We know you're excited to get your questions answered or to try and sell that old design of yours, but before you do, here's a few official threads that we request that you use and reference before posting. We dont want your shiny new thread to get locked and/or deleted. This is an attempt to categorize the boards a bit more and make the emptees experience more enjoyable for everyone. <h3>Designs For Sale</h3> http://emptees.com/posts/73281-designs-for-sale-september http://emptees.com/posts/82941-designs-for-sale-october-i-know-its-early <i>These threads get updated monthly so look for the newest version before you post. Also remember that you can submit your design in the tees section and mark the 'artwork for sale' for better searchability </i> <h3>Vote For Me</h3> http://emptees.com/posts/3606-vote-for-me-official-thread-for-all-design-voting-contests <i>Need votes on your design submission? Please post them here. Posts are typically deleted after 15 days to keep the thread current.</i> <h3>"Designers Needed" - Job Fulfillment Threads</h3> Here's a few tips for streamlining your design job recruitment process on Emptees <i>1) Post your contact information (name, email, website, etc..) clearly in the thread. 2) State what kind of design style you’re looking for. 3) Finally, its highly encouraged that you post the budget for your project. This helps streamline the process for everyone and saves time buy narrowing down your search to those most willing to work within your price range.</i> <h3>Official Ripoffs, Bootlegs and Stolen Art</h3> http://emptees.com/posts/71631-official-ripoff-bootleg-and-stolen-art-thread <i>The name of the thread is self explanitory. For all you whistle blowers, please post rip offs here.</i> <h3>Wacom Tablets</h3> <i>This is an extremely frequently discussed topic, please use the search bar before posting or explore these threads. </i> http://emptees.com/posts/58031-post-your-tablet http://emptees.com/posts/64671-which-tablet-should-i-buy http://emptees.com/posts/53691-pen-tablet http://emptees.com/posts/16655-whats-the-learning-curve-for-a-tablet http://emptees.com/posts/274-what-tablet-do-you-use http://emptees.com/posts/9099-recommendation-on-pen-tablets http://emptees.com/posts/15334-why-should-i-buy-a-cintiq (there's a lot more) <h3>Halftones</h3> <i>This is an extremely frequently discussed topic, please use the search bar before posting or explore these threads. </i> http://emptees.com/posts/80741-halftone-questions http://emptees.com/posts/79011-color-halftone http://emptees.com/posts/6838-help-with-halftones#comment_form_item <hr> The mods will be adding to this frequently so check back often. 2009-09-25T10:36:46-04:00 0 2009-09-25T10:36:46-04:00 81191 true true 1146 1 2009-11-08T09:00:02-05:00 2782 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_overhaul The Article Via Yahoo.com. WASHINGTON – In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous. The 220-215 vote cleared the way for the Senate to begin debate on the issue that has come to overshadow all others in Congress. A triumphant Speaker Nancy Pelosi likened the legislation to the passage of Social Security in 1935 and Medicare 30 years later "It provides coverage for 96 percent of Americans. It offers everyone, regardless of health or income, the peace of mind that comes from knowing they will have access to affordable health care when they need it," said Rep. John Dingell, the 83-year-old Michigan lawmaker who has introduced national health insurance in every Congress since succeeding his father in 1955. In the run-up to a final vote, conservatives from the two political parties joined forces to impose tough new restrictions on abortion coverage in insurance policies to be sold to many individuals and small groups. They prevailed on a roll call of 240-194. Ironically, that only solidified support for the legislation, clearing the way for conservative Democrats to vote for it. The legislation would require most Americans to carry insurance and provide federal subsidies to those who otherwise could not afford it. Large companies would have to offer coverage to their employees. Both consumers and companies would be slapped with penalties if they defied the government's mandates. Insurance industry practices such as denying coverage on the basis of pre-existing medical conditions would be banned, and insurers would no longer be able to charge higher premiums on the basis of gender or medical history. In a further slap, the industry would lose its exemption from federal antitrust restrictions on price gouging, bid rigging and market allocation. So what does everyone think? Personally I think the cracking down on the corrupt Insurance companies is a big plus and is something I think will improve the United States. 