This has been a long time in the making but has finally come to fruition.
  In honour of his one year Threadversay I'm pleased to announce a collaboration with the awesome mark722. This is a re-work of his amazing design Where Beauty is Found Our styles/ideas really seem to mesh together and he was super-cool to work with. This is hopefully the first collab of many. I re-drew the design in black pencil crayon to give it a hand-drawn aesthetic more in line with his original sketch, added some additional elements/textures and gave it a new colour palette. Over-size simulated process print for maximum badassness on AA cinder tee. We're hoping everyone digs this as much as we do! :) and if you have time, pretty please with a cherry on top give us some love on:  Where Beauty is Foundoriginal:  new version:   
Votes and comments much appreciated. :)
 I know, it's another dragon. But in all fairness I haven't done one for a while and have shown admirable restraint! Anyway, it has some new techniques I've been experimenting with and I'm hoping people will just dig it for what it is. I think it looks pretty bad-ass as an oversize print on grey. please:   
This isn't for Threadless, but a design I did for the band "Protest The Hero". The band member I dealt with was Arif, a super-nice guy who was really helpful, encouraging and also extremely patient because I was way past the deadline on this.
Some people on Emptees were complaining that the type was illegible. Example: Suduo said 2 days ago I don’t think it’s a very effective band tee. Bands want their merch to look cool whilst showcasing their name. In this design, the band name isn’t apparent right off the bat. So I was really worried because I didn't have approval for it yet but then I just found out today the band loves it! So all's well that ends well. :) I did tell them I could do alternate simplified version if they needed it. I'm hoping they'll leave it though because the type is my favourite part and simplifying it would compromise the whole flow of the design. True, it may take a second glance to read but I like things that have a certain mystery and aren't too obvious, to me that's what makes it cool. As for the design, I wanted to do something kind of dark with a classical feel, in the vein of "Memento Mori". The general concept is pretty self-explanatory, that riches, power and glory are an illusion and mortality the great leveler. I also wanted to suggest that this warrior's demise was possibly due to greed and hence the gold coins lying about. The overgrowth of plants signify that life continues and thrives around him after death. I entitled it "Nothing Gold Can Stay" after Robert Frost's poem of the same name. Dec. 15/09 UPDATE: sent them the hi-res psd file yesterday in two separate layers, one for the type and one for the design so it would give them more options. Anyway, even though they love it as is I’ve decided to send them a modified file of the type because one, I’m a perfectionist, two, they’ve been really awesome. The main problem seems to be with the "e" in "Hero". If I fix that everything will be cool I think. Oh, if you have the time please give it some much-needed love at: It started with some custom type, hand-drawn in black pencil-crayon:  Then added colour/shading in photoshop:  Finished design. Most of this was done over a two day period but was pretty intensive, lost track of how many hours I put into this.  Think this looks pretty rad on the tee! 
I've been getting a lot of STP's from a mysterious benefactor(s). Just wanted to say thank you so much for this unexpected generosity. I would love to do something nice for you in return so don't be shy and come forth!
If you were here right now I'd give you one of these:  :)
Up for scoring! Votes and comments much appreciated. :)
This has been something I've been working on in kind of a different style, actually a re-working of an old design. Still a bit concerned about the composition and not sure what elements to add, if any. I was thinking of adding some extra foliage around the TV to break up that square and maybe one more animal, like a rabbit or a turtle. So, what do you think of it so far? Suggestions appreciated. UPDATE: added tortoise and extra plant. Also moved the tree "antennae" down because most TV's don't have them and it was confusing some people. Also compositionally it works much better now I think. Subbed! Thanks so much for all of your wonderful advice and support on this, it helped so much. :)    
I always get a little down this time of year, dreading the oncoming cold and darkness of another Toronto winter. Time to up my dosage of vitamin D!
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VOTE HERE FOR THE CLOUD MENAGERIE BESTEE! 
This blog is to merge my Threaldess Loves Innovation and Travel II blogs.
A huge thank you to all who supported these designs. The wonderful comments and unbelievable scores have really lifted my spirits. :)     This comment on "Moving to Moscow" made my life: lizsmithson on Nov 07 '09 This is not just "awesome" or "Badass"...This is...If I could pick one design to live in..This would be it. $5.  first sub for the Threadless Loves Travel II challenge:   2nd travel sub. Thanks to my cuz Philip for creating the great flash presentation. :)   1st sub for the Threadless Loves Innovation challenge:   2nd sub for the Innovation challenge, a re-work of an old collaboration with opifan64:  Thanks Matt for doing this mock-up for me, I think the placement is perfect in this:  Third travel sub, a re-work of an old design:  on sage stone:  on cinder hoody: 
For the Threadless Loves Travel II challenge.
