Effortless Flamingo Heavyweight Tee · Big Print

It’s not a drawing of a flamingo. It’s one line.

A lesser flamingo resting on one leg, drawn as a single unbroken line that never lifts off, printed big on the front with no words. The line changes colour as it goes, so the whole bird shimmers.

The motto stays off the shirt, here with its footnote: Effortless.¹

¹ On one leg, a flamingo’s body settles into a stable pose that bears its weight with little active muscle force. Chang and Ting, Biology Letters, 2017

Fig. 27 in The Small Print, Deep Planet’s series of animals drawn from their own true stories. For the calmest person you know.

Watch the Lake Natron flamingo episode on Deep Planet.

About the print

• The drawing alone, 12 in tall, centred on the front. No motto or footnote on the shirt.
• Shimmer inks: every mark printed in its own colour, flowing along the animal, and drawn a little heavier so it reads from across the room.
• Garment-dyed, so each shirt's colour varies a little.
• Printed to order by Printful, direct to garment.

Heavyweight Tee

• Unisex Garment-Dyed Heavyweight T-Shirt, Comfort Colors 1717
• 100% ring-spun cotton
• Fabric weight: 6.1 oz/yd² (206.8 g/m²)
• Garment-dyed
• Relaxed fit
• 7/8″ double-needle topstitched collar
• Twill-taped neck and shoulders for extra durability
• Double-needle armhole, sleeve, and bottom hems
• Blank product sourced from Honduras
• Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL