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Feed The Creature by: Ryan & Don Clark

thomas — Nov 26, 2008

So Invisible Creature finally launched their line and I must say I am quite impressed... and if you don't know who IC is you need to leave and never come back. These guys are practically our gods over here at we are synapse. A true inspiration in album and poster design.

With that being said it looks like they have put every ounce of effort that they do into their other projects into these. The prints look amazing and the IC tags on the sleeve are a super nice touch.

I'm for sure going to have to go pick one or two up.

Set Your Goals vs. Rockett by: dan mumford

thomas — Nov 25, 2008

So if you haven't heard of Dan Mumford yet you better listen up and go check this mad man out. He is responsible for the amazing work on for Gallows along with the new The Devil Wears Prada stuff. His line work and concepts and color and ... and ... are so amazing. I am waiting for him to toss up a few more prints so I can pick one up.

But back to the shirt. I am not a huge fan of band tee's, mostly because of all the annoying conversations they start up or back prints but I would wear this with no hessitation. I love the colors in it and how styled up it is. The band name also fits in so well with the overal design.

Yeah, go pick this up and check out the other new band vs. rockett tees on their site.

- cheers

Impossible Love by: Sven Grothe

thomas — Nov 24, 2008

Yeah so what, I like cute tshirts and this one is right up there with the best.

There really isn't anything to insane about it, just a nice little illustration on a shirt. I like the style of it very much.

It's a good shirt to start off a monday with.

You Don't Have To Know Beforehand by: ginette lapalme

thomas — Nov 20, 2008

I don't know what exactly it is about this shirt I like but I really enjoy it. The color is great, the placement is great, and I love the little expressions on the faces. For a simple shirt it sets a great tone.

I don't own it but if I get some extra, in the words of justin, "skrill", I will pick it up for sure. Who doesn't like looking at school photos?

If you havent checked out ginette you should. She has some really cool pieces in her portfolio.

- cheers

Frostbite by: Chad Lenjer

thomas — Nov 19, 2008

So if you don't know of chad yet you need to go check this dude out. His attention to detail is almost unrivaled in the apparel world... and I must say I am a huge fan.

So when you mix Chad with the EZ you know we are going to get something great, which we did. This shirt is so bad ass and so unique. I don't own it yet but its rumored kyle is going to send me a Christmas present of some shirts... eh eh.

Go pick it up, not many left!

socks! by: ashi dashi

thomas — Nov 18, 2008

Ok, I know these are not shirts but this site isn't just for shirts! Its all about cool fashion items and these socks are amazing.

Just look at those things, meat, cigarettes, paper, so awesome. Although I wear ankle socks I am so going to pick up a pair or two for when the weather finally gets cold here in San Diego so I can walk around in my flannel pj's and these bitching socks.

Go get you some!

King of the Jungle by: marky?

thomas — Nov 17, 2008

Yes! Its true, I am finally back to updating the blog! Things got so crazy with work and my personal life something had to give. And that was the blog, sadly. But I am back for good.

Starting back up the site is a shirt from the new glamour kills line. I am a sucker for these style shirts. It should be getting here in the next few days but if it is anything like their other stuff the quality will be nothing short of amazing.

But seriously, how awesome is this shirt! I haven't been the biggest fan of a lot of their work jut because it isn't quite my scene but this new line has a few killer shirts that I picked up.

And on a side note, if anyone wants to help me run i drank hit me up with an email. I am going to write a simple backend so I am sort of looking for a contributor or something along those lines.

Headless Horseman by: horsebites

thomas — Oct 20, 2008

Once again, sorry for the delayed updates. I finally got the system all switched over and I got swamped with work, which I guess is a good thing. But here we are again, a new week a new tee!

Designed by horsebites you know I am going to love it. The colors on this shirt are amazing... even though I am not sure I am going to pick it up. Its nothing against the design I just dont wear shirts with print on the back unless is an all over print (pattern like all over thing).

But don't let this stop you from picking up this shirt! Cheers.

Halloween Line by: kyle crawford

thomas — Oct 9, 2008

Its about that time for the new line to roll around and it went live on monday! I figured I would let everyone find this on their own for a few days but if you missed it (highly unlikely) then here you go.

