Seventhfury Studios Blog

Seventhfury Version 8 in the Works

seventhfury — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:13:27 +0000

Wondering why it’s been so quiet over at Seventhfury Studios? I’ve been hard at work redesigning both the main Seventhfury Studios site and the Seventh.Ink Shirts and Apparel site, both of which I’m hoping will launch before the year’s end. After these two beauties are deployed you can expect a surge of new work to come to both sites, so keep in the know by subscribing to the blog RSS feed or the Seventh.Ink Newsletter.

Graphic Designer vs. Client: The Sad Truth

seventhfury — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:36:48 +0000

Warning: Contains Offensive Language

But it’s so damn funny.

OMG, this is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. Every graphic designer out there either has had or is having this experience, it’s hilarious and sad at the same time.

Maybe we should all revolt!

New Wallpaper – Happy Halloween 2009

seventhfury — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:00:19 +0000

Happy Halloween!

This is my favorite time of year and I try to at least get a new wallpaper up each year for people to enjoy. This year I tried something new: I inked this digitally using my Wacom tablet instead of inking by hand and scanning in. The result is pretty nice, although it took a bit of extra effort because it’s still new to me. I’m going to try and develop this skill a bit more with upcoming works, we’ll see what happens.

Download Rules

You can download the full wallpaper package here. All that I ask is that if you download the wallpaper, please share, tweet, comment, whatever to help share the Halloween spirit with others.

Likewise, please leave a comment below with your favorite scary movie! Let’s get a list going, it’ll be interesting to see what people enjoy the most.

Purchase a Print

If you really like this illustration and would like to purchase a print of it or get it on a mouse pad, coffee mug, or even a puzzle, you can purchase it either at my DeviantART Print Shop or my RedBubble Print Shop. Thanks in advance to all who purchase!

Wallpaper Previews

Desktop Preview

iPhone Preview

Sizes included in the download package:

800×600
1024×768
1280×854
1280×1024
1440×900
1600×1200
1680×1050
1920×1200
2560×1600
iPhone Version

Directions for Mac users or Directions for Windows users

Metal Gear Solid Fan Art – Stealth Attack

seventhfury — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:42:13 +0000

Fan art of one of the best video games of all time – Metal Gear Solid! Set more in the Snake Eater era with the camo and forest.

Check it out in more detail on the DeviantART page.

Enjoy!

Giant Pink Robot Site is Alive

seventhfury — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:30:04 +0000

I recently finished developing a portfolio site for my good friend Ryan Michlitsch, with whom I’ve worked on various illustrative collaborations over the years including Moonster, Survival of the Fittest, and Screw Work. Actually, by collaboration I mean that we collaborated on the theme of the illustration and then each came up with our own interpretation of the meaning. Need to get back into doing that..

So, Michlitsch designed this beauty of a site and I pulled it together using Flash and XML. Turned out pretty tasty, if you want to check it out you can visit the site at www.GiantPinkRobot.com.

The Horrifically Awesome Seventh.Ink T-Shirt Giveaway

seventhfury — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:55:40 +0000

What You’ll Win

Your choice of Seventh.Ink shirt! Choose from any shirt that we have in stock and enhance your wardrobe with a bit of Seventh.Ink flair. This is your chance to get any one of our shirts for FREE! See below for rules.

How To Win

Write a post on your blog, Twitter, or Facebook page describing your favorite Seventh.Ink shirt with a link to the shirt, and also include a link back to this post. After you do your write-up, post a comment below with a link to your blog, Twitter, or Facebook post. It’s that simple!

Additional Ways To Win

In addition to writing about us on your blog or Facebook page, you can gain extra entries by signing up for our newsletter, becoming a fan on our Facebook page, or following us on Twitter. For each one of these that you do, you must post a comment below. See the Contest Rules for more info on separate comments.

Contest Rules

Five winners will be chosen at random on Wednesday, October 14th. I’ll post the winners here and will contact them about their loot. The winners will be selected via a random number generator, hence the importance of posting a comment each time you enter. Good luck everyone!

Winners Announced!

We have our winners! Congrats, and thanks to all who participated. Stay tuned for more contests in the future, and be sure to fan us on Facebook because we do giveaways on there from time to time as well. The winners are:

#38 – Jini
#30 – M. Chyan
#16 – Kadu
#27 – ABI
#32 – Alexis Brown

I’ll be contacting you to get your info and shirt choices. Congrats again!

