04/14/2014 Top 3 Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

April 14, 2014April 15, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

04/14/14 Top 3 Pick; Crows Before Hoes

“Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children…” Sorry Ygritte, but Jon’s a man of his word. I enjoy that this simple design is mostly typographic. The basic white serif typeface has a similar treatment to the Game of Thrones font including the parallel lines in the “O”s.

Thank You Five Finger Tees

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04/14/14 Top 3 Pick; Naskart

“Here we go!” Now this is a sport I could watch! Banana peels, red and green shells, mushroom boosts, and the all powerful blue shell; combine that with the colorful characters of Mario’s universe and you’ve got one exciting race! This design is very similar to the iconic Nascar logo, which conveys movement and is quite fitting for the race theme.

Thank You Dann Matthews

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04/14/14 Top 3 Pick; Some Men

“If I have to have a past, then I prefer it to be multiple choice.” A man with nothing to lose is frightening. A crazy psychopath, detached from reality, hellbent on making the world as twisted as he is, AND he has nothing to lose? Somebody call Batman! This chaotic design is perfect for a for a crazy villain. His wild hair is interesting and reflects his insane mind. His mouth looks like a sinister red bloody grin. I enjoy that the typography is treated the same, irrational and mad.

Thank You Grafx-Guy

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04/07/2014 Top 3 Picks- Daily Shirt Designs

April 7, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

04/07/14 Top 3 Pick; Mother of Dragons

Mhysa! If I were a slave in Game of Thrones, this is one tattoo I wouldn’t mind having! This is a classic Sailor Jerry tattoo style design. It’s a simple design composed of thick outlines with basic colors and bold shading on an antique cream color base.

Thank You davequiggle

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04/07/14 Top 3 Pick; Wings of Freedom

Whether you’re a scout, in the garrison, or just a new recruit, it seems death is coming for you. Humanity is not safe. Not from the titans. Not from itself. This stable composition nicely combines the various objects. While the gray-green tones set a hopeless mood.

Thank You Crumblincookie

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04/07/14 Top 3 Pick; Winter’s Coming

Watch out Cap, the Winter Soldier is coming! This is a wonderfully timed mash up, pitting the season premiere of Game of Thrones with the weekend release of Captain America: The Winter Soldier. I can’t imagine this villain would go over well with the Marvel Universe’s own Stark, Tony Stark! Very nice rendering of the figure using dark tones on black. Wonderfully detailed guns radiating in the background are a wonderful sword substitute.

Thank You Gentleman Bob

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04/04/2014 Top 3 Picks- Daily Shirt Designs

April 4, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

04/04/2014 Top 3 Pick; Beyond The Wall

Are you ready for the premiere this Sunday? I am!!! Here we have Jon and Ghost manning the wall with the Night’s Watch. Everything seems calm but “Winter is coming”. The white walker looms large overhead, the threat beyond the wall. All of this is contained in a wonderful oval composition. Nice icy whites and light blues on a navy background. Interesting use of negative and positive space.

Thank You Once Upon A Tee

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04/04/2014 Top 3 Pick; Through The Fire

This one would be pleased to wear this shirt. The mother of dragons and breaker of chains. The Unburnt. Daenerys Stormborn. Surrounded by her Dragons (Viserion, Rhaegal, and Drogon), Dany looks like “a simple girl who knows little of war”. However, the ranks of Unsullied in the background show her true nature as a force to be reckoned with. Watch out Mereen! The composition of the design surrounds the center figure, visually giving her importance. I enjoy the various sizes of the dragons giving them the effect of flight. Wonderful use of warm, arid colors on a maroon background with a refreshing touch of sky blue.

Thank You Once Upon A Tee

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04/04/2014 Top 3 Pick; Red Queen

This formal and strict governess is ready for a game of chess. The artist’s different sinister approach to the infamous red queen is stunning. Her beautiful facial features and the wonderful details to her garment and headdress are prim and proper. Justly fit with baroque style background. You’ll lose you head over this design!

Thank You MedusaDollMaker

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03/31/2014 Top 3 Picks- Daily Shirt Designs

March 31, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

03/31/14 Top 3 Pick; Dreaming Of Electric Shreep (sic)

The answer to the age old question posed by Philip K. Dick. The novel would later be adapted into the better known film, Blade Runner. The artist nicely depicts the book title by using cute round figures. The artist effectively portrays the android logo as a sleeping figure while keeping it recognizable by use of form and color.

