Operation: Restore Maximum Freedom is a semi-annual music festival in Woodland, CA, produced by the staff of KDVS 90.3 FM in Davis. I helped found the festival in 2005, and I’m proud to see that it’s still going on. They contacted me about designing a t-shirt to be sold at the show. The name of the festival references freedom and re-appropriation of jingoist language, which is what led me to use an eagle in the design. The two-headed eagle, to me, symbolizes freedom and weirdness.

Update: Got some blog love – see the shirt being rocked and read more about the festival on the Mission Mission blog.

Another Marine Layer design, this one is based on an RC Cola graphic. Printed on silver t-shirts with red contrast stitching in the yoke.

Created this design for Marine Layer, based on the classic photo of Willie Mays’ iconic basket catch.

Liftopia is an online lift ticket seller. They contacted Marine Layer about creating a limited-edition t-shirt, and we collaborated on this design. I drew inspiration from a Burton snowboards shirt from the ’90s that used subtle gradients with silhouettes to evoke snowy nighttime scenery. The client was very happy with the final product, and the limited run sold out quickly.

Gerald Ford said this when he addressed the nation after Nixon resigned, but an argument could be made that its as relevant now as ever, post George Bush. I printed these in 2008 during the election season, took them to Denver to sell at the Democratic National Convention – I don’t think anyone there got the reference. I still thought they were cool.

Probably my most popular t-shirt design so far. I printed these in 2008 and took them to the San Diego comic con to sell them on the street. They were a pretty big hit there. Also got them stocked at a boutique called Density on Valencia St. in San Francisco.

LBJ was a great president. Seriously underrated. He signed some damn good legislation, civil rights, Medicare and Medicaid. And he held cabinet-level meetings nude in a hot tub. This shirt is based on his 1964 campaign slogan.

This was a logo I created for a series of t-shirts we were printing. The shirts were a v-neck baseball top with red piping, and I wanted a logo with strong, broad lines that wouldn’t be overwhelmed by the colors in the trim. Because the cost of the garments was higher than usual, we printed a small run which sold out very quickly. I’m not sure how many are out there, but I do still see them worn with pride by the folks who did get one.