Republic In Peril

I do lots of freelance Tee graphics but an old employer of mine contacted me about doing a project with him. Basically he had this idea for a new line called “Republic In Peril” or R.I.P. He has a great contact for appliqué work so the tops are super heavy on the materials.
Here are some of the graphics:

It’s a bit funny… the line literally is called “Republic In Peril” to give it a bit of an edge, but when I came up with aggressive “political” imagery there was some definite hesitation from the uppers.

When one’s money is at stake, I understand that there’s a lot of trepidation about the “sell-able-ness” of a brand new line. As a result many people push to have something made that looks very similar to what’s selling now. This sometimes works, and sometimes misses the trend. Hopefully R.I.P. will find a good balance.

Here’s a close up of the above Tee graphic:

Evil Monito Ill’s

Evil Monito was an original. An online magazine that deconstructed pop culture with an academic pen and an artistic eye. Now it’s back again. Rickey asked me about contributing pencil drawings of featured interviews. The aim was to create a classic portrait with out the extreme polish. For me, this meant to just do a portrait the way I do it. Below are some of the drawings:

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