from alligators while we lazed around in the water.

My verdict: $5 (View submission)

Weirdness abounds. Who doesn’t want a shirt with a giant parrot eating a woman’s head? Or perhaps she skinned the parrot and is wearing it as some sort of fashion statement. Either way, this shirt is awesome. Look into those staring, beady bird eyes and feel the urge to vote $5 building inside you. That’s right, Monsieur Perroquet demands you vote $5. At the top of the scoring area. The $ and the 5, in that order. Excellent. Now go get Monsieur Perroquet a cracker. A big cracker.

My verdict: $5 (View submission)

I’m as tired of skull shirts as the next Threadie, but Tombstone is undeniably awesome all the same. What makes it awesome is a bit harder to pin down. Is it the silver metallic ink? I do love metallic ink (silver being my favorite), but that alone won’t win the “awesome” vote from me. Is it the cowboy on his faithful steed? Probably not. Cowboys aren’t inherently awesome anymore (and never were for me). Is it the skull? Another no. If I had a nickel for every time a Threadless voter complained about a design having another skull in it, I’d be marginally less strapped for cash than I am right now. Maybe it’s a combination of all of those things being more than a sum of their parts. Maybe it’s the splatters (again, I doubt that’s what’s carrying the full weight). Maybe there’s some sort of subliminal message encoded in the seemingly random splatters and scratches and other “noise.” All I know is that I like this.

My verdict: 4 (View submission)

I like simple ideas. In fact, I like them more than complicated ones the majority of the time. Elephas Maximus is a simple idea in the extreme: incorporate the sleeve of a hoodie or long-sleeved tee into an elephant design by having it stand in for the pachyderm’s trunk. Not only is it brilliant in its simplicity, but it’s really nicely executed to boot. Simple, clean but surprisingly detailed. And did I mention the sleeve is the elephant’s trunk? But what about t-shirts, you ask. Threadless doesn’t print designs only on hoodies. Can’t help you there. It would look awfully strange on a short-sleeve tee. Like the elephant either has the world’s shortest trunk or has somehow managed to rig his trunk up with a system of pullies so that it can be retracted so as not to get in the way. But as a hoodie? Winner!

My verdict: $4 (View submission)

I have to admit, it’s the mole in the front that wins this one for me. Something about how politely he’s tapping the guy on the shoulder before clobbering him over the head. “Excuse me, sir. Me and my companions would like to have a word with you.” BAM! Right in the kisser! I also have to admit that their claws while creepy (they’re edging dangerously close to three-toed sloth territory, which isn’t somewhere I personally want to go), they sort of sell the design for me. They’re freakin’ ginormous. I can only imagine that they must feel like being tapped on the shoulder with a baseball bat. A pointy baseball bat.

My verdict: 5 (View submission)

It’s a rare day when two shirts I vote $5 on come up for print.  Heck, it’s a rare day when anything I vote $5 on comes up for print…or at least it seems like it some days.  But today, yes today(!), I opened my email and found two alerts telling me that two incredibly designs are up for my (and your) purchasing pleasure:

I loved this design for its beautiful simplicity when it was up for voting and I love it even more on a shirt. Unlike some Threadless shirts, it’s not flashy. It’s not clever or disturbing or just plain weird. It’s…pretty. And festively colored, like by wearing it you could effectively camouflage yourself inside the tropical birds enclosure at your local zoo. (The beautiful parrot that makes up the design wouldn’t hurt your ninja-like fashion skills in that event, either). It’s not the kind of shirt that’s likely to not be awesome anymore a year from now, when the joke runs its course and the concept gets old and tired. Because there is no joke and no fancy concept. Just a beautifully rendered parrot, wrapping around your torso in a birdy hug.  Wear it to the zoo.  Wear it to Carnivàle.  Wear it to the grocery and gloat over the envious looks you get from your fellow shoppers as they admire your gorgeous new tee.