Features some great work from Mr. Deal, Kyle, Rushing, HoriseBites, and Chad. Everything looks like such a winner. The new shirts, sweatshirts, and belts. So go check out the store and pick some up. There are also some wicked movie posters that you can buy while they are still in stock so you better hurry!

Swamp Party by: horsebites

thomas — Oct 6, 2008

Such an awesome shirt! I mean, a jaguar and a snapping turtle, does it get any better? I think not.

So go pick it up! Its a great shirt for horsebites for threadless select. The colors are perfect for october and you know your going to feel like a champ for even knowing who horsebites is.

Boom boom giggidy

dangerous by: draco

thomas — Sept 24, 2008

Yet another little span between updates, synapse is growing too fast! Haha.

Either way, I love this shirt. Not so much for the snakes / bird thing going on but I love how the snake weaves through the leaves. I know that sounds dumb but I am a huge fan of twisting and overlapping. The colors are awesome, variance in line weight is great... just a killer shirt.

Check out draco's portfolio, one of the first ones in a while I have seen and really made me go "wow". Awesome stuff with a very wide range of styles.

Dead Vogue by: no clue

thomas — Sept 16, 2008

Not to many people seem to know of these dudes, they have sort of flown under the radar but have established quite a following. Almost at the ranks of Cupcakes charging $35 a shirt.

I am not sure I am going to throw down the 28 for it but I do love this shirt. The image with the gold over print, I just love it. They do have some great decks as well that I really want to throw down for.

All in all, they have some amazing shirts and if I do end up getting some extra money in my pocked I would love to pick up a shirt or two.

Cheers

Soft as the breeze strong as a hurricane by: image620

thomas — Sept 12, 2008

Happy friday everyone! I know I am in need of this weekend far too much. Very long week over here at We Are Synapse.

I checked out dbh this morning and wow, I am in love with this shirt. The style, the subject, the textures, the placement, the colors,.... yeah, just wow. The shirt is amazing and I really hope to get one in the next few weeks.

I dont know a whole bunch about the designer but I have seen him on emptees a few times. I dunno, if you see this image620 hit me up with an email so we can find a little about you.

Love,
thomas

Nostalgia by: Ryan Lin

thomas — Sept 11, 2008

I dont know what it is about this shirt that I enjoy so much but I really do like it. Something about the simplicity of it and layout. I dunno, just speaks to me. I am sure a lot of the regular people that check out this site wont like it a whole lot but I'm fine with that! Haha.

Be sure to check out his portfolio. There is some really good vector work going on in it. I really like the one with the chameleon. That needs to get printed.

Cheers!... back to work.

Ice Cream Man by: marky?

thomas — Sept 8, 2008

Good monday morning everyone! Nothing like waking up to a crazy over flowing inbox from the weekend to get you started. I knew I had to look around at some new shirts before taking on that task.

And this is a shirt I loved. Ice Cream Man by Glamour Kills. As many of you know I am not the hugest fan of all the galmour kills stuff (mostly just the huge type tee's) but large format printing they own. These guys do great stuff with all over prints / designs and Ice Cream Man is no different.... even though its not an all over print, haha. Just an all around great shirt that I hope to get my hands on in the next while.

Well, time to start going through the inbox. Cheers!

Tree's Don't Grow in the Ocean by: chris sandlin

thomas — Sept 5, 2008

Wooohooo, got at least one update in this week. Things exploded for us over here at work with the new portfolio up and some other client projects going on. But I knew when Sandlin and I chatted that this beast needed to go up to round out the weekend.

Its a great looking poster and I really hope to get my hands on one, if not now I know I will in the very near future. Total Sockmonkee style looking poster and for $20 you get the poster + some buttons. Looks amazing.

Now to get back to work so I can see some of the big blue sky this weekend. Cheers everyone!

Braaains! by: ray frenden

thomas — Aug 29, 2008

Seriously people, its a ray frenden shirt for only $12! How could you not pick this up. Just go to threadless and hit up the back to school sale going on right now.

