Autumn is finally here. The leaves are turning color, the air is getting crisper & chillier, and Starbuck’s has their seasonal Autumn flavored coffees. I’m going to have lots of fun searching for Fall designs, seeing as how it’s my favorite season. After typing in “Autumn leaves” in the Cafepress search engine, one of the first designs I came across was this adorable picture of a cute little dog rejoicing in a pile of leaves. It looks really good on apparel, too.
Next up on our perpetual tour of perfectly presentable pictures on p-shirts – I mean t-shirts – is an elegant and positive design, called simply “Inspire”. Unlike most t-shirt patterns, this one is like a horizontal, diagonal stroke across the shirt. The effect is eye-catching, yet the light pastel blue and yellow is rather calming.
I was browsing the Cafepress forums, looking at the section for new designs, when I came across this little gem. It’s very pretty, and very busy! Your eyes can’t tear away from it because you keep seeing new details. A star, a butterfly, a cassette tape,…and it has a beautiful pink theme to it.
Maybe I ought to wait until spring to spotlight this next design, but I just couldn’t wait. It’s a simple concept, yet quite pleasing to the eyes. Basically, you take a silhouette of a small bird, and multiply it. You make them appear in different, yet complimentary shades. This particular design comes in three variations: green, blue and one with blue and purple.
Click on the links to check them out in both light and dark colored shirts. I must admit that these designs look pretty cool on black t-shirts.
I found another sight that has a very distinctive “70’s” vibe, with the brown & green shades and such. Well, this site featured an animal section which had the grooviest little owl designs. There are three total, the “Nite Owl”, “Snowy Owl”, and “Owl Always Loves You”. Can you bat your eyelashes and say “AWWW! How adorable!” ^__^
Today I think we’ll go with a little surrealism. Nothing like genuine weirdness to escep from reality for a moment, yes? I found this really cool eye-looking thingie in the Cafepress Marketplace today. It’s basically a drawing of an eye with stringy abstractness all around it. What makes it stand out is the touch of blue in an otherwise black and white drawing.
Art is said to imitate life. Sometimes, however, the most interesting artwork resembles nothing at all.
This next piece is called “bleeding Heart”, and with good reason. It is made of random shapes, colored with many shades of pink and purple. Check it out:
So there’s this cool cat named Amanda Robbins, and she’s got a basic Cafepress shop that features one of her very beautiful designs. It’s a dark blue butterfly with a complimentary shades of light blue. Well, we all know that I’m a sucker for butterflies to begin with, right? Add one of my favorite colors to it, and you’ve pretty much got me hooked. I hope that you’ll like it, too.
I colorful abstract art. I love it even more when I can slap it right on my chest and take it with me. So it should come as no surprise that I recommend this next t-shirt, which is untitled.
I love how it has multiple images within itself, each with its own color scheme. We’ve got blue & green, pink & yellow, and many other formless patterns in there. The circular design also fits well on a tee, and doesn’t feel awkward like those rectangular ones.
We made it safe and sound to Idaho! Yay for us! Unfortunately, I have very limited internet access. In fact, I have to rely on someone else’s wi-fi, which can only be reached from my front porch. So until I get internet access of my very own, updates are going to be unpredictable. But, never fear! I shall come through somehow!
Anyway…it’s a jungle out there! At least, in the Cafepress shop called “Finding my voice”. This artist loves to paint wildlife, and she’s really, really good at it! She has pelicans, wolves and a variety of big cats. Do I have a favorite design? Why yes, yes I do! Which one? Well…I’m glad you asked. I have two, actually, and the reason is because their splotchy edges make them fit nicely on the face of the shirts. they are both big cat designs, too. Take a look:
