Alright folks, here’s another edition of T-Shirt Link Tuesday, where I pull some of my favorite t-shirt related goodies from the last week or so. I’ve come across some real gems from some genuinely good people that I want to share with you. The t-shirt community continues to amaze me with how much comraderie and good will there is going all around, so let’s get to it!

Lady Umbrella’s 5,000 Fan Video

You might have come across Lady Umbrella before. They’ve been making waves when it comes to shirts for women and they’ve been active with social media. Well, they’ve been busy promoting their Facebook fan page, and since August they’ve been able to make it to 5,000 fans. To celebrate they’re giving away 2 free t-shirts, how cool is that? That’s not all though.

As they approached 5,000 they made a cool video for their fans to thank them for their support. That’s what’s really got me geeked, because I don’t think enough people stop and thank those that support them as often as it should happen. So if you get a minute, pop over to Lady Umbrella’s Facebook fan page and take a look at the video Rob and Elena put together.

Lady Umbrella’s Facebook fan page

Evolution and Atheism Tees @ Hide Your Arms

Andy put together a neat list of Atheism and evolution-based t-shirts for his blog, Hide Your Arms. While it’s a touchy subject for some people, the simple fact is that nobody can make a joke out of a serious topic like t-shirt designers. There are a ton of clever shirts there that I never would have come across, most of which are laugh-out-loud funny.

Even if evolution’s not your thing, you can tell Andy put a lot of work into making the list complete, so it’s definitely worth a gander or two. Have a sense of humor and check out the list at Hide Your Arms.

Evolution and Atheism Tees @ Hide Your Arms

The Making of a T-Shirt at Fat Seagull

I came across an interesting post at Fat Seagull just this morning featuring a video made by Winner’s Circle of Seattle. The video follows the birth of a t-shirt, tracing the process from the first time pencil goes to paper through the purchase of the shirt in a retail store. It’s a quick video that shows you just how much work goes into each and every tee you wear.

The Making of a T-Shirt at Fat Seagull

Don’t Panic and Carry A Towel at Tcritic

Karl celebrated Towel Day by posting a neat parody of the WWII-era posters seen in England that featured the phrase “Keep Calm and Carry On.” While I’ve seen a number of parodies of those posters make the leap to a t-shirt, I thought this one was particularly fitting to honor the life and work of Douglas Adams. So pull out the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy if you’ve got it and check out this shirt featured on Tcritic.

Don’t Panic and Carry a Towel at Tcritic

Goooooooooood morning Vietnam!

It’s finally not Monday anymore…though I would argue that it certainly feels like it! It’s still as rainy and dreary here as ever…I’d definitely be alright with the sun coming out to play. Anytime now. Really.

Anyways, there’s no time to let the rain get you down because I’ve got a pretty sweet collection of links here for you! So without further delay:

108 LOST T-Shirts to Celebrate the End Including 20 You Can’t Buy – Coty Gonzales
How could this one not top the list this week? This is a thoroughly exhaustive list of Lost-related t-shirts put together by tee-blogger extraordinaire, Coty Gonzales. As the series draws to a close, there’s no reason to not work your way through this list, if only to marvel at its size and sheer amount of work that went into compiling it. Bravo!

Novel-T Team Jerseys – Andy @ Hide Your Arms
Andy wrote about these interesting shirts from Novel-T. They depict various American authors and literary figures as members of a softball team. Each shirt features a name and number on the back and a representative image on the front from a book by that author (or containing that character).

While I zipped around Novel-T’s site I found a few that I liked more than the Vonnegut shirt Andy picked out. I think the idea is truly very clever and I wouldn’t mind wearing Gatsby or Darwin honestly.

Andy does point out that their website is their weak point, and as much as I hate to admit it, it could use some work. There’s nothing wrong with it visually or functionally, but the usability definitely needs some TLC. That said, I’d love to see these shirts get the stage they deserve.

Ghostbusters Glow in the Dark Tee – Ollie @ Cottonable
Ollie pointed out this clever t-shirt that makes you look like Venkman right after he got slimed. Again. The design is solid and the use of glow in the dark ink is what takes this shirt from “eh, that’s kinda clever” to “duuuude, check that out.”

I really want to re-watch Ghostbusters now, it’s been forever. Time for a Bill Murray fix.