Thank You TeeTurtle

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03/31/14 Top 3 Pick; Rock, Man!

Remember that 80’s metal band, Mega Man? Well, maybe it was a video game but this shirt definitely rocks! For those in the dark, Mega Man was originally known as Rock Man in Japan (of the Roll variety). Awesome pixel design. I love the large scale of the typography in the foreground. The extreme angles in the letter forms and gradation give it a totally 80’s appearance.

Thank You BiggStankDogg

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03/31/14 Top 3 Pick; Direwolf Winter Lager

Dorne can keep their wine, give me beer! I can just imagine the barrels fermenting in the crypts beneath Winterfell with all the Stark ancestors. The design is clean and uses a single color on a gray background. The old style etching quality and the organic forms on the sides of the design give it a beer label appearance. Remember to Drink Responsibly!

Thank You BustedTees

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03/30/2014 Top 3 Picks- Daily Shirt Designs

March 31, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

03/30/14 Top 3 Pick; The Big Tourist

Chuck Palahniuk — ‘Marla’s philosophy of life, she told me, is that she can die at any moment. The tragedy of her life is that she doesn’t.’ I know you’re not supposed to talk about it, but I have to break the first two rules of Fight Club! Instead of the Narrator/Tyler, we have his morbid counterpart and link to reality, Marla. The use of a somber color palette visually conveys her mood. The out of focus background expresses her lack of interest to her surrounding world. Her face is wonderfully translated in the graphic novel style using varying lines and halftones.

Thank You Halfmoth

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03/30/14 Top 3 Pick; Hunter’s Moon

This warrior is ready to hunt. This is an interesting combination of the Predator warrior as an asian style samurai warrior. Wonderful use of brush strokes to create the figure. I very much enjoy the target symbol of the Predator as the red signature at the bottom right corner. The predator glyphs also very much resemble asian characters, adding a nice touch and balance to the composition.

Thank You Qwertee

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03/30/14 Top 3 Pick; Billy The Mad King

What do we say to the god of death? NOT TODAY! Or maybe today? This shirt is available only today! Awesome details revealed from the inter green glow. wonderful bilateral symmetry composition. The shading is smooth using different green tones with a hint of yellow, especially around the enthralling eyes holes.

Thank You Phillymar

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03/14/2014 Top 3 Picks- Daily Shirt Designs

March 14, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

03/14/14 Top 3 Pick: Obey Khaleesi

Bold, empowering symbol. Head of her own movement “with fire and blood” to take back Westeros and rule. This classic Shepard Fairey propaganda style demands attention. This shirt comes in 3 different color options, red, pink and blue. I enjoy the design on red best. On a red background the figure’s hair looks like fire adding to the theme of mother of dragons. The artist was able to reach a high level of facial details with simply, will formed color shapes.

Thank You Tom Trager

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03/14/14 Top 3 Picks; Star Power

Great Action Adventure design! Having the hero standing tall with his lady in distress lower by his side in the foreground visually conquers the villain in the background. The artist did a great job of using the iconic Star Wars image and effectively working the foreground, mid ground and background. Beautiful color scheme. The soft colors, specially the teal on the dark blue, and minimal use of lines in the mid ground gives it a misty, haze effect exhibiting aerial perspective. The large scale villain in the background visually represents the epic task to vanquish.

Thank You Creative Outpouring
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03/14/14 Top 3 Picks; Soul Mates

Watch out men! This shirt definitely contains the art of seduction. Gorgeous forms in flirty posses, with smooth doll like faces. Using cool color tones and a wonderful gradation of colors to display high detail. The color palette pops by using the bright teal to highlight in contract with the deep indigo for shadows. Detailed, geometric, art nouveau backdrop filled with horror references.

Thank You Megan Lara

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03/13/2014 Top 3 Picks- Daily Shirt Designs

March 13, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

03/13/14 Top 3 Pick; Obtainer Of Rare Antiquities

Loving the single color shirts today. Interesting use of space to show duality. By placing one figure within another and changing the scale of the figures, the artist shows hierarchy between the adventurer persona “Indy” and the Doctor persona “Dr. Henry Jones”. All you need buy along with this shirt is a fedora to complete the ensemble and watch out for SNAKES!

