I don’t think I’ve mentioned Cameesa before on Hide Your Arms, which is borderline criminal because they’re a website that are genuinely doing something different in a world where so many t-shirt sites seem to be pretty much the same. In case you hadn’t heard from everyone else, Cameesa are a t-shirt design competition, except that they ‘crowdfund’ the t-shirts which are released. What does crowdfunding mean? It means that instead of just voting for a tee to say you like it, you can put your money where your mouth is and actually pledge money to the design and if enough people do the same, the design will be produced, you receive a copy of the tee, and even a small dividend every time the tee is purchased. Admittedly, you probably won’t become rich by backing t-shirt designers on Cameesa, but I do think that it helps to create a sense of community on the site, and I’d presume that it also helps to ensure that Cameesa can keep business running smoothly.

Of course, like all design competitions, the thing that matters above all is the the quality of the designs that they produce and whether Cameesa can attract designers who know what makes a popular t-shirt. I like this tee, and I like what else is in their catalogue, so I don’t think that Cameesa have much to worry about in that regard. Obviously this is a tee based on a pun, so its got that going for it, but it does stand up well on its own too.

Cameesa seem to have quality levels down too, and by down, I mean that they’re good, so… the levels are high? The tee has the look and feel of an American Apparel tee, which is largely because the tee is by American Apparel, so you know what you’re in for in that regard. Print quality is pretty impressive too, I couldn’t find anything to complain about, and I looked pretty hard.

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Here’s something you don’t see every day, popular tee designer Jimiyo is holding a fundraiser so that he can get his latest tee design printed up. Using Fundable, if you pledge $20 to his cause and he reaches the target of $881 you’ll be sent the tee, but if he doesn’t reach that target by the end of August you won’t be charged anything, but you won’t receive a tee either.

When he first came up with this idea it wasn’t open to us international folks, but I think that we can get in on the action now. I really like this as a concept, it feels as if it connects you more with the artist. If you’re an artist that thinks you might want to follow this model, then Cameesa are another option for crowd-sourced and community funded t-shirt designs.

Read more about this story at Emptees, pledge your $20 here.

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