Music Video of the Time

Thought I would post this Neil Young video. I stumbled upon the song while surfing the web and actually thought it was one of my friends bands song! Anyways, Young captures the pulse of the turbulent times here the U.S.A. in this blues riff driven song. He knows what's going on and he also makes use of the video with symbolic imagery. Nice job Neil. Hopefully this Canadian isn't brainwashed by the American Media engine. With this said, thanks Neil for the great song.

Ron Paul 2012 Posters

Here a few more options I'd thought I would share.  They all have the same color scheme with little variances and also the same Ron Paul illustration.  I really like the Liberty one myself and the original Restore America Now.  Hope you all enjoy.

Ron Paul Poster 2012

RON PAUL 2012

I don't like to post anything political in nature on my blog but I had to design and draw up a poster for RON PAUL 2012. Vote Ron Paul and restore our great country. End the Fed, End the Wars and we can pave a new path for the U.S.A. which will lead to true liberty and freedom. Ok, I am done with my endorsement! haha

I used a wacom tablet and drew his profile out in Photoshop and tentatively inked it. Once I had something close to what I liked I saved the file. I then brought the drawing into Illustrator where I preceded to vectorize the art and ink in the colors. Add some text and wah lah.

Hopefully all enjoy and I don't get put on the governments terrorist list for supporting Dr. Paul!!!

New Illustrated T-Shirt Design: Valiant Wear

I thought I would share some of my newest illustrated t-shirt designs. I actually have had these designed and ready to print for a couple of months but I have been busy with work and my house remodeling/yard work. My goal is to release my own clothing brand called Valiant Wear in the next year. I did a lot research and started to form my goals, marketing plan, budget and brand identity. Once I get the capital, I should be able to launch at lest 3-4 designed original t-shirts. I want to only offer 3-4 solid designed t-shirts. I don't want to spend all my money having 6-7 t-shirts that don't sell because of poor designs. Quality over Quantity.




The Red Baron design is my first design of the clothing line. I was designing this to work on some new hand skills and techniques. When I finished, I thought hell, that turned out pretty cool. Then I started design some more t-shirts and thought "what if I could sell these?"


After about 5-6 designs, the Norseman design is the most recent. It actually open up my customer base to MMA type of wear. I am not sure if I want to follow that customer line but if they right opportunities prevail, I could become a small time sponsor locally. I plan to get this design printed in 2 colors: Metallic gold and a spot gold.

As you can see I am keeping the number of colors limited for printing costs. Plus I like to work in only about 2-3 colors anyways. These designs are completely original and I drew all of them using a Wacom Tablet in Photoshop. I tend to work back in forth from Illustrator to photoshop to achieve certain effects. I design/draw to size in photoshop which is 300 dpi at actual print size (15" full chest). Depending on design, I do take the final art to Illustrator and convert to vector and setup a final printing file for silkscreening.

In the mean time, I will be working on more designs and start the printing process. Next goal is to get a website up to sell these bad boys. I hope all enjoy and don't rip of my designs. I'll hunt you down with my hammer and smash you into the next world!!!

Mid-Century Metal Lawn Chair

This metal lawn chair was sitting in our garden and I felt the need to restore it to it's original condition (as well as I could). These chairs are durable and yet comfortable. My grandmother had a few of these at her place in the country and I remember my cousins and myself often sitting on them. Last time I visited my parents, my father actually repainted a pair in 1950's color schemes. I believe he picked his up at a resale shop. They looked pretty good and I thought why not refinish mine. I believe this chair has been with this house from the beginning, for the house was built in 1955. It's finally getting nice here in S.I., warm enough to spray paint. So I got started on this chair a couple of weeks ago.



This chair had two coats of paint on it, the original paint was a green with white arms/legs. The second coat was a really thick blue. It had surface rust and a few potmarks, but no serious holes or damage. There are a couple of dents but they aren't bad. It took a few nights of stripping the paint off because of the angles and curves in the chairs shape. I scraped and stripped until I was tired of it. I then busted out the wire brush and drill. A little bit of sanding and I was done.

Here is the chair bare metal, not too bad.

The progression, took a bit of time but worth it.

Finished Product.

I sat down in this beauty and enjoyed the evening dusk while peering across my land, thinking, I have a lot of yard work to do.