TURN YOUR FROWN (Something Something...) Yeah, there's a lot of honesty in these designs. Every t-shirt should be an honest from the gut, heart, soul, and mind statement-- even if it's just an image. Like music, a t-shirt is a vibration people go out and get. They raise or lower their self to the vibration, or mindset, that the song and t-shirt has. You literally walk around in that energy, and not only bring it into your self but you share it with others. They catch the vibes. SO... even if sarcastic or edgy, regardless of how cool they look, I still try to put out some energy that will help someone get to a better place. It's so they can express their self even when (especially when) they don't know how.

         THE MESSAGE is a fun one, based on a combination of an old popular phrase, "Turn Your Frown Upside Down," and the fact that not everyone is in that frame of mind when they're trying to do it, which is why the phrase even comes up. Some folks are trying to have a nice day but might not be there just yet. And YES, it is good advice, but people have to b in a position to receive that advice AND to put it to good use. So, their heart and mind might be trying to turn their frown, but life and living it are having a rough time, so it comes out a bit grumbly, "Turn Your Frown... something something." They're trying to turn it, but not sure which way, or what good it'll do... but, still trying. It's like, "Yeah yeah yeah, I know... I'm trying.. shut up and mind your own business."

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         THE DESIGN goof old Photoshop 6 like all of the others. The smile on the face is actually the word "FROWN" in the shape of a frown, turned upside-down. I remember recording the making of the design but can't remember if the video was edited, or where it went (as of today 04.05.26). But, yeah, it's "FROWN" that I sketched out to look like a jagged, almost jack-o-lantern teeth or something, so when flipped it's a jagged kind of smile. Then i just turned the frown upside down.

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         Then there's the part where people might not be able to read the "FROWN" or understand the design, and just see a creepy smile-- which is a cool side-effect, but might be distracting, so i just made a text image and put that on the back. I was going to put it on the front, but for one, to me, it would read weird "Turn that Frown... FROWN... Something Something" if curved around the image. Basically it would have the word FROWN in there twice, so if all of the words were on top, or on the bottom below the design, it would look funny-- to me. SO, i did it 2 sided.

         2-SIDED PRINTS VS ALL-OVER PRINTS... The only gripe with 2-sided designs is they add an extra $5-$6 to print on the back, which raises the price of the shirt-- not really what you want when you're trying to keep costs low and keep the shirt affordable. True, it does add more value, but the production costs goes up. To get around that, I could do the "ALL-OVER PRINT" designs, which is an all white item that gets printed all over it, so if it looks like a yellow shirt with black lettering, both the yellow and black are printed. There's one flat price for the print, which can be less than  the regular 2 sided prints because with the all-over prints, the WHOLE ITEM (shirt, hat, bag, etc.) is one print. The only drawback there is with the all-over prints you only get the one print (one color shirt), whereas the traditional more expensive prints you get to choose different shirt color options. Bigger print area, so cooler designs vs only one single item that has to be redone for every other color, and also split between 1 men's and 1 women's (and youth, or boys and girls, etc.). Another way to look at that is you get a more expensive, multi color option, basic image, unisex shirt, by printing one design onto multiple sides of whatever color unisex shirt is picked, which saves space... or... a less expensive, one color option, better design, single sex shirt, by printing one design onto a fabric made into a shirt, so you have to design more of them which crowds the store.