Hey everyone. I've not been around these parts much lately. A lot of drama was going down and turned me off a little bit. Anyway, what I have been doing is creating a new website that has nothing to do with tee shirts whatsoever. It's a pop culture site with two icons paired against each other and imagines who would win if they were to throw down. I put the site together pretty quickly and it's only been live the past couple of days. If you could check it out and let me know what you think of it (and vote and comment on the site) I'd really appreciate it. http://whowouldwininabrawl.com 2009-10-11T16:04:30-04:00 10 2009-10-10T13:30:06-04:00 true 0 86941 false false 473 473 2 2009-11-19T08:52:27-05:00 342 Let's keep this going. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/humanboy/3885299513/" title="Purple Cone Flowers by humanboy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2458/3885299513_7a4e1c5969.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Purple Cone Flowers" /></a> <a href="http://www.humanboy.com/images/1920x1280purpleConeFlowers.jpg">high res (1920 x 1280)</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/humanboy/3885320925/" title="Bee on a Sunflower by humanboy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3486/3885320925_b6fdc540b4.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Bee on a Sunflower" /></a> <a href="http://www.humanboy.com/images/1920x1280sunFlowerWithBee.jpg">high res (1920 x 1280)</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/humanboy/3886110412/" title="Bee on a Sunflower by humanboy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2618/3886110412_f28333a42f.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Bee on a Sunflower" /></a> <a href="http://www.humanboy.com/images/1920x1280sunFlowerWithBee2.jpg">high res (1920 x 1280)</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/humanboy/3886119684/" title="Sunflowers! by humanboy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3428/3886119684_c6edbf86be.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Sunflowers!" /></a> <a href="http://www.humanboy.com/images/1920x1280sunFlowers.jpg">high res (1920 x 1280)</a> Took these today at a local park (County Farm Park). Ann Arbor has a thing where people can rent out small garden plots in various places throughout the city. 2009-09-12T13:46:31-04:00 70 2009-09-03T23:30:32-04:00 true 0 73451 false false 47841 473 1 2009-11-20T12:16:35-05:00 995 Hey guys, This entire month over at <a href="http://buttons.humanboy.com" title="HumanBoy's Button Press">HumanBoy's Button Press</a> you can get 250 full color one inch buttons for $50 (US shipping included). That's $20 cheaper than usual. Or you can get 250 black & white one inch buttons for $45. Just tell me you came from Emptees. This sale only applies to the regular pinback buttons - not the zipper pulls or magnets. So, if your t-shirt company or band or anything else needs some cheap merch, hit me up. *UPDATE* Only 9 days left! Order by July 31st! 2009-07-22T22:21:46-04:00 11 2009-07-01T19:52:17-04:00 true 0 47881 false false 473 473 2 2009-11-19T23:04:16-05:00 227 I know there are some movie buffs around these parts, so I thought I'd mention my new blog - http://betaftw.com. I watch movie trailers all the time so I figured I should mention my thoughts on them. Tell me what you think of the site if you get bored enough to check it out. 2009-07-21T16:44:49-04:00 0 2009-07-21T16:44:49-04:00 true 0 55041 false false 473 2 2009-11-16T23:21:16-05:00 61 Okay, I don't know if anyone on here really uses Virb or not, but if you do, link it up. We can all be friends! I actually just finished setting mine up a couple of minutes ago and feel lonely. http://virb.com/humanboysbuttonpress 2009-07-10T19:02:18-04:00 3 2009-07-10T18:25:46-04:00 true 0 50881 false false 13245 473 1 2009-11-18T18:12:49-05:00 92 Okay, I'm pretty desperate to sell this design quickly. Make me an offer. <a href="http://emptees.com/tees/15933-panda-dude-or-a-better-name"><img src="http://cache1.emptees.com/images/60566/pandadude.jpg" alt="Panda Dude" /></a> I've had some interest, but no one's followed through yet. Please email me at brad@humanboy.com with an offer if you're interested. 2009-07-04T20:46:57-04:00 21 2009-07-03T14:28:39-04:00 true 0 48521 false false 473 473 1 2009-11-20T18:15:45-05:00 691 I'm trying to figure out if I should put the effort into it for the Button Press or not. I'm thinking that it couldn't hurt since bands would be a good market for one inch buttons, but I don't know if anyone really uses it anymore. Should I just focus more on Facebook and Twitter? What do you think? 