06/30/14 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

July 1, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

06/30/14 Top Pick; Beets. By Schrute

Concept – Interesting pun cleanly executed. I really enjoy the well expressed beet figure based on the Beats logo.

Typography – The nice rounded letter forms are very similar to the Beats type and works very nice with the rest of the design. It blends so well it almost requires a second look.

Thank You BustedTees

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06/30/14 Top Pick; The North Remembers, Remembers

Concept – Wonderful visual mash-up of concepts: Arya Stark and V from V for Vendetta.

Composition – Well balanced composition with bold color fields works nicely for both characters.

Thank You Rasabi

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06/30/14 Top Pick; Late Night Delivery

Composition – Nice large moon with delicate, detailed silhouette.

Color – Wonderful red pop of color making the figure instantly recognizable.

Thank You Alice M

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06/29/14 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

June 30, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

So there are some really awesome shirts available today! Sadly, I had a very long day and did not get the opportunity to review the designs, but I still wanted to at least share! Enjoy!

06/29/14 Top Pick; Going Home

Thank You EdWoody

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06/29/14 Top Pick; Body Language

Thank Yon Jehsee

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06/29/14 Top Pick; It’s Simply Meant to Be

Thank You Tim Shumate

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06/29/14 Top Pick; Bride of Frank

Thank You ccourts86

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06/29/14 Top Pick; The Bride Dollmaking

Thank You Medusa the Dollmaker (always a favorite!)

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06/29/14 Top Pick; The Gillman

Thank You Beast Wreck

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06/27/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

June 27, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

What do you know?!?! A Doctor Who Day!

06/27/14 Top Pick; The Girl Who Waited

Composition – Beautifully balanced composition. The left and right side are not exact mirror images but are very similar and nicely balanced in color and form.

Lines and Forms – I really enjoy the impressionist style details in the background paired with the nouveau style frame.

Thank You OfficeInk

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06/27/14 Top Pick; Falling

Concept – Wonderful concept created by mashing up Doctor Who and Alice in Wonderland which deal with the change of time and space.

Lines and Forms – I really enjoy the sketch like quality of the lines in the background. Bold and expressive, they convey character and detail.

Thank You Karen Hallion

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06/24/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

June 24, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

06/24/14 Top Pick; Beyond the Sea

Somewhere beyond the sea
Somewhere waitin’ for me
My lover stands on golden sands
And watches the ships that go sailin’

Composition – Great sense of being submerged due to the contained large rectangular composition. The elongated design allows for both details above and under water.

Lines and Forms – Wonderful amount of simplified details. I really enjoy all the well-formed shapes within the design, incorporating both positive and negative space.

Thank You TeeBusters

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06/23/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

June 23, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

06/23/14 Top Pick; Guardian of Gotham

“The Hero Gotham Deserves”

Composition – Wonderful dynamic angles. I really enjoy all the complex geometric planes.

Color – Nice expression of space using a simple mono blue scale.

Thank You MAGMATA

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06/23/14 Top Pick; Guardian of Metropolis

The Man of Steel substitutes a man made out of steel.

Composition – Great use of geometric planes giving the design a deco aesthetic.

Concept – This design is very similar to the original Metropolis design only the robot is appropriately altered into Superman.

Thank You MAGMATA

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06/23/14 Top Pick; Spinner of Spells

“The princess shall indeed grow in grace and beauty, beloved by all who know her. But… before the sun sets on her 16th birthday, she shall prick her finger, on the spindle of a spinning wheel – AND DIE!”

Composition – I really enjoy the large dragon image behind the beautiful villain. The heavy purple areas nicely balance Maleficent’s figure.

Lines and Forms – Great use of positive and negative spaces to render various details within the design.

Color – I really enjoy the bright purple with the small bright green accents.

Thank You Harantula

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06/23/14 Top Pick; Wildling Encounter

Concept – Interesting mash-up of characters.

Lines and Forms – I really enjoy the cute little anime style render of both characters. I also really enjoy the negative space that details the trees in the background, also creating a nice field of depth.

Thank You TeeTurtle

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06/23/14 Top Pick; Gamma Rays

Concept – Interesting design which visually portrays the smaller Bruce figure trapped within the larger Hulk figure.

Color – I really enjoy the limited amount of color use to portray the infamous Hulk. The negative space figure within needs no introduction.

Lines and Forms – The long thin refracted hazy lines are a great way of visually showing the rays. They nicely delineate the Incredible Hulk.

Thank You Steven Lefcourt

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06/23/13 Top Pick; Watch the World Burn

Composition – Wonderful compositions on the front and back of the shirt! The front has a great sense of dimension. Joker seem to pop out of the background. The back of the shirt in beautifully intricate and balanced and nicely relates to the front of the shirt.

Lines and Forms – Wonderful amount of line work. Delicate and complex, the devil is in the details ;). Joker’s long grin is jaw dropping.

Typography – If I didn’t follow this awesome artist of Facebook, I wouldn’t have seen her hand drawn sketches. Her letter forms look this good in her sketches!

Thank You Medusa the Dollmaker

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06/20/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

June 20, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

06/20/14 Top Pick; Super Freeze Fighter

(Inserts Coin)

“Round 1, FIGHT!”

Concept – It would be interesting to see these match-ups since they all have similar powers.

Lines and Forms – All characters are nicely rendered in pixel form. The fighters are cleanly organized in the rounded corner square grid. I enjoy that some characters slightly pop out of their square.

Thank You Ryan Astle

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06/20/14 Top Pick; Where the Colossi Are

“Let The Wild Rumpus Start!”

Lines and Forms – Wonderful dark hatched strokes that give this design a similar style to the Where the Wild Things Are.

Concept – Brilliant mash-up! Interesting that Wander and Max both enter a forbidden land and encounter large creatures.

Thank You Louis Wulwick

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06/18/2104 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

June 18, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

06/18/14 Top Pick; Bete De L’Apocalypse

Great design depicting Hellboy as a prancing demon, labeled with his real name Anung Un Rama (“Upon his brow is set a crown of flames”).

Color – Nice creamy light yellow paired with the deep crimson red creates a nice contrast.

Concept – Interesting concept of having Hellboy look like the infamous French Quina Imp Poster.

Thank You Spicy Monocle

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06/18/14 Top Pick; Headlight Glasses

His side slicked hair, light gray suit, and bright red tie make Pee-Wee easily recognizable.

Composition – Wonderfully balanced frame around main figure. The horrors of the forest seem to surround poor Pee-Wee.

Lines and Forms – Each animal is nicely formed and rendered in an etch like quality. I really enjoy the bear in the top right. His open mouth and glowing eyes look amazing.

Thank You Dave Quiggle

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06/18/14 Top Pick; Dark Fiction

Both seductively appealing and horned, this is a match made in hell.

Concept – These two super villains would make an awesome evil team! These two would definitely “shepherd the week though the valley of darkness”.

Lines and Forms – Nice, clean simplified render of both characters.

Thank You Zerobriant

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06/17/2104 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

June 17, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

06/17/14 Top Pick; Alien Queen of Spades

Lines and forms – Wonderful line render of the Alien Queen.

Composition – Great balance, up and down and side to side. The outstretched arm and tail counters the large cranium.

Thank You Five Finger Tees

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06/17/14 Top Pick; One Man Army

Composition – Wonderful circular shield drawn behind our heroes head. It creates a great radiating effect, making him appear larger than life. While his hands shine bright showing might.

Color – Justly rendered in red, white, and blue this patriot is ready to defeat the evil Hydra.

Texture – I really enjoy the striated pattern running up and down, giving the design a dynamic feel while mimicking the flag.

Thank You Karmazero

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06/17/14 Top Pick; None Shall Pass

Composition – The frame nicely wraps around the knight. He stands balanced in the center as the branches lead the attention to his head and upward to the grail.

Lines and Forms – Wonderfully detailed frame and ornamentations. The thin dark lines give the design an old etched quality.