Dear Everyone, have decided to move my house to Moscow by first-class air balloon, not sure when I'll be back. Will send you a postcard. Love, Terry UPDATE: Just re-subbed this. It was up earlier today for voting but had to pull it for technical reasons and Mimi, bless her heart, was kind enough to help me out. Anyway, I apologize to anyone who voted or left comments. Thank you to all who did leave comments already, I read through them and they were wonderful! UPDATE: It's up again so please vote/comment and for those who already did sorry again for the trouble. UP FOR VOTING!  
My design for the Threadless Loves Innovation challenge. Working title is "Tree of Invention".
In this design I wanted to combine an old, vintage aesthetic with motifs from both the past and possible future. Innovation is a very broad term but to me brings to mind science, technology and great inventions that have shaped our world. The light bulb fruits are a visual metaphor to suggest the growth of new ideas that lead to innovation and the mechanical beetle and bird are a manifestations of this. Think the best colour for this is AA "sage stone". What a lovely colour, glad it's an option now. UPDATE: subbed :)  on sage stone:   Over-sized print:  |
                                                             
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Up for scoring! epic collab with mark722: 臨別的雲彩，尋求一種方式    Favourite Music Grant Lee Buffalo, Pistol Star, Nada Surf, Beck, Sparklehorse, Iron and Wine, The Shins, Death Cab for Cutie, Elliot Smith, Modest Mouse, REM, Radiohead, Deerhoof, Neil Young, Townes Van Zandt, Arcade Fire, Mason Jennings, Mariel and Jasper, The Weepies, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, Prince, The Cowboy Junkies, The Police, David Bowie, Sarah Harmer, Talking Heads, Bob Dylan, Glenn Gould, Bach, The Beatles. Movies District 9, Casablanca, Blade Runner, Spirited Away, Ran, Ikiru, Seven Samurai, Shane, The Wizard of Oz, Planet of the Apes (original version), Vertigo, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Chunking Express, La Belle et La Bete, City Lights, The Matrix, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Alien, High Noon, The Shawshank Redemption, Star Wars, Citizen Kane, Memento, Brazil. Reading Bashō, The Phantom Tollbooth, Italo Calvino novels, Huckleberry Finn, Wind in the Willows, Where The Wild Things Are, Shakespeare, Peanuts, Great Expectations, The Metamorphosis, Nineteen-Eighty-Four, Life Of Pi, Amy Tan novels, Sherlock Holmes, The Little Prince, Catcher in the Rye, Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching", Robert Louis Stevenson, Baltasar Gracian, The Old Man and the Sea.  me and opifan64 in younger days   My sister baby-t wearing Autumn Chameleons love me on emptees!HIGH SCORES 3 or over:  epic igo2cairo/opifan64 collab:  Autumn Chameleons shirt-of-the-week! Fiesta Festa Friday 3-20-2009!! from Threadless.com on Vimeo. Another epic Fan Bros. collab!  Tee of the Day on Emptees!   collaboration with opifan64          Other Collaborations:  Heidi ZIto collab  Frickenawsome collab multi-artist collabs I've participated in:  Organized by JOE aka ISABOA aka Captain Fantastic  Check out the original MONSTER MASH BLOG  Organized by ZIPPERKING aka Baron Von Zipper  Montro's UFO Select Tee Collab!  More proof that Threadless is awesome:  Superherofied by the incredible badbasilisk  Thanks Jon (aka Baron Von Monkey) for this fantastic birthday present! Proud owner of:  Duke Bananas-Foster III is a classy gentlemonkey who enjoys a fine banana split -- drizzled in chocolate syrup with rainbow sprinkles, and topped with a maraschino cherry. Hand-crafted by my long-lost cuz Phil aka pilihp  Thank you my amigo Wences (aka walmazan) for the amazing gift!  Thank you Kerry (aka kashlen) for the wonderful whale! :)  I have in my possession the entire collection of rare buttons on their original felt cloud by the soon-to-be-famous ginetteginette You're looking at my retirement fund.  Thanks so much Jess for including mine! :)  Thanks Joe! for realizing this insane vision. :) Threadless Clubs  created by FRICKINAWESOME  Created by Amy aka Kookaberry  Created by nikolina100  Created by Herky Incredible Threadcakes! Thanks for choosing my designs, you're all the coolest. :)  baked by DeeAnn for the Threadcakes 2009 contest  Baked by Maria Fronckowiak for the Threadcakes 2009 contest  Baked by Nicole Guffey for the Threadcakes 2009 contest |
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