Thanks to everybody who took the time to participate in our giveaways over the last month! We had a lot of fun putting them together and we hope everybody had some fun participating. Even though this Flip Giveaway is now over, we hope to put together some more events like this in the coming months!

Check out the video we made starring Bo (aka dunz0), the Tilteed intern, where she draws the names of the winners. If you’re a winner, expect an email in the next 24 hours to coordinate us shipping you some goodies!

Holy cow! One year! We’re happily celebrating Tilteed’s 1 year anniversary this month and we’re doing it the only way we know how - by giving away as much awesome stuff as we can.

Over the past year we’ve had the pleasure of printing t-shirts by some amazingly talented artists and sending them all over the world. We have fans who’ve bought t-shirts from Japan to Germany to our own backyard here in Portland, Oregon. We’ve shipped shirts to China, Argentina, and even Pakistan. People are wearing Tilteed shirts on 6 of the 7 continents - everywhere except Antarctica so far. But maybe our 2nd year will be the one where we make it to the southernmost continent.

Here at Tilteed headquarters we have a map on the wall with pins stuck in all of the places we’ve been shipping. We’re simply blown away by the support the t-shirt community and t-shirt fans have shown us.

The Tilteed 1 Year Anniversary Giveaway!

On July 26th, we’re going to be drawing 10 winners to win the following prizes:

PRIZES

Grand Prize:
1 Flip UltraHD
1 Inprnt.com Art Print - 13” x 19” (1st choice of print)
Year of Tilteed Tees (2 a month, 24 total)

Runner Up:
1 Inprnt.com Art Print - 13” x 19” (2nd choice of print)
Year of Tilteed Tees (2 a month, 24 total)

3rd Place:
1 Inprnt.com Art Print - 13” x 19”
5 Tilteed Tees

4th - 10th Place:
2 Tilteed Tees

(We’ve got 3 art prints from Inprnt.com featuring 3 amazing Tilteed artists: a.mar.illo, C86, and Wotto. Grand Prize winner will get their first choice of print, followed by the Runner Up and so on.)

HOW TO ENTER

Each day between now and July 26th, we’re going to be giving away t-shirts. The winners of each daily giveaway will receive 1 entry into the final drawing.

So everyday there will be a new chance to win a t-shirt as well as win an entry into our grand prize drawing. The daily contests will be mostly simple, easy to do things like tweeting about our tees, leaving a comment, sharing on Facebook, guessing the next color t-shirt, etc.

Also, there is NO limit to the number of entries into the grand prize drawing that you can win. You can have 1 entry or you can have 10 entries - all it takes is participation in the dailies and a little bit of luck.

The only requirement to gain an entry is to make sure that you are a Tilteed member. You can register here.

LETS GET STARTED

For the first entry - simply tweet about this blog post ( http://bit.ly/TilteedFlip ) or share it on your Facebook and then leave a comment on this post telling us what you did! We’ll pick a random winner Tuesday at 6PM PST!

And just so you know what you can do with a Flip, we made the following video with our Flip UltraHD and zero previous editing experience.

Thanks to SkyBlew and L.O. Key Kids for letting us use the awesome music in the video.

Coty Gonzales
http://www.cotygonzales.com/2010/06/23/diary-of-a-t-shirt-intern-bo-experiences-portland/

So I, dunz0, now have a weekly column over at Coty Gonzales’s t-shirt blog! Last week, I gave an introduction to what I’ve been up to in Portland at Tilteed headquarters. In the upcoming weeks, I’ll be tackling different topics, some of which may be about my Portland experiences in general. I hope you enjoy the read!

Big thanks to Coty for giving us a weekly feature!

SpankyStokes
http://www.spankystokes.com/2010/06/inner-workings-of-maniac-t-shirt-design.html

We just love it when art t-shirts and designer toys join forces! Designer toy artist and blogger John posted about our latest Tilteed contest winning design, “The Inner Workings of a Maniac,” at SpankyStokes. Thanks for letting our two design platforms meet, John!

If you’re the least bit curious about art toys, then SpankyStokes is a great place for you to get the latest news about designer toy culture!

Holycool
http://www.holycool.net/2010/06/tilteed-graphic-art-t-shirts.html

Dee of Holycool.net posted a great summary of us on her wonderful blog! It makes us very happy to see that our graphic t-shirts fit the definition of “cool.” Hopefully you Tilteed fans agree!

Check out Holycool for a bunch of crazy awesome products, ranging from household items to neat art finds.

T-shirt Review Blog
http://www.tshirtreviewblog.com/thread-notes/thread-notes-tv-episode-3-tilteed/

If you need a short break from reading, here’s a video review that you can watch. On the latest episode of Thread Notes, Brad shows off his new “Jungle Book” tee at the park. We agree that you should get out on such a beautiful day. The t-shirt fits in very nicely with the nature backdrop!

Thanks for the great review, Brad. We’re glad that you like the shirt!

TeeRater
http://www.t-shirtrater.com/top-quality-t-shirts-from-tilteed/

Anthony rocks our “Jackalope” tee in his latest post about Tilteed at TeeRater. The design looked wonderful in the print shop, but it looks even better out in the wild!

Thanks for the shout out, Anthony!

