Tuesday 26 March 2013

Mario and the Catbus!


Oh and again another Monday blog turns into a Tuesday one, I guess I am on a roll huh? :P Ah, how you doing Gibberish readers? All vamped up for an Easter holiday? I suppose most of us here in good old Brit land will have a freeeeeeeeeeeeeezin' one! Never mind, at least the chocolate won't melt ay?

 This week I am showing of some pretty rough and crude sketches of new ideas I have for t-shirt designs. I will be sending them off too to a few design places like my, Hello Mah Honey design I submitted yesterday (crossed fingers for that one), when I am done of course! So far they kind'a look like shite! But that is the good thing with sketch book stuff, they are allowed to be!


First up is my Cat bus from, My Neighbour Totoro idea! It is mainly a fake logo/ poster/ advertisement kind of thing for the Cat Bus Express! I thought it would be good to have above on a scroll type thing, "The Forest Spirit's Transport Network" or something then under Express have, "A purr-fect way to travel since 1988. 88 Being the year of the films release. If you have not yet seen this film you should by all means. It is such a heart warming and charming animation with amazing characters! I think if you like it you will like this design!


Next up is, as you can see, a Mario fighting Bowser design. Mario of course rocking the flower power up so his fist is flaming. This t-shirt design is kind of a mash up of, well, Mario and the cover art of Street Fighter 4. Hopefully I will have this coloured in but done in a paint brush splat kind of way! Seems like I have given myself a good few projects to work on these few weeks and I am sure they will prove to have their own problems a long the way. But if I can pull them off then I think these will rock!

As I sip this here coffee which is getting cold I can not help but think what 5 colours I will be using for these and how I am gonna use 'em! I guess I will be finding out soon enough! 
And on that note I bid farewell peeps! Until next time, stay bang tidy y'all! Toodles!!


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Friday 22 March 2013

Hello Mah.......Finished Alien Design!




Wow Gibberish readers I sure feel like crap this evening, not sure why but I think I am coming down with something, or maybe it is just I have an alien inside me ready to burst out my chest and sing, "Hello, mah baby. Hello, mah honey. Hello, mah ragtime gal!" Yep, you like what I did there?!
OK... OK... Here is my brand new t-shirt design, 'Hello Mah Honey' all finished up and looking good, well, I hope you lot like! And yep, like I said before and you can probably tell this is based on Alien/Spaceball's!

All right I think it is time for a little lay down and to think about what colour tees this here design will look good on. If you would like to see a certain colour please let me know by all means. Then it is time to submit it to a t-shirt site! Would you guys be down for helping me with votes again? Well, until next time peeps, stay tidy! Toodles!!


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Tuesday 19 March 2013

Hello, My Baby!


OK, so I might be late with this here blog post given it is now a Tuesday post rather than a Monday's, but it is in all good reason Gibberish Readers. And you want to know, or in this case see the reason? Well here you go my funky friends!


Here is the pencil stage of my new t-shirt design. This time referencing a cult classic comedy, Spaceball's! Which as you might know has a great spoof scene of the Alien chest burst from another cult classic, Alien. 
I was gonna draw the blood splat as well but I left it out. Reason being is that I want this blood splat to be realistic looking and not cartoony. I thought by doing that it would look more like it was coming out the wearer's chest rather than just a straight up illustration of it doing so. If I had realistic blood it will give of the effect I am trying to do better.
So yeah, you like it? I am also doing a t-shirt design of the Cat Bus from My Neighbour Totoro but I will show you that this coming Friday if that is cool with you!

Enjoy your week peeps I am out to go into ink mode on this geeza! See you all later! Toodles!!


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Friday 15 March 2013

Hello Mah Honey!



Hey there Gibberish readers! Welcome to another Friday blog post. A little late but hey hoooo, I wanted to show you all some work I've been up to today. Apart from this week where I have started up my Society 6 store (where you can go buy my octopus design, "Bubbles Tenticool" on a load of different stuff not just tees just click here to go and check it out! ) I have been drawing up a new logo. Plus I have also started up a sketch for a new t-shirt design I will hopefully finish real soon. This t-shirt design is based on a film reference. Can you guess which one? Please excuse the crudeness of this, just a rough sketch so far!


See what it is yet? This here is a tee design based on Spaceball's wonderful Alien spoof scene right at the end. Seen it? If not go check it out please because it is such a funny film, a real old classic comedy! This design is going to be drawn as if this Chest Burster Alien is bursting out the wearer's chest complete with the straw hat and cane combo! Oh "Hello mah honey. Hello my baby. Hello my rag time girl!"...... Hahahaa, brilliant!!
Also today I have been working on a small simple logo for my scripter friend going by the name of, Natok Dryke on the vitural world, Second Life. He is running a blog at the moment about helpful tips on how to build up money in business. Go check it out if you want to here: www.natokdryke.com. He is at the moment getting a fair bit of readers coming in. Anyway, here it is! The thing is all in parts at the moment and will be put together later but what it is is his name, Natok Dryke with a money bag character running through the centre. Check this!


