Everyone stop what you’re doing. We’ve found yet another t-shirt inspired by Greece’s mythological past over at Mythic [Funky Duds], one of the best shops I’ve encountered recently. Gaze! Gaze upon the head of the Gorgon, and … wait, shit!
Zeus & Medusa at Mythic: $28.00
Looks like Medusa seduces more t-shirt designers with each passing dawn. As much as I enjoy watching Zeus in his Eagle Form—for eagles, as we all know, are the birds of Zeus—soar the skies with Medusa in his talons, I have to ask—is the interior print really necessary? (Commenters, help me out—this is a trend I don’t fully understand!) And before I move on, those blue characters are driving me a little batty. Some of them are astrological, I know, but the rest—what do they mean?! Ah well. Greek shirts! Woo! Make more of them.
I’ve neglected to mention an impressive feature of Mythic’s shop: while Enclothe’s product copy for Athena’s Temple may have left me a little puzzled, Mythic apparently loathes ambiguity—a bona-fide short story accompanies each of their designs! (Depending on your definition of “short,” certainly.) This is the first store I’ve seen that takes such care in penning any sort of prose explaining their designs, in spite of the occasional typo.
I wish I had more time to browse this excellent shop more thoroughly, but I’ll throw one last design your way before signing off. It would probably make the most sense to stick with the Ancient World theme and profile the paleontological Pteranodon Fantastic—which you should still examine and read for yourself—but who uses themes these days? Pfft. Themes are for chumps!
Juan de los Muertos at Mythic: $28.00
Kudos to whoever wrote the story supplementing Juan de los Muertos for their1 use of magical realism. While I haven’t read a lot of Jorge Luis Borges—though I’ve heard very good things—my dad used to collect a fair share of alebrijes for whatever reason. I’m not really sure how this is relevant except to say that Dia de los Muertos skeletons always struck me as neater than other bags o’ bones and maybe that is the reason why?
Those of you still lingering in Mythic’s shop are strongly encouraged to visit The Soul Train and Tyger Tyger before you leave. Rest assured, I will be keeping an eye on this store for future releases. Anyone got an eye I can borrow? Maybe those Gorgon sisters can help me out … wait, shit!
Link: [Mythic]
Expensiveness: $28.00
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1Sigh … “his or her”
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My favorite is Soul Train… I might have to blog it myself!
haha, thanks a ton for your reviews! To answer the first question about the interior prints- I was printing the tags for the shirts and I asked the printers how big they could possibly be. They said, “whatever size, it doesn’t matter” so I said reeeaaallly… and figured if it cost the same to do interior art or not, why not? So then I had some fun making more art for the shirt. The medusa interior is my favorite.
As for the stories, that was another thing I just did for fun. I like to write as well as design, so figured I could put the two together. I should watch out for the typos like you said. I think you’re the first person to even read them, haha.
Thanks again! I’ve got the next wave in the works.
-Rocky
Haha… Although I’m Greek I’m not such a big fan of Greek designs. I would probably go with the Wrong Bros. That’s a great store and is in my watch list.
Love the Juan de los Muertos t-shirt!