T-Shirt Blogs Round Up: Co-Tee TV, Intense Foil'age, and Clothing Line Advice

Blake is a guest blogger from You Design It, a company that specializes in custom t-shirt printing. This post has been edited by Rangga

It is that time again where you trust us to bring you some of the top recent blog posts covering t-shirts. This week we covered quite a range of posts and topics. Hopefully you haven't seen them already and you find a few you like.

• Take a Swim! by The Printed Mind from Hide Your Arms
  Andy sure knows how to find them. This post features a t-shirt you'll surely want to see because it is colorful, oversized, full bleed, and much more. The Printed Mind appears to have quite a bit going for them.


• Inspiration: Amazing Typography T-Shirt Designs via Fudge Graphics
  I am going to mix it up a little bit with this one. It comes from a pure design blog, featuring a list of amazing typography T-shirt designs. Fudge Graphics is known for their expertise in the design field and I think you'll agree with their list of type tees.
  
  
• Co-Tee TV Episode 33: Naylor New, Scooters and Hell on Wheels by Coty Gonzales
  It is hard to do a t-shirt blog link up and not include Coty Gonzales. This guy gets after it day in and day out. His regular video show, Co-Tee TV, is up to episode 33 and you shouldn't miss it. If you love t-shirts, Coty is the man.


• Design by Humans Busts Out Some Intense Foil’age by Troundup
  Design By Humans is a very innovative company. They are always testing the limits with their prints and not afraid to try some mixed media. In this case, they are breaking out the blue and gold foil for a Mathiole design that is full of awesomeness. Check it out!
  
  
• I'm Not a Monster at ShirtFight from Compete-tee-tion
  This post features one of the last t-shirts Shirtfight will be selling while they are contest based. No, they aren't going away forever. The good news is they are here to stay, and the quality should be just the same.


• Expert Advice: Running A Clothing Line via Pop Culture Tees
  whether you have been in the T-shirt business for a long time or you are just getting started, read this article. Liz interviewed the guys in charge of some pretty successful clothing lines to get their advice. See what these guys had to say because there is some valuable info to be had.

T-Shirt Blogs Round Up: Lifecycles, Arkaik, Nintendo Tees and More

Blake is a contributing blogger from You Design It, a company that can help you design t-shirts for printing. This post has been edited by Rangga

This week we found some real gems for our regular top blog posts list. Check out these winners:

• The "Lifecyle" of a T-Shirt by It Goes To 11
  The video in this blog is kind of like an uncomfortable wake up call to t-shirt lovers, but as part of the t-shirt community it seems like a necessary clip to watch. Check out the "lifecycle" of the t-shirt!


• Do Believe The Hypothesis from Buy-Tees.net
  Do you have a Hypothesis? If not then maybe it's time to check out this very cool clothing company which also goes by the name "Theory of Self." A company with a name like that screams individualism.
  
  
• Arkaik Clothing Invades, Rolls, and Rawrs by Color Overload
  No, the earth isn't under attack. That's just Arkaik clothing coming to take over your closet! This is a really cool company featuring colorful designs and large, oversized prints. Nice find, Color Overload!


• Selling With Social Media via How To Start A Clothing Company
  Selling T-shirts on social media sites like Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, etc. is something almost everyone creating a clothing company has thought about; but how do you actually do it? Check out this cool vid for some tips and inspiration!


• Screen Printing Discharge Ink by Teebiz
  This is a terrific, easy to understand video about discharge printing. If you've ever been curious about the process but not really understood how it worked or how it's done, this is a great video to watch.
  
  
• Rock Make Art & Music Festival, Mission District, San Francisco Aug 23rd from Tcritic
  As everyone knows music and t-shirts go hand in hand. So an event like a music and art festival is bound to offer some great opportunities for those who love to buy, sell, create, or window shop t-shirts. If you're in the area be sure to check out Tcritic for more info about the event.
  
  
• Thunderfrogs In London by Thunderfrogs
  Read this post if you think your designs aren't being copied. Andy at Thunderfrogs took some pictures of counterfeit Threadless tees at a small market in London. It's happening and he reiterates why it isn't cool to buy these stolen works.


