Archive for June, 2009
Ciara Elend in New York Daily News
Posted in Queens Stuff, graphic tshirts, press & publicity on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What is a block print?
Posted in block printing, graphic tshirts on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At Ciara Elend, we use hand-carved linoleum blocks to print our shirts. Here’s a brief explanation of block printing.
In block printing, the printer carves the design to be printed into a solid block, much like a stamp. The block can be applied to paper or textiles. Block printing is an ancient printing technique, and numerous [...]
Welcome New York Daily News Readers!
Posted in graphic tshirts on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome New York Daily News Readers! Save an additional 10% on your entire purchase at www.ciaraelend.com. Use NYC in the coupon code.
Business 101 Advice…AGAIN
Posted in graphic tshirts, just plain ranting on June 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So I am reposting this information from a post I did last year about business advice.If you read this post the first time, then skip this one but I am sprucing up the advice and adding an 11th and 12th piece of advice. The reason I am reposting this is because I still get quite [...]
Recession Sucks Super Sale!!!
Posted in graphic tshirts on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The recession sucks so I’m having a super sale online. Save 20% to 50% off all products until August 1st!
Sure I’ll be your scapegoat.
Posted in just plain ranting on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The word “scapegoat” has come to mean a person, often innocent, who is blamed and punished for the sins, crimes, or sufferings of others, generally as a way of distracting attention from the real causes.
My youngest brother Calvin is currently a sophomore at UC San Diego. He is very creative and is a talented guitarist. [...]
Bah, bah, black sheep
Posted in just plain ranting on June 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Like I have said many, many times before I am the black sheep among my family. It was hard growing up as the oddball in the family, but as I’ve gotten older, I’ve learned to appreciate my differentness. When you live outside the circle, its much easier to remain objective and analytical. It also makes [...]
Cute Doggie Graphic Tshirt
Posted in graphic tshirts on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Spot is an original drawing that I did at Parsons for a set of candy bars I designed. The cute kitty tshirt also has an image that I drew. Below is a photo of the Milk Chocolate Spot bar.
(product code CTE-1013)
Our Beer Must Be Good girly graphic tshirt
Posted in graphic tshirts on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have several books on vintage matchbook images. I love perusing through them. I’ll spend hours inspecting the images while I sketch out how I can use them. What I love most about girly matchbooks is that they prove a naked women makes anything look good.
(product code CTE-1012)
NYC Graphic Tshirt
Posted in graphic tshirts on June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When I drew the vintage volkswagen beetle and surf board for the California shirt, I knew I had to draw something to represent NYC. I was inspired by a simple drawing of a city from a dover images book. I really loved how the lines that represent the windows are pretty striking. And I love [...]
