Phillip Phillips: The Next American Idol

Phillip Phillips T-Shirt @ CafePress

 After watching American Idol over the last ten years, I've gotten pretty good at picking the talent that would eventually make it to the show's finale. Season One One is really no different, other than the fact that I believe that we have seen this season's winner wrap up the first night of auditions. The contestant casually walks in wearing sandals and a flannel shirt with an acoustic guitar by his side. His name is Phillip Phillips and I have feeling that he had established himself as the front runner with that soulful performance of Stevie Wonder's Superstition while sealing the deal with his unique acoustic rendition of Michael Jackson's Thriller.  It appears that Season One One has found the Next American Idol in Phillip Phillips!

Rock American Idol Season 11 with our Phillip Phillip T-Shirts, Buttons and more for Phillip Fans of all ages. Also- Be sure to watch American Idol and Vote for Phillip Phillip early and often each and every week while wearing our Cool American Idol Gear. This kid is a true musical artist and t will be a pleasure watching him perform each week. Remember it's not Philip Phillips or Philip Philips... It's Phillip Phillips or simply put- Phillip squared.

Come at Me, Bro!

Come at Me, Bro! Honey Badger T-shirt Design 

As most of you all know, Honey Badger was one of the hottest topics in 2011. As a t-shirt designer, I had created several Honey Badger designs and posted them in a few of my POD shops. My thought process was to design several variations including some pro-Honey Badger and some anti-Honey Badger in an effort to create a niche in the marketplace.

As outlined in my previous post, I really believed that sales from this whole crazy Honey Badger t-shirt theme would wane quickly as the marketplace became saturated with the likes of Honey Badger Don't Care; Crazy, Nasty Honey Badger and Honey Badger Don't Give a Sh*t. In response too the flooding of the market, I created a line of I like Honey Badger- especially in BBQ sauce designs, believing that this humorous perspective would begin to edge out the traditional Honey Badger slogans and representations. Looks like I was dead wrong. My Come at Me, Bro design outsold all of my other HB designs combined! That inspired me to put additional effort into creating a brand new painted version of said design. It was really nice to illustrate this Nasty Honey Badger with a painterly technique. Reminded me of the old school days when I painted with oils or acrylics. The result is the Come At Me, Bro t-shirt featured above. Check it out in Mudge Studios' Zazzle shop here.

Original Come at Me, Bro T-shirt

 The pic above represents the first version of my Come at Me, Bro Honey Badger. It is very simple in how graphic it is, but evidently, the combination of that catch phrase and the Honey Badger art worked very well together. This tee can be seen at this clickable link here.
Well, I'm gonna work on my Honey Badger Football design and I'll post the results on this blog at another time. Take care.