A word of advice for you tortured, artistic types: People don’t find that schtick deep; they just think you kind of kill the party. All that sullen, shoegazing music you like; the Sartre books; the cutting—sure, it makes you seem “intense,” but it’s also exactly this much fun: None.

Now, we’re not going to ask you to completely reinvent yourself overnight. But would it kill you to splash just a little bit of color into your otherwise funereal wardrobe? Consider this here shirt. It’s black, so it’ll match your skinny jeans and dour demeanor—but it’s tastefully adorned with a tree, universal symbol of life and renewal. Hopeful, right?

Of course, like the hole where your heart should be, this tree’s leafy branches are defined by negative space—but unlike said hole, they’re handsomely set against a rainbow swatch of gently mood-enhancing color.

You know what? We like you a little better already. Gee, this is going to be a great day after all!

This shirt was designed by: Michael Clinger, an animator fresh out of college, currently working as an animator/compositor for Ball State University. If you’ve got work for him, contact him at mpclinger@gmail.com.

Wear this shirt to: the Panic! at the Disco show.

Don’t wear this shirt to: a home with multiple cats, unless you’re packing a lint brush.

This shirt tells the world: “My heart leaps up when I behold rainbow in the sky. Or near my remaining kidney.”

We call this color: Black as Your Soul.

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