Reel Vintage Tape Deck – T-Shirt

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Reel Vintage Tape Deck T-Shirt by Matt Simner
Reel Vintage Tape Deck T-Shirt by Matt Simner

A Reel to reel tape deck isn’t something that most kids would even recognise these days.

Most have grown up in an age where the ‘compact’ cassette tape was outdated.

So, to provide a retro history lesson I present the ‘Reel Vintage Tape Deck’, a vector design complete with knobs and switches you have to actually ‘move’ in order to get things to happen.  If you can work this baby without getting wrapped up like a mummy you’re doing well.

The tape counter’s permanently stuck on 1974, which is coincidentally when this ‘vintage’ model is from.

This tee design also placed second in a music challenge in the Redbubble Retro Tees group.

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The Switch – T-Shirt by Naf4d

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The Switch - T-Shirt by Naf4d
The Switch - T-Shirt by Naf4d

You just don’t see thrillers with good ransom notes these days.

This one (written with an appropriately intimidating tone) is actually a great piece of ‘old school’ cut and paste from UK designer Naf4d

It’s actually interesting to see the variety of fonts on offer in publications these days – Times New Roman was your lot not so long ago.

I especially like how these days you don’t just randomly cut and paste from a black and white newspaper – it’s a little more complicated with modern technology digitally ‘retrofitting’ the technique…

I cut out the letters from magazines and stuck them to a piece of paper; then scanned it in; adjusted the contrast and levels a wee bit and then did a clipping path round the words.

I think it’s great – reminiscent of The Sex Pistols, when ransom notes, were ‘real’ ransom notes!

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I want my mommy!!!!! – T-shirt by Muscular Teeth

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I want my mommy! - T-shirt by Muscular Teeth
I want my mommy! - T-shirt by Muscular Teeth

Muscular Teeth is a prolific T-Designer, mixing hand-drawn art with technical fine detail and illustrative vectors.

This new design is a stand out for me as it really speaks the subject.  This little one clearly ‘wants their mummy!!!!’.  You can actually ‘feel’ the emotion welling up in the posture – it’s so well observed.

It’s cute, and sad, a great style and unmistakably Muscular Teeth.

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Stop! Lolly Time! – Kids love the lollipop lady : T-Shirt

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Kids love the lollipop lady
Kids love the lollipop lady

Kids already love the lollipop lady, but they’ll really love this one.  She’s pretty sweet herself, but performs a vital public service, value by all the little local munchkins.

They all love lollipops!

Nothing sinister here – just life as you’d love it to be.

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Also available in Kids sizes on MySoti

Dragonslayer for the win. Art by Simon Sherry

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Dragonslayer for the win by Simon Sherry
Dragonslayer for the win by Simon Sherry

Sometimes it’s not all about T-Shirts.  When you see some truly awesome work you just have to tell people about it.

Simon Sherry produces fantastic vector art – mostly seen on T-Shirts.  His work-in-progress collection of stylised playing cards entitled ‘full deck’ is just amazing.

This particular piece of art is a stand out for me, because it looks stunning even at a distance.  As you get closer you realise this is vector art, and you start to think – wow.

You get even closer and then see the real detail of the piece and you realise how truly good this is.

Green House – Energy Saving Lighthouse T-Shirt

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The energy saving lighthouse.  Powered by its own wind turbine, it silently does the job of saving lost eco warrior vessels.

This is a vector revamp of an originally hand drawn design, and the halftone pattern used for the ‘light’ is enough to enter it into a challenge on Redbubble.

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also available on Mysoti

Incidentally – this design placed in a ‘halftone challenge’ on Redbubble and got featured on the home page on 23rd March 2009

Redbubble Home Page 23rd March 2009
Redbubble Home Page 23rd March 2009