ThrivingInk Blog http://blog.thrivingink.com Thriving Ink is a lifestyle Brand featuring urban streetwear, casual and sportswear. Read about our events, life, and culture. Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:02:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en A strong 7 days for the Democrats. http://blog.thrivingink.com/a-strong-7-days-for-the-democrats http://blog.thrivingink.com/a-strong-7-days-for-the-democrats#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:02:19 +0000 mattyd http://blog.thrivingink.com/a-strong-7-days-for-the-democrats SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "A strong 7 days for the Democrats.", url: "http://blog.thrivingink.com/a-strong-7-days-for-the-democrats" });]]> This week was a great one for the Democrats. It started off on October 2nd in St. Louis, Missouri,  with the Vice Presidential national debate. Joe Biden was clearly the dominant speaker in this debate. It was also voted by America that Biden was indeed the winner of the debate. Click the link for the poll details. 

Poll shows Biden winner of debate 

 Obama was also voted to be the winner of the U.S. Presidential debate on October 8th in Nashville, Tennessee. 

Poll shows Obama winner of U.S. Presidential debate 

 

Pick up your Obama shirt before the election on November 4th! 

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]]> http://blog.thrivingink.com/a-strong-7-days-for-the-democrats/feed Jeff Roedel Photographs Thriving Ink for Stroyville http://blog.thrivingink.com/jeff-roedel-photographs-thriving-ink-for-stroyville http://blog.thrivingink.com/jeff-roedel-photographs-thriving-ink-for-stroyville#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:19:26 +0000 jenelly http://blog.thrivingink.com/jeff-roedel-photographs-thriving-ink-for-stroyville SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Jeff Roedel Photographs Thriving Ink for Stroyville", url: "http://blog.thrivingink.com/jeff-roedel-photographs-thriving-ink-for-stroyville" });]]> Jeff Roedel of ‘225′ Magazine and ‘American Thrift Media’  photographed a ton of Thriving Ink shirts in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for our friends at Storyville. 

The pictures turned out awesome! Here are some of my favorites…

 To view all 52 photos click here!

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]]> http://blog.thrivingink.com/jeff-roedel-photographs-thriving-ink-for-stroyville/feed Interview with Thriving Ink Artist, Herman Lee! http://blog.thrivingink.com/interview-with-thriving-ink-artist-herman-lee http://blog.thrivingink.com/interview-with-thriving-ink-artist-herman-lee#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:49:01 +0000 jenelly http://blog.thrivingink.com/39 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Interview with Thriving Ink Artist, Herman Lee!", url: "http://blog.thrivingink.com/interview-with-thriving-ink-artist-herman-lee" });]]>

Question: How is my favorite friend in Canada this morning, or is it Hong Kong now?

Answer: I relocated back to Hong Kong from Toronto for more than 3 months now, and I’m loving every minutes of it. The foods are great, the projects coming in are nice, and best of all, my runny nose allergies are getting much better!

 

Question: How did you get your start in design?

Answer: My start in design (especially tees) started when I submitted a tee design that won at Threadless 4 years ago. It was the Mona Prankster design that got me thinking seriously about doing design fulltime. After then, I have bands and other small clothing companies inquiring for my works. 

 

Question: What inspires your work?

Answer: Anything I see. Books, movies, tv shows, people, dreams, etc. I get inspired alot, but executing them is a different story, haha.

Question: How do you like working with Thriving Ink?

Answer: It’s been an awesome experience working with Thriving Ink. The whole design process and feedbacks went very smooth from start to finish. The main reason for such great work flow is because we all share the same passion for tees and designs. I look forward to working with TI again.

Question: What inspired you to do a line of animals for Thriving Ink?

Answer: I’ve always been intrigued by the uniqueness of animals and their behaviors. My designs are all based on this reason and I try to convey them in an abstract and stylish manner.

 

Question: People probably don’t know this but you are a skilled photographer, what inspires you to take photos?

