I am releasing the “Zenith” icon set under the public domain. This means you can do whatever you’d like with it – share, modify, redistribute – without any restrictions (read about public domain).
Zenith was an experiment of mine in open source interface graphics, created in late 2005 and originally released under the GPL. The project was created entirely and exclusively with open source graphic tools (Inkscape and Gimp).
Download the Zenith icon set here (Preview it)
A little homage to my 2nd favorite city (second only to Tel Aviv, of course), I enjoyed working on this design which I feel does it’s bit to embody the grace and warmth (not in temperature, of course) of the city of Hamburg.
Each shirt is € 32.90, tote is € 19.90.
15% off all T shirts until Jan 22nd! Coupon code NEUJAHRSHIRTS.
I love doing projects which let me dabble with multiple types of media and include elements which wouldn’t typically be considered “proper tools”. This is what I did a few years ago when I needed a good set of blood drips for a digital drawing I was working on, but couldn’t find a proper set of photoshop brushes. I decided to get crafty instead.
I found a bottle of red nail polish, cleaned off my desk, covered a bunch of stuff in trash bags and started spattering the polish onto a sheet of paper. The following morning, I took the sheet of paper and scanned it in the office scanner, slicing the spatters in photoshop and created digital brushes.
I’ve seen folks do something similar with coffee stains, toilet paper, ink scribbles and newspaper smears. it’s really easy to do!
This was a fun shirt to design – I love working with strong color and am a closet graffiti fan. This shirt will be printed on “distressed look” shirts, so they’ll have a used, retro feel to them. Long live the 80’s!
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I almost forgot how much fun designing T shirts was. I remember that back when I was designing shirts for Plazma in Tel Aviv, I was always complaining to my boss that we weren’t producing any women’s shirt or jackets. I’m excited about this small personal project of mine, because it allows me to design shirts which I can make in women’s sizes, too – so most of the designs I’m going to be selling in the shop are going to come in women’s S-L alongside men’s S-XXL.
You’re going to have to excuse me for the geeky motives above – the project is going to be full of them. Brownie points to whoever picked up the the shirt on the right sports a 286 – the first computer I ever used. 
To celebrate the new year (and the impact of the recession on my wallet), I’m going to be selling some shirts ’round these parts. This is a great opportunity for me to brush off my T Shirt skills and to practice some fun typography. From the first graphics I’m going to be putting on a shirt, one pays homage to everything geeky and caffeinated, and the other to the second best city in the world (after Tel Aviv):
I should expect the shop and some proper designs to be up within a few weeks to a month. If you’d like me to notify you personally when it’s up, leave a message in the comments.
