New Contest!
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The second installment of The Joy of Text is now in the voting process! The Joy of Text 2 - Textual Healing is a text-based tshirt design contest where designs must be hand-drawn. Full contest details, including dates, submission deadlines and contest rules are posted on the image link to the left. A special thanks to Staffell for, once again, creating and organizing the event, which has produced some amazing submissions.
To view all the submissions for The Joy of Text 2 please check out the gallery below or check out the JOT2 sub page. |
Community Contests and Themes
Design Not Illustration Contest
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DNI (Design Not Illustration) was a challenge to design something for a t-shirt that is interesting visually that has no illustration to it at all. It had to be made up of Color, Form, Shape, Line and/or Pattern. It was about Abstract Art that doesn't rely on a real or cartoon visual. To learn more about Design Not Illustration check out bortwein's original blog, and check out the winning designs here.
A special thanks to bortwein for creating and organizing the contest. |
Pinche Uno! - One Colour Contest
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The Pinche UNO! Contest was a tshirt design contest where each design must only have used one color. It was created to challenge designers to explore a different approach by limiting their medium and range. To learn more about Pinche UNO! check out the Threadies Pinche UNO! page.
A special thanks to stickymike for creating and organizing the contest. |
The Joy of Text contest
The Joy of Text contest ended successfully on March 3rd, 2006 with the top prizes going to:
A special thanks to Staffell for creating and organizing the contest, and Bramish, Funkie Fresh and Rock Deputy for all there help. And thank you to mmm...jones, funkie fresh, .moto., lenabean, xiv, Dr_Manhatten, Jennyfurrro3, Aktaion, (matthijs), zimfreak, narcissus_poeticus, WallsReallyWork, staffell, eskimokiss, franx, adam antium, fastjumper, sixwhitelies, akuheibaka, and She Says So for donating Street Team points as prizes for the winner.
Revolution
Travis Pitt's Revolution was not a contest so there are no winners to announce. Below is from the original blog written by Travis76.
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SUBMISSION REVOLUTION: December 1st 2005
Please note this is not in response to the threadless staff, judges or shirts that have been chosen.
It is an effort to change the shirts that can be chosen FROM, because winning designs have a tendency to dictate future submissions, and therefore, future winners. ..and we feel like we are at the point where we are looking at copies of copies of copies of inspirations.
We want to make it more fun to look through submissions, and harder to decide. We want change from stale, hack submissions.
A few of us are going to try to take tee design back to the simple, the elemental, the symbolic, the esoteric, the personal, and perhaps the more fashionable. I realize, as the king of cartoons, that this sounds odd coming from me, but trust me, I have more up my sleeve.
We are setting a date- December 1st or the week of- to submit these designs in an attempt to flood the subs with the alternative, which used to be the mainstream, but have been usurped by pop culture nonsense and heavy-handed (badly done, or in lieu of actual ability) vectoring.
Submit your sketches. Submit your dreams. Submit your iconography. Submit logos for non-existant factions. Submit images and situations that mean nothing at all and can't be explained by a witty title.
the rules are simple. design what YOU like.
I personally suggest not using an animal JUST to be cute or funny and no faceless people that are detailed in every other way, but i won't say no hearts or skulls because i know some of us can use them creatively.
Limiting yourself to one or two colors is not only a fun challenge, but more in keeping with our basic idea. Three good colors would be great. Don't settle for a realistic palette. Don't be afraid of text, but use it inventively, or at least cohesively!
I personally will shoot to have 5 by the due date. good luck, and god help us all.
mission statement- cut and paste if you want to use it:
This design is my own personal attempt at submitting art that I like and would gladly wear. Whether or not the result uses common imagery or ideas, I have attempted to use them in a new context, or way that fits me. I have not designed this shirt to try to please a select crowd or lifestyle. I have not gone for the popular or safe route as I may have in an attempt to secure votes. It is not a cry for attention or effort to get laughs.This is my design submission, and I think it would look great on a t-shirt.
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Thanks again to Travis76 for creating and organizing the Revoluion. The submissions can be viewed in the gallery at the top of the page or the thumbnails can be viewed here.
Battle Royale
Congratulations to the Battle Royale winners: 1st Place: "Cave Idus Martios" by ronlewis,
2nd Place: "The Pen(cil) is Mightier" by funkie fresh, and 3rd Place: "Battle Royale" by Rockslide.
A special thanks to Rockslide for organizing the event.
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