Wordless Wednesday: T-Shirt Designs For People Who Love Cats

For those who want the world to know they’re loyal servants to felines.

These are some ideas Buddy and I have been working on. We welcome your feedback!

  1. Cat Servant

2. Retrocat

3. Cat Boxer!

4. Sunblade Buddy / “Sanburēdo Badi” (サンブレードバディ)

5. Retrowave Puma

6. Retrowave Jaguar

7. Lionhead

13 thoughts on “Wordless Wednesday: T-Shirt Designs For People Who Love Cats”

    1. I don’t remember exactly what I did step by step, but I might still have the project file with the layers somewhere on a drive. That was a combination of Photoshop, AI, and a very crappy initial sketch, IIRC.

      That style is really good for print because if you use too many colors or too much detail, it becomes muddy.

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  2. I especially like Retrowave Puma and Retrowave Jaguar. They would fit just fine in my wardrobe of cat-themed shirts I bought over the years from The Mountain.

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    1. Just checked it out, they have some nice designs. Kind of expensive, but I like the animal stuff. Which also reminds me, I forgot to include a lion design I made about a month ago, so I just added that to the bottom of the post.

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      1. Yes, I like that one, too! The Mountain used to be much, much less expensive, $5, $10, sometimes $15. Since 2014 until a few years ago, I bought roughly 25 shirts fom them.

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  5. I love “Cat Servant” for the truth it embodies, and “Retrowave Puma” for its startling decorative value. I also really like “Sunblade Buddy” for its vivid portrayal of your master’s imposing personality. I don’t know how you do it (I’m a sad old geezer, and this stuff is way above my paygrade) but I’m well impressed, as we say in these parts.

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    1. It’s a combination of Photoshop, AI, typesetting and effects. I’m a middling artist and mostly grew up doing graffiti style stuff and comic book art, but digital tools make it easier, especially for things like lighting and shading effects.

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    1. Sunblade Buddy is an image in the style of Bikkuriman, collectible Japanese cards from when I was a kid. One day I thought it would be cool to make a Bikkuriman card of Buddy, then I went way overboard and made a whole bunch of them. I’ll post them here when I get a chance.

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