Mr. Choppy didn’t fare so well in scoring, although I gave him my full and enthusiastic $5. He scored a measley 2.18 and yet the Threadless gods in their obvious wisdom chose to print him in all his simulated process, faux-decal, axe-wielding glory. And the kid’s version has orange carrot juice instead of blood! I gather there’s some controversy over whether anyone in their right mind should buy this shirt for their child, carrot juice or no, but you have to admit that there’s a certain awesomeness to the whole vegetable mass murder idea. Mr. Choppy either really loves or really hates carrots. As for the adult’s version, he’s apparently doesn’t limit himself to the vegetable kingdom when choosing his victims. Did some poor misguided soul attempt to separate Mr. Choppy from his foot and met an untimely demise at his would-be victim’s hands? Did Mr. Choppy just snap? Who knows. Who cares.  Plus, it’s printed on Threadless’ new custom tees.  This is the perfect opportunity to try them out without breaking the bank on a Select.

Merry belated Christmas (or other winter holiday of your choice), everyone!

Once again, a great many of the subs up for your (and my) voting pleasure have a hefty dose of awesomeness thrown in and deserve your stamp of approval so that I (and you) can wear them on my (our) Threadless-loving bodies.  A few of my favorites from the current submissions (my apologies to the amazing artists whose work I didn’t include here; there’s too many to choose from to get you all up here):

Who doesn’t love a robot in a bowler hat? Not I. But this isn’t a robot. It’s a gentleman. A gentleman in a bowler hat who only appears to be made from riveted metal and one long, cylindrical laser beam eye. After all, how many robots do you know who look like Charlie Chaplin? Not many, I’d be willing to wager. This is clearly a gentleman. All he needs is a cup of Earl Grey tea in one of those fancy blue and white teacups and some scones. And maybe a (robotic) hunting dog at his feet. This guy’s got class. My only criticism is that I’m not completely sold on the fancy, non-handwritten font that “I am a Gentleman” is written in. It doesn’t quite jive with the rest of the design (I prefer the original, myself), but it’s a small nitpick of an otherwise awesome design.

My verdict: $5 (View submission)

Everyone needs a dinosaur shirt. Admit it, the four-year-old inside of you is wide-eyed in wonder when you contemplate this sub in all its glow-in-the-dark glory. It’s got dinosaurs (really nicely executed, adorable dinosaurs) with glowing bones. Glowing bones. If that doesn’t scream “awesome,” then I don’t know what does. Sure, it’s reminiscent of something you might find in a museum gift shop, only a million times better. Museum gift shop shirts wish they could be as awesome as this design. They weep tears of bitter jealousy when comparing their own mediocreness to Steggy Pop. True story.

My verdict: $5 (View submission)

I’ll be the first to admit that I haven’t ever actually read all of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe in spite of being an avid and incrurable bookworm (or even seen the movie for that matter, because I’d rather read the book if I’m going to find out the entire story), but I love this design anyway. Whether or not it’ll be acceptable, copyright-wise, I have no idea (I’m not, nor do I have any desire to be, a copyright lawyer), but it still gets my $5 vote. The linework is incredible (clean but elegant), the design itself is beautifully composed and the characters have character. It looks like a page right out of a children’s fantasy book and that’s not a bad thing by any means. Plus, we, the Threadless buyers, need more shirts this color. Do you hear me, Threadless? I demand more dark red shirts! Don’t make me shake my fist at you.

My verdict: $5 (View submission)

Until next time, go forth and vote!

It’s nearly midnight and I really need to go to bed or else I’m going to be falling asleep at work tomorrow, but I just had to jump on here real quick and post a couple of quick mini reviews of 2 of the many (and I do mean many) amazing subs up for your voting pleasure right now:

This is, quite possibly, one of the most strangely awesome designs to be submitted to Threadless in recent memory, at least in my humble opinion, which, apparently, doesn’t always agree with what most people think (PBJ Zombie voters, I’m looking at you), but that’s beside the point. The point is that this sub is incredible. And bizarre. Incredibly bizarre. And incredibly well executed, I might add.  All the awesome bizareness in the world means nothing without the technical chutzpah to back it up.  And boy was it backed up.  I love all the questions this particular design raises and the fact that the answers don’t matter.  Why does the deer only have three legs? How did his antlers grow like that? Does he shed them every year and have them grow back into the same pattern? What in the hell is with that crazy-eyed bird in the middle that looks like he’s about to lose an eyeball to increased cranial pressure?  Doesn’t matter.  Answers are irrelevant and, honestly, would take away from my love of this design.  I like the mystery.

