Category Archives: somebody paid for this

Stuff someone paid us to do.

The Pennant Project

Before a soccer match, it’s traditional for the team captains to engage in a little gesture of sportsmanship: They shake hands, pose for a photo, and exchange small pennants, usually printed with their team’s name and sometimes the match date, … tell me more

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the crane takes flight

Though she’s not originally from there, Megan Rapinoe’s pretty strongly linked with Portland, where she went to school. Because I know all manner of stupid trivia, one day it occurred to me that the state motto of Oregon (“Alis volat … tell me more

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new shirt for sale

I get asked a lot if I ever do shirts with my designs on them, and the answer is always “it’s complicated.” But when Futbol Artist Network started, that was easy–I had to get on board, and I had to … tell me more

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always believe

In January, all-time Breakers and USWNT star Kristine Lilly announced her retirement, much to the surprise of the soccer community, who always figured she was a Highlander and could not retire by conventional means. Here’s a player who, in her … tell me more

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don’t mess with deuce

Commission request from someone in central PA who wanted to celebrate US Soccer’s current most popular Texan besides Stuart Holden: DON’T MESS WITH DEUCE, 7’x5′ Wish the text and Texas weren’t so close together, but other than that, pretty happy … tell me more

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same as it ever was

Second to the BC hockey banner for “wait, really? Hah! Okay, sure!” commission orders: LOVE, 5’x5′ The New York Cosmos hit me up for an order mixing the nostalgia for the old team (Pele!) and the movement for the new … tell me more

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red stripes, yellow roses, blue bonnets, and silver cannons

Another offseason commission, this time for a buddy in Dallas who wanted a flag celebrating various Texiana: STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR IT, 3’x5′ He gave me a list of things he thought might look good against FC Dallas’s horizontal … tell me more

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go Terriers, unless someone else will make me money

Older one I never got around until posting just now: TRUST: 4’x6′–eh, wrong color red, but their money’s green Back in October, I got a non-soccer commission, specifically, draw up Boston College hockey coach Jerry York. Talk about laughing all … tell me more

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make a (Christmas) miracle

In early April, I got a heads up on Twitter from the Revs’ own Chris Tierney and his pal Taylor Russo that there might be a commission out there for me. Sure, why not. Turns out Charlie Davies’ agents over … tell me more

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blood + titanium

Early this spring, the gang at The Shin Guardian commissioned me to do a t-shirt in honor of Brian McBride’s finest hour, i.e. getting right back up against Italy with a face full of blood. Once McBride announced that he’d … tell me more

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