The main reason why I haven’t been posting on here the past month and a half… I’ve been making this T-Shirt. It probably took me over 50 hours to design this. Each Icon was individually drawn in Photoshop, using 2 different grays and a black. I wanted to pick people that are from Washington that have made an impact on our region, and given the Northwest a reason to be proud. That’s why I picked Steve Pool. That motherfucker is a legend.

This is the second T-Shirt I’ve designed and I’m hella happy with the way it came out. I printed up 130 of them for the back to back shows at the Showbox and they sold out before the Scholars hit the stage during the second show. I just put in another order, and will be getting a brand new shipment by the end of the week. They are instant collectors items and I’m pretty sure one day they will be hung in the Museum of Flight. Get yours in the store section under merch.

*RATIONALIZATION I was trying to figure out what women to put on the shirt. It was a tough call. After a Twitter vote, the most famous women from Washington happen to be Jean Enerson, Amanda Knox and Amelia Erheart. You can’t have 2 newscasters on there and Steve Pool trumps Jean everytime, no question. Amanda Knox is being wrongfully accused as a freaky ass killer which is really messed up and all, but including the Seattle Prep Alumni on the T-Shirt might have made Bill Nye pissed and messed up the chances of getting Mike McGinn to wear this when he’s out at Hip Hop shows (yes, he was at the Showbox). Amelia Erheart is really good at flying, but let’s face it…nobody knows what she looks like. I was doomed to be a sexist before I even started designing it. There was a lot of people I wanted to put on, but honestly you can’t include everyone. I have to start writing raps again. So I am deciding to make this the first design of a 2 part series. The other shirt will come out in the summer for our next show, and feature everyone else that deserves to be on here. Until then, rep Seattle, wear it with pride and make your city look good. It will look perfect on you.

Maybe I should make a “Free Amanda Knox” shirt in the mean time…yep