Graphic Tee designer (mostly)

Introduce Yourself
#1

I feel like I never introduced myself when I signed up for an account on GDF as while ago. My name is Jon and I mostly create designs that go on apparel. I run a small shop called HomeTown Riot where I post up designs I create of places I visit around the U.S. Most of these designs are of the retro/vintage variety. I’ve got shirts for all 50 states, though I admit I haven’t been to every single state. At some point I felt like I needed to include all 50 states so nobody felt left out, lol.

My design process usually entails that I visit the place that I am making a design for. Actually going to the location is such an inspiration and a design usually comes shortly thereafter. Here’s my latest design from when I went to Colorado Springs last month.

GardenoftheGods-proof
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If you’ve never seen Garden of the Gods let me just say that it’s incredible. 100 foot monolithic red rocks jut out of the earth under a peerless blue sky while huge clouds billow above. What a sight! I envisioned those clouds being the gods watching over their crop - and that’s the inspiration for the design. Feel free to critique it :slight_smile:

I’ve got a huge backlog of designs to make and plan to post them up here and there. Thanks for having me here.

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#2

Welcome Aboard! :slight_smile:

I’m glad you mentioned where Garden of the Gods was located because I had no clue :wink:

If it were me and I was designing travel Tees, I would have the location listed as well. Unless it’s on the back and I’m not seeing it :wink:

Otherwise I like the illustration.

#3

As someone who has been to the garden of the gods… this is awesome! Welcome to the forum!

#4

Hey, sorry for the confusion. On the site itself, all shirts are broken down by State or Region, so this one would be found under Colorado for example, but I see what you are saying.

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#5

That’s pretty cool work. I don’t care about name brands. If I like a design on a shirt it I get it. I buy clothes for the art on them lol.

It’s a little too late for this year but what is selling like CRAZY this year are t-shirts with a Christmas Sweater style design on them. Not sayin, just sayin.

#6

Cool work! lovely choice of Blue t-shirt colour for the Design to POP! The Terracotta Brown for Mountains is also a nice touch.

#7

Christmas sweater t-shirt?
No thanks.

#8

Good work! I like the color combination you’ve used here it’s pretty cool! As a customer i don’t think about the logic behind the design, for me it should be eye catching and attractive and I found your t-shirt very attractive!

#9

As a customer I always consider the message on something I might wear.
It’s gotten so bad that other than branded work shirts, I usually only wear solids out in public.