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'Race the Rainbow' by Eozen

Sci-fi, and colour theory. What a wonderful mix.

Self-certified toyhead, graphic designer, dabbling photog, erstwhile entrepreneur, devourer of all media, Eozen's designs range from geeky to nerdy to not-so-geeky or nerdy.

You can see more of Eozen's designs on RedBubble and The Secret Life of Plastic on Tumblr.

['Race the Rainbow' © Eozen]

Phew... what a weekend!

Saturday morning kicked off with a message from a friend about some activity on my 'Doctor Pooh' design that I had posted up to Shirtoid [Web, Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook].
Shirtoid had decided my design was good enough not only to put up on their webpage, but to also blog on Tumblr... and that's where it all started. I have received so many messages and compliments about the design, it's really taken me by surprise.
So, I would like to say a massive ...

Prepare for Equestrian PWN'age

Clever design by Cassandrart who spent a fair amount of the day looking at customised ponies and had to do something about it.

I think it's time well spent. Certainly paid off.

This pun has been around since forever and I took advantage of it :B

'My Little Pwny' by Cassandrart

Design is at Qwertee waiting for your votes

['My Little Pwny' © Cassandrart]

'R2D-WHO & CYB3R-PO' by Captain RibMan

I've seen a few of Captain RibMan's designs dotted around, and must say that I have coveted most of them, but this one is just...well, spectacular.

Currently available on RedBubble, but has been submitted to 'somewhere' for pickup.

R2D-WHO & CYB3R-PO

I'm completely blown away by this one, and will be avidly awaiting its arrival in screen-printed format.
Well done Captain Ribman Sir!

['R2D-WHO & CYB3R-PO' © Captain RibMan]

"What are we going to do tonight Brain?"

Personally, I wish my brain could come up with a better title for this post. But it can't; and that's because it's currently engaged in loving this design by Zort70 on Qwertee.

I can't tell you much else about this designer, but if they keep producing designs like this one, I'll keep voting for them.

'World Domination Tour' by Zort70

You can vote for this design on Qwertee.

['World Domination Tour' © Zort70]

Designer: ScottiRobinson

The Multi-talented ("Designer, Skateboarder, Scribbler, Inker. Not all at once though.") ScottiRobinson caught my eye on Qwertee this morning with the following Robo-Cop inspired design...

'Ed Who?' by ScottiRobinson

... but I think you should REALLY have a look through the rest of his portfolio of t-shirt designs.

You can vote for this design on Qwertee

['Ed Who?' image © ScottiRobinson]

Starbuck's

No, I've gone gone mad and started adding apostrophes where they're not required. This is the title of my new t-shirt design.

Starbuck (original BSG) is a Viper starfighter pilot, gambler, womanizer and smoker of "fumerellos" or cigars. He'd probably have loved his own casino.

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Starbuck (new BSG) is a Viper starfighter pilot, gambler, maneater and smoker of "fumerellos" or cigars. She'd probably have loved her own casino.

STARBUCK'S

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Hike 'n' Chully to the rescue!

Bleee (Billy Allison) describes himself as "a 'slightly' skint animator living and working in Wakefield, Yorkshire UK (for now)". He has many great designs on his Qwertee page, but I love this one.

'Hike and Chully' by Blee (Billy Allinson)

Here's Hike and Chully... they'll do anything for money... no wait, that's the other guys, these guys will do anything for laughs (and bottle them up)!
Surfing the web as you do, I saw an image of Han 'n' Chewie in almost the same pose as Mike 'n' Sully... I just had to draw it and here it is!

I'd love to see this one printed, so click here to vote (registration required).

['Hike and Chully' image © Blee/Billy Allison]

"Don't rush me. I think you'll find it's worth waiting for."

"So's Christmas but you won't find me stuffing your turkey!"

This may not be a new design, but it caught my eye this morning and made me giggle.
A clever, reversed, take on the 'KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON' designs that are extremely prevalent at the moment (guilty).

