A Frog's Life...

A Frogs Life Gift Shop @ Zazzle

Frogs are amphibians. The majority of frogs have long, powerful hind legs, a short body, webbed fingers and toes, bulging eyes and no tail. Frogs are of course known to be elite leapers. Yes, even the childhood game known as Leap Frog comes from mimicking the jumping prowess of the awesome froggy.  Frogs can be found across the globe in tropical rain forests to surprisingly- subarctic areas. Currently, More than 5,000 species of Frog are known to inhabit our planet, but unfortunately- many species are becoming endangered. As I write this blog entry, I have to double check my facts. Did I previously mention frogs living in subartic areas? Subartic?  I wonder if other planets could indeed play host to a variety of extraterrestrial frogs?

Variety of Frog Shirts and Gifts for Frog Lovers
You've probably guessed that Frogs are pretty much one of my favorite animals. I actually find most animals to be fascinating, but these amphibians do Rock! A Frog lives to eat anything that bugs them. A Frog's Life has a large variety of cool frog shirts, buttons, mugs, bumper stickers and more for frog lovers of all ages. Our Froggie artwork includes: tree frogs, funny bull frogs, croaking toads, guitar rocking frog and dapper machine gun frog with fun frog slogans such as: A Frog's Life,  Frogs Eat anything that Bugs them, Frogs Rule while Toads Drool, I'm frog people, Frogs Rock, Bull Frog, Frogzilla, I Love Frogs More Than Most People, I Heart Frogs, Born Green and so much More. Also- feel free to customize and personalize your favorite Frog Design Here. Thanks for checking out our store. Ribbit. Croak. Ribbit.

Smoke Monster VS Lost Statue

 

Smoke Monster VS Lost Statue Baseball Jersey

Well, everybody pretty much knows that ABC's Lost is quickly coming to a close. A LOST finale is certainly bittersweet as Lost Fans will finally get all of the answers we have been not-so patiently waiting for, but those answers also come with a lofty price tag of a last Lost episode. Before that happens, Mudge Studios was inspired to create a fun Lost design capturing the general theme of ABC's Lost. The Lost storyline seems to be a battle between good and evil played out on the battlefield of Lost Island. 

Check out a Variety of ABC Lost Fan shirts and gift items at Mudge Studios' CafePress Premium Shop. This Lost design features the mysterious Lost island with the John Locke Smoke Monster vs. Tawaret- the Mysterious Lost Statue. Smoke monster represents the black darkness that is evil, while the Lost statue represents good... note the Ankh that Tawaret holds. Good and Evil arm wrestle for the fate of LOST Island and its candidates. Matters not who wins, We're all Lost! Commemorate Season Six...Destiny Found- the finale with our cool lost island Gear. Perfect for fans of Kate, Jack, Sawyer, Locke, Jacob, Hurley, Desmond and all the others stranded on the island. 

 

Wish You were here.

World's Greatest Mom

Selection of Mother's Day Gifts at Mudge Studios' Zazzle Shop

Moms are simply the Best. Mothers bond with their children the moment she gets that funny feeling that she has conceived... definitely a Mom thing. Mom's do everything they can to provide nurishment, nuturing and shelter while their little one develops inside her womb for 40 weeks. After her delivery of the new born into this world, Mom's bond with her child is cemented, but Mom's job has only begun. Mother's Heart most certainly belongs to her children.  Mom will do anything for her children.

 More Mother's Day Gift Ideas: Mudge Studios @ Zazzle

Even though Mom should be cherished each and every day, we do have a special day of the year set aside to recognize and honor her. That would be Mother's Day, of course. This year Mother's Day falls on Sunday May 9th. Be sure to Celebrate the Awesomeness that is Mom as there is NO excuse for letting this day pass her by. Of course one of the best ways to cherish your mother is to spend time with her and plan something special. You may also wish to present mom with a Mother's Day gift. Mudge Studios has designed a beautiful line of Mother's Day gift ideas especially for your Mom. That's right, at Mudge Studios' Zazzle shop you can customize and personalize many of our Mother's Day designs to include your Mom's name, nickname or a favorite slogan.

 Mother's Day Gifts for GrandMother

Mudge Studios also has great gift ideas for Grammy. Check out our It's Great to be a Grandmother Shirts, Mugs and Gift Ideas. Customize the bottom text line of this design to personalize your gift especially for the loving Grammy, Great Grandmother, Grandmother, Nanna, Grandma, etc of your family.  Our Vintage artwork featuring antique roses with a heart at the center. These beautiful designs make a very special Mother's Day gift for that very special (GRAND) person in your life.