Its a great pattern belt printed on the shirt and knowing threadless the quality is going to be awesome. I remember seeing this a few months ago as a pattern he was just playing around with. Came out great it looks like. And if you haven't seen any of frenden's work its brilliant. We have had the opportunity to work with him on a project or two and a great design / stand up guy. Go check out his portfolio now for great zombie / monster goodness.

Un Censored by: Ross Zietz

thomas — Aug 28, 2008

Please tell me someone has picked up at least 1 shirt from threadless this week during their back to school sale. I'm not even going to back to school and I picked one up. Gosh.

Here comes a goodie from Ross. I love it because I spent a good 5 minutes trying to run through every bad work I have heard / made up to try and figure it out only to find its censored versions of bad words censored. Love it.

He's redoing his portfolio but you can check out his flickr account. For sure has some quality work going on in that thing.

Bunyan's Blues by: Ken Marshall

thomas — Aug 27, 2008

Gotta give it up for the shirts that have a little back story to them. And if you don't understand this shirt you need to go back and re-read some stories you were told when you were a kid.

And in keeping with the $12 sale at threadless this fits perfect. Poor blue..

Checked out kenny's portfolio and it seem pretty legit. The guy knows his way around an illustration in many different styles. Keep up the good work!

Foam Monster In Emotional Reunion With Severed Lim by: Aled Lewis

thomas — Aug 26, 2008

Lets get another $12 tee!

Had to rock the foam monster hand shirt on here. I love the illustration from it and I don't own enough tan colored shirts. Great concept from aled.

And after going to check out the portfolio I realized that a few of the designs and shirts I enjoy hail from over there. So you should go check out the portfolio because there is some great work going on over there.

Get It To Go by: Adam Benjamin White

thomas — Aug 25, 2008

In light of the threadless back to school sale I am going to put up some recent shirts over there that I quite enjoy.

The first one being Get It To Go. I dunno what it is I like so much about this one but I think its that it reminds me of garbage pail kids so much. How it leads you from common to what the f*ck so fast. The illustration is great, concept great, I'm not sure if I would wear it as a shirt but would kill to have a poster of it for the wall.

And little to my surprise when clicking the link to the portfolio it opens up with Craze one teams up with John Pound so its apparent to see where their inspiration comes from. Check it out everyone! And go get some shirts, they are only $12!!!!

Lonely Traveler by: Kmeleon

thomas — Aug 22, 2008

I think I first saw this shirt on emptees a while ago and wondered what happened to it. And apparently, this is what happened. It won at dbh!

Don't really know about the designer but they should have a great portfolio if I could find it.

Well, back to work so we can start our weekend!

AV by: Olly Moss

thomas — Aug 21, 2008

So how is it olly is yet to get anything on this site?!

I have no idea how I have gone so long without getting to him. I love his work. This shirt is great, I am not one to wear both front and back... or anything on the back for that matter but this is brilliant.

Your either really going to love it or your just an idiot. So go pick one up. And for sure go check out olly's portfolio. You will see several other shirts you have come across in your travels before.

Shark Attack! by: no clue

thomas — Aug 20, 2008

Yes, rockett is indeed having a sale and I picked up that knight shirt I wanted from a few weeks ago. I wish I had an extra $20 for this one but out of the two, I had to get the knight.

Don't let it sway you this is indeed another great shirt. Rockett seems to be doing a fantastic job on full prints as of late. I can't wait till the other one gets here so I can see how soft it is.

hairy pickle by: derek deal

thomas — Aug 19, 2008

Another shirt from the good buddy derek deal. Guy seems like he can do no wrong as of late and I am far to excited to see him starting up his own stuff! If you don't know about him already you very well should so go check out his portfolio and start running it through your mind on all the different shirts you have seen that were designed by him.

tomorrow is hump day? Giggidy.

biking viking by: horsebites

thomas — Aug 18, 2008

Sorry for the delays everyone! We finally had the other half of We Are Synapse stateside so I tool a little break from the blog to show him was San Diego is like... and now were back! So lets get back to business!

What happens when you mix some horsebites with derek deal and splash in some team doom... apparently its a sexy ass biking viking vomit party of doom.