Compete-tee-tion

MJ of Compete-tee-tion put together a great post last month about the curators of four shirt sites and their favorite t-shirts. All of our Tilteed curators were included, so you can get to know them a little bit better by reading about their design tastes and why they love the tees they picked.

Thanks for including our t-shirt curators in your fun and informative post, MJ!

Hide Your Arms

Andy, the t-shirt blog superstar of Hide Your Arms, was kind enough to write a post about one of our recent Tilteed Limited designs! Releasing Dark Matter by YAWN was featured on HYA while it was the current Limited design. In agreement with the post, our curator dunz0 also saw something reminiscent of the Sword in the Stone.

Thanks for the mention, Andy!

Tee-Junction

Looks like we weren’t the only ones enjoying Recycledwax’s Jackalope! Ivy at Tee-Junction did a great write-up about this Tilteed Limited piece at the end of last month. We agree that the silver/white/lime green color combo looks sizzling!

Thanks for the awesome read, Ivy!

1001 Camisetas

Blogging about Tilteed isn’t just limited to English speakers anymore! 1001 Camisetas is home to a group of bloggers based in Spain, and we are honored to be mentioned on their site. Several of our catalog designs made it into the post, including Joy Ride by Greg Abbott, Guilty Pleasures by Wotto, and Three Step Plan by BootsBoots. If you’re looking for a great Spanish t-shirt blog to follow, then be sure to check out 1001 Camisetas!

First, tell us a little bit more about Ropeadope and how you became involved with them - the site and label.

Ropeadope has been a record label, clothing company, and daily updated webspot since 1999. As our logo says, Music * Clothing * Culture. The coolest thing about Ropeadope is that they’ve never signed a band they don’t like. and never will. It’s about the music, not the money. I first started interning at Ropeadope a little over a year ago as a “product manager”. I helped with getting everything ready for new record releases, including one sheets, artist bios, album artwork, and masters. I also posted music reviews on ropeadope.com, which I still do today and you can read here! (http://www.ropeadope.com/team/Matt/)


How did you first get pulled into the online t-shirt world? What sites do you continuously check? Who’s your favorite artist?

During the summer of 2008, I read a post about teefury.com on t-shirtforums.com and decided to check it out. I’ve been hooked ever since. There hasn’t been a day that’s passed where I haven’t looked at Teefury multiple times. Then I discovered Design By Humans and it kept going from there. Teefury and DBH are the two I check most often. Tilteed is probably my third most checked site. I love the stuff you guys are putting out and the quality of the prints is some of the best around.

Favorite artist is such a hard question cause there are so many talented designers and illustrators creating t-shirts right now. (that’s why I have over 300 tees) If I had to pick one though, it would be Wotto. I love his style and pretty much every piece of art he’s ever done. I probably own 10 or more wotto shirts at this point and I recently bought one of his paintings.



Besides Ropeadope, what are you doing with yourself? What do you do in your free time?

Well I’m really close to graduating from Temple University (2 more classes), so school takes up a good amount of my time. Other than that, I’ve been planning/organizing/creating my own apparel line. I’ve lived in Philadelphia for most of my life (I lived in Germany for a year though!), so I’m very close with the city. Other than your typical tourist shirts, I’ve never really seen any cool Philadelphia t-shirt designs. So I decided to make them. I released a hoodie in February and the first tee is being released very soon. There is much more to come from Wear Liberty. Stay tuned this summer. I’m also very involved in the local music scene. My close friends are all musicians, so I’m always helping them record and produce their new records as well as promote their music and shows.



How did the idea of starting a t-shirt line for Ropeadope come about? And explain the line’s format - how often will you release new shirts, etc…

Ropeadope has been selling t-shirts for 10 years, but for 2010 we decided to do something different. New artists, new ideas, new shirts. The Ropeadope Design Collective is an ever changing group of artists from around the world and we are releasing 8 new designs every three months. (there might be a mini summer release hint hint) They are all limited edition and only available for a one month pre-sale. The designs are screen printed on American Apparel shirts and all orders include free shipping and a free CD from Ropeadope Records.



What’s your favorite part of the experience so far?

My favorite part is definitely working with the artists. Networking is a huge part of my job for both the music industry and the t-shirt world, so working with and building relationships with all of these awesome people has been a great experience.

What’s the hardest part about starting a clothing line that you’ve figured out so far?

Getting the word out, especially for something that’s brand new. Ropeadope has been around for 10 years and has already established a name for themselves, but the Design Collective is a completely new format for our tees. As I said before, new artists, new ideas, new shirts. It’s been a lot of fun promoting the line though and I’ve gotten lots of positive comments which are always great to hear.



Your personal favorite design in the current line-up.

All of them. I’m really looking forward to wearing each of the 8 shirts when they’re printed next week. I picked and helped direct the artists to create the designs because I love them all.



As a pug owner, is it a requirement that you occasionally dress your pug up in ridiculous outfits? What are Oliver’s feelings on this?

I’ve actually never dressed him up, which I’m sad to say. But I always think about getting him a stegosaurus costume. I really need to do it one of these days. A friend of mine made him wear a dress though while she was puppysitting for me. I don’t think Oliver enjoyed it.



Final thoughts or plug about Ropeadope.

Buy a shirt! They’re only on sale for 1 more days (til May 20th). and check out some Ropeadope bands. We put out a variety of great music, so you’re bound to find something you like.