Clown Wars

No, it’s not the latest Facebook game (at least I don’t think it is) it’s a new t-shirt from laFraise. My first impression of the t-shirt was not very good but when I noticed the intricate detail of this fun/funny design I was duly impressed.

45 Awesome Panda T-Shirts

If you get to close to them they would probably rip you to shreds but pandas are damned cute. I mean you just wanna hug them. You don’t really want to hug them for obvious reasons but there is something about them that gives off a hug-able vibe and I am not immune to their wily charms so I gathered this collection of t-shirts of pandas for my viewing pleasure but hell you can look at them too.

Werewolf parody tee

I guess with the new Benicio Del Toro werewolf movie coming up and Taylor Lautner of course I am guessing we will see  a pack of werewolf t-shirts coming out, full moon or not. But for someone like me, your favorite werewolf is probably the the Michael J. Fox high school coming of age basketball hero comedy from the eighties. And while this t-shirt is inspired by an even older werewolf movie called the Curse of the Werewolf it pays homage to Teen Wolf. Nice lines, nice color and great tattooed model from laFraise.

47 Online Ongoing T-Shirt Contests

There are now tons of websites holding design contests as a way of sourcing designs for t-shirts and this is probably the most comprehensive list you are going to find. So if you are creating some awesome designs you now know tons of places you can submit to.

1. Threadless
   Of course Threadless would have to be at the top of this list as it is often credited as being the first to use this business model. It is also the biggest and probably the most successful of all the t-shirt contest sites.

   Prizes
   $2000 Cash
   $500 Threadless Gift Certificate (can be redeemed for $200 cash)
   $500 in cash each time your design is reprinted
   Up to $22,500 more if you win a “Bestee” in the Threadless Awards
   Alumni Club membership including a Medal of Honor and other goodies

   How often?
   Weekly.

2. Design by Humans
   At just about 2 years old Design by Humans is one of the most talked about tee contest sites and is famous for its large prints.

   Prizes
   Shirt of the Day: $500 cash plus $250 store credit
   Combined with Shirt of the Week/Month and the Rock Star program you could earn up to $8500

   How often?
   Almost daily.

3. Uneetee

   Prizes
   $1500

   How often?
   Weekly

4. laFraise
   Probably the largest t-shirt contest site in Europe. Owned by Spreadshirt they have a lot of resources. Specialize in cartoonish designs. Multilingual web site (German, French and English).

   Prizes
   €1,000

   How often?
   Almost daily.

5. Look- Zippy
   France based site I believe, multilingual (English, German, French and Spanish) and specialize in fair trade organic garments.

   Prize: €300 for 200 shirts, €75 for every 50 more printed
   How often? Monthly

6. Springleap
   South African based contest. Don’t expect to get paid soon. It is about one and a half years since I got runners up there and still haven’t seen a dollar which is probably about all I earned as the runners up prizes were probably the worst prizes ever for a tee contest. A few days ago I received an email saying that they are finally going to pay the winners but I’ll believe it when I see it. My advice: avoid this contest.

   Prize: About $900
   How often? Bi-weekly.

7. Red is White
   The premier Christian tee design contest site.

   Prize: $500 plus royalties after first 250 shirts
   How often? Perhaps monthly.

8. Bang Bang T-Shirts
   British contest site that focuses on pop culture.

   Prize: £100 – £125
   How often? Occasionally.

9. Edo Label
   Japanese contest site with bilingual site (English and Japanese).Prize: 50,000 yen + 10,000 yen  store credit.
10. Code Creations [Disappeared]
11. Shirt.Woot
    They have a Derby (contest) regularly as well as accepting submissions for their daily tee. Famous for $10 t-shirt deals.

    Prize: From $500 (I think)
    How often? Weekly (perhaps)

12. Scribtee
    It’s connected to the ShirtCity POD.

    Prize: $300-$500 plus $50 shopping voucher
    How often? Twice a month.

13. teetonic.com
    British site.  I haven’t notice much activity around here in a while.

    Prize: £100 plus 50p per shirt sold.
    How often? Rarely, if ever.

14. Allmightys
    One of the first contests where the prizes were based on sales.

    Prize: $2 per shirt sold.
    How often? Occasionally.

15. Cameesa
    This site added crowdfunding to crowdsourcing to build what should be a risk free contest site. They don’t print the tees until they are paid for.

    Prize: $200 cash, $50 credit plus $2 per shirt after the first 125 sold.

16. Ink Fruit
    India based site.

    Prize: 5000 rupees (about $100)
    How often? Every 15 days.

17. Monsieur Poulet
    Based in Paris, France, this is a bilingual site in French and English that uses fair trade cotton garments.

    Prize: €2 per shirt sold
    How often? Several times a month.

18. Fair and Bare
    British based site also using Fair Trade cotton.

    Prize: £200 plus residuals
    How often? Occasionally

19. Chimpogo
    British based contest site.

    Prize: £500
    How often? It says every week but I don’t think that is happening. Maybe occasionally.

