Split The Atom
The likes of Threadless are getting a run for their money these days as numerous other internet t-shirt vendors are getting into the design submission game. Many of these also bring fresh views to the table…
One of these alternate sites is the Yorkshire based likes of Split The Atom. At £15 a shirt on an American Apparel base, these ought to go fast. They even have designs by greatness like The Boy Fitz Hammond, Maki and the wonderful Jon Burgerman, so it can’t really go wrong now can it? The only sad thing may be that the whole thing isn’t really anything new and several of the designs closely reseble the style of those from an above mentioned venture. If you get one printed, though, you’ll be two hundred and fifty quid richer.
Honest Tee
The “I heart NY” tee is a classic and all fashionable girls should have one. The problem is that many of us have never been to New York. Threadless printed a version for all of us that are to honest to wear the original without actually having been to NY. It sold out fast though and I was too late to get it. So I am happy to announce that Threadless had now reprinted it. I have already made sure to get one this time! It’s $17 for girls and $15 for guys.
Slow Shirts
One genre of design I am down with is the naive crooked lo-fi sort. Slow Shirts (or Slow Loris Shirts?) seem to be down with this, too, so now I am down with them. Their intricate pencil-like designs are very nice indeed. They print at a maximum of one hundred of each piece, and they do it on AA’s. Shirts are $22 and shipping is $4 to the US, $5 to Canada and $8 for the rest of us.
Threadless $10 Sale and New Tees
I know a lot of you have been waiting for this one. Threadless is once again having a blowout, and all their tees are $10 a piece. At the same time you might want to have a look at this week’s three new prints. Skootsj on over and get your fix before the good ones are all gone…
!Note: The sale only lasts until this Wednesday at 10 am CST, so bee quick if you want some.
Sub Edition: Accepting Submissions
Here is another UK based, user designs submission driven online t-shirt store. Sub Edition Ltd. uses a more democratic model of payment than a lot of other submission sites. They pay the designer £5 out of the retail price of £20 per shirt sold. There are a couple of nice ones up there already, and I can’t wait to see what may come in the future. Looking though submissions there were some nice designs waiting for rating (though there were some awful ones too).
All designs are screen printed by hand onto FL Super Premium shirts, so these should be good.
Secret Handshake Sale
As sales are going: Today Secret Handshake got into the tub as they have started their own to-the-max sale at their website. Everything goes for $15 (although I do think they have some bugs in their cart as I got a $20 item) and shipping is $4 ($8 int’l). It’s only good for a week, and some items are already in low stock.
New Shirts at Camiseteria
The Rio based Threadless of the latin world Camiseteria have a lot of really nice fresh tee designs up for sale. Their designs contest pays R$ 500 and some, should you win, however much that might be. A tee is R$50 so I the prize is about 10 tees in any case. If anyone is able to translate, please leave some more info as a comment below.
News at Owl Movement
This is a good day for you t-shirt lovers, as Owl Movement has four spanking new designs in stock.
The designs are by Samuel Hernadez at Vector Fuel, C86 (who has also designed for Threadless and Monsieur T), 1988 and ooo000ooo.
Nesk
I came accross this site via a newly printed tee at LaFraise. Nesk is the designer, and be sure to check out his other stuff. He even has a spreadshirt store.
Get Printed
So you have have made the ultimate t-shirt design you say? And you are not currently the owner of either a screen printing kit or a heat press? So what do you do? You could run on over to CafePress or Spredshirt with your work, but is that really what you want to do?
How about having a look at some of the submission based t-shirt venues out there? This business models is spreading like the black plague, and it is really a good idea. Sites like Threadless get their designs for a mere $750 + $250 out of their stock (of which they probably earn back two thirds). They also get to print only the designs their users like ending up with products more likely to succeed. The customers are more happy even, getting the stuff they like. and last but not least the designers get to offload their ideas withouth having to invest time money or extra effort.
Above are some alternatives to whom you may send your designs for review. These are off the top of my head. Please leave more in the comment field if you know of any (note: your comment might be delayed if it contains many links).
There is also the possibility of submitting your work to other venues as well. Everyone loves to get suggestions, and if your shit is as good as you think it might get printed.