The best 50 Steampunk inspired t-shirts

I hope you’re bolted in tightly, as we’re about to steam through 50 of the best Steampunk inspired t-shirt designs known to man, and robot (actually there are 55). If you’re new to Steampunk worry not, head on over to the Wikipedia entry and get acquainted with this Victorian Sci-fi wonderland of more than hot air, we’ll wait……

Before we start I should say that one mans Steampunk is another mans Cosplay, is another mans Cyberpunk, is another mans Tomato. So lets not get bogged down in semantics, we’re using “inspired” in a liberal, cop out kinda sense. Where they are from a POD manufacturer (as quite a lot are, this is a niche subculture after all) I’ve listed the base price, it might be more when you’ve customized it.

All clear? Then let’s go…..

1. Dirigible $23.94 by Keith Barkevich from Red Bubble

2. Jetpack $30 from Imaginary Foundation

3. MHI Steam Punk Shirt – $29.99 from Format

4. Hummingbird Automated Pipette Steampunk Shirt $20 from Etsy

5. Absinthe $27.95 from Zazzle

6. Steampunk Coi $24.99 from Zazzle

7. Battery Doves $24 from Etsy

8. My Skeleton – $15.99 from Thinkgeek

9. Interloper from beyond the heavens $9 (sold out) from Threadless (go request a reprint already!)

10. Steampunk Flying Machine $40 (ouch) from Zazzle

11. Gay James $24.30 from Zazzle

12. Terrorbot $19.99 from J!nx

13. iSteamphone $20 from iSteamphone

14. Steambot Antique Robot $24.95 from Zazzle

15. Little Inventor $20.95 from Red Bubble

16. Little Inventor #2 $20.95 from Red Bubble

17. Modern Science $20 by Travis Pitt from Kindercore

18. Trolley Car to the future $20.10 from Zazzle

19. Imaginary Friend $24.90 from Zazzle

20. Nuklear Power $18.95 from Split Reason

21. Inner Workings $21.35 from Zazzle

22. Obey Your Robot Overlords 15gbp from My Robot Overlord

23. Steampunk by Damien Mason $20.41 from Red Bubble

24. Noble Madness from Imaginary Foundation (sold out)

25. Golden Diagram $30 from Imaginary Foundation

Phew, half way now. Let’s take a break. Enjoy the steampunkesque Smashing Pumpkins magic of the Tonight, Tonight video.

26. Deep Sea Milliner $21.55 from Zazzle

27. ‘I taut I taw a ‘torm-twooper’!’ from 12.55gbp from Red Bubble

28. Thinking Top Hat $15 from Etsy

29. Steampunk gear/cog t-shirt $28 from Etsy

30. Tiny Toy Talons at Threadless (out of stock, request a reprint)

31. Retropolis Rocket Works $26.99 from Printfection

32. Tempus Fugit $23.25 from Zazzle

33. Mad Scientist/Grumpy Visionary $26.99 from Printfection

34. Evolutionary Gentleman by Sireuan from $19.09 from Mysoti

35. Telescopic Visionary device $24.10 from Zazzle

36. Time Traveller Essentials $18 from Topatoco

37. The revolution will not be telegraphed $19.25 from Topatoco

38. Steampunk vision by tealesm from Design By Humans (somehow this didn’t win, go and bug them about it)

39. Steampunk Airship $15 from Etsy

40. Davinci Hax $18.95 from Split Reason

41. Mr Robot goes Sightseeing $18 from Threadless (sold out but you can request a reprint)

42. Steampunk Jules Verne t-shirt $23 from Redbubble

43. Green Schmeen by LukeLukeLuke ($10 in the sale) from Design by Humans

44. Kid Robot by Studio8Worx $15 from Design By Humans

45. London Airship Academy $26.99 from Printfection

46. Flying Zepplin $20 from Etsy

47. Fancy Rabbit $20 from Deadworry

48. Kenetic Zepplin $20 from Enclothe

49. Ape Baron $20.99 from Mysoti

Is this steampunk? Well not really, but it is an ape in Victorian attire, and that is something not easily ignore by a monkey loving individual, such as myself.

50. Heart of a steampunk from $27.93 at Red Bubble

51. Soul Machine $30 at Allmightys

52. World of Tomorrow 19eur from Tieshurt

53. Calliope $29.50 from Zazzle

Okay so we’re into overtime now, I’ll throw you a couple of sneaky bonus extra’s to thank you for reading scanning this far down, how about:

54. Steampunk hoodie $44.99 from Jinx

55. Getting a full Steampunk costume (will set you back around $150-200) from The Steampunk Emporium.

Thoroughly sick of all this Steampunk nonsense? This one’s for you

56. “Hey, you handlebar moustachioed, brass goggle wearing, Jules Verne reading, more irritating than goth, 80lb. weak ass; get outta my way. I got shit to fry.” Lovely.

Available for $20 from The Feed Store

That’s your lot for now folks. Know some that I’ve missed? Leave ‘em in the comments and lets see if we can propel ourselves upwards to 100 shirts.

If that’s still not enough Steampunk goodness for you, check out The Mysterious Explorations of Jasper Morello an award winning short film which was nominated for a BAFTA and an Oscar, and is just brilliant.

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