'A Fashionable Invasion'

Remember this recent post, which featured the rather cheeky (in my opinion, at least) headline of "Swank Invaders"?

Well, the Space Invaders-inspired t-shirt design (below) that served as its focus is now up for a vote at threadless.com.



Should you like it, would you please give it a positive rating (here) sometime within the next four days so dorks like myself can buy a t-shirt bearing it and then wear it around town feeling a bit more dapper than we normally do?

See also: Previous posts related to the artist (Terry Fan) responsible for this awesome design

Swank Invaders

What do you get when you put bowler hats and mustaches on the iconic creatures that inhabit Taito's classic arcade game, Space Invaders? Why, you get "Swank Invaders." Duh!

That's not the official title of the awesome t-shirt design seen below--which was created by Toronto-based illustrator Terry Fan (aka igo2cairo)--by the way. As of this morning, Fan was still calling it "untitled," so I thought I'd help him out a bit.



Unfortunately, "Swank Invaders," or whatever Fan winds up calling this design, isn't being sold anywhere (such as through Society6 or threadless) at the moment, although I'm hopeful it will be soon.

In the meantime, check out more examples of Fan's work by clicking on the links above and by paying a visit to his Flickr photostream, his website or these previous blog posts.

The green-and-yellow dino on this t-shirt design isn't Bub, but I like it anyway

When I first came across the following t-shirt design last night (as always, click on it to take a closer look at it), I was sure the dino that serves as its focal point was supposed to be a Ren & Stimpy-esque re-imagining of one of my favorite game characters of all time: Bub (Bubblun, to some) of Bubble Bobble fame.

Sadly, that's not the case. Instead, the green-and-yellow character's name is "Hablaah the Magic Crocogator." Oooooookay.

Rather than let my disappointment get the better of me, I decided not only to vote on the design (at threadless.com) but to give it a good score to boot. (Note: I believe this may be the first time I've used "to boot" on this blog.)

I did that because I'm hoping the design will garner a high enough score to be "printed," as the folks at Threadless call it. Shortly after, I'll buy one of the shirts and then proceed to tell people that the puking creature at the center of the image is, in fact, Bub (or Bubblun, if that's your thing).

Should you want to support this endeavor, would you please go here and give Aaron Jacob Willman's whimsical design an appreciably high score?

It's like a bad Christmas sweater, but better

I can't remember with any certainty the last time I owned any kind of Christmas sweater, be it of the bad or good (is there such a thing?) variety, but I think it was back when I was a pre-teen and I think it (the sweater) had reindeers sashaying across the chest.

Well, I'd proudly own (and even wear) one again if said sweater used the t-shirt design below, created by Tim Shumate and called "8Bit Christmas," as a source of inspiration.



As a t-shirt, though, I'm not sure what I think about it. Oh, it's creative and interesting and all that, but I honestly couldn't see myself buying it and wearing it around town. How about you?

(Via gonintendo.com)

Mario + Matryoshka = Marioshka!

What do you get when you toss Mario (Tanooki Mario, to be more specific) and a trio of Russian matryoshka dolls into a blender and make a t-shirt design out of the resulting sludge?

If you're Mat Hudson (aka Orphan Elliott), you get the following:

Tees bearing Hudson's design will be sold via Threadless should the design garner enough positive votes within the next two days. (Go here if you'd like to add to the tally.)

(Via gonintendo.com)

Super Capybario

Question: What do you get when you put a hat, mustache and overalls on one of those South American rodents known as capybaras?

Answer: You get Super Capybario. Duh!

He's by far the cutest (in my opinion, of course) of the "famous mustached animals" included in the following t-shirt design, created by Los Angeles-based artist herky (aka Flickr user Lucky1988):



If you'd like to own a shirt bearing herky's hella-cute design, head on over to threadless.com and vote on it in the next three days.

A t-shirt that finally answers the question: What video games did folks play in ancient Greece?

I tried but failed to come up with a witty name for the game and system being used in the following t-shirt, designed by Esther Aarts. Any ideas?

Here's an up-close-and-personal view of Aarts' design, called "Classic Gamer," in case you can't make out all of the details in the image above:

Anyway, be the first on your block--or even town, depending on how large it is--to own one of these shirts by ordering one today at threadless.com.

(Via gamergrrlz.net)

'Fire flowers don't always sit well'

After Mario picks up a fire flower, does he eat it or hold onto it? Also, does said flower allow him to spit fireballs or throw them?

The t-shirt design below makes me think the answers to the questions above are: 1) He holds onto it and 2) It allows him to throw them.

I bring that up because before I saw Dave Mercier's (aka MercWorks') design this morning I honestly thought Mario ate these strange little flowers and then spit fireballs at his enemies.

Anyway, if you like Mercier's design as much as I do, vote for it at threadless.com before the end of the day.

Super Maui-o Bros.

I don't know what the weather is like in your neck of the woods, but here in Seattle it's cloudy and cool and summer seems to be at least a month (if not more) away.

