American Idol T-Shirt Design

It's that time of year again - American Idol time!

This year a friend of mine decided to set up a T-Shirt shop completely dedicated to fan shirts for American Idol Season 8, Idology Tees. Last year I created a number of designs for David Cook fans - yes I'm a self confessed Cook fan - so this year my friend asked me if I could help him out with some new designs for the 2009 contestants.

After "COOK" took over my life for a chunk of last year, I hadn't planned on doing any designs this year. Last year I found myself rising before the sun to answer email enquiries with regards to the personalization offer we had running; which completely destroyed my sleeping habits!! But hey, I loved doing the COOK designs, so how could I say no to this request.

We've been working on the shop, and plan to grow the range as the show airs and as we have time to design - we have "day jobs" we can't quit!

Anyway, I wanted to share with you one of the designs that I created for the shop. Doing this one took me back to Uni where I had a completely open design brief!


If you're an Idol fan, please take the time to check out Idology Tees.

This friend of mine, who is going by the username "Idol Man" is also "blogging" about the show with a squidoo lens. I could be biased, but I like his point of view.

GritCOMP Now Open - Guess the Number of Jelly Beans in the Jar...

I'm pleased to post that the "Guess the Number of Jelly Beans in the Jar" GritFX Competition is now open for submissions.

All details on how to enter, along with 4 perspectives of the jelly bean jar, can be found on the GritFX Website.

At the beginning of each week, I will do a post on the GritBlog with all the Blog members who have submitted their guess, with a link to their particular blogs.

Please note: Our competitions are only open to our GritBLOG community members and GritFX Facebook Page Fans - so if you haven't joined, go do so now :)

Good Luck!

Tat2ts Interview - Dave answers questions about GritFX and T-Shirt Design...

I invite all GritBLOG readers to check out what Dave had to say on Vic's (aka Tat2 T's) blogspot.

Vic has been nothing but supportive of GritFX. He is always willing to share his views on what's happening in the industry and will often email me with information he thinks will be useful to us. Please show the great man some love and visit the blog today.


Above: Dave wearing his "Crazy Swedes" t-shirt.