20. Canvas
    Contest for Christian based designs.

    Prize: Up to $400

21. Ink Hound [Gone quiet]
    Design hats and t-shirts.

    Prize: $2 per shirt
    How often? Weekly.

22. Teextile
    Fairly new site that sells t-shirts for one week only.

    Prize: $4 per shirt for first 500, decreases after that for some reason.
    How often? Weekly.

23. Full Metal T-Shirt
    This site is wild. Like a cross between Dungeons and Dragons and bikers if you could imaging such a thing.

    Prize: $100 cash, $100 credit plus $5 per shirt (or print) sold for one year.
    How often? Weekly.

24. Teepay [On a break]
    British site similar to Cameesa in that the tees won’t be printed unless enough people order them.

    Prize: £2.50 per shirt sold.

25. Tilteed
    Popular t-shirt contest site with Tilteed Limited Edition shirts as well as a regular contest.

    Prize: $500
    How often? Weekly.

26. Goodjoe
    Looking for designs that inspire.

    Prize: $1 per shirt
    How often? Weekly.

27. Scopial
    Another India based site that attracts a lot of great designers.

    Prize: About $400
    How often? Don’t know.

28. bookis.org
    Similar again to Cameesa. This time though the designer can set the profit he wishes to make per shirt. Based on the Chinese idea of “tuangou” where a group of people get together to buy in bulk from the wholesaler.
29. Metal Ink
    Tatoo inspired designs for tees.

    Prize: $700 cash + $300 store credit + residuals

30. ArtyTee
    Not too sure about this one. Seems to be some type of subscription based store

    Prize: $2 per shirt (up to $100)
    How often? Monthly

31. SwishSwosh
    New site from the UK.

    Prize: £1100 + 50p per shirt sold for first place, £101 + 50p per shirt sold for runners up
    How often? Monthly.

32. Syckfits [Disappeared]
33. Badashell

    Prize: $200 + $50 store credit
    How often? On a break.

34. nomoretees [Retired]
35. Camiseteria
    Brazil based website in Portuguese.

    Prize: R$800 in cash, R$800 in store credit

36. BlackEyedT.com [Died.]
37. Is This Chicken? [Not active]
38. Collar Free [Retired]
39. itself
    Turkey based tee contest burst onto the scene about two years ago with a $4000 prize. Selected just a few tees and then no activity. While they appear to be accepting designs and if you dig around you can find a voting area I suspect there is no longer a contest. The last submission was in July. The last tee was chosen about a year ago.
40. Wooshka [No activity]
41. Milk Shop Gang [No activity]
42. Righteous Enterprise [Disappeared]
43. ice cream t-shirts [Be right back. I don't think so.]
44. Tasty Threads
    Never made it out of the gate.
45. Teeple [Retired]
46. tFuse [Reported Attack Site]
47. Caponocca [No Activity]

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Note: These are all just websites that I have come across over the last while or so. I didn’t search the web for t-shirt contests so I am sure there are some that I have missed. On top of that I am sure I have made some mistakes in the details. These things happen.

If you know of any other t-shirt contest sites or can see some mistakes I have made please leave a comment below and I will do my best to rectify the situation.

Very Creative Design at LaFraise

This design is awesome. The style is very typical of laFraise but designer Cib has really done well with this one. Great concept, great execution. Check out the design closeup below.

Geek Vision for Sale

laFraise are selling a select number of their tees for €11 including this fun design by Ted Boundy. The problem is though, they don’t make it very easy to see which tees are €11. Still good price and good tees.

You Love T-Shirt

Why do people become obsessed with t-shirts. Perhaps we were put into a trance and hypnotized. I think that is the concept of this tee from laFraise.

Love is in the air at Camiseteria

I don’t think I have ever mentioned this site before but they do have some great t-shirts. Based in Brazil, Camiseteria is a Threadless clone ie. t-shirt contest site. A lot of the designers you will probably be familiar with from sites such as Threadless. The one problem with the site is that it is in Portuguese which might be trouble for most of the world but I find that Google translate helps me navigate it pretty easily. Anyway, I came across this cute tee this morning and thought I would share it.

Another thing to note about the Camiseteria is all the cute girls that model the tshirts. Wow! It’s called “Cão Voador (o amor está no ar)” which Google translated as “Flying Dog (love is in the air)” and was designed by Egon Zakuska.

€15,000 T-Shirt at LaFraise

OK, so the t-shirt doesn’t cost €15,000 but that is how much the designer got paid for the design. It was one of the biggest prizes ever awarded at a t-shirt design contest as far as I know. You can see a closeup of the design in previous post where I told you about the winner.

It’s a very cute but very feminine design by piu-piu.

All we need is a hoodie

Winter’s a comin’ in many parts of the world so you are going to see more and more hoodies and this is a pretty sweet one from laFraise. It would be nice to see this design on a tshirt too but what are you gonna do. Still at €39 it is a pretty good deal.

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