The best and blip-est designs are struttin' their stuff on the red carpet in celebration of the many awesome submitters behind 'em. Whether you're a full-blown artist or more of an idea guy/gal, these are the tees that are deserving of the Golden Torso.
The Stage 2 Award
Design Most likely to return in 2017
Get Skidward
by Dane Arnold
Runners Up
Swede Dreams - Markus Lewtschuk
PASMalware - Blayde
The +5HP Award
Tee most likely to be made a sticker
Don't Skip
by Richard Caminita
Runners Up
The Better Deal - Algirdas Rimkus
Close Encounters - Paul Dumitru
The "It Belongs in a Museum" Award
Best Selling Poster
Widowmaker
by Chad Seip
Runners Up
Bella Allegritta - Ben Van Antwerp
Close Encounters - Paul Dumitru
The "Start 'Em Young" Award
Best Selling Kids Tee
Cartuned
by Chad Seip
Runners Up
Get Skidward - Dane Arnold
Fowl Play - Kyu Kwon
Popular designs by color
You can have your tee in any color as long as it's black... or blue... or grey. While color choice is still very dependent on the design that goes with it, for 2016 it seems that black was the new black!
The Einstein Award
Most Successful Idea Submission
Widowmaker
Idea by Parker Shirazi
Runners Up
Butzi Shuffle - Larry Goldberg
Cartuned - Brianna Stebbins
The Bestomod Award
Best selling design resto-mod
First Responder III
by Chad Seip
Runners Up
Enzo Who II - Ben Van Antwerp
Still The One II - Emile Bouret
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Number of new artists featured
77
Most submissions by one submitter
The "Still Got It"
Award
Biggest Hit By BS
Cardiovalveular
by team blipshift
Runners Up
Sun Day Driver
Woody
The "And on that bombshell" Award
Biggest Bomb By BS
Laptose
by team blipshift
Runners Up
Hard Knocks
Challenger Accepted
The "Life Imitates Art" Award
Creative Use of BS
What came first, the LeMons car or the blipshift shirt? No clue, but what we do know is that the "Real Hoopties of NJ" can really Apex Everything.
In Memory of...
designs that we weren't able to print
Let's take a moment of silence to remember the great designs we were unable to print; whether that was because of timing, questionable themes, or a dude with a law degree.
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