• Major Competition to Cafepress and Zazzle Coming Soon from Custom T-Shirt Talk
  Shirtauctions is looking for a clone of Cafepress and Zazzle. Why is that a big deal? Because they are willing to spend $750 to do it. Ha! Read this sarcastic post for a good laugh.
  
  
• Top 50 Nintendo NES T-shirts! from Tee Junction
  In the mood to see some great t-shirts AND indulge a healthy dose of nostalgia? If so then this is definitely the blog post for you! Every one of these t-shirts is guaranteed to bring back some memories for any hardcore, early gamer!


• Got a T-Shirt Site? Share it with the world in this post. from The T-Shirt Blog
  This is a pretty simple, but cool concept. Alex from The T-Shirt Blog wants you to post a link to a t-shirt you've designed as well as a link to a site that inspired you. What a cool way for everyone to expand their horizons and see some new stuff while also publicizing their own material!

T-Shirt Blogs Round up: Cupcakes Story, Monsieur Eureka, Threadless Best of the Best, T-shirt Templates and More

Blake is a contributing blogger from You Design It, a company specializing in custom t-shirt printing. This post has been edited by Rangga

It's never an easy task narrowing down the huge field of t-shirt blog posts to a concise, ten post list. As always we've done our best to ensure a good mix covering a wide range of areas. Enjoy!

• New Tees From Dance Party Massacre by Coty Gonzales
  Dance Party Massacre is a pretty cool, indie company that has seen some strong success. They've just released three new shirts and some new color choices for a couple of their classics. Personally, I love the new color possibilities even better than the originals.


• Weekly Feature-Tilteed.com Launch from Pop Culture Tees
  It's always tempting to review the newest t-shirt design contest company because you never know when the next big one is going to come along. Based on this fascinating question and answer session with Tilteed, it looks like they have a shot! Check out the deets for yourself.
  
  
• Monsieur Eureka’s Got It Goin’ On by Color Overload
  I have to agree with Darren at Color Overload, Monsieur Eureka has got it goin' on with these tees. The colors match perfectly and the designs are unreal. Good find!
  
  
• Twenty Questions by lunchboxbrain @ MySoti by Hide Your Arms
  It isn't often that we feature a blog about a single t-shirt in this list, but there's something both strikingly complex and strikingly simple about this t-shirt featuring a list of twenty of most common questions in the human experience done in the design of a question mark. Check it out.
  
  
• Monthly Review: June from The Black Axe
  The Black Axe has created art and merchandise (especially t-shirts!) for some really big names in the music industry. Their client list is pretty impressive, such as Less Than Jake, Electric Zombie, Dead Serious Clothing, Kr3w to name a few. Don't miss this!
  
  
• 65 Awesome Threadless Shirts from Abduzeedo
  Some hits, some misses but an overall great list of Threadless tees. Lists are so easy to read...

More summaries for those want to dig deeper about T-shirt designing and business from the best of the best:

• T-Shirt Templates, Vol. 2 by GoMediaZine
  This first one is hot off the press. GoMedia just announced they are releasing their 2nd volume of high quality Photoshop t-shirt templates. If you follow t-shirts on the web then you have undoubtedly run into their templates before. Hurry and check out their latest version!
  
  
• The Tale of Johnny Cupcakes by How To Start A Clothing Company
  In contrast to the many smaller, newer t-shirt company almost everyone has heard of Johnny Cupcakes. Whether you're a fan or not you're bound to be fascinated by the story of how the company began.
  
  
• How To Get Your Cool T-Shirts Reviewed By A T-Shirt Blog from Tee Biz
  This post includes some awesome tips for getting your t-shirts reviewed in a blog. If you've ever wanted to get someone to blog about your stuff go read this article right away!
  
  
• Ink Alchemy Book II via T-shirt Factory
  We try to keep a balance between linking to shirts related to the consumer/ purchasing/ wearing side of things and the design/ distribution/ artistic side. This blog is definitely a major winner in the second category. Ink style graphics are really hot right now and browsing through this new release is sure to get the creative juices flowing.