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zipper

THIS IS AMAZING
I was once a Lion too... - themidgardknight

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Vandal_Skandalsaid 82 weeks ago

wicked awesome! I love the dark green against the black. And your technique looks like old woodblockk printing. (= Very cool.
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SpoonThiefsaid 82 weeks ago

Damnit, I really want this shirt but don't have the $$$
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Nicokosaid 82 weeks ago

Omg must have must have must have!!!!!
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HalfroAngelsaid 82 weeks ago

OMG!!! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS!!! I love Lions and big cats!
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mattwalkssaid 82 weeks ago

This is amazing.

And ironic, too. This is my second purchase here at Teefurt. My first was Mad Chop Barbershop... by Castle again.

Thanks, Jimiyo. Great pick. And of course thanks to Castle for an amazing design.
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jecrtsaid 82 weeks ago

seriously awesome stuff. I'll pick this one up tomorrow.
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maskoficarussaid 82 weeks ago

I love it!
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AlvinPingsaid 82 weeks ago

Mad Chop Barbershop... by Castle again.

Yeah I bought that too, I'm definitely not a fan of sand or whatever color it was on, but its such a sweet shirt that it doesn't bother me one bit. Castle's style is a winner in my book. and i really want this shirt too but my wallet is hurting pretty badly right now! we'll see if that changes by 8:59pm (PST) tomorrow. lol
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Crushemsaid 82 weeks ago

The right design in the right colour print on the right colour tee! Great work :)
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Sir Euansaid 82 weeks ago

Love the style, remind me of a lino print or a wood block!
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Sir Euansaid 82 weeks ago

Love the style, remind me of a lino print or a wood block!
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BCHCsaid 82 weeks ago

That's a really great illustration.
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Jestiksaid 82 weeks ago

Castle, you got skillz! Great shirt.
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mistysoljahgurlsaid 82 weeks ago

bought 2. love the design inspiration.
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erinleesaid 82 weeks ago

Superb design and great color combination. It's awesome on the women's shirt. Great job Castle, love the alchemy concept too!
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903creativesaid 82 weeks ago

Just to echo what others have said - great style & concept. All around well crafted illustration. Ordering one now.
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Visual Singularitiessaid 82 weeks ago

So good man! The illustration is fantastic, I'm picking one up for sure.
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jimiyosaid 82 weeks ago

Don't know if you guys know Derrick, but he just got some of his personal apparel line designs into a couple stores in Nashville. How cool is that!

http://www.strawcastledesign.com/
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dcastle8183said 82 weeks ago

Hey all, thanks so much for all the positive comments. I'm floored, and so honored especially by you guys that recognize my design style and have made this your 2nd castle design. Thanks again!
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lydeasaid 82 weeks ago

This is beautiful!
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grannyesaid 82 weeks ago

Hey, to one of my favorite artist. You did it again. I just bought one
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sharksforbrunchsaid 82 weeks ago

I looove the sun and moon at the bottom!
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pleasedressmesaid 82 weeks ago

Congrats on the print, very well done.

AJ Vaynerchuk
Co-Founder: PleaseDressMe
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dirtieTXnsaid 82 weeks ago

whoohoo just got my first fury and it's kool as a cucumber on hot summer day.
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wottosaid 82 weeks ago

nice work as usual Castle.
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applebuttsaid 82 weeks ago

lol. i like this one. the lion is a little weird in that olive green though...
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Arrowsaid 82 weeks ago

Very nice illo!
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dcastle8183said 82 weeks ago

Thanks again all for the comments!

