Im sure i have mentioned it before but October is my favorite month! I also love holloween themed artwork and illustration. Every year I do some kind of Halloween illustration to get my fix. This year I decided to do a calendar desktop background for Smashing magazine’s monthly Desktop Wallpaper Calendar contest. Unfortunately I didnt get started as early as desired so i was a bit rushed. I took some time to do those finishing touches I couldnt get to in meeting SM deadline so I am making them available on here.
So here is the newly updated “Jack O Patch” Desktop wallpaper calendar for October! Enjoy.
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It has been way too long since I have taken time to update my blog. I have had my hands full with more than I can share. I will skip that and get straight to the blog post point.

It had been a whole year since I had submitted a design to Threadless but I am back in the swing and enjoying it. My most recent submission was “Monkey Accountability”. Most of us have seen those cute “See no Evil, Hear no evil, speak no Evil”. I wanted to take that old idea and put a different twist to it! What if those Monkeys actually did something to help each other out in their temptations. That’s where this twisted monkey mess came to life. Check it out!

I was pretty happy with the score I received and hope to see it print someday soon! Come on threadless, give me a chance!

They are here! Check out the brand new set of sports twitter icons, actions sports style! Download any set you want, or heck download them all! EACH SET has two text versions (one that says “follow me on twitter” and “follow us on twitter”). The sets also include .jpg and .png file versions of each.

Having an appropriate icon on your site or blog to promote your twitter page is a great way to grab the attention of new followers. If you would like a custom set with your team or company colors on these little guys let me know and I can customize them for a small price.

Enjoy! Link Creative is eager to serve the extreme/action sports industry! Let me know how I can be of service to you and feel free to spread the word! Oh, and don’t forget to follow Link Creative on twitter! http://twitter.com/LindseyLinkC

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By my last few posting it might be easy to assume that all I am doing is designing t-shirts but I promise that is not the case. I have actually been quite busy working on all kinds of projects. I plan on posting on those soon. I am more eager to find time to get on here and blog about my lettering process. With that said I have however been using some of my spare time to bust out some ideas for shirt designs that had been brewing in my mind for some time. This is one I was excited to work on. I had the idea of an octopus sqirting out bright colorful inks in defense. Blend and defend!

I think I have made it more than apparent that I enjoy designing t-shirt graphics. I have had a blast creating them for clients and entertaining myself by participating in these contests. Something about having that complete creative freedom to design whatever your crazy mind comes up with for a shirt graphic, then putting it up and watching it get voted on, is such a thrill. Threadless has been my main source of this creative fix but I recently discovered and joined Designbyhumans.com It is yet another great site for, submitting, checking out, buying, and voting on kick butt t-shirt designs.

Here is my first submission to DBH. This shirt, I designed with nature on the mind. I must be on a kick! When I was sketching this I was keeping in mind not only the beauty and diversity in nature but how it all links together. If you find yourself watching an occasional nature show like me, you have learned a few of many ways nature connects. Humming birds and flowers, fish with anemones, the list goes on and on. I wanted to design a shirt graphic where one continuous line communicated this natural wonder.
If you have time Check out Design by Humans and don’t forget to give me a vote!
I have also discovered Emtees.com which is a site for promoting your t-shirt designs where ever they may be. There are some great shirt designs to be viewed!