Night of the Living Bread Shirts Revealed

seventhfury — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:36:06 +0000

I’m super excited to announce the first annual Seventh.Ink Halloween shirt design: Night of the Living Bread! When hordes of zombie bread roam the earth in search of Graaaains, you had better run and hide because no toaster nor kitchen utensil nor butter knife can stop them!

The shirt is currently set up for pre-ordering until October 1st and all orders will be shipped in early October. As a bonus for placing a pre-order you will also get a free Seventh.Ink Drawstring Bag when your shirt is shipped out. How cool is that?

Visit the Seventh.Ink site at www.FuryShirts.com to learn more about the pre-order and place yours today!

Win A $5 Gift Certificate

Wanna score $5 towards your next order at Seventh.Ink Shirts and Apparel? It’s as easy as sharing your thoughts on our new design below! The first five people to post their thoughts/ideas/likes about our new Night of the Living Bread shirt will score a gift certificate and a smile. Feel free to throw in your favorite zombie movie for kicks!

I’ll email the gift certificate codes to the first five people to comment. Looking forward to seeing what you think of our new design!

Zombie Pub Crawl Site 2009

seventhfury — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:17:04 +0000

Well, it’s that time of year again. The time of year when moaning and groaning drowns out the city sounds of Minneapolis, the time for brains, drinks, and zombie fun. That’s right, it’s Zombie Pub Crawl time.

The annual Minneapolis Zombie Pub Crawl will take place on October 10th in the West Bank area of Minneapolis, MN. This year they’re expecting more than 4,000 zombies, which is a hell of a lot more than the 400 that attended the first year that I went. This will be my third year attending, I missed out last year but I’m flying in for some good ‘ol zombie fun.

I’ve had the privilege of being the web designer ever since the ZPC crew discovered my fan site, which is sorely in need of an update. This will be my third year designing the site and this time I incorporated a bit of my own illustrative skill to the header area. The new site design is up and running, check it out at www.ZombiePubCrawl.com.

V.I.Z. Tickets

One of the new and exciting things about the ZPC this year is the chance to purchase V.I.Z. Tickets, which cost $30 and include the following:

- Guaranteed admission into the finale party at the Cabooze (value: $8)
- One Zombie Pub Crawl t-shirt (value: $12)
- One limited-edition ZPC poster, screenprinted and signed by artist David Witt (value: $20)
- Discount coupons to the Oak Street Cinema (check out their new late-night horror movie series)
- NEW: The first 30 people to order VIZ tickets will also get a free download of the “Zombie Pub Crawl” iPhone game!

This is a pretty sweet deal for anyone looking to score some killer zombie schwag. The total value of this package is $50+, so if you’re interested in getting a great deal you can purchase your tickets here.

Zombie Illustration

If you dig the zombie illustration that I did for the header, you can check it out in more detail here and also purchase it on a coffee mug, as a print, or on a variety of other items. If you dig it, check it out.

So, if you’re heading out to the Zombie Pub Crawl on October 10th, come and find me and we’ll have a drink together. I’ll be the one dressed up as a zombie.

Pirate Booty Shirt Sale

seventhfury — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:29:14 +0000

We’re having a Pirate Booty Sale! International Talk Like A Pirate Day is quickly approaching on September 19th, so get your pirate gear in place and get ready to swashbuckle with the best of ‘em. Only at Seventh.Ink Shirts and Apparel of course!

Back To School Sale In Progress

seventhfury — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:01:29 +0000

I’m having a HUGE Back to School Sale over at Seventh.Ink Shirts and Apparel, so head on over and take a gander at what’s in stock. Lots of good stuff in there, and we’re actually almost out of some of our first generation designs. It’ll be bittersweet to send out the last few Rock Ain’t Dead, Robot Jazz Band, Pat McRotch, and In Your Eye Sucka shirts, but at the same time it’ll give the store some room for new designs!

I’ve been working on quite a few new designs, and I’m really looking forward to Halloween this year because I think there are some winners in there. We’ll see how many make it to the store this year, hopefully I’ll finish at least two designs.

Anyways, head on over to the Back to School Sale and get your favorite tees while they’re still in stock. Once you snag your shirt, be sure to post photos in the Seventh.Ink Flickr Group, I always love to see where our shirts have been.

Cheers!