oh hey - longtime no blog...

So i've been working on these, and I just thought I might share...

“A long, long time ago a crack Stormtrooper unit was sent to prison by an Imperial court for a crime they didn’t commit. These clones promptly escaped, from a maximum security stockade, far away to the Tatooine underground. Today, still wanted by the Empire, they survive as troopers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the AT-AT Team…”

See the full set here - http://www.bite.ca/bitedaily/2011/01/restyled-at-ats/

So, i've not been around these parts in ages - i've been away making stuff like this Sci Fi Eye Chart

But i thought I'd drop by and see if any of the old familiar faces were still around. Oh and shamelessly prostitute this design looking for votes and comments...

Just thought I'd share this, a little comission I was asked to do-

Feel the Magic, Hear the Roar...

Enjoy : )

Not sure if this is the kind of thing I should be discussing here, but I figured one of you guys might be able to help or offer some advice.

I had a range of T-shirts I was selling on redbubble.com and was doin quite well with it, in a little over 2 months I had sold over 30 tees... they had been featured on a couple of blogs getting good views on flickr (over 36,000 in one day!) and were about to be featured in an article in Glamour magazine.

So the t-shirts were basically this-



plus a few based on other characters like-







There were around 10 in total and, as you can see, a 'Mr Men' take on classic superhero characters.

Now, the problem is, the Mr Men people got in touch with the redbubble.com people demanding that they take down all Mr Men based designs. The redbubble people duly obliged. Fair enough. Nobody has come to me demanding I stop creating or selling the designs so should I -

Find somewhere else to sell them?
Change the design to be less Mr Men but still enough to get the concept across and continue to sell them?
Pick a legal fight with them?
Move on completely?

I did have 'Mr Men' as a meta tag in the design to make them easier to find, maybe that's what they had the problem with?

I'm basically here venting, but I'd appreciate any advice anyone may have to offer? Anyone been in a similar situation or read of anything like this that rings a bell?

I'm absoloutley gutted, it was turning into a nice little earner, but better that that, it was really cool that there were people out there 'getting' my designs and liking them enough to wear them as a t-shirt.

Just Thanks : )

I thought about creating these guys : )



R-Toad D-ode


Imperial Goomba


Stormkoopa


But I need some help placing the other characters
Mario = Luke Skywalker
Luigi = Han
Peach = Leia
Bowser = Darth Vader
Obi Wan = Proff E Gadd ??
???? = Yoshi
Chewie = ????

I could make Yoshi kinda Chewbacca like, but it seems a bit of a push. Any other ideas? I'm not too sure about E Gadd being Obi Wan, I hadn't even heard of him 'til this afternoon : /

Thanks folks, and I'm sorry, I only post here when I'm after something...

That little cutie pie blue bastard gets all the bloody attention.

Here's a few others that applied to be the face (beak?) of twitter. They've all got the same bits, but sometimes your feathery face just don't fit...

The Kiwi


Rhinocerous Hornbill


Cassowary


Long Wattled Umberella Bird


I need some more suggestions of (really) weird looking birdy folks.

So far i've got:

Shoebill Stork
Secretery Bird
Quetzal
Greater Prairie Chicken

Ta my little chickadees

So i've found myself in the rather nice position of having an LA art curator approaching me, and wanting to use some of my artwork in a upcoming show he is putting together. Which is great, but i've never been in this position before. And don't have a clue how to deal with it. Should I expect payment, before the show? after the show? both? should I have to pay anything out myself. Given that i'm in Scotland and the show is in Hollywood - should i get stuff printed out here and shipped over, or just let him deal with that? Should I let him know that this is the first time anything like this has happened to me, or would you be wary that he might kinda rip me off?

As you can see, i'm pretty clueless about this whole situation, and would really love if any of you guys that have been in a similar situation could pass on some advice

Thanks a ton

Steve - see - i used my real name, that means this is serious : )

Oh hi, you looking to score some designs?

Why not start here





T'anks : )

Oops - a cheaty little resub -


And this, that just smacked me in the head, so I quickly spun it out -


What you peeps think?

Is there a big turn out for this comp? When I clicked the 'See all the designs in this comp' button, their was only 8 or 9. Yikes! Where is everyone? Will there be a rush today?