Answers: Haha, I still have lots of learning in photography before I consider myself a skilled photographer. What inspires me to take photos is because photographs are like a contact sheet of your mind and experiences.

Question: What is your favorite:

Book? Any Goosebumps. 

Movie? Fight Club. 

Television show? The Office. 

Drink? Water. 

Website? <http://www.emptees.com/>

Food? Hong Kong style Baked Pork Chop Rice. 

Place? Toronto. 

Person in history? Koma Wong. 

Question: What do you do to prepare yourself to create a new design?

Answer: Most of the time, I need everyone is my house be asleep first before I can start my ideas, haha. I can get distracted by my family pretty easily.

 

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]]> http://blog.thrivingink.com/interview-with-thriving-ink-artist-herman-lee/feed Captain Obama re-release in new color! http://blog.thrivingink.com/captain-obama-re-release-in-new-color http://blog.thrivingink.com/captain-obama-re-release-in-new-color#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:13:17 +0000 mattyd http://blog.thrivingink.com/captain-obama-re-release-in-new-color SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Captain Obama re-release in new color!", url: "http://blog.thrivingink.com/captain-obama-re-release-in-new-color" });]]> Our Obama stock went fast. Very fast. So here is the re-release of this awesome hope and change inspired line by AJ. We will be reprinting limited runs of Captain Obama in WHITE, and Pop Goes Obama in WHITE, as well as O8ama in WHITE with black ink! These shirts should become available at the end of next week. Thank you all for your continued support! Continue to check back often for more updates on re-releases of new color ways and styles!

 

This shirts will also be available at Storyville Austin and Storyville Baton Rouge! Pick one of these up before November 4th!

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]]> http://blog.thrivingink.com/captain-obama-re-release-in-new-color/feed 2nd Place Finish at The Alamo Drafthouse! http://blog.thrivingink.com/2nd-place-finish-at-the-alamo-drafthouse http://blog.thrivingink.com/2nd-place-finish-at-the-alamo-drafthouse#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:39:29 +0000 jenelly http://blog.thrivingink.com/2nd-place-finish-at-the-alamo-drafthouse SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "2nd Place Finish at The Alamo Drafthouse!", url: "http://blog.thrivingink.com/2nd-place-finish-at-the-alamo-drafthouse" });]]> Last night we went down to The Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz’s Open Screen Night and brought along a movie starring Jake Dronkers. He got 2nd place and the honor of being called a “Bad Ass” in front of a theatre full of people. That’s pretty much all a thirteen year old could ask for. 

Thanks to Josh, Gabe and Whitney for coming out to support us and our kooky movie.

For your viewing pleasure…

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]]> http://blog.thrivingink.com/2nd-place-finish-at-the-alamo-drafthouse/feed Musiq Soulchild wears TI http://blog.thrivingink.com/musiq-soulchild-wears-ti http://blog.thrivingink.com/musiq-soulchild-wears-ti#comments Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:42:42 +0000 mattyd http://blog.thrivingink.com/musiq-soulchild-wears-ti SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Musiq Soulchild wears TI", url: "http://blog.thrivingink.com/musiq-soulchild-wears-ti" });]]>  
R&B artist Musiq Soulchild was recently photographed in Thriving Ink! Here are the pictures!
 
