Chopper's rejected all my tee shirt designs
- Matthew Kabik
- Sep 25
- 1 min read

The last Choptober (at Cherry Hill) is coming up, and as part of that bittersweet event, the axe house is running a little contest: a "Choptober Challenge" tee shirt design contest, to be exact about it.
Well, you know full well I couldn't let the opportunity slip by without taking a stab at becoming the winning entry. While I wouldn't say I'm a grate artiste, I know with enough dedication and moxie, I could probably produce something that was memorable AND spoke to the tourney's ethos.

Well. Welp. Well and welp. It seems that my artistry wasn't quite what Don was looking for. He rejected them. Every single one.
But that doesn't mean that I'm just gonna shutter away the designs. The slings and arrows of those fine folk in New Jersey can't silence me. No, dear reader. I leave it to you. I want you to see for yourselves what COULD HAVE BEEN.
Here they are: my T-shirt designs for Choptober 2025. You just go ahead and let Chopper's know what it's missing out on.
Which, uh, they already know, obviously. Because I submitted these designs already. Of course.
As you can clearly see, this is some of the finest work a true designer can do in the span of maybe an hour the night before posting. While I struggle to see what I could have done better, I hope the free graphics and almost unintelligible language speaks for itself.