Threadless t-shirt news: Drawing! A new design challenge!

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Aug 15 '08 by Threadless

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Drawing! A new design challenge!

Some of the best designs begin as a simple hand-drawn sketch. It's incredible how random drawings in sketchbooks, on coffee table napkins, or doodled across sticky notes become sweet pieces of art once fleshed out onscreen! We know it all too well, thanks to YOU! And so, friends, in joyous celebration, we announce...

Your challenge is to create an amazing tee based on an original drawing of yours. Feel free to explain your process with the submission or take some photos showing how you've created the design! We'll be accepting submissions from August 15 - September 15! If your design wows the community and the judges, it could be your ticket to a wealth of goodies, including a new Wacom Cintiq tablet, amazing gift certificates for Utrecht and House Industries, a selection of books from Front Forty and mad props in Print Magazine! What a bounty!

So show us how you did it! We'd sure LOVES to see it!

ivejustquitsmoking on Aug 15 '08 at 2:48pm

aw yeah!

danrule on Aug 15 '08 at 2:49pm

holy moses

tracerbullet on Aug 15 '08 at 2:49pm

horry crap!

L.T. on Aug 15 '08 at 2:50pm

wow thats a biiiig prize package

ivejustquitsmoking on Aug 15 '08 at 2:51pm

can I has wacom cintiq?

SEVEN-HUNDRED on Aug 15 '08 at 2:51pm

*Sharpens pencil*

Ian Leino on Aug 15 '08 at 2:52pm

cintiq tablet? dayumn

Jellyes on Aug 15 '08 at 2:52pm

holy wow.

BlameTheSuburbs on Aug 15 '08 at 2:52pm

errrr... isn't pretty much every design originally a drawing? Seems pretty wide open. But yeah, great prizes. I'll probably submit some stuff.

I like these new topical loves competitions.

martiandrivein on Aug 15 '08 at 2:53pm

ahhh a CINTIQ!!!

BaronVonMonkey on Aug 15 '08 at 2:54pm

Wowzers...!

Woss on Aug 15 '08 at 2:55pm

Oh man. I am SO on this.

Demented on Aug 15 '08 at 2:59pm

DROOL

chelly on Aug 15 '08 at 3:00pm

wonderful

ISABOA on Aug 15 '08 at 3:01pm

best loves ever

jublin on Aug 15 '08 at 3:03pm

hey i could totally use those prizes! everyone just let me win this, thanks!

lunchboxbrain on Aug 15 '08 at 3:03pm

great idea!

xiv on Aug 15 '08 at 3:04pm

whoa

DaniellesGarden on Aug 15 '08 at 3:06pm

i need to win this.. lol..

Torakamikaze on Aug 15 '08 at 3:07pm

holy fartface mcgillicuddy!

do want!

Evan H on Aug 15 '08 at 3:07pm

wow. i'm in.

andyg on Aug 15 '08 at 3:11pm

Nice Prizes!

wullagaru on Aug 15 '08 at 3:12pm

this is MINE

dacat on Aug 15 '08 at 3:12pm

CINTIQ!!!!

Torakamikaze on Aug 15 '08 at 3:14pm

did i mention holy fartface mcgillicuddy?

sonmi on Aug 15 '08 at 3:33pm

woww

jubs totally does need this! but i might try to enter a loves for once.

olie! on Aug 15 '08 at 3:46pm

HOLY CARP
a cintiq baybee

starr226 on Aug 15 '08 at 4:01pm

this is the greatest prize ever.
i wish I had a real chance at winning it. :-(

pilihp on Aug 15 '08 at 4:02pm

i can't draw :(

Edword on Aug 15 '08 at 4:03pm

I need to learn how to draw for this one!

zipperking on Aug 15 '08 at 4:05pm

cintiq?!

*faints....

BrandonB11 on Aug 15 '08 at 4:05pm

designs are gonna be sweet for this, hopefully can get inspired

Iheartgus on Aug 15 '08 at 4:10pm

wow... that's fantastic! just need a positive attitude!

Jellyes on Aug 15 '08 at 4:23pm

already at work on my first design!

Rockslide on Aug 15 '08 at 4:27pm

what's a cintiq? haha, I'm just kidding. Guess its back to the sketchpad old skool style, oh yeaaaah!

radiomode on Aug 15 '08 at 6:57pm

omg cintiq

Woss on Aug 15 '08 at 7:14pm

I started mine already omg.

olie! on Aug 15 '08 at 7:15pm

If Woss is entering I am scared.

SoldierofGondor on Aug 15 '08 at 7:18pm

Awesome.

Woss on Aug 15 '08 at 7:23pm

But you are forgetting that I suck at drawing!

jublin on Aug 15 '08 at 7:29pm

i'm gonna draw moss

FRICKINAWESOME on Aug 15 '08 at 7:30pm

Well, I guess I'm out of this one. If anyone wants to make a design off of my BOO! ghost on the isaJOEa collab, feel free!

Yeah, I'm not quite understanding this contest. So you can only make a pretty sub out of an old drawing you sketched before? It's such a strange concept. Can't anyone say they originally sketched something like whatever they eventually make and enter it in this contest?

canadianbeaver on Aug 15 '08 at 7:40pm

yummmmyyyyy!

onaricegurl on Aug 15 '08 at 7:43pm

i'm up for this one!

orangehead on Aug 15 '08 at 7:43pm

yeahhh! i just finished a sketchbook in thailand... on thai things!

shakethesheets on Aug 15 '08 at 7:45pm

naw, FA, sounds like it's just supposed to start as a drawing.

orangehead on Aug 15 '08 at 7:54pm

so... we include the original drawing in our progress?
or are we actually making a nice sketch to put on a shirt?

sorry, that last comment threw me off a bit.

orangehead on Aug 15 '08 at 7:55pm

oh no, "based on an original drawing"
so we can't just start something on illustrator.

i get it.

