Effortless Flamingo Tee

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 the shirt: about 5.7 metres of line on sizes L–3XL, about 4.4 metres on S and M, where the print is scaled down. The motto ends in a small ¹; the footnote underneath gives the proof and its source.

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

• Large front print centred on the chest, with the small Deep Planet emblem at the upper right.
• Print area 15 × 18 in on sizes L–3XL; Printful scales it proportionally to 11.5 × 13.8 in on S and M.
• 18 shirt colours. On 7 of them the design is printed in a single ink, cream or navy, so every mark stays easy to see.
• Printed to order by Printful, direct to garment.

Shirt

• Bella+Canvas 3001 unisex tee, 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (heather colours contain polyester)
• Lightweight 4.2 oz/yd² (142 g/m²), pre-shrunk, side-seamed, shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Sizes S–2XL in every colour; 3XL in the ten core colours (Natural, Black, Navy, Dark Grey Heather, Forest, Maroon, True Royal, Heather Deep Teal, Athletic Heather, White). The fabric is slightly sheer, most of all in lighter colours.