05/01/2015 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

May 1, 2015April 2, 2016 | jjlockhartdesign

Hey, it’s May 1st. Who’s excited about Age of Ultron?!?! I am definitely watching this movie this weekend. I just have to find a babysitter or sneak out and not tell my husband. 🙂

5/1/15 Top Pick; Iron Tron

Color – Awesome glowing red flame and cool blue light effect.

Content – Nice mash-up concept with Tron.

Thank You djkopet

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Another movie I’m excited to watch this summer!

5/1/15 Top Pick; From the Ashes of This World

Color – BeastPop’s color schemes are aways radical! His designs aways POP.

Composition – Amazing artist! I love watching his process through Facebook. His compositions are aways very active, exciting, and well-balanced.

Thank You BeastPop

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Loving the season so far, but glad I haven’t read the books. The season sounds like it has been veering significantly away from the books.

5/1/15 Top Pick; The Last Hand Standing

Composition – Interesting combination of image and type. The type acts almost like part of the image.

Lines & Forms – Great simplified render of the Game of Thrones characters. I really enjoy how very little info is given in the background to reveal the characters.

Thank You Laughing Devil

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04/27/2015 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

April 27, 2015April 2, 2016 | jjlockhartdesign

It’s a Spirited Away Day! This is definitely my favorite Studio Ghibli movie! I met my husband in High School a long time ago, and this was one of the first movies he introduced my to, so it holds a special place in my heart. 🙂

4/27/15 Top Pick; Wonderlands

Lines and Forms – Too Cute! I really enjoy this anime style applied to both Wonderlands.

Color – I really enjoy the overall cream, cute, soft tones.

Content – Wonderful union of off-the-wall characters.

Thank You Saqman

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4/27/15 Top Pick; Spirited

Color – I love these blue tones paired with the soft cool cream color.

Composition – Wonderful play of negative and positive shapes.

Thank You BustedTees

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04/23/2015 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

April 24, 2015April 2, 2016 | jjlockhartdesign

WOW! It has been forever since my last post! To all my avid followers, I am sorry for the hiatus. My professional life has changed in the last few months. I am now a Graphic Designer for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts! Which has been awesome…

I still check out the different daily tee shirt sites regularly, but I haven’t had time to share. I hope to be able to make time going forward and share my favorite designs!

4/23/15 Top Pick; Speak Friend and Enter

Color – Great glow effect using contrast.

Composition – Wonderful use of positive and negative areas.

Thank You ddjvigo

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4/23/15 Top Pick; Yoda Best

Color – Nice, warm, earthy colors. I really enjoy the variety of colors on the banner giving it a glowing appearance.

Composition – Simple characteristic pose balanced with the round detailed frame and curved banner.

Lines and Forms – I love Tim Shumate’s bold lines and big eyes.

Thank You Tim Shumate

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4/23/15 Top Pick; Hells Kitchen Hero

Composition – Wonderful combination of balanced circles throughout the design.

Color – I love monochromatic designs. Simple positive and negative play.

Thank You TeeKetch

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4/23/15 Top Pick; Jill’s Herbal Tea

Color – I really enjoy the warm brown used for all the line work. It gives the design a warm, soft, comfortable feel. Like drinking a cup of tea would.

Lines and Forms – Adorable dopey eyes, nose, and ears. Cute!

Thank You Coinbox Tees

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02/17/2015 Top Pick – Daily Shirt Designs

February 18, 2015 | jjlockhartdesign

It’s a Snow Day here in VA! The ground is covered in nice white powder. Time to blog! What better way to spend the time indoors? Luckily there are two designs today that captured my interest 🙂

2/17/15 Top Pick; Son Of Hell

Composition – Nice simple bilateral symmetry. The round plate in the background nicely unites the two smoking guns in the foreground.

Color – I really enjoy the monochromatic reds with the limited cream color highlights.

Lines & Forms – Wonderful lines and forms in the details of the guns. I also really enjoy the geometry in the round plate. Hellboy’s face looks rough and is nicely highlighted by the thin brighter red lines.

Thank You Fernando Sala

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2/17/15 Top Pick; Project 626

Composition – Awesome radial symmetry. The many limbs and weapons nicely balance around the center. I really enjoy the light blue icon and text on the bottom of the design. It pulls the eye downward, stabilizes, and completes the design.

Color – Nice mix of warm and cool colors. I especially like the glow added around the entire design. For example, the light reflecting from Stitch’s nose, weapons, and even background.

Lines & Forms – Clean line work. I really like the dark and light outline around Stitch. It makes him glow and stand out from the busy round background.

Thank You Emilie B

She is one of my favs! Make sure to follow/like her on Facebook. She aways has awesome stuff on her page!

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02/06/2015 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

February 6, 2015April 2, 2016 | jjlockhartdesign

2/6/15 Top Pick; La Fille Du Feu

Lines & Forms – Wonderful organic lines and forms. Beautiful negative shapes in the frame. I really enjoy the 2D and 3D play. While the female form and drape look dimensional, the negative breaks in the frame flatten the image.

Colors – Wonderful variation of soft earth tones.

Thank You Megan Lara!

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01/21/2015 Top Picks; Daily Shirt Designs

January 21, 2015January 21, 2015 | jjlockhartdesign

1/21/15 Top Pick; Dark City

Composition – Wonderful play with positive and negative space. Like most of Kharmazero’s designs, it is composed of simple dark or negative space against a wash of exciting color as the positive space. I love that this designer is not afraid of stark contrast and he utilizes it wonderfully.

