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• Shirtheads - featuring Johdie
  by caanan

  Check your pinky fingers, folks, and let’s see how they stack up against the boundless talents of this week’s Shirthead, Johdie...

  Check your pinky fingers, folks, and let’s see how they stack up against the boundless talents of this week’s Shirthead, Johdie / This week featuring several different shirts actually within the strip, / / but inspired by this one… / What does music mean to you? Music and art go hand in hand for me, I can’t have one without the other. I get plenty of ideas from music. My art’s a bit mixed up.. my personality is a bit mixed up.. and my taste in music is all over the place. I’ve always disliked anything typical. When I was a kid my favourite song was Joy to the World from the Forest Gump soundtrack.. I just couldn’t get into the Spice Girls. If you could live in any period of history, which would it be? I like things from each recent decade. People didn’t whinge and kids weren’t spoilt rotten in the 40’s. People in the 50’s had great hair. My mother says I should have been from an era where people were passionate about the world but personal hygiene is more important to me. The 80’s seemed crazy, I think it would suit me. I like 80’s music, it makes me laugh.. 80’s comedy aswell. I guess that doesn’t really answer anything. What fascinates you? Well right now what is fascinating me.. or more like distracting me.. is a praying mantis on my window giving me evils. I forgot what I was going to say. It’s really making me uncomfortable. Is there anything you’ve ever found highly amusing that no-one else has? I laugh at my own jokes. Or more so I laugh at other people’s reaction to my jokes, when they’re crude or politically incorrect of just plain wrong. They’re always pretty blunt and unexpected. Other than that I always laugh at gorey things in movies.. which I suppose plenty of people do. Maybe I go a bit far by rewinding something like.. someone being decaptitated and watching it again in slow motion. What’s the craziest dream you’ve ever had? I don’t remember many dreams. Once upon a time I used to dream about chickens. I had one dream where I was on the swing and accidently kicked a passing chicken in the head. A whole gang of them then attacked me. I blame my parents for telling me that if I wore thongs down the back the chooks would think my toes were worms and eat them. It freaked me. What’s your most favourite tshirt you’ve ever worn? I can’t remember ever being that attached to clothing (that might change if I get some tees from here). I found a ‘Dinosaurs’ shirt I used to love when I was about 4 or 5. Out of boredom and curiousity (not a female thing).. I put it on. I was amazed I managed, but then.. I had to get it off again. It got stuck around my head and arms and I felt.. well.. just a little bit silly… What do people need more of? Tolerance. I say that because I just came off my learner’s licence. But that’s me being a super huge hypocrite. I can’t stand anyone. I go to the shopping centre and get stuck behind a bunch of people walking too slow, screaming at their overweight children and I can’t help but pretend to stab them like in Psycho. It doesn’t help that I have that as my ringtone at the moment. I guess I’m the one that needs more tolerance, everyone else needs more common sense. Do aliens exist? I never believed anything else existed.. God, Santa, the Tooth Fairy.. I might as well believe aliens do. So many people have seen weird crap. Even people I know, who weren’t crazy or drunk. It would explain a lot. I would just like them not to be those skinny aliens with huge heads and eyes. I hope they’re more comical.. and colourful.. and that they’re not really into probing. Flash forward 20 years… taking a look back on your life, what are the highlights? When Caanan asked me a bunch of weird questions? When I won the lotto? I don’t know. I’m hoping my life starts getting exciting real soon. But I suppose I’d just be dull and realistic and hope to get a half decent job doing something I enjoyed, travel overseas at least once, get married and.. the main one.. not turn out like my mother. How did you find redbubble? And what makes you stick around? It was recommended to me for my art, but I signed up after seeing the shirts. There’s some pretty kickarse stuff.. and I’ve always wanted to try my hand at it. I’m finding I enjoy it more than anything else at the moment, even though I’m just starting out and feel I have a long way to go. I think Redbubble has personality.. and there’s plenty of nutters to keep me entertained. I’ll stick around so long as I can find work I like everytime I’m here. Thanks Johdie! And come back next week folks, for another bubbler. Caanan. Memory lane… The Original Strip BigFatRobot Chris Richards Paul McClintock David J Cunning Johdie Tambatoys Simon Sherry Ross Robinson Natalie Tyler thickblackoutline rubyred Liesl Yvette Wilson Chris Wahl Jaywalker sparklehen jemimalovesbigted purelydecorative nofrillsart Superteam: Non-Stop animo Tabita LilyM bahgoesthesheep LuckyVegetable o0OdemocrazyO0o MuscularTeeth

• Shirtheads - featuring Tambatoys
  by caanan

  / “Tambatoys”...

  / Tambatoys plays in the sandbox this week! I have ordered my own print of this tee to wear til it fades, or I rip it on something (I’m too lazy to avoid sharp objects) and I love it! for two reasons… 1. It celebrates a carnival/sideshow industry stalwart and b) because sometimes I feel like I too, am helpless against a higher power. Whether it’s fate, or the claw, let me go, dammit! The Claw / What is the attraction of the claw machine? I will admit I was super in love with these arcade games when I was a kid, and I spent many hours and 20c coins trying to win myself toys. When I was 20 though I remember taking my 7 year-old cousin to the movies and there was a claw machine there she begged me for a $1 to play. I gently explained that they were rigged and a waste of money and time etc and she looked so disheartened I felt too guilty of depriving her of that hope of winning something so I gave her a dollar and off she went for her one try. And can you believe it, she came back grinning from ear to ear with her stuffed toy. I had to restrain myself from jealously ripping it off her! There is no doubting your style as instantly recognisable. Where does it come from? I have always loved to draw and it’s really the only thing I ever did well in at school. I studied ceramics at art school because I thought it may be easier to make a living from than other artistic pursuits. I did ceramics for a while but my interest in illustration and painting never went away. I became inspired by modern Japanese art and I’m a huge fan of cartoons in general, so after I stopped doing ceramics a few years ago, I decided to concentrate on drawing. What did you love playing with most as a kid? Why? I was a mega fan of Lego and had dreams of being an architect but I also loved board games especially when they were interactive games like ‘Mouse trap’ or ‘Operation’. I was also a serious roller-skater and BMX gal. What do you love playing with most as an adult? Why? These days I love playing with paint, or my Mac and Photoshop, or my newest toy, a Wacom board which I am still getting the hang of, men can be quite fun too :) What has been your favouritest tshirt you’ve ever worn? When I was a kid I had a white tee with a glitter transfer of three trees which I loooved! I recently bought a tee by illustrator Jen Corace which I love and a couple of favs from RB are ’Robot with victim noir style’ by BigFatRobot and ‘Coffy rabbit’ by your fine self will be my next purchase! You just had the perfect day. What did you get up to? Ok, to me the perfect day involves breakfast at a café, a visit to the MCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) a stroll along the Sydney Harbour foreshore, a yummy lunch and bottle of wine in a great pub, a spot of shopping, and a gorgeous man to do it with, the day I mean, lol. What scares you? There are many, many things that scare me but recently I have decided to try and live with less fear, although dusk still makes me really anxious! Is there anything you’ve ever found entirely hilarious that no-one else has? Yes, me! I constantly crack myself up. Seriously, I laugh a lot of the time, usually at my own silliness. Someone hands you a bunch of primary school kids and says ‘Entertain them. Seeya at five.’ What do you do? Get the paints and brushes out and let their imaginations run wild. If that doesn’t work, panic and run away! What are your minor and/or major goals right now? My minor goals at the moment are to keep creating, get my art selling in more outlets, and have another solo painting exhibition, and just to appreciate and enjoy all the great people and things in my life. My major goal (dream) is to start my own kids tee label and own a print gallery that stocks affordable art. applause :oD And remember, folks, come back next week, for more t-shirty goodness. Memory lane… The Original Strip BigFatRobot Chris Richards Paul McClintock David J Cunning Johdie Tambatoys Simon Sherry Ross Robinson Natalie Tyler thickblackoutline rubyred Liesl Yvette Wilson Chris Wahl Jaywalker sparklehen jemimalovesbigted purelydecorative nofrillsart Superteam: Non-Stop animo Tabita LilyM bahgoesthesheep LuckyVegetable o0OdemocrazyO0o MuscularTeeth

• Shirtheads - featuring Simon Sherry
  by caanan

  This week’s blockbuster, widescreen, now in technicolour edition of Shirtheads features – dun dun DUN – The Killbots...

