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Death by Stealth – SOTD #35
Posted By Brent on January 16, 2010
They travelled in disguise to other territories to judge the situation of the enemy, they would inveigle their way into the midst of the enemy to discover gaps, and enter enemy castles to set them on fire, and carried out assassinations, arriving in secret…shhh
Truly, Death by Stealth.
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The latest shirt of the day is by zerobriant, a very strong designer and all around great guy.
One of the great things about this print is the way that the sword is printed all the way up the collar, like it’s about to slice my jugular and have blood spurting out everywh- oh, nevermind. A little too gory?
Anyway, this is simply a great shirt.
Zerobriant has had several great prints at Design by Humans, as well as other shirt contest sites. What separates this designer from the others (including completely great designs), is his generosity. It seems whenever he wins a print at DBH, he celebrates by giving away several of his shirts.
He sent me this copy of Death by Stealth when I won a contest he had with an earlier print, Once in a Blue Moon.
Check them out, buy them, and wear them. You will not find a nicer artist to support!
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Merry Hothmas – SOTD #34
Posted By Brent on December 19, 2009
Continuing on with the Christmas-themed shirts, here is Merry Hothmas!
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The origin of this shirt is obvious to most, but if you’ve lived under a rock your entire life and don’t know the Star Wars reference, watch the video below.
In The Empire Strikes Back, there was a battle on the planet Hoth, in which the evil Empire had these monstrous attack vehicles called AT-AT’s (All-Terrain, Armored Transport).
The artist, Aegis, portrays the snowy, frozen scene on Hoth as Christmassy, and gives the Empirical AT-AT’s a Rudolphian appearance to take it to a whole other level. A very clever mashup of Star Wars and Christmas.
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It really makes you want to rip open a Tauntaun for shelter…
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Greetings from Krampus! – SOTD #33
Posted By Brent on December 5, 2009
You know what’s missing from the holiday season? Unimaginable horror.
So to ring in this Christmas Season, here’s a heartwarming story:
Did you know that in most cultures, Santa Clause does not travel alone? In most parts of the world, Santa comes and gives presents to good little boys and girls, but for the naughty boys and girls? Well, Santa’s counterpart Krampus comes and dispenses warnings, punishment, and sometimes just takes bad kids away in his napsack.
Traditionally, young men dress up as the Krampus in the first two weeks of December, particularly in the evening of December 5th. And as I’m posting this on December 5th, what timing!
Missmonster has designed a lot of great shirts, and this one is too.
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Really gives new meaning to “He sees you when you’re sleeping, he knows when you’re awake, he knows when you’ve been bad or good, so be good for Krampus sake! …”
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today’s awesome.
Posted By Brent on December 2, 2009
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and apparently this dog has ongoing issues with this, as evidenced by his owner making him wear a helmet to prevent him from hurting himself….
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The Invasion has begun!!!
Posted By Brent on November 24, 2009
I’ll occasionally give ya a glimpse into my closet, highlighting a Shirt of the Day. In doing so, I’ll usually reference where I acquired said shirt. Today is a little different. I’ll tell you about the site, but no specific T. This is because the site is brand-spanking NEW!
TeeInvaders is a site that just descended upon us yesterday, and is definitely one to watch. TeeInvaders will put up a new design every 24 hours, print it on a super-soft blank, and sell it to you for a great price of $9.
Their mission statement reads:
TeeInvaders is a community of awesome artist and t-shirt lovers with one goal in mind, “To rule the universe”.
At least they set their goals high!
TeeInvaders is run and curated by Tom Vidal, an all-around great guy, and truly deserves this to be a raging success. If you’re into great designs and unique, one-of-a-kind shirts, check this site out often!
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Tired of the Tiger Face! – SOTD #32
Posted By Brent on November 21, 2009
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It’s been almost an entire month since I highlighted a SOTD, so I figured I’d drop this little gem on ya. At first glance you may be wondering “What the heck?!”
Yes, indeed. It’s a tiger getting punched in the face. A left hook, if I’m not mistaken.
WHY???
Well, first of all, there are many great factors about this design. I think the color combination of this shirt are fantastic. The orange and black on burgundy goes together extremely well. And the actual line work and water-color effect is superb, especially the way the water-color paint seems to be flying off the tiger face. And of course I really like weird, quirky, or unusual designs that make people scratch their heads. This is one of the latter.
