Greetings everyone. I would like to introduce myself since I am not only new to this forum but also the t-shirt industry as a whole. My name is Alex and I like to consider myself a cartoonist; I have been drawing cartoon character’s since I was a kid but I was sidetracked by my day job for years and I feel like it had a huge detrimental impact on my drawing abilities. So, when most people were making New Years’ Resolutions, I decided that 2014 would be the year that I really stepped up my game and in the process work on creating my own brand of graphic tees.
The main reason I wanted to jump into the already saturated T-shirt business is because I noticed a trend of laziness amongst many t-shirt brands. It seemed to me that my personal style of drawing was unique enough and would really stand out from some other “brands” that just make pretty typefaces and derivative designs (e.g. Keep Calm and…). If you are at all interested in seeing some of the designs I am currently working on; check out my online portfolio at Behance (https://www.behance.net/drngd).
As you will see, I am trying for a very niche market. I was asked the other day to describe my brand and I came up with two phrases that I think sum it up pretty much: “Classic Cartooning style meets modern horror culture” or my favorite “Chuck Jones meets Dexter.” Since I know most of the members of this forum have been in the industry for years; I would love to hear from some of you and see what I can do to make my brand successful or to find out that I really should stay with my day job.
I look forward to hearing from you all.
Alex R. Ruiz
The main reason I wanted to jump into the already saturated T-shirt business is because I noticed a trend of laziness amongst many t-shirt brands. It seemed to me that my personal style of drawing was unique enough and would really stand out from some other “brands” that just make pretty typefaces and derivative designs (e.g. Keep Calm and…). If you are at all interested in seeing some of the designs I am currently working on; check out my online portfolio at Behance (https://www.behance.net/drngd).
As you will see, I am trying for a very niche market. I was asked the other day to describe my brand and I came up with two phrases that I think sum it up pretty much: “Classic Cartooning style meets modern horror culture” or my favorite “Chuck Jones meets Dexter.” Since I know most of the members of this forum have been in the industry for years; I would love to hear from some of you and see what I can do to make my brand successful or to find out that I really should stay with my day job.
I look forward to hearing from you all.
Alex R. Ruiz