  This week’s blockbuster, widescreen, now in technicolour edition of Shirtheads features – dun dun DUN – The Killbots / So grab some popcorn, turn off your mobiles, and get your feet off the seats! do you do that at home?! (Yes sir) as we say ‘howdy’ to Simon Sherry / / ( Lord of the Aussie comickers’ Pulp Faction group ) Explain the process of Killbots. Where did they come from and how do you make them? The killbots series pretty much started as an experiment in Adobe Illustrator – I had stumbled on a couple of techniques in the process of working on some other pieces, and as is usually the case, I take that new discovery and get sidetracked! To be a little more specific, I tend to approach each bot in as freeform a method as possible, just laying down shapes (and sometimes components from previous bots) to see what comes of it. The best example of this would be KB 4 + 4.5 ‘Psiclops and CRABS’, which went through all manner of changes before the version you guys have seen. In fact, CRABS simply started off as kb 4’s jaw, and kind of sprouted from there. If you could build a robot, what would it be? What would it do? Aside from helping me conquer the world? Probably make a mean cheesecake,. Where do you find inspiration? Cartoons, comics (Mike Mignola, Sam Keith and Ted McKeever, in particular), the army of action figures populating my office, all manner of ‘found objects’ I stumble upon in my internet travels (particularly here on the Bubble), the many and varied cute and strange things my 23-month-old daughter does… I try to make a point of soaking my brain as much as possible with stimulus from the world around me, and let it spew out through my drawing arm in a random fashion. So far it’s worked out pretty well for me :) What’s your favouritest tshirt you’ve ever worn? Probably the ‘Fantasy Island’ shirt I picked up for 10 bucks at Dimmeys in Richmond many years ago. It had a great pic of tattoo on it and the airplane from the show on the back. If you’ve never heard of the show, Google it – you won’t be dissapointed ;) What did you want to be when you were 6 years old? A paleontologist – although secretly I wanted to be some sort of weird mix of Doctor Who and He-Man. What took up most of your time growing up? Drawing, reading, Dungeons & Dragons – all the typical nerdlinger activities. Is there anything you’ve ever found vastly amusing no-one else has? Probably the aforementioned Fantasy Island t-shirt and accompanying ‘Tattoo on my chest’ jokes that came with it – there’s a reason that that particular shirt was plentiful in a store like Dimmeys. What’s the worst thing the internet has to offer? Endless distraction… and really, really bad YouTube videos. What have you been proud of most thus far in your life? My lovely and amazing children. My son Samuel was stillborn in 2004, and while I’ve not got to watch him grow, his memory still inspires and drives me to make the most out of life. My daughter, Olivia, who is an unstoppable juggernaut of cuteness, and our little WIP, soon to be released into the big, wide world. I know it sounds sappy, but truth be told, there’s nothing else that I could acheive that’s going to top them. How does the world end? Well, after that robot of mine whips up an awesome baked chocolate cheesecake, the onslaught BEGINS! Thanks Simon! And as always, folks, come back next week for a new victim. maniacal laughter Caanan. Memory lane… The Original Strip BigFatRobot Chris Richards Paul McClintock David J Cunning Johdie Tambatoys Simon Sherry Ross Robinson Natalie Tyler thickblackoutline rubyred Liesl Yvette Wilson Chris Wahl Jaywalker sparklehen jemimalovesbigted purelydecorative nofrillsart Superteam: Non-Stop animo Tabita LilyM bahgoesthesheep LuckyVegetable o0OdemocrazyO0o MuscularTeeth

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  Redbubble is IN
  by caanan

  More Shirtheads merchandise! Celebrate your love of the weekly strip! Celebrate your love of Redbubble! Heck, celebrate your love of Peanuts! I do. Every day.

• Shirtheads - featuring Ross Robinson
  by caanan

  It’s the age old question… quantity or quality? / In the case of Ross Robinson / !http://imag…

  It’s the age old question… quantity or quality? / In the case of Ross Robinson / / what happens if you have both? I had a virtual smorgasbord of designs / to pick from, but this one / / screamed to me with a very simple gag, so let’s get to it! If a robot and a monkey had a child in this day and age, map out that unfortunate love child’s life for us… I actually think a robot/monkey hybrid would be a very lucky child in this day and age. People love robots; people love monkeys, so a combination of the two would be insanely popular. He would be the cool kid in class, the one who always got picked first when choosing teams and the first one to get laid. Later on, he would be the singer/songwriter/lead guitarist in a kickass insanely popular indie band that never loses its credibility despite outselling Mariah Carey and the Beatles combined. After a brief stint as a leading man in many blockbusters and acclaimed arthouse films about gay robot cowboy monkeys, he would turn his talents to politics becoming first the governor of Wyoming and later the first non-American, non-human President of the United States of America (let’s face it, he’s got a better chance of winning than a woman or a black man). In his two, four-year terms he would end war, eradicate poverty, solve the global warming crisis and invent not one, but two new flavours of twinkie. After retiring he would write a series of books so bloody good that James Patterson and Dan Brown would hang themselves to the overwhelming relief of the literary world. What is the best toy ever invented? Mego dolls. (Check out www.megomuseum.com) I had a Batman and Robin from the age of 4 and along with my Six Million Dollar Man were my favourite toys in the world. Unfortunately my mother gave them away when I moved out of home and I have spent quite a bit of money and time replacing them on eBay. Mego were great. They did Superheroes, TV Shows, Movies, you name it. They were wonderfully crap with their odd ‘real hair’ and ‘real clothes’ but the amount of love kids had for them was undeniable. The company went bust in 1983 after turning down the offer of making the Star Wars figures. Stupid stupid stupid. Your work has a strong satirical edge to it. Why all the satire? Art Buchwald said ‘You can’t make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you’re doing is recording it.’ Which unfortunately is true. Satire used to be about holding up a distorted mirror to society to exaggerate things to make a point. These days however you don’t need the mirror to be distorted, you just need to get people to thinking past their attenuated attention spans. That is the difficult part. This is not something new however; the extremely talented satirist and musician Tom Lehrer said in 1973 when Henry Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize, “It was at that moment that satire died,” says Lehrer, “There was nothing more to say after that.” I was one year old at the time. I think satire has survived – I was raised on Pickering, Paul Rigby and Patrick Cook cartoons, not to mention Kenny Everett, D-Generation and Fast Forward which has influenced the way I look at the world. When you look at the public figures today – politicians and celebrities alike, they are humourless, gormless hollow men (and women). That’s why we need humour. And gorm. Lots and lots of gorm. If you could be responsible for one big thing, but no-one knew it was you, what would it be? The assassination of Céline Dion. I don’t think I need to explain this one. I know though, if I pulled it off I wouldn’t be able to help myself at parties. / “You know that shooting of Céline Dion?” / “Yeah! Wasn’t it brilliant?” / “That was me.” What are you stark-raving passionate about? I am not a naturally passionate person. I get quite angry at stupidity and hypocrisy and am well on my way to becoming the ranting old curmudgeon I wish to be when I’m 80ish. A friend of mine has called me ‘the angriest man in Stanmore’ (a la Nick Hornby’s ‘How To Be Good’). What are you guilty of? Technically, nothing. I was acquitted on all charges. I didn’t do it, nobody saw me do it, you can’t prove anything. More generally though, I would say the big 7 – pride, envy, greed, wrath with an emphasis on lust, gluttony and sloth. Those last three are definitely the best. Especially if you can combine them. Rather like the Romans did. The vomitorium didn’t just invent itself you know. How did you find the bubble? What made you stick around? What made you take to tshirting? I was introduced to RedBubble by my good friend David Gilliver who has his photographs on here. (Please go and check out his work now. Well, not right now obviously – finish reading about me, and then go and check out him.) I took to making shirts like a duck to knitting. Seriously – I have been a graphic designer for years but a very lazy one. It was only last year when I came across a one colour t-shirt design contest that I did my first shirt (the decidedly unpopular ‘Robot Monkey Love’). It didn’t win and it wasn’t until RB that I did my second shirt ‘Evil Naked Dolls’. I sold one within a week (much to the chagrin of Mr Gilliver) and have been hooked ever since. What’s your favouritest tshirt you’ve ever worn? It was a shirt I got for my birthday back in 1998 – there was a drawing of a cow floating in a tank with bubbles emerging from its rear end with the words “Arty Farty” underneath. I assume it was taking the piss out of Damian Hirst which was great because I think he is one of the biggest frauds ever to inflict themselves on the art world. Unfortunately it is now quite worn and full of holes. I have never been able to find a replacement. If anyone sees one and wants to send it to me, I take an XL. My other all-time favourite shirt I had when I was five. It was free dress day at school and my mother made for me a Batfink shirt which was basically just a big red “B” on a yellow shirt. I was in heaven. Say it with me now, “My wings are like a shield of steel!” Where and when do you get your ideas? A combination of 30+ years of absorbing popular culture like a large ADHD sponge and an intrinsic need to create new stuff all the time. The ideas usually come to me when I should be doing something else – e.g. paid work, sleeping, driving which is bloody inconvenient. I think I need to trade in my muse for one with a better sense of timing. If you could resurrect one person from history to have a day time talk show, who would it be? I’m going to have to say Caligula. Not only was he mad as a hat full of badgers stirred with a crazy stick, but his carrying ons would be a perfect match for the sort of guests you get on Jerry Springer. “So you slept with your brother’s wife and are now going to have a sex change to be her lesbian lover? Big deal! I’m a god who had sex with three of his sisters and made my horse a consul and a priest! You’re going to have to lift your game mate.” The Tom Cruise interview would be television gold. Thanks Ross :o) Ok. Now you can go check out David Gilliver folks Leave a message here first though, if you like, and do come back next week. Caanan. :oD Memory lane… The Original Strip BigFatRobot Chris Richards Paul McClintock David J Cunning Johdie Tambatoys Simon Sherry Ross Robinson Natalie Tyler thickblackoutline rubyred Liesl Yvette Wilson Chris Wahl Jaywalker sparklehen jemimalovesbigted purelydecorative nofrillsart Superteam: Non-Stop animo Tabita LilyM bahgoesthesheep LuckyVegetable o0OdemocrazyO0o MuscularTeeth

• Shirtheads - featuring Natalie Tyler
  by caanan

  This week’s Shirthead victim runs the / Unofficial Redbubble Tshirt Blog !http://images-0.redbubbl…

