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March 12, 2010
Genuine ACME Scratch 'n' Sniff Vampire Repellent T-Shirts!
A "Genuine ACME Scratch 'n' Sniff Vampire Repellent T-Shirt" on Chocolate Brown.
Hehe, this week's tee is a little unusual in that the design is 100% Dylon. It's not very often that I indulge my ideas (well, except for Galileo5 Magnifico), so it was fun putting together something else that's entirely from my perspective.
Everyone that I mentioned it to seemed to think that it was a good idea as well. So voila, the world's first Scratch 'n' Sniff Vampire Repellent T-Shirt!
Of course the shirt doesn't actually smell, it's just a joke, but that probably won't stop other people from admiring your ever-so-clever (if I do say so myself) tee!
March 5, 2010
Steamball
"Steamball" on a millitary green tee.
Well, it seems that the No-See-Monkey artist is also a pretty big sports fan! For this week's tee he decided to combine his favourite sport with everyone's favourite steam-powered diminutive simians and a healthy dose of global warming conspiracy and magnetic pole shifting to boot!
Speaking of boots, we've been promised even more No-See-Monkey tees in the next few weeks, so stay tuned to find out what's in store!
March 4, 2010
Exciting News Part 3
Our friends over at Successful Stoners have also done an excellent post about Say It Phree Tees! Successful Stoners is relatively new site, but already one of our favourites with an excellent perspective on many topics, be sure to check them out!
More Exciting News!
Steve Elliot from Toke of the Town has done an excellent post about Say It Phree Tees! Regular readers of my posts on Say It Phree Phacebook Phans may recognize Steve's name from several of the more interesting articles that I have posted there. If not, be sure to check out his site and other guest columns, such as the very informative "Four Things Not To Say To A Medical Marijuana Patient". Special thanks once again to Steve!
Exciting News!
At the suggestion of friends and after a long discussion with our artists, we have decided to start donating $1.00 from each and every Say It Phree tee sold to "The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws" aka " NORML"!
This includes every tee that we sell, not just our "420 Phriendly" line and we have also kept our prices exactly the same, so there is no increased cost to you!
If you are not familiar with NORML, they are an excellent organization working for rational solutions to reforming laws regarding the prohibition on cannabis. Please check them out: http://norml.ca/ for Canadians or http://norml.com/ for our friends south of the 49th parallel.
To become a "Corporate Sponsor" of NORML we need to sell at least 100 tees, so please help us reach this goal, support reform and exercise your right to Say it Phree by ordering a tee today!
February 26, 2010
The Time Jumper
"The Time Jumper" on a forest green tee.
This tee combines several geek favourite genres, including Doctor Who, Werewolves and Steampunk Technology, in to one very cool tee!
February 19, 2010
Cat Cave Diner
"Cat Cave Diner on a black tee.
Well, this is another one of those tees that really has no deep explanation!
This tee is by the same artist that did the "Night Shift Cat" in our "Old School Vampire" series, who seems to have made some sort of odd connection between felines and vampires. When I questioned this connection, he just told me that I needed to watch an old movie called "Bell, Book and Candle
" and watch for a cat named "Pyewacket"!
February 12, 2010
Get Stoned Medusa
"Get Stoned Medusa" on a navy tee.
This twist on Greek Mythology* is one of those designs that just popped into my head one evening. The original saying was "There Are Better Ways to Get Stoned", but we decided that it was too verbose and eventually settled on the much more succinct "Get Stoned".
*For anyone out of the loop, Medusa, Stheno, and Euryale are monsters from classic Greek Myth called "Gorgons". It is said that looking directly into the gaze of a Gorgon would turn a person instantly to stone. Medusa, the only mortal Gorgon, was slain by the hero Perseus with the help of a mirrored shield that helped him avoid her deadly gaze.
February 5, 2010
One Toke Over The Line
"One Toke Over The Line" on a white tee.
I had been thinking about doing a tee based on the song "One Toke Over the Line " by one-hit wonders Brewer & Shipley for a while, but couldn't come up with a really clever idea. Well, "couldn't" until one of our artists delivered this crazy smoking monkey picture and I knew instantly that it would make a perfect "One Toke Over the Line" tee!
The Many Faces of Garazoul
"The Many Faces of Garazoul" on a chestnut tee.
One of the coolest things about "Say It Phree" is getting to work with all kinds of talented artists, including my old friend Shayne (aka Draxenn), who lends his webcomic character "Garazoul" to this epically cool tee!
February 3, 2010
Pot IS Medicine
"Pot IS Medicine" on a black tee.
Of all the designs we have created, I believe that this is the single most important message that we would like to impart.
If nothing else in our society, we must to come to the consensus that leaving anything, whether it be a person or an animal to suffer, is fundamentally wrong.
This could not be more true when there's a relatively inexpensive and effective option available, but which is denied to many for completely muddy reasons.
Why should people be forced to become criminals just to ease their suffering? It's like saying "Yes, well, there is some evidence that Buddhism can ease suffering, but we don't have enough clinical research to allow people to practice meditation, so we're making it illegal".
Please, Say It Phree and spread the word about this vital topic! Maybe if enough people get the message we can finally make a change in our society for the better!
Liberty & Cannabis
"Liberty & Cannabis" on a pistachio tee.
This was the original design that put us on the path to creating Say It Phree Tees.
It reflects the hypocrisy of legalizing dangerous substances, such as alcohol, while having a prohibition on the much less harmless (and natural) substances, i.e. Cannabis.
