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The 2023 Shiftee Awards

365 days later, and well over that count in tee designs new and old, there's a lot to look back on from the whirlwind that was 2023. But we're not here to talk about futuristic pickups, lost submarines, or the Roman Empire. We're rolling out the metallic red wrap and cracking open a bottle of 10W30 to give it up for the hundreds of artists that can add and then promptly delete "professional t-shirt doodler" from their LinkedIn, and all of the exciting projects that were rendered, trimmed, screened, loaded, inked, cured, and shipped over the course of the year. Here were some of the highlights deserving of the golden torso.


The T-Shirt Drawer of Fame

Staff Picks From the Year

Alfa Thrummer Christmas

From its economic use of color palette to its bold and graphic shape language "Little Thrummer Boy" manages to make a very strong design using very few elements. It's a striking image that manages to tell a story that is both Christmassy and irreverent, and very much Blipshift in nature.

𑁋Monique

S Car Go

Not only does this design perfectly encapsulate the full-send vibe and wish fulfillment of this iconic film, it does so with entirely artist-generated flair. Those underbody bits aren't in any screengrab, but are masterfully drawn by hand. The tee wouldn't be the same without 'em. Try replicating that, robots!

𑁋Daniel

Ev-oil-lution

Love the way this one elegantly tells a story with a gearhead punchline that not everyone will get, in just 2 colors of ink.

-Sebastian

Non-Stop

If I have to take a 24 hour bus ride it's not going to be on a Greyhound. I'm only taking the express.

-Joe

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The Stage 2 Award

Most popular new design from The year

Starry Nine

Starry Nine
by David Warmuth

Runners Up

Vroom For More - Jeremy Lebreton
Most Dangerous Race - Steven Thomas

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The +5HP Award

Tee most likely to be made a sticker

Wrench-pectations

Wrench-pectations
by Salman Anjum

Runners Up

Race The Rainbow - David Warmuth
Pixelman - Germán Ferreira

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The "It Belongs in a Museum" Award

Most Popular Print

Starry Nine Poster

Starry Nine
by David Warmuth

Runners Up

Most Dangerous Race - Steven Thomas
Subie Night - Komang Puja

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The "Poster Boaster" Award

Most Sold Wall Art

Dearborn To Win

Dearborn to Win
by Mycak Sames

Runners Up

Short Game - Majd Abu Hammoud
Le Monster - Dino Pros

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The "Hem Fatale" Award

Best Selling Women's Tee

Starry Nine

Starry Nine
by David Warmuth

Runners Up

Get Ata The Way - David Barnett
Kalifornia - Dino Pro

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The "Start 'Em Young" Award

Most Popular Kids Tee

Starry Nine

Starry Nine
by David Warmuth

Runners Up

Y-Rex - Twain Forsythe
Vroom For More - Jeremy Lebreton

16

New artists featured

50

Most published designs by one artist

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The Einstein Award

Most Successful Idea Submission

Ev-oil-lution

Ev-oil-lution
Idea by Nevin Flanders

Runners Up

Control Freak - Kent Young
Hare Raising - Luke Van Dongen

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The Bestomod Award

Best selling design resto-mod

Don't Skip VIII

Don't Skip VIII
by Richard Caminita

Runners Up

NAlware III - Blayde
To Spec VI - Antonio Smith

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The "Closet Stuffer" Award

Prolific new artist

Never Miss a Beat

Nick Singer

Runners Up

Gabriel Gastaldi
Chad Buske

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The "Michelshirtelo" Award

Most fruitful artist

Twelfth in Flight

Steve Molinaro

Runners Up

Dino Pros
Twain Forsythe

650+

Number of submissions

48%

Acceptance rate

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The "Still Got It"
Award

Biggest Hit By BS

Peppy

Peppy
by team blipshift

Runners Up

Shhift
Hare Raising

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The "Limited-est Edition" Award

Biggest Bomb By BS

Duck Hunter Camo Tee

Duck Hunter Camo Tee
by team blipshift

Runners Up

Flick Yeah
ASCII-02

Got an award you'd like to see next time? Feel free to Contact Us with feedback.

The 2022 Shiftee Awards

From the celebration of our 10-year anniversary, to whatever the heck NFTs were, 2022 (aka 2020: Part 3) was full of plenty of highs and lows. That extends to each daily tee design too, and while not every piece of torso art can be a record-setter, we're incredibly grateful for all the loyal artists that have stuck with us this past decade, and those new submitters that give us even more to look forward to in the new year. As we look back on all that yesteryear had to offer, here were some of the standouts deserving of the golden torso.


The T-Shirt Drawer of Fame

Staff Picks From the Year

Spaceballs The T-Shirt

Every since diving down the Volvo rabbit hole, we've wanted to do something around this silly shifter, but we could never get the story right until this. Thanks to Chad who created the art, we finally got to torso-ize it, and as someone who still quotes the movie it makes me laugh any time I see it. Plus, it's got to be our best shirt name of the year.

