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

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