2009-06-25T13:17:28-04:00 7 2009-06-25T12:12:26-04:00 true 0 44921 false false 473 473 1 2009-11-20T22:47:26-05:00 196 Hey guys, I have this idea, but I'm not sure the best way to go about it or if anyone would be down for it at all. Basically, now that I've got <a href="http://buttons.humanboy.com" title="HumanBoy's Button Press">HumanBoy's Button Press</a> going, I want to open a little button shop on there where people can pick out a 4 pack of buttons. These will mostly be random designs that I come up with. However, I was thinking it could be cool to do some special artist series sets or something. But I don't know if any of you would be down or the best way to go about paying the artists for them. The way I've got it in my head would be to sell a 4 pack at about $3.50. The artist would get 50¢ per button - $2.00 per pack sold. Then at the end of the month, tally how many of their pack sold and then send a payment for that amount. Does anyone have any ideas on that or think that it's the most ridiculous thing they've ever heard? Give it to me straight - I want to know your opinions. 2009-06-24T22:31:18-04:00 28 2009-06-23T15:03:43-04:00 true 0 44241 false false 473 473 1 2009-11-17T02:12:37-05:00 398 Hey guys, I've been thinking about how to get the word out about Humanboy's Button Press and I was thinking that maybe running some ads through google could work. Does anyone have any experience? Success/Horror stories? Or are there better opportunities that I'm over looking? 2009-06-21T12:14:41-04:00 8 2009-06-21T10:20:13-04:00 true 0 43171 false false 473 473 1 2009-11-19T15:08:21-05:00 313 <img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BGCJ1CE2L._SL500_AA280_PIbundle-5,TopRight,0,0_AA280_SH20_.jpg" alt="Cocoa Pebbles" /> VS. <img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WTQKUcACL._SL500_AA280_PIbundle-5,TopRight,0,0_AA280_SH20_.jpg" alt="Fruity Pebbles" /> I got both the other day and now I'm trying to figure out which one I should eat now. Any opinions? 2009-06-20T23:11:11-04:00 13 2009-06-20T15:37:03-04:00 true 0 42941 false false 13245 473 1 2009-11-21T02:45:11-05:00 270 Hey guys. I just launched Humanboy's Button Press. (http://buttons.humanboy.com) So, if you need any one inch buttons, zipper pulls, or magnets, hit me up. Let me know you came from Emptees and I just might throw in a little discount for you. And, if you don't need any at the moment, at least tell me what you think of the site or if you see any bugs. <strong>*EDIT*</strong> You can now follow Humanboy's Button Press on Twitter. ...not that there's much there at the moment... http://twitter.com/thebuttonpress 2009-06-20T14:41:22-04:00 34 2009-06-18T12:49:04-04:00 true 0 42041 false false 473 473 2 2009-11-21T02:28:08-05:00 520 Alright, I&#8217;m curious about something. As mentioned before, a lot of the bigger clothing companies are on emptees so I&#8217;ve been wondering this. How do you manage to design and work with t-shirts full time? I&#8217;ve been making my own stuff for about 5 or 6 years now and can&#8217;t really afford to not have a job. I know that it takes time and all but what else could you do to supplement your income other than take orders from someone? I know a lot of you design for bands and stuff. A lot of you design for other companies too. How do you really get your foot in the door to do something like that? 2009-06-17T13:05:06-04:00 11 2007-11-01T00:51:10-04:00 true 0 127 false false 4540 473 1 2009-11-20T21:45:02-05:00 522 All the remaining shirts at <a href="http://www.quixotic-clothing.com" title="Quixotic">Quixotic</a> are now only $5. Shipping is $2 to the US and $7 international. Use the coupon code <strong>emptees</strong> for an additional 10% off. I'm still trying to earn a couple bucks before my wedding trip so any help would be much appreciated. 2009-05-01T15:12:27-04:00 3 2009-04-30T14:36:15-04:00 true 0 23121 false false 473 473 2 2009-11-15T20:15:49-05:00 161 Hey Guys, I'm getting married next month! We're going to go to Stowe, Vermont (we live in Ann Arbor, MI) for a couple of days and eloping. We're going to go and tour Ben & Jerrys and all that cool stuff. We started planning and paying for all this around Autumn last year and since then hours at work have been cut back and money's getting tight. We can still afford to go and everything but not working for a week is going to make things rough when we come back and have to pay rent and stuff. So, in order to try and offset that a little, I'm trying to get rid of some of these designs I've got laying around. I'm not asking much for them, but I'd like to get <strong>more than $100</strong> for each of them. Preferably much more but I'm kind of in an "I'll take what I can get" situation. <a href="http://emptees.com/tees/15933-panda-dude-or-a-better-name"><img src="http://cache1.emptees.com/images/60566/pandadude.jpg" alt="Panda" /></a> <a href="http://emptees.com/tees/7071-seven-ate-nine-revised"><img src="http://cache1.emptees.com/images/28166/sevenatenine2.jpg" alt="7 8 9" /></a> <a href="http://emptees.com/tees/5963-soy-burger"><img src="http://cache1.emptees.com/images/23792/soyburger.jpg" alt="Soy Burger" /></a> <a href="http://emptees.com/tees/5957-sneezer"><img