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I LOVE SQUID! ( The Tshirt )

You love Squid, I love Squid! Road testing ( err, or squid testing ) something new.

Up now for a limited time ( Feb 8th-March8th ) at 78SQUID.com. made to order! ( So it’s not a pre-sale this time )

And yup, mens AND womens for this one!

Hail Squid!

 

THE FOUR BUSINESSMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE ( & OTHER THINGS! )

I’ve been planning some fancy print sets for awhile. Gives me an excuse to use my customised was seals!

An update for the modern age.

No longer do they ride horses. Now, they ride the stock market. Their thrones are the boardrooms. Their domain is…everything. And it’s all about to come crashing down, each one, with their own particular talents.

The end is nigh.

4 8.5×11 fine art print set in a customised wax sealed envelope

Limited run of them are currently up at 78SQUID.com ( Or for a discounted price on my PATREON, where folks get the fancy special stuff anyway )

In other news, the TENTACLE RISING clothing is almost ready to come in so I can start shipping! ( And then start showing off the next collection ) DAGON, the kickstarter, despite some adversity, is kicking into gear for shipping too!

 

 

 

TENTACLE LEGGINGS, DRESSES & MORE

Today, the “TENTACLE RISING” collection, ( hey, I didn’t know what else to call it for the overall design! ) has gone on sale with pre-ordering ( at 78SQUID.com of course! ). The pre-order is for a full month, so there’s hopefully plenty of time for folks to get in on the ground floor if they want. I can’t speak to what quantities I’ll have left once pre-orders are fulfilled though.

Right now, the collection up for pre-order is leggings, ( Yes there is some plus sizes ) three kinds of dresses, and an all over tshirt for men and women. Slightly depending on manufacturing, they should ship out in February to folks who order them. Every order will also come with a mini-print. ( and other various thankyou’s )

If it goes well enough ( There’s some order minimums I have to make in order to turn even a bare profit, much less purchase extras for general sale later ) I’ll do many other designs and keep the thing going.

Have always wanted to do a bit of fashion stuff. I’ve seen some leggings for years and always thought most of the art tacked onto them was treated as non dedicated clip art. I wanted to finally make some tentacle leggings I’m not pained to see myself! And yup, next to tattoos, and buying original art, there’s no higher compliment I take than someone wearing some of my art. I really hope you guys dig what I’m doing. The rest of the world will find out about all this tomorrow when we go live!

HAIL SQUID!

-Ben

IN SQUID WE TRUST PREORDER NOW LIVE

Heya guys, the IN SQUID WE TRUST tshirt is now up at 78SQUID.com for preorder until December 14th! And the HAIL SQUID shirts completely sold through so I’m taking new orders for that one too, if you missed out last time.

Plans are afoot for other clothing too but only folks on my Patreon know anything about that yet. Details to come sooooooon.

 

FIDDLESTICKS ART EDITION TIMELAPSE

I’m finally home from a couple weeks of amazing travels and back to work in the studio, so thought now would be a good time to show off a little of one of the FIDDLESTICKS original art edition sketchbooks I’ve been doing up. ( And yes, plenty more still for sale here!)

BLACKHOLERS IS LIVE!

 

FINALLY, I can show the world!

BLACKHOLERS is going to be a web comic. And it’s going to be free. 2 pages a week if I can manage it. Updated mondays and thursdays. You’ll find it here: www.theblackholers.com starting thursday. ( If you’re on your phone click the url and reload it if it doesn’t load the first time, I promise it’s all there. )  It’s a little bit spacey, a little revengey ( Yes I know these aren’t real words! ) It’s a little bit Wormwood/black humour and really just a whole lot of things I like thrown into one to have fun with. A story about a woman who’s fought to survive her entire life, savage aliens who took her eyes she wants some payback with, and a whole lot of galactic politics. And of course, SQUID.

So the webcomic is FREE.

BUT, if you’re so inclined, and you want to be a month early on what the general public sees, I’ve finally delved into the world of Patreon. ( www.patreon.com/templesmith ) It’s sort of like a Kickstarter, but way smaller, and constant. No waiting for months to get a final book, you ride with me the entire way and *still* get something at the end. Or every month. Or whenever you like really. It’s a sort of club. That’s my mindset. Lots of special things, for those folks who really seem to dig my work and want me to keep producing it. I have no idea how it’ll go to be honest, but if it helps fund me doing BLACKHOLERS and survive, I’ll be blown away. The goal is to self fund all my projects from now on ( Contrary to popular belief I didn’t make huge profits off previous Kickstarters and of what profit there was, much of it actually went to boost 44FLOOD, an entity I cofounded, to help keep it’s lights on! ) So doing creator owned work is always a continued struggle to put your heart into something insane, while still paying the bills!

I’m also doing a long term art book, LITTLE DEVILS, on Patreon too… and a few other projects, some I mention on the page and some I’ll leave til later for folks to find out. But go there to find out what they are as this email is big enough right now, apologies! I’ve been working on this stuff for several months now, in my new studio in Seattle and I’m kind of living the dream with what I’m producing these days. I just hope you might like it too. The next few days I’ll be propagating my Patreon with a lot of content, some free for the public to give them an idea of what’s in store and then eventually mostly just for the special folks that want to be part of err, Team Squid!

You guys have always been amazing to me, a fact I’m fully appreciative of. I hope you’ll dig my next step and what hopefully, will be a project I’ll be doing for years to come, if I can afford to.

HAIL SQUID!

( Oh and for those wondering, I just got some awesome DAGON news on printing/shipping dates so if you’re a backer check the updates over there! )

