Satellite of Love T-Shirt

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My new MST3K themed shirt is now up for sale. You can buy one here!

Also check out this article on nerd news site Topless Robot where it was named geek apparel of the week.

The Real Ghostbusters

A new shirt design that you can vote on now over at Splitreason!

As a kid I always wondered why they changed certain aspects of the Ghostbusters appearance for the cartoon. Especially since they did a good job of linking the continuity of the two versions; even going so far as to explain why they kept Slimer around and changed their uniform colors. My little child brain couldn't decide if the Busters in the cartoon were really meant to be the ones from the movies or not. So this drawing is my idea of what it would look like if you combined the two.

Ye Olde Mario World

My newest T-shirt design which you can vote on here. It's an old-timey version of the world map from Super Mario World. It was a lot of work but a lot of fun; I really get into stuff with somewhat tedious detail work like this from time to time.

Working on this also took me back to when I was a kid and I really enjoyed going through all the extra materials that came with video games like the boxes and manuals. I used to sit and draw out maps like this for individual levels which I thought was just as much fun as actually playing the game.

I'm thinking this would make a good poster too. Please click on the image to get a much larger and detailed view.

Turtles Print

Ever since I debuted this Ninja Turtles piece for the Shell Shock show I have been getting a ton of requests for a print, so I am very happy to finally offer one!

The print is 11.7" x 16.5" and costs $13.95. You can buy it here at my Splitreason store.

Thanks to everybody for expressing so much interest in this piece!

New Shirts

I have two new shirt designs now up for sale! The Zelda inspired fairy shirt and the Mario inspired Bowser shirt. You can buy them here:

Men's Bowser shirt
Women's Bowser shirt

Men's fairy shirt
Women's fairy shirt

A Couple of Shirt Designs

Two new T-shirt designs submitted for voting at Splitreason.com. One is a Chinese dragon-like Bowser and the other is a a stylized fairy from the Legend of Zelda series of games.

You can vote on them at the Splitreason website!

The Great Shelled Dragon
Bottled Fairy

Pick a Box

This is the piece I chose when asked if I would like to submit a last minute entry for the 8-Bit & Beyond show. My friend Chris who runs Cubeecraft.com was able to make it to the reception and told me he overheard good things being said about it, which is always encouraging!

I created this piece not too long after I discovered the exhibition (and subsequent book) I Am 8 Bit. The art school I attended was full of very old school professors who, despite being great teachers and people in general, mostly frowned upon any student-created art that related to cartooning or pop culture. I Am 8 Bit was my wake up call to serious artists doing work based around subjects that I was constantly being told to avoid. The artists were not only creating amazing work based on video games, but getting a show and book that received national attention and praise. It gave me an overwhelming sense of "You can do that?!" and validated my efforts; just like the all the great work featured in 8-Bit & Beyond has done.

Hello!

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I'm Glen and I was just invited to join the Autumn Society blog which I couldn't be happier about. I was initially linked here by a friend because of all the amazing work that is going into the 8 Bit and Beyond show. I myself am a retro video game and pop culture enthusiast, and I create a good deal of art based on those subjects including an ever-growing body of work for online clothing company Splitreason.com that includes shirts, prints, stickers, etc. I decided I didn't want to interrupt the flow of great video game art so I'm posting a piece I completed recently that will most likely be showing up on Splitreason in the future as a print and girlie tee (I'm particularly excited that it's being considered for a girl's shirt because I get a lot of requests for those but I guess the market for girls gaming wear just isn't that big; go figure.)

The piece is an arcade themed pinup which is a bit of a departure from my normal, typically simplistic shirt designs, but I thought I'd give it a shot and see what the consumer reaction was.