Mother's Day Gifts at Mudge Studios @ CafePress

Mudge Studios also has these designs featured at CafePress. Once again, our beautiful antique rose with a heart graphics make Great Gift Ideas for Mom, Mother, Ma, mommy, etc.  Slogans include: My heart belongs to My Children, Proud Mother and Mother: like a rose, only sweeter. Pay tribute to the wonderful woman who brought her children into this world. Celebrate your appreciation for Mom with our Perfect Gift Ideas for Mother by Mudge Studios. Oh, and if you are looking for something funny for Ma...

Senioritis Twenty Ten!

The Class of Twenty Ten Senioritis Skeleton T-Shirts, Buttons, Hats, Mugs and Stickers. Our Senioritis shirts and gifts feature an afflicted Senior suffering the advanced stages of Senioritis in the form of a bored skeleton wearing grad cap and tassel. Our Senioritis Skull Gear is Perfect for High School, College and University Seniors. Mudge Studios also has a larger variety of Class of 2010 Skeleton with cap and diploma gear at Mudge's premium shop at CafePress here.

Also- Check out Mudge Studio's 2010 Grad Gear at Mudge's Zazzle Shop if you wish to personalize and customize one of several of Mudge's Graduation designs with your student's name or even the name of your school. See an example template at Zazzle like the one below. Just click "Customize it!" button below the featured product, wait and change the text to enter in your school's name where it reads "Your School Here". Thanks for Checkin' out Our 2010 Grad Shops.

 Customizable Class of 2010 Skeleton Shirt @ Zazzle
 Great News... Mudge's Senioritis design was recognized by Zazzle.
You Are In Today's Best    
Hi mudgestudios,
Congratulations! Your product, Senioritis Bad to Bone Skeleton 2010 Gear, has been selected as one of Today's Best on Zazzle! This means it will appear on the Zazzle homepage for the rest of today and it will also be added to the Today's Best Awards Showcase. Keep up the great work! Bask. Glow. The honor is yours to enjoy. - Zazzle

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

Lost and Found?!

Cool Desmond is My Constant Magnets

Guess who is back on the Island? That's right, Looks like Charles Widmore has brought Desmond Hume back with him. Check out Our Variety Of ABC Lost's Desmond Hume is My Constant  Fan shirts and gift items by Mudge Studios. Commemorate Season Six...Destiny Found the finale with our cool Lost island Gear. Perfect for fans of Team Desmond. Can't wait to see how Desmond's story unfolds and weaves into the finale's plot line!

Also check out Our Variety of Desmond is My Constant Shirts available in darks and lights! 

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.

Mudge Studios' Pi-Rate Design gets award

Pi•rate Pi Day Shirts and Gifts

Pi•rate Pi day Gift Ideas for Mathletes

Looks like one of Mudge Studios' Pi Day designs was recognized by Zazzle in their Zazzle Tops Today's Best Awards. Look for the bottom right design in the image above to see the featured Pi Day design. It's the one with the Funny Pi symbol outfitted with eye patch, sword, pirate hate with skull and cross bones and of course a parrot perched on the shoulder. Argh. Pi rate happens when good Pi goes bad. Pi-rate t-shirts, buttons, hats, mugs, stickers and more are available for mathletes, geeks, math teachers and students who celebrate Pi Day on 3.14. 

Mudge Studios also carries a large variety of other Pi Day designs here. Enjoy!

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.

Kiss Me, I'm Irish!

 

Gift Items from Mudge Studios' Zazzle Shop

Spring is right around the corner and with it comes St. Patrick's Day and the celebration of all things Irish. Over the years, Mudge Studios has developed a variety of humorous St. Patrick's day designs for those that partake in St. Patrick's Day Celebration. Our Irish gear makes great gift ideas for those that were born Irish, those that married Irish, those that become honorary Irish People for that special day every March 17th or for even those that just like to Party Green.

Featured are Our Popular Kiss Me, I'm Irish Green Lips and Clover Designs, Irish drinking Team. Kiss me I'm Frisky and more on Shirts, Mugs, Stickers and so much more! Also included is Shimmy those Shamrocks, Kiss Me I'm NOT IRISH- I'm Frisky, Tickle Me Lucky Charms and more on Cool St. Patty's Day Party Gear. We'll feature a few of those St. Patrick's Day Designs below.

Irish Drinking Team Gear
Mudge Studios presents our Irish Drinking Team t-shirts, steins, mugs, hats, stickers, buttons for those who love beer. Irish Designs feature multiple Pints of Beer, shamrocks and a couple of Irish Cheers. Slainte meaning to your health and Gud Forder meaning good luck. Great Gear for any St. Patrick's Day Party.