  This week’s Shirthead victim runs the / Unofficial Redbubble Tshirt Blog and, contrary to her redbubble avatar, Natalie Tyler is not a piece of fruit. Although, like a piece of fruit, peel off a layer or two, and you get something altogether delicious. Let’s eat! This is the tshirt, by the way, folks… :oD So, what is a manchild? I have witnessed two types of manchild in their natural habitat and interestingly, they are almost polar opposites. One has the appearance of a man but displays Peter Pan-like qualities, namely the refusal to act like an adult. Often they will give the impression that they are fully grown adults but scratch the surface and you will find a fourteen year-old. Typical behavior includes: dressing like a teenager, owning one or more games consoles, spending an unhealthy amount of time on said games consoles and eating snickers bars for breakfast. The other variety is more like a man trapped in a child’s body. He has the appearance of someone who is dressed up in his Dad’s clothing. He would like to be seen as a man of the world but his childlike features give the game away. He longs for respect. Type one would probably love a manchild t-shirt and so he should! He’s fighting the good fight. I wish there was a recognised female equivalent to this type of manchild. Manchild type two would probably feel a small part of himself die inside if you gave him a manchild t-shirt. He would much rather a box of cigars. Or perhaps a suit in his size. What’s your favouritest tshirt you’ve ever worn? I bought a Faith No More ‘The Real Thing’ tour t-shirt from Brashes in Southland (Melbourne) when I was about 13. They only had extra large but I wanted it so badly I didn’t care that I was only 5ft tall and it was knee length. My mum kindly took it up for me so it resembled an oversized crop top. I still wore it til it was threadbare. Editor’s note – Ha ha! Brashes. :oP If you could handpick the most awesome rock band in the world, who would be in it? Why? What would they, and their first CD, be called? Wow. You sure ask the tough questions. I think I’d go for Mike Patton on lead vocals/percussion. Dave Grohl on drums and guitar (hey – it’s fantasy). Guest vocals from Jack Black and Maynard James Keenan. Bootsy Collins on bass just to mix it up a bit. They would be called Mindbuggery and the first album would be self titled. How did you find the bubble? What made you stick around and take to the tees? I was directed to the site by a friend. I signed up then spent a lot of time staring at amazing work and thinking about uploading some of my own. I faced my demons, acquired a copy of some software I hadn’t used in a while and set myself a few tasks to help me get back into things. One of those first ‘tasks’ happened to be featured and I sold a couple and from then on I was hooked. I’ve thought about uploading art but I like the layout of my profile page better when it’s got nine images in one block. What do you do when you’re not on the bubble? Picture the least creative environment you can possibly imagine. Times that by 10. No prizes for guessing I work at a law firm then. At this point I should stress I’m not a lawyer. I just got caught up with a bad crowd. I’ve deviated massively off the creative path and RedBubble has been my salvation. It’s cleared the cobwebs from the right side of my brain and has paved the way for a brighter future ;) I also sleep and catch public transport. Where do your ideas come from? Often they just come out of the process of trying to learn something new. If I distract myself from the task of creating something then things seem to flow a bit better. It’s getting started that’s the main problem so if I trick myself into it, before I know it I’m working on an idea. Other ideas will simply come from random things I see or hear during the day. I try to actually act on the phrase ‘that would make a cool t-shirt’. What are some of the best ideas you’ve come across so far this year? One of the coolest things I’ve seen this year is Irina Block’s stunning diamond necklace . I also really like little people – a tiny street art project described as ‘little hand painted people, left in London to fend for themselves’. Oh – and Joshua Allen Harris’s Inflatable Sculptures . One of those crazy ideas you admire someone for thinking up … Can you give us a random thought you constantly have but never vocalised before? Unfortunately no. I have plenty of random thoughts but most of them have been vocalised. I vocalise a fair bit. If you could be responsible for one thing, but no-one knew it was you who did it, what would it be? Ross Robinson already said he’d ‘take care’ of Celine Dion didn’t he? I could cover her back catalogue. Not literally, of course (that would be horrific). I mean I would remove every trace of it from our planet. What do you think is the affliction of the modern generation, and how can we eradicate it? Shopping as a leisure activity. It’s one thing to browse a fine internet site for some quality art to enhance your home or a lovely t-shirt to keep you warm but I think it’s scary how some people will spend a day out at a shopping centre for entertainment. Sometimes every weekend. Often alone. People should ask themselves why they don’t spend more time thinking, reading, creating, talking or just being. There’s nothing wrong with a good shop but it might be worth looking at how much time we spend doing it and how we’re really hoping it will make us feel. Can I get an Amen? ;o) Thanks Natalie! And alas, I can only pick one tshirt to feature in the actual strip, but this one also rocks. Seeya next week folks! Caanan. Memory lane… The Original Strip BigFatRobot Chris Richards Paul McClintock David J Cunning Johdie Tambatoys Simon Sherry Ross Robinson Natalie Tyler thickblackoutline rubyred Liesl Yvette Wilson Chris Wahl Jaywalker sparklehen jemimalovesbigted purelydecorative nofrillsart Superteam: Non-Stop animo Tabita LilyM bahgoesthesheep LuckyVegetable o0OdemocrazyO0o MuscularTeeth

• Shirtheads - featuring thickblackoutline
  by caanan

  Does this week’s Shirthead victim, thickblackoutline !http://images-1.redbubble.co…

  Does this week’s Shirthead victim, thickblackoutline really need an introduction? Then again, implying that one’s work is so idiosyncratic and recognisable it doesn’t NEED an introduction, is in fact, an introduction, isn’t it? phew My head hurts. I wasn’t inspired by any one tshirt this week, but more a common thread (get it?) appearing throughout TBO’s tshirts. That’s right… HAIR! :oD What is the appeal of Japanese art? The appeal is the culture, the complex minimalism, the food (!)..... I think its all related to who i was in a past life, I really connect to it on more than just a “i love sushi” sort of level. its more like a i’ve seen this, or i’m meant to be doing this. i think its really been around all my life. From my dad reading the Shogun series and me looking at the front covers in admiration when i was little… to eating sushi from a young age. I’m allergic to seaweed, it gives me crippling migraines, shame it took me 17 years to work that one out! So only the “top shelf, professional, lvl 72 mage” sushi for me! And what about the Thick Black Outline? Where did that come from? Do you ever get the desire to break free from it? Is there another style you’re itching to do, but people may be wanting you to stay in your current style because it’s individualistic and unique? TBO came from art school ~ should I even be saying this? ~ we used to have this injoke of saying “oh, that looks so cool but if you put a thick black out line around it would be 10 times better” lol. that really stuck with me after all these years, b/c it was true… it seems to be around a lot in cartoons, here on The Bub (i LOVE to see other people do it), i’ve seen McDonald’s use it… i’m not claiming to own it, mine is thicker than usual! ;) everyone should try it at least once and see what happens. To be honest i do feel a lot of pressure to stay in my style around here, but its all self inflicted. I don’t do a TBO for pieces that are too complex, it’s just not called for. But when i really want it to pop, i’ll use one… or if i want to get fancy.. 2!! I’d really like to get back into doing a more sketchy scribbly style of my yesteryear. What’s your favouritest tshirt you’ve ever worn? It was a pink shirt with Dick Dastardly and Mutley from the Wacky Races on it. It truly was a gem and I begged my mum to buy it for me when i was like 4 or 5. She didn’t want to get it b/c it seemed ‘evil’ and he was the ‘badie’, yet i believe my winning argument was that it was on pink! yay! What did you want to be when you were 6 years old? I wanted to be an architect. I really liked, and still like, looking at buildings, all the design elements, angles, and little parts that go into making it unique. Before that I wanted to be a model on the Price is Right, I’d practice the hand movements in my bedroom!! LOL! Who would you invite to a tea party to make it the most awesomest tea party ever staged? AHHH, well it would look something like The Tea Party for starters, which would be serviced by my fleet of stoned monk ninja sushi chef green tea bearers. We all need them, I have 10. And the guests would include, Jimi Hendrix, Flea, Michael Stipe, Freud, my year 12 Studio Arts teacher, the Dalai Lama, Kermit the Frog, Cookie Monster, and some of my long time fav kids from around these parts, Craig, Jumpy, Webgrrl, Scott, Chris, Lostboy, Sjem, Mikoto, bigfatrobot, onetonshadow, you caanan of course ;).... There’d be sushi and the most decadent cakes my fleet stoned monk ninja sushi chef green tea bearers can prepare, many based around white chocolate, milk chocolate and chili, and coffee… did i mention chocolate? Excellent beverages of course. The musical entertainment would be some smooth jazz cruisey thing, who’d play Tool covers most of the night, but Maynard would still sing. Later, my real imaginary band called Hot Sick, who are a heavy metal thrash covers band, who play Paula Abdul songs…. only! What inspires you? I’m inspired by The Bub a lot, i like it here. I’m inspired by a lot of music, i have a very diverse musical pallet. I love vintage posters, 50s pin ups, the muppet show and sesame street, manga, movies with subtitles, the whole ritual of making a cup of tea, jpop, ethnic arts and cultures, things that remind me of my childhood, heavy metal thrash cover bands who play Paula Abdul songs…. What are you most proud of? I’m proud of identifying my passions. I love passion and really running with something I enjoy like some obsessive compulsive, “we must extract the information!” sort of thing. I LOVE what I do, and I’m so thankful that I can do it with the energy i put into it. Slowly but surely I’m being recognised for that, its a tough gig. I’m proud of surpassing my hair growing aspiration Lara Croft, and now have a new one, Nariko. Goggle her kids! ;) If you could time travel, where would you go, and what would you do? I’d prob go to Woodstock 1969 first, and not take the bad acid by the towers, I think that would be just amazing, I’m always quite memorised when I see footage of it. I was raised on all that music, so I feel a big connection to it. Also, back to the Edo Period in Japan, to really see the culture at it’s purist form, as it was… and then back some more to the height of the Mayan and Egyptian Civilisations, and then way into the future… lets see if Futurama is right! So the next ten years are going to be pretty big, huh? How so? Yeah, its going to be huge. I’ll become a mum, and manufactured crap~pop will still get released to the next generation. They’ll grow meat in test tubes, and we’ll get told about global cooling this time. Robots will do more stuff for us… i like stuff. I hope to be designing fabric for pyjamas or something like that, Peter Alexander is my hero. How did you find the bubble? What made you stay and, well… flourish? I found The Bub via ArtsHub, and joined a week or so after it officially became live. It was such a different community, and I think a few of us from “that time” look back on it with a bit of a twinkle in our eye. Yes I have flourished here (thank you) a great deal. What I think the appeal is you get to know why people like what you do, and you want to give the kids more. You find out what they like, and what they don’t, its all positive feedback and reinforcement, which we all fuel our machines on. Everyone seems to be on the same creative page, or at the very least in the same chapter. Also, i like to look back at what i’ve done, and see how i’ve evolved, its very important as an artist to do that. Thank you Jen! And come back next week for more shirty fun, folks. :o) Caanan. Memory lane… The Original Strip BigFatRobot Chris Richards Paul McClintock David J Cunning Johdie Tambatoys Simon Sherry Ross Robinson Natalie Tyler thickblackoutline rubyred Liesl Yvette Wilson Chris Wahl Jaywalker sparklehen jemimalovesbigted purelydecorative nofrillsart Superteam: Non-Stop animo Tabita LilyM bahgoesthesheep LuckyVegetable o0OdemocrazyO0o MuscularTeeth

