History (Short) of the T-shirt, Today's Popular T-Shirts, T-shirts for Women, Kids, Men & Babies
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T-Shirts as Communication, Comfort-wear and Style
History of the T Shirt
T shirts evolved from one piece under garments (union suits) that were cut in two with the top long enough to tuck into the waistband.
During or following the Spanish-American war, t shirts without buttons were issued by the U.S. Navy and the word t shirt was adopted into the dictionary during the 1920s.
However, that all said after further research I've discovered the t shirt may have originated overseas in Europe. It appears the bottom line is: It's not quite clear where the t shirt originated.
T-Shirts Today
From a T-shirt one wears, you can tell their diet preference: vegetarian or meat eater; their political thoughts, ideals, or which way they swing. We can voice our opinion about a specific political issue like this one I've created regarding Senior Citizens. You can deduct who supports the Green movement, their sexual preference, if a fella is a leg man, boob or butt man. Baby shirts announce their fist Christmas or Easter while others announce they're the older sibling.
When I was a competitive sailor, we received t shirts as prizes making it pretty darn easy to tell who placed and who didn't. T shirts are advertising billboards, pajamas for women who pilfer their guy's t shirt drawer and we dress our pets in apparel made specifically for the breed of animal. T shirts - it seems - are man's preferred apparel (even worn with slacks and jacket), and according to a couple of fashion web sites I found, the t shirt will remain popular in 2012 among men and women most especially as savvy artists grasp on to pattern, color and image trends.
Below, I've posted a collection naturally based on my own taste.
Sources Wikipedia, Tshirt Buyers Guide
NOTE: Gimp (photo editing/illustration software) tutorial at the bottom of the page. I LOVE this program!
T shirts evolved from one piece under garments (union suits) that were cut in two with the top long enough to tuck into the waistband.
During or following the Spanish-American war, t shirts without buttons were issued by the U.S. Navy and the word t shirt was adopted into the dictionary during the 1920s.
However, that all said after further research I've discovered the t shirt may have originated overseas in Europe. It appears the bottom line is: It's not quite clear where the t shirt originated.
T-Shirts Today
From a T-shirt one wears, you can tell their diet preference: vegetarian or meat eater; their political thoughts, ideals, or which way they swing. We can voice our opinion about a specific political issue like this one I've created regarding Senior Citizens. You can deduct who supports the Green movement, their sexual preference, if a fella is a leg man, boob or butt man. Baby shirts announce their fist Christmas or Easter while others announce they're the older sibling.
When I was a competitive sailor, we received t shirts as prizes making it pretty darn easy to tell who placed and who didn't. T shirts are advertising billboards, pajamas for women who pilfer their guy's t shirt drawer and we dress our pets in apparel made specifically for the breed of animal. T shirts - it seems - are man's preferred apparel (even worn with slacks and jacket), and according to a couple of fashion web sites I found, the t shirt will remain popular in 2012 among men and women most especially as savvy artists grasp on to pattern, color and image trends.
Below, I've posted a collection naturally based on my own taste.
Sources Wikipedia, Tshirt Buyers Guide
NOTE: Gimp (photo editing/illustration software) tutorial at the bottom of the page. I LOVE this program!
How to Paint a T-shirt with Acrylic Paints
Short how-to
- Paint Create Repurpose
- Short how-to paint shirts or other material with acrylic paints
Artist T-shirts
Or... T-shirt Gifts for Artists
Christmas Shirts for Kids and Adults
Personalize your favorite tee
Naturally, the collection of novelty tees wouldn't be complete without shirts for the holidays like Christmas. Not everybody loves Christmas but for those who do - men, women and children - there's a wide variety to choose from... Rudolf and Santa certainly not excluded.
The poinsettia is a painting I created with acrylic. All the other pictures - excluding the layout, background designs) are by Trina Clark at DigiScrapKits.com.
The poinsettia is a painting I created with acrylic. All the other pictures - excluding the layout, background designs) are by Trina Clark at DigiScrapKits.com.
Love Coffee?
Say It with a Tee
"I heart.(blank)"... You see it everywhere and with today's technology and graphics it's VERY easy to make. As I mentioned somewhere in this lens, there are plenty of brushes to create coffee stains on the Internet for free. Just do the search.
StickyNote
Visit my lens about Mugs, Cups and Thermals. Loads of cool art and lots of links to get lost in.
Ohhhhhhh.... go on! It won't hurt you to copy and paste the link, ya silly goose. http://www.squidoo.com/popular-mugs-cups-thermal-mugs-for-coffee-and-tea-drinkers
Grunge with a Message
Spoonerism Tees
Spoonerism Tee Shirt by Visages
Create customized tee shirts using zazzle
I desperately needed to round out my t shirts to include something for the younger set. Research, research, research: That's what I did. My 30 year old son turned me on to web sites he shops (not mine, of course) where I could browse to get a grip on what kids are wearing. That solved, I had to find a way to create grunge text and paint splatters.
