There is a great little boutique in Dallas called We Are 1976 that specializes in all kinds of indie art stuffs. I was invited to be a part of a show they are having this Friday (February 11th) called No. 76 Special Edition. The show will feature exclusive new T-shirt designs and art prints from many of the top independent artists from the Dallas area. I was born and raised in Dallas, so guess I still make the cut.
My design contribution is titled, “Unwanted.” I wanted to make something that paid homage to Texas, so I took inspiration from old West “Wanted” posters, and of course I had to put a GOST spin on it. I just finished the graphic over the weekend. This will be no small feat (miracle!) if I can pull off designing a brand new shirt, from first sketch, to final design, from the printer in Santa Ana to the show in Dallas, all in one week!
As if I wasn’t cutting things close enough, I got the bright idea that I would hand grind the edges on all of the shirts (with sandpaper) and hit them all with some custom bleach embellishments. I am only making an extremely limited quantity of these shirts (about two dozen), so I figured why not give them all some hand-made, custom love. I guess I just didn’t think very much about how much time I would be adding to the process.
I do this to all of my own personal shirts and love the way it looks. Unfortunately after grinding and bleaching 24 shirts my hands were a little worse for the wear, but I think the shirts are going to look great! Tomorrow the shirts will be dropped off with the printer and if all goes as planned I’ll get them back in time to ship them to Dallas by Friday.
I can’t wait to see how the finished product turns out and I hope that anyone who is in the area will show up for the reception Friday night at We Are 1976. Unlike Franky you are all extremely WANTED!
We Are 1976
1902 N. Henderson Ave. Dallas, TX 75206
Arlo
GOST
Happy Holidays from GOST! Hope your stockings won’t be filled with coal.
A funny thing happened while “shopping” this year. I have a warehouse full of awesome gifts (GOST Product, hello!), so holiday shopping is usually a breeze. Well I promised a good friend a GOST Zombie T-shirt in yellow, but sold out of them before I had a chance to grab him one. A promise is a promise, so I did something I’ve never done before and went online to shop for a GOST shirt! I ended up finding exactly what I was looking for at Aggressive Mall and paid full retail for one of my own shirts.
Amall let’s you write reviews of the products that you purchase to help assist other buyers. I couldn’t resist writing a review of my GOST Zombie shirt!
Here’s hoping that you all find exactly what you’re hoping for (GOST tees!) under your Christmas trees this year.
Happy Holidays!
Arlo
GOST
Franky made an appearance on this bombed out ukulele. Thanks to stickerdrop.com for sharing the photo!
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Arlo
GOST
The night that started it all is back for the Summer! Busywork, Orange County’s most influential party will be heating up the Summer starting Wednesday, June 30th and then carrying on every Wednesday in July with new acts and major headliners. As always, Busywork’s much beloved resident DJs: Dan Sena, Rockberry and G-MO will be holding it down each and every week, along with select special guests. Last, but not least, yours truly got to come through with some new poster art to promote the event. Check out Franky passed out in the kiddie pool singing. “Louie, Louie” to himself! You can’t tell from the illustration, but the kiddie pool is on the roof! It’s gonna be a good Summer!
Arlo
GOST
The new GOST stickers have finally arrived! We’ve been getting a lot of requests for these and now they are here.
To get your hands on some of these new stickers just send one dollar and a self-addressed-stamped-envelope (S.A.S.E.) to the following address:
GOST Brand
1816 W. St. Anne Pl.
Santa Ana, CA 92704
For our international fans please click the following link to receive special instructions:
International Instructions
All sticker packs will be randomly assorted.
Arlo
GOST
We finally started shipping out the Spring/Summer 2010 product today.
We got everything unloaded and put away.
Steven and G-MO got to inspect the colorways that they came up with for the “More War” hoodies.
We’ll have more photos of the complete line, including all of the tees, v-necks and tank tops uploaded for you soon.
Arlo
GOST
All of our Summer production is in the final stages and finally starting to come back from getting relabeled and finished (folded, bagged, etc.). I met up with Carlo who is helping with production and looked over the new designs.
One of the cool parts about our production, that is not very well known, is that we always make some special, extremely limited items, typically for friends and family (and ourselves!). Carlo is holding up a 3X shirt that was custom ordered. We don’t typically offer 3X.
I always like to make some V-necks for myself. The “Psycho Franky” graphic is not officially offered as a V-neck, but you better know I’m gonna be wearing one!
We also always like to include some stuff for our lady friends. We don’t officially offer any GOST product for women (yet), but we always print some exclusives in every line for the special women in our lives. LuLu is holding up one of the custom tank tops I had made for my girlfriend, Nikki.
When it comes to GOST I truly believe that every piece is special. I work hard to come up with graphics that are fun and original and true to the unique ethos of GOST. I know it’s not for everyone, but it is not designed to be. The people who get it, get it. Get it??
I try to keep all of my friends outfitted in GOST and making some special one-of-a-kind items helps to keep me from feeling like I’m always dressed exactly like everyone I know (squeezing my giant ass into my daughter’s jeans helps sometimes too!). I’m in a position to hook myself up with some special perks, but I like to think that everyone who wears GOST feels like they are getting something that is truly unique.
Arlo
GOST
Fundoe® is pretty much just what it sounds like, it’s a cross between cookie dough and Play-Doh®. The kids received some recently as a gift, so over the weekend we decided to bake some cookies.
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