I love this shirt, and from the beginning when they were playing the secret identity card I knew it had to be horse and deal. I just love this shirt. I need to get some more closet space and some extra money to pick one up... and great work on the color doom dudes, haha.

cmyk? by: master control

thomas — Aug 5, 2008

Gotta love this shirt. Its a great take on CMYK where almost all of the ones you see are just super stagnant. That and its got space suits, and who doesn't like space suits?

Congrats to Austin, I do believe this is his first shirt on I drank and its long over due. His style is great... one of the few people not doing clean vector, but not to the point it looks hand drawn. Go check out his portfolio.

Keith the Quiet by: Eric Terry

thomas — Aug 4, 2008

I love simple shirts! And many of you might not know that because of how many shirts are on here that are so overwhelming. But yes, this shirt is great.

Eric did a great job on this, and it even comes with a little poem about keith that you can read on his site. Guy knows his branding. I am going to be sure to pick this one up in the next week or two when a paycheck rolls in.

Great work eric!

Animals With Eyepatches. Yes! by: brock davis

thomas — July 29, 2008

The title basically says it all... sorry wish I could write more today but I have to get some comps off in the next hour so I can go get Glenn and his girl from the airport!

Go check out Brock's webby, its worth it. guy knows his way around an illustration.

big buck$$$ by: jaynajaynajayna

thomas — July 25, 2008

Its two huge bucks on a shirt, I love it. The print looks amazing and I really like how it over laps the sleeves. That is an nice touch that isn't too over bearing but strong enough that you notice it. Its cool how the ornate shape kinda frames the body of who ever is wearing it.

jaynajaynajayna probably has the hardest name to type into this database. I give her props for that! And for owning some killer shirt designs. I still need to get the bear one. I couldn't find a good portfolio for her so just check out her store... enjoy the sketchy hand written look!

And have a great weekend everyone!

80's Eddie by: derek deal

thomas — July 23, 2008

Sorry for no new shirt yesterday everyone! I woke up at 5:30 to start working yesterday so I could go hit up the tattoo parlor and see dark night in the after noon and I completely forgot about the tee of the day. But I must say, brilliant movie!

But seriously, its 80's tee! The one that beat me in the tee off.... bastard. Haha. I love this shirt, I need to order one. Its got all the best of the 80's on it in a killer garbage pail kids format / cut out.

Its designed by our buddy Derek Deal, go check out his portfolio, I promise you will have seen some of his work before.

Just go buy one!

Mister Mittens' Big Adventure by: Joe Van Wetering

thomas — July 21, 2008

So there goes another $21 of mine. Haha.

I knew the second this shirt became available somewhere I had to pick it up. I know they have something like this at Designed By Humans but the colors on this are amazing... a full chest print of a kitten with freakin lazers coming out of his eyes, awesome.

I have been checking Joe's portfolio from time to time to see what's up and for anyone that hasn't seen it yet, check it out. He has a really good hand drawn / retro style that I really dig.

Have a good monday everyone!

update: thanks to joe I am getting one of these sent to me in the mail! Woohoo, thanks duder. I cant wait to wear it.

Better Believe It by: no clue

thomas — July 16, 2008

As many know Glamour Kills isn't one of my favorite companies out there... it is very scene orientated which is something I try and stay away from. I dunno, hold it against me or not, I am not a huge fan of going to a show and wearing the same shirt as everyone else. Buy more power to Glamour Kills because they are slaying this market.

The thing I do like is how well the company seems to pull off full prints. This shirt looks amazing and when they get some more in stock I might have to order one of them just to see how it all looks / feels... but based on how fast they all sold out I have to say they must be doing something right.

doves by: Jonathan (yoni) Lax

thomas — July 15, 2008

I am not too certain I would wear this shirt but the more I look at it the more I like it. So yes, its growing on me... if I had more room in the closet I would buy one. Its nice to see a huge print on black, you dont see that too often.

Checked out the portfolio and its not too shabby, took a little time to find the work but when I did its all really good. Got that textured vector look that is quite popular these days. Keep it up.

More Reasons Not To Go Camping Print by: Chris Thornley

thomas — July 14, 2008

So its not a tee, what on it! This is an awesome poster that I would love to own. I haven't purchased any from threadless yet but from what I have heard the quality is prime. And who doesn't love limited edition prints?... they do have it in a shirt though if you want.

