ESPN FAN Gear at CafePress

Welcome to Mudge Studios New ESPN FAN Shop at CafePress There is probably nothing out there as popular as sports, here in America. Americans play all types of sports at so many levels and variations starting with programs for the little kids on thru middle school, high school, university and collegiate. Then there's semi-pro and of course, don't forget the multitude of professional leagues such as the NFL , MLB, NBA, NHL- only to name just a few. I remember growing up and waiting every weekend to catch the Wide World of Sports Broadcast on ABC.  For me that was decades ago- maybe sometime during the mid 70's. These days it's all about the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. That's right, since 1979, ESPN has been covering so many of our favorite sports. Through the Years, ESPN has continued to expand its sports network by adding shows such as: SportsCenter, ESPN College Football, ESPN GameDay, ESPN College Basketball , ESPNU, SportsNation, Mike and Mike, Around the Horn, Pardon the Interruption, Baseball Tonight, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Fantasy Football. You named the sport and ESPN has it covered. With ESPN vast network, the sports fan always has a way to keep informed about their favorite sport whether it be on cable tv, sports radio or streamed via the internet. We love our ESPN! Thanks to a special licensing agreement between ESPN and CafePress, Mudge Studios is able to bring you some cool ESPN Sports fan Merch. All of our ESPN Sports Fan Art, except for the official ESPN logos of course, was created by Mudge who has also done a vast amount of Sports Art featured on officially licensed Major League Sports products such as t-shirts, pennants, sports magazines and in the sports section of his local newspaper for 20 plus years. So, whether you play sports or just love to watch them on your favorite ESPN Broadcasts, checkout our large variety of Awesome ESPN Sports Fan Designs on t-shirts, stickers, hats, refrigerator magnets and other misc. novelties.
We thank you for shopping our ESPN Fan Shop. Please tell all of the Sports Fanatics in your family or circle of friends and co-workers.

I Do Watch ESPN Baseball Jersey

Funny example of just one of our ESPN Text Tees. No, I'm not a professional sports analyst, but I do watch ESPN. Because Of ESPN Sports Center, I am considered a Sports Guru and a Genius. ESPN fan merch is made by sports fans for the sports fan.

Dewyze Guy 4 Lee!

 Lee Dewyze Portal @ CafePress. Mudge's Team Dewyze design featured on the right

 Lee Dewyze of American Idol continues to impress as one of the best during Elvis Week. Adam Lambert did the honors as mentor, providing Lee Dewyze with some much needed advice. The week before this, Dewyze showed America what he could do if he Be"Lee"ved in himself. Elvis Week showed us what Lee could do when he loosens up some. He chose the song "A Little Less Conversation"slowed it down some and made it his own with his signature raspy vocals. Sounded like something we could hear on the radio today. For me, at this point it is looking like the real potential for a Dewyze/Bowersox finale.

Dewyze Distressed Guitar Shirt

To commemorate the success of Lee Dewyze and Lee's ever growing popularity, Mudge Studios has released some new Lee Dewyze American Idol Guitar Gear at Cafe Press.
Check out Our Variety of Distressed Guitar Lee Dewyze Designs on Shirts, Hats, Mugs, Stickers for Lee Dewyze Fans of all ages. Our Unique Dewyze fan gear makes great Gift Ideas for your friends and family too. Be sure to Support Lee Dewyze when you wear our Dewyze Fan Merchandise. Oh, and if Lee Dewyze Rocks Your World- then be sure to vote for Lee as your Next American Idol. 

 Dewyze Women's Cap Sleeve by Mudge

Bowersox Lady Liberty Idol

Crystal Bowersox continues to inspire. Loved her last performance of "Midnight Train to Georgia" by Gladys Knight and the Pips when she surprised us all when Crystal started the performance at the piano. Bowersox may not have been completely as comfortable there as she certainly is with her acoustic guitar, but she showed America that she is will to take risks. Crystal Bowersox is in this thing to the finale.
If you are inspired by Crystal too, Check out Mudge Studios' newest variety of Crystal Bowersox as Lady Liberty with Mic and guitar designs on Shirts, Hats, Mugs, Stickers for Mamasox Fans of all ages. Our Unique Bowersox fan gear can only be found at our CafePress shops. They makes great Gift Ideas for your music loving friends and family too. Mudge Studios puts heart and soul into each design, similar to the way Crystal does with her music. We hope that you like our tribute to Crystal. Be sure to Support Crystal Bowersox when you wear our Mama Sox Rox Fan Merchandise and be sure to vote for Crystal as your Next American Idol. Thanks for looking.

