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 2009-11-07T08:57:22-05:00 2749 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. 2009-11-07T09:53:32-05:00 101 2009-11-01T16:57:17-05:00 94381 false false 3911 12874 1 2009-11-07T09:56:59-05:00 2363 are on this site? One thing I've noticed is there are a lot of nice looking t shirts on this site but it seems this site is over ran with designers? To me some of the art work kind of drowns out the t shirt and I get lost looking at the image on the shirt.. 2009-11-07T09:52:05-05:00 52 2009-11-06T15:06:08-05:00 96141 false false 9930 47921 1 2009-11-07T09:57:13-05:00 768 <img src="http://i35.tinypic.com/711pjq.jpg" /> put your stuff in here 2009-11-07T09:51:14-05:00 21 2009-11-06T11:40:39-05:00 96101 false false 3911 13581 1 2009-11-07T09:55:49-05:00 385 I dont know why i enjoy them so much. -Snatch -Pulp Fiction -The Godfather -Scarface -The Departed Just to name a few, name yours. 2009-11-07T09:41:51-05:00 24 2009-11-06T23:27:59-05:00 96231 false false 12224 6279 1 2009-11-07T09:53:32-05:00 191 First off I would like to say that I am sorry. Sorry for the bad name that Tyler has given Ceerius, and sorry for letting it continue for so long. Keith and I started Ceerius as a way to bring local bands together and to get some really good shows together. Since Keith moved away, I personally lost a lot of interest in the whole thing. And Tyler has used it to do whatever it is he is doing. Some of the stuff he has said really pisses me off. It is utter bullshit. He has cleared all the money out of our account, leaving me with nothing. He has taken all of our merch and everything that Keith and myself has personally paid for. If you have any respect for what Keith and myself created do not support what he has done. Tyler has taken it upon himself to "end" Ceerius, well frankly he never owned it, so he can never truely end it. It sucks that Ceerius is ending because we were flat out robbed. Sorry to all of you that he has offend, and thanks to those of you who did stand behind us for so long. Skyler (the real ceerius). -PS don't buy any shirts from him :) 2009-11-07T09:40:11-05:00 23 2009-11-06T18:57:08-05:00 96201 false false 9184 88521 1 2009-11-07T09:52:33-05:00 669 "Wise Mistake" by <a href="http://www.hungouttodryapparel.blogspot.com/">cbass99</a> (AKA Ryan Seaman) is available today, and TODAY ONLY, at RIPT Apparel. <a href="http://s38.photobucket.com/albums/e112/scnptw/?action=view&current=cbass99-Wise-Mistake.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e112/scnptw/cbass99-Wise-Mistake.gif" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> Get one while you can! www.riptapparel.com 2009-11-07T09:39:33-05:00 0 2009-11-07T09:39:33-05:00 96271 false false 1025 2 2009-11-07T09:56:26-05:00 31 Hey guys! This could either work or not... I know we have alot of Screen Printers on here, so I thought I would start a thread for people to slap up some photos of their set up at their shop! I love to look at other peoples set ups, so here's some snaps of my studio, to get things started. <img src="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0012/8052/files/000003.jpg?1242742646" /> <img src="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0012/8052/files/000005.jpg?1242747471" /> <img src="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0012/8052/files/000007.jpg?1242747480" /> <img src="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0012/8052/files/000008.jpg?1242747518" /> <img src="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0012/8052/files/000009.jpg?1242747557" /> <img src="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0012/8052/files/000011.jpg?1242747589" /> <img src="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0012/8052/files/000013.jpg?1242747633" /> <img src="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0012/8052/files/000014.jpg?1242747678" /> <img src="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0012/8052/files/000015.jpg?1242747714" /> <img src="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0012/8052/files/000016.jpg?1242747735" /> <img src="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0012/8052/files/000028.jpg?1242747933" /> <img src="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0012/8052/files/000032.jpg?1242747976" /> <img src="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0012/8052/files/000034.jpg?1242748001" /> <img src="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0012/8052/files/000038.jpg?1242748103" /> <img src="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0012/8052/files/000036.jpg?1242748057" /> Enjoy! 