francobolli's Threadless Blog

all that glitters is not gold

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:26:41 -0500

Hello Threadless. Long time, no see. Over a year in fact. Time flies. No doubt I know nobody frequenting the threads now. C'est la vie.

Nevertheless, thought I'd run by a little idea I had recently...

Thanks for the comments and feedback. Now just to wait for it to go up for voting!

all 4 1 & 1 4 all

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:12:49 -0500

Wasn't quite sure what to call this... but looking at the design, the sum of every symbol represents a common ideology, despite the different traditions they originate from, hence the title.

LARGE preview

Symbology, with its uses and meanings within different traditions, really intrigues me and consequently this was inspired by readings about a variety of different symbolic references from, but not limited to, Alchemy, Wiccan, Pagan, Egyptian, Masonic, Norse (Asatru) and African traditions. You may notice that main frame work is the "Squaring the Circle": an alchemical glyph (17th c.) of the creation of the Philosopher's Stone - the top hemisphere representing the spiritual world, the bottom representing the material world. Looking closer you may recognise many more symbols that make up the image, including the Eye of Providence, pentacle flower, ouroboros (serpent eating its tail), and elemental symbols, to mention a few.

It's surprising to learn just how many traditional symbols are strewn throughout society without us realizing it. This is just a little tribute to the underlying traditions, philosophies and meanings that often go unnoticed.

i've got a lot of time on my hands

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:18:29 -0500

freelancing is a little quiet right now. show me the money... seriously...

i might as well make use of this time. like by taking advantage of copious amounts of illustration time. and then making use of those drawings. like having threadless print something...

what do you reckon?

Thanks

Mon, 12 May 2008 22:26:00 -0500

Well this certainly took a long time coming!

Ironically the title of this design is a massive contradiction to the real life "Surfers Paradise" on the Gold Coast, Australia. This illustration spurred from a little day dream of what I wished the real Surfers Paradise was - kept pure, green and natural rather than the Aussie Miami concrete jungle it has become.

This one is for all the surfers, beach bums and nature lovers at heart.

PS: a big thanks to Ross for his drunken incompetence!

WIP - You're Toast! - tell me your thoughts!

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:27:13 -0500

Got a little design ready for subbing, but just wanted to get some opinions and perhaps suggestions before I send it away.

This is something a bit different to my usual stuff... spurred on from a fellow Threadless-er, EricDiaz's request for me to put his idea on to paper. The idea - "You're Toast" - a community about to be flamed by a massive piece of toast. Hah...

Check out the larger preview here

Cheers!

i _ _ _ _ you

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:49:32 -0600

Hello 2008. Hope everyone enjoyed their holidays and celebrated accordingly. My girlfriend and I made it to Melbourne in the end and had a wicked time. Cheers to those who parted with some local advice.

Figured I'd get more suggestions, on a different matter however. Just recently done a few sketches... two of them being the following...

Was wondering what you folk think of them in terms of being applied to a t-shirt. Does it tickle your fancy? Or perhaps it's not really Threadless's style? Let me know your thoughts.

(update! subbed it for the hell of it.)

Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.

Cheers.

Oi, I'm coming to Melbourne

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:50:10 -0600

As usual, my girlfriend Em and I have been disorganised, having no plans for New Years, so we have spontaneously decided to go to Melbourne.

Em has never been. I haven't been in... 15 years? Basically never. So I am hoping some Melbourne folk on here might be able to shout out a few suggestions and what not for us.

Anything we shouldn't miss? Anything we should? What's going down on New Years?

Any sort of insight would be moooost appreciated. :-)

SUB : Mae loves Threadless : metaphysical battle

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:36:19 -0500

Hey now!

Check out my sub for the Mae comp and let me know what you think.

Cheers.

click here for LARGER PREVIEW

Beasts & Pearls

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:42:46 -0500

Well it's up for voting now! There have been a lot of requests for an even larger view so without further ado, voil�!

If that's not enough, check out this link for a truly mammoth version of the beast - click here!

Check it out, have a vote and drop me a line. Hope you enjoy it!

Cheers,

Simon

Beasts & Pearls

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:16:59 -0500

Click here! for my other blog with a larger view of the design!

It's been almost a year since my last sub here, so I figured I'd break my Threadless drought with this design inspired by one of my good mate's band "Mr Derry" and their song "Beasts & Pearls".

Here is the result! Let me know what your thoughts -

Draft - simple black & white version -

While we're here, here's the vid to their song that I derived the inspiration from! -

Mr Derry - Beasts and Pearls
Uploaded by pragmaticproductions

Love the title and love the song - hope you love my visual interpretation of it!