Highlander tees

So, I've finally managed to get all the materials together for making some "Highlander the Snowman" shirts. One is by request from my friend Craig (AKA Townie Bastard). The other is for myself (I need to see how it holds up after a few washes). I don't know if I'm going to offer them in the shop or not.... that would require buying shirts up front (various sizes/colours) and having them at the ready. I don't know if I want to get that involved with selling iron-on transfer shirts. The expense is kind of high for doing low quantities. I'm hoping to get involved with silk-screening in the coming weeks. If that turns out to be fun, maybe in the new year I'll buy a bulk order of shirts and try some different things. I think a silk-screened shirt will last considerably longer than a transfer. Plus there's something nice about wearing a t-shirt that is essentially a hand-pulled print.

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Jeez, I'm barely a few weeks into this blog and I've already managed to ignore it for 4 days. How do people keep up with these things?

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The latest lino isn't finished yet. This weekend was consumed by Christmas parties, Sam Roberts and snow fences. And now I have a cold and don't really want to do anything. Blech.

Snowmen cards

After a little prodding, I decided to have a go at making a set of snowmen Christmas cards. I initially bought a note card set at Staples but they were quarter-fold and didn't look that great. I hate those perforated edges. So I'm printing them on some nice white card stock that I have at home and they'll be 5.5" x 8.5": proper Christmas card size. There are three images so I was thinking I'd do a set of six (two of each image) including envelopes of course. I priced card sets on the interweb and I think $14 is a fair price for the set. I also had a t-shirt request for the Highlander Snowman so I might look into that over the weekend. I've got a little hobble tomorrow so the cards probably won't be in the shop until tomorrow evening.

Highlander the Snowman: revisited

I made a few digital tweaks to this one. I was a bit heavy with the ink in the original drawing so i lightened up the electric bolt outlines in photoshop as well as added some colour which, i think, gives it a lot more razz-a-ma-tazz. Also opened up the space around the broom so it is better defined. The snowmen card sets are a-go and should be available on the Etsy shop by the end of the week.

Snowman Scissorhands

This one has a few splashes of water colour in the original drawing.

Highlander the Snowman

Jabba the Snowman