• Shirtheads - featuring rubyred
  by caanan

  It was a tough choice on which tshirt to feature this week, as there were so many to choose from / !http://images-0.redbubble.com/img/clot…

  It was a tough choice on which tshirt to feature this week, as there were so many to choose from / / but I finally settled on this one / What was a no-brainer though, / was the choice of rubyred / Fast becoming one of the most prolific bubblers at the moment, the man has uploaded more gold in the past month than I think I’ve done in the whole time I’ve been here! It’s boomtime! ;o) So, what do you like about Earth? It’s my home, and I always enjoy coming back!! I think growing up I was guilty of being fairly blinkered to wider global issues. But now, having two young children, it’s very clichéd, but you can’t help but think about their futures and their children’s futures. What we do or don’t do now is going to have a massive effect on what they have to deal with in the not too distant future. They are young but I’ll make sure my girls are more aware of the impact they have on their ‘home’ than I did (and most of the kids of my generation did) when I was growing up. Where do you think you fit into the grand scheme of things? Centre-left right at the back. I know I’m a very insignificant part of the overall picture but I still hope that there is something inside of me that may touch and affect a few people in the future. Who knows? Tough one second question in, c’mon caanan cut me some slack, ask me what my favourite colour is!!! (Deep blue verging on purple, for anyone interested) How did you find the bubble and what made you stick around? I found it with a straightforward Google search. I’ll be honest, I was looking for a way to make a little cash away from the day job and I came across Redbubble. I had a look around the site for a couple of days to see what it was all about before taking the plunge and joining up. I’ve been a graphic designer for around 15 years and felt that I’d become stuck in a rut creatively for a while now. Although I’ve only been a member of the site for 3 months, RedBubble and its members have given me a shot in the arm of renewed enthusiasm, and making sales is just a nice but secondary benefit. I still feel I’m finding my feet within the site, as my collection of varied work will testify, but I hope to be a part of the community for a long time to come and continue to benefit creatively in my day job from the feedback and interaction from some truly talented people. There are many other art sites out there but the Bubble feels somehow special. Even after this relatively short period of time, I think it’d feel odd to sign-up to another community. What’s your favouritest tshirt you’ve ever worn? When I was small (child of the seventy’s) I had a t-shirt with Animal from the Muppets and I loved it! It became one of those comfort things that you need all the time. I remember it wearing really thin and losing its shape (it couldn’t have been an American Apparel quality number) but insisted on wearing it all the time. I remember my mum hiding it to try and wean me off it. Is it just me or do other people remember t-shirts they wore at significant moments in their life? I remember my ‘Six Million Dollar Man’ tee I wore the first time I flew on a plane – made me feel like I was Steve Austin. What have been your highlights so far? RedBubble highlights: the first time somebody added me to their watchlist or getting my first comment (thanks Jen Cannella), to think that people ‘get’ your work and want to be told when you add more is a bit of a buzz. And of course, those little yellow messages telling you somebody has spent some hard earned on your ideas. Outside world: I did win a Paddington Bear colouring competition when I was 6, he did make me cry though when I went on stage to pick up my prize. Marmalade sandwiches still send a shiver down my spine to this day – damn that bear. Where, when, why, and how do your tshirt ideas come? They can come at anytime, and as you can see I have a fairly eclectic collection of designs. I travel to work on the train so I have a lot of time just to think, read and sketch. I might read something in the paper that sparks an idea that I can’t stop thinking about until I’ve sketched it down. Or, sometimes I drift off in meetings and picture ideas when I should be concentrating on marketing plans. I’m a graphic designer by trade so I’m used to looking at logos and branding and for whatever reason, I often see something else not meant, hidden beneath a design. I do like putting a twist on well known branding especially if it gives a few people a giggle. I can go through long periods with my serious head on but sometimes you just need to have a laugh and do something purely to raise a smile. What would you like to see make a comeback? Common sense, there are a lot of very intelligent people in the world but most seriously lacking in the common sense department. Oh, and spandex. I think spandex has received really bad press over the last few years. Have you ever found anything highly amusing that no-one else has? Apart from myself do you mean? I have been known to laugh at funerals, you know that nervous infectious laugh you get at really inappropriate moments. If Jesus came back today, what do you think would happen? He’d probably be invited to join Celebrity Big Brother, where he would eventually be voted out and then offered a 2-album lame recording contract and any of his worth or usefulness will be absorbed into the greyness of celebrity land. There are a lot of messages in your tshirts. What are you here to teach us? I’m not here to teach or be worthy. I just pick up on political/social issues and hope somebody else sees the same thing that I do. It’s not a conscious thing where I’m looking for the t-shirt in every circumstance or event, but sometimes a piece of news will stick with me and I’ll do a design to start a bit of dialogue with like minded people. For example my ‘Vote Death’ t-shirt based on the current events in Zimbabwe and other rigged ‘democratic’ elections around the world, is not expected to be a commercial success but if it generates a bit of thought around the subject then I’ve achieved something. thinking music The end! Memory lane… The Original Strip BigFatRobot Chris Richards Paul McClintock David J Cunning Johdie Tambatoys Simon Sherry Ross Robinson Natalie Tyler thickblackoutline rubyred Liesl Yvette Wilson Chris Wahl Jaywalker sparklehen jemimalovesbigted purelydecorative nofrillsart Superteam: Non-Stop animo Tabita LilyM bahgoesthesheep LuckyVegetable o0OdemocrazyO0o MuscularTeeth Sorry this week’s Shirtheads was up a little later than usual folks, I was at Toronto Zoo all day which is in the middle of nowhere! so I got home late. Also, if you haven’t yet, my comic, Celadore, is still up at zuda.com for the rest of May. Please help me win by clicking on my little banner / / reading, registering, favouriting, five starring and most importantly VOTING! :oD Help me achieve my goal of being an actual paid comic artist! And if I win, don’t worry, Shirtheads ain’t going anywhere. This is my baby. Redbubble is my second home. Which also brings me to send a big old THANK YOU to Redbubble for my own redbubble! Yay! I hear it is good for your posture. :o) See ya next week folks! Caanan.

• Shirtheads - featuring Liesl Yvette Wilson
  by caanan

  It’s not easy to pull off ‘sweet but sinister’... / Unless you’re Liesl Yvette Wilson that is….

