Spotlight: collaborating with Jess Ography

I had the wonderful opportunity to work with my friend Jess. She's been doing photography for about the same time I've been designing and selling my shirts. I saw it fit for both of us to collaborate, to help one another and learn. We're both so young in our professions that collaborating ideas was only right. I think Jess did a fantastic job with the photo shoot. She captured my personality and the fun behind my shirt designs. One of the reasons why I wanted to work with her was seeing her passion in taking pictures. She's fun, animated and full of excitement. It reminded me when I first started my career as a Graphic Artist. Somewhere through the years, I lost that fun and excitement. Collaborating on this shoot brought me back to passion of just doing what you love best and having fun.

You can check Jess Ography via her Twitter page, Facebook page and her personal website. Enjoy!

Sneak Peak: "B3ast Mode" photo shoot

Photographer: Jess Marquez (via Jess Ography) Model: Tony.psd Location: San Jose, CA
Here's a sneak peek from Friday's photo shoot. I had a the opportunity to work with Jess Marquez. (via Jess Ography) It was all about having fun in front of the camera and promote my new "Beast Mode" shirt. I had no reason to look hard, that would be false advertisement from me and my steez, lol. Enjoy!

Free Download: Won't Stop - West Coast

90's classics: From The Bay to LA
We're back with the second installment of "Won't Stop: the West Coast" edition. A collection of 90's classics, remixes and rarities from the Bay Area to Los Angeles. It's no secret, I dig deep into music store bins for obscure and forgotten classics. Mostly radio singles. (many I did not know, had remixes) While many folks overlooked these past time singles, I collect them. Won't Stop's "West Coast" collection includes some very hard to find gems that were only available in cassette format. Take for example the "Regulate, Afro Puffs and Gin & Juice" remixes... those were taken from Death Row Records Maxi-singles collection which I still own. Other rarities included in the collection include "Elevate" (free my mind) from The B.U.M.S., "Shot callin' and Big Ballin'" (Remix) and "Come Widdit" featuring Ahmad, Ras Kass and Saafir (off the "Street Fighter" Motion Picture soundtrack!)

I hope this finds your way into your MP3 player. It's been a pleasure finding these treasures and sharing them.

Download the complete album here. (via Media Fire)
To view the track listing: click here

"B3ast Mode" Fan Pics

Here's the first set of submitted fan pics for my new "B3ast Mode" shirt design. Looks like everyones having fun with this one! I've got sizes medium, large and XL left if anyones interested. (1 of each size) Look for a reprint later within the year. Submit your fan pics to info.tonypsd@gmail.com - Thanks everyone!

Spotlight: Bomba Starr

Photo by Richard Dato - Check out his great photo's via his Flickr page.
Peep this great "Bomba Starr" pic from my buddy Rich Dato taken during his impromptu photo shoot a few weeks ago. This is a fantastic shot, it really brings out the message of the shirt. I love Rich's use of lighting in many of his pics. It's got a dark and edgy feel. I hope we can work on something again in the future. By the way, I have a handful of Bomba Starr shirts still available: sizes Large, XL and 3XL if anyones interested. $20 each, message me at info.tonypsd@gmail.com

The Gym ain't ready! "B3AST MODE" (official release)

Kudos to BG Concepts for the bang up print job. It's one thing to illustrate something and look at it on screen. But when the final product is printed over that high quality Al-style branded shirt, that's when you know it's official. I'm very happy with the end result. I want to rock this shirt so bad at the gym because thats how I handle business over at 24 hour fitness, lol. I set goals for myself: 4-5 miles, 6-700 calories within an hour flat and attempt to meet it. I log everything down and see what adjustments and improvements I have to make on a weekly basis. Every workout is "B3ast Mode" for me, so when I decided to do this shirt I wanted it to have that "Beastly" look of going hard! You know you've gone "Beast Mode" when your shirt is drenched in sweat, your water bottle is half empty and you're hyped for the next work out. That's why I made this shirt!

The bad news... if you didn't pre-order the shirt, here's the "B3ast Mode" official release day aftermath and what I have left in stock... Med (1 left), XL (3 left) 2XL (3 left) everything else is sold out! I didn't order a lot on the 1st prints. (36 total) for ordering information: info.tonypsd@gmail.com - shirts are $25 each. Thanks again everyone, this ones another winner!

Highlights: WonderCon Costumes 2011

More coverage from WonderCon 2011: Who didn't dress up for this event? Sadly, me.
This doesn't even scratch the surface to the thousands of people that dressed up at WonderCon. Let's just say these were a few of the best pics that came out of my camera, lol. It's always a treat seeing folks dressed up at WonderCon. I literally anticipate this and plan my day around it! Basically- Friday was all about getting lost section by section, finding bargains and digging deep through boxes and stacks of comics. I did a little of that on Saturday, but I mainly walked around looking at costumes, mingling with friends and peep all the cool artwork at artist alley.

Peep all of my WonderCon Pics here. (via Photobucket) Not the best pics in the world but a whole lot of fun. I just wanted to share with you what I saw!

WonderCon 2011 recap by Tony.psd

Never a dull moment at WonderCon. April 1st to the 3rd, Moscone Center - San Francisco, CA
What does WonderCon mean to me? Shit, EVERYTHING! I grew up reading comic books at such a young age, walking to 7-11 with my Grandpa for comics... I'm in my mid-30's now and the comic book culture has come a very long way! I love the culture, being a part of WonderCon inspires me seeing other creative people present their talents and creativity. I've never had a booth or sold anything there, for me, it's all about being a part of this grand event and having a good time! Toys, games, apparel, Hollywood exclusives: it's all here! WonderCon rolls into San Francisco once a year, don't be a stranger! Looking forward to seeing you all next year! Possibly in costume LOL!

Peep all of my WonderCon Pics here. (via Photobucket) Not the best pics in the world but a whole lot of fun. Wanted to share with you what I saw

"We Believe" The lost pics!

Top: A "We Believe" victory we will never forget. Bottom: with Franco Finn during a GTo TV recording.
A few months ago, my Lacie Hardrive crapped out on me. It's always been a dependable hardrive and one day it just wouldn't power up. I was so bummed out because there were a number of important things in the drive. 1) My wedding pictures 2) design work and illustrations from 1998- 2008 3) My "We Believe" pics from the Warriors 2007 playoff run. I inquired from a number of computer repair shops across the bay area to extract the data but their prices were just way to high for my budget. So, my wife and I went for broke and took the external hardrive apart and transfered the drive into another hardrive case to draw power. The result: we were able to extract the files!

These are just 2 of many "We Believe" pics I'm so happy to have rescued from my dying hardrive. They are memories we'll never forget and a part of Warrior history we're so happy to be a part of. These pics also featured some of my very early Warrior drawings that I started bringing to games regardless of our record after the playoff push. These were some good times at the Oracle Arena! You could see it in the crowd when we celebrated and shocked the world.

"B3ast Mode" has a release date!

Outline preview: "B3AST MODE" design getting prepared and sent to our screen printers BG Concepts.
Thursday, April 7th is the initial pick up date for "B3ast Mode," our Sega inspired new shirt design. Pre-orders were collected early this week, sent to our printers and approved for print. We still have a stack of shirts available. Shirts are $25 each (or 2 for $42) sizes Med-2XL only. Limited sizes are on hand. For mor information and to order: info.tonypsd@gmail.com