2009-11-08T09:12:28-05:00 51 2009-11-07T23:43:02-05:00 96461 false false 3668 1067 1 2009-11-08T09:19:13-05:00 446 <img src="http://grab.by/apE" /> a new feature at emptees, every week we will showcase the best tees of the week coming from our friends in indonesia. let's get started! <img src="http://cache0.emptees.com/images/512871/empit.jpg" /> <img src="http://cache0.emptees.com/images/512991/2p.jpg" /> <img src="http://cache0.emptees.com/images/510441/desain_for-emptees.jpg" /> <img src="http://cache1.emptees.com/images/506891/Mok_DeVIL_emptees_copy.jpg" /> <img src="http://cache1.emptees.com/images/501631/Warzam_-_Static_Gavin_Bootle.jpg" /> <img src="http://cache1.emptees.com/images/513741/emptees-cats.jpg" /> <img src="http://cache1.emptees.com/images/513681/emptees-mummy.jpg" /> <img src="http://cache0.emptees.com/images/514671/no_name.jpg" /> <img src="http://cache1.emptees.com/images/515001/tormented.jpg" /> 2009-11-08T09:11:27-05:00 49 2009-10-18T19:01:32-04:00 89721 false false 38181 14 1 2009-11-08T09:20:50-05:00 1764 So, i have only been here for a month ( officially ) but i have lurked this site for around 6 months. When i first came to Emptees there was a huge storm brewing and a ton of fight threads/rip threads and countless other things that seemed to be taking Emptees in a really bad direction. As i saw in some threads asking for change and even having some members leave due to some actions on this site by others. I know it is very easy to act tough over the internet, i tend to hold my guard and do it sometimes as i did yesterday when someone posted a shirt that rubbed me the wrong way. My point to this is that i would love to see this become more friendly and more about t shirts. I find nothing wrong with movie threads or any other thread that isn't offending people, but i would really like to see more critiques and comments on actual design related things. There are a lot of people i really look up to on Emptees as well as other artists off of Emptees that inspire me to design. SWH left a comment on one of my shirts the day that not only made me happy because i am a fan of his work, but it also made me want to redo my shirt and make it better. The comment he made was a simple one, but it struck something in me and made me want to redo my shirt and do it better. You can find the shirt below. His comment was a simple "not bad not bad" which i took as " it is not a bad design, but i am also not going to "love" it because it still needs work. He may not even "love" it after i complete the new one, but its the fact that he took the time to comment and share his thoughts, which i do not see often. http://emptees.com/tees/149051-ultimate-warrior-sub I am sorry if this post is long, but i really want to get my point across. I would love to hear from some of you veterans about some topics i have been thinking of lately. If any of you would be so kind as to answer some of these i would appreciate it, and i am sure the other artist would also. 1. What makes a design a GREAT design? What makes you want to "love" the design/ buy the shirt once it is printed,post the design on a blog because you love it, or even tweet the post to a friend and tell them to check it out? I am not looking for an answer like " because it looked cool", i really want to know what about certain designs grab you and pull you in. 2. What do you think is the most important aspect of designing a tshirt? Is it all in the line work, or does it lie in the concept and the execution of the design no matter how good the artist is at the line work? 3. What is the most common trend that you personally see young designers making? 4. This question is for people that BUY art to print. What makes you want to buy a design from an artist? Is it the name of the artist and their reputation as being a great designer or is it the design itself? Does the attitude of the artist have any effect on your purchase? How important is professionalism to you when dealing with an artist? Many times i will get an email that will simply say " hey dude, your shit looks fucking cool, how much money does that design cost n shit?" Most of the time i am not only weary about working with bands like that, but i reply with a no thanks. 