As such, I'm finding myself attracted to anything and everything that makes me think of the sun and warmth these days--which may explain my excited reaction upon seeing the t-shirt design below this morning.  

Besides the setting, my favorite aspects of the design above--called "Super Maui-O!" and created by Flickr user Lucky1988--are the Blooper riding the Ski-Doo in the upper-right corner, the surfing Bullet Bill to the left of the flip-flop-sporting Mario and the Toad squeezing sunscreen on the toothy Goomba in the center of the illustration.

If you'd like to own a t-shirt bearing this design, vote on it in the next seven days at threadless.com.

Space Invaders + Star Wars

Who would have thought that combining Space Invaders and Star Wars would be like combining peanut butter and jelly?

Who knows, maybe the t-shirt design above, created by threadless.com user who calls herself visualela, will prompt people to start saying, "Hey, that goes together like Space Invaders and Star Wars" instead of, "Hey, that goes together like peanut butter and jelly." Or maybe not.

Anyway, if you like visualela's design and if you'd like to see it plastered across your chest (and stomach) at some point in the future, give it a thumbs up here within the next 24 hours.

'Push my buttons'

Calling all lovers of the original GameBoy: A t-shirt design--called "Push My Buttons"--featuring everyone's favorite green-screened system is currently up for a vote on threadless.com.

I know, the GameBoy's eyes are a bit creepy, but it's still a pretty cool illustration overall, in my opinion. If you agree, vote on it (in the next two days) here.

'Trust no one'

Those rascally goombas, koopas and shy guys; they're always trying to snare poor Mario.

Typically, though, they do so in a pretty straightforward manner--you know, by meandering slowly toward Nintendo's platforming star.

That's certainly not the case in daviisilva's latest t-shirt design (below), which is up for a vote on threadless.com.

If you can see yourself buying a t-shirt bearing daviisilva's design, vote on it here within the next 24 hours.

'Dead Pixel'

OK, so this threadless t-shirt design submission isn't completely game-related, but who cares? It's certainly completely cool--at least in my humble opinion.

It was created by someone who calls himself "eown," by the way. If you like his design, give it a good score (by voting on it here) within the next three days.

'Amazeing Sunset'

Another great Pac-Man-inspired t-shirt design is up for a vote on threadless.com, thanks to Minneapolis-based artist and graphic designer Phil Jones (aka murraymullet).

The (rather apropos, if you ask me) name of Jones' design: "Amazeing Sunset."

I really like the design's decidedly retro, 1970s-ish feel. If you feel the same way (or even if you don't), vote on it here.

(Via gonintendo.com)

'Hot Bubbles'

I've seen a lot of awesome Piranha Plant fan art over the years, but the following image--produced by mirror-reflex--may be the best of the bunch:

The design above is in the running to become a threadless.com t-shirt, by the way. Vote for it here (within the next six days) if you like it enough to buy it.

Well, *now* what am I going to do?

I've said on a few occasions that if the following image (created by by Stuart Colebrook) ever made the transition from design to t-shirt I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

Well, it's currently available (for $18 a shirt) at threadless.com (here's a direct link)--so I guess I'd better go get my credit card, eh?

See also: 'Spooky' and 'Yep, another t-shirt'

Consider me a fan of Mr. Terry Fan

You remember this piece of Pac-Man-inspired art, right? Well, I just found out that it's the second in a three-part series, with the following--titled "Midnight Snack"--being the first:

Artist Terry Fan (aka igo2cairo on Flickr and threadless) has yet to say when the third and final piece in the series will appear, but here's hoping it happens sooner rather than later.

In the meantime, check out the prints--including both "Midnight Snack" and "Haunted by the 80's"--he's selling (for $25 each) at society6.com.

Spooky

Of all the threadless t-shirt designs I've mentioned over the last few years, this one (titled "Haunted by the 80's") may be my favorite:

Its only competition (in my mind, of course) is "Medium Difficulty," which, interestingly enough, also features that icon of the 1980s, Pac-Man.

Anyway, if you like Terry Fan's design enough to buy it in print or t-shirt form, go over to threadless.com when you have a second and give it a good score.

(Via superpunch.blogspot.com)

'2 Bros. Plumbing'

Although this is far from the best Mario-inspired t-shirt design I've ever seen, I appreciate that its designer attempted to do something different.

If you like the design enough to want to buy a t-shirt bearing it, vote on it (within the next seven days) here.

(Via superpunch.blogspot.com)

Super Mario Meat

Speaking of Mario, the following t-shirt design is up for a vote (here, for the next seven days) at threadless.com.

Lest you should think the shirt was inspired by the meat dress Lady Gaga wore to the recent MTV Video Music Awards show, designer JFish says:

"I get really hungry when I play Super Mario Bros. Sometimes I get so hungry I imagine Mario is made out of my favorite meats. In this example, he’s made out of a t-bone steak, prosciutto, mortadella (with pistachios), bacon, sausage, salami and capicola. His mouth is a small smooth chunk of pimento."

See also: 'Yep, another t-shirt'