Alex and Lilly Idol Tribute Designs

Looks like American Idol has just thrown us their first real blindsides of Season 9 with the elimination of a couple of young, bright, talented artists. I'm still scratching my heads as to how Indie artist Lilly Scott and that nineteen year old Alex Lambert from Texas could be ousted- while certain others move on into the coveted top 12.

 

The first surprise was to see Alex Lambert go. This kid from Texas certainly has one of the most unique voices of this season, unfortunately Alex seemed to have a serious case of stage nerves. Seems that just as Alex was starting to warm up and really starting to feel comfortable with himself,  he gets shown the door. Alex obviously lacked experience and it's too bad that American Idol can't be that vehicle for him to gain more of it. On a positive note, Alex isn't obligated contractually with American Idol any longer, so other opportunities could indeed open up for him.  This kid will go places. Anyway, Mudge Studios had come up with a couple of new American Idol t-shirt designs inspired by some of last week's Idol performances. The first, is our Winged Heart and Scrolling Microphone design for Alex Lambert Fans.  This design was created prior to the disapointing results show, but we are keeping them up for sale until the conclusion of the season. Our Unique Alex Lambert winged heart fan gear makes great Gift Ideas for your  friends and family who love Alex too. Although gone from the American Idol  competition, You can still Support Alex Lambert when you wear our Alex Lambert Shirts, Hats, Mugs and  Stickers.

The next surprise was the lack of support for Lilly Scott- resulting in her dismissal from Idol. This young lady is very talented and seemed most comfortable in her own skin- Lilly knows what kind of recording artist that she wants to be. Was it song choice that sunk her? Although I loved the performance, I'm not sure that a Patsy Cline song was the best idea for capturing the support of the demographic that actually votes on American Idol. Maybe Lilly was just too quirky and mainstream America is just not ready for

this type of Indie Artist. Could also be that Lilly was considered by many to be a genuine contender, easily sliding into the deeper rounds. May just come down to Lilly's fans being lazy or even complacent that she'd surely secure a spot in the top 12. Who knows for sure, but at least we'll be sure of one thing... Lilly will go on to record some great music for a fan base that will be supportive of her uniqueness. For the remainder of Season 9, Mudge Studios is permitted to post for sale on its CafePress shop a Variety of Lilly Scott Designs on Shirts, Hats, Mugs, Stickers for Lilly Scott Fans of all ages. Lilly Scott Designs include: Distressed Guitar, Winged Heart and American Idol Microphone. Our Unique Lilly fan gear makes great Gift Ideas for your friends and family too. You can still Support Lilly Scott when you wear our Scott Fan Merchandise as Lilly forges her own path in her Musical Career.

A Couple More Idol Picks.

American Idol is down to the Top 16 Now. I'm looking forward to the numbers dwindling down a bit more- so that we can see more performance time from our favorites. Last blog we featured t-shirts and gift ideas for fans of Andrew Garcia and Crystal Bowersox. This time we cover some designs that Mudge Studios created for Lilly Scott and Lee Dewyze fans.

Lilly is another very unique artist performing her heart out on American Idol Season 9.  Over the past couple of weeks, Lilly Scott picked The Beatles' "Fixing A Hole" and Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" to perform. As these song selections certainly aren't riding the wave of a popular song selection found on today's top 40 charts, Lilly is proving that American does appreciate, truly enjoy and support the performance of unique singer-song writers. As Randy Jackson said, Lilly Scott is a true Indie Artist. We'll cast votes for lilly for that!

 

At our Mudge Studios' American Idol Shop we feature a Variety of Distressed Guitar Lilly Scott Designs on Shirts, Hats, Mugs, Stickers for Lilly Scott Fans of all ages. Our Unique Lilly fan gear makes great Gift Ideas for your friends and family too. Be sure to Support Lilly Scott when you wear our Scott Fan Merchandise and be sure to vote for Lilly as your Next American Idol. Thanks.

  

Our Next pick is Lee Dewyze the 23 year old from Illinois. Did you catch Lee's performance featuring Hinder's "Lips of an Angel."?  Lee is an early favorite on American idol with that grainy voice that would certainly sound great on a record or on the radio right now!  Kara DioGuardi seconds that motion. Even Simon Cowell appreciates what Lee brings to the American Idol table- as Simon says that Lee was "head and shoulders above everyone else" and "may be the one to beat."

At our Mudge Studios' American Idol Shop we feature a Variety of Lee Dewyze Skull Designs on Shirts, Hats, Mugs, Stickers for Lee Dewyze Fans of all ages. Also- check out our Dewyze Mic Gear here. Our Unique Dewyze fan gear makes great Gift Ideas for your friends and family too. You'll Support Lee Dewyze when you wear our Lee Fan Merchandise. Be sure to vote for Lee Dewyze for your Next American Idol. Next time, we'll blog about our Casey James Gear.