  It’s not easy to pull off ‘sweet but sinister’... / Unless you’re Liesl Yvette Wilson that is. ;o) / This shirt in particular, and this one / / is what inspired me this week, but also the general scampiness of Liesl’s Tullulah. break out your evil grins folks, and smile with me ;o) So, what can you tell us about Tullulah? Is she based on anyone? What’s the story? What are the books you’re working on and when/where can we see them? Hmmmmm….Well as so often is the case, I don’t know where Tullulah came from, she kinda just showed up one day…she didn’t even bring any treats with her, not even a jar of Marmite, Tulluala’s really rude that way…at least Paddington brought his own suitcase. But no, she just landed on me…I’ve had to look after her ever since and it hasn’t been easy, cos she is such a little freak. Tullulah is a little bit me, a little bit my niece. I wrote a kid’s story called “Around the Corner and on the Left”, it was a quirky little piece about a kid that lived in a creepy house and was always fleeing from spooky things. My niece who was about five at the time, posed for the illustrations. She had her hair in bunches and it looked really cute. Much later when I was just tinkering around, with a simple character design for a grown-up fairy story, I worked from the basic illos of my niece…. And suddenly ‘T’ appeared. / There are quite a few stories featuring Tullulah, which is why she is so arrogant! The first to be printed is more for grandma and kiddies, unfortunately for all you ghouls out there. It is called a balloon and a bear. Printing is being organised and hopefully by the time my website is up and running, they will be ready to go! What were some of your favourite kids books growing up, and now? Wow, I have sooooo many fav books. As a very little kid I liked “Bread and Jam for Francis” and I have no idea who wrote that! I also loved Maurice Sendak ( Where the Wild Things Are.) Anything with beautiful illustrations, Richard Scarey etc. When I could read properly I loved “The Famous Five” and I still do…all that adventure and running unsupervised around the moors chased by circus people and jewel thieves, how could you not like it? What really influenced me was Alan Garner (“The Owl Service”,”Elidor”, “Red Shift”) I loved how weird it was and how not everything made sense, leaving you going “Hmmmmm, what was that about?”. What prompted the move from Aus to the UK? What are the differences? I moved here from Oz about five years ago…I had always wanted to try living in the UK and although it was really difficult, I’m glad that I have. It is a huge community of artistic people and it seems like everyone is an actor, writer, poet, singer. Amazing! I had sold work pretty consistently in Australia but it was usually wildlife photorealistic stuff and I couldn’t seem to break out of that with any real success, so I thought a move might just do that. If we took two cute furry animals, and cross bred them, which ones would they be, and what would we end up with? Well my absolute favourite animal is a ring-tailed lemur and I also love gliders, probably flying foxes would be the fav (yes I know they smell but so would you if you had to pee whilst hanging upside down! There is a bit of a design flaw there…) So I guess my little animal would be a lemur that could fly….how completely cool! How did you find the bubble? What made you join and stick around? Do you know what? I can’t remember how I found Red Bubble, I think I was just looking for artists and writer’s communities…I really don’t remember… What’s your favouritest tshirt you’ve ever worn? HmmmI don’t know about the fav shirt….I did have one that had a pig on it and it said…”Piggy Wiggy – Don’t eat me I’m a friendly animal!” I used to wear that to BBQs. What did you want to be when you were 6 years old? When I was six I wanted to be a writer…or a gymnastics instructor… What are you most proud of? I don’t know what I’m most proud of…I don’t really think that way…If I had to pick something I would say that I don’t give up easily. What are your minor and major goals right now? My major goals would be to sell Tullulah books online, and prove it can be done! I would love to work at my art and writing full time, but I am realistic about the possibilities of that – still every one needs a dream to motivate them! What do you think the world would be like if children were running things instead of the politicians? It depends how old the kids are…if they were all three year olds the world would be one big Baskin and Robbins! Better go buy some shares in sprinkles. Thanks Liesl! Don’t forget to come back next week, folks, for our next victim, but in the meantime, here’s some more art Liesl graciously supplied, just ‘cos I think it’s aces! :oD Caanan. Memory lane… The Original Strip BigFatRobot Chris Richards Paul McClintock David J Cunning Johdie Tambatoys Simon Sherry Ross Robinson Natalie Tyler thickblackoutline rubyred Liesl Yvette Wilson Chris Wahl Jaywalker sparklehen jemimalovesbigted purelydecorative nofrillsart Superteam: Non-Stop animo Tabita LilyM bahgoesthesheep LuckyVegetable o0OdemocrazyO0o MuscularTeeth

• Shirtheads - featuring Chris Wahl
  by caanan

  Eerily enough, I think this is the look most people get when I send them their Shirthead questions. / !http://images-2.redbubble.com/img/u…

  Eerily enough, I think this is the look most people get when I send them their Shirthead questions. / Chris Wahl is another one of those unstoppable bubblers who had a lot of funky tshirts to choose from / / but it was Paper Rock Scissors / / that ended up inspiring in me yet another simple, (and kinda nasty) gag. Think of it as a no-budget Curiosity Show. :oP Enjoy! What do you think are the decisions people use this game most for? What should be solved using Rock Paper Scissors? Usually, I think it’s used to decide who gets the short end of the straw. Like who’s gonna do the dishes, or who’s gonna climb the fence to retrieve the ball from Old Man Cooper’s haunted mansion, things like that. / Soccer matches should definitely use them on 0-0 draws. Definitely makes more sense than those stupid penalty shootouts. Maybe in the boxing ring as well, although the gloves might pose a problem. What inspires you, day by day? Creatively, the internet is a bottomless source of inspiration. The amount and array of fantastic art and artists inspires me to no end. Actually using the ‘stumble’ button on my Firefox browser is also a great source of inspiration. You never know what little gems you’re going to find. What do you enjoy drawing the most. Why? Besides women and monsters and the usual nerdish fare, I enjoy drawing the human face- eyes and mouths especially. You can convey so much emotion and character when those two features are drawn well. That’s one of the reasons why I enjoy drawing caricatures as well. What’s your favouritest tshirt you’ve ever worn? Back when I used to work at Disney Australia, I used to think I was some big rebel walking around the Disney corridors in a ‘Mickey Rat’ t-shirt. Most likely they just thought I was some big smartarse (and they were right). / Some honourable mentions though would go to my DC Vertigo Chris Bachalo Death shirt, My Cure Disintegration shirt and when I was younger, my Ghostbusters shirt. All faves. Who should come back from the dead as a zombie, and what would happen? Maybe the late actor, Jack Palance? His bone structure and villainous ham acting would be perfectly suited to the task. He’d be the best one-handed pushup zombie around. What did you want to be when you were 6? Unsurprisingly, I wanted to be a comicbook artist, since collecting comic books were a big part of my life growing up. I eventually realised I didn’t have the patience to do so and just stuck to illustration instead. I think I also wanted to be a puppeteer at one stage as well. What’s the funniest thing ever? A toss up between my 4 year old dancing, Bert and Ernie and cartoon gags on the internet involving airline safety art. If you were asked to create a new law for Australia, what would it be, and how would it be enforced? A no mullet law, especially on young children. Ever seen a 3 year old with a full-on chullet half way down their back? Very tragic. It’s a form of child abuse I tells ya! Under the new laws, asking for some ‘business in the front, party in the back’, ‘hockey hair’, a ‘chicago neckwarmer’ or a ‘MacGyver style’ cut at the local hairdressers will be a punishable offense. As much as I love David Bowie’s music, he’s to blame for this scourge of bad hair. Damn you Ziggy Stardust! How did you find the bubble? What makes you stick around? Fellow Aussie comic artist and previous Shirthead, Simon Sherry brought RedBubble to my attention via the Pulp Faction forums. Ever since then my paid work output has dropped considerably. Thanks again, mate! / I had a little break from the Bubble recently as I sometimes go through shifts in creative direction (meaning I have a short attention span) but dammit, t-shirt design is the coolest fun. I just couldn’t stay away! What will happen in the next five years? Most likely I’ll be frantically trying to justify my existence, both personally and creatively, since at the end of those five years I’ll be turning 40! Eep. Thanks Chris! Now get that worried look off your face… ;oP And I hate to be a broken record folks, but this is the last time I’ll mention it, I swear… Seeing as how it’s the final week and all… but Celadore is still struggling to keep the top spot over at Zudacomics.com so if you haven’t voted, there’s one week left to get me sailing over the finish line and finally be a legitimately paid comic artist. :oD Joy! Memory lane… The Original Strip BigFatRobot Chris Richards Paul McClintock David J Cunning Johdie Tambatoys Simon Sherry Ross Robinson Natalie Tyler thickblackoutline rubyred Liesl Yvette Wilson Chris Wahl Jaywalker sparklehen jemimalovesbigted purelydecorative nofrillsart Superteam: Non-Stop animo Tabita LilyM bahgoesthesheep LuckyVegetable o0OdemocrazyO0o MuscularTeeth

• Shirtheads - featuring Jaywalker
  by caanan

  Hi folks! Shirtheads is back in business this week, / dragging Jaywalker along in its wake. / !...