I was checking out Chris' portfolio and its quite impressive. The guy knows his stuff and seems very well rounded in more than just print design. I love his vector work while still keeping that sketching feeling.

Giant Bear T-shirt by: sasha barr

thomas — July 11, 2008

Free slurpee day at 7-11 so go get one!!! but in tshirt news:

This one comes recommended by Justin over at Always Clothing he was right. I dig this shirt. So simple which I love and from what he says the shirt is crazy soft also.

I had seen some work from this artist before but never realized they did shirts. I knew the posters he has created and really loved them. Fits in there with the best of them. For sure go check out the portfolio!

Ice Cream by: derek deal

thomas — July 10, 2008

It looks like number 2 for mr. deal on this site. Love how his work has progressed since I first noticed him. Usually not a huge fan of band shirts because I get sick of all the little scene kids seeing them and "oh my god you like blah blah too! They're my fave! The Singer is so hot!".

But yes, this is a sick band with an even cooler shirt. Love the battling ice cream. Pick one up, its only $14 people!

The Revolution Tee by: no clue

thomas — July 9, 2008

Although I am not a huge fan of the "street wear" style of shirts that are out there with girls on the front or things like that this shirt is amazing. The gold foil bullets that are on the back shoulder are great. Don't own it yet... if it was less than 30 I would pick it up but just love it.

A first for tank theory on this site I believe and I am not sure why. I have been a fan of some of their shirts for quite some time now. Expect more of them in the future on here.

Scuba Do by: thomas bailey

thomas — July 8, 2008

I was having a hard time coming up with a shirt today just because of how much I have going on... and this damn cold that wont seem to leave. So I went with Scuba Do by always clothing. A cute comfy shirt. Its designed by yours truly so I am doing a little shameless self promotion here.

take care

training by: Michael Valadares Ferreira

thomas — July 7, 2008

I have been a fan of this artist for quite a while now. I love his blend of vector and sketch style. Flows wonderfully and all of his pieces have a little darker edge to them which I really love.

But about the shirt I had to put this up here. Yes, I do love cute shirts and this is one of them. Make fun of me as much as you want but this thing is awesome. A baby monster practicing terrorizing a city... love it! My only issue is that I don't wear green shirts so I am not sure if I am going to pick this one up but it shouldn't stop you at all!

Knight by: colin strandberg

thomas — July 2, 2008

How sick is this! I dont have it but be assured when it becomes available in medium again I am going to be all over this one... no doubt am I just going to walk around with it over my mouth all day.

update: sandlin let me know this was designed by colin from the worksteady.

The Grip Tee by: no clue

thomas — June 26, 2008

So this is a contribution from Kyle, but I'm sure you could have guessed it.

Not sure who the actual designer is and there isn't a whole lot to say about it. Its jason's mask on a shirt, does it get any better? Not much. I love the fact thats a front and back print where as a lot of "full" prints are just patterns across the whole shirt, its a nice touch.

Once they get some smalls in I really want to order one.

open your eyes by: Ryan Miller

thomas — June 25, 2008

Its just a preorder now but this looks like its going to make a great shirt. Nice and calm looking for summer. Nothing too loud. I love the artsy water color look with the fine outline. Good stuff.

Totally fits in with Ryan's style. Everything he does has that hand drawn look to it and its nice to see that he sticks to that for all of his work. I do believe the shirt is going to be be printed on AA as well so I think I am going to have to pick one up when they are good and ready.

cake is awesome by: matt palmer

thomas — June 24, 2008

Heck yes it is! I'm not a frosting fan, more of a lemon bunt cake kinda guy. I had wedding cake this weekend, it was glorious... hence the lack of update on monday (got a tad behind on work so the blog took the blow)

But that aside I love this shirt! Normally I am not crazy into characters with little saying on them but this along with a few other recent ones I have noticed are making me think twice. That and its a brown shirt, I love brown. Not a whole lot to say about this one that isn't said by the cake jumping up and down.

Never heard of matt before this shirt but I stopped by his portfolio and everything looks very sharp. Each illy sort of has that joke feel to it which I kinda like. His style seems very cool and quite relaxed. For sure matches the style of the shirt which is nice to see instead of someone doing "whats in" just to win a contest. So stop by his portfolio and check it out.