American Idol Season 9

 

Mudge Studio's American Idol Shop at CafePress

 Mudge Studios has been provided the opportunity to create American Idol fan gear. CafePress has once again secured the license for their SKs to create and sell a variety of t-shirts and many other gift items on CafePress' POD site. This privilege does come with several restrictions though. A couple of the notables include: no use of likeness of any of the judges or the contestants and in particular- no use of name or likeness of Simon Cowell in any manner what so ever and no use of the American Idol logo. 

For American Idol Season 9, Mudge Studios has elected to pick 5 early American Idol favorites and produce a couple of Idol designs for fans of these contestants. Mudge has primarily repurposed  most of those graphics that were used in Adam Lambert and Kris Allen designs for American Idol Season 8.

 The first American Idol contestant selected from this season's top 24 is Andrew Garcia. The Andrew Garcia designs seen above can be found here. Andrew Garcia is Fresh and has been described as a genius by some of the judges. Just take a look and a listen to what Andrew did with Paula Abdul's Straight Up to see what all the hype is about. Also- have you seen this dude break dance? At Mudge Studios' Idol Shop- You'll see a Variety of Andrew Garcia Live for Today Skull Designs, Andrew Garcia Straight Up Acoustic Guitar Designs as well as The Garcia Microphone Graphics on Shirts, Hats, Mugs, Stickers for Andrew Garcia Fans of all ages. Our Unique Garcia Idol Skull fan gear features a Rocking skull with Garcia cap and eye glasses makes great Gift Ideas for your friends and family too. Be sure to Support Andrew Garcia when you wear our Garcia Fan Merchandise and be sure to vote for Andrew Garcia for your Next American Idol. Thanks.

Our Next Early Favorite comes from the women's side. We pick Crystal Bowersox to make the top twelve easily and Way Beyond! Crystal is a remarkable young woman and a Natural Woman as echoed by one of her early song choices. Bowersox is a single mom with the velvet voice who has the natural ability to perform her sox off. Love when she plays the guitar and the mouth harp! Randy Jackson even dubbed her Mama Sox at one point during the competition. Our Crystal Bowersox Shop features a Variety of Natural Woman Guitar, Mama Sox and Crystal Bowersox Mic Designs on Shirts, Hats, Mugs, Stickers for Crystal Bowersox Fans of all ages. Our Unique Bowersox fan gear makes great Gift Ideas for your friends and family too. Be sure to Support Crystal Bowersox when you wear our Bowersox Fan Merchandise and be sure to vote for Crystal as your Next American Idol. Turns out that Crystal was recently hospitalized due to complications related to Diabetes. We all hope and pray that she is alright and returns with her health intact. Hoping that Crystal would be able to return this week, American Idol producers switched up their scheduled programming and had the men perform first on Tuesday with the women returning on Wednesday night. The strategy worked as Crystal Bowersox was able to return to Idol after an extra day of recuperation to perform first in the line up and completely knock it out of the park with CCR's "Long As I Can See The Light".  A spectacular performance that even converted Simon into a Bowersox believer.

Anyway, that's it for Idol for now. We'll follow up with the American idol designs that we have created for our other Idol picks. Can't wait, You can always get a preview at Mudge Studios' American Idol Shop here.

Thanks for browsing.

Who's The COOLest Lost fan?

 

LOST Island's Polar bears of course ;)

Mudge has rounded out his selection Of Lost Fan Gear at his Mudge Studios Lost shop at CafePress. Click on that link just before this new sentance and it will take you to Mudge's store where you'll see a Variety Of ABC Lost Fan shirts and gift items by Mudge Studios.

Wanna see the design posted at the top on a canvas tote bag? Click Here. 

Polar bears are Awesome and most definitely COOL. On Lost, The Polar Bear Theme runs through out the Lost series as seen in Hurley's comic book, the polar bear skeleton in Tunisia, Walt's stuffed bear, also in Locke's dream and more. Before getting Loose and terrorizing parts of Lost Island, Polar Bears were kept in cages at the Dharma Initiative's Hydra Station. Our Coolest Lost Fan Polar Bear design features a Dharma Polar Bear sporting cool Hydra Station sun glasses and Charlie Pace's quote- "You didn't hear about the polar bear?". Commemorate Season Six...Destiny Found the finale with our cool lost island Gear. Perfect for fans of the Polar Bears and of course Lost. Can't wait to DVR it.

