PRINTED T-SHIRT DESIGN REVIEW

I'm a big fan of the Street Fighter series and an even bigger fan of the legendary 'Hadoken', 'Shoryuken' and the rest of them. My life is full of fond memories of late social nights desperately trying to master the button combinations to pull off a super-special-ultimate-killer-something or other. Seeing this design on The Awesomer brought it all flooding back. I think the video game designers took pleasure in coming up with 12 button combinations just to make sure all their punters would waste a good portion of their existence in their completely idle and fantastical world of the beat-em-up. This is a hilarious design and well executed.

Thought it would also be funny to include this little YouTube video, reminding us of those hours of gameplaying fun.

Tri-Coasta t-shirts are a range specifically designed for the world of MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fighting. The designs they produce are unique and very genre specific, combining a grunged rough print look with some beautiful illustrations which could be more typified with video beat-em-up games. The designs also make an interesting use of typography as well as symbolism and heraldry in an attempt to indirectly touch all areas of heroism and dualistic combat. In their range, some fair better than others in design, spoiled only by the emblazoned name of specific fighters across the front and back. Definitely a good effort for the targetted market. They all go for about $30.

A beautiful collaboration between HUF and PATTA to create this beautiful print. Generally, I'm a big fan of the classic playing card artwork and in truth, it remains a highly under-well-exploited concept, however, this design does it justice. The H and P representing the two labels involved and the bold stripes contrast well against the classic style of the illustration. Interestingly enough, this design is also available in two other colour arrangements - black art, yellow stripes on grey marl and white art, green stripes on black. Both equally as stunning. A positive reinterpretation of classic and iconic imagery, especially inline with the global poker boom. Available at HUF.

A very nice print from Lush Life on this number, covered with flyers of punk rock concerts. Nice arrangement and a nice print. The design goes across the back and is also available in an inverted silver glitter on black. This is available at Digital Gravel for a meager $49. Worth it?

I'm not the most literate of human beings, but even with my limited knowledge I have this habit. If you're going to talk my language, you may as well talk it correctly. And true to the t-shirt, the opportunity to correct it does not always present itself, therefore in many a conversation one finds oneself on mental spell check and grammar correction. Available for $17 at Zazzle.

A fresh look to the adidas logo by Japanese brand Cheez. A simple sketchy technique plus a vibrant fuchsia pink makes an all too common logo design come alive revived. Not cheap though. About £42. Available here.