Applebutt, me and jimiyo went back and forth on the color. The idea of the Green Lion is an ancient or at lest several hundred year old idea. I always wanted the lion to be green but I was afraid that it might turn some people off. After much debate we just decided to go with it and keep our fingers crossed. I think it turned out really well especially since the green was so symbolic. Thanks again all!
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jnekotasaid 82 weeks ago

awesome design, this is my first shirt off teefury! thanks!
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hurricanesyndromesaid 82 weeks ago

I really appreciate the symbolism behind this design. Designs for Design's sake are nice, but symbolism make me happy.
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cardinalgoldsteinsaid 82 weeks ago

Love that moon and sun.
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goodgraveysaid 82 weeks ago

I want this one. So badly! Curse not having just enough in my account! I really like this design a lot though!
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ladynightshadesaid 82 weeks ago

I've been battling on whether to buy this or not due to being short on money... and my buying side wins.
Awesome design and love the symbolism behind it
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dcastle8183said 82 weeks ago

Awesome ladynightshade, so glad you made the decision. Thanks so much!

hurricanesyndrome, thanks! Its pretty easy for me to have meaning in my stuff.... I just seem to be inspired by many many different things.

Thanks again, everyone!
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auryonsaid 82 weeks ago

Saw it, bought it. Loooove the meaning behind it. Hidden stuff like that...aw, I'm such a sucker for it.
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Archived Tee - 2009-02-04

He Who Ate the Sun

About the artist

Castle

Art curated by

jimiyo

Word from jimiyo:

I saw the sketch Derrick posted in another forum, and I immediately wanted it for Teefury. Fortunately he obliged cause I felt like this is something you might see over at designbyhumans.com for $20-25, so to be able to offer it through Teefury, well, you can thank me later Teefurries! I love Derrick's style. He's got a loose vintage style, salted with symbolism. Add black shirt #15 to my wardrobe.

Tell us about the design

This design was inspired by the Green Lion, a symbol in alchemy. I've always enjoyed the mysticism surrounding this ancient practice and wanted to come up with something that I thought was a good Illustrative representation of it. I also incorporated elements of herbalism like Wormwood and Green Anise, the two major components of the herbal elixir, Absinthe. When working on this, I wanted to design something that was kinda like19th century apothecary style artwork

Thanks to Jimiyo for kinda givin this design a face lift, he worked in some balancing and good shading options. You could kinda say this is a castle/jimiyo collab...

Tell us about yourself.

I'm a Nashville based designer, I have been in the design industry professionally for about 10 years but have been creating art for much much longer. Its only in the last year that I have seriously gotten into the realm of t-shirt design. I have done some tee design here and there over the years for various clients but now I'm able to do it for myself. There's nothing better than creating exactly what you want. I'm married and and have two daughters, my oldest is in training to pick up where I leave off.

Are there any ongoing art projects you would like to promote?

I'm still plugging away on my tee collection at www.strawcastledesign .com. Working on better ways to market my collection and increase traffic. I have actually managed to get a local Nashville based retailer to pick up a couple of designs from my collection. I'm very excited about that.

Favorite quote?
"The woman is the most fiendish devises of torture to ever bedevil the day's of man"

Ulysses Evert McGill

You are stranded on an island, you can choose one friend from the list: Brian or Stewie from Family Guy, Data from Star Trek, House M.D., Tina
Fey, or Alec Baldwin. Why?

yawsa, That's a though one.... I think it would be between Alec and Tina but I'm thinkin Tina would be better suited to, uh... satisfy my needs if i were in fact stranded on a deserted island.

Any shout outs?
First shout out has to go to my man Jimiyo here, Jimiyo has been great to me. He's featured me on teefury for the third time now he's been almost like a mentor. He's a been there done it kind of guy in the t-shirt business and has been great with me giving advice, suggestions, and local contacts. He's just been an all around helpful guy! Mad thanks to Jimiyo!

Also shout out to my fellow pod casters, Joe, Greg and Wes. We've been doing a Movie Trailer themed podcast for almost a year now. It was a weekly podcast were we would trash talk movie trailers for upcoming movies. Appropriately titled "Trailer Trash Talk" We just got back from a little break in which we restructured the show a bit and just recorded our 35 episode which will air mid next week. Check us out at www.trailertrashtalk.com

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