2009-11-07T09:23:10-05:00 33 2009-08-30T06:46:55-04:00 71501 false false 1644 26051 1 2009-11-07T09:52:36-05:00 737 Hey guys I have mailed a couple of people directly about this but thought I'd make a post just incase I have missed anyone out Basically my upcoming t-shirt line bananastees.com needs a bigcartel store. I can design it but I'm a bit of a douche when it comes to coding. So I wondered if there was anyone here that fancied getting hired to build it? This is basically what the main site will look like (this isn't final but gives a good idea) www.bananastees.com/tees.html And in terms of layout and functionality I would like something like this http://shop.boomskins.com/ If you fancy taking on this project could you drop me a line here info@bananastees.com letting me know how much it would cost and how long it would take Oh, and as a designer I understand the annoyance of tyre-kicking time-wasters - I'm not one and this is something I would to get cracking on for real as soon as possible Thanks guys 2009-11-07T08:34:58-05:00 3 2009-11-06T09:08:25-05:00 96091 false false 35211 2734 1 2009-11-07T09:51:01-05:00 208 <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. 2009-11-07T08:12:53-05:00 17 2009-11-05T23:09:48-05:00 96021 false false 1498 11176 2 2009-11-07T09:51:19-05:00 454 Couldn't find a post about this already. Post em' if you got em'! business&personal: http://boyathome.tumblr.com 2009-11-07T07:45:46-05:00 32 2009-11-05T16:33:02-05:00 95601 false false 968 5274 1 2009-11-07T09:31:08-05:00 486 Actually i am a real human living in Malaysia. And some empteesmates just emailed me and said that somebody trying to copy me. so, I have to brief my self later maybe on the Emptees profile or you may visit my blog so called House of Coffeebean:http://houseofcoffeebean.blogspot.com/ I have blogging for few years so you can view my old illustrations and some personal articles related to my growing mind. And i will post more stories about my Tee designs so that who want to be my real friends please join my facebook: waihontham. This post is talking about my latset Tee design on Emptees. http://houseofcoffeebean.blogspot.com/2009/11/kiss-of-day-and-night.html I am classic, please don't copy me. Mr Coffeebean 2009-11-07T07:39:26-05:00 22 2009-11-06T20:08:41-05:00 96211 false false 6884 52001 1 2009-11-07T09:53:54-05:00 433 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? 2009-11-07T07:36:58-05:00 96 2009-11-05T08:08:17-05:00 95481 false false 46461 1498 1 2009-11-07T09:42:32-05:00 1001 I'm going to be compiling an epic list of small/independent clothing lines to put in the resources section, so if you would like yours to appear, please provide in your comment: <b>Your clothing company's name links to your website/webstore/myspace etc and a small description of your brand.. please keep this under 300 characters. [if not provided I'll type a little review]</b> P.S.. and if you would include a small link to me somewhere on your website, that would be super cool too! here's the current list as it will appear: 410 BC AAF (all about fun) Above All For Love Alrightok Awaken Clothing Backfire Captive Clothing Catastrophic Clothing Cavata Clothing Co. Ceerius Apparel Chapter 12 Clothing Classic Disaster Brand Crazy Go Lucky DeKay clothing Dead Beat Clothing Diamond Diet Clothing District Cotton Dollars and Cents Urbanwear DreamState Clothing Electric Threads Corp. Electric Zombie Enclothe Exdee FullBleed Fuzzy Ink Go Ape Shirts Godmachine/Dead Metal Hands On Clothing Hartwell Apparel Hartwell Apparel Heartcore I Came From Nothing J.A.C.C. (just another clothing company) Johnny Cupcakes Lici Lifeblood Clothing Linty Fresh Lower Level Clothing Loyal To Your Soil Apparel LuckyStrikes Mad Villain Miles to Go Mustache Monster Clothing Nefarious Clothing Never in Wonderland Notion Clothing Origin68 Pyknic Quixotic Clothing Rawr! Clothing Redemption Clothing RoboLove Seibei Sentimental Simply Complicated Stabb Starting Monday Stereo Bear Straw Castle Design Suck! Clothing The Higher Class Tropical Geek Truman Clothing Ugmonk Validus Apparel Wandering Whale Word! Apparel if I've let anyone out, let me know.. it could be because you didn't provide proper info. 2009-11-07T06:19:16-05:00 230 2008-10-08T13:49:41-04:00 8592 false false 2991 7069 1 2009-11-07T09:53:53-05:00 4773 looks like I have a lazy eye. and why am i with 2 of my ex girlfriends? <a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.tinypic.com/vglqux.