I cringe in fear when I hear about celebrity fashion labels?

David Arquette, who I’m sure many of you will know for his role as the happy-go-lucky police officer from the Scream slasher-flicks, has teamed up with a musician called Ben Harper , to put together their own fashion label called Propr.

To be honestly I had never heard of Harper until recently…thank you Wiki and Youtube for filling in the gaps.

The style is urban and pretty slick…the ‘trendoids’ would prob pick it up with a fury.
Nothing that I have seen thus far really takes my fancy, but the ladies range looks like it has promise. Maybe I will hunt down a piece online (I will blog about it for def)

I have added a few videos to my posting on this subject on Springleap.
Join in the conversation there when you get a chance!
Everyone knows how pedantic I am about tee designs. Which is why I roast his tee design for XO clothing.
Honestly its just a lil bit of writing on a plain white tee…can only imagine how much the tee costs.
Just because it was done by a famous dude they knock the price waaaay up…and for what. BAH!

I much prefer our awesome tees here at Springleap, hellllll yeah!!!!

The above pics are taken from their normal range. You can see what I mean about the ladies collection having hope, the guys…well the guys is a tad camp.

I’m very interested to see what this company can do and if it will take off properly….and also, who makes the decisions on what gets produced.

Do you think these garments are PROPR?

Dunkz.

Hi there all you designers out there.

As many of you would already know the HANSA ‘Special Ingredient’ competition is well under way and so far the designs are HOT HOT HOT!

Voting has already begun, however please bear in mind that the submissions will still be open until 9th June.

I know that there are quite a few designers that have been working feverishly to get their designs in on time, but relax, the 9^th is still a while away….so you have some time.

Good luck!

It has been interesting to see the submissions that are up for voting so far. Each person has attacked the subject from their own unique angle but at the same time has kept with the Hansa Pilsener vibe.

While I don’t like to choose favorites this early into the game, I must say that I have been VERY impressed with Bleet’s contributions. UNTIL THE LAST DROPS and HANSA FLAGS are two of Bleet’s designs that are going to cause some serious NOISE!

If you hot-shot designers out there are looking for a designer that has gone all out on his subs, this is def one of them.

Get those designs through. With US$1250 on the line….nobody has an excuse not to send through some power design.

Who has got what it takes to climb to the top and blow Hansa away?

D.

It is time to salute the winner of our ROCKING Stepdog ‘Powered by Music’ competition.

This was a serious battle royale boys and girls. We thank everyone for sending through their votes for their favorites and for telling all their friends.

We had highly talented designers such as Matsanni, Simon and Vcalahan, all shouldering to cross the line in first position.

However in the end it was South African designer Hannovanzyl who took the win with his submission, simply entitled, Stepdog.
This design has so much going for it and the band really felt that it would suit their image going forward.

I love the almost painted erratic style of the dog he has created….it looks like a wolf howling at the moon.
I really can’t wait to get my hands on this design, it is too awesome for words!

What do you guys all think of our latest winner?
We think that Hannovanzyl has really gone out of his way here and we hope that he submits another design very, very soon…perhaps for our HANSA competition we are currently accepting subs for.

To top off his victory it must be put into perspective: this is his very first submission.

Yep, it is not very often that a designer shows up on the Springleap scene and in his first compo takes the win. It’s aaaaaalmost unheard of.

BIG CONGRATS from the team!

Thanks again to Stepdog’s sponsor Turbovite for making this competition happen and also to the Springleap team for ensuring that everything moved like clock-work.

D.

Hi there designers!

Can you believe there are only 6 days left of the Springleap/Raizcorp Entrpreneur competition….man time has flown hasn’t it.

I’m happy to see that there have been some great designs coming through.
I have no doubt that we are going to have a very very special winner indeed for the Raizcorp dudes.

Please keep the designs coming though, you still have loads of time to create a winning design.

Bring it on guys and girls.

D.

Greetings design gurus!

Prepare for t-shirt war!
It’s time for the epic I am an Entrepreneur design competition. You better be prepared to bring some high level design might, coz we are gonna have every designer NORTH-SOUTH-EAST-WEST going full tilt for this prize!!!!

Those pencils better be sharp and design tablets securely fastened ….CACHINK, SHEEENK, KAPOOOSHIE!!!!

Springleap.com in association with Raizcorp , are bringing you a tee competition with a COLOSSAL prize of $1250 …..thats R10000 for our South African crew
Yup, this is an even bigger prize than the one we had for the Roll-Over theme prize!!

NB: Please ensure that your submission reflects the theme.
Entrepreneurship – WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU?

I’m very interested to see whether it will be one of the new designers, or one of our veterans that takes the prize.
There is no doubt going to be a MEGA CLASH OF THE DESIGN TITANS!
I cant WAIT!!!!

