So while I was working with Neal Hutcheson recently on our how-to video project I thought of doing animation on a tshirt… the idea’s been knocking around for a couple weeks now and it won’t go away. That’s usually a good sign. So I was telling my buddy Eric Savage about the concept and he quickly found me 2 videos of tshirt animation. DOH! Half the reason I was excited was because I thought no one had done it yet. Oh well, I will have to do it better.
Here they are, for my future reference:
First and most important is the making of video…
Oh yeah, and here’s their final product:
For me it doesn’t work. I mean, why tshirts? What do shirts have to do with sandwiches? Did they do shirts just because it hasn’t been done before? That’s not a good enough reason!! (jk - I’m just jealous. but shirts don’t actually make sense)
update: according to the originators, Colle + McAvoy, they were targeting college kids. That’s why the tshirts. Plus they wanted it to spread on YouTube so it had to be a fresh, sparkly concept.
And here’s a video that I played over and over because it’s so catchy:
Here’s the Super Berry Bun Bun quiz for anyone who’d like to know which bun bun they are most like… Currently when it shows your results it has an eency bit of code up at the top… scroll past and you’ll get a glimpse into the depths of your soul.
What Super Berry Bun Bun Are You? - Take the Quiz
The Super Berry Bun Bun quiz helps you determine which Bun Bun you most resemble. That doesn’t mean you will like that Bun Bun best. In all likelihood you will like one of the complimentary buns better than your own.
Enjoy!
1. When you jump off the high dive you would most likely say:
Group jump… WHEEEE!
This is my last jump. I have to go do some -SPLASH-
There is over a ninety-nine percent chance I will survive!
Oh no. Not again.
Look look look look look!
2. If your friend is sad you:
Bring over a neat project to work on together
Deduce the cause of sadness and provide solutions.
Cry softly, right along with them.
Listen. Nod. Console.
Make jokes, do tricks, smile broadly until they smile back.
3. If you could fill a building with ONE thing it would be:
BUBBLES!
Industrious, energetic people, bustling with productivity.
Your friends.
A gentle, enveloping darkness.
Calculators and chalkboards for a big math party!
4. Love is:
awkward anguish, somehow addictive.
A carnival ride. WHEEEEEEEEE!
A confusing, occasionally delightful biological impulse.
The glue of true friends and family
The best way to learn about yourself and others.
5. What powers your faster than light rocket ship?
Well, theoretically faster than light travel would be impossible.
A giggle engine.
A velvety sadness.
Pure will and a touch of cheer.
Friendliness.
6. A cardboard box is:
Recyclable.
A good place to hide and feel your feelings.
A good place to hide and jump out at people.
Useful for storing and carrying the fruits of your labors.
A place for small friends to sleep when they spend the night.
7. If food were a language you would speak:
CANDY!
Math bread (this question makes no sense by the way!!!).
A dark, mellow bitter-sweet chocolate pudding.
Birthday cake and ice cream.
Bran muffins and lots of coffee.
8. One month on a deserted island. One movie. You bring:
Elf.
Goonies.
Bambi.
Real Genius.
Mary Poppins.
9. On your birthday you:
Take a meditative walk in a graveyard.
Calculate the number of seconds you’ve been alive, then compare that to the number of known stars in the galaxy.
Lead your birthday parade through the streets.
Enjoy the surprise birthday party you secretly helped plan.
Make a list of ALL the things you did awesome last year and all the awesome things you’ll do THIS year!
10. The flavor you feel the most cosmically connected to is:
So the main conceit of the Super Berry Bun Buns is that they are cut-outable and sewable. Into stuffed animals. This concept has received raised eyebrows and 3 sales to date, but I’m still going to push with it a little bit more.
In that interest I bought 3 yards of fabric and printed some buns onto it. A couple nights ago I sewed up and stuffed my first buny pupu:
For the live tshirt printing at DesignBox I had to research a new method for printing… I didn’t want to use a screen because they clog quickly and have to be cleaned soon after you’re finished. Not great for one offs. I chose to use stencils, spray mount and these little roller brushes used for trim painting in houses.
While printing that night I thought of flipping the stencil and using 2 different colors. Every time you flip the stencil you’ll get the ink pressed on from the side you just printed. Make sense? So here’s an inky bear (my newest little critter) printed using this method:
Here’s my little booth. So neat and tidy before I started printing! Thanks to Brandy for coming along and taking pictures and cutting/folding brochures/giving away buttons/giving away pistachios/inviting her friends/being awesome.
Most people are actually MORE astounded than the lady there in the middle, though far less sweet. She asked great questions about stencil printing but I had no idea what to tell her. Read the rest of this entry »
I’m subscribed to the Threadless newsletter - there’s always a design or two in there that really blow me away. This time I got hit by a tidal wave of awesome in the shape of Ghost Patrol. So first here’s their shirt:
Biro Battles and Bat Beasts:
What I love about it is the strange otherworldliness. Um, I mean it’s suggestive of a wider, broader and completely populated world. It’s something I aimed for with the Eliza and Bankman design, though without the sort of sketchy realism next to the sketchy fabulous.
from the super berry bun bun personality quiz :
You are buny bubu! You are caustically happy - a burbling eruption of giddy delight. Why can’t the other bun buns keep up with you? You think buny pupu should spend more of that brain power on having fun - same with buny beper… that bun needs to RELAX! Buny beru is your friend and always enjoys your tricks. When you sleep one night a week you first sit in the soft, sad and soothing darkness with buny susu.
from the super berry bun bun personality quiz :
You are buny beru! You are genuinely friendly - an architect of friendship. You appreciate all the aspects of all the bun buns. You see how buny susu’s sadness secretly compliments buny beper’s enthusiasm. You see how buny bubu’s spontaneity compliments buny pupu’s more rigid demeanor. It pains you when they are not getting along, but when they are you take pride because you know it was in part due to your friendly little nudges.
from the super berry bun bun personality quiz :
You are buny susu… You are sad, and you are comfortable being sad. Your favorite bun bun is buny beru, who listens and listens to your endless sadness which flows like warm fresh poetry from your heart. Buny pupu means well but doesn’t listen well. You believe over-cheery buny bubu has secret wells of hidden sadness. Buny beper is antagonistic and way too busy.