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a> 2009-11-07T05:05:39-05:00 132 2009-10-24T14:26:58-04:00 91811 false false 3643 5678 1 2009-11-07T09:45:21-05:00 2257 we'll be there exhibiting..again. it's a pretty artistic exhibition so i don't really know why we are tolerated there but.. never mind. who else is going? "Paris, Zurich and now Berlin: ILLUSTRATIVE 2009 will return to the creative capital to celebrate the cutting-edge works of contemporary graphic art for the fifth time around. From the 16th of October to the 1st of November, works ranging from drawing, graphic prints, painting and monumental mural collages to graphically inspired 3D-illustrations, book art and animation will be on show. With more than 60 artists from all across the world, ILLUSTRATIVE brings together an inspiring cornucopia of visual contemporary culture in the Villa Elisabeth located in the heart of Berlin. ILLUSTRATIVE showcases an international scene of artist-designers, whose works have been inspired by subculture movements like comic and graffiti as well as by applied arts like illustration and book art. The exhibition explores the merging of infinite materials and techniques in widely unprecedented combinations, which challenge learned ways of seeing – e.g. the latest development, where illustration and graphics are translated into the third dimension, or new narrative strategies in 3D-animation. Berlin Oct 16 - Nov 1, 2009 Opening (invitation only) Oct 15, 2009, 7pm Villa Elisabeth, Invalidenstr. 3, 10115 Berlin Opening hours: Every day 11am to 8pm" www.illustrative.de 2009-11-07T04:59:54-05:00 8 2009-09-29T07:30:47-04:00 82781 false false 24821 9980 1 2009-11-07T09:21:59-05:00 238 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. 2009-11-07T04:41:48-05:00 22 2009-11-06T20:34:07-05:00 96221 false false 506 65121 1 2009-11-07T09:56:36-05:00 439 So I figured since we&#8217;re trying to make this more of a community, why not chitchat / have fun elsewhere? who has a 360 gamer tag? if you do, post it. GT:its chrees 2009-11-07T04:07:24-05:00 125 2007-11-12T11:49:56-05:00 195 false false 1106 598 1 2009-11-07T09:51:45-05:00 2031 Some hardcore fans in here, no? Hey Everyone. We as a label are really excited to announce that we've started a <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/topshelfrecords/repress-defeaters-travels-on-vinyl">Kickstarter campaign</a> to raise funds to re-press Defeater's Travels on vinyl. With the record having been sold out on vinyl for some time now, the band having upcoming tours in the works and ourselves and Bridge Nine both having financial obligations in other areas at the moment, going this route seems to make the most sense. For those of you that are unfamiliar with Kickstarter, it's basically a service that allows for communal funding of projects. There is a minimum financial goal that must be met within a certain time period for the project to succeed. We've set a goal of $1,200.00 by Midnight on December 31, 2009. This means that at the time of my writing this, we have 55 days to raise $1,200.00. That's where you come in. We've assembled some awesome package deals for this including exclusive vinyl colors, test presses, Defeater's new EP Lost Ground and even a healthy chunk of our back catalog including My Heart To Joy (Dobi can attest is good times) and other assorted merch. So head on over and pledge your support. You'll help us and the band re-press the album and score some awesome deals in the process. Click <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/topshelfrecords/repress-defeaters-travels-on-vinyl">HERE</a> to check it out. OH, and PLEASE, spread the word and tell your friends! Thanks! 2009-11-07T02:29:17-05:00 0 2009-11-07T02:29:17-05:00 96261 false false 68591 2 2009-11-07T09:30:46-05:00 46 http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1596901307 check their photo albums, and enjoy the show. 2009-11-07T02:16:04-05:00 23 2009-05-29T16:27:54-04:00 33971 false false 52411 6717 1 2009-11-07T09:44:30-05:00 755