Dang. Almost finished something, eh? AND SOMETHING REALLY GEWD.

Still super busy with school and work.  i managed to get a design for a Business Card on the fly.  i’m pretty happy with it, check it out!

i don’t think i’ve made this ultimately public yet, i am talking with a representative from districtlines.com, a part of aktenterprises and they are offering me a storefront with them.  that means that they will do all of the things that one may deem behind the scenes; that means, printing/manufacturing, storefront/website and shipping.  of course they take a cut of revenue, but this also means i can print anything i want as long as they think it’s as badass as i do.  SWEET!  i will be making an order when my next paycheck get’s directly deposited into the digital world of my bank account.  woot!

pics…

i might make the information a little bigger–and of course it will change when i get the url of my storefront from districtlines.com…  double woot!

The first batch is for sale!

SIX OF EACH DESIGN, $20.00 EACH AND I WILL SHIP…  READ FOR MORE INFO.

There are six skyline redesigned and six working man on the run.  unfortunately all 12 are Mens Medium.  check the pictures to see the fit on me.  i usually wear Mens Medium.

this batch of shirts will be selling for $20.00 each.  the shirts are really soft, believe me.  they are royal apparel fine jerseys with 100% ringspun cotton–good shit.

TO ORDER: pop me an email.  my address is therealmonstarclothing@gmail.com.  MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE NAME, PAYMENT AND SHIPPING INFORMATION.  I HAVE A PAYPAL ACCOUNT AND I CAN SEND YOU AN INVOICE TO PAY WITH CREDIT/DEBIT CARD.

obviously supplies are very limited, but i’m not sure how many people are going to jump on this.  if you aren’t in the philadelphia area–i will calculate shipping and give you the price.  as of now, no free shipping.

DONT HATE ON THE THERMALS!

Byaaawwww!

chea.  this is just a little taste.  i’ve been playing around with my new brushes and Adobe CS4 that i just recently, as in today, found miraculously in my neighbor’s trashcan!  …or did i?

Been a bit, but i’ve been busy…

so i have the first three designs ready for print.  i just ordered the shirts today and they should be here by wednesday, then i’ll print them over the weekend.

for the sean bradley shirts, i bought 24 jerzeez 29M, or 50/50 cotton/polyester blend.  they are nice shirts that i’ve tested already and they hold up well to repeated wash.

for the monstar shirts; redesigned cityscape and working man on the run, i bought 12 royal apparel 100% combed ringspun cotton fine jerseys.  these are more expensive than the jerzeez and have a much softer feel and different fit–I HOPE!!!  i based my selection off of other people’s experiences on t-shirtforums.com.

i also have a new ink.  i bought some Nazdar 9500 series aquaprint waterbased ink.  this is supposed to…hmm, how do i put this…  “melt into the fabric.”  making it seem like the ink is part of the fabric, not just a layer on top, like plastisol ink does.  i’ve only tested it a little bit and it has worked out pretty good so far; so i’m crossing my fingers for a 20+ shirt job.

so check out my thangs.  i bought a “pool” colored shirt from royal.  the sean bradley shirts will be white.  i have white and black ink and will determine which looks best.  i will definitely do the cityscape in white.

Damn… these make me happy.

self explanitory.  leave comments if you like.

There’s always a problem, eh?

i was all amped up last night because i got my equipment back and i was about to finish a customer’s order.  well, the world wasn’t cool with that and told me no.

i stored my finished screen in a cardboard box on styrofoam peanuts and they stuck to the emulsion, which must have been like 95% dry; i’m not even sure…maybe just being pressed up to one another for weeks stuck them together.  i tried to get the styrofoam off and, haha, it was a disaster.  i’ll post some pictures later so you can check it out.