i had procrastinated on this for over a year, but now am super stoked to finally have it out.

i guess it's a semi-personal select, because it encompasses and pays homage to some elements and themes that have appeared in my art in the past two years or so, including some i'm starting to phase out. i guess it makes it sort of a time capsule of this period in my art making.

the colors were chosen to be reminiscent of vintage toy packaging from the american southwest. cowboys and indians sort of stuff. the tan and the orange because of the southwest, and the blue, because there was a lot of blue ink used back then. maybe it was cheaper than black.

i had also made a conscious effort to make an affordable select design, so i'm pretty happy that it ended up having a $17 price tag. i'm not super big on specialty inks to begin with, and i figure if all shirts can use them now, there's no need to feel pressured to go all out on the select. having these limitations makes for a more fun designing process, anyway.

i guess that's it for the select write up. i also had the honor of having a complementing bag to go with the shirt, which was made by the kind folks at timbuk2. but i think linkage to that on threadless' part will come in due time.

xo zonmi