I am a huge fan of 80’s graphics and particularly the many uses of THE GRID. It basically makes everything look like Tron.
Category Archives: Art & Design
El Ballistico the Magician
A very early t-shirt from Some Product for the magician El Ballistico. The design was hand drawn on a napkin and was digitally “remastered” by my friend Pete Digiboy. The tees were sold by El Ballistico right off the side of the stage after each performance. Only about 50 were made. There is talk of a limited edition re-print of the El Ballistico tee, to be sold exclusively at El Kartel in Vancouver.
The original “after school special” El Ballistico tee from a photo by Ricky The Tongue. Layout and additional design by Pete Digiboy.
A few rare photos of the missing magician El Ballistico and his assistants in his prime.
Photos: Ricky the Tongue
Sex Metal
Sex Metal was a term used to describe 80’s Judas Priest album covers by a Japanese friend of mine. It is a yet to be released line of tees from Some Product. Most designs are in development stages. Samples and very limited runs are printed by Mycommunitee.
Human fulfillment is only possible through the abandonment of the self……..
Fiorucci
Fiorucci, is a super fun and sassy fashion label out if Italy. It was very active in it’s heyday in the 70’s and into the 80’s. This tee has been a favorite since it mysteriously appeared in my possession years ago.
Strip club swag
Odd Ball Cabaret tank. An excellent strip club, 80’s illustration tank top.
Some Product, what’s in a name
The name Some Product was “borrowed” from the great Sex Pistols bootleg with the same name. The Pistols were an amazing band and an even more amazing idea, a spark, that heavily influenced many things and ideas in current popular culture. The name is very fitting with the ethos of the company. It’s all just Some Product.
This was a hand stenciled, airbrushed tee with an obvious nod to the Sex Pistols famous news headlines. Some Product produced in a very limited run of 40 tees for customers in Japan and a few were sold in Canada at El Kartel.
Digitally printed by Mycommunitee.com. All graphics are compiled from original 70’s clippings from newspapers and magazines.
This Rock and Roll Swindle graphic, currently available in the Some Product catalogue.
..The Pistols, The Clash and Buzzcocks for 1 Pound!! Not Bad……Tee available from Some Product for Fall 2010.
Mycommunitee
MyCommunitee is dedicated to digitally printing the best, one of a kind custom tees, limited runs and samples with a very quick turn around. For more information on Mycommunitee, please visit the website, here. Check out all of the Mycommunitee tees on this blog by clicking here.
I will post examples of cool stuff we have printed in the past and of course I will continue to post stuff we are working on.
Two of the very first tees we printed at Mycommunitee. The first image is a scan of a drawing of mine and the second is a photographic collage.
Second Favorite T-shirt !
I got this tee from a girl at some massive rager I went to in East LA once. I clearly remember a few farm animals running around all over the place and hundreds of people getting wasted with police helicopters flying overhead. She had about a dozen of these shirts printed up and she was trying to sell them out of a box, for $20. I didn’t pay her, but I offered to wear it all night at the party in exchange for the shirt. I have never worn it again ( just can’t seem to find the right occasion I guess ). A real treasure that now sits securely tucked away in my safety deposit box.
Favorite T-shirt, Ever!
This is really one of my all time most cherished items.
T-shirt graphics are often a way to communicate with the outside world your likes or dislikes, irony, humor, affiliations etc.
I wore this particular tee non-stop for nearly a year. I actually ended up meeting a girlfriend named Kitty while wearing this shirt.
True Story!