James Bond’s driven lots of cool cars, but the Aston’s and the BMW’s don’t come close to what this 1976 Lotus Esprit could do.
It’ s now available for sale very cheaply as petrol prices are rising and cars fitted with weaponry aren’t in fashion right now.
It comes with lots of extras as you’d expect, but due to slight water damage offers will be considered.
Get in quick to secure your piece of history..
There’s millions of Star Wars T-Shirts on the web, and even more with some inspiration from the style or characters from the films.
I really like this one from GaffaUK because it’s not trying to be a massively detailed technical masterpiece, it’s trying to pack in a whole film into a single colour ‘infographic’ style design.
Just keep looking and you’ll find more and more scenes you remember. Can you recognise them all?
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Most have grown up in an age where the ‘compact’ cassette tape was outdated.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.
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!
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.
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.
I was bowled over this week when I was asked to be interviewed on the excellent Grandia Design blog
Read my responses to the curly questions and check out Grandia’s designs on Redbubble.
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.
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
I’m attempting to get a list together of sites worth looking at to do with T-Shirt design.
I’ll be updating it as and when something new pops up.
Check it out at my Journal at Redbubble.
The Sinclair ZX Spectrum was a revolution for a lot of 80’s kids, and this shirt harks back to those days when programs were something you copied out of a magazine or loaded from a cassette tape.
Say Hello Spectrum World
I’m a creative geek living in Melbourne, Australia who writes software by day, and creates T-shirts and other designs by night. This is all of course when time and motivation allows.
It’s probably accurate to say I dabble in things other than software to keep my creative side happy. I was always a keen musician (guitar, drums and keyboards) but am now happy to dream of the ‘greatness’ I never achieved. I may surprise myself yet… I might also get round to finishing my list of gig attendances one day.
I like to take pictures of things that interest me, and am becoming and increasingly keen photographer.
I occasionally write technical articles, produce the odd bit of freeware, and record technical thoughts on my Codebureau blog. Anything left may end up on this blog – but that’s rapidly turning into my world of T-Shirts!
If you’re interested in hiring me for contract development work in the Melbourne, Australia area then take a look at my skills timeline to see if I might be able to fit your needs, then contact me right here.
