Category Archives: somebody paid for this

Stuff someone paid us to do.

The Pennant Project

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Hoover Dam

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 →

Posted in melonhead, revs, somebody paid for this, works in progress |

the crane takes flight

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Hoover Dam

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 →

Posted in finished projects, nats, somebody paid for this |

new shirt for sale

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Hoover Dam

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 →

Posted in finished projects, melonhead, nats, revs, somebody paid for this |

always believe

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Hoover Dam

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 →

Posted in breakers, finished projects, I can't believe we pulled this off, nats, somebody paid for this, why we do this |

don’t mess with deuce

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Hoover Dam

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

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Hoover Dam

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 →

Posted in finished projects, goofy, somebody paid for this |

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

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Hoover Dam

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

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Hoover Dam

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 →

Posted in finished projects, goofy, somebody paid for this |

make a (Christmas) miracle

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Hoover Dam

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

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Hoover Dam

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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