out of 1-ups?

here's a little sneak peak to a (possibly) soon-to-be-printed design for the folks who dove deep enough into my site to read my blog :D



and here's some weird late news. i had sold a design to a korean company about half a year ago, and then never saw the design surface. my curiosity got the best of me and i decided to search their site, and lo and behold, there it was. so i have categorized this on my site as a "recently printed" design, but i have no idea how long it has been on their site.


click here to buy.

they added a stressed treatment to the design and my hometown of wisconsin was "translated" to milwaukee... interesting.

awesome!

i recently complained on facebook that the city of duluth was featured on the awesomer before any of my work was.

then, yesterday, my design, "plaidinum." went up for sale on teextile.


and i finally got my wish, a small 300x250 pixel stake of real estate on the awesomer.


this has been a dream since i first found the awesomer following a link from a dick firestorm shirt. now if only i were as awesome as mr. firestorm...

come to the plaid side.

if you missed your chance at getting my "plaidinum." design on tee fury last year, here's a second chance!


click here to buy now!

this design sold well enough to get into tee fury's top 10 selling designs last year, so i am hopeful that having this design available for a full week at teextile (maybe more?) will at least match the level of awesome it did there!

slick.

i spent the evening redesigning danndesigns.com's look, and as much as i detest words like "edgy" and "hip"... i have to say that i went for a "slick" new look.

i whittled down the amount of designs, so to see my full body of work, you should check my flickr page.

and to celebrate the new doman/new design, i put together a video on the home page. i was inspired by a blog on threadless collecting initial sketches of printed threadless designs, to both contribute, and make this video:



that same video is also integrated into my new site, so be sure to check it out there as well!

sales bonanza.

huge edit! feel free to read the post below, but these shirts are no longer on sale. i was either unlucky, or scammed. i'm hoping it was the former. this company just folded a week after opening, and will be refunding all purchases made. that seems legit, but this company now has my print ready art for the shirts seen below. so my designs may show up in china or malaysia (hot spots for stolen designs).

the tshirt vault site is now live, and you can buy my shirts!





i am thrilled to have these designs on sale, especially the butterfly/glasses design. a buyer from fueled by ramen (or a manager) contacted me interested in showing the design to the band paramore, but they passed. and i've always had a lot of interest in my "the death of super grover." design when in the sidebar art on tee fury, so i'm hoping that parlays into a lot of sales.

what's in it for me? besides seeing the smiles on the faces of the children? i take in $3 per shirt sold, and i have a chance at getting a chunk of a $10,000 prize if i am one of the top 5 designs sold on that site. so, please, tell your friends. order 12 in case 11 of them are destroyed in a chemical fire. it could happen!

more meta mario!

i have a new design up for vote on threadless:



i even have a little back story for the design:
"lakitu towing
'the art of knowing kart towing'

"after time spent in jail, lakitu reentered the world a changed, and determined man. he started his towing business using the same vehicle he had previously used for misdeeds. it took lakitu a while, but he proved himself time and time again, helping stranded motorists from the stickiest of situations. lakitu was finally awarded full sponsorship of the star cup (a local kart racing tournament) and has become a hero to many on the road to victory.

"this is the official lakitu towing shirt worn by the lakitu staff."



if you like it, please show me some love on emptees as well!

so bright, i've gotta wear shades!

a lot of cool stuff coming up this year, and only minor uncertainty.

i have 6 new shirts coming soon. 3 of them i spoke of in my previous blog, 2 of them will be for a new website launching soon, and the last one is awaiting placement (if it gets printed)

i will be printed in (and on) a couple of published books this year. one is for certain, but it's a project i can't speak about yet, and the other i was contacted to take part, but i have no guarantee that i'll be included.

i just spent an hour sifting through my entire blog for some designs to submit to the latter book project i spoke of. and i felt the need to update the blog. i am tired. i should head up to bed.