 My verdict: $5 (View submission)

In keeping with the wildlife theme, here we have another awesome sub featuring a deer (and a bear, and a boar and what appears to be a wolf or some such thing). Even if you’re not like me and don’t think hunting is barbaric, pointless and cruel (and you’re welcome to your opinion, I’m not going to argue the point or force my opinions on you), you have to admit that there’s something really appealing about the idea of payback. I like to imagine the owner of the gun to be something like Sarah Winchester, doomed to be tormented by the ghosts of the animals whose lives were taken by it and forced to do some sort of wacky, oddball, never-ending animal rights project to appease their spirits. But that’s just me.

My verdict: 5 (View submission)

It’s that time again. Time for reviews of a few (very few as I’ve got a lot on my plate right now and not much time to spare) more of my favorite picks from the current batch of subs on Threadless.

Magical, psychadelic, flying dragons are great on shirts. And they’re even better when they wrap around the sides of said shirts. Does it matter that this colorful fella’s arms appear that they might be on backwards or that he has no back legs and, therefore, must either drag himself along the ground with his stumpy front legs or fly all the time. Without wings. Because he’s magic. I have to admit that I’m not much of a dragon fan myself, but I like the style of this one and the color scheme seals the deal. Although, I’d rather not see another shirt printed on Creme, to be perfectly honest. It’s the t-shirt equivalent of oatmeal: bland, boring and not terribly tasteful.

My verdict: 4 (View submission)

Who doesn’t love koalas? They’re cute, they’re fuzzy and, apparently, when we’re not looking, they don crazy novelty sunglasses so they can pretend to be awake during those 22 hours a day when they’re sleeping off a eucalyptus binge. Who knew? Even if you don’t love koalas (in which case you’re clearly not human), you have to admit that this shirt is instant sunshine. Look at that sweet little face. Look at home endearingly funny he looks with those glasses on, like a toddler who put his bowl of cereal on his head. Isn’t it adorable how he’s hugging that tree? Admit it. It is. And you love koalas, koala lover.

My verdict: 5 (View submission)

Collateral Damage violates one of my major clothing rules–no bombs or other weapons of war–and I love it.  The style is reminiscent of all of those old-fashioned kid’s books that I loved so much when I was younger, complete with singing bluebirds, dancing sunflowers, happy butterflies, a kindly old tree and a cheerful, smiling sun.  And a giant nuclear bomb heading right towards the stars of the show: the two sickeningly adorable frolicking bunnies at center stage.  I like to imagine what the resulting explosion would look like, drawn in this adorable style and retro colors.  Does that make me a twisted person?  Probably.  But I would buy this shirt (even on yellow, which I very rarely wear) and wear it with pride on the few days a week that I’m not at work, because this would be blatantly outside our dresscode for some inexplicable reason.

My verdict: $5 (View submission)

I love cats and I love ninjas.  I wouldn’t love a ninja stealing my cat, but this design still makes me laugh.  Another retro style design with an unexpected color scheme (no cliche black attire for these ninjas), clean linework and an apparently braindead cat, this design isn’t the flashiest or the most widely appealing to be submitted to Threadless (no food with faces or cheerful, smiling appliances here), but the ninja-loving Threadless voting contingent ought to come out in full force in support of this one.

My verdict: $4 (View submission)

Who doesn’t love a squirrel? Even better, this squirrel is either a gem-cutter or a jewel thief. I’m leaning towards jewel thief, myself.  He probably stole those acorns, too, the sneaky little rodent.  As if the mesmerizing awesomeness of the adorable little furball eyeing his prize isn’t enough, the diamond glows in the dark!  Who cares if diamonds don’t glow?  That’s not the point. Glow ink gives any design an extra dash of awesomeness. Combine that with an already endearingly oddball design and you’ve got yourself a winner.

