T-shirt Sketchbook now available

If you're looking for a creative Christmas gift or even something for yourself, the t-shirt sketchbook is a good one. Pukka/Dank manufactured this t-shirt sketchbook that contains 170 pages for you to get your creative juices flowing. You may not have to be a t-shirt designer, but it'll be fun doodling all over while helping you get into your zone. For $15, I say it's worth it, but then again I love sketchbooks and fill them up pretty quickly.

Purchase the T-shirt Sketchbook here: http://www.pukkadank.com/products/t-shirt-sketchbook

 

Thread's Not Dead by Jeff Finley Black Friday Sale

For those who are interested in running a t-shirt company or any graphic designers interested in working with companies, this ebook is very good. I personally read it and I'm a big fan. There's a lot of useful information and I recommend anyone interested in the subject to purchase one.

Since Black Friday is coming up there will be a 25% off coupon on the ebook. Unfortunately if you were looking for the physical copy that coupon will not be valid. The ebook does come in a pdf format  that is easy to read and I've read it on my iPad perfectly fine.

Get 25% off @jeff_finley's ebook Thread's Not Dead with #coupon code BLKFRI2011 (ebook only) http://threadsnotdead.com

Regan Smith Clarke 50% off for 48 hours

For 48 hours ReganSmitheClarke.com will be having a 50% off their entire stock sale for 48 hours. Snag a shirt or tanktop or longsleeve while you still can. Maybe you like art prints, well good news they have that as well! No discount is needed!

Mintees.com the NEW T-shirt Community

In case you haven't heard, Mintees.com is the new hot spot for the T-shirt community. Emptees.com (r.i.p....yea silly for a website, but whatever) was the big spot to go to for t-shirt designers, resources, find out info on brands such as BrandedBaron,miscellaneous chit chat, and more. It shut down today and Mintees was able to bring that community to what should be a great new site. It pretty much looks just like Emptees, but a bit more stylized and it feels good to know that there is a great replacement.

If you are a designer and want to showcase your designs, talk about t-shirts, check out resources, I suggest you head to Mintees.com If you experience any bugs please submit, since the site was put together in a month, so everyone from Emptees can join Mintees today. You'll definitely catch me partaking in the community and occasionally submitting t-shirt designs(I know I should be submitting a lot and I will try).

Black Friday Sales

Here are various sales from companies that are having these couple of days and Black Friday. There are some other blogs that have a whole list. Here are the ones from IAmTheTrend, Tee Addicts, & Coty Gonzales. http://iamthetrend.com/2010/11/22/indie-clothing-black-friday-deals/
 http://www.cotygonzales.com/2010/11/23/massive-list-of-black-friday-t-shirt-deals-and-steals/
http://www.teeaddicts.com/2010/11/24/tee-deals-online-for-black-friday-2010/

Custom Packaging Examples for Indie Clothing Companies

Adam of iamthetrend.com talks different examples for indie clothing companies that wants to enhance their customer's experience.

Link 75 Skull tees that don't suck @ IAMTHETREND

One blog I like to check regularly is IAmTheTrend. They feature articles on clothing(mostly t-shirts), art, music, and film. This one article. I think with the flooded t-shirts with skulls due to Ed Hardy & Affliction there are some creative skull tees. Now I know skulls on t-shirts have been around for a while, but it seems that they were popularized a little more when those two companies became a trend. I collaborated a t-shirt design for Branded Baron with designer Collision Theory aka A.J. Dimarucot and I have to say it would have definitely made this. When that is released I'll post it and maybe my portion of the design process. You can view the rest of the article here: http://iamthetrend.com/2010/02/17/75-skull-t-shirts-that-dont-suck/ Some of the shirts I agree with and others don't, but it must've been hard to choose the top 75. The first image was available by Public Domain Clothing.

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