I noticed there was only one other user with the name wheels that joined Threadless a while back with no online presence whatsoever.

Check the profile here...

Is there any way to take the name with a capital W and making it my new profile? Technically, it would be different since I'd be using caps... right? Not a big deal, just wishful thinking...

Hey guys, long time no blog. I'm working on a new shirt, but I'm having problems. For some reason, I can't give my illustration that "underwater" feel to it. Here's what I've got so far...



This is only the background and I plan to add other elements later, but I want to get this right before I keep going.

I don't know if it needs more textures, colors, etc. but if you guys have any suggestions or tutorials that might help me out, I'd greatly appreciate it.

UPDATE (August 6th, 2008)

I had this design ready for the Threadless Revolution, but never got around to submitting it. Any votes and/or comments would be much appreciated. If you're looking to lash out on a subpar design, now's the time to do so.

Looking for some inspiration on decorating an apartment, so if you guys have any sites or pictures that could help me out, by all means... post them!

The space is only 480 square feet, so think small yet spacious.

So I'm buying a new phone sometime tomorrow, but I'm not sure whether to go with the Samsung A717 or the iPhone.

I know what you're thinking, "you idiot, buy the iPhone", but it's not so cut and dry... at least when it comes to my current monthly fee

I can either but the Samsung and keep my current plan that cost me about $50 (this includes unlimited text messaging, 3G tech, etc.) or fork over the dough for an iPhone which will cost me about $70 a month with unlimited internet/e-mail, 200 text messages, and no MMS. As cool as the iPhone is, it really doesn't look to be any better feature-wise besides overall design.

So what do you think?

I'm looking to print some shirts for the release of Halo 3 in a couple weeks and need some online sites that can produce 15 shirts for a reasonable price.

The design is only two colors, front and back. The slogan's pretty cheesy and I'm not to happy with the illustration, but here's what I got so far...



*please excuse the colors for now, they're a bit off

Also, are there any sites that will screen print about 2/3 shirts? I have another design I'm wanting to print, but I don't need a lot of them and the lowest number I've seen is 6 shirts.

So I'm wanting to try and redesign my Sibling Rivalry design, but I'm not sure if it's worth the effort or not. What do you guys think? Yay or nay?

So I'm working on an animated gif, but I'm wanting a smooth transparent background. This is what I have so far...



Problem is that when I try to make the black background transparent, it looks like crap. Does anyone have any tips to creating a somewhat smooth transparent animated gif?

If you need examples of what I'm looking for, check out fellow Threadless designer ronlewis's myspace page.

I need somne help with how to draw a microphone. Right now, here's a quick layout of what I have so far, but it looks like shite...



Right now, I'm planning on using both a cartoon and a realistic mic for two seperate submissions. If you guys have any suggestions of how to make the microphones look decent, I'd appreciate it. Also, I'm having trouble on how to integrate the word "gotta" into the design. Oh well, I'll keep working on it...

Seriously, this ish' is loco mang! I came to browse the new prints on Monday like I always do and noticed some pretty cool contests coming up, but with all this alumni drama going around, it makes me feel kind of awkward. I only designed one crappy shirt a year ago and now I'm getting recognition that I don't really deserve, so I do hope that this all blows over so I can get some designing done without a civil war going on in the submission voting.