Adelie penguins, Antarctica

: Surface Active design pARTners, Chrissie Terpstra and Shaun Waugh create original T-shirts in the spirit of fun. What began for us in 1985 as a screen printing hobby on the kitchen table has now expanded to encompass the web.

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April 2020
Dear Surface Dweller,

We’re excited to announce our fab Surface Active TeeSpring store has popped up! Our Surface Active Artwear celebrates some of the beautiful assets of New Zealand. Please pause & peruse our picturesque pixel portfolio— odds-on there’s something here for you.This portfolio is a gallery of Surface Active designs available for purchase here.

Adelie penguins, Antarctica

from Surface Active

Noisy, stinky & aggressive in reality but ain’t they cute? This design is a chuckle with penguins coming & going on the front and back. By the magic of art the white cotton of a plain teeshirt is transformed into Antarctic sea ice so this design is available on white only.

This imagery tells a tale of a dramatic before and after scene that unfolded when this formation of hungry Adelie penguins hesitated near the edge of the Antarctic sea ice, then they were suddenly faced with a leopard seal on the prowl in the waters just below.

This Adelie penguin all-over print, a favourite of mine, is available here for AUD$53.12.

Credits

Design firm: Surface Active
Art direction: Design pARTners, Chrissie Terpstra and Shaun Waugh
Client: Surface Active
Designer, illustrator, desktop publishing: Shaun Waugh

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