Unfortunately no great, amazing, fantastic shirt designs to blog about for the last couple of days. Then finally today there are 5! Here are my top picks for today. out of 5.
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.
Wonderful use of beautiful silhouettes. The various compiled textures used to create the field of color are interesting and curious. The bright teal, gradation, and texture give it a fantasy or other worldly appearance. The Cheshire Cat is the only thing depicted in another color. The bright purple definitely pops and is appealing giving the design a little variety.
Buy This Shirt! Waiting for Alice – also while you are on the site buying this shirt remember to vote for this awesome artist’s other design on Qwertee!
05/15/14 Top 3 Pick; Heroes
Awesome silhouettes! This design makes me feel like eating a slice of pizza; just leave off the anchovies! Each anthropomorphic turtle is divided up in to their own color slice. Each is rendered with their weapon of choice in an action pose. All four colors work well together. I love that each color sprays or splatter out of each frame. I also very much enjoy the slanted hatching on the corners of each frame giving the design complexity and a rough, in-motion quality to each Ninja Turtle. Cowabunga!
Guess what? More awesome silhouettes! Wonderful rich textures fill this design creating great positive space for the negative space figures. I enjoy the details in the smaller side image. I really enjoy the teal tones used giving the design a misty, magical nighttime quality. The Totoro spirit looms large over the girl, watching from the woods awaiting a magical adventure.
Once Upon A Tee is a weekly t-shirt site which offers designs for 7 days, unlike the daily sites. Once Upon A Tee offers a collection of designs which are usually part of a theme or franchise instead of the daily design model. You can either buy the whole lot for a reduced price, or pick any individual designs that catch your eye. Each design is something an independent artist created and submitted. Because of this, the styles and subjects can vary wildly and add to the excitement of buying these unique shirts. Once Upon A Tee offers their shirts in 3 styles: Men’s, Women’s, and Youth. They also offer hoodies, phone cases, and mouse pads if that’s your thing.
I recently purchased Tom Trager’s “Justice” design from them and I was thrilled when it arrived! Ordering my Women’s style shirt was a cinch. Creating an account takes only a minute of your time or you can simply check out as a guest. They conveniently offer payment via PayPal or major credit card. I recommend creating an account in order to accumulate “Rupees”, a form of currency which can be redeemed later for a discount on future orders!
I placed my order on April 20th and the shirt was shipped on April 26th. That’s 6 business days to print and ship the shirt which seems about right. From there, USPS snail mail took 4 business days to arrive at my doorstep. That’s 9 business days from purchase, to shirt-in-hand. My experience may have been faster than usual because I ordered my shirt on the last day of availability. Your time may vary based on when you order. If you order as soon as the design goes up, you’ll have to wait for the week to end before the printing process begins. Just a fair warning!
Now, onto the shirt itself.
First off, Once Upon A Tee did an extremely good job separating the ink colors. Each color seems to have been printed where each color was intended. I don’t see any unintentional bleeding of the colors or smudges. The edges are clean and crisp. The lines are even and straight. The colors themselves turned out very, VERY close to the digital image of the design. This is very impressive considering colors may vary from one screen to another. The half tones used in the background turned out very fine in the shirt. Last but not least, the output does look like Chris Evans!
The shirt used for the print is a Gildan brand “Ultra Cotton” tee, 100% cotton composition. The women’s medium fit me just fine. It was “straight cut” and not tapered like some women’s shirts. This leads to a somewhat loose but comfortable fit. Perfect for lounging around the house, showing off to your friends, or maybe even fighting crime!
My only nitpick or regret is I didn’t order the hoodie too! I love this design!
In the end, Once Upon A Tee is a fantastic site for patrons and artists alike. They offer many different designers an opportunity to share their work for an extended period of time and deliver those designs faithfully to their customers. If you’re on the fence about purchasing from this site, I highly recommend you do so. Once Upon A Tee didn’t just sell me a shirt, they ensured I would enjoy my purchase happily ever after!
out of 5.
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