Taking it back to the old school...

My friend from back in the day at Art Center posted this photo this week. We were neighbors during college in Pasadena. He's wearing one of the first shirts I ever made for Gig Design. It has a little devil on it.

Tortura T-shirt design by Xhico

Tortura T-Shirt designed by Xhico for Woolves. This shirt designed is based on one of my woodcuts, "TORTURA". Originally created for a Dia de los Muertos exhibition as a limited edition print. This print was a tribute to people who have been tortured and publicly humiliated doing so.

The mask seen in the image is inspired by an exhibit of torture devices I saw while visiting Mexico. Iron masks were placed on women who gossiped and they were forced to wear these devices in public. Some were rigged so that if the women talked, they would injured themselves. For example, possibly slice their tongues or lips while encaged with these devices. The text below the mask is in latin and translates to "women remain silent in church".

Tees:

TORTURA -ACID WASH T-Shirt is available in the standard run as one-color natural ink on black. There are only 24 avaible of these for Pre-sale. $25 each

TORTURA - GOLD - LIMITED EDITION T-SHIRT highly limited edition T-shirt. Same Tortura image, but printed entirely in gold foil. Only 12 available for Pre-sale. $35 each

Both shirts availble for Pre-sale on Black V Neck Tees.

Available in Men's/Unisex S - M - L - XL - 2XL

ORDER NOW or wait until they hit boutiques in August!

NEW! Watermelon Tee for Summer

Here is one of the first designs for Summer Collection 2009 for WOOLVES.

This shirt is called "MELON". The front has Watermelon as a whole and cut into different slices and wedges. Says WOOLVES Above two wedges of melon.

I have a limited number of t-shirts for pre-sale. Order your shirt now for only $25 + shipping. ONLY 24 SHIRTS AVAILABLE AT SPECIAL PRE-SALE PRICE. These will go quick!

Available in Mens/Unisex sizes S - M - L - XL - 2XL

T-Shirt design by Xhico

Sticky and Sweet: Sugar Bloom

I have just completed the logo and identity system for SugarBloom. A sweet lifestyle company coming out of San Francisco. The company creates t-shirts and other goodies reflecting the California Cannabis culture. They focus on raising awareness of the legalization and utilization of marijuana and hemp.