[Update] Today I found out I WON the PLNDR Members Made T-shirt Contest.

Although I didn’t have the majority vote (I really call shenanigans on that *wink)  I did win the favor of the judges at PLNDR and I was announced the winner. I wanna thank everyone who voted for me and everyone who help promote me by influencing their social circles. Another step in the road to artistic fame. Thanks again.

[Original Post]
So today I decided to participate in the PLNDR Members Made t-shirt contest. Even though I’m not entirely thrilled with the terms I could use a $1000 in credit on their site so why not take a shot. I’ll create more ideas tomorrow. If you’re on this site you must like my work in some way if that’s the case, please show your support by hopping over to the site and casting a vote for my tee. I’m not condoning down voting but I wouldn’t be mad if you did. I kid, I kid.

check out reactions to the design after the jump

ADAM CAMACHO says:
Out all the designs visible and available to vote upon…. THIS ONE KILLS EM ALL.

SHANI P says:
I absolutely love this t-shirt. Design and concept is original! My vote-hands down!!!

ANTBX225 says:
keep doing your thing.. love your shirt and i want one!!
love the concept..

ABIMAEL says:
best design imo was the “aint no love” tee. the yeezy tee was fresh too, but the others need some work. overall, these were pretty creative; some just look like they put in more effort in their design.

JAVIER VIVEROS says:
Make Her Say & Heart of the City are the best ones in my view.

NILES P. says:
i would wear the “aint no love in the heart of a city” one but thats it

CHRISTIAN Z. says:
the only shirt i would wear is aint no love in the city… hard

MIKEL says:
All these designs are pretty solid but the “Ain’t No Love” Tee stood out the most to me because of its message and creativity in design

Earlier this year I was asked to make a Tee for the game Rock Band which appears on PS3 and Xbox 360. To be honest, I’m not sure if this shirt ever went to print which is one of pet peeves I have with my job. I do enjoy the piece itself which is the main reason you are seeing it right now. This is a relatively tame use of typography as I’m still learning about good use the ins and outs of the technique. There is still tons I need to learn about it. Especially how to interlock letters and integrate them into the setting the fonts reside in. Over time and practice I will get better. This was from earlier this year. I’ll post some typography references later this week.

Understand when I say I draw weird shit for work… I’m not just talking out my ass. This is one of a series of weird illustrations I had to create. A monkey astronaut. It does happen in real life but who wants this on their shirt. I actually have a friend who would love this shirt, lol. Anyway, hope you enjoy it.

For the rest of this week, I’ll be posting the random types of artwork I do at my day job designing T-shirts for Old Navy, Target, Walmart, Rue21, etc. I spend a lot of time drawing and I haven’t been posting them since they were for work. But in the end they are my pieces and I have every right to show them. So here is Ganesh the Lord of Obstacles. In this shirt the obstacle was getting the crowd moving. I’ve designed a lot of crazy shit since being here at C-Life when I’m asked to make a Hindu god tear a party down I am as shocked as I used to be. More weirdness is in the queue, don’t say I didn’t warn you.

One of my good friends over at Naked With Socks On asked me to design a couple shirts for his new online store he was building that would represent one of his most popular topics “Wet Wednesdays.” Since RO designed NWSO, I didn’t feel right if someone else came in and started fiddling with my work, lol. So I was happy to oblige. I had only one restriction and that was to make an “I <3 NY” style t-shirt but use Wet Wednesday instead. This is the final product I came up with it looks really nice and captures the idea of WW without being overtly sexual which WW can be at times.

This next t-shirt was dedicated to the catch phrase “Hi I’m Naked!” Which is one of the taglines for the site. The image is based on the classic photo of the Red Hot Chili Peppers front man, Anthony Kiedis walking around with a sock on his… uhh… chili pepper.  NWSO wanted an icon graphic with the rocking a sock. BAM. There you go.

Hope you enjoy the T-shirts and if you’d like to purchase them head over to the NWSO online store to purchase them. All proceeds go to starving artists that work for NWSO and Popephoenix.com.

Well, well, well… look at that snazzy tee that kid is wearing on the Graphic Tee page of Rue21′s website. Not only is that kid modeling one of my tees but that Large Skulls and Cross tee is mine as well. Shit, I feel like fist pumping like a champ right now…

More Pope tees found in the wild. Two new designs I created can be found and purchased on Rue 21′s website in all their glory.  I don’t know why people love these style of tee’s, which were pretty much started by Affliction and Ed Hardy a couple years back. I affectionately call them Jersey Shore Tees in my mind. Hope you like them because I like seeing my work in public. More is on the way.

You can find them here Rue 21 Men’s Graphic Tees and they are named Savior Wing and Empire Cross, respectfully, but not by me, lol.

So today after a long weekend of memories, I figured there needs to be a bit of typography I do at work. So here we have one of the Beatles Rockband tees I did last year. The Beatles Rockband came out last fall to rave reviews and was a big seller at retail. Whether or not this tee was picked up I’m not sure. I did find the challenge of creating something that had a modern feel yet still blended into the Beatles era which the song “Come Together” was released in. I chose to use psychedelic gradients and large swirls to create a hippie-esque effect. I personally love the big swooping swirls flow in and out of the text.

Do you think I’ve pulled off the effect? Have I successfully merged the two brands?

Here’s the deal. When I set out for work today I decided I was gonna post whatever I designed for the job today as my post… Unfortunately, I had to draw this beautiful specimen of upliftment and joy. This also continues a dark streak on AoP this week. It was not my intention to do so, I’m just a victim of dark circumstance, lol.

All Photoshop. Drawn from scratch start to finish starting with a like wash at around 30% opacity on a round brush and slowly building up into detail and shadow and light. Smoke was added using a brush pack I found online. I think the feathers could be better but lets compare these to wings I draw later this year, like around my birthday. This REALLY my last dark post for this week, no skulls, monsters or heart wrenching poems. Only sunshine and high-fives from Care bears with milkshake tummy tattoos… Are Care Bears the first thugs? Maybe Love Thugs?

Well I guess this is how you start a year off by finding some of your designs lined up next to the work of your fellow designers at C-Life Group, dominating the main graphic tee wall of Old Navy. Check out the any car related tees in Old Navy right now that’s all me. Well me and my employer, lol. See more images after the break.