http://www.teefury.com/


http://www.shirtpunch.com/

http://www.teefury.com/

since when does $6 dollar shirts charge $2 shipping on their daily shirts?

I Certainly wasn't anticipating an Earthworm Jim shirt today

Originally Posted by elessar123 http://www.teefury.com/

Originally Posted by unwittytitle I Certainly wasn't anticipating an Earthworm Jim shirt today

Mashed up with Bruce Campbell's character from the evil dead series at that!

I'm tired of mash-ups, but that one has my approval.

Earthworm Ash... I just had to bite. I promised myself no more shirts until the Boo/Kratos one was live. *sigh* teefury and riptapparel, making my wallet cry $10 at a time.

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Originally Posted by ZombieToast I'm tired of mash-ups, but that one has my approval.

Huh? That's what's all of these shirt sites are all about.

Originally Posted by outerfox Earthworm Ash... I just had to bite. I promised myself no more shirts until the Boo/Kratos one was live. *sigh* teefury and riptapparel, making my wallet cry $13 at a time.

FTFY

Originally Posted by Romeo Huh? That's what's all of these shirt sites are all about. FTFY

Not all the shirts are mash-ups. Plenty of the designs are just references and homages. For example, InkOne is one of the most popular artists on shirtpunch and most of his designs are pretty straightforward representations of a single theme, like his ongoing TMNT series.

http://www.shirtpunch.com/


and
http://www.riptapparel.com/

That Vaultrap shirt is neat, may have to pick one up,

On Qwertee today
http://www.qwertee.com/

Originally Posted by MoCiWe That Vaultrap shirt is neat, may have to pick one up,

I like Clap-boy!

Originally Posted by iNFiNiTE HORiZON since when does $6 dollar shirts charge $2 shipping on their daily shirts?

Happened about a month ago. For a couple of days they even raised the $6 shirts to $6.99

Originally Posted by Romeo Huh? That's what's all of these shirt sites are all about.

Exactly. It's boring. I prefer when people actually have original designs instead of just giving something dressed as something else.

Originally Posted by ZombieToast Exactly. It's boring. I prefer when people actually have original designs instead of just giving something dressed as something else.

Welcome to 2012. Seems this is all the shirt sites sell now. The reason, I'm guessing, is that these type of designs sell better then purely original designs.

Except that the majority of what is popular on Woot! is original designs. 12 of the top 20 shirts there don't involve any references to pop culture, and I don't see any mashups there.

I guess with video games you get a lot of mashups because it is the easiest way to be creative with it. Course, it helps if it goes together and not just two random references mashed together. For example, the two at the top of this page (71) are good mashups, imo, while I think the Pokemon/Sonic one is a little weak.

What's popular on Woot is Doctor Who, Star Wars, Nintendo just like everyone else. That's why you see specific rules in the derby to eliminate the the temptation to push the boundaries of copyright.

Mash-ups happen mainly because it's a safe grey area for artist to use intellectual properties in their designs.

I'm not going to hate. They are in the business to make money. But there was a time I bought a shirt from teefury every other day. Haven't seen anything to my taste in a long time which is disappointing.

I'd love someone to say "ok we aren't doing mash ups any more" but I'd worry how long they would be able to support themselves.

On TeeFury today
http://www.teefury.com

Has anyone ordered a button from shirtpunch? I think todays Wayne/Kent design would look really good on one but am wondering about the quality.