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Design By Humans has new shirts, all of which can be bought at a discount when using coupon code DBH22. Enjoy!



Enlightenment by jackmoore is the best of the week. A good-looking, atmospheric drawing heavy on curved lines and shades of blue, it communicates the enlightenment theme easily. The placement adds to the appeal, because while the frog and mushrooms are centered on the shirt, the light source extends from the shoulder and carries the eye past embroidered leaves. Definitely a cool piece.



The legendary smell of the flowers... by Draco is my second favorite of the batch. I think the sunny palette is a great contrast to the gas mask and polluted backdrop, showing the vibrancy of nature in a situation that man struggles to endure (even though it was his own creation). Strong, thought-provoking imagery, and it looks great on a shirt

Green Winter by riffmaster18 confuses me. On a basic level, I just don't like the way it looks- the black, green and white are used in virtually equal quantities, which kills any motion or intensity I'd expect to see in a large print like this. The subject matter is another question mark for me... another tree? DBH had great success with another large tree print (one I find much more appealing, honestly) just days ago. Though I guess in some ways this isn't a particularly tree-like print, as it looks more like tie-dye than anything else. This one just isn't for me, I guess.



1000 Cranes by collisiontheory is a shirt I'm fairly neutral about, maybe because the shirt itself is so neutral. Large white paper cranes with a thin black outline, they cascade from one shoulder and gently curving around the lower back. I'd probably wear it, but I doubt I'd ever feel strongly enough to buy it. There's just not a lot to react to in those simple shapes.

Mecha Naga Buddha by reyyy is another source of confusion for me this week. I feel like a reference is being made to something, but none of it looks familiar. Pretty much the only thing I can make out is a face in the center- if I had to guess, I'd say this was a promotional item for some kind of anime project, but it must not be because I don't know why DBH would be printing that. Anyway. I usually love one-color work, but this one bores me because I feel it didn't take advantage of texture opportunities. Plus, I just don't care for the palette.

Overall, not a great week of shirt for me- I only like two, and I dislike another two very strongly (which is fairly rare for me, at DBH). The week as a whole feels a bit lazy to me, as proper images (close ups and images of the shirts being worn) aren't even provided for most of the shirts this week. Very disappointing. That said, I am very happy to see some shirt color outside the DBH staples happening in this week's batch- that, at least, is a giant step in the right direction.

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