Thursday, October 15, 2009

Design By Humans

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What is Design By Hümans?
DesignByHümans is a place for people to submit, discover and buy amazing custom t-shirt designs created by artists from around the world. Based around an ongoing t-shirt design contest, all of the designs you see on DesignByHümans have been submitted by our community. Headquartered in Irvine, California, DesignByHümans officially launched in July 2007.
Who's Behind DBH?
The DBH team is motivated by a passion for design and the use of t-shirts as a medium for expressing creativity. Feel free to drop them a line, they would love to hear from you.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

SwishSwosh T-shirt Designs

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The Hundreds T-shirt Designs

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Threadless T-shirt Designs

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Big Cartel

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Big Cartel is where artists set up shop. We provide clothing designers, bands, jewelry makers, crafters, and other artists with their own customizable store to sell their stuff online.
I have found Big Cartel particularly helpful to look at as a source of inspiration. It's brimming with all the latest trends of clothing and illustration. It has helped me realise what competition i have out there against my t-shirt designs and how different my simplistic approach is. These are some pictures taken of the different websites linked to Big Cartel.






















Johnny Cupcakes

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Illustration Inspiration...

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As part of my practice I've been looking at illustration and trying to find new illustrators that inspire me. I've found this particularly useful for my current t-shirt brief. Some of the following I have collected recently to help me progress with my own designs...