I am about to submit a t-shirt design into a contest to have it printed (and win cool prizes!). I didn’t want to blatantly rip off Affliction’s style, but rather create my own that was influenced by Affliction’s oversized hand drawn prints. The result is a style I like to call “dark whimsical”. Want to see the full t-shirt design? Click the link below.

My t-shirt design is a unique blend of my own hand drawn art mixed with a modern “vector design” style. I wanted my design to be rough and dark, yet not completely grim like Affliction’s skulls and death images. I’m very happy with the results, and I’m very much hoping to win the contest so I can wear my new design. If I don’t win, I will still consider printing it myself, but I will need to line up some advance sales first (the screen printer requires a minimum order of 50 shirts).

So what do you think? All comments and suggestions are welcome! I’m also very curious to hear what you might think would be a good title for the t-shirt. I’ve temporarily named it “The Yummy Tree” but I need something better. Post a comment and let me know! If I use your title, I’ll give you a limited edition version of this very t-shirt.

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EDIT: I have finished the final design of this shirt, and I can’t decide which color to choose. I can only choose one color for the submission. Below are my three color choices… place your votes! What do you like best? (I have a preference for one of them, but I want to hear what others think first)