Interview by Charles Festa

How did you get your start in design?

Oh this is hard. Well i have always enjoyed drawing and trying to draw and learning to draw, so I guess illustration has always been pretty big in my life. The hard part is trying to give some sort of design purpose to those drawings and make stuff look good on a shirt or a something or whatever. That's what I'm still trying to figure out now. I guess in the end i just stuck with art because everyone told me i was too athletic for sports and too handsome for a career in modeling.



What inspires your work?

Lots of stuff i suppose. Cartoons play a huge role because i hope to someday work in that field. Lately, a lot of old paintings and wacky books i have found at thrift stores have been pretty motivating. I also found an old yearbook from the 70's at my school library so I've been having some fun with all the lovely little faces in there.



How does it feel to have a design selected by Threadless?

Ah man it feels amazing! It's like the opposite of when that alien rips out of that guys stomach in Alien.



What do you plan to spend your hard-earned cash on?

Right now I'm out of milk so I've GOT to get some more of that. And that's all I've figured out so far.



What is your favorite:

Cheese? cheese pizza. with pepperonis
Book? i don't know, some cliff notes book
Movie? a jackie chan something probably
Song? the Perfect Strangers theme is very uplifting.
Word? hot dog (that's probably two words)
Curse word? fart
Color? red... or blue... gold... diamond.
Television show? i always loved samurai jack, but right now i've been watching a lot of Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Super hero? i like the wonder twins.
Drink? slurpee
Farm Animal Sound? slop slop (that's what pigs sound like when they eat)
Threadless shirt? Jellyfish Ate My Wife
Sport? ultimate frisbee and.... hurdles
James Bond? James Pond?! remember that game? sorry next question.
Smell? food
Website? hamsterdance.com
Right or Left handed? left
Political? my governor killed the predator!
Wine Cooler? in australia they call boxed wine GOON. I like that name.

Interview by Charles Festa

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