My verdict: $5 (View submission)

Let me first say that, honestly, I don’t expect this design to score terribly well. Not because the art is bad, but because it just doesn’t strike me as something that a great many people are going to love. But, that aside, I personally really like this design. Love the color scheme, the retro sci-fi mag feel to the design and the complete and utter randomness of it all. Why does the old lady have man hands? How is she breathing in space? Has she adapted to a lack of oxygen through her chain smoking? Why would robots be flying spaceships? Why doesn’t she look more worried about the impending invasion? None of that matters because this design is awesome just for the very reason that it doesn’t make sense. The world needs more randomness.

My verdict: 5 (View submission)

Go forth and vote, fellow Threadless lovers!

There’s a strange and wonderful assortment of designs up for your voting pleasure on Threadless right at the moment.  A few of the designs I’m rooting for:

While PBJ Zombie lacks the sheer amount of detail in The Escape or Crown of Life, it makes up for it in sheer awesomeness. I hate peanut butter, but would sport this awesome design with pride and not a smidgen of ill-will towards the peanutty evil contained within. It’s odd, it’s non-sensical, it’s got a zombie! It manages to convey the undeadness of a piece of bread slathered in peanut butter and grape jelly without getting mired down in fussy details or the dreaded explanatory text. I need no other reasons to proudly vote $5 on this design and hope and pray that my fellow voters see fit to give it a similar vote, thus (hopefully) ensuring that I can buy my very own PBJ Monster shirt and wear it on my peanut butter-hating body.

My verdict: $5 (View submission)

I AM! is a wintery design that manages to fall in neither the uber cutesy, G-rated category or the vaguely dirty/juvenile humor category and fits in a Fight Club reference to boot.  Feast your eyes on the naked, macrocephalic snowflake person.  Notice the anguished cheeriness in his eyes (he literally looks like his Christmas cheer is causing him physical pain), the hopelessly big and heavy head putting him precariously off balance as he strikes his superstar pose, the strange rounded teeth and tell me that this isn’t a winning design.  It’s bizarre but cute, horrifying and yet strangely alluring.

My verdict: $5 (View submission) 

I love a design that’s aesthetically pleasing without having to make sense and Crown of Life falls squarely in that category.  Why is the deer sporting antlers reminiscent of Wonder Woman’s invisible plane?  Why does he have lilac streamers draped over them?  Where did he get the grass he’s chewing when he appears to be either standing in the middle of an entirely snow-covered forest or an alternate dimension where everything is white?  Does it even matter?  No.  He’s beautiful and it doesn’t have to make sense.  I almost never wear white shirts and I would make an exception for this design in a heartbeat.  It’s simultaneously strange, whimsical, dreamy and aesthetically pleasing.

My verdict: $5 (View submission)

A great many submissions on Threadless are either very simple (which isn’t inherently a bad thing and can, without a doubt, be a good thing) or look as though they were cobbled together in 5 minutes with only a minimum of work.  The Escape is not one of those designs.  Even a cursory glance will show you that a lot of work went into this, producing the meticulous texturing that makes this design stand out from the competition.  Yes, it’s fussy.  Yes, it’s busy.  But it’s also beautiful.  Even if you don’t care for the subject matter or think it’s better suited to being an art print than a t-shirt, you have to admit that it’s exceptionally well-executed, beautifully done and clearly a labor of love.

My verdict: $5 (View submission)

Not Everything Is Black And White proves that you don’t need a gazillion colors or fancy gradients to make a stellar design. This incredibly awesome design uses just one color of ink (either black or white depending on the color of shirt it’s on; for once, and you’ll almost never hear me say this, I prefer the white shirt) for the entire design. This version stars Charlie Chaplin in place of the briefly seen man in blackface to the right of the mime (personally I think that might have been a smart move, but I loved the original version just as much). Building on the simple theme (to match the simple color scheme) of black and white things, there’s a weird and wonderful assortment of animals, objects and people, including a zebra with a pirate flag draped over its back (surely intended to please me, no doubt…leave me alone with my delusional beliefs, I’m happy this way), a wolverine staring wide-eyed (and a bit wildly) at a row of dominoes, a panda with a soccer ball and a cow on a grand piano to name a few. It takes real talent to successfully pull off a crowded design like this with only two colors (the shirt color and the ink color), but fatheed has done it. And no, I won’t say he passed with flying colors, even if he did.