𑁋Daniel

S Car Go

I really loved Erin Carr's lineup of shirts. They're different than our usual style, and she created a maximum design with our restrictive number of colors and utilization of screens - they're just impressive!

𑁋Kelsy

Red Head

I love the way the artist uses the shirt as the imagined car body and his great use of colors to bring out details in the engine bay. I also appreciate the subtle way this design works as a secret hand shake between enthusiasts. IYKYK.

-Sebastian

Good Vibes

This was a really fun image, from the colors to the motif, all the elements played well off each other to make an awesome design.

-Monique

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The Stage 2 Award

Most popular new design from The year

Nine Thrusty

Nine Thrusty
by Jeff Lane

Runners Up

Driving Up That Hill - Aaron Hillsdon
9-8-7-6 - Taylor Coffin

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The +5HP Award

Tee most likely to be made a sticker

Straight Facts

Straight Facts
by Trevor Kopp

Runners Up

The Mx Factor - Mycak Sames
Rad Rim - Dino Pros

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The "It Belongs in a Museum" Award

Most Popular Print

M Night Poster

M Night
by David Warmuth

Runners Up

Three of a Kind - Germán Ferreira
Faster Fox - Germán Ferreira

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The "Poster Boaster" Award

Most Sold Wall Art

Dearborn To Win

Dearborn to Win
by Mycak Sames

Runners Up

Senn-sational - Mycak Sames
Shoot For The Sky - Dino Pros

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The "Hem Fatale" Award

Best Selling Women's Tee

Driving Up That Hill

Driving Up That Hill
by Aaron Hillsdon

Runners Up

Find Your Peace - Twain Forsythe
GB GP - Salman Anjum

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The "Start 'Em Young" Award

Most Popular Kids Tee

Nine Thrusty

Nine Thrusty
by Jeff Lane

Runners Up

Find Your Peace - Twain Forsythe
Rainbull - David Warmuth

21

New artists featured

38

Most published designs by one artist

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The Einstein Award

Most Successful Idea Submission

Cold Start E46

Cold Start E46
Idea by Ben Sadtler

Runners Up

Hip to be Square - Mario DiBenedetto
Pro-track-inator - Sheen Hosseinpour

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The Bestomod Award

Best selling design resto-mod

Don't Skip VII

Don't Skip VII
by Richard Caminita

Runners Up

To Spec V - Antonio Smith
Ferry Christmas II - Wade Devers

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The "Closet Stuffer" Award

Prolific new artist

Future Proof

Migara Rodrigo

Runners Up

Jeremy Lebreton
Bastien Chevrier

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The "Michelshirtelo" Award

Most fruitful artist

At The He-LM

Twain Forsythe

Runners Up

Mycak Sames
Anthony McClinton

600+

Number of submissions

45%

Acceptance rate

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The "Still Got It"
Award

Biggest Hit By BS

The Right Tool

The Right Tool
by team blipshift

Runners Up

Seeing Purple
Ferrgetit

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The "Limited-est Edition" Award

Biggest Bomb By BS

Don't Stap Me Now

Don't Stap Me Now
by team blipshift

Runners Up

High Ping
Corner Office

Got an award you'd like to see next time? Feel free to Contact Us with feedback.

Brake, Tee, Apex

Chicane, 90-degree, hairpin, decreasing radius. No matter the shape of the curve, you'll be in the right gear to tear it up thanks to The Apex Everything Sale! We're hitting tarmac with a grid of 24 new and newly resto-modded designs for all kinds of enthusiasts, from Thursday, March 31 through April 4.

Apex Everything On Mar 31

Birds are singing, buds are blooming, and that second set of wheels is on the "to do" pile. That's right, it's almost HPDE and car show season, so before t-shirt weather is upon us, you'll want to pit in for The Apex Everything Sale. Starting Thursday, March 31, we're bringing back over 24 shirts to help to nail those upcoming apexes. Featuring some of our most popular past designs, your generation picks from The Great Tee-bate, and some brand spankin' new tees. The paparazzi camouflage comes off Thursday, but can you guess what's underneath?

The Apex Everything Sale 2022 Pixel Grid

The upcoming season of tee is also rolling out:

  • Mug re-stock
  • Re-stocked and updated Socks
  • New Watch Straps
  • New Enamel Pins
  • New Wall Clock designs
  • And lots more!

The Apex Everything Sale starts Thursday, March 31 and runs through Monday, April 4.

2022-03-31 12:00:00 2022-04-04 23:59:59 America/New_York The Apex Everything Sale 2022 New and resto-modded tees designs plus other new swag available for a limited time. Blipshift.com

Your garage has room for just one and only one. Which one are you gonna choose?

The most voted generation just may inspire the next 'stang-themed design in the upcoming Apex Everything Sale!

The Great Tee-bate - 3 series-ly

Your garage has room for just one and only one. Which one are you gonna choose?

The most voted generation just may inspire the next 3-series-themed design in the upcoming Apex Everything Sale!

Your garage has room for just one and only one. Which one are you gonna choose?

The most voted generation just may inspire the next Miata-themed design in the upcoming Apex Everything Sale!

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