Wall art...

Pandas in Westchester?...

I wonder who put those up?...

Custom care labels...

Do it yourself...

When it comes to starting your own T-shirt line you soon discover that there are countless things to consider. One of the first things that i wanted to tackle when starting Grownkids was the "care label". As all of you should know, every piece of clothing comes with some kind of care instruction for that particular garment.  In keeping in line with T-shirts, there are two basic types of care label presentation.

1. Woven tags.

These are those little cloth squares or rectangles that are stitched into the the neckline of a T-shirt. There also different types of fabric used for woven care labels. Damask, Taffeta, and Satin are the three common fabric types used in creating a woven care label. I personally don't like a woven label scraping my neck but lots of clothing companies use this type of tag.

2. Screen printed tags.

Grownkids uses this method to produce our care labels. Screen printed labels are also widely used by clothing companies. In this process, the designer would create a graphic of the care label and have his printer work his magic and screen print the label directly on to the shirt. Not only do you have more freedom to make a more unique tag, you'll also save yourself the task of sewing anything into your shirts. Not having an itchy neck is also a plus. Another option for screen printed tags would be to have them printed on transfer paper, then heat press them onto your t-shits yourself. You would definitely need a heat press to accomplish this. I started out printing Grownkids care labels this way but found that the logo would crack when pulled on, not acceptable for me...

Figure out which method works best for you and get it done!...

T-shirt of the week!...

And the winner is!...

How could we not win T-shirt of the week!?  This is one of my favorite shirts in the Grownkids

line-up because it works as a kind of optical illusion. The closer a person viewing this shirt is, the harder it is to read the "Grownkids". The further away the viewer, the more clear the design becomes...So dope. Printed in gold foil, these T's will be available at GRWNkids.com in limited quantities...  

Old school Dunners!...

Custom Dunnys...

Hey kids...I hope you like Dunnys because you're going to see a lot of them in this blog. I created the "Twins" back in 2009. It was a blast painting these guys and I'm planning on doing another version of this character in the near future. Stay tuned...

Marriott Business...

A little SoHo swagg...

I can finally post this...

As you can see, up there is a pretty dope Marriott logo.

I designed this graphic for T-shirts that will be worn at

the grand opening of the Courtyard by Marriott/Soho

in Manhattan New York sometime this week. The little logo in the

top right corner is printed on the front, the main graphic is printed

on the back. Skeene was responsible for getting me the opportunity

to do this so much love to him. O...in case you guys didn't know,

"Skeene"...Shaun Skeene is my right hand on this Grownkids adventure.

You'll be more thoroughly introduced and acquainted with him

in the near future. Back to the shirts...They were delivered

today and got the thumbs up from the good folks at Marriott...Nice

I'll post up pictures of the actual shirts in the next couple of days...


The real deal...

Random Drawings

Fist of fury!...

I took a few pictures on my iphone of some random drawings

of mine. One of my favorite things to do is to sit around and

doodle!...

More "Street" art...

NYCity...

Hey!!!...

Its been a minute since I've posted so i figured I'd bless

you guys with some visual goodies...

Pictures via Me...

Camilla D'Errico...

Sorceress...

Ok...I had a great time at NYCC this year. It seemed as if there where twice as many people there compared to 2009. There were also WAY more people dressed up like your favorite anime character and I plan to do a full ComicCon post as soon as I find the USB for my camera. Moving on...The highlight of NYCC for me was meeting Camilla D'Errico and getting a signed print of one of her paintings...Dope. Below are some more examples of her work...

"Yutta"

"Milk Thistle Ninja Girl"

"Birds Nest"

"The Sorceress"

I'm quite sure that you're all impressed and eager to see more...Check out the rest of Camilla's work at Camillad'errico.com...

"Street" Art...

Strolling the streets of NYC...

Shout out to all of the street "Decorators" in the world, your daring and creativity continually inspire...

Pictures via Me...

The boy can dance!

Adam Sevani...

Straight out of California, his mother is a musician and his father is a professional dancer/choreographer. It's no wonder this kid has all the moves! He plays Moose in Step Up 2 and 3. Check him out on YouTube.

Picture via "the internets"