
I have to make a little admission about this tee before I get to the meat of the review. Usually, when someone e-mails me and asks if I’d like a sample, I tell them my size (although I do tell people to send whatever size they want), my address, and I don’t pick a design to be sent to me. I didn’t do that with
Akumu Ink, I asked them to send me this design (I didn’t insist upon it, it was just a request) because I really liked its look, and I thought that a detailed print like this would test AIs mettle.

In what seems to be a recurring theme, I wore this t-shirt on a night out with my friends so that I could get the opinions of people that don’t spend all their time writing about t-shirts, thinking about t-shirts and talking about t-shirts. They all liked it, hell, even my mother liked it, which surprised me since a t-shirt with a horror theme could be a bit heavy for some people, I think that the print is a genuinely arresting image, and printing it in blood red could make a few people a bit uncomfortable. But if you’re into this style of design, which I am, it is very easy to like, especially with the use of negative space being used so effectively.

Like I said in the first paragraph, part of the reason why I asked Akumu Ink to send this t-shirt was because I thought that the print would be a decent test of their printing skills, or at least the skills of their printers if they get some other company to do it. They passed the test with flying colours, although I guess that in the case of this tee its just flying colour, but they still did a damn good job anyway. The print is pretty thick, ensuring that the colour is solid and vibrant, so I guess there could be some cracking issues down the line, but it would be a long way down the line, so you probably don’t have much to worry about. The t-shirt
itself.is of AA stock, so its fair to say that you know what to expect there. One cool little extra for this tee is the toe tag that has been attached to the hang tag. It is customised for each order, stating your name, place of death (your address), what caused your death (the name of the t-shirt) and a case number (your order number presumably,mine said ‘666′). One word of warning, there’s a pretty large logo print on the lower back, which I’m sure some of you will hate.
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Dora
June 4th, 2008 at 3:23 am
1Hey Andy!
Glad you like the shirt
Had we send the shirt out 2 weeks later, you would have goten some vinyl stickers that we had printed too.
Just in case you’re wondering, Joey (my Akumu Ink partner) prints all the shirts on demand, so that every costumer get their very own shirt.
Our new designs will be up by midnight tonight, and we will also change the look of our site. We’re very excited about it.
All in all, very nice review (we love it!) and continute the great work!
Thanks,
Dora.
http://www.AkumuInk.com
Beau
June 5th, 2008 at 2:38 am
2Cool shirt. I like the concept of the hang tag– attention getting, anyway. If they are going to go through the effort to create the hang tag and to package the “concept” of the shirt, they should re-label with their own “Akumu Ink” label. Seems kinda odd seeing that American Apparel label sitting there.
Derek
June 24th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
3Hey the design is kool, but i really like the hang tag. Great idea. Keep em coming. Good Luck!
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