Web Development: 21 Awesome Funny T-Shirt Designs (And How to Make Your Own)

21 Awesome Funny T-Shirt Designs (And How to Make Your Own)

Laughter is the best medicine, they say. If you think so too and are looking to create your own line of witty T-shirts but don't know how to create T-shirt designs, let me introduce you to the Placeit T-shirt design maker. You'll also discover 21 awesome T-shirt designs you can make with it that are guaranteed to tickle everyone's funny bone.

Make Your Own T-Shirt Design

If you don't know how to make T-shirt designs, here is a quick guide to get you started with the T-shirt design maker at Placeit.

1. Navigate to Placeit’s T-Shirt Design Maker Page

2. Select a Funny T-Shirt Design

3. Start With the Controls on the Right

When you find a design you like, click on it and the T-shirt design maker will open up. Starting on the right of the T-shirt design maker, add your text and/or change your font and its colour.

4. Move to the Controls on the Left

Using the controls on the left of the T-shirt design maker, change the background of your T-shirt design to match the proposed colour of your T-shirt, and swap out the original for any other you prefer.

If you get stuck or need new ideas, check out the set of presets found under every design, which offer you other options.

5. Download Your Funny T-Shirt Design

And just like that, you can easily make your own T-shirt design online, which you can download to send off to your T-shirt printer.

21 Awesome Funny T-Shirt Designs

1. Patriotic T-Shirt Design Template With a United Kingdom Map Illustration

If you're British or just a lover of all things British, you'll love this awesome T-shirt design, but get this, if you're not British, but from India, Italy, Australia or somewhere else entirely, you can customise the map with your country's shape and colours to reflect your patriotic zeal.

2. T-Shirt Design Generator Featuring a Spaceship

If you're a sci-fi buff, then this cool T-shirt design with a spaceship beaming up an old black and white TV might appeal to you. If you can think of a better caption, or like the design but not the colour, no worries. Just use the T-shirt design maker to design your shirt just the way you like it.

3. Pride Tee Design Maker for Pride Parades

If you're looking for a funny T-shirt design with a pride angle, you'll love this template with its lighthearted and playful graphics and fonts. Use as is or swap out the graphics, add your own text, and change the fonts and colours.

4. Illustrated Dachshund Dog With Heart-Shape Glasses T-Shirt Design Maker

This awesome T-shirt design is all about the cool dog, and there are plenty more equally funny and eye-catching pooches to choose from if this one doesn't appeal. Just review the selection and click on the image that you prefer to see if it works for you.

5. Pure Luck T-Shirt Design Creator for Cat Lovers

If cats are your thing then this template, the feline version of the canine one above, may just be your cup of tea. Again, there are many amazing versions to choose from, so take a look and try them all to see which appeals the most.

6. T-Shirt Design Generator With a Serious-Looking Kitten Doodle

More T-shirt design ideas for cat lovers. This template uses a looser, more casual drawing style and font, while the text plays with the reputation cats have of being aloof. Customise your design by using the T-shirt design maker to change the colours, fonts, and graphics.

7. T-Shirt Maker for Cute Designs

This template is all about the text and the gorgeous, textured backgrounds. Use as is or come up with your own funny caption, changing the text and the font as you wish. Then add any of the luscious background textures on offer.

8. T-Shirt Design Template Featuring a Downward Facing Dog

Yoga lovers, this one is for you. You can design your own tee shirt with an ever so cute and ever so funny, yoga-performing dog. Use one of the presets that come with the template and change up the colour and text if you like, or customise the design completely by selecting one of the dogs performing any number of yoga positions and adding your own text.

9. Funny T-Shirt Design Template Featuring a Blanket Ghost Trick-or-Treating

This template offers a plethora of T-shirt design ideas for Halloween. The graphics available with the template couldn't any spookier, with vampires, witches, Frankenstein and a bloodthirsty Elvis as just a few examples of the offerings.

10. T-Shirt Maker With a Sassy Cat Illustration

Another play on the aloof nature of cats, this funny T-shirt design offers a number of gorgeous drawings of cats to which you can add your own twist.

11. T-Shirt Design Template With an Exotic Cat Illustration

Okay, so this cat does look a bit ferocious, but the drawing pairs really well with the caption, right? If you're not convinced, don't worry—there are plenty more drawings to choose from and lots of gorgeous presets with different text and animal pairings to keep you happy.

12. T-Shirt Design Template Featuring a Zombie Executive

A T-shirt design that's great for Halloween—or any time of the year, for that matter. This template offers loads of customisation for the lovers of horror.

13. Sci-Fi T-Shirt Design Template

More T-shirt design ideas for horror lovers. This one combines horror with sci-fi in a number of truly wonderful graphics that reference Hollywood classics like Alien, E.T., and The Matrix.

14. Negative Space Typography T-Shirt Template for Graphic Tees

Bold text and a grungy background make a powerful and eye-catching pairing. Use as is or use the T-shirt design maker to modify the font, change the backgrounds and colours, or create your own unique text.

15. Valentine's T-Shirt Design Generator With Bacon and Egg Graphic

A fun and playful way to comment on love, this template offers graphics with as many clever pairings as you can stand: Netflix and pizza, milk and cookies, beer and nachos. Pick your poison.

16. T-Shirt Design Generator for Valentine's Day

And just to show you how the previous design can be customised to lend your own spin to the same basic idea, here's a clever variation. It uses a coffee and donut graphic, different colours, and a new font with slightly different text. The recombinations are endless.

17. Illustrated T-Shirt Design Maker Featuring a Grumpy Cat by a Rainy Window

Okay, so we have a soft spot for cats, but don't get as grumpy as the pink fella above—we have room in our hearts for dogs as well. That's why we're showing you this template. It has loads of sweet dog illustrations that you can use to replace oh grumpy one here.

18. T-Shirt Design Templates With Vintage Memes

Vintage all the way here. Use the T-shirt design maker to design your T-shirt in vintage style. It takes no time at all, and you can change every aspect of this design to truly make it your own.

19. Father's Day T-Shirt Design Template With Dinosaur Clipart

Dinosaurs are cute, especially when they're in 2D form. This kid-friendly template is the perfect choice for those who want to help their kids create a T-shirt for whatever occasion. As is the case with other templates here, customisation is easy peasy.

20. Alien Illustration T-Shirt Design Template

Another somewhat scary sci-fi horror combo template. This one suggests that behind every alien there's really a cat. Could be a fair point. Use the template as is or modify it as much or as little as you like.

21. Illustrated T-Shirt Design Maker Featuring a Dog Wearing a Raincoat

We thought it only fair we should end our funny T-shirt designs with a dog, and a rather adorable drawing of one at that. The template offers a plethora of other great drawings, so take a look and choose the one that appeals most. Then customise the template as much as you like.

Create Your Own Funny T-Shirt Design Online Today

We hope you've found a bunch of T-shirt design ideas you can use and you are excited about using the T-shirt design maker to create your own T-shirt design online. Get to work creating your own unique design and share it with us in the comments below.

And remember, these 21 funny T-shirt designs are only a fraction of the awesome designs available at Placeit, so if you haven't found exactly what you need here, head on over to the site and browse the large collection of t-shirt designs to be found there.

If you're interested in other kinds of designs and mockups, here are some great suggestions for you: