Damn this one hurts. One of my four childhood heroes is gone. All I need to hear is a few notes from this dude and I am instantly transported back. He's the whole reason I wanted to play guitar. You know this is coming...but it still sucks. R.I.P. Space Man!

#ace #acefrehley #kiss

A little rainy day Halloween season ambiance today with some added Evil Dead 2 on Vinyl bonus. Hard to stay focused today 🎃🎃

#halloweeniseveryday #freelancerlife #workstation #studio #relikstudios

Last weeks listen log. Back on the death metal train and some old school stuff. That Floating “Hesitating lights” disc came in this week and it’s a revelation. A gothic rock /death metal mix and its glorious

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Recently approved work for the Rommel HD dealership. Some of these dealers request some odd things in their designs. Sometimes its the owners pet or an animal common to their area riding on a bike or a sidecar...This time it's a seagull with a French fry in its mouth.

#harleydavidson #tshirt

Listen log from a shortened two weeks. As a full time freelance artist working from home this music really is the engine to my creativity. Lots of power metal again, horror soundtracks and just good old rock and metal. Light on the death metal again but I snuck a few in. #metalsky

One of those times where I like the original version over the official approved version. A lot of us artists have this happen often as we get into what we're creating. Left is first draft…Right is approved version. In the end, the “best” one is the approved one.

It's Sturgis Week again so it's becoming tradition for me to do a handful of these every year. Year 85 for Sturgis, year 25 for me. Here is one of the many for this year.

#sturgis #blackhillsrally #harleydavidson #motorcyclerally

Here in nearby Pensacola they have this graffiti bridge that gets constantly painted over with current event things and protest art. This showed up this week and it’s super cool.

Listen Log for this week. Light on the death metal this week and heavier on the obvious Ozzy selections. Getting back into some Power Metal as well lately. Nice variety this week.

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RIP to the Legend. #ozzy

Another fun one recently approved for the Kentucky Headhunters through a company based in Nashville. Lots going on in this one. Worked this design around their song "Dumas Walker" from 1989. They wanted something very colorful so...

#kentuckyheadhunters #bandmerch #appareldesign #relikstudios

This was a fun project for a company out of Nashville called All Access Coach that leases out buses for touring bands. They wanted an old school look that resembled the old tour shirts of the 70's and 80's. Totally my thing. This isnt really work for me, it’s like I get to play all day!

Another good mix of tunes this week. Getting into another stretch of late 80’s early 90’s sleazy hard rock. Sort of an under appreciated no mans land of music. As usual, a good mix of death metal as well as a pretty great new release from Greek Black Metal-ish band Nightfall. Good stuff!

This weeks’ music selection while I pump out a variety of my usual t-shirt art…it’s a rough job…as usual lots of metal but like to sprinkle in horror soundtracks, some new wavey stuff and that good ol’ 80s hard rock. Check some of it out!

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Looking good and feeling good for the holidays…

One of the several designs from this years’ Sturgis Bike Week, this one for a women’s tee. Have been doing these Sturgis designs since day one 30 years ago. Always awesome to have designs picked for this iconic motorcycle rally that has been around since 1938.

Time to make the donuts…working on Harley shirts while checking out the new Opeth.

Spending a little time with some Poliziotteschi tonight. Umberto Lenzi’s “Almost Human”. This whack job Giulio kills…EVERYONE.