Half Asleep Dolphin Heavyweight Tee · Big Print

It’s not a dolphin. It’s 700 half-moons.

A bottlenose dolphin drawn in 700 half-moons, for an animal that sleeps one half of its brain at a time, printed big on the front with no words. Every half-moon in it is its own colour, so the whole dolphin shimmers.

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

¹ Bottlenose dolphins sleep one brain hemisphere at a time, usually with one eye open, so they can keep swimming and breathing. Mukhametov et al., Brain Research, 1977

Fig. 19 in The Small Print, Deep Planet’s series of animals drawn from their own true stories. For the one who is only half awake before coffee.

About the print

• The drawing alone, 11.5 in wide, 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