  Hi folks! Shirtheads is back in business this week, / dragging Jaywalker along in its wake. / I’ve often thought life might be more interesting if people broke out into spontaneous song and dance all willy-nilly, so this tee appealed to me pretty strongly. :o) / So, pull up a patch of concrete and get comfy, as we give our undivided attention to the fancy-dancin’ Jaywalker. So can you, in fact, break dance? Or used to? Want to? Why is it so cool? I can only break dance in online interviews now. I used to do it in public, but I couldn’t abide the constant requests from fans. You know, the usual: “Please don’t block our store front.” / “Someone get help! He’s bleeding!” / “Timmy, Sarah – look away.” But seriously, I am somewhat enamored with hip-hop culture. REAL hip-hop culture, that is. None of this childish peacocking, random woman bashing, and conformist money-grabbing that’s rampant now. Turntablism, beatboxing, freestyling, break dancing, and the whole nine. That stuff, the real talent, blows my mind. Online, though, I am actually still quite the prolific breakdancer. Ask me to do something. Anything. Can I get a caramel ninja snakebite? Just did it. It loses some of its effect when you can’t see it, I guess. How did you find the Bubble? What made you stick around and take to the Tshirting? My girlfriend [now fiancé] actually brought it to my attention. She spotted it in an article she was reading in a magazine called “RADIANT”. At the time, I had done very little design work at all [the odd design for family reunions, posters for failing 4H clubs] so she thought it would be a great place for me to stretch my legs. Foolish woman. I feel bad for her now, because she most definitely became a RedBubble widow shortly thereafter. My first designs went mostly unnoticed, but she was still so supportive and would always tell me that my designs were amazing, and that everyone else was just a dummy pants. Then she would rub my belly and give me E.L. Fudge cookies. Is anyone else suddenly hungry? I stayed because I had never considered the amazing canvas of the T-shirt, or the tremendous market for unique non-branded art-clothing. It amazed me some of the things I was seeing from designers like RubyRed, Yanmos, and Ross Robinson. And they really embraced me and welcomed me. I would send them a weekly digest in their BubbleMail outlining my shortcomings as a designer, and asking them to explain in detail how they achieved every miniscule detail of their design style. They could not have been more obliging. Roger [RubyRed] did send a horse head to my house once, but I think it was an accident, probably. I’ve since run into dozens more inspiring designers here [Simon Sherry, PixelProtest, Frank Stillitano, Plastica Tees, etc.]. What’s your favouritest tshirt you’ve ever worn? Ha. Well, I’m new to the sweet T-shirt game, but I think I remember wearing a Chicago Bulls tee into the ground when I was in 3rd grade or so. It was horrendous. It had huge a graphic of Michael Jordan, Toni Kukoc, and Scottie Pippen on the front, along with this great obnoxious text that read: “TRIPLE THREAT”. I think the triple threat was that shirt, my amazing tri-colored shorts with a red lightning pattern, and my Reebok Pumps. What are the awesomest things you’ve seen so far this year? Unfortunately, gas being over $4 has to be on my list. Awesome in the Biblical sense, I guess. I said I’d never be the type to discuss gas prices; I’d never be that lame and grown-up. But doggone it if they didn’t force my hand! Also, I saw a YouTube video in which two girls danced to Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger with corresponding words written on their limbs. It’s a must see if you’ve missed it. I also saw a war documentary recently on PBS, I think. It was based on some hand-drawn illustrations from this great young art student, and included voice narration. It was just, “Wow.” I recently found out that, in Africa, there’s a frog called the “Goliath Frog” that is roughly the size of a Beagle. So now I’m down to 5 continents I’d love to visit. Who would produce the soundtrack to your life, and what would some of the song titles be? The album would be produced by Chris Martin and Lauryn Hill. The band would be The War, and the singer would be Jonny Lang. Black Thought from the Roots would guest star on 5 tracks. The album would be entitled “In Defense of My Generation”. Tracks would include: “God Believes in Atheists”, “A Foot in the Door”, and the single “Older Than I Thought”. No explanation necessary, I’m sure. Who are your heroes? Why? My heroes are those people that give us all something to love about life. We all hit the grind 5 days a week, and we hope for that one thing that will make it worthwhile. Maybe it’s a great book, or a song or film. Maybe it’s some foundation doing ridiculously amazing things for the homeless or the abused. These people who do the amazing stuff while everyone else has to meet their weekly quota . . . they really inspire me, and help me keep moving forward when things get rough. Also, Dave Chappelle. Obviously. The most fun I ever had was when… I took a mission trip to Alaska, I think. A group of about 12 of us from the University of Georgia went into low-income villages and just hung out and tried to help a few families. The people on the trip were amazing, and the people in the village opened up to us immediately. I “hiked” for the first time, too. For those who envision a hike as a leisurely stroll through the woods, stopping to wave hello to bunnies and pick wildflowers, I implore you. Do your research first! When my friend offered to take me on a hike, I thought it would be a great way to take in the environ. However, when we got to the start point, I was looking around, perplexed. “I don’t see a trail. All I see is this frigging huge mountain.” Yeah, it was sort of a VERTICAL hike, it turned out. We seemed to be climbing rocks for days. But the view from the top was definitely a sight to behold. I mean, a photo would have done fine, I’m sure. That whole trip was great fun, though. Bytheway, Moose are HUGE. They’re like skinny elephants. What do children need to be taught the most? My fiance’ has a 6-year-old, and I have had the honor and privilege of being her practice adult. In my limited experience, I think the most important thing I’ve tried to help her grasp is that she can control much of her reality. Not everything is set in stone. Perfect example. This kid loves art. She steal my camera at every opportunity, loves painting, sculpting, everything like this. So I was drawing her a picture the other day to color. She sat and watched attentively, as I took hold of the orange crayon and began to draw a road. “What’s that?” / “A road, genius-brain.” [She loves being called this] / “Why isn’t it black? It’s thupposed to be black.” / “Well, since it’s our picture, it can be whatever color we want it to be.” / “Oh. Well, I want it to be bla . .” / “ANY color we want. Purple, green, gold . . . we use our imagination.” / “Okay.” Then I drew the sun, a simple semicircle peeking over the horizon. “There. Done.” / “What’s that?” / “The sun.” / “Where are the lines? I always draw the thun with lines coming out.” / “That’s because you’ve always seen it that way in pictures, but you can draw it however you want. The sun doesn’t really have lines coming out of it.” / “I like it with lin . .” / “Circles or squiggles or even nothing at all, see?” / “Okay. But I always draw it with lines.” Well, Rome wasn’t built in a day, right?! What did you want to be when you were 6? Why? I had no doubt in my mind that I would be a basketball player. I worshipped Magic Johnson. I had his instructional tape, “Put Magic In Your Game”. I practiced night and day. Over the next 11 years, I grew 4 inches. So now I play piano and do drawings. The next five years hold…? Wow. Well, the next two weeks hold a marriage, an “adopted” daughter, a new apartment, and possibly a new job. Five years might be a bit much to bite off at the moment! But I would love to be a designer, a musician, and a great Dad . . . one of those Dads that can make his wife and kids laugh at will, but still knows when to say when. I think I want to be Theo Huxtable. I’d love to learn to play the drums and the bass, amass a larger rock collection than my fiance’s daughter, seriously help some people who really need it, and write the great American novel. I’d love to have a son, and spend lots of weekends with the fam at the lake or the beach. I’d love to win the Threadless competition; personally thank Robin Williams for making ‘Dead Poets Society’; shake Bill Watterson’s hand; make a life-changing indie film . . . Thanks Jermaine! :oD And don’t forget to come back next week folks, as Shirtheads stays on track. I hope. Memory lane… The Original Strip BigFatRobot Chris Richards Paul McClintock David J Cunning Johdie Tambatoys Simon Sherry Ross Robinson Natalie Tyler thickblackoutline rubyred Liesl Yvette Wilson Chris Wahl Jaywalker sparklehen jemimalovesbigted purelydecorative nofrillsart Superteam: Non-Stop animo Tabita LilyM bahgoesthesheep LuckyVegetable o0OdemocrazyO0o MuscularTeeth

• Shirtheads - featuring sparklehen
  by caanan

  A picture tells a thousand words / as do these tshirts !http://images-3.redbubble.com/img/clothing/bodycolor:teal/size:small/style:wome…

  A picture tells a thousand words / as do these tshirts by sparklehen Open yourselves to a little illumination this week, as we gather some more thoughts from sparklehen – take it away ‘Sparky’! ;o) Any first date experiences you can share with us? Disastrous or no? When I first started dating I seemed to be asked out by “bad boys ” which some girls might be attracted to, but I was really a goodie two shoes….. / Wait a minute, I think I might be getting mixed up with the storyline from Grease! No, I really can’t think of any disastrous first dates, but my mind would wander (really badly!) if the conversation wasn’t going well or they didn’t make me laugh. Hence this series, but I wanted Jane and Keith to actually like each other. It would have been a cheap shot for Jane to be nasty about Keith (Or maybe I’m subliminaly trying to correct my past!) I just have to state that my first date with my husband was obviously very successful and there was no mind wandering going on what so ever! What are some everyday random thoughts you’ve never vocalised before but can share with us now? Hmmm, I suppose swearing, I love swearing in my head. Oh yes, I can say what I like to whom I like. You see I have two pre-school aged boys, I have to watch what I say now. Thing is I didn’t swear very much before having children. I think it’s when you are forbidden to do something the temptation becomes greater! Who do you think should be put into a locked room together and not let out until they’re the best of friends? I could easily say certain political leaders for obvious reasons. Instead I’m going to say my head and my guts (ok I know that’s a what not a who, please bare with me) But they are in conflict an awful lot, and I’m fed up with being indecisive. We all know to go with your “gut feeling” but to be honest I sometimes don’t know which is which. I’m becoming a ditherer. Any advice on how to tune in on my digestive tract is welcome! What’s your favouritest tshirt you’ve ever worn? This is a tough question, because you’re asking me to choose and you have all just found out how bad I am at making decisions! (10 minutes later) Ok I’m back. Based on the number of times they have been washed. My favouritest tee is Dendoo’s So Not Sophisticated however, I’m due to buy another RB Tee so I’m afraid that will be my next new best tee. What do you remember most from your childhood? Why? I was watching a programme about diets through the different ages and last night’s one was about the 1970’s. I was born in 1974 so I do remember some of it. It’s hard to pin it down to one thing, as your childhood is made up of so many things good and bad. Sweeties (Lollies or Candy) being one of them. / There seemed to be a lot of fizzy stuff around like sherbet dabs, flying saucers refreshers and wham bars. Sorry to be uncouth, but I could empty a room eating all that stuff. All those chemicals must have really upset my insides something awful! What are the most important lessons children need to learn ASAP? As a mother this is something I ask myself a lot, and of course the answer changes a lot. We need to teach our children to be positive, and approach life and all its challenges with a positive outlook. All I see in the media is doom and gloom and I sometimes despair and wonder what kind of world I have brought my children into. However this is not helpful or constructive to think this way, so a more positive attitude has to be adopted or what’s the point in going on? Each generation has had to face adversity in one form or another, obviously some worse (a lot worse) than others, but we are still here! If you were Prime Minister for a day, what new law would you create and how would it be enforced? I would ban all celebrity gossip magazines. I know it would be an unpopular law. I have found myself, on occasion, reading them and getting sucked in. When I have finished I feel absolutely filthy, and promise never to indulge or encourage this dirty and evil pastime again, until the next time! So they would all be taken off the shelves and Doctors waiting rooms tables, easy! What would you like to happen every day for the rest of your life? I want to be able to laugh everyday for the rest of my life, even on my death bed. See the humour in everything! Because laughing (I’m talking about a hearty belly laugh that leaves your sides and jaw aching) is so much better than moaning and it means you’re fearless! What are some inspirational things you’ve seen in ‘08 thus far? Well it’s more like inspirational people. I’ve come across a few this year. / My sons are my biggest inspiration, their innocence, the way they ask questions all the time and the way they use their imaginations are wonderful! This year I have come across some, actually many, amazing artists. Karin Taylor her joyful, colourful and energetic characters always make me feel happy. Jemimalovesbigted and talianadesign create the most funky and sunny retro patterns. Not forgetting purelydecorative who does the most beautiful vintage inspired collages. How did you find the Bubble? What made you stick around? It was purely by accident, just browsing really, and I thought that I would give it a try. I never thought for one minute people would be interested let alone buy my t-shirts. I’ve stuck around because of the above mentioned artists (of course they are but a few who are inspirational and wonderful) You can easily spend hours being awe inspired; This is a fantastic place to be! I would like to thank everyone who has looked at my work and thought it was worth commenting on, favouriting and buying. But not forgetting Caanan for his fantastic creations, I’m honoured! And thank YOU, Sparky! Memory lane… The Original Strip BigFatRobot Chris Richards Paul McClintock David J Cunning Johdie Tambatoys Simon Sherry Ross Robinson Natalie Tyler thickblackoutline rubyred Liesl Yvette Wilson Chris Wahl Jaywalker sparklehen jemimalovesbigted purelydecorative nofrillsart Superteam: Non-Stop animo Tabita LilyM bahgoesthesheep LuckyVegetable o0OdemocrazyO0o MuscularTeeth On a side note, I will be in Sydney this weekend, and was hoping to have a big group catch up with any Sydney-side readers but I don’t know anything about the place. If anyone knows of a great cafe or pub – where it’s quiet enough to talk, and clean enough to maybe break out the pencils and have a little fun, can you bubblemail me with some suggestions, and I’ll post a more formal call to action in the next couple of days. (Oh, and preferably close in the city, as I will probably be staying at some cheap centrally located hostel). Cheerio! Bubblemail me, Sydneysiders! Do it. Do it now…