Finally peeps, today I have been answering a short interview for a t-shirt blog! Seems fun and when it is done and published up on the site I will let you all know. Hopefully my answers are not too long. LOL I do get carried away yer know!
Well, that is me done for Friday Gibberish readers! I am off to do more of this here logo work and get some beer in! Have a jolly weekend y'all and see you on Monday!! Toodles!!


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Monday 11 March 2013

Hello Furry Friend!


In amazement Chips swam closer to meet this cool looking creature. "Hello there fuzzy fella!" The octopus spoke with a smile. "Don't mind me, I am just rocking out to some scuba beats while practising my bubble blowing skills! Wanna join crazy cat?" With that Chips noded, and waves a paw as if to say hello. "You can call be Bubbles Tenticool old bean!"
(To be continued)

Another short post for this cold Monday evening Gibberish readers but here is yet another Chips story segment to get your week off to a warm sunny start! Even if my tee on Threadless did not make a print Chips will indeed go on. Love Chips so much now hahahaha. Oh, and what would you say if I went ahead and got the t-shirt design printed myself? Toodles!!


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Friday 8 March 2013

Chips Meets Bubbles!



Distracted by that funky bass line Chips forgets about the fish and dives down further trying to find it's source. Battling fiercely against the water Chips finally spots something emerging from the depths. "Whoa what could this wild crazy thing be?" Thinks Chips. "Well at least I know where those bubbles are coming from now!"
(To be continued) 

Well this Friday Gibberish readers is a li'l on the short side, but hey here comes yet another Chips segment in the story. Can you can see who it is blowing those bubbles here huh?

Well as we draw so close now towards the end of the road for my t-shirt design on Threadless. Yes, that is right, in a few hours from now, hell make that nearly one, my octopus t-shirt design will close for it's final mark! Let's see how well it has done! Has it done enough to see a print? All I can say for now is, everyone who has come and scored this has been so amazing! I am in such deep deep shock and amazement at everyone's efforts to help, Bubbles Tenticool see a print! Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. It means more than words can say to see what you all have done for me! I love you all! Respect and big ups!!


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Monday 4 March 2013

A Fish in a Bubble and a Digitized Monkey!



Hello Gibberish readers and welcome to another Monday blog post! How you all doing today? I do trust everyone is well!
Oh wow what a week!! I have indeed been busy busy. First off as you can see my Octopus t-shirt design got submitted to Threadless (**secretly high fives himself**) and all you great and wonderful readers have been scoring the tee highly! I thank everyone who has scored in. It is simple really if you have not, just chose a number from 1 to 5 depending on how much you dig it! Here is the link to go and check it out if you wish. You can sign up through Facebook too if you have not got an account with them, it is so simple!

As Chips gave chase luck was about to strike, from out of nowhere the fish found himself stuck inside a giant bubble. "I wonder where that came from?" Chips thought but did not really stop to ponder over it for too long. "Here's my chance!!" grinning gleefully!
(To be continued)

Also this weekender I've been getting myself back into some logo work and character design.  I showed off the pencil sketch for, The Digital Monkey's (Click right here to check out his Facebook page for some great tunes!) new character. However, I have gone that extra mile and whipped up a name tag for the funky geezer too! Wanna see them huh?


And here he is, the Monkey character! With his digital monitor head!


Seem like funky stuff to you? Enjoy my new Chips the cat segment? There is going to be a heap more with the fuzzy fella you wait and see, just be sure to stick around! Right I am off for a munch coz I am staaaaaaaaaaarving!! Toodles!!


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Friday 1 March 2013

Chips, Fish, and err..... Monkeys?!



While exploring the shallow waters of the deep blue for a tasty treat Chips finally comes across lunch! Taking a deep breath Chips dives down to catch this fish but it is too fast and swims away frantically!
(to be continued)


Ah, here we are once again Gibberish readers with yet another segment of the Chips the cat story for you all. I thought this would help to start everyone's weekender off with a smile. As for my weekend, it is more a reflection of great things which have happened over this week. One being I have finally submitted my Bubbles Tenticool octopus t-shirt design to Threadless so hopefully soon they will put it up for voting. But also I have started something new. Some more character design for a logo. This logo is for a DJ/producer going by the name of, The Digital Monkey (if you wanna check him out just go to his Facebook page by clicking ====> HERE). It is still in the pencil stage right now but once I've sent out this here blog I am getting on with the inking! Also, I gotta do the wording for him too. So far it's working out for me this week. Your thoughts on this here Digital Monkey guy?



LOL love how his head is some kind of computer monitor displaying his face. I got the idea that his face could change into different symbols or what have you depending on themes of The Digital Monkey's work, like tunes and stuff. I will be showing off more of this guy plus the continued story of Chips for Monday's blog post!

Well Gibberish Readers, I hope you enjoy your weekend and have as much fun as I will creating crazy cartoons! Until next time folks, stay bang tidy! Toodles!!




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