All Work and No Play makes JACC a Dull Boy by: no clue

thomas — June 20, 2008

I am not entirely sure who designed this one, but one of those boys over at JACC must have.

Although it is a little pricey for me I love wearing long sleeve thermals (weather permitting) and when I rock this one I feel kinda modelish. I think its how much AA shirts shrink after you wash them combined with the subtle print on the front. Any stronger of a print and I think it would be too much because I am not one to really like long sleeves with anything printed on them... strange I know, but hey, its my site. So yeah, super comfy and you feel pretty good looking wearing it.

fine jersey short sleeve by: no clue

thomas — June 19, 2008

This is the ode to the 2001, anyone in the shirt world knows this shirt. It is one of the most comfortable thing out there and as you know I refer to the shirts on here being printed on AA, well, that means this shirt.

And as much as I love my printed shirts I do love a good blank solid one color and AA has over 30 to choose from... along with stripes and new textures being added all the time. These shirts run a little small so order a size larger than you normally are. Other than that, one of the most comfortable shirts I have ever warn and I love my solid black one to death.

Vampire Career Fair by: seibei

thomas — June 18, 2008

I love seibei's shirts! Everyone has a comedically great twist to it. This one has to be my favorite so far. This shirt uses his typical style of drawing that I really appreciate. I need to get around to ordering this one in the near future. Another few of his will make there way on here but for now, just think about it. "Are there many jobs out there for vampires?"

Printed on AA I believe.

beardo by: horsebites

thomas — June 17, 2008

Is it any surprize this made it on here? Horsebites + Electric Zombie... thats what I thought.

Just go get the shirt.

get hip or die trying by: eric ryan

thomas — June 16, 2008

This one is a very simple shirt and thats what I love about it so much. Its all type and color and its hard to pull that off and make it a shirt I want. Absolutely love the water color texture going on along with the font used.

I have another Snakes & Suits shirt and I love the feel of it. Printed on AA i believe with a nice thin ink so its super snug.

I dont really know much about eric aside from his snakes stuff but from all that it seems like he has watercolors down.

stay tuff by: kyle crawford

thomas — June 13, 2008

Uhhh, its stay tough. What else needs to be said?

This one is on its way here right now and I cant even express how excited I am for this shirt. This totally takes me back to my childhood memories. Its hard to find a good picture style full print, most of them are very busy which I do like but I love how strait forward and simple this one is. Going to be nice to have some blue on a shirt as well, I dont think I have any shirts with blue ink on them as the main color.

And knowing Kyle's dedication to quality this thing is going to be oh so comfy with an excellent print. Printed on tultex so you know its a good fit.

Any of his belts by: Eric Terry

thomas — June 4, 2008

Its about time I get some linty fresh going on in here. I am a huge fan of his shirts and belts, and pretty much anything else eric can come up with. Lets face it, this guy knows how to brand his merchandise so as soon as you see it, you know its linty fresh.

I will get some shirts up here over the next month or two but right now its all about the belts. I own the Hans the Monkey belt and it is my favorite one I have. I would like to get Lucha Azul one as well but thats later on down the road. Its a great belt, simple and colorful. Printed up by Greg over at miles to go so you know they are legit. Just one of those products I love and is so unique.

parasite by: A.J. Mohacsy

thomas — June 3, 2008

Damn, two DBH shirts in a row. What's the world coming to. I had another shirt planned for today but upon stopping by Design By Humans I knew this had to go up. Not a huge fan of red shirts but I really like this. I love the simplicity of the whole design by the complexity of the mouth. Its one of those there are more than meets the eye kinda thing.

As far as the designer I never knew about this person until I just discovered the shirt. So with that said go stop by his flickr account and check it out. I love the military toast design. His used of vector style line work on photoshop textured images is really pleasing to the eye. Would love to pick up a print if they were available.

big wolf! by: yeh teh

thomas — June 2, 2008

Another shirt where I know nothing of the designer. I checked out the link and it just takes me to a myspace page with some of their work. The stuff looks pretty solid, good vector work.

