ANOTHER Muppet T-Shirt Design Contest

[muppetperson]

After alot of back and forth, I decided to submit a design for this contest. As luck would have it, when I went to submit it, the site was acting up, so I e-mailed it to them instead. I'm not sure if it went through or not, but either way, I had fun doing it. Here it is:

I like this design, but somehow it seems there is too much going on for a T shirt design.It would make a great poster, though.

 

[Jasonzilla]

Submitted mine last night, but apparently all the designs are unavailable until the 14th, when voting commences. Whatever. Anywhoooo, here's mine, entitled "Mesozoic Muppets".

 

[frogboy4]

My Personal Top 10 ​

It seems that all 174 entries are in. If that’s the case then these are my personal faves. I picked these due to their strong graphic quality, their muppetyness and their ability to translate that onto a shirt. Please note that there are many other beautiful entries that I enjoyed a lot. These are 10 of them. I'll be thrilled for the winner of this contest even if they aren't in this assortment.

“It’s Time”​

Wonderfully and fluidly drawn mob of Muppets with just the right amount of artistic interpretation by Kenny Durkin. I’m still thinking this is my front-runner. ​

“New York! New York!”​

Beautiful and elegant design in every way. I support this on a darker colored tee. I think Brian Kesinger also did that fantastic Bunsen and Beaker “Friendship = Trust” tee for Threadless.​

“The Muppets”​

The more I look at these renditions by Jerry Regan, the more I love them! ​

(Darker tee, please.)​

“Ride Kermit Ride”​

Simple is good. A clean, elegant A+ shirt by Steve Palmer that any Muppet fan would buy!​

“The Show Must Go On”​

I love how these characters are drawn, particularly Miss Piggy, by Muppets comic artist Tanya Roberts. Great graphic!​

“The Muppies”​

Beautifully drawn characters by Patrick Johnson, an artist who has mastered the Muppet design. This one is more of a poster than a shirt, but I’d wear it! GOONIES!​

"Dr. Tiki"​

Gorgeous! Another solid graphic by Patrick Johnson. ​

“Muppet Toons”​

I love this artist’s work so much! It doesn’t need that large Muppets logo. This work by Dave Alvarez speaks for itself.​

"Koozebane"​

Funny Star Trek reference and nicely drawn characters. Yet another strong graphic by Patrick Johnson! This shirt pops!!​

“Muppet & Peanuts”​

The Muppets in Peanuts style by Henk de Nijs. While this is not my first fave, it definitely gets an enthusiastic mention. I love Kermit’s Snoopy dance!​

 

[Slackbot]

I would buy "It's Time" or "The Muppies" in a Koozebane minute. The former makes me want to hum "Yakety Sax," better known as the Benny Hill chase music.

 

[rowlfy662]

well good luck to who ever wins sadly didn't get my submission in on time oh well but i really love the koozbane one

 

[Drtooth]

“Muppet Toons”​

I love this artist’s work so much! It doesn’t need that large Muppets logo. This work by Dave Alvarez speaks for itself.​

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You know... I wish Disney would hire as many of the Muppet Show/Classics comics artists as possible to do merchandise like T-Shirts and baseball caps and notebooks and stuff like that. So much better than stock footage and style guides. Seems like the only way I can get a Roger Langridge Muppet Show T-Shirt is to get someone to scan in a picture of the comics and make an iron on...

That stuff WOULD sell better than the standard Animal head.

 

[frogboy4]

You know... I wish Disney would hire as many of the Muppet Show/Classics comics artists as possible to do merchandise like T-Shirts and baseball caps and notebooks and stuff like that. So much better than stock footage and style guides. Seems like the only way I can get a Roger Langridge Muppet Show T-Shirt is to get someone to scan in a picture of the comics and make an iron on...

That stuff WOULD sell better than the standard Animal head.

I agree. Licensing art kind of works in a boring way.

Incidentally, there were two concepts I was pursuing, but didn't have the time:

One was drawing the Electric Mayhem bus in the same style as the artwork on the classic GMC glasses from McDonald's.

The other was having a tight group of Muppets shooting out of a rainbow and toward the viewer in classic DC Super Friends action poses (likely without the costumes, but maybe with them). Both of these would look active and adventurous.

 

[MUPPETMONKEY]

Well, I was about to make some shameless self promo, but I see my design already made it here. Yaay! Well, voting is out there already, folks!

 

[Psammeadboi]

Here's the design I submitted! It was all done by hand in pencil, then inked, then digitally colored. Since the theme was adventure, I figured nothing said adventure more than traveling across the country and how the Muppets first met!

Happy voting everyone!

 

[frogboy4]

Congratulations to the 5 selections of the Mighty Fine Muppets Tee Contest!

While I agree with some of the selections (and all of them are attractive) I definitely think Kenny's, Dave's or Patrick's should have placed in the top spot because they are actually adventurous in one way or another. Those, incidentally, will probably be the tees i purchase if they ever get the shopping cart working. I do like like that they have some base-color tee options. But I'm still kind of disappointed that a few key designs were snubbed. Once again i don't know how the voting works.