Thread Notes T-Shirt Newsletter – Shameless Self Promotion
So it would be awfully awkward to link to Thread Notes everywhere this week except a post full of t-shirt links. Thread Notes is a t-shirt newsletter I started to offer exclusive videos, coupon codes and other goodies to subscribers. I’m giving away 7 Design by Humans t-shirts starting May 24 to celebrate the launch, how cool is that?

If you like this site, you’ll love Thread Notes. If you want to see my mug pitch the idea to you, check out my Beautiful Weather for a Drive video. There’s a sign-up form in the sidebar here or you can check out Thread Notes for a video.

It’s been forever since there’s been a t-shirt link tuesday! Let’s fix that right now. T-Shirt Link Tuesday is all about giving recognition to the other great t-shirt blogs out there and the awesome things that they come across. Check these guys out!

The Big Fifth Eye (Troundup.com)

Colin over at Troundup wrote about this eye-catching (oh man! cheesy pun of the day!) t-shirt from the folks at Resist Today. There’s so much weird in this shirt, you can’t look away. It’s like a train wreck….but a good train wreck. I can’t say that I know what it means or what it’s supposed to say, but that’s alright. The detail is great and the shirt is unique!

Check out Colin’s original post
Have a look at The Big Fifth Eye ($24) at Resist Today

Gorilla Cop (Hide Your Arms)

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Andy at Hide Your Arms posted this interesting tee from 57Thirtythree the other day. The one color design reminds me a little bit of Toxic from Van Rockn. The placement is unique and it reminds me of Planet of the Apes. Charlton Heston FTW!

Check out Andy’s original post
Snag Gorilla Cop ($32) from 57Thirtythree

Protect The Skin You’re In (Fat Seagull)

What can I say about this…naked women on t-shirts. It’s done fairly tastefully. Well, tastefully in a not cartoon-barbie redneck-trash sort of way, anyways. Prominent celebrities and fashion icons adorn this line of tees, and all proceeds go towards cancer research. The shirt seems to only be available offline from Marc Jacobs stores for $35.

See the original post for more details

The Struggle (Coty Gonzales)

How cool is this tee?! I really like the powerful message of perseverance. It’s a very iconic design I think. It’s almost like our hero needs to reach the other side of the wall at any cost and without regard for what may await him.

Check out Coty’s original post
Check out The Struggle ($22) at Miles to Go

I’m sure many of the regular readers here also read Hide Your Arms. In case you don’t though, I wanted to point out the exhaustive list of t-shirt blogs recently posted there. The original list was 133 (!!!) and has since grown to 149 through reader submissions.

The list must have taken forever to compile, and a round of applause is certainly due to Andy for his efforts. I was happy to see that this site was included, despite the recent lack of updates.

Be sure to check it out if you haven’t already.

This is something I’d like to start doing weekly here, just to keep you posted on some of the other things going on in the t-shirt world. I don’t know if it’ll be Tuesday still when this post goes live, but it’s still Tuesday as I write this, so here we go.

Aris at addic[tee]d posted up a neat tee called The Ghost Ship

The Fat Seagull drew my attention to a t-shirt with a photo of a space monkey. Photos on t-shirts don’t usually look very good, but this one pulls it off. It’s new from N. Hoolywood.

Hide Your Arms dropped a post about Tasty Tees. They’ve got a really unique business model for a t-shirt company. Everything is limited edition and only available for sale for a certain period of time. Be sure to catch their current design by the 25th.

With all the awesome weather we’ve been having around here lately, I’m definitely in the mood for a tee with a message like the one Sjors posted on Shirtlog a few days ago.

Alex at The T-shirt Blog (not to be confused with this site) posted a string of PETA related shirts, taking both sides of what is always a dividing topic. I think animals taste great, so here are a few tees that made me smile. Nothing new design-wise though, oldies but goodies.

Yesterday, Karl at tcritic highlighted a new service from CNN where you can have select headlines printed on a tee. The shirts are printed at Spreadshirt, but it’s definitely a neat idea. Like he said, I’m TOTALLY waiting for The Onion to do something like this.

Colin at Troundup tipped me off to a 24 hour sale at BustedTees and a big DBH T-shirt giveaway from Gearcrave. More to come on the BustedTees sale tomorrow.

That’s all for now, otherwise it won’t be Tuesday anymore!