The story behind this design is that the T shirt world had become completely overrun by shirts with Tiger faces on them.
Evidence as follows:
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See???
Aren’t you tired of them already? Just one tiger-face shirt after another.
So WinterArtWork decided to make a design based on this backlash of a regal species, and named it accordingly- Tired of the Tiger Face!.
But even without this backstory, the design stands on it’s own as a combination of great colors, excellent artwork, and a wonderful print job on the softest shirts anywhere.
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Happy Veteran’s Day
Posted By Brent on November 11, 2009
From my family to you and yours,
Happy Veteran’s Day
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and Thank You for anyone who has served or is serving. It is not forgotten.
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what I did on my IronMan day…
Posted By Brent on November 8, 2009
Yesterday 4 of my friends competed in IronMan Florida. For the uninitiated, an IronMan Triathlon consists of a relaxing 2.4 mile swim in the Gulf of Mexico, followed by a jaunty little 112 mile bike ride. Oh!- and then lace up your Shox and go run a full marathon- 26.2 miles to end your day.
To do this, it takes the above-average human somewhere between 10 and 17 hours, with 17 hours being the official cut-off for the race finish.
Throughout the day, I followed their progress on-line, as well as text back and forth to their support teams and family’s.
I thought it would be interesting to list some of the things I did yesterday while my friends Dan, Talmadge, Steve and Spencer did their IronMan:
* When the race started at 7:00am, I spent about an hour skimming the internet, reading and responding to emails, sipping coffee, and had some quiet time in the house before anyone else woke up.
* I did two loads of laundry. Towels and Gabe’s clothes.
* I ran 6 miles. ( any other day, I’d probably feel good about that, lol )
* Came home, stretched, and spent time with my wife before she left for work for the day.
* When my daughter Casey woke up, I kept her company while she ate her poptarts (Cookie Dough flavor).
* I cut my hair.
* I showered and cleaned up.
* I made lunch. (nothing special – just a sandwich, banana, and yogurt)
* Gabe woke up, so I talked with him as he ate his poptarts (Hot Fudge Sundae flavor)
* Casey had her friend Sydney over, so I entertained them, was subject to their movies and videos they made, and helped with computer issues they were having. Microsoft is the Devil. Sony is only slightly less evil.
* I took my dog Boomer for a walk.
* I went and visited our friends the Tidds, for a couple hours. Maggie and I ate at Taco Bell. We went to CVS for candy. We rented a movie. I also met their new puppy Cleo. She’s cute.
* I came home and did two more loads of laundry. More towels and a load of shirts.
* I watched a movie. (Wolverine, which I would recommend if you like such things).
* I cleaned the litter box.
* I took out our trash.
* I fixed a door hinge that had broke.
* I transported my son and his friend out to go see a movie as well. Even though those two boys met two girls at the movies, it was NOT a date! It was simply two people meeting two other people to spend time together…
* For the remainder of the evening I spent time with Casey and watched her make a video from all the pictures and videos that she and Syd made during the day. I talked with Shellie, and I talked with Gabe and Dustin when they returned from the not-a-date. They saw The Box. Said it was weird and dumb. Thumbs down.
So I feel like I was really productive yesterday. I was active, I did lots and lots of things around the house, got in some exercise, spent time with everybody in my immediate family, hosted both of my children having friends over, entertained myself with a movie, and many other things.
But then- consider that during this entire day, then entire time I had done everything on this list (and more that I didn’t write down) that they were swimming, biking, and running. THE. ENTIRE. DAY. From 7:00 am until about an hour after I went to bed at 10:00pm, they continued to race.
wow.
Dan Thomas, Talmadge Reasoner, Steve and Spencer Sunbury….
YOU are an IronMan!!!!
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BAM! said the lady…
Posted By Brent on November 2, 2009
so my daughter was playing with her friend yesterday. They had this game where one would swing, while the other would roll one of those big exercise balls. If it was timed just right, the person would come down from their swinging at the same time the ball would get to them, creating a perfect kick of the huge bouncy ball.
Sometimes it doesn’t go as planned. Fortunately, Casey was recording.
And of course she had to do some fun edits and put it on her youtube channel….
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and…BAM! said the lady
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