Deirdre Saoirse Moen

T-Shirts

Redbubble has American Apparel shirts. I totally get why some people won’t buy them, especially in this context, but Dov Charney’s out and the new CEO, Paula Schneider, is a woman. This doesn’t magically fix things, of course.

Zazzle has Hanes shirts (as well as other brands). Zazzle has more sizes, more types of shirts, and so on.

A Note on How the Glitter Prints

I thought I’d mention: this isn’t actually glitter, it’s a glitter-like effect. It prints as different hues, but is more subdued when printed on fiber. (I already knew the color would be, which is why I blew it out.)

I used that same effect when printing my purple 100 Countries pillow. Here’s a photograph:

Other Products

Redbubble also has prints and posters and cards and stickers and stuff.

And there are also man purses tote bags.

If you’d like some other format, let me know. Duvet cover, shower curtain, tech gadget covers, all possible.

Design Element Credits

Top to bottom:

1. Heart: Out of a big pack o’ vector art from Callie Hegstrom over at Make Media, which I got several times over, including in a Design Cuts bundle. Here’s an interview with Callie.

2. Background ribbon: from the same vector pack.

3. “Hell” and “I’m A” are from the Nexa Rust type family, which was designed by four Bulgarian designers, Fontfabric, including Ani Petrova. Here’s a blurb about her.

4. The flourishes around “Yes” are from Showcase, a type family from Chilean foundry Latinotype, and co-designed by Paula Nazal Selaive. I love this family. Here’s a profile of her.

5. “Yes” is Nicky Laatz’s typeface, Stringfellows. She’s a South African designer.

6. “Feminist” is Laura Worthington’s amazing Voltage typeface.

7. Venus symbol is from Jolly Icons. I use their icons for my Twitter, Facebook, and email icons on my site. They’re a team of two, and Jucke’s female, but I don’t know if she drew this particular symbol.

8. Glitter! Is from Nicky Laatz.

9. (print only) Paper textures from Jennifer Howland at Joyful Heart Designs.

10. (print only) Damask overlay from Designious.. They don’t credit individual designers for these, though. Also, not sure which of the many hundreds of damask patterns I have from them that I used….

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(Product link on Redbubble.)

I wrote this piece in July after a particularly frustrating week.

One of those pieces of writing advice came back up (like vomit) again this week, and I’ve been in more discussions than I’d ever hope to be about it. I’ve reduced it to two things that really annoy me.

Failing to Respect Other People’s Writing Processes

I wish I had an easy process. I’ve tried. It’s not some moral failure on my part that I can’t outline then write a book. It’s that the energy of the book fizzles when I do it that way, and then I can’t actually write anything interesting.

Your process is your process. You can fuss with it a bit, but not that much. I still think Karen Joy Fowler is absolutely correct.

Dumping One’s Frustration with the Business of Writing on Others

All that advice about what’s “easier” or “harder” to sell onto people? (Anything can sell if it’s done well enough. Sometimes even if it’s not.)

Telling people that won’t sell? (Is that useful in this day and age?)

Telling someone their story is fatally flawed? (All story structures have flaws.)

Anyone who’s been around the block more than a few times will have had some hard knocks along the way. They hurt, and they shape the directions we turn, because we turn to avoid the pain. Sometimes, like I did for years, we just stand frozen in place, paralyzed.

The Responsibility of Teachers

It’s the responsibility of teachers not to stomp all over fragile creative processes or invalidate them.

It’s also the responsibility of teachers to not dump so much of one’s own pain about creative endeavors that one quashes a fledgling voice.

And Now for a Word from Lady Gaga

Song starts 2:30 in.

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One of the valuable things to learn when you go outside your comfort zone, that it’s going to be okay.

Probably.

When I was at the World Domination Summit in Portland recently, speaker Michael Hyatt said this during his talk. It was one of the things he said that I found most profound.

Since then, at difficult moments, I’ve been able to give myself strength by repeating this.

Hope it helps you.

Available from Redbubble in: t-shirts, tanks, sweatshirts, hoodies, phone and iPad cases, prints, stickers, cards, throw pillows, and tote bags.

A version without the background is available on Redbubble for: t-shirts, tanks, sweatshirts, hoodies, and other clothing items.

Available from Society6 in: t-shirts, tanks, onesies, hoodies, iPhone and iPod cases, coffee mugs, laptop and iPad skins, shower curtains, and duvet covers.

Credits

Thanks to Michael Hyatt for permission to use the quote.

The font is Ruba from RodrigoTypo. (Yes, purchased as a part of a Design Cuts deal.)

The halftone textures are from Rob Brink, purchased as a part of an (expired) My Design Deals bundle. The border edge (not on all products) is from Dustin Lee of Retro Supply. It’s from the Standard Issue Texture Brushes package, though I didn’t use them in a subtle manner. (Deliberately.) If you’re interested in weathered or aged effects, this is worth it just for the video that comes as a part of the package.

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This is a saying of mine. I remember talking to a woman who wanted to go into technology, but felt she had little to offer because there were people with more expertise already. This is what I said to her. I hope it helped.

Credits

Main font: Brave by Nicky Laatz, purchased as part of the current Design Cuts font bundle. I also used the stone texture from the bonuses.

Monster font: Monstrinhos by Pintassilgo Prints, also in the same Design Cuts font bundle.

Background textures: Effervescent 16 and 17, by 2 Lil Owls from a previous Design Cuts bundle.

Ubergrunge background texture from Joyful Heart Designs.

Brave font was post-processed with Ian Barnard’s Inkwell.

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I was talking to Bri the other night, grumbling about why people don’t do the right thing when they should, and out of her mouth came these words.

T-Shirt Mockups

Note: trust Redbubble for truer colors, as these are mockups.

Purchase on Redbubble in shirts, prints, posters, stickers, greeting cards and postcards, and probably a few things I’ve forgotten.

Credits

• Photo: Monika Majkowska
• Top font: Nanami from Thinkdust
• Bottom font: D.I.Y. Time from Latino Type from Design Cuts’ Monster Creative Font Bundle
• Overlay textures (Effervescent 2 and Faded Crinkle 3) from the 2 Lil Owls bundle at Design Cuts. When I first saw one of these collections, I thought they couldn’t possibly be that useful, right? I was so wrong.

The original photo was all gloom at the top, but the 2 Lil Owls textures softened the gloomy part and gave more interest to the light grey sky.

Other Artists

I just picked up this shirt design from Mark Greyland. This looks best on a dark shirt because they’re underprinted with white, which isn’t true on the light shirts, so the colors are more saturated. I ordered an American Apparel shirt in turquoise, but other colors work really well too. Just remember that you and the space kitty will be wearing the same color shirt. Use code SUMMERSAVING for 15% off through tomorrow.

…which also applies to my designs on Zazzle.

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A week ago, I made and posted this bag mockup.

A couple of people have expressed interest in actually buying one. Sadly, that specific kind of bag is only available for printing in $BIGNUM quantities at $BIGNUM++ prices, which isn’t going to happen.

The Zazzle version is a white poly market tote, but has the design front and back.

The Redbubble version is an over-the-shoulder tote. (Yes, it also shows as a pillow, which makes no sense, especially with that layout, but they’re the same “product” as far as graphic uploads go.)

The Society6 version is my personal favorite. It’s a shoulder bag available in three sizes. The small size is the same as the Redbubble, but it’s also available in two larger sizes. The small size is one penny different in price than Redbubble, but I’ll say this: the artwork is much higher resolution. I think the strap placement is probably better. I can’t speak to any quality differences between the two, though.

I happened to make it in one of my favorite colors, but I’m open to making it in different colors if you’d like.

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