Color – The contrasting light and dark colors nicely develop the design. The radiating reds, yellows, and oranges create an attractive field for the dark city landscape.

Thank You Kharmazero

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1/21/15 Top Pick; Never Say Die

Lines & Forms – What a beauty! This designer’s female figures are breathtakingly gorgeous with an easily recognizable style. I love the thick wavy strips of hair. His typical big eyed beauties never fail to impress. I absolutely love the thick outlines and waving banners giving his designs a tattoo style appearance. As a part-time body piercer at a tattoo shop, I encounter this style on a regular basis. His lines, drawings, and sketches, which he frequently shares on Facebook, are just a beautiful!

Color – The wonderful shading technique nicely develops the forms and thus very little color is necessary.

Thank You Tim Shumate

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12/30/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

December 31, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

12/30/14 Top Pick; Samurai Wars

Composition – Wonderful balance and circular flow. The composition nicely leads the eye around the entire image.

Color – Wonderful muted cool blues with warm bold reds.

Thank You KindaCreative

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12/30/14 Top Pick; Kingslayer

Concept – Great mash-up. Jaime’s golden hand works nicely as a symbol.

Execution – The design elegantly conveys the concept. Simple.

Thank You alex.pawlicki

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12/30/14 Top Pick; Minimalist Nihilist

Lines and Forms – Clean minimal lines and shapes create this very interesting design. Its simple appearance nicely captures the concept. Sometimes less is more! I love the simplified bowling ball background.

Composition – Although the lines and shapes are simple, all the components are nicely placed together.

Thank You Mephias

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12/17/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

December 18, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

12/17/14 Top Pick; Vamping Beauty

Lines and Forms – What an alluring beauty! I love how the lines in her hair are mimicked in the lines of the roses around her.

Color – I really enjoy the deep, bloody red and brown tones.

Thank You Emilie Boisvert

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12/17/14 Top Pick; Kill Them All

Composition – Wonderful use of negative and positive space. The three negative space figures create a balanced triangular shape around the yellow glowing head.

Color – The deep muscle red contrasts well with the golden sun yellow.

Thank You Tom Trager

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12/07/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

December 8, 2014December 8, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

Awesome shirts on the weekend!! That almost never happens.

12/7/14 Top Pick; Bad Company

Lines and forms – The clean vector forms are wonderfully composed together to make a clean bold image.

Composition – The different components nicely fit together revealing an interesting sequence of events.

Thank You SXStudios

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12/7/14 Top Pick; Sacred Hunt

Color – Wonderful use of positive and negative spaces. The main light source coming from the center of the design nicely reveals the predator’s glorious portrait. The deep red alien numbers create a wonderful halo glow.

Execution – The high level of details and color definitely gives this design a divine glow.

Thank You Matt DeMino

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12/3/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

December 4, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

A great day for Alice in Wonderland!

12/03/14 Top Pick; The Flowers of Wonderland

Color Scheme – I love the warm colors in contrast with the cool blues and grays of the leaves on the navy blue background. Although there are warm and cool colors, they seem to harmonize well.

Typography – Wonderful looping script type. It nicely weaves through the field of flowers. It boldly serves at the main component in this design.

Composition – The typography slants across the field leading the eye through the flowers. The little Alice figure in the bottom right corner is nicely balanced with the smaller type in the top left corner.

Also, I love the little branches with buds which add decoration to the flowers. Can you spot the hidden white rabbit? Too cute!

Thank You Gemma Roman

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12/03/14 Top Pick; Curiouser and Curiouser

Lines and Forms – Megan Lara! Geez, master of expressing my favorite characters in an elaborate Art Nouveau style. Wonderful thick outlines. Beautiful floral motifs. Expressive hair and doll like faces.

Color Scheme – Wonderful muted earthy hues.

Composition – Elaborate frames which seem to visually retell the story.

Thank You Megan Lara

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11/28/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

November 29, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

OMG, all these crazy tee shirt site SALES! Shirts are always an awesome gift. If not, gift cards are available for all the shirt sites. Also, a lot of my favorite artists are offering sales on merchandise on the different sites. So remember to check out your favorite artists on facebook for links to their sites and sales.

TeeTurtle: all shirts on sale for $12 and 2 shirts battling every hour for $10.

WearViral: use coupon code DAYOFTHESHIRT to buy any regularly priced shirt for $12

Shirt Battle: 30% off everything

Global Thread Collective: free shipping domestic and international

TeeVillain: use couponCorruptedYouth3 for $3 off any kids tees

Fresh Brewed Tee andTimeyWimeyTees: use couponDOTS10% for 10% off your order

Once Upon a Tee: use coupon BF10 for 10% off your purchase

Threadless: all tees are $12 with free shipping

Shirt Punch: $6.99 shirt sale

TeeFury: use coupon codeblackfriday20 for 20% off everything

BlueBoxTees: shirts are $12 each; $10 each for 3+ shirts (and a free button)

Design By Humans: use couponDAYOFTHESHIRT15 for 15% off and free shipping

Wear Viral: use coupon SALE2014 for 35% off regularly price shirts

SnappyKid: use coupon DOTS10 for 10% of your order

(from Day of the Shirt site)

11/28/2014 Top Pick; Got Tea?

Concept- Self explanatory and completely comical.

Execution- Both portraits are instantly recognizable.

Thank You Marcoapc

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11/25/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

November 26, 2014November 26, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

So many awesome shirt, so little time. I looked through the different sites today and surprisingly found many designs I liked. I was working on a commissioned piece pretty heavily today for a quick turn around. Unfortunately, I didn’t have much time to blog today. But I will at least share my favs.