src="http://cache0.emptees.com/images/23768/sneezer.jpg" alt="Sneezer" /></a> <a href="http://emptees.com/tees/5919-batman"><img src="http://cache1.emptees.com/images/23622/batman.jpg" alt="Batman" /></a> (I'm not sure about legalities with this one...) <a href="http://emptees.com/tees/5896-ghostie-on-second"><img src="http://cache1.emptees.com/images/23526/ghostieonsecond.jpg" alt="Ghostie On Second" /></a> <a href="http://emptees.com/tees/3706-im-a-robot"><img src="http://cache0.emptees.com/images/14988/imarobot.jpg" alt="I'm a Robot" /></a> <a href="http://emptees.com/tees/3552-playtime-revision"><img src="http://cache0.emptees.com/images/14410/playtimenew.jpg" alt="PlayTime" /></a> (I can change the text to whatever..) <a href="http://emptees.com/tees/3473-naptime"><img src="http://cache1.emptees.com/images/14120/naptime.jpg" alt="Naptime" /></a> (I can change the text to whatever...) <a href="http://emptees.com/tees/970-abominable-snowman"><img src="http://cache1.emptees.com/images/3870/snowmantees2.jpg" alt="SnowMan" /></a> I'm also willing to part with the following domain names: http://www.heartonsleeve.net (redirects to Quixotic Clothing) and http://www.merchdive.com" I can also do web work. You can also buy one of the few tees left in stock at http://www.quixotic-clothing.com (use <strong>emptees</strong> at checkout for 15% off already super low prices) If you're interested in anything, comment here and/or email me at brad@humanboy.com Thanks! 2009-04-12T10:21:42-04:00 18 2009-04-10T17:39:17-04:00 true 0 16718 false false 473 473 1 2009-11-15T04:13:00-05:00 336 Hey guys. I've been thinking about submitting some shirts to design contests. I'm not sure which contests they'd fit into best though. http://emptees.com/tees/15933-panda-dude-or-a-better-name http://emptees.com/tees/7071-seven-ate-nine-revised I was thinking threadless for both. Maybe dbh for the panda dude. Any suggestions? 2009-03-26T20:39:52-04:00 4 2009-03-26T16:33:10-04:00 true 0 16118 false false 473 473 1 2009-11-21T04:21:30-05:00 187 So, on a whim I bought this domain name sometime last year I think. I was going to try and build some sort of t-shirt shopping mall similar to bigcartel and I've gotten distracted. It's just sitting there without a use and I thought someone around these parts might be interested in using it. I'd be willing to get rid of it for around $10. this is all I did with it: http://www.merchdive.com 2009-03-08T14:00:55-04:00 13 2009-03-06T19:12:02-05:00 true 0 15235 false false 473 473 1 2009-11-17T13:50:51-05:00 356 I thought this was cool. I don't know how many Cursive fans are here, but you might like to know. http://store.saddle-creek.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=SCOS&Product_Code=LBJ-132-3 <blockquote>As you probably already know, March 10th will mark the release of Mama, I'm Swollen, the sixth studio album from Cursive. We are writing today to offer you the chance to take advantage of a special promotion we are running. <p> As of today, March 1st, Mama, I'm Swollen in MP3 format is available for $1 exclusively in the Saddle Creek Online Store.</p> <p> On March 2nd, it will be $2<br /> March 3rd, $3<br /> March 4th, $4<br /> etc, etc<br /> until March 10th when the record hits the shelves, at which point the MP3 files will remain at their regular price of $9. </p> This promotion only applies to the digital MP3 version of Mama, I'm Swollen.</blockquote> 2009-03-01T23:48:30-05:00 12 2009-03-01T09:35:02-05:00 true 0 14949 false false 10501 473 1 2009-11-20T22:59:47-05:00 302 I'm thinking about selling my Antec Dynamic 4 color printing press with a flash dryer, extra platens, some screens, squeegees, and inks. This is what the press looks like: http://www.dickblick.com/products/dynamic-4-color-screen-printer/ I'm not sure how or how much it would cost to ship, but the base price I'm thinking is around $1,250. Anyone interested or know of a better place to try to hawk this stuff? 2009-02-28T16:24:18-05:00 28 2009-02-26T16:49:19-05:00 true 0 14851 false false 473 473 1 2009-11-17T13:51:15-05:00 549 Hey, I literally just finished up my portfolio (again). I was wondering if I could get some feedback on it. I don't think there are any bugs but if you spot anything (typos, broken links, etc...) please let me know. I coded it all myself (except for the wordpress portion) - PHP/MySQL and CSS. http://www.humanboy.com Thoughts? 2008-09-24T10:54:15-04:00 26 2008-06-25T23:28:04-04:00 true 0 4582 false false 1498 473 1 2009-11-21T03:24:01-05:00 514 So, The Dark Knight is a week away. In preparation, I want to see what other people can do with Batman. Mock up that crusader on a t-shirt. <a href="http://www.emptees.com/tees/5919-batman"><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/emptees/images/23622/batman.jpg" width="600" /></a> (don't forget to put width="600" in your image tag) 2008-07-11T22:36:10-04:00 10 2008-07-11T13:43:43-04:00 true 0 5064 false false 173 473 1 2009-11-09T02:25:58-05:00 435