I love this shirt so much because its a wolf in space! Need I say more. Its a big chest print but with the printing DBH does it should be nice and soft after a wash or two... and watch out, the dbh stuff shrinks a little bit when you wash it just like AA so order a little bigger.

The Optical Illusion Kid by: Barak Hardley

thomas — May 30, 2008

I don't really know a whole lot about the designer of this shirt. Checked out his site and I really like his robot series paintings.

I think I love this shirt so much because of the Escher-esk style of it where looking at it just makes you feel puzzled and out of place. One of my favorite artists of all time so of course I would like this shirt.

The print is great like almost all the threadless stuff as of late so for $15 go pick it up.

soldier by: Steven Dunn

thomas — May 29, 2008

I dont really know anything about Steven outside of his work... and his vector work is uber clean. Up there with the like of Hydro74 and TWhite.

I love this shirt because of the hand drawn ornate. I am a huge huge ornate fan. Have been for the longest time (have it tattooed around my wrist) and this ornate work is some of the best I have seen. The colors are amazing as well.

Don't own the shirt so I cant really comment on it as far as quality but I would love to. And if you see this Steven shoot me an email so we can learn a little bit about you.

Wild Things Hoodie by: skull with hair

thomas — May 28, 2008

Sorry all for the lag on updates, between work and my computer deciding to not start up I am getting a little behind. The next few days could be pretty rocky as far as updates go.

Its about time to get some neon colors up here. I saw this sweatshirt and fell in love. So in your face, glorious. I am not sure who actually designed this pattern but it looks pretty sweet. I am curious to how it fits though because it looks custom made. If anyone has one let me know how it fits / feels... unless of course pyknic wants to send me a goodie box full of their stuff (then I can update you all, wink wink). ~~Also if anyone knows who designed it let me know.~~

Ok, back to trying to fix my computer. (and I'll try and keep my posts more regular faith)

update: derek let me know that skull with hair designed this pattern for the guys at pyknic. If you wanna see some excellent dick illustrations for sure check out his portfolio. I warn you though, once you see his work your going to start seeing dicks in everything.

Hairbangers Ball by: derek deal

thomas — May 27, 2008

It was a holiday yesterday and thats why I didn't update the shirt... don't get mad at me!

But figured I would come back from the long weekend with an amazing shirt that just came out. Everyone know's im not a huge fan of wearing shirts with band names on them but seriously.. it's darkest hour! A burly ass band. The shirt is designed by Derek Deal, an amazing designer from florida (there is way to much talent out there) and its been awesome to see his work improve over the last few months. Seeing his work shift more from imagery to wacom drawn has been nice.

Either way go get this shirt along with several other from victory records that got a nice new batch from popular designers.

Huge Type Looks Sweet by: matt

thomas — May 23, 2008

"Huge Type Looks Sweet"

... enough said. Matt has some cool designs but I think his strongest are his text based designs. This one along with his new design with all the fonts just pop to me. Printed on AA you know its soft and feels oh so good. Not to sure how many of these bad boys are left so pick one up so that he can reprint and I can get one in my size.

a is for apple by: annie koelle

thomas — May 22, 2008

I really know nothing about this designer. And I wish I did. I checked out their site and the about says coming soon. So, if your the designer and you ended up reading this please tell us about yourself!

But back to the tee... this is for sure the next in line to order. Kind of reminds me of my apples hate orange shirt just with the leaves and what not. Love the unique placement and being from DBH you know the print is amazing.

update: Awoke to a nice email from annie this morning (designer of the tee). Found out that she is mostly a gallery style artist who figured that it would translate well for this shirt... and it did! She is doing some work with recycled paper that you can check out at her store. She said she will be updating her site soon with more work and I am going to hold her to that, I would love to see more work.

Color In The Dark by: Sebastien Cuypers

thomas — May 21, 2008

Yes, this shirt is from threadless. I don't own a whole lot from his company anymore just because my tastes have shifted. But every once in a while they do come out with a shirt I love. "Color In The Dark" being one of them.

I don't really know anything about this designer, it as just seeing the shirt on my monday morning website rounds. Love the colors on black. I wonder how the print is? Being that its threadless I'm sure its pretty well. But going through their portfolio I did start to recognize a piece or two I have seen before.