Thank You Olipop

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03/13/14 Top 3 Pick; X-Mutant Yellow

Did I mention I love single color designs! While this shirt is offered in two different color options, I definitely enjoy the yellow on blue color scheme most. Strong, rugged, and masculine, both character are ready to clash. Simply lines define the negative space to reveal each character. Using the rough texture instead of a flat X figure adds depth. I can almost see a vs. sign between both figures with the phoenix symbol driving a wedge between them.

Thank You ClevaGurl

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03/13/14 Top 3 Pick; The Night I Dark

Yes, I know, another Game of Thrones shirt. There are still a million Dr. Who shirts and slim pickings for other subject matter.

I greatly fancy this style. Mixing high detailed, realism, line drawings with handcrafted typography. The hatching and cross hatching texture on the raven nicely shows highlights and shade on the figure. Specially the shine on the dark feathers. The typography is nicely, unevenly wrapped across the body to show the birds rounded shape giving it dimension. This shirt is a nice way to send a message.

Thank You APSketches

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03/11/2014 Top 3 Picks

March 11, 2014March 11, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

03/11/2014 Top 3 Picks; Born of Fire & Born of Snow

I couldn’t pick between both designs! both are absolutely stunning and wild. For both the background image is chaotic, fierce and powerful which also describes the Game of Thrones. The simple silhouettes are both descriptive and add depth using scale.

Thank you Twenty27 Design

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03/11/2014 Top 3 Pick: Pokebusters

Gotta Catch-’em All! I very much enjoy the mash-up of subject matter and execution. The artist was able to accomplish a great amount of detail with limited color. Using highlights on a dark background the image has a paranormal glow.

Thank you One Upon A Tee

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03/11/2014 Top 3 Pick; Winter is Coming

Check out these shirts, pick out your favorite House. If I lived in Westeros I would hope to live in Winterfell so of course I picked out the Stark’s sigil. Also available House Greyjoy, Baratheon, Arryn, Lannister, and Targaryen. All designs are well composed, simple, bold and unformed. All color coordinated and containing details from each house.

Thank You Letter-Q Artwork

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03/10/14 Top 3 Picks of The Day

March 10, 2014March 10, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

03/10/2014 Top 3 Pick; Inara’s Shuttle of Love

Sultry, dark, sexy and smoky. Very nice composition, nice lines and forms. The royal shades of purple and gold give that design a rich glowing seduction.

“A companion chooses her own clients, that’s guild law. But physical appearance doesn’t matter so terribly ,you look for a compatibility of spirit.“―Inara describing how she chooses her clients

Thank You Bamboota

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03/10/2014 Top 3 Pick; Game of Thrones A- Z

Fun and Educational! I enjoy this shirt very much. The artist nicely personified each letter. The details and the use of the positive and negative space of each letter character nicely illustrates the Game Of Thrones characters. I am also definitely counting down the days ’til April 6th! Season 4 starts!!

Thank You Mike Boon

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03/10/2014 Top 3 Pick; Hunter For Hire

I would definitely hire a Boba Fett Jäger for alien extermination. While I love the complete design there some changes I would personally make. I feel the starry background and “outer rim” is not necessary and detract from the overall design, sometimes less is more. Just the figure and the typography and the foreground is quiet delightful. I still really ejoy the design and the subject matter.

Thank You B.C. ART DESIGN

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03/09/2014 Top 3 shirts of the day

March 10, 2014March 10, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

03/09/14 top 3 pick; Westeros Story

I would feel oh so pretty in this tee. I enjoy the simplicity of this design. Being able to convey a message using simple shapes and limiting the palette to 2 single colors is challenging at times. The design visually conveys The West Side Story cover and the events of the Game of Thrones show. I also happen to look good in Red.

Thank you Gordon Brebner Designs

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03/09/14 top 3 pick; Ye Old Butcher Shoppe

Scary! The design has very nice details including the scare factor. I can almost feel the Chainsaw! Very nice typography imitating The Best Little Whore House in Texas. I enjoy the earth tones of the design on both back and brown options.

Thank you FlatTop Frankie

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03/09/14 top 3 pick; A Link to the future

From the choice of weapon to the mode of transportation and wardrobe; the artist did a very nice job of mashing up Marty McFly and Link’s appearances. A clever title nicely communicated by the design. I also may have selected this shirt since The Back to the Future Trilogy are some of my all time favorite movies!

Thank You Fanboy30

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