Thank You Mathiole

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06/17/14 Top Pick; Kong

Concept – Wonderful mash-up of King Kong and Donkey Kong.

Composition – I really enjoy that the design is tilted on its vertical axis giving the design excitement and a dynamic element.

Color – The gray field gives the design an old nostalgia appearance. While the red gives it a nice splash of color pop.

Thank You Djkopet

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06/16/2014 Top Pick – Daily Shirt Designs

June 17, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

Sorry guys! Nothing exciting to write about this weekend so I spent more time with my family. I also of course watched the season finale of Game Of Thrones! Hope all the Dads who follow my blog had an awesome weekend!

06/16/2014 Top Pick; Bad Apple

Lines and forms – Wicked awesome outlines. They nicely describe the Evil Queen disguised as the old hag versus the sweet Princess’ profile. I really enjoy all the hidden details within the forms of the design.

Composition – Do you see the apple or the faces first? Wonderful use of negative and positive space.

Thank You Harantula

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06/16/2014 Top Pick; Hobbit’s Nightmare

Lines and forms – Wonderful amount of details within this design. I especially enjoy the eye of Sauron created by the One Ring.

Composition – Although there are many things going on in this dynamic design it is well-balanced. Everything seems to frame the center nicely, drawing the attention to the center and the bright eye/ring.

Thank You Harantula – Both shirts are by the same artist and both available today at Teefury! Should be easier to buy both!

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06/11/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

June 11, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

06/11/14 Top Pick; Mistress of Evil

This dark mistress’ face looks positively angelic! I keep trying to buy this wonder artist’s original pieces but I am always too late! It’s okay. I’ll just keep buying her shirts!

Color – Wonderful greens and purples on the rich black. I really enjoy the pop of the red-purple collar plumage in contrast to the blue-green of her luminous skin. Her skin highlights sing.

Lines and Forms – Gorgeous, seductive face. Wonderful amount of details to her ornate headdress and jewelry. Interesting Baroque style background. It’s nicely simple so as to not distract from the foreground.

Texture – Nice shiny gloss texture. Her outfit and head gear looks smooth and shiny like black leather. I really enjoy how her trusty crow hides in the darkness as the highlights reveal its textured feathers.

Thank You Medusa The Dollmaker

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06/10/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

June 11, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

I love Game of Thrones. Deal with it. 😛

06/10/14 Top Pick; Fire Song

The first in a pair of matching A Song of Ice and Fire designs. That’s Game of Thrones for you non-readers. Here we have the southern kingdoms and their noble houses.

Composition – Wonderfully well-balanced and dynamic combination of components.

Color – Bright regal golden fire appearance.

Lines & Forms – Great amount of details on such a complex design.

Thank You Jonito

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06/10/14 Top Pick; Ice Song

The northern half of the pair. This design is a perfect foil to the other. See if you can spot all the details. It’s like a game of “Where’s Walder?”. Hint: the towers of the Twins are in there for House Frey.

Composition – While this design is slightly different again, wonderfully well-balanced and dynamic combination of components. All the components are slightly different from the other design but work well together also.

Color – Nice icy blues.

Lines & Forms – Great amount of details on such a complex design.

Thank You Jonito

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06/10/14 Top Pick; The Knight’s Watch

Texture – I really enjoy the distressed texture on the black areas giving them interest and complexity.

Composition – Great use of positive and negative spaces. The men create a dynamic balanced pyramid by their placement in ascending order.

Humor – Need I say more?

Thank You Allen Bao

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06/09/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

June 9, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

06/09/14 Top Pick; Leia’s Mortal State

Concept – Very interesting concept of mashing up Princess Leia with the Disney Haunted Mansion Stretch Canvas. I enjoy that this design seems to capture an unfortunate event.

Lines – Nice clean lines. Wonderful Disney style render of Princess Leia. I really enjoy the descriptive curving lines of Leia’s flowing gown. Wonderful R2D2 details on the parasol.

Composition – Nicely elongated composition. Leia looks peaceful and serene, but as you look down the monster is a scary surprise. Similar to the tragic Haunted Mansion Stretch Canvases.