Archive for June, 2009
Ciara Elend in New York Daily News
Posted in graphic tshirts, press & publicity, Queens Stuff 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 [...]
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. This Tshirt is no longer available. Ciara ran her clothing company brands Ciara Couture and Queensbound [...]
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. This Tshirt is no longer available. Ciara ran her [...]
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 [...]
Female Ninja Graphic Tshirt
Posted in graphic tshirts on June 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have always dreamed about having Ninja Powers ever since I saw the Kill Bill movies. What I love about these images is that I think they look like me but as a bad ass ninja. This Tshirt is no longer available. Ciara ran her clothing company brands Ciara Couture and Queensbound from January 2007 [...]
You & Me & Him & Her Graphic Tshirt
Posted in just plain ranting on June 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t think there is anything wrong with free love and swinging if it works for you and your partner. I’ve always wanted to do a shirt about free love but I wasn’t inspired until I saw this poster for the 1969 movie Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. This Tshirt is no longer [...]
Kissing Giraffes Graphic Tshirt
Posted in graphic tshirts on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not much of a romantic, but surprisingly I do love images that pair cute animals that are in love. The giraffes in this this shirt just make me smile. This is another image I found in one of my many clip art books. This Tshirt is no longer available. Ciara ran her clothing company [...]
Cute Kitty Graphic Tshirt
Posted in graphic tshirts on June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kitty is an original drawing that I did at Parsons for a set of candy bars I designed. The Spot tshirt is also an image that I drew for the candy bars. Below is a photo of the White Chocolate Kitty bar. This Tshirt is no longer available. Ciara ran her clothing company brands Ciara [...]
California Graphic Tshirt
Posted in graphic tshirts on June 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It has taken me 7 years time to finally miss California. I haven’t been to So Cal in about 3 years. The last time we were there was for Chad’s graduation from UC Santa Barbara. We moved from California in 2002 and I was very excited to get out of the state. I needed something [...]
