This video has been doing the rounds today but oh my it's so good. I think it's actually the best thing I've seen in about three years - perhaps ever. That encompasses all art, illustration, animation, film, girls, boobs, sunsets, EVERYTHING. It's what eyes are made for.

Beautiful.

I saw a Stacey Rozich exhibition in SF this summer - her work is stunning.

I think mine would have to be Kurt Vile's 'Smoke Ring for my Halo'. It's not instant - very much a slow-burner and not exactly ground breaking but it's a fantastic record all the same. I got to see him in Oakland as well supporting Thruston Moore in July - amazing gig.

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UPDATE! I've just started a competition via my blog to win a cack-handed illustration of your favourite album of 2011 by me! Click here for more info!


Other notable mentions to Fucked Up, Will Oldham and Fleet Foxes.

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Best compilation is Finders Keepers second collection of Pakistani dance-floor belters 'Life id Dance'.

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And best record I got this year even though it came out years ago would be Scott Walker's 'Scott 4'.

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How about you?

I suppose I should squeeze in best film too - either 'Beats, Rhymes and Life' or 'Submarine'.

Hey all - votes and comments welcome on this sub - a remake of the ace Ratkiss design 'Flora and Fauna'.

I'm taking a break from Threadless for a bit to concentrate on doing some painting and making prints and zines etc so won't be subbing until 2012. Heart-breaking I know - be strong people.

How about a blog to list all the Etsy shop keepers on here?

Here's my shop.




I'm not sure if this has been done before - if it has someone point me at the blog and I'll delete this one. I'm just trying expand my circle a bit. Which sounds perverse frankly...

Does it take a while for street team points to update or am I just doing it wrong with my links from other websites?

I'm having some teething problems with Society 6 - help!

I want to upload some artwork to accompany a forthcoming Threadless tee however the image is only 200dpi and 40cm x50cm. Usually when I work I do a Vector clean-up at the end for print etc but in this instance the image I sent to Threadless wasn't vectorised as I didn't have access to Illustrator at the time. Whilst I'm confident the artwork will be clean enough for a tee shirt I'm not convinced it'll hold up to be printed larger scale for a giclee print.

I've just tried cleaning it up for Society 6 but it loses some of it's charm in doing so and I'm also aware it'll be ever-so-slightly different from the Threadless artwork which could be misleading for people.

Any ideas what I should do? Can you limit the size of print available on Society 6? And what kind of size is suitable for artwork on Society 6 that isn't vectorised - I'm pretty sure 200 dpi isn't enough...

Any ideas? I'm such a control freak I'm tempted to just not do Society 6 but I know a few people that want the artwork as a print.

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I actually failed slightly in that I didn't mark some as $ but that's some bromance right there. And there's more...

Plus I put him in my latest zine.

What have you done for Mitch lately?

I've just booked my flight to SF for the summer - I'll be there in three weeks until the end of July. Anyone want to play with me while I'm out there? I'm up for creative/beer related adventures.

After two months of non-activity which included me moving house, my girlfriend moving countries and much tiresome marathon training I return with not one but two designs! Any love and warm wishes will be gladly appreciated! Try to ignore the fact one design is a rework and the fact that despite spending many hours agonizing over various design decisions I managed to use the same font in both promotions!

If it weren't for Guided By Voices I'm not sure I would've coped to be honest. Here's to GBV and all who sail with them!

Seems to be a little quiet this week - has everyone left for the festive period? Lost in snow flurries? Doing something more productive!?

My latest submission (this isn't a blatant spam or attempt to promote it I promise) seems to have the least votes I've ever received for a design.