There isn't an Autoblography fan club...as such, so I think that if I am to knock up a few t-shirt and hoodie designs through Cafe Press they might as well not be of the 'OMG AUTOBLOGRAPHY COOL' variety. This way, I figure, potential buyers won't be so embarrassed as to immediately relegate their new purchase to the 'Wear As Pyjamas' department of their wardrobe.
I'm not even sure I'll put the URL on all of them, or maybe just have it as an option. They might have a little basis in the past few taglines or themes or whatever, but other than that they might as well have nothing to do with this site at all:
1. History Will Be Kind To Me, For I Intend To Buy It Drinks
Quite possibly my favourite past tagline. Current design brainstorming favours an old man with a scythe and an hourglass doing tequila slammers. Quite how I'll draw that and get it all onto a t-shirt without it looking utterly cack is beyond me. I might use the new-found illustrative genius of my better half.
2. I Could Tell You, But I'd Be Lying
Could stand on its own as a text-only tee. Thoughts?
3. Coffee Shop Of Your Very Dreams Merchandise
The future doesn't look bright for the CSOYVD. I am busy, and as virtual drinking and eating establishments go, the Coffee Shop Of Your Very Dreams is time intensive. Hella time intensive. As they say, it's not what you do, but the way that you do it, and while virtual drinks might be a little...2003...I am still proud of how all the little quirks and themes and...historical accidents...turned out. So we'll see. It may return. Maybe.
However. I have fleeting mental images of a tee shirt or even a tote bag with the Uberpercolator on...or even Kaffene, the briefly-appearing God of Coffee Delivery who bore a striking resemblance to Mercury/Hermes only with a blacker outfit...
4. Blah Blah Boyfriend Blah
Not my words. Might do pretty well on a girl's tee.
5. The Flying Fish
Doodle previews to follow. I like the flying fish. He cool.
Hmmm.
Look its not my fault, you kind of put it out there for me.
Not my words. Might do pretty well on a girl's tee.
I think I'd do pretty well on a girls tee.....
See it's not my fault. You encourage me.
Is that a golf joke?
No. It's something that sounded funnier in my head. You know, me on a girls tshirt. As in physcially. Ah it's really not funny at all is it, just makes me sound like a dodgy groper.
I also tried to crack a joke with tees/tease but it too was funnier in my head.
I'm sorry I'm such a lost cause. I'll make up for it with a beer in August.
how about some nice topical tee shirts with the fourth amendment (barring unreasonable searches and seizures) and, in big red letters:
"I do not consent to this search!"
I propose a new "Sevitz Mode" for this blog. When Adrian's IP is detected, the "Post" button automatically redirects to a preview screen, with the words "Now, are you *really* sure that's funny?" appended below.
The problem with that, is I still do think it's funny.
Surely I do get one that other people think are funny on occasion?
I would probably buy the blah blah boyfriend blah shirt. You know, in theory, not in real life.
I would probably buy it in real life. But only if I was coming to new york.
One drunk old man time illo, COMING RIGHT UP.
illo?
What? I'm confused.
oh, you know darling, illustration. like we say, you know, IN THE BIZ.
I'm sure if you speak nicely to Doctor Pockless, he might know someone who could rustle up some little cool logos for you. Not that krissa's illos aren't fabulous, of course.
I want a blah blah boyfriend blah t-shirt please. Will it be made in a sweatshop?
For the record, I wouldn't actually allow stuart to put any of my silly photoshop line drawings on a tee shirt. I want him to turn a profit, yo, baby wants diamonds.
Heh.
Good point Karen. As some of the cafe press stuff proudly touts itself to be 'Made In America' I doubt those, at least, are sweatshop made, but I'll check on the other ones.
Krissa, you are a genius.
Unfortunately the Diamond Outlook is poor.
I am (in a nice way) ever so slightly more amused than horrified at your assumption that sweatshops don't exist in the good old US of A. The company I work for started out ONLY inspecting american factories; the China thing is just a sideline...
And of course 'Made In America' could mean the continent, couldn't it; and there are definitely sweatshops in Mexico and Guatemala.
A good tip, as you probably know, is American Apparel - morally organic clothes in very bright colours.
Lecture over.
American Apparel IS morally organic, which accounts for SOME of the markup on their prices. The rest of the absolutely heinous markup is all due to its cultish hipster following. 35 dollars for a white tee shirt?!
more importantly, to me at least, their stuff is not flattering unless you are a skinny heroin addict.
..which poses a serious moral dilemma.
Whether it is better to brave the ethical minefield of sweatshop-produced clothing, or to take the only other road open to the logical and sensible thinker; become a heroin addict and wear American Apparel, when heroin production methods might include the use of pesticides.
You know the heroin addict waif look is one of my favourite looks.
don't forget the terrorists poisoning our drug supply! American Apparel supports teh terror!
Hence the Afghani conflict, natch.
Speaking as the self-appointed local authority on the matter, there are few things more important than ethically produced garments and shoes. However, among those things are a) style and b) price.
Which is why I'm still wearing Faith shoes.
Keeping the faith eh.
Hey, Stuart. How's "Sevitz Mode" progressing?
All of a sudden very quickly, thanks Pete.
Style over substance: Making it a lifestyle choice since 1980, baby.
Most people I would question their ability to make such a choice from birth, but I'm married to you, and I don't doubt it for a second.
So you're saying Stu is more Style than substance? Thats cold.
:-)
(expects to suffer for this comment)
I can live with the imbalance.
Just as long as there's some of both.