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Dan Mumford has inspired many with his intricately drawn illustrations. “Perfect Tee” by Sven Palmowski which won at Design by Humans. It features a collage of overused hand-drawn elements in a cute and clever way. Heavy Illustration The past few years saw a rise in extremely heavy illustrated t-shirts. Just about every popular shirt on Emptees was an elaborate drawing. Artists were oneupping each other seeing who could get even more detailed. The designs featured lots of figure drawing, advanced lighting, texturing, shading, etc. It was as if artists were creating full page comic book covers and putting them on a shirt. This trend saw a lot of talented artists like Dan Mumford and Godmachine take off. They were using the t-shirt as a platform to showcase their artwork and were getting lots of love and exposure for it. THREAD’S NOT DEAD • Jeff Finley The Hand-Drawn Look This trend seemed to come and go rather quickly. A combination of “anti-digital” efforts and the popularity of Napoleon Dynamite, the cute hand-drawn look took off. The “bad-on-purpose” look was exploding. We also called this trend the “3rd grader art” trend. This design by Matheus Lopes won Tee of the Year on Emptees in 2010 Zombies, Horror, Gore As far as subject matter is concerned, we saw LOTS of bands and indie clothing companies hiring artists to make zombies or other horror and bloody imagery. Whether it was zombifying celebrities, or trying to gross-out their friends, this trend took over. I can<strong>not</strong> say why blood and guts were showing up in a large percentage of designs. Perhaps some of the more talented artists grew up on horror films, and, due to their own popularity, the rest of the community followed suit. Designing for Tees 40
“Beauty is a Black Hole” by Jeff Finley. You can learn how to create this design in a 2 hour video tutorial on Wacom Illustration Techniques available at http://arsenal.gomedia.us THREAD’S NOT DEAD • Jeff Finley IV design techniques & tutorials “Wisdom is <strong>not</strong> a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it” — ALBERT EINSTEIN Design Techniques & Tutorials 41
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