Woss on Aug 15 '08 at 8:16pm

Actually, yes. This is quite confusing. An original drawing? Are you allowed to use reference, from a photo or from life?

squatterjohn on Aug 15 '08 at 9:25pm

Oh how I wish I could draw.

Ste7en on Aug 15 '08 at 9:26pm

Wish this was announced before I subbed rawr grrr burrr...but wicked contest none the less

olie! on Aug 15 '08 at 9:29pm

If I have the right idea, I think Threadless would probably want the emphasis to be more on just "create an amazing tee" rather than get caught up with rules and regulations of what defines "an original drawing"

Ste7en on Aug 15 '08 at 9:35pm

It's incredible how random drawings in sketchbooks, on coffee table napkins, or doodled across sticky notes become sweet pieces of art once fleshed out onscreen!

Seems pretty obvious that they want something sketched out traditionally to be turned into a digital piece of art for a t-shirt.

funkie fresh on Aug 15 '08 at 11:16pm

OMG.

viralVISUAL on Aug 15 '08 at 11:21pm

:O~

michless on Aug 15 '08 at 11:55pm

there will to be a THOUSAND entries by the time sept. 15th rolls around. I can't wait to see em all!

michless on Aug 15 '08 at 11:56pm

darn typo. *there is WILLED to be*

roadkill3d on Aug 16 '08 at 12:31am

OHWOWOHWOWOHWOWOHWOWOHWOW

littlem on Aug 16 '08 at 12:33am

oh wow! ;P

chippos on Aug 16 '08 at 1:41am

i have no digital table.

i really need this. graurr

realslimnatey on Aug 16 '08 at 1:43am

oh darn! and i just started to learn how to trace

kooky love on Aug 16 '08 at 1:48am

GREAT $5

Gigguli on Aug 16 '08 at 3:25am

I might be up for the challenge!

JOHN2 on Aug 16 '08 at 3:39am

no words. should have..sent..poet..

5$!

jimmytan on Aug 16 '08 at 3:53am

I LOVE THIS!!!!!! haha im wacomor!

fatheed on Aug 16 '08 at 4:09am

Oh, man.

5$

herky on Aug 16 '08 at 4:15am

awesome!

gumbolimbo on Aug 16 '08 at 4:32am

Yay!
This one will end up with 412 subs, I predict. Might give it a go anyway, could be fun.

JY x JS on Aug 16 '08 at 6:13am

I love the prizes... The best Love Challenge.

[+duracell-] on Aug 16 '08 at 7:25am

Well you know my name is Simon
and the things I draw come true..
do do do do do
hmm hmm la la

BNannas on Aug 16 '08 at 2:37pm

Hey everybody! Glad to see everyone's psyched about the challenge! We're excited to see your awesome stuff.

Just to clarify (and i changed it above), the design should be based on YOUR original drawing. Good luck!

[+duracell-] on Aug 16 '08 at 3:26pm

Oh so we take something we've already drawn and then make a tee design based off of it? Now Im confused.

ivejustquitsmoking on Aug 16 '08 at 3:33pm

I guess derivation isn't ok. and starting with vectors too

Jellyes on Aug 16 '08 at 5:59pm

Yeah this is pretty confusing to me still.

adamwhite on Aug 16 '08 at 6:04pm

WOWEE ZOWEE!

TruLogo on Aug 16 '08 at 7:15pm

I interpret this to mean:
very doodle-y
or sketched, like political cartoon sketches are very "sketched"
then scan and introduce colors
counter if I'm wrong

Edword on Aug 16 '08 at 10:14pm

I just checked out the whole prize pack and WOW WEE!!!! This is the best prize pack I've seen!!

[+duracell-] on Aug 17 '08 at 3:13am

I guess the point is that the shirt can be anything but they want to see some of the design process either submitted via photos or included as part of the design presentation.. starting with pencil on paper. If you are supposed to win your own spread in a magazine they would want to show that extra stuff.
Yes? No?

Flying Mouse on Aug 17 '08 at 3:15am

Wow prize, this competition will be tough.

Robsoul on Aug 17 '08 at 3:16am

very cool challenge

I like where this is going. 3 cheers for threadless.

Andreas Mohacsy on Aug 17 '08 at 5:08pm

what a coincidence, i love drawing to:)

d3d on Aug 17 '08 at 5:14pm

how many ripoffs were being submitted to provoke this contest?

staffell on Aug 18 '08 at 11:19am

what original drawing?

Edword on Aug 18 '08 at 2:52pm

I really won't to win this!!!

corey9 on Aug 19 '08 at 9:30am

i think this is a great contest!

but the odd part of the contest is that drawing with a wacom makes it so easy to draw naturally i dont start with a pencil sketch.

hmmm?

3 days later

Jim. on Aug 22 '08 at 11:22am

Ive got a sweet idea.... im gunna draw a pencil!
No one rob it ok?

3 days later

monkeypim on Aug 26 '08 at 4:11am

this contest is a bit easier than 'democracy' thing

but still can't figure out what to draw thought, i LOVEEE to get that CINTIQ!!!

14 days later

gumbolimbo on Sep 09 '08 at 8:25am

This one will end up with 412 subs, I predict

Another 100 in the last days is very well possible. C'mon guys and gals, help my inner nostradamus a little!

snaggle tooth on Sep 09 '08 at 8:40am

i'm submitting. but I don't think I'll win, for obvious reasons.

snaggle tooth on Sep 09 '08 at 8:41am

staffell on Aug 18 '08 at 11:19am
what original drawing?

lol

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