New S.H.I.E.L.D. tee shirt at Mighty Fine

The fine people at Might Fine asked me to come up with some t-shirt designs based on Marvel Comics. This is the first. It's a SHIELD recruitment ad. Nick Fury needs you. Do you have what it takes to become a SHIELD agent? On sale here.

Another parody tshirt: Poltergeist

This one is based on the housing development where the family lives in the movie. I've seen a shirt with the same idea, but different treament. I thought I go the 80s retro look. Hope it worked. On sale at Zazzle.com.

Retro Thursday* (a day late)

It's been a couple of weeks since I last posted anything so I thought I was due. Here is something from 2002, completed for yet another online contest. These contests were a great way to get motivated to create some art - when I had time back then.

I think it was a post-apocalyptic subject and fairly open to interpretation. I tried to use a lot of everyday items to dress our hero, hence the water polo cap and baseball glove/turned bag.



*In an effort to post something at least once a week I'll be showing some artwork from the archives every Thursday.

Office Propaganda posters - finally got around to them

These posters are something I've wanted to do for a while. I just haven't had a lot of time lately. But I finally got around to doing a few. I went ultra minimalistic (for me anyway) and kept the colour palette down.

They are perfect for your office walls, especially if you have an office manager with a sense of humour. Or decorate your cubicle with one or more of them. I'd say they even work in a home office. Need a new mouse pad? Grab one of these to remind yourself not to tweet what you had for lunch, while at work.

As always, they are available for print (at many sizes) at Zazzle.com/stevethomas. Or click on the image to take you directly to that print.

(Disclaimer: They are all in fun and though it may sound like I have a gripe with a few of the issues I've tackled, I don't. But some might.)

[Post this in cubicles or on the office wall]
That urge to check your Facebook page or send out a tweet can be very hard to suppress, especially when you have a few spare minutes in front of your computer at work. But each of those wall posts and tweets have a time peg so watch out. Or just do what the poster says (small print at bottom, "Unless it's part of your job description.")


[Post this above the water cooler]
Sure it's fun and exciting to hear about who hooked up with who at the last office party, or whether someone will get canned over a nasty company-wide email, but it can also hurt. So remember, if you don't want to hear it just walk away and if you do hear it, please don't repeat. (can you see the two larger faces? hint: they are profiles).


[Post this in cubicles or the office wall]
No one wants to be responsible for letting spyware into the company's computer system or setting a virus loose on the network, so don't open those attachments. Let your IT team take care of any downloads you think you need.


[Post this in the restrooms]
Do everyone a favour, when you use the restroom wash your hands afterward. And if you have to come in to work when you are feeling under the weather, wash up frequently, cough/sneeze into your elbow and avoid handshakes where possible.


[Post this in the breakroom or cafeteria]
It's simple. Pick up after yourself. I'm sure you have to do it at home so why stop at work. Plus it helps the cleaning staff.


Now, for some, the red might be a bit much. So, luckily, the posters are available in this nice, calm blue tone:


And if you noticed that little circle at the bottom of each poster, this is what it looks like large. I made a tshirt out of it. You can choose your colour tee and that colour will replace the red in this image.

MIGHT tees is selling a tshirt I designed

My good friends at MIGHT tees asked me to create something that would compliment their brand and logo. We came up with this take on Rock 'em Sock 'em robots: Their mascot besting the two robot boxers.

MIGHT tees also has some other great shirts for "cool nerds" available. Check them out!

For fans of Dracula and vampires (and also Twihards)

Here is the next installment of the Classic Monster restaurant logos. It follows zombie diner, mummy deli and werewolf beer. This one answers the question: What if Dracula opened a restaurant. You can be sure it would be an upscale dining experience. The flourishes above the text represent a bat, can you see it? As always, tshirts are available at Zazzle.com.


And for the Twihards out there, I drummed one up especially for you. Tshirt available here. (It in no way is affiliated with any existing restaurant or any movie or book. It is merely inspired by them.)

UFO catching 'frisbee' dog tshirt

New tshirt up on Zazzle.com. I've always tried to get my dog to catch a frisbee. Sometimes she would get it, but most of the time it would bounce off her nose and then she'd retrieve it, only to chew it to bits. Here is a brave pup, ready to take on the universe:


This is an alternate version I submitted over at TeeFury.com:

Retro Thursday* (a day early)

I haven't posted anything in a while. Unfortunately I haven't been working on anything new, for myself, for a while. I hope to change that in the coming month. But for now, here is something that I don't think I've shown before. It was in response to an online challenge to redo classic video game characters. This one is Nanase from Street Fighter. Not sure the year, but it's old.



*In an effort to post something at least once a week I'll be showing some artwork from the archives every Thursday.

$5 off St. Patrick Day shirts at Zazzle.com's

Zazzle.com has a special offer for St. Patrick's Day tshirts. $5 off. Use this code at checkout: 5OFFSTPADDYS.

Thanks to everyone who bought a shirt

Thanks for making my first experience with Tee Fury a great one. I made their "Super Popular" stack of pancakes honor - which was a goal of mine.

I've said it before, many times, but I do sincerely appreciate the support. I'm going to keep creating art that I hope you'll like.

Steve