Very cool vector / photo combo's. Worth checking out.

Burton Light Camo by: chuck anderson

thomas — May 20, 2008

Another amazing production from no pattern. From what I read he was commissioned to design this just for an event. No words on if it will ever be fully manufactured yet but I really hope so.

Like all of chucks other work is is full of vibrant colors and glows. Love it.

update: thanks to nick who let me know this is going to be in next years line. So expect the mountain next year to look like a giant rave because everyone is going to be sporting it.

Migratory Pattern by: FRESHFAUXX

thomas — May 19, 2008

Had to put this one up here. Its up on DBH but I doubt it will be for much longer. This shirt is amazing. So great I had to order two, one for myself and one for Glenn who lives down in Australia(the other half of synapse).

This is right up Herman's style. The grit yet beauty in vector lines. I am very anxious to get this in the mail. Hopefully it will be here today or tomorrow. He is one designer I have been following for quite a while now. His use of color just blows me away... not to mention how much he destroys every t-shirt contest out there. So if you run into anything that says designed by Freshfauxx just pick it up, because sooner or later your going to regret you didn't.

Expect more about it when I get it in the mail. Such as fit, print thickness, etc.

Robot Takeover by: micah lindenberg

thomas — May 16, 2008

This is the first of many non-shirt things that is going to go up on this site. But I love this wallet. I dont own it yet but when the next pay check comes in I would love to order it.

Not a whole lot to say about it that you cant tell by the picture. I do believe its printed on AA canvas wallet. I have owned one of these before and they are very good wallets. Enough room for what you need and forces you to ditch that $5 off coupon you have been holding onto for the sushi place down the street for the last 3 years.

Either way, I believe it was designed by Micah from over there. I could be wrong so please correct me if I am. But it has been really nice to see his work progress over the short time of following them. Expect to see a few shirts of their new line featured on here in the near future... *cough*vintage pipes*cough*

Hip Hop Hibernation by: ed pincombe

thomas — May 15, 2008

The first go ape goodie to get on the site and a might fine one at that. A super soft shirt and the print is super thin. Printed on AA I do believe.

I would write more but I have to run out the door... expect more later.

But also check out ed's other work. He has a ton of detail in all of his shirts. I think a few of them are over at threadless. Go now, look.

all is vanity by: sr. lopes

thomas — May 14, 2008

This is the first of many shirt up on Designed By Humans that I feel is worth mentioning. There is some serious talent on that site.

But I know my site right now is mostly checked out by fellow empteer's. So a lot of you might not actually know of this artist. Sr. Lopes hails from Brazil I believe. His style is hard to describe but should be well appreciated. A strong sense of texture and color plays up quite well in all his pieces, and especially well in this tee 'All Is Vanity". Don't tell me that isn't one of the most beautiful art pieces on a shirt right now.

Expect a lot more on this site from him! And please do check out his porftolio. It is very appealing.

I do believe this shirt is sold out up to mediums (so large and above is still available). Maybe you can all pitch for a reprint.

yucko by: horsebites

thomas — May 13, 2008

This shirt is a prime example of one I want but don't have. Come to think about it I dont have any rockett shirts yet. But when I do this will be the first one I order.

~~Ric~~ er, I mean horsebites did an amazing job. One of the shirts I would for sure consider art on a fabric medium (I would love to hang up a print of this as well). It really sticks true to his style of art. Tips to point spot a horsebites design: eyes, guts, animal skulls, hands, and amazing line weight. I'm really looking forward to adding this one to my collection.

I would love to know how its printed. Just because I know some big prints on black can feel thick and plastic like. Just wondering if they went with a discharge ink.

for the win... anyone spot the naughty?

homie bear by: chris sandlin

thomas — May 12, 2008

Figure we will start this site out with one of my favorite shirts I own right now. Super soft, great colors. And come on, its yogi bear dressed up as flavor flav. Just pick one up... and don't worry. Its available in both guys and girls tees.

Its printed on american apparel shirts so it does run a little small when you order it. So just keep that in mind. Well worth the $22.

And the guys from pyknic were awesome when they sent it out. Came with some stickers, a little photo book, and a hand written note from the guys thanking me. Was a nice touch.