Blackbird’s Attackin’ in the Dead ‘O’ Night
February 18th, 2008 | Published in T-Shirts | 5 Comments
Oh sweet irony. In my last post, I talked about being part of the bearded masses — and the very next night I lost my beard in a freak accident at the barbershop. Needless to say, I’m totally a sad panda over the whole ordeal and spent the weekend mourning and starting to grow it back out.
Still, life goes on and y’all require fresh t-shirts — so fresh t-shirts you shall receive… And sweet baby Jeebus, do I have a totally badass one for you today. Design By Humans‘ current shirt of the week uses negative space and silhouettes of an overwhelming flock of blackbirds to its advantage. It’s exceedingly Hitchcockian and a little bit over the top — but that’s why I love it…
I’m not 100% sure how they’re doing the white printing on this black tee — it’s either bleaching or some sort of special dye process — but I know that it’s a really solid effect that steps up the game for other t-shirt design competitions. What’s more, it’s sort of blowing my mind by bringing a whole new level of awesome to the table. I’ve been out of the game a while, so perhaps this sort of tee is old hat to some of y’all — but here’s to hoping that a few of you manage to feel the same way that I do.
$19.00 | Credit | URL | M: S - 2XL F: S - XL
February 19th, 2008 at 10:01 am (#)
This is an awesome shirt Jason! Kind of freaks me out a little though. And I’m super sad about your beard, that’s like half of you.
February 19th, 2008 at 10:38 am (#)
It’s discharge ink, which is kind of like printing with bleach; it does remove the pigment from the shirt itself. Design by Humans has been using this process for a while. One of their first shirts is a similar large, white on black design: http://www.designbyhumans.com/shop/detail/506
February 22nd, 2008 at 3:58 pm (#)
I got mine today. It says discharge ink in the artist’s comments on their website, but it’s not. It’s just a crapload of regular white ink. So much white ink, in fact that the back of the shirt is stuck to the front. I’m gonna have to wash this thing a few times before it’s wearable. The ink is also uneven (i.e. not applied) around the seams and it came with a sticker that says “It is a work of art so please enjoy the smudges, streaks, and paint stains that make your tee unique!” Yeah, thanks for letting me know that before I ordered.
April 7th, 2008 at 3:25 am (#)
Wow that really sucks to hear Rich. I was thinking about getting this but this design needs to be done with discharge ink .
July 10th, 2008 at 11:36 am (#)
this design is SWEET!