Yes, a contest. Aren't you all so excited? What's the prize? Well if you win, you get to keep your life! HAHAHA! *Cough* Okay, just joking. This isn't Saw I, II, III, or IV, so we'll skip that. Though, I am dying to see that flick, get it? ALRIGHT! I'm done with the dumb jokes, geeze lay off! Now really, down to the real reason you are reading this journal.

What am I providing as a prize for this competition? Well number one, I'm giving you guys a few deviations to throw up on your own DeviantArt. Yes, this is a sort of design competition with a prize and purpose. What everyone will be submitting to me is a t-shirt design. It can be anything you want, this is all for you guys. I don't have any stipulations. I have restrictions on what I can replicate and produce, but make it whatever you want. You can enter as many times as you want, enter once, twice, 400 times; I don't care. From all the submissions, I can sadly only pick THREE winners. The winners once announced, will need to contact me, because I will be taking their design that they submitted and making them FIVE shirts in the sizes they specify. The design can go on the front or back, where ever really.


1. Don't go bat shit crazy with colors. I'm not made of money for starts, and it becomes a pain in the ass doing too many colors. Try and keep it down to 4 colors please.

2. Try and avoid excessive amounts of text, cursive/script fonts, and very very small text. I know this may suck, but I do want you guys to understand, I cut these stencils by hand on acetate plastic with a razor blade. I mean, I'm not a surgeon okay? However guys, if you have a great idea for your shirt, and it needs a script font, contact me personally, let me know and show me what you got. I will okay it if I like the idea, otherwise I will let you know.

3. Try and avoid floaters, I will explain and show you what this all in a moment. If it's completely necessary and you don't use a large amount of them, it will be okay.

4. Try and avoid layers upon layers of ink, once again, pain in the ass and is trouble when it comes to me cutting the stencil.



Here is an amazing example, the only thing I would avoid here is the stroked outline, it is possible to do though.


This, is awesome, just avoid any potential floaters.


Very cool, multiple colors, but possible none the less.



Simple cute, text isn't too bad, maybe a bit bigger, also the gradient wouldn't be possible to replicate but none the less a good example.



Totally cool, I would totally do this, just avoid doing the hands, that'd make me want to commit suicide.



Very cool, totally unique, something I'd definitely do but just with this avoid the veins getting too small at the end and the floaters. I would do some but not too many.



I was going to pick out a work from this guy and throw it up as an example, but I just couldn't not let you guys view his whole gallery. His t-shirt designs are amazing and I'd be happy to do any one of them. Just keep in mind, avoid too many floaters, too much text, and too many colors. Also just make sure if you're doing something whispy and flowing not to let it get too thin at the ends.


Example of floaters.

Okay you see the red outlines I assume, what a floater is in this case is I'd have to cut out a separate piece of plastic that I would have to secure down, so when I roll over with the ink, it would not go into that area. Like I said, some are okay, but doing go nuts with them.

For a t-shirt template, use the one by GoPurifyYourself.
Vector shirt resource.

Have fun with this guys, seriously, this is an opprotunity to explore a new avenue if you haven't, and get something cool out of it if you win. You guys have until December 1st, at 5 pm EST to submit your Deviation's/Entries. The way to submit this is, I will be posting a Deviation soon displaying the contest, when you go to enter, leave a comment on the Deviation with the link to your entry posted on your DeviantArt. Thanks all for reading! If you have any questions at all you can contact me at:

AIM: XJacobRyan
MSN: JacobRyan@Gmail.com (Same as my e-mail too)
MySpace: [link]


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