Know what? You can find free paint brushes for splatter, grunge, trees, flowers, flourishes, etc. for FREE! Yup, no strings attached on many of them and I can use them with Gimp. Just type "free grunge paint brushes for Gimp.
Next, I needed a subject for my shirts. I love words so I looked around and found spoonerisms wherein one takes the first letter of two words and switches them so that pig rot is now rig pot. So began my new line: Spoonerism Tees.
Spoonerism Tees
T Shirts with Ferret Images
Ferret T Shirts for Humans
I love ferrets. I have two who are funny and whimsical.
Although the ferret owner niche is quite narrow, there is a market for ferret related gifts for humans. My more popular ferret related items is ferret quotes, or ferret-isms as I like to call them.
Although the ferret owner niche is quite narrow, there is a market for ferret related gifts for humans. My more popular ferret related items is ferret quotes, or ferret-isms as I like to call them.
Illlustrated Graphic Animal Shirts
Mammals, Birds
I love animals and I especially love to draw them. The panda bear was a commissioned piece. A lady in France wanted a panda bear apron. I grabbed pencils, paper and my stuffed panda and set to work. She adored him. Shortly after I uploaded and added him to product, I received a notice that two Panda Bear Aprons were sold.
The little yellow chicks... Don't they look like leader dots with eyes? If you like drawing images targeted toward kids, grab your remote and start watching cartoons. Lots of inspiration there.
Also using art your kids have drawn on t shirts (or even mugs, magnets and posters) is a way to create a uniquely personalized gift.
The bear and kitty cat art by Trina Clark are purchased clip art from DigiScrapKits.com.
The little yellow chicks... Don't they look like leader dots with eyes? If you like drawing images targeted toward kids, grab your remote and start watching cartoons. Lots of inspiration there.
Also using art your kids have drawn on t shirts (or even mugs, magnets and posters) is a way to create a uniquely personalized gift.
The bear and kitty cat art by Trina Clark are purchased clip art from DigiScrapKits.com.
Family Reunion Tees
According to Zazzle...
... family reunion shirts are popular. Here are a few of my own using old family pictures.
If you're looking for a unique idea for a shirt, look through your parents' and grandparents' pictures (photographs), scan it or get someone to scan it for you then add it to t shirts along with your own message.
If you're looking for a unique idea for a shirt, look through your parents' and grandparents' pictures (photographs), scan it or get someone to scan it for you then add it to t shirts along with your own message.
Funny T Shirts
NEW FROM VISAGES: Short Joke Tees
My husband and kids are quite tall. Daughter is 5' 9" while son is 6' 4" unless he's wearing his boots that make him 6' 6" so I lived with short jokes for quite awhile. I'm 5' 6".
My Own Political Statement
Voicing My Opinions Via T Shirts
I live in a college town with a population of 80 thousand. Despite years and years of experience as manager, art director, layout artist and graphic artist, I have not managed to find a job. You will never get a company to admit to it and you would be hard pressed to prove it but I feel, intuit discrimination toward my age (mid-50s) and even toward my years of experience. The would-be employer prefers hiring less experienced youngsters spending months in training and less in wages. And so, I developed this line of shirts during a moment of frustration.
Visages at Zazzle
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How to Make Your Own Unique T Shirt
Make Your Own Unique Gifts, Invitations, Announcements
Want to learn how to make your own unique personalized t shirt or other items like mugs or hate, check out this video.
If you're daunted by the task, not sure how, a little jumpy about diving into something new, the head to Visages (zazzle.com/visages) and contact me. I will help you at no charge. We'll get your image uploaded and onto gift items for you to purchase before you can say "thisistoohardIcan'tdoit".
If you're daunted by the task, not sure how, a little jumpy about diving into something new, the head to Visages (zazzle.com/visages) and contact me. I will help you at no charge. We'll get your image uploaded and onto gift items for you to purchase before you can say "thisistoohardIcan'tdoit".
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naturesfun
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- Great lens
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baby-strollers
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- I don't know if my parents would appreciate this or not?
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PoncsMom
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- Why? Are you referring to the 55 and over, grey wall t-shirts?
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- "87 % of all internet facts are made up on the spot." Abraham Lincoln
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- very cool page, nice selections...blessed:)rob
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- some cool stuff on her, gave ya a 'thumbs up'.
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StreetJustice
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- Excellent Lens! Thank You!
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elfinart
Oct 31, 2011 @ 9:24 am | delete
- Great collection! I especially like your age discrimination shirts and have added my Aging with Flair section above.
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blueangel85
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- really nice t-shirts !
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prosepine
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- Interesting selection!
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- Nice lens! People are getting younger nowadays. Age discrimination is sad, but the mid 50's is still the prime of life.
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PoncsMom
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- I agree and I will admit that probably the inability to find a job in my field is also partly due to this stinkin' economy and added burdens to businesses... That said, I'm glad I have the chance to utilize Zazzle and enjoy sales of my art
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DigitalDreambuilder
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- A good selection of shirts
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bebops
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- Lots of great shirts to choose from!
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animotaxis
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- Nice variety and funny T-Shirts, great lens.
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