Here I get to exercise both sides of my
brain. You see, there are a couple of different worlds I like to
explore in my
work and most people wouldn't think they fit together very well.
On the one hand, you've got traditional
and non-traditional Celtic
Art - while on the other you've got the streamlined retro-futuristic
world of The
Future That Never Was, home to folks like Buck Rogers, Flash
Gordon, and, well, my own characters. There are posters, archival prints, greeting cards, blank books, and lots more.
Anyway people tell me it does sort of all
fit together, but then again, they may be humoring me. Mainly they're
sort of backing away with their hands up at the time. Decide
for yourself!
This
site is all Celtic art - but it's spun a bit differently. The Saga
Shirts t-shirts are black (and, now, in a variety of colors!),
and the flavor of the site itself is both dark and a bit playful.
"The
Tragical Tale of Saga Shirts" describes the curious circumstances
that lie behind this online store, as it might have been written
by the redheaded stepchild of H.P. Lovecraft and J. Peterman.
Many
of these designs are based on recognizable symbols, like the Biohazard
symbol, or the Chaos Star - but within, around, and in fact forming
those modern designs are intricate knotwork patterns that live within
them. Pretty neat stuff, if you ask me.
Ars Celtica offers customizable business cards - celtic art designs, with typography, so that you just enter your own name, job title, and contact data - along with postcards, greeting cards, coffee & travel mugs, and more.
The business cards are my favorite new product; I can design a business card for you - and in fact, I have - and all you have to do is to go there and do a little typing. Neat!
"Organizing
Against Conformity Since 1903!"
The Non-Conformists'
Union (which, of course, hasn't ever really existed) has a rich
and complex history that spans over a century. This site is run
by Local 404, the only non-regional chapter of the organization,
and it's the home of all itinerant and international Non-Conformists.
The graphics I've done here for tee
shirts,
journals, membership
items, and coffee
mugs are all based, in one way or another, on vintage graphics.
But they're remixed with the cheerfully misguided slogans of the
NCU, like "Let's All Go on the Road Less Traveled", "Individuals
Unite!" or "Organize Against Conformity".
It's possible that I had just a little too much
fun here. There are pages of news
and local
events and the massive history
of the NCU, which is illustrated with family photographs of
my vaudevillean great-grandparents.
T-Shirts for the World of Tomorrow!
The
Retropolis Transit Authority - famous throughout the Future That
Never Was for keeping its monorails running exactly on
time - is happy to present its online shop full of stylish and colorful
apparel that's decorated with retro - futuristic designs forFaithful Robots, Mad
Geniuses, Retro
Rocketeers, Space
Cadets, Space
Pirates, andDemented
Housewives. And they're not so mired in the future
that they've forgotten to honor the Art Deco retro past, with a
line of retouched futuristic masterpieces from the future's heyday
of the 1930s. Black and dark colored shirts a specialty!
The Retropolis Travel Bureau invites you to visit the Retro Future for your next business trip or family vacation.
Complete with tourist information and travel advisories, this travel board promotes the attractions of Retropolis - and encourages you to buy a souvenir of your stay.
Check out the customizable business cards for mad scientists, rocketeers, and airship captains. Also of interest are the customizable greeting cards and postcards and some really nice styles of coffee mugs and travel mugs.
I did a series of wall clock designs based on 78 record labels from decades past (well, I guess there aren’t too many recent 78 labels, when it comes down to it) and I had such a fine time with them that I spun that series out into a collection of T-shirt designs. Not to be stopped, I designed a bunch of swing dance T-shirts for the sort of folks who still love that music, as I do. Bring it!
There
are a lot of styles of art that have influenced me over the years
- and it does change, of course, over time. But many of these can
be gathered together under the heading of vintage graphics.
At the
Retrovert, I've taken many of these older works, which have
gradually passed into the public domain, and I've used the same
digital tools I use in my own work to restore and revitalize them.
Then, with these restored versions, I've made them available as
posters, greeting cards, tee shirts, and coffee mugs.
You'll see some great old art deco WPA
poster designs, souvenir art from the 1939
New York Worlds' Fair, vintage crate
label art, and a fantastic series of magazine
covers from the mid 1930s.
Woodworking
Gifts is the home of the "Measure Twice. Cut Once."
T-shirt, and Woodworkers' insignias for Wood Carvers, Cabinetmakers,
and other woodcrafters - this shop offers creative, original shirts,
aprons, coffee mugs, boxes & tiles that make sense to people
who work with wood.
"So
with all the things I have to do
I'm very much aware
If I wished for wealth, it wouldn't be quite fair
'Cause I haven't time to be a millionaire."
"I
Haven't Time to be a Millionaire" by James Monaco & Johnny
Burke
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