• Shirtheads - featuring jemimalovesbigted
  by caanan

  Let’s get funky this week with / jemimalovesbigted / !http://images-1.redbubble.com/img…

  Let’s get funky this week with / jemimalovesbigted / and some Jello Cups / Mm. Tasty. :o) Are these in fact jello cups, or was it a pattern first that you named after the fact? What inspires your designs? Is it random discovery or do you set yourself goals? I was born in the late 70’s so by the time I was old enough to realise what was going on we had hit the 80’s, the era of bad hair and fluorescent socks (oh and don’t think it looks good now kids just cause its being re-hashed)… It never sat well with me. Bell bottoms, short skirts, peace, love and mung beans kept calling me back to the 70’s where the patterns were big and lairy and the polyester revolution was born. I love the fashion, the music, the energy of that time, so when I go to design a pattern, inevitably I get lulled back to those over the top styles and especially the colours. That is where my main inspiration comes from. As for the name Jello cups, well when that pattern evolved on screen, that is what popped into my head… I usually enjoy naming them all after creation, and it is part of the fun… I try and make sure the name reflects my inspirations for example Bond Lounge and Setting Sail on the Seas of Retropolis / / What have been some patterns you’ve noticed over your lifetime? Ooooh many patterns occur throughout life, like the pattern of being eternally broke, or the pattern of idiocy that keeps bringing shows like Big Brother and Today Tonight on to the telly… Or what about the pattern of apathy that stops us from moving forward in trying to undo some of the wrongs that we have committed towards the environment and humanity… I should stop there, I am getting all excited. How did you find the bubble? What made you stick around and get active? I was surfing the web one day and I can’t remember exactly which site I was on, but an advert popped up, or was there, about this new site launching in the near future for artists called RedBubble and all you had to do was promise them your first born son – no actually it was just my email address to be notified of when the site was up and running… So I received an email telling me RedBubble was live and I signed up. I think it was the first day. I stuck around because I was really excited by Peter’s vision and thought it was an absolutely marvellous idea for artists to be able to peddle their wares, and help to get a name for themselves. When I signed up I think there were like 15 people and I was immediately sucked in by “Paul Vanzellas”: http://www.redbubble.com/people/paul beautiful photography. His urban landscapes blew my mind. I know its cliché but it is so true. He and so many other people on this site are such an inspiration… like Sparklehen who you will all be so familiar with by now, Natalie Perkins who creates the most gorgeous curvy women integrated with heavenly patterns and wonderful paisleys, the best you will EVER see. “Juilee Pryor”: http://www.redbubble.com/people/juileep who has a way with a camera and film unlike any other (like a camera whisperer or something) and Chelsgus who is an amazing painter and she uses the most delicious pallets around. Why would I go anywhere else?? P.S. there are so many more I wish I could fit you all in. / / What’s your favouritest t-shirt you’ve ever worn? Haha Favouritest is the best word ever by the way =) …. Ummm it is now a toss-up between this one, this one and “this one”: http://www.redbubble.com/people/stuartm65/clothing/766511-2-i-fuckin-love-colouring-uk-spelling that made my partner and I laugh so hard and for so long, I just had to get it! And everyone here loves gratuitous RedBubble advertising right?! …It is actually true, I was not much of a t-shirt wearer before this lil’ community started up, and there are so many more that I want to get… For example this one is next on the list =P What did you want to be when you were 5 years old? Why? I don’t know, 6 years old… But from about 8 on I was addicted to drawing. I used to copy the characters out of Archie comics. So for as long as I do remember I wanted to be something creative, but that changed as I grew from being just an “artist” to a photographer, then to a film director. I didn’t end up being a world famous film director but I am pretty happy I have pursued my passion for photography and drawing, just now I draw on a computer instead. / What are the most inspiring things you’ve seen/heard of this year thus far? I find inspiration all the time from many people and situations, but I would have to say the MOST inspiring thing I have heard/seen this year hands down is Kevin Rudd’s apology to the Native people of Australia. I think that a collective exhalation of breath happened on 13 Feb. It was a very long time coming and it really made me feel excited about living in Australia again, it seems that I did not feel comfortable here under the rule of the short man with big eyebrows. How’s the next ten years looking? Busy, Busy, Busy! I really wonder what I used to do with my time before I had a child… I plan on finishing my degree – FINALLY and hopefully getting my design business really up and running. It only plods along at the moment (through choice) I have a few little plans up my sleeve on how to make some extra cash through being creative as well, but I am not giving all my secrets away…* Note see question 9 =) How could a sunny Sunday afternoon become the most awesome sunny Sunday afternoon ever? Ooooh a live band or ten somewhere outside with all my friends sitting back enjoying the sunshine, the music and the company… Oh and there should be loads of yummy food and nice wine included with that scenario. Or Jesus, Moses, Mohamud, Hubbard, Bealzebub, Shiva/Visnuet al, Krisna and etc …. all together in a jello ring battling it out for world supremacy and domination. My money is on Buddha, he could give some major belly bumps with that gut! Can you invent something for us the world might need? I actually already have but I really can’t tell cause then someone might steal the idea. Sorry! / / Got heroes? Yeah! The whole first and second series…. I can’t wait till series 3 starts. =P Me either. Me either… :oP Thanks Jemima! As always, tune in next week folks for more shirty goodness! Memory lane… The Original Strip BigFatRobot Chris Richards Paul McClintock David J Cunning Johdie Tambatoys Simon Sherry Ross Robinson Natalie Tyler thickblackoutline rubyred Liesl Yvette Wilson Chris Wahl Jaywalker sparklehen jemimalovesbigted purelydecorative nofrillsart Superteam: Non-Stop animo Tabita LilyM bahgoesthesheep LuckyVegetable o0OdemocrazyO0o MuscularTeeth And on a related note. It was GREAT to meet a couple of fellow bubblers this weekend in Sydney. So, Rhys and Matt. Cheers! You guys rock. ;o)

• Shirtheads - featuring purelydecorative
  by caanan

  This week’s strip is inspired by purelydecorative !http://images-0.redbubble.net…