My verdict: $5 (View submission)

I hate orange. Let me get that out of the way right off the bat, because the sheer fact that I adore this design and would happily fork over the cash to buy it even on orange should tell you how much I love this. Not only is it beautifully illustrated, but I have to admit that I love the idea of the fox turning the tables on the hunters. But the beauty of this isn’t necessarily in the statement that it’s making, it’s in the sheer skill that went into this and the aesthetics of the final result. Witness the hunter whose head is being smashed by the ginormous fox’s paw. Cower in terror as it flosses its teeth with another ill-fated sportsman. Admire the beautiful linework. I laughed, I cried, I voted $5.

My verdict: $5 (View submission)

FlyingMouse, whose Dragon Flavor sub I’m eagerly awaiting the inevitable (at least in my mind and I’ll lose faith in the universe itself if doesn’t turn out that way) printing of, has hit it out of the park today with 2 brand spankin’ new shirts in today’s lineup!  Congrats, FM, you deserve it!

Hot off the presses: 

Really Exist is the standout design of today’s update for me. It has a bunny. It has a gigantic bunny. Even better, it leads to the question of what, exactly, “Really Exist”: gigantic, fuzzy bunnies that lurk behind regular-sized trees (to attack young girls who chase their “normal” counterparts or just to sit and look adorable, yet menacing?) or tiny little lilliputian girls, ant-sized bunnies and itty-bitty dandelion-sized trees. And, it completely bypasses the boring neutral color schemes so popular for designs like this (and the neutral shirt colors that seem to be all over Threadless lately - Creme, I’m looking at you). If I do say so myself, this is quite possibly the most adorable gigantic bunny shirt ever printed in the history of Threadless designs

And for another FlyingMouse winner, check out Connect It!  Who doesn’t want a giant, multi-colored Simon-esque brain on their shirt? Buy one for your mom for Christmas!

If that’s not reason enough for you, then the fact that FM put a significant amount of work into making this shirt what it is (look at all those whorls and ridges and crevices and the way it really looks like a brain and not a misshapen football with wrinkles!) should be enough to sway you.  Reward the diligent efforts of a designer who actually researched his subject matter (no penguins at the North Pole here).  You know you want to.

And don’t forget to vote on FlyingMouse’s adorable gigantic kitty sub, another study in questionable proportions (what’s off scale: the cat or its catch?):

I don’t consider myself to be a tough voter, but the fact of the matter is that there’s generally a lot of subs on Threadless that fail to win me over.  But not this week!  I just finished scoring several fantastic designs.

Up for your voting pleasure, a handful of my top choices:

The sheer amount of detail in this occult-based design is incredible, but what’s even more incredible is the quality of the detail.  The result is a big, bold print that’s not overwhelming (the lack of bright colors helps tone this down).  Every time I look at this, I see some new detail that I missed the time before.  Whether or not there will be an issue with copyright on the use of the Rider-Waite tarot card series (the artist hand-drew altered renditions of the cards) remains to be seen (I’m no lawyer or expert on copyright law), but regardless, this has earned a solid $5 from me.

My verdict: $5 (View submission)

Another phenomenal sub from Slaterock.  Dark, bizarre and utterly fantastic.  I don’t have the foggiest idea of what’s actually going on here, but that doesn’t matter.  The color scheme has the same pop factor and color scheme as one of my Threadless guilty pleasures, Derby Of The Damned, but without the half-nekkid ladies, which may or may not be a good thing depending on your views on the scantily clad female form.

My verdict: $5 (View submission)

While this isn’t my normal cup of tea (or, rather, slice of cake) and the colors aren’t quite me, there’s something about this design that makes me smile.  Maybe it’s the gorilla hanging from the candy cane (a la King Kong), or the balloon animal lounging at the bottom of the design or maybe even the hand protruding from one of the cakes/buildings, proferring a triple-scoop ice cream cone, but, whatever the reason, this design is instant sunshine.

