Spread The Vote: Leading up to the election we will be blogging about all things t-shirt and election related. Find more great election t-shirts for you favorite candidates at our Spread the Vote page.

I was really excited to find this great interview with the artist Shepard Fairly in the latest edition of T-shirt Magazine. Shepard Fairly is best know for his Obey art work which can be seen everywhere.

He is the man behind the Andre The Giant sticker that have become one of the best known viral artwork project/campaigns. I think that his designs which are based on stencils, are great example of how you can use the stencil idea to create some great vector designs for your Spreadshirt shop.

He has recently created posters for the Obama campaign and Fairey’s Obama posters are showing up everywhere.

For more info on Shepard Fairey check out his Wikipedia Page and ObeyGiant.com

The interview was done by KarmaloopTV.com which is associated with the Karmaloop shop - a long time e-tailer of some amazing t-shirts.

continue reading ‘Spread The Vote: Interview with Shepard Fairey’

I learned about this little contest from the PA League of Young Voters new blog and it seemed like it would be a good fit for anyone who has been designing some t-shirts around election day or as we like to call it “Spreading the Vote.”

VoteHipHop.org is looking for people to talk about “why hip-hop is important to any political change, and what issues are important to you and your community.” T-shirt designs are accepted as entries to this contest!

So just get to designing a shirt for your shop (or the marketplace) and head on over to VoteHipHop.org and enter your submission. You have to be between the age of 18-30.

Prizes:

One winner will be chosen from each category. Winners each get $500, a free trip to a nationally televised awards ceremony, get featured on The Nation Magazine online, WireTap Magazine, Future5000.com and dozens of other syndicated websites.

The Judges Include:

• Talib Kweli - a rapper and poet
• Jamilah King - editor of WiretapMag.org
• Adriel Luis - Founder of iLL-Literacy
• Favianna Rodriguez - Co-founder of EastSide Arts
• Monifa Akinwole Bandele - Executive Director of Change the Game

Election day is 103 days away - there is still lots of time for campaigning and for campaign t-shirts. We want to help you Spread The Vote T-shirt style. Please add your best election designs for candidates or just about voting to the Spreadshirt marketplace. Please start adding your best political designs to the marketplace and add the tag SpreadTheVote. We will be featuring the best of the election designs from now until election day.