All-over print hunter shirt in a watercolor style: on the front a red deer stag with mighty antlers stands in a misty forest among spruces, old trees and golden ferns. On the back a wreath of leaves around a pale sprig with small stars, and dark green sleeves.
Product description
This hunter shirt feels like an early morning stalk: mist drifts between the spruces, and suddenly he is there. On the front of this all-over print shirt a red deer stag steps out of the haze in warm earth tones against deep fir green and cool blue green. He stands just right of center, his head turned alertly to the left in three-quarter view. His antlers are mighty and widely branched, and their paler tips stand out against the blue-green sky.
The picture looks like a watercolor with fine ink lines. The stag's coat moves from rust brown through ochre to a light beige at the throat and belly, and a band of mist lies across his chest as if he were walking through a cloud. On the left of the picture a tall spruce rises, its needles tipped with gold, while more trees fade into the haze behind it. In the upper corners two old, gnarled trees reach into the picture with bare branches and frame the scene like an archway. At the bottom grow golden ferns and leaves, with grass around the stag's legs. White and pale grey wisps of fog roll through the forest from both sides.
The back is calm and festive at the same time. Across the whole panel an oval wreath of narrow leaves in sage green, cream and sand tones spreads over dark green. In its center lies a single pale sprig with small white berries pointing up at an angle, and above it stand four stars, the top one larger with eight points. More little stars and dots are scattered over the wreath. The sleeves stay dark green and quiet, with only faint leaf shadows near the top, so the chest and back get all the attention.
Who is this hunter shirt for? For everyone who would rather wear a picture than a slogan. For the stalker who slips through the mountain forest before dawn in October, and for the hunter who climbs the same high seat every year during the rut. For foresters, hunting horn players, wildlife photographers and people who simply love the autumn woods. As a gift for hunters it suits Christmas, since the wreath on the back belongs to that season anyway, as well as a birthday, a passed hunter's exam or a thank you at the end of the season.
The design runs across the whole front from side to side. That makes the shirt look less like a printed basic and more like a painting you wear, with the stag at full size in front of you and forest, mist and ferns all around. The colors look muted and natural, with no neon and no camouflage. Two things make the picture special. One is the light: it does not come from the sun but from the mist itself, which glows between the dark trees and lights the stag from behind. The other is the stillness. The stag is not fleeing and not roaring; he simply stands and watches. Anyone who has been out stalking at first light knows exactly this moment, when you hold your breath and hope the wind stays in your favor.
About the shirt: it is an all-over print shirt in a men's cut, made of polyester with a little elastane. The surface is smooth, the weight is medium, the fabric stretches in two directions. It is made only after you order, and all panels are printed together; leaving out single areas is not possible with this shirt.