Sid James and Carry On. Shirley Bindun?

Prolific [nay, obsessed - his words, not mine] t-shirt artist robotrobotROBOT has this one for sale on RedBubble for the bargain price of £15.12.

See more of robotrobotROBOT: RedBubble | Twitter

['Sid James and Carry On' image © Paul Harckham/ROBOTrobotrobot]

Look what arrived in the post today...

Deus Ex (Mystery) Machina

Yes, OK it's one of my own designs, but I had to test the RedBubble service and quality - didn't I? I get another t-shirt out of it too! BONUS! ;)

Anyway, RedBubble review coming soon.

ALSO... If you want a cheaper version of this t-shirt, head over to Qwertee(, register) and VOTE.

Review: Qwertee.com

Qwertee.com is another 'one-day t-shirt' site, but this time, based in Ireland. However, unlike its peers, Qwertee.com provide 'one-day t-shirts' that are chosen by peers and fans, based on a simple voting systems of one account, one vote.

Of course, like any other voting system, the voting system is open to abuse in the form of people setting up multiple accounts, but in my opinion, it's a better and fairer system; one that doesn't just let the designers post their submissions and then leave them to stew, with no feedback whatsoever.

Steampunk Alice

This is a design by Karen Hallion (KHallion) that I saw on Qwertee and thought I should share with you all.

Steampunk Alice

Karen's Bio

Karen grew up in Nahant, Massachusetts, She began pursuing art as a student at Swampscott High School, and after graduating in 1991, she spent two years studying liberal arts at the University of Vermont, before attending Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida. She graduated from Ringling in 1997 with a B.F.A. in Illustration.

Karen worked as an elementary school art teacher in Swampscott from 2003-2009. She also taught art at the Hathaway School in Swampscott, and continues to give private art lessons, and is enrolled in a Masters in Art Education program at Salem State College.

Karen's work has always centred around a general theme of fantasy, with a specific focus on mermaids. She is heavily influenced by the Art Nouveau movement, and Alphonse Mucha, as well as Audrey Kawasaki and Stephanie Pui-Man. Her work has been shown at the Off the Wall gallery in Newburyport, as well as the Gulu Gulu Café in Salem.

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For updates on shows and new work, see her Facebook Fan Page. Karen also sells her work via Etsy.

['Steampunk Alice' image and Bio © Karen Hallion]

CUBA

Another 'just for fun' idea that had been ratting around the confines of the old-grey matter for a while.

CUBA

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DON'T PANIC

Yes, OK, it's another one of those 'KEEP CALM' style t-shirts. This one is based on the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

DON'T PANIC

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Doctor Pooh

One for the A.A. Milne loving Whovians out there... cClassic children's literature meets family oriented sci-fi.

I personally love this one.

Doctor Pooh

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Deus Ex (Mystery) Machina

This idea had been in my head for a long time, so I finally transferred it from thought alone, to pixels.

Latin for "god out of the machine", deus ex machina is a plot device whereby a seemingly inextricable problem is suddenly and abruptly solved with the contrived and unexpected intervention of some new character, ability, or object. How could Scooby and the Gang get along without it?

Deus Ex (Mystery) Machina

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Roll up ♪♫ Roll up for the (Murder) Mystery Tour ♪♫

This concept wasn't 100% my idea and came about while my boss was describing an event he was involved in planning for a friend.

It was actually a colleague that married up the anniversary of John Lennon's murder with my boss's Murder Mystery night event, and uttered "Murder Mystery Tour" in my direction.

Murder Mystery Tour

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There is another version of this t-shirt, which has all the stars from the Magical Mystery Tour cover included (all drawn by hand).

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Peppa Stig

This is the concept that kicked all of this off for me.

This idea came about while my youngest daughter was happily watching her Peppa Pig DVD, and my son wanted to watch some Top Gear; I said that it was such a shame that Peppa couldn’t drive the ‘reasonably priced car’ around the track… hence Peppa Stig was born.

Peppa Stig

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