Get LOST

Well, CafePress has done it again. They have secured the licensing to allow shop keepers the rights to create LOST fan gear. Of course there is a list of restrictions the forbid us to use Lost's logo, etc., but there is enough leeway for the creative to produce some fun designs. Mudge Studios has produced a variety of Lost Fan designs in a variety of locations on CafePress. The first Lost Shop can be seen at the original premium shop.

Here you'll find a Variety Of ABC Lost Fan shirts and gift items by Mudge Studios. Our first Lost design features the famous DHARMA Initiative icon with a fan graphic at the center identifying the wearer of this cool shirt as a Lost Fan. Mudge's next design features the mysterious Lost island complete with Dharma station logos. Slogans include: Greetings from Lost Island- wish you were here. Another Lost design feature's Sawyer's yummy fish biscuits and the slogan... I'm Lost, but dont look for me. Check out examples below.

Mudge also posted a unique Lost Fan design at another premium shop as a way to disperse the volume of designs. This design features a great quote from Jacob... "It happens only once. Anything that happens before that is just progress".  Mudge brought this Cool Quote from Jacob of Lost brought to life on Lost shirts and gift items with Graphics that feature the eye of Providence found on the back of our dollar bills. The all seeing eye is replaced by the Oceanic Airlines logo making this Lost design something unique. I always thought that logo looked strange. Also tied in are the Egyptian pyramid, because there are several references to ancient Eygpt, and the infamous number sequence 4,8,15,16,23,42. Unfortunately, season six provides the bittersweet finale and destiny will be found. Here is a look at the design described above and it can be found here.

Love My Sox is where Mudge Studios' Lost designs can also be found. This series features a theme such as I'm gonna be Lost without Sawyer. These shirts and gift items are for fans of Lost's James "Sawyer" Ford- the lovable con man who seems to come up with multiple nicknames for all the others stranded on the mysterious island. Of course Kate, Jack,  Locke,  and Hurley are represented as well...

 

Well, if you are a lost fan- we hope that you enjoy these cool Lost designs. Thanks for looking.

Who Are You?!

Thanks to CafePress, I put some more Rock and Roll Artwork on my agenda. I couldn't resist the opportunity to create Fan art for t-shirts and gift items commemorating The Who. The Who were one of my Favorite Bands when I was a teenager. I bought everyone of The Who's albums... then the cassettes. Actually, I even had a couple of 8 Track Tapes. Yep, I'm dating myself now. Anyway, I did a series of variations based on The Who design above which features England's Union Jack and the slogan Absobloodylutely. Check out Teenaged Wasteland, Who are you, My Generation, The Kids are Alright and of course... Won't get fooled Again.

Another one of My Who designs features The Who Magic Bus on t-shirts and more. This Who Fan art features a doubledecker decked out in  England's Flag sporting the slogan The Kids are Alright.  This design was a lot of fun to create. Check out My Generation with guitar at the back of the double decker. Be sure to Catch the X69. Long live Pete Townshend, Roger Daltry, John Entwistle, Kenney Jones. Also- We'll Never Forget Keith Moon. This Who design features the British Royal Air Force Roundel. We have another variation that doesn't.  THA 111. Be sure to Celebrate the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Band that is The Who with Mudge Studios Rockin' Cool Who Gear at CafePress.com/MudgeStudios. Classic Rock will always Live On.

 Well, that about wraps up my Rock and Roll Shop at CafePress. I hear that CafePress will be licensing additional bands and musicians in the future. I'd love to see them get The Clash, Elvis Costello, etc. In the meantime, I did a couple of quick Maroon 5 designs that were recently added to my Mudge Studios' Shop.

Opportunity to KISS

As many of you know, I've set up countless shops at CafePress over the years. Self initiated projects such as these have kept me busy between projects that I've had lined up with my clientele. What started as a no risk free trial has grown into countless opportunities to create and sell sports, dinosaurs, animals, humor and even political POD merchandise.  One of the latest opportunities permits CafePress shop keepers to create fan based artwork featuring several noteworthy bands and musicians. There were some very strict guidelines that shop keepers had to adhere to, but none the less, I can now create Kiss Fan T-shirts. Check out our Mudge Studios' Kiss Fan Gear at CafePress Here.

Most of  Our Cool Kiss Fan art depicts a Skull decked out with a KISS bandana with microphone crossbones with flames in the background of course. When I was a young teenager, KISS was one of the Hottest, Most Controversial acts of the time. Decades may have passed, BUT Long live Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss. Be sure to Commemorate the Future Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Band that is Kiss with our Rockin' Cool Kiss Gear. I chose to do several of KISS' most popular song and album titles including: Hotter than Hell, Lick it Up, Calling Dr. Love and Detroit Rock City. Also featured is- We Want You- KISS ARMY. Following is an example of our popular Detroit Rock City design...

Classic Rock will always Live On.