“The Fifth” by AJ Dimarucot
 
“Mix Tape” by AJ Dimarucot
 
“The Fifth” by AJ Dimarucot
 
“Mix Tape” by AJ Dimarucot
   

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]]> http://blog.thrivingink.com/musiq-soulchild-wears-ti/feed Friday Night Lights Picks Up Thriving Ink For Wardrobe http://blog.thrivingink.com/friday-night-lights-picks-up-thriving-ink-for-wardrobe http://blog.thrivingink.com/friday-night-lights-picks-up-thriving-ink-for-wardrobe#comments Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:32:07 +0000 mattyd http://blog.thrivingink.com/friday-night-lights-picks-up-thriving-ink-for-wardrobe SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Friday Night Lights Picks Up Thriving Ink For Wardrobe", url: "http://blog.thrivingink.com/friday-night-lights-picks-up-thriving-ink-for-wardrobe" });]]>  
Producers from Emmy award winning television show, “Friday Night Lights” came by Storyville Austin the other day and picked up 6 Thriving Ink shirts for the shows wardrobe! If you watch the show, be sure to keep your eyes open for Thriving Ink tee’s in the 2009 season! Friday Night Lights is hailed as one of the top ten shows of 2006 by Time magazine and Entertainment Weekly, the critically acclaimed drama also received 2006 honors from the American Film Institute for Television Program of the Year and the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award. So exciting!
 
 
 
 

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]]> http://blog.thrivingink.com/friday-night-lights-picks-up-thriving-ink-for-wardrobe/feed Big Day Down on South Congress and Guadalupe http://blog.thrivingink.com/big-day-down-on-south-congress-and-guadalupe http://blog.thrivingink.com/big-day-down-on-south-congress-and-guadalupe#comments Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:14:06 +0000 jenelly http://blog.thrivingink.com/big-day-down-on-south-congress-and-guadalupe SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Big Day Down on South Congress and Guadalupe", url: "http://blog.thrivingink.com/big-day-down-on-south-congress-and-guadalupe" });]]> Yesterday me and the fam headed downtown to South Congress to check out Storyville’s booth which was selling Thriving Ink shirts! We got to chat with Josh and enjoy the sunshine! 

We spotted Josh’s friend Edson wearing Radical Rambunction by Ken Marshall!

We then headed down to Guadalupe to visit Gabe and Meredith at the shop.  

 Thanks Josh for the pic! 

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]]> http://blog.thrivingink.com/big-day-down-on-south-congress-and-guadalupe/feed Two T.I. Artists Interviewed by Threadless! http://blog.thrivingink.com/two-ti-artists-interviewed-by-threadless http://blog.thrivingink.com/two-ti-artists-interviewed-by-threadless#comments Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:34:27 +0000 jenelly http://blog.thrivingink.com/two-ti-artists-interviewed-by-threadless SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Two T.I. Artists Interviewed by Threadless!", url: "http://blog.thrivingink.com/two-ti-artists-interviewed-by-threadless" });]]> Two of our awesome artists, Ken Marshall and Ryan Alamillo were interviewed by Threadless. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Threadless, they are a website that allows the community to choose designs from a huge pool of artists and the chosen ones get printed. Pretty cool. Ken Marshall has had his designs printed 3 times and Ryan Alamillo, 1 time! You can read their interviews here… Ken’s Interview and Ryan’s Interview.

Ken even gives Thriving Ink a shout out!

Ken Marshall!

Our buddy Ken Marshall

Ryan!

Our buddy Ryan Alamillo! 

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]]> http://blog.thrivingink.com/two-ti-artists-interviewed-by-threadless/feed ACL 2008 Kicks Off Today! http://blog.thrivingink.com/acl-2008-kicks-off-today http://blog.thrivingink.com/acl-2008-kicks-off-today#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:31:47 +0000 jenelly http://blog.thrivingink.com/acl-2008-kicks-off-today SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "ACL 2008 Kicks Off Today!", url: "http://blog.thrivingink.com/acl-2008-kicks-off-today" });]]> The three-day Austin City Limits Music Festival kicks off today down at Zilker Park. Huge names in music will be converging on our beautiful city like The Foo Fighters, Beck, The Mars Volta! Personally I would kill to see Jenny Lewis or N.E.R.D. I have a feeling one of the best places to catch a glimpse of rock royalty will be down on South Congress… Our good friends over at Storyville (www.wearyourstory.com) were lucky enough to snag a booth next to Vespaio. They will be selling Thriving Ink tees as well as a bunch of other awesome tees from local artists. If you stop by tell them Thriving Ink sent you! This weekend may be one of the last chances to snag the first-run of Obama tees. Make sure you get them while we still have them! See you around town!

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