  This week’s strip is inspired by purelydecorative and this fantastic design… but also partly inspired by the multitude of journal entries that pop up on the bubble from disillusioned artists who can’t make a sale and are thusly calling it quits. They seem to be a regular weekly (or more) occurence. Here’s to you! Why do you take photos? I’ve always done this memory thing all my life, even when I was a little girl, of forcing myself to stop and really impress the moment on my memory when I’m doing something, or am somewhere that is really significant to me. These significant moments aren’t always beautiful ones either, but I guess I feel like I’m trying to store them up to help my future self remember something significant. So taking photographs is a way to do that in solid form, and a lot more reliable than my memory too. Plus, sometimes things are just so heart-breakingly beautiful to me I just want to keep them forever…hence the photo. My partner Ben is a musician and he once wrote a song that described it this way : “taking pictures of the things that you love to have in two dimensions in your hand, so you can remember…” What has inspired you throughout your life that has brought you to this creative existence? Why do you do what you do? Wow, these are big questions and to be honest I’m not even sure I know the answers. Can I get away with putting on a goofy face, shrugging and saying “ I dunno”? My love of nature has to be a big part of it. I was drawn to textile design, which is the first paid creative work I did, partly through a love of clothes and fabrics, and partly through a love of pattern…inspired by Nature. I was always mesmerized by the amazing patterns in Nature- the tiny stripes on a flower petal or the random splattering of clouds in the sky, it’s all so perfect. That’s also why I call myself “Purely Decorative” because it’s a kind of statement in favour of allowing art to be just decorative and beautiful and joyful, without necessarily having to be deeply conceptual and/or minimalist. Not that I am against those things but I am against the current tyranny of those things in art. I guess I do what I do- not really sure what that is right now- but anyway, I do that because while I’m drawing, painting, photographing or whatever, I lose a sense of myself and time and just drift along happily in a little creative bubble…hmm, is that where Red Bubble comes from? Now I get it. I like that feeling of being so absorbed in creating that everything else fades away. It’s probably similar to the effect of meditating I guess. Of course when things aren’t going so well it’s just plain frustrating, but that just spurs you on . How did you find the bubble, and what made you stick around and create? I was lying in bed one morning- something I’m very good at, and listening to Melbourne’s Triple R community radio station, when one of the announcers did a spiel on Red Bubble and made it sound irresistible. She’s the person behind Clemformation, and her tshirt designs are very simple and clever. So, that day I checked it out, loved it and off I went. Kitsmumma was one of the first people to comment on my work, and she is such a lovely supportive and inspiring artist that I’d have to say she really made me keen to stick around. Then of course other people also came along like Tambatoys , Sparklehen and Jemimalovesbigted to name but a few, and the community aspect of Red Bubble has been just so lovely for someone like me who works alone most of the time. What do people overlook? How incredibly, microscopically short our lives are, and how our time is our only true wealth. Honesty. And of course, the benefits of full-cream milk and real butter. Yum. What’s your favouritest tshirt you’ve ever worn? This is tough because even though I have some favourite tshirts that I’ve actually worn, I have many more that I don’t own….yet. / To be strictly correct in answering this question (rare for me) I’ll stick with ones I have actually worn; this one Eat Money? from the New Internationalist organization, the back says: / Only when the last tree has died / and the last river been poisoned / and the last fish been caught / will we realise we cannot eat money. and this one from Tambatoys and this one from Jesus and Pablo Diablo. What did you want to be when you were six? An air-hostess with a pale blue 1960’s style suit with matching pumps and flight case, or an archaeologist- no, maybe that came later, around 12-ish I’d say….or an artist. When did you last laugh til you cried? Why? Looking at a silly email someone sent me of one of those poor cats with the “lion cut”-it just looked so incredibly embarrassed to be made to look like that, and the cut is ridiculous. I love silliness. If you could give everyone in this world one thing, what would it be? Why? The chance to experience someone else’s life for just a day- might help make us all a bit more tolerant of each other. Or the ability to see the Earth in 50 years time- might make us all stop being so blasé about the oxygen we breathe. A block of Lindt chocolate may not hurt either. Where would you like to go? Why? Kyoto in Japan, because it’s a repository of all that is magnificent in Japanese design and craft and I think Japanese design is the best I’ve ever seen. New York- for the art museums and zeitgeist and because it’s New York. New Zealand to just walk and walk and walk in stunning wilderness. Canada for the same reason. Great Barrier Reef- because it’s incredible and won’t be here too much longer. / There are many, many other places- these just popped into my head first. Got dreams? I dream of one day building my own stone and wood house on a bit of land by the sea, with the mountains behind it and a stream and a huge orchard and vege garden…and a little separate studio where I create my world renown masterpieces just for the sheer joy of it. Down the road -not too close, but within walking distance is a lovely little village full of creative and compasionate people, and a fabulous pub with a beer garden-that’s about it. You did say “dream” right? I certainly did Thanks Rebecca! And don’t forget to come back next week, folks! for more shirty goodness. ;o) Memory lane… The Original Strip BigFatRobot Chris Richards Paul McClintock David J Cunning Johdie Tambatoys Simon Sherry Ross Robinson Natalie Tyler thickblackoutline rubyred Liesl Yvette Wilson Chris Wahl Jaywalker sparklehen jemimalovesbigted purelydecorative nofrillsart Superteam: Non-Stop animo Tabita LilyM bahgoesthesheep LuckyVegetable o0OdemocrazyO0o MuscularTeeth

• Shirtheads - featuring nofrillsart
  by caanan

  This week we bring you some more nofrillsart! / No, not my comics… this nofrillsart !ht…

  This week we bring you some more nofrillsart! / No, not my comics… this nofrillsart And there was lots to choose from, but there was one I found particularly interesting… It is there. See? What would you do, if you had a Stealth-bomber? Well obviously I would be super stealthy! Maybe I would cut a few hot laps round town…try and impress Wonder Woman. Actually, I would probably complain about the cost of fuel and have to pick up an extra paper round or something just to get it out of the driveway. After that I would see the world…South America, China, Egypt are top of my list… really as if it wouldn’t be totally cool, tell me I’m wrong. Ignoring the fact of course that they are purpose built killing machines, they do also look damn sexy! What fuels you to create? How did you end up on the creative path? Hmm…I guess you are not after an answer like a hot Milo late at night to give me a sugar rush?! Well, I guess I am driven by the notion that ‘us’ humans are doing so many things wrong, that with a little introspect and thought we could do so much better. I guess that’s what I try to address the most with the messages in my art. I also tend to get fueled and inspiration to create artworks from a wide variety of areas in pop culture such as from reading the paper or watching the news, documentaries, movies, music and lastly by visiting galleries. I also really like to work with other artists on public art projects as that will always keeps you on your game. As for how I got on the creative path, thankfully I had a very supportive upbringing with lots of access to art supplies being that my mother was an Art teacher. I combine this background with having a bit of an obsessive need to create, which defines and justifies being able to call myself an artist and provide an excuse for being creative and generally making a mess. How did you find your way to the Bubble, and what made you take to the tshirting? I first heard about the Bubble from a good friend of mine Ive Sorocuk (nonstop). But it wasn’t till one Friday night when he rocked round to my joint sporting one of his new RB tees that I went…I’m so there! I had actually done a little screen printing in the past, a few spray stencil tees and a bunch of them using transfer paper for exhibitions. So when I saw the quality and ease of using the bubble I was instantly hooked. I always figured my artwork was graphic enough to sit well on a t-shirt and I like the idea of art being outside the gallery system at street level. And the rest is, as they say, history. (Sorry, I have always wanted to say that line!) What’s your favouritest tshirt ever? Yikes, I knew this question was coming. I have had so many cool tees over the years. But I guess I have the fondest memories of being a young kid and getting a Ghostbusters iron transfer t-shirt from Myer in Melbourne…complete with, cringe… my name on it in felt lettering. I saw it get made while I waited and I loved that shirt. In retrospect I’m not too sure about why I put my name on it, but I think it must have made me feel like part of the Ghostbuster’s crew or something. I’m also pretty partial to sjem’s Rats of the sky t-shirt with the text no pigeons written on it, but I can’t say it is my favorite because I get really uncomfortable stares when I wear it into take away food shops…especially chicken joints?! What did you want to be when you were 12? I always made Art, but back then I wasn’t aware you could actually make a living out of it. So my goal as a child was to be a hunter. But the twist is I wanted to hunt people who hurt animals! As animals were my next great love as a child (Not in the biblical sense). What would you do with a million dollars? You mean after I finished rolling around in it? I would not go back to work that is for sure. Not that I hate my job or anything, but I am not a morning person and truth be told I don’t like clocks and having to work to them. I would probably buy a building to set up as a gallery and art studios. Then put enough in the bank to live off the interest. Following this I would help out my family and a few close friends. And finally set up an art based charity to help change the cliché of the starving artist. War. What is it good for? Not much. But it is often used as an ‘excuse’ for religious, political or social bigotry or economic gain. Who do you admire? I admire so many people for so many reasons. First and foremost it would be my parents and friends for supporting and accepting me. In terms of Art it goes without saying that currently the artists Banksy and Shepard Fairey are favorites. Locally in terms of artists it would be my good friend David Dellafiora (Field Study), who I work with on heaps of projects out in the real world. On Redbubble there are so many great artists. But I guess right now I most look forward to seeing anything by Lucan Industries, Danny Nolan, Scott Robinson and Ruby Red in my activity monitor. Basically anyone who is creative, intuitive, honest and peaceful gets my respect. Who needs to be locked up, away from society? Oh, too easy! Politicians, they do more damage than anyone else. Some may say me because I can be a social menace, but it’s all lies! 20 years in the future! What do you see? Seriously, my eyesight really isn’t that great! Hmm…Thickblackoutline will give me so much grief if I don’t say something positive here. Hopefully, I see myself still making art, happy and having accomplished any goals I set myself. I like just being, plodding along so it is hard to get that wrong. In terms of the world I think there will be some radical changes in environmental aspects because this is about to hit a critical mass. As for issues of violence in the world I think twenty years is two short a time for much reform on this. I would be happy enough if in twenty years I was able to look back and say, ‘Yeah there is still a fair way to go, but we are heading down the right path.’ Skipping all the way… ;o) Thanks Glen! And next week? More Shirtheads. You lucky sods. You lucky, lucky sods. :oP Memory lane… The Original Strip BigFatRobot Chris Richards Paul McClintock David J Cunning Johdie Tambatoys Simon Sherry Ross Robinson Natalie Tyler thickblackoutline rubyred Liesl Yvette Wilson Chris Wahl Jaywalker sparklehen jemimalovesbigted purelydecorative nofrillsart Superteam: Non-Stop animo Tabita LilyM bahgoesthesheep LuckyVegetable o0OdemocrazyO0o MuscularTeeth