 My verdict: 4 (View Submission)

Who doesn’t love national monuments coming to life and rampaging through cities?  Not I.  The best part of this design?  Teddy Roosevelt’s tiny stature; resulting in his hanging, futilely attempting to help in the destruction by looking ferocious, several feet above the ground, while his fellow Presidents rampage through Washington, D.C.

My verdict: 5 (View submission)

Another beautiful, eco-inspired design.  Although Green is on one of the most reviled of all Threadless tee colors–the unassuming and (frankly) boring white–it’s beautiful enough to pull it off.  That’s not to say I wouldn’t like to see this on another tee color if it gets printed (and I hope that it does), just that it’s a rare design that has enough oomph to win me over in spite of being on white.  I fully admit that I’m often drawn to shirts sporting a deeper environmental message (Infinity MPG is a favorite of mine), but the fact that a shirt has just such a message doesn’t automatically win a nod of approval from me.  Green, however, is as beautiful as it is meaningful.

My verdict: 5 (View submission)

 Every now and then a design is submitted thats simplicity is at the heart of its beauty.  This is one of those designs.  It’s clean.  It’s colorful.  It’s beautifully drawn.  And the colors are gorgeous.  Brazilian Spirit proves that the subject matter of a shirt doesn’t have to be shockingly innovative, but that the execution and the final result can be just as important in making a design a winner (which I have faith that this design will be).

My verdict: $5 (View submission)

Even if you’ve never seen O Brother Where Art Thou or heard Big Rock Candy Mountains (a folk song that predates the movie’s soundtrack), even if you never wear shirts depicting alcohol or cigarettes (only in writing in this particular instance), you may find yourself clicking “I’d buy it!” on the scoring page for the sheer fact that this shirt is adorable, well-executed and charming in spite of it’s slightly-off-the-beaten-track subject matter.  Whimsical and strangely charming.  This design is a definite winner in my book and I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed, hoping that it gets printed so I can buy it and be forced to wear it on the weekends (it’s definitely not within the bounds of the dresscode in the school I work at).

My verdict: $5 (View submission)

Edit: This is an older post. Check out all active Threadless coupons here. 

Hey kids. Just wanted to post an update to my earlier post about Threadless coupon codes and the sale. Jake reminded me that like all $3 off anything coupons, FACEBOOKCOUPON is deactivated during the sale, but you can still use COUPONITDOTCOM for $3 off any $15 or more order. (And look for an LT coupon after the sale…)

$10 shirts! $17 for 2 shirts! Crazy! ¡Vaya con dios!

(EDIT: Hey, look, Threadless makes a liar out of me twice in a row. Apparently it took them a bit longer to deactivate the rest, but all coupons are inactive during the sale. Still, $10 buck shirts. Comon.)

If my Threadless submission instincts are to be trusted, this incredible design by Ellswhere is bound to be printed sometime in the near future:

It has ninjas. It has pirates. It has ninjas and pirates battling to the death to determine who will reign supreme. Incredible color choices, gorgeous, lush detail and mind-boggling composition are what set this design apart from other attempts to settle the age-old debate. And these aren’t your stereotyped, cut and paste battlers, either. Each and every character in this design, be he pirate or ninja, is unique. There’s even a parrot! And a ninja who looks like he’s trying out the Wolverine look for a while (left-hand side, upper middle - look for the claws).

My verdict: $5 (I’d give it higher if I could.) (View Submission)

And, on another note, while Chris has already put his two cents in on this submission, I feel like it deserves another bump (and another mini review).

Continuing in the same vein as his incredible Select, In Oceanic Fashion, Slaterock has submitted another amazing piece of artwork for your voting pleasure: In Pachydermic Fashion.

Not only does this new submission have all the random charm of his Select, it has the added bonus of having an elephant in the design. Sharks and elephants and deep-sea divers, oh my! Does it make sense? Not in the slightest. But that’s the point. It doesn’t need to. Just the fact that it’s an incredibly detailed and gorgeously colored piece of artwork depicting two waifish ladies, dressed in the epitome of haute couture fashion, perched atop a rather snappily dressed elephant should be reason enough to love this design.

My verdict: $5 (View Submission)