At some people our governments just have to get off of their puritanical high-horses and realize that sometimes people are capable of making adult decisions for themselves. Heck, you'd think that the tax money they would be able to generation alone would be enough to convince them.
Personally I blame lobbying from industries that are threatened by Hemp and Cannabis, like big oil, pulp and paper, cotton and (what is probably the worst culprit) pharmaceuticals.
Anyhow, enough ranting, this tee speaks for itself with over 70 terms for Cannabis!
The Original Green Man
"The Original Green Man" on a white tee.
Nin-Jah Rolling Papers
"Nin-Jah Rolling Papers" on a dark heather tee.
I used to love the old stickers that we'd get as kids that were based on pun jokes about various consumer products. So it wasn't a surprise when the "What Would _____ Do?" artist won a spot in our collective with this design based off an old pack of Zig-Zag rolling papers.
Especially with the over-the-top-extra-nerdy geek reference to Akira Kurosawa!
Green Ninja
"Green Ninja" on a white tee.
Our "What Would ______ Do?" artist apparently got distracted when I mentioned doing some 420 Phriendly designs and decided to adapt his "WWND?" design to reflect the concept of the "Green Ninja", which are based on his field observations of this most secret of ninja clans.
Spider Rider
"Spider Rider" on a black tee.
(Observant readers may notice a trend here.) This is another example of an artist who went off on a tangent when I tried to explain the concept of "Steampunk" and created an entire species of tiny monkeys that love to tinker with steam technology.
Keep watching for more No-See-Monkey antics in the near future!
Clockwork Zombie Wants Braaiiinns!!!
"Clockwork Zombie Wants Braaiiinns!!!" on a military green tee.
The art for this tee was the result of me trying to explain the concept of "Steampunk" to an artist that was a little more "out of the loop". Originally he simply called her "Bitch", however, I didn't think that would go over so well with the average zombie fan, so we ended up with a tagline that nicely combines the age of steam with the terror of zombies.
Zombies on Strike
"Zombies on Strike" on a royal blue tee.
A while back I read an online list of all the zombie related games and movies that were coming out in 2009 and 2010 and realized that the poor undead buggers were getting totally overworked and needed a break.
This tee is actually my favourite inking job thus far, I had a ball colouring and texturing every aspect of "Biff" and "Pow", our personal Say It Phree zombie mascots.
Stay tuned zombie fans, Biff and Pow will be returning in all new t-shirt adventures in the near future!
Night Shift
"Night Shift" on a black tee.
One of my favourite inking jobs, this design was the result of a random request for vampire-related images and was an instant hit among all of my friends that work the night shift (or are convinced that cats actually have a sinister secret agenda)!
On The Origin of Vampires
"On The Origin of Vampires" on a cardinal red tee.
This is one of the most collaborative tees that we have done thus far. The original art that I received from the artist was simply a study of a vampire skull she called "Origin of the Vampire".
At first I didn't know what to do with it, then I made the connection with Darwin's "The Origin Of Species ..." and decided that another puny design was in order. From there it was just a matter of putting everything together and getting the artist's approval, which came only after I added the slight red stain to the teeth as the perfect finishing touch!
What Would Ninjas Do?
"What Would Ninjas Do?" on a daisy tee.
I love the look of silhouette designs on bright tees, so when the artist who's responsible for the "What Would _____ Do?" designs approached me with the idea I was instantly sold.
Hopefully we will be able to kick him into gear and get some more WW_D? designs posted in the near future!
Galileo5 Magnifico
"Galileo5 Magnifico" on a white tee.
One of my personal designs, the idea for this one flashed in to my head during the holiday season. Walking down the main street of town, I noted that Hardman's was playing some music on their outside speaker.
Well, let's just say that it wasn't really my kind of music and I suddenly found myself wishing that they were playing "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen . Then, even more suddenly, I had this synesthesia flash into my mind that combined Bohemian Rhapsody with Andy Warhol style pop art.
I have no idea why that combination of ideas flashed into my head, but the image was so vivid that I actually put some other designs aside so that I could work it immediately. We hope you like the results!
Bovine Burlesque
"Bovine Burlesque" on a navy blue tee.
This rather puny tee came about due to a miscommunication* with one of our artists. Originally, I had asked for something completely different (coming soon), but when I saw this version I was totally reminded of the old Moulin Rouge -style burlesque show posters and couldn't resist transforming it into "Bovine Burlesque"!
*It turns out that "sexy cow lady" has more than one interpretation, who would have known?
The Say It Phree Logo
The "Say It Phree" logo on a royal blue tee.
The logo for Say It Phree was one of the hardest projects to complete and went through more versions that I can count on all my fingers and toes. We eventually settled on the thumb as a nod to "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues ".
Sissy's interpretation of the definition of "Thumb" in the dictionary pretty much defines the character with the philosophy of the "Greater Freedom of Movement", which for Say It Phree becomes a "Greater Movement of Phreedom".
As an extra bit of trivia, the "Ph" in free comes from a bumper sticker I spotted on the back of a truck during our road trip last summer that read, simply, "Phelps Phan". Which I think is an elegantly self-explanatory slogan and a characteristic that we strive for in our designs.
Say It Phree
It is my extreme pleasure to announce that my latest project is finally live!
Check out the Say It Phree Tees Website.
Expressing the spirit of our times, popular and esoteric, through wearable art created by artists from around the world. Say It Phree and become part of a Greater Movement of Phreedom by wearing one (or more!) of our tees!
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