Any good ideas starting to swim to the surface? I am an Entrepreneur design competition is certainly open for some interesting and creative takes on entrepreneurship?

If there are any questions , please let me know guys
Also jump across to the main posting on Springleap.com

D-man.

Take a wild guess how many amazing designs were approved and are now available to the community for voting? 30, 40….60?
Try a maddening 81 approved designs!!!!!!!
How BRILLIANT is that.

Yes indeed the Open Theme format looks like the definite way to go for future competitions. While the prize money for this specific Roll-Over Open Theme is higher than the usual (US$1000), I still feel like these specific competitions are really going to grow from strength to strength.
Just from looking at the Roll-Over voting thus far I can see a refreshed vigor and energy in the designers and community itself.

When you jump across to the Springleap.com voting page you will realize just how many designs there are to get through…whew, it might take a while but it is way way waaaaaaaay worth it!
At the moment I’m still unsure of which designs I personally want to walk away with the coveted win.
However, until I make my choices, take a look at the 3 very different designs I have placed in the blog image above.

From left to right we have:
Olla Nino by OLLABOKU
Kghaeh Kghaeh by Kingslip
Catfish Wienerdog by SteveOramA

Well there we have it.
I will keep you all updated on the latest happenings with the Open Theme Roll-Over voting.
Seriously, get across and make your opinion heard….the designs are madmadMAD!!!!

Duncs.

Muhahaha, it’s time to pull on your cloaks and stick in those Dracula teeth…Halloween is here again!

Halloween is that unique time where we get together, dress up in spooky, scary, or down right crazy costumes and enjoyall that goes BUMB in the night.

Springleap.com loves this time of year and wants to celebrate with you by offering a MAD Halloween Horror SPECIAL
Now is your chance to BUY any 3 Springleap t-shirt designs for the frighteningly low price of R250!!!!

COUPON CODE: horror31
SPECIAL VALID UNTIL: 31 October

This is one insane special that you can run away from…you would have to be a serious zombie not to get excited by this hehehe.

Cruise across to the Springleap.com to take advantage

D.

Greetings greetings!

I have some super huge news for all you guys and girls!

Springleap.com has made a big decision in regards to theme competitions….that being, we have decided to stop running the specific theme competitions (eg: Some like it hot, Environmental, Elements…etc) and have opted to only run our extremely popular Open theme competitions.

The Open theme competitions are those that have no specific directive. That means you can submit absolutely any design you want, even if it’s a past design of yours that didn’t win.
The Springleap Roll-over Open theme is here…bring it on!

But wait there’s more!
Unfortunately, the last theme competition didn’t work out. So what we did to make up for it was roll-over the prize money and add it to the latest Open theme competition.
That means the prize money stands at a whopping R8000….or roughly US$1000!!
Now if that isn’t incentive to submit some designs, I don’t know what is!
We feel that this will be the best move for the Springleap.com community. It offers our designers more freedom to express themselves and to take their game to the next level.
Also as a company we will be able to bring all you t-shirt lovers even cooler t-shirts.

Please cruise across and check out the main posting on the Springleap Roll-over Open theme.

Good luck everyone.

Greetings friends.

Some of you may have seen that Springleap.com has done a huge overhaul of its visual layout. ‘look and feel’.
We want you to celebrate our new ‘look and feel’ with us by taking part in a little feedback competition.

All we need to know from you is what your feelings are on the new look!

The competition rules are easy as pie:
Take a look at the old look and feel of our HOME PAGE and compare it with our new slick look, I have added an image at the top so that you can have a better idea of what has changed.

What kind of look do you feel we were aiming for?
The guy or girl who gives us the best, most informative comment will win any 2 of our groovy T-shirts.

CLICK HERE to make a comment.

It couldn’t be easier!
I look forward to some great feedback.

Duncs.

Greetings friends.

Here is some great news for all of you aspiring designers that are looking for the tools to take your game to the next level.

Springleap.com has now launched its very own Tutorials and Advice for designers.
This section has been a long time coming. I don’t know how many requests I have received asking for advice on designs and general hints & tips in the past….in any case it was LOTS!

Basically the Tutorials and Advice for designers section is filled with anything from write-ups on various subjects to links for online video tutorials.
It’s not only a vault of tutorials, but it also strives to give designers a serious cache of inspirational discussions, in order to get those creative juices flowing.

Thus far we have had articles on creating custom fonts, vintage effects and using transparency tricks.
The articles may not be specific for the requirements of the actual Springleap competition, but also cater to designers other interests.

We also want to empower our designers by giving them guidance in regards to their submissions which go beyond physical design. For instance I put together a blog that revolves around Submission Write-ups and how they can affect community votes. Important stuff that may go underneath the average designer’s radar.

There is something for everyone, so jump across and take a lookie at our Tutorials and Advice for designers blog for yourself.
CLICK HERE

Duncs.