Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Decorative Lotus Flower Design


New yoga T shirt design from Shanti Tees . Decorative lotus flower design inspired by the arts of India.

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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Om (Aum) Symbol in Mehndi Lotus Petal Mandala - And a Sale


New design from Aum Tees, sacred symbol Om in lotus petal mandala inspired by India and Pakistani mehndi, or henna, designs. Did both a monochrome and color version of this one. See images below for both.

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Still time left for our Columbus Day Sale - 14.92% off the net sale price in all of our custom shops shipped within the USA through Oct 12, 2009 at 11:59pm PT. Use coupon code 1492COLUMBUS. Click here for more details.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Ahimsa Mandala Shirt - And Another Sale!


New T shirt design from Shanti Tees . Mandala adapted from the Jain symbol of the vow of Ahimsa, a rule of conduct barring the killing or injuring of any living being, and the fundamental principle that is the cornerstone of the Jainist ethics and doctrine. Ahimsa is also the main yama of yoga practice. Ahimsa also required the non-harming, violence, or injury to the self as well as to other living beings.
The Jainist Ahimsa mandala consists of the word “Ahimsa” in script in the middle of a dharmachakra, or wheel of dharma, with 24 spokes, symbolizing the 24 tirthankars, or enlightened beings. Our version uses India style decorated stylized petals and leaves for the 24 wheel spokes, to emphasize the concept of life. For more information about Ahimsa, see Wikipedia for a general overview. And Yoga Journal gives a good overview of Ahimsa in relation to yoga practice.

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It seems to be some sort of Pirate Day holiday, i have no idea what it means, except that it seems to provide an excuse for a sale, so we'll take it and run. For those of us in the northern hemisphere, we've cooler weather as we move into autumn. And we have a good excuse to start stocking up on long sleeve shirts, hoodies, and more for autumn - a Pirate Day Sale in all of our USA custom shops - $3 off all tees shipped within the USA through September 20, 2009 at 11:59pm PT. Use coupon code PIRATEDAYTEE. Click here for more details.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Anja (Third Eye, 6th) Chakra


Shanti Tees' funky version of the 2-petalled, eye-shaped Anja (meaning command) (6th) chakra with India style decoration. Located in Third Eye, or pineal gland. Associated color – indigo. Sacred symbol Om (Aum) in the center. Rules the intuition and visualization. ( I have seen this chakra called both the Ajna and Anja chakra. Can't find out which is actually correct.)
And here's a groovy little Aum Meditation by Anmol Mehta for opening up the Third Eye Chakra, he makes wonderfully clear cut instructional yoga and meditation videos.

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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

India Style Paisley Designs - (Redux)


Shanti Tees had some India style paisley designs that were kicking around for awhile and badly in need of a makeover. So we invested them with some 60's style grooviness, and added some fuel to the argument that gradient tools, (along with airbrush tools and palatte knives) should be lisenced like handguns.

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Friday, September 4, 2009

Custom Keds Shoes and Free Shipping thru Labor Day


Shanti Tees needed to get out of a rut, so we tried something different - our first pair of custom Keds shoes. Kinda pricey, but fun to design, so we'll be doing some more of them every now and then. Click on image above to view shoes.

It's Labor Day this weekend, and for those of us in the northern hemisphere, it means back to school and the cooler weather heralding the start of autumn. And we have a good excuse to start stocking up on long sleeve shirts, hoodies, and more for autums - a Labor Day Weekend Sale in all of our USA custom shops - free shipping on all orders totaling $35 or more, and shipped within the USA through September 8, 2009 at 11:59pm PT. Use coupon code FREELABORDAY. Click here for more details.

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Baroque Style Lotus Flower in Cartouche


Another decorative lotus flower design by Shanti Tees in two color versions, white and a bluish-purple. Inspired by baroque textile and tapestry brocade designs.

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Paisley Lotus Flower


Nothing too deep here, just another decorative lotus flower design by Shanti Tees inspired by the paisley textile designs of India. If it looks familiar, I actually did this design awhile ago but never blog posted it as i wasn't too happy with it, but gave it a redo and tweak and i like it much better now. Designed to work with both dark and light color shirts.

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Friday, June 26, 2009

Funky India Lotus Flower


Nothing too deep here, just a decorative lotus flower design by Shanti Tees inspired by the textile designs of India. Tried this one in a few monochrome versions as well to see how those fly, see below. ST is going to be doing more decorative and monochrome type designs in the near future in preparation for a wholesale line. Stay tuned, but it probably won't be tomorrow anyway.

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** I changed my mind. I'm not really happy with the monochrome versions, so i kept them all to the full color versions for now.

Monday, June 22, 2009

Tantric Cobra Snake with Lotus Flower


Shanti Tees has always been fascinated by the multi-headed and arm thing with the Hindu and Buddhist gods, and also the multi-headed snake that shows up in Tantric art. I haven’t seen a real explanation of it, but an off the cuff guess would be to symbolize the Kundalini energy moving up through the chakras. So i fooled around with this for awhile and ended up with a grumpy and irritated looking, anatomically suspect and chromatically dodgy cobra snake with a jewel on each of his heads, and a lotus flower thrown in for the sake of overkill. At some point i'd like to do a line drawing version with this one, but i need to find a way to sort out doing scales that doesn't take 2 weeks.

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Friday, June 12, 2009

Om (Aum) Symbol in Lotus Ring Mandala


We already have way too many Om (Aum) symbol designs, that's why they have their own website called Aum Tees . But we still thought that Shanti Tees needed it's own Om symbol design, so this one is in a lotus ring mandala with a few variations. Also a different colored one shown below, and also a line drawing variation. The peanut gallery at RedBubble seems to have voted the line drawing version as the winner of the bunch so far.

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Sunday, March 1, 2009

Om (Aum) Symbol in Block Print Paisley Mandala


Another new Om (Aum) symbol t shirt design from Aum Tees , paisley mandala design inspired by India block print textiles. This one may be one of AT's personal faves, and we like it best on natural organic cotton t shirts.


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Saturday, February 28, 2009

World Tree of Life (Jambuvriska)


New design from Shanti Tees , Jambuvriska, or the radiant world tree of life, common motif in the art of India, whose growth is reflected in the different levels of the universe.


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Friday, February 27, 2009

Baroque Style Lotus


New design from Shanti Tees , Lotus design inspired by Baroque textile and tapestry design.


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Thursday, February 26, 2009

Eyes of Shiva


New design from Shanti Tees , nothing terribly original here, but a common motif in the art of India. Eyes of Lord Shiva with a trident containing a jewelled crescent moon.


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