5. And lastly, as a designer myself my main goal would to be able to design for all of my favorite brands/bands while working my regular job. Getting to the top takes a lot of works as i have seen from many of the veterans on this site. So in your opinion should young designers be focusing on submitting designs to their favorite bands ( i am talking big name bands, not local) or should they stick to trying to make a name for them self and end up having these bands come to them? Dobi, if you think my post is horrible please feel free to delete it. I am just trying to get some talk on the forum about shirt design and maybe get some good critiques and advice going. I hope everyone is having a great night/day Ps. please look over my grammar, i hope its not to bad. 2009-11-08T09:11:05-05:00 36 2009-11-06T20:34:07-05:00 96221 false false 26051 65121 1 2009-11-08T09:19:22-05:00 684 RULES: 1. One design at a time. ONE!!! 2. Add contact details underneath. 3. All designs must have been uploaded to emptees to keep continuity in appearance. 4. Keep your comments / crits of work to yourself! Just post stuff for sale to keep this thread clean. I WILL START A NEW ONE MONTHLY. No more bickering about how this list can’t be properly etc... be thankful there is a place you can actually post tees that might have a chance to be picked up. Delete all other FOR SALE blogs people!!!! 2009-11-08T09:09:06-05:00 22 2009-11-06T12:44:08-05:00 96111 false false 3643 2991 1 2009-11-08T09:18:27-05:00 312 November seems to be a busy month. 2009-11-08T09:03:20-05:00 4 2009-11-08T08:58:50-05:00 96531 false false 3643 12157 1 2009-11-08T09:20:18-05:00 22 Sorry, but "Protect Ya Neck" will kick your ass. You need to get a kick-start on a design, sick of procrastinating...? Put this shit on loud, and you will dooooooo it. rip-odb 2009-11-08T08:48:36-05:00 9 2009-11-08T01:28:10-05:00 96491 false false 7984 3775 1 2009-11-08T09:20:28-05:00 169 <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3026/4083564080_a54cc3831a_b.jpg" /> Here are some deets. <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2477/4082885081_2f4d1c045d_b.jpg" /> So I am in the beginning stages of getting a website and all that, and doing up a me only line. So looking at it, the goat head dude although it is my favorite would make for a shity shirt, much as I hate to say it. So I am going to go for a poster for that one. Thoughts on what you see. 2009-11-08T07:50:19-05:00 37 2009-11-07T12:40:17-05:00 96321 false false 506 506 1 2009-11-08T09:08:48-05:00 574 This is a thread to post your plans for the night. If your bored enough you will use this. --------------------------------------------------- Going over to my friends house to enjoy some Pigs In Blankets <img src="http://blog.silive.com/weather/pigs%2520in%2520blanket.jpg" /> watching 5 hours of tales from the crypt season 4 <img src="http://www.horror-movies.ca/AdvHTML_Upload/CryptS4.jpg" /> and as much comeback kid as i can fit into the 20 minutes of drive time to and from their house. <img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2BSchXvoKL._SL500_.jpg" /> 2009-11-08T07:45:43-05:00 38 2009-11-02T20:41:41-05:00 94791 false false 12432 12687 1 2009-11-08T09:20:39-05:00 539 No lie, first thing I ever used the internet for was to print out Mortal Kombat cheat codes... yeah I said it. This was back in the days of AOL 1.0 and 2.0, ya know... <i> deeeeeeeeeeeeeeenerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr neeeenerrrrrrr neeeenerrrrrr werrrrweeeeeeee chsssssshhhhhhhhhhhhssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...</i> <spoiler>That's my impression of a dial up modem.</spoiler> Anyway I'm just curious Emptees, what's your first memory of the interwebz? 2009-11-08T07:39:10-05:00 109 2009-11-05T08:08:17-05:00 95481 false false 10367 1498 1 2009-11-08T09:08:37-05:00 1105 <blockquote>It’s almost been a year since this project was merely a purchased domain name and a concept idea I’ve always wanted to develop. Almost a year that consisted of doodling and brain storming, a few months of procrastination, some sold out promotional logo tees and lots of partying, it’s about time we bring you something worth mentioning!</blockquote> That time is now. Our first release is here. Check out the new website, t-shirts (designed by 110 special black), and information on when you can pick them up here: http://thelastfathom.com Enough chatter, the designs: <img src="http://www.kalleload.net/uploads/fshghr/asbcpfhzrlit.png" /> Details: <img src="http://www.kalleload.net/uploads/nbtsas/apmsunwrvsrs.