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

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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
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