Monday, July 26, 2010

Ceiling Obama T-shirt Extreme

I have been wanting to do a t-shirt to parody the beloved Ceiling Cat t-shirts that have been an internet craze for awhile.



So here it is in all of it's glory and specialness: Ceiling Obama T-shirt Extreme

He's makin a list, he's checkin it twice... gonna find out who's listening to Glenn Beck. Ceiling obama is watching you too...


You Like This Facebook Inspired T-shi

Ok so I was looking around online like I usually do and I saw a few shirts with this phrase. I thought to myself "I could do that better." So here is my own original version. I think it pops out more and the text is a little more pixelated.

So what do you think? A good t-shirt? A bad t-shirt? A dumb t-shirt?


Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Original Gamer T-shirt Design

Here is another one of my recent designs: I play video games:


I Play Video games shirt
I Play Video games by ofairel

I ended up drawing this old NES looking controller myself using my spiffy bamboo tablet and Painter program. I really like how the picture turned out, and hope it will click with old school gamers who still appreciate the old game systems. Instant nostalgia. Making gamer clothing is probably my favorite but I will post other types of designs very soon.


Monday, July 19, 2010

Showcasing my original t-shirt designs

I am very proud of my classic NES gamer controller with wings t-shirt design:


Classic Gamer Controller with Wings Sweater shirt
Classic Gamer Controller with Wings Sweater by ofairel
You can get it on all types of t-shirts, not just this sweater for guys up above. What I enjoyed most about making this design was the subject matter. I have always been into the classic nintendo NES and SNES games. This particular design is centered around the NES controller. The wings on it were just to make it look artistic. I tried playing with colors as well but still found the black and white design looked best. You can check out the rest of my gamer designs here: More Original Gamer t-shirt Designs.




Saturday, July 17, 2010

Top Pick of the Week: Push Button Receive Bacon T-shirt


Three stars from me!
I always wondered about those little wavy red lines. Could they be... bacon? Yes, push the button and receive the bacon!

This shirt is an instant classic. Bacon t'shirts are hot right now. What I like most about this t'shirt is that it is funny but in clean witty way. It's universal, attention grabbing ,and just silly enough you may want to tell a friend about it. Case and point.. who wouldn't love a shirt about bacon and bathrooms?

New Design

Welcome~
My name is Jamie and I am a t-shirt designer. This blog will feature many of my new original designs as well as other people's designs and why I like them. To start it all off here is one of my newer designs: I heart airship pirates

I heart airship pirates shirt

This design is kind of a shout out to steampunk. I have a special love for steampunk designs (it goes back to my cosplay roots). I actually have created a page just for the steampunk designs that I have found online.

This is what I love about being a t-shirt designer. There are so many niches that I can always be working on something I find fun and entertaining. Looking at other people's designs can be extremely motivating as well which is why I created this website. If you are a t-shirt designer I highly suggest spending much of your time researching other designs that are already out there. Think about why that particular design is so successful. In the end you will still need to rely on your own skills to create something original, but there is nothing wrong with learning from your competition.