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.kalleload.net/uploads/ztmckx/oqftvrwimchh.jpg" /> Tear me apart, I want to hear all the critique you've got. 2009-11-08T06:33:39-05:00 25 2009-11-05T23:09:48-05:00 96021 false false 5982 11176 2 2009-11-08T09:17:06-05:00 597 Haha , I was reorganizing my files and came across a document I wrote when I was 16 according the date with the title "emo facts from website" Haha, this is incredible. <i>the Emo Romulan look - short, thick, greasy, dyed-black hair with bangs cut straight across the forehead, and cut high over the ears. Someone from Time In Malta recently described to me the San Diego Crimson Curse scene as "Spock Rock." actually, any greasy dyed black hair. Bangs in front and spikes in back is very emo too. horn-rim glasses, or at least thick black frames. bald head, furry face (boys only). Goes especially well with horn-rims. heavy slacks, often too tight and short. thin, too-small polyester button-ups in dark colors, or threadbare children's size t-shirts with random slogans. Button the collar if you got one. clunky black shoes scarves gas station jackets. This has diffused a lot over the years though, it's no longer exclusive to emo kids. Nowadays, you may want to select a nice corduroy denim jacket. also classic outerwear but quickly diffusing to normality: the famous Blue Peacoat barrettes on boys make-up (male or female) too-small cardigans and v-neck sweaters argyle anorexic thinness. Veganism helps here.</i> 2009-11-08T06:01:10-05:00 1 2009-11-08T04:55:08-05:00 96511 false false 33601 5274 1 2009-11-08T09:19:38-05:00 78 Couldn't find a post about this already. Post em' if you got em'! business&personal: http://boyathome.tumblr.com 2009-11-08T05:57:23-05:00 34 2009-11-05T16:33:02-05:00 95601 false false 74351 5274 1 2009-11-08T09:19:55-05:00 542 Ok, here's the first topic for the daily sketch group. It's kinda hard to think of something that everyone would enjoy drawing. Since this is the first one, we'll start it early and run it til Monday. Draw anything you think of when reading this topic, but it doesn't have to be too elaborate, even a pencil sketch is cool. I'll post mine later. Here is today's topic: "The first day of school for the young robot" Now go sketch! 2009-11-08T04:59:47-05:00 3 2009-11-07T21:01:57-05:00 96441 false false 58171 58171 1 2009-11-08T09:18:10-05:00 184 I dont expect you all to deign me a logo. Im just looking for ideas. As nowadays everyone is food related!? Any help would be great! 2009-11-08T04:45:37-05:00 14 2009-11-08T03:53:44-05:00 96501 false false 33251 77481 1 2009-11-08T09:19:59-05:00 142 Didn't even notice my mistake until this morning Oh well, was a fun run while it lasted: <img src="http://grab.by/d4H" /> 2009-11-08T04:41:49-05:00 87 2009-10-29T09:48:09-04:00 93431 false false 12432 11937 1 2009-11-08T08:44:12-05:00 1380 What happened. I want to see a super trend mashup. Every stupid trend all on one shirt at the same time. Shutter shades, king tut, icecream monsters, radios for a head, those google whores everyone likes, open mouth, shark, gorilla, bear, and wolf, all on one shirt go. 2009-11-08T03:06:44-05:00 31 2009-11-04T12:13:59-05:00 95241 false false 52411 506 1 2009-11-08T09:10:59-05:00 791 I don't know if anyone else here checks out conceptart.org, but I'd like to see something like their daily sketch group over here on emptees. The concept is that one person would make a topic for the day, like "frog-like android" or "walk on the beach," and anyone willing would sketch up something on that topic. We could switch up different moderators to make the topics a little more unique. If anyone wants to check out the real one, here's the link... <a href="http://conceptart.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=39">Daily Sketch Group</a> post your ideas and any opinions... 2009-11-08T02:27:26-05:00 15 2009-11-07T17:12:22-05:00 96411 false false 58171 58171 1 2009-11-08T09:09:48-05:00 246 oh its november... nearly christmas i guess! <img src="http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r157/bencat2006/ohehhh.jpg" /> any help? i dont know what i should do to improve it before i put in to photoshop. 2009-11-08T02:18:48-05:00 111 2009-11-01T16:57:17-05:00 94381 false false 7360 12874 1 2009-11-08T09:01:03-05:00 2596 we used MrSite before but there are others like sitewizard etc, what ones are reasonable and are good? 2009-11-08T02:07:40-05:00 6 2009-10-01T20:13:52-04:00 83961 false false 11176 73991 1 2009-11-08T09:11:27-05:00 168