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Sleepy Hollow – Sign Extreme T-Shirt Commission

Nick — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:47:51 +0000

This is one that I recently finished for Sign Extreme out of Sleepy Hollow, NY. He’s a sign printer moving into Screen Printing and he wanted a design to showcase the capability of his printing services. I wanted to contrast the era of the Sleepy Hollow legends with the new printing techniques, so I used an old style hatching in combination with bright colors and gradients. I think the end result was a gritty, scary portrayal of the horseman, that is still fun and wearable.

This is being printed as I write this. It will be a 6 color Spot Process print. I’m very excited to see how it turns out.

Let me know what you think.

Emptees Recycle Project

Nick — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:37:06 +0000

This was a quickie I did for Emptees.com. There were lots of complaints about the quality of designs being posted to the Tees section, so I decided to start reworking some of the sloppy entries to be cool. It was just for fun, and I like how it came out. The photo used in the glass reflection is from the Grindhouse movies. Enjoy.

A couple of Skull Illustrations, just for fun.

Nick — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:32:01 +0000

Trying to get back into the swing of illustration after a long hiatus. Decided to draw a few skulls and get things moving. Hope you like.

Evil Skull

Nick — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:59:10 +0000

This was another one for the Emptees.com Tee-Off. The theme was “Black” so I decided to do an idea inspired by the 1-color Back in Black art show.

Monster Truck

Nick — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:53:08 +0000

This was a fun design for the Emptees.com Tee-Off competition. The theme was “Monster Trucks”.. I guess there’s not really much more explanation necessary.

Snake Guts Design

Nick — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:47:55 +0000

I originally made this design with Cobra Starship in mind. It ended up not being used, however, and I lost the file to edit it out when my hard drive crashed. It’s still one of my favorite illustrations to date, so I figured I’d share it here. Another on an Emptees mock.

Went with a really vibrant color set, to soften the blow of the visual and be appealing to the eye.

TDWP Exorcist Tee Commission

Nick — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:31:05 +0000

Mike from The Devil Wears Prada contacted me about doing a shirt for some tours they were on last summer. Knowing that they had purchased work from many of my favorite artists, I jumped at the chance to be involved in such a cool project. They wanted something from the old Exorcist movies with the text “The Power of Christ Compels You!” on the back of the shirts. This is what I came up with.

I lost a hard drive earlier this year, so I’m having to link to an old Mock on Emptees.com. Hopefully you can still get a feel for the illustration.

I wanted to come up with something as intense as the music it was representing. It couldn't be too "demonic" as the bands songs carry a Christian undertone. I think we came up with a good mix of classic hardcore and vicious imagery.

This was the hand drawn type I came up with for the back of the shirt. The band actually asked for some modifications to it, but this was my favorite version so it's what I'm showing.

Self Portrait

Nick — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:27:54 +0000

This was a self portrait I made of myself for a fun project on http://www.wholewhyworld.com forums. The topic was supposed to be “Uncle Bobby”.. The drunk amateur photographer at everyone’s wedding getting in the way of the real photographer.

Fun Fact: I actually drank a bunch of whiskey for some shots during this shoot. I really was the drunk Uncle Bobby.

Portraits of my Kiddos

Nick — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:22:01 +0000

For my Wife, on her birthday, I took some portraits of our children and had them printed and framed. Here’s a few of the shots.

Shredding at Warped Tour Atlanta

Nick — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:08:17 +0000

The awesome folks at Fueled By Ramen were kind enough to get me Press Passes to Warped Atlanta 2009. I got to wander all over, see merch I had designed, take pictures of bands, and hang out with some of my friends selling shirts at the vendors area. It was great.

A high point was that Mike from The Devil Wears Prada had me go to their merch tent and I got a copy of the shirt I designed for them, along with a bunch of other TDWP swag. It was one of the coolest things ever, so here’s some pictures of Mike and TDWP shredding faces off on stage.

The intensity of their set was really great. I couldn't hear for 10 minutes after I staggered out of the press pit.

This is what shredding looks like.

The crowd went absolutely berzerk. People were being thrown over the wall at me. It was a great show.

Alana Grace at Warped Tour 2009

Down with Webster at Warped 2009