 

New Tickle Me lucky Charms Irish Gear

Adorable Tickle Me Lucky Charms Irish St. Patty's Day Party Gear. Great gift ideas for those that celebrate S. Patrick's Day because you are Irish or You like to Party in March or You are both Irish & you like to Party on St. Patty's Day.
Initially, This design was created with the ladies in mind, but it has come to our attention that guys need their Lucky Charms tickled too. Party On!

Funny Kiss My Irish Bass Gear

Funny Kiss my Irish Bass humor on t-shirts, steins, mugs, hats, stickers, buttons for people with a sense of humor. Features a Large Lipped Bass sporting multiple shamrocks. Need not be Irish nor a fisherman to appreciate this Bass. Great for St. Patrick's Day Parties.

Irish You were Beer Gear

Enjoy Our I'rish You were Beer Designs by Mudge Studios on Irish tee shirts, stickers, buttons, mugs and more. That's right, Our Irish Drinking Gear features a shamrock elevating an empty pint. There is hope. Cheers. Our Irish Party Tee Shirts, Stickers and Buttons are perfect for St. Patrick's Day or St. Paddy's Day Parties. If you Love Beer- You'll love our Irish You were Beer Gift Items. Slainte!

Mutt Faced Green Irish Ale Gear

Our Mutt Faced Green Irish Ale design features Green dog with pipe, shamrock hat and a couple pints of Irish Green Ale. Our Mutt Faced Green Irish Ale gear makes great St. Patrick's day Party T-Shirts, Stickers and Buttons. If you Love Green Beer- You'll love our Mutt Faced Gift Items. Cheers from Mudge Studios! Slainte!

Our Kiss Me I'm Irish Gift Shop features shirts buttons stickers with either our sexy green lips or graphic clover designs.

 Mudge Studios hopes that you like our St. Patrick's Day offerings. Make March 17th a day to remember!

NOLA Who Dat?

Above pic displays NOLA designs from Mudge's FantasyFootball Shop at Zazzle.

Congratulations to New Orleans! NOLA's Saints pulled off the sweet upset as they dared to take what was seemingly Peyton's birth right. Who doesn't love the under dawg? We certainly do. Kind of reminds us when our Patriots were given absolutely NO chance of beating the Rams on Sunday in the Big Game on February 3, 2002. Funny how things happen? Our Pats were announced and came into the Big Show as a team and left the Big Game as Champions...for their very first time. Guess where it all happened? That's right... The Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. Needless to say, We New England Fans hold New Orleans dear to our hearts. 

Mudge Studios has created a line of Who Dat? We All Dat! NOLA Fleur De Lis t-shirts and gifts for New Orleans Fans from all parts of the country. Mudge Studios offers a couple of variations including: Who Dat? NOLA Fleur De Lis Skeleton t-shirts and gifts for New Orleans Fans. Featured is a pistol toting Nawlins Skeleton with Fleur De Lis Top hat and Mardi Gras Beads. Also featured is Mudge's graphic Fleur de Lis with slogans- We All Dat and Who Dat? NOLA-Nawlins is certainly All Dat! New Orleans, Louisiana not only has one of the world's best parties in Mardi Gras, but for the 2009 season NOLA can also proudly claim the World's Greatest Football Team. Based on their achievement on Sunday Feb. 7, 2010, they'll have the ring to show for it. Nawlins Rocks!

The design above features our NOLA skeleton on square magnets. This popular product can only be found at Mudge's FantasyFootball Zazzle Shop.

Spring is in the Air!

Spring is around the corner. Well, at least when prepping for the baseball season it is. Spring training starts before ya know it. To get the baseball rolling, an old client had contacted Mudge Studios to do a custom pennant illustration for the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals wanted two players featured on this pennant. The players to be depicted would be their catcher Yadier Molina and one of their pitchers Adam Wainwright. It had been a while since I've worked on assignment for this client so they requested sketches...

The Cards picked A. The project was going to be screened, so I had to work in spot channels. I refined the rough and then set up a Photoshop document with the team PMS Colors.

 

 Top left represents the base flesh color, Top Middle- a darker flesh for modeling, Top Right is Cardinals Red and Bottom left is Cards Blue. Put 'em together and you get the result at the Bottom Right. Now it just need the black line art and a little tone and you get...

 

Mudge Studios' part is done. Now the project gets emailed to the client who has a great graphics dept. that will design the remaining elements such as player names, additional text and logos. Hope the pennant prints well. It was a pleasure working with this client again. I actually miss those days :)