THE FINAL FIGHT IS OVER!!!
September 24, 2009This is it! The final ShirtFight contest! We had a great time doing them, but are really looking forward to the next chapter in ShirtFight's future. We'll launch the new front page tomorrow night (knock on wood)...I'm sure there will be tons of little things wrong, so if you see something just post about it on our forums!
But enough about that, let's award our final ShirtFight champion! The winner of our Heavyweight Elimination bout goes to againstbound with his submission "A Glimpse of the End of Days"! So fantastic, I'm so pumped we finally have an Againstbound tee on the ShirtFight wall of fame! Hector wins $500 cash and TWO prints of his winning design (and of course the coveted ShirtFight championship belt shirt)...Nice job man!
"A Glimpse of the End of Days" is on sale this week for the HEAVYWEIGHT-Y LOW PRICE of $13! Buy this kick ass t-shirt now!
Ok that's it, contests are over...stay tuned because there's going to be lots and lots of changes going down on the site in the next few weeks! And really thank all of you guys soooooo much for being such great supporters, fans, and family 
FINAL CONTEST - DA HEAVYWEIGHTS!
September 10, 2009Theme: FINAL CONTEST - DA HEAVYWEIGHTS!
Prize: $500
Description: This is it...ShirtFight's final contest before we switch over to our new non-competition model! This is invite-only for our past Heavyweights and Champions!
Submission Deadline: September 24, 2009
(No video this week, sorry! We're doing this contest announcement live from a secret location :D)
Well the final chapter in our typography contest has been WRITTEN (get it? That's a typography joke!), with the winner, the master typographer, the ShirtFight Champion....none other than the amazing artist alexmdc with his submission " I'm Not a Monster"! Hey kids, this also is the PERFECT design for Halloween! Alexmdc wins $500 cash and TWO prints of his winning design (and of course the coveted ShirtFight championship belt shirt)
"I'm Not a Monster" is on sale this week for the MONSTROUSLY LOW PRICE of $13! Buy this kick ass monster t-shirt now!
This week kicks off our final contest for ShirtFight, and it's the invite-only HEAVYWEIGHTS contest baby! Our past Heavyweights and Champions will submit their best artwork for the first week, and then the 2nd week the eliminations begin! Just like last time we did the Heavyweights contest...every day we will chop the lowest scoring submissions. Monday knocks it down to 16, Tuesday chops down to 8, Wednesday we got 4, Thursday at noon it's down to the final 2, and then Thursday Sept 24 at midnight we'll pick the ultimate Heavyweight champion!!!!
The contest starts now and goes on for exactly two weeks...let's cheer on our Heavyweights!
ShirtFight is a-Changin!
September 09, 2009Howdy ShirtFighters!
Well we've hinted around a bit that things are a-changin' here at ShirtFight.com...and now is the time to throw back the curtain and reveal our sinister plans!! Muahahahhahaaaaaa!
Ok, maybe it's not *that* sinister...I just like doing the evil laugh thing.
The first and probably biggest change is we're removing the contest portion out of the site. When we first started ShirtFight oh so many months ago, we had one main goal in mind...to showcase and support really awesome artists and their work. And I think we've accomplished that quite well...we've built some really strong relationships with the artist community. And in the process of running our weekly competitions we've learned a lot about what makes artists tick, their likes and dislikes, and what it really means to support what they are doing. Contest sites, while exciting on the surface, isn't very artist friendly. Some of the more established, die-hard artists even go as far as calling competition sites spec work. For those of you who don't know what spec work is, it's essentially when a client does an open call for artwork and only pays for the design(s) they like. It's not exactly what we envisioned when we launched ShirtFight!
So how are we going to support our artists? Well like I said, we've built some really strong bonds with our artists. We've seen styles and talents that make our jaws hit the floor, really powerful artwork that we want to have on our shirts. Instead of doing an open call for work and shoehorning artists into a certain theme (yes I know, themes are fun but also very restricting), we will reach out to those artists we love and work with them 1-on-1. Our site will still be artist focused...when we announce the release of a new shirt we will showcase the artist, even more-so than we currently do. We're going to pick our artists' brains, have them give us a glimpse into their world...how did they go about drawing their design? What inspires them? What tips and tricks can they give our artist community so everyone can benefit? These are just some of the ideas we have in mind.
So for starters, the site is getting a face lift to reflect the fact that we don't do competitions anymore. The front page will be the first to get updated (wait until you see it, it's so kick ass), followed shortly by the rest of the site. We're going to release one new shirt a month (that's the goal) and grow this new business model that way...I'm happy that we're actually moving to a monthly release instead of trying to go the other way with a daily release...I would much rather have one really really great shirt that I can't live without than a new mediocre shirt every day. We're going for quality, not quantity.
Now you may ask "What's going to put the FIGHT in ShirtFight?" See, I knew you were going to ask that Well the site will take on a new fight themed feel, which will tie in nicely to the branding of our name. On our main page we're always going to showcase two shirts, one will be the "champion" and one will be the "challenger". This might be a new shirt vs. a reprint, a top favorite vs. a special sale...and eventually we'll get to the point where we are pitting two new shirts against each other. What does the "winner" get, and what happens to the "loser"? Well, who knows...we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. 
Ok I think I've covered everything...the changes will start happening after our final Heavyweights contest which starts tomorrow at midnight! If you have any questions guys just post them here, we're totally open and happy to answer whatever you got.
Another Mathiole Victory (and Typography!)
August 27, 2009Theme: Typography
Prize: $500
Description: It's typography time! that's right, fun with text!
Submission Deadline: September 10, 2009
Another great Free For All is in the books, with the winner none other than the amazing artist mathiole with his submission " Sensationalism"! What can I say, he's a lean mean illustrating machine! mathiole wins $500 cash and TWO prints of his winning design (and of course the coveted ShirtFight championship belt shirt)...PLUS he gets the Intuos4 Medium tablet!!! Nice job man!
"Sensationalism" is on sale this week for the STUPENDOUSLY LOW PRICE of $13! Buy this kick ass t-shirt now!
This week is TYPOGRAPHY baby! Text text text! But don't think you're just going to slap some Arial font on a shirt and call it a day, no sir! We want to see some great designs out of this. And if you *happen* to use "SHIRTFIGHT" as your text...well we'll remain unbiased in our decisions I suppose :D
The contest starts now and goes on for exactly two weeks...we'll announce the winner at midnight CST September 10th! Are you ready? Let's do this thang!
And the next Shirt Fight theme is…TYPOGRAPHY!!!
August 24, 2009WOW a lot of really great ideas for our "Pick A Fight" contest!!!
I tell you what, I think we may pick a 2-3 ideas from this list for the upcoming contests, so if your idea wasn't picked you may still win a t-shirt!
But for this week, TYPOGRAPHY seems to be a popular choice, so let's go with that! Now of course you can submit any typography design that you would like...you could even make one that said SHIRTFIGHT on it (wink wink)
OK the new contest will start this Thursday at midnight so get to work!
(and congrats to Mathiole for winning a free tee! )
