Life is full of material.
Funny Or Dye makes illustrated jokes for shirts and gifts. Our subjects include work, pets, hobbies, everyday habits, and technology that has a little too much confidence. The aim is a familiar situation with a surprise worth wearing.
How a joke earns the product
The working process starts with a recognizable situation: a pet treating your home as its office, a hobby demanding another purchase, or an assistant that needs an assistant. The line and illustration should add a surprise you can understand at a glance.
We use AI-assisted tools for ideas and artwork under the owner’s creative direction. Editorial review checks the joke, wording, visual clarity, and product presentation. That is our production process, not a promise that every joke will land for everyone. AI is one subject in the collection, not the limit of it.
- Name the plain truth. Write the situation clearly before trying to make it funny.
- Explore different comic turns. Reframe the same truth through unrelated systems such as bureaucracy, security, shipping, or technology instead of writing twenty synonyms.
- Read it without an explanation. Review the words and image together. If the turn needs a paragraph to explain, simplify it.
- Think beyond the screen. Wording, illustration, and print placement all matter when the joke becomes a shirt, mug, or another gift.
- Let the design set the timing. Clear type, contrast, and space around the punchline help the surprise land.
Shirts lead the current collection. Some existing designs also have mug and hat versions. Open each listing for its actual material, mockups, available colors, measurements, and price; a design shown in our artwork or social posts is not automatically a product for sale. Current store delivery is within the United States.
The original funny T-shirt design guide explains recognizable situations, readable punchlines, focused illustrations, wording research, and the limits of editorial review. Looking for FOD Shirts or FODShirts.com? Here is how those names connect to Funny Or Dye.
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Independent wording
Research supplies recognizable situations, not copy to borrow. A logo, lyric, celebrity, screenshot, famous quote, or lightly altered meme cannot be the whole joke.
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Three seconds, then twice
The premise should read during a quick browse. After the surprise is familiar, the voice should still feel good enough to wear or use again.
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Useful product details
Find the actual format, material, care, and price on each product page. For a shirt, compare a tee you already like with the size guide. For a mug or hat, check that listing’s own product details.