Tee Shirt Design

Here is a design I did for a Tee shirt. Its one of about three or four dozen designs and ideas I have for tee shirts that have gone unpublished. I have had a number of my designs put on tees, but I have so many more that have gone unpublished. I've done a lot of tees lately. In fact, I have a lot of tee-shirt and surfboard art that is just sitting around collecting dust. There good designs, or at least I think they are. I just need to get them seen by more people. So, I'll try to post some of the designs on the blog. I am curious to know if the art is as good as I think it is or if it needs to be tweaked a little or if it's just bad and I should start over. I look forward to your feedback.

Hammerhead Lounge Logo

Here is a logo I created. It was for a cocktail lounge. I think this would look real nice on a tee!

Surf Board Art

I have been giving my illustrations to a surf board maker called Blue Water Surfboards in Huntington Beach for over a year, in hopes that they might put one on a board. I must have created about 20 different designs for them, and this was the one that they wanted to produce. I first created this as a pencil sketch, and then the drawing was scanned, cleaned up, and colored in illustrator.

Blue Water is dedicated to bringing the highest-quality hand made surfboards with materials that are recyclable and far less damaging to the environment than traditional polyester surfboards. Go check them out at www.bluewatersurfboards.com. These hand crafted boards are done by legendary shaper Mike Minchinton and up and comer Kevin Wear of Huntington Beach. These are not from China!

Playing around can pay off

Although this is not typical of kind of work I usually do on my job, it is typical of the time frames I am given to work with and the strict image requirements. We had received a request from someone heading up a trade show we were headlining to create a special poster for the Gala Dinner and Awards ceremony. I had only that day to concept the design and get approval. The poster had to use the cover image from the trade show brochure, and it had to show and image of the award that would be given out at the gala dinner. I was surprised at how quickly the idea came to me, and how easy this was to crate. I guess my playing around with images when I concept for my own artwork payed off.