Why Does A Certain Threadless Shirt Make Me Happy?

While I might not be a Threadless “yes man” like many bloggers out there, I do admire the business model. I just think that some great designers sometimes get left out of the mix. Also, some community members who have never submitted a design can be extra critical of someone that has the balls to put their work out there and should be rewarded for that alone.

After an interview I did with buy-tees.net, I decided that while I have been banking off of funny t-shirts for the past six years, that I would take one of my sites in a new direction and focus on more designs that I personally enjoy, instead of what is guaranteed to sell to the masses. This is what Popular Threadz has developed into.

For some time I had been following a designer on Threadless that received little fanfare. I decided that this illustrator, Brian Cook, had a talent that needed to be brought to the market. After getting in touch with Brian we were able to work out an arrangement to get a couple of his designs available on my site.

Well, shortly thereafter, Brian has won a Threadless submission. I’m very excited for him since he has finally been noticed. Of course, it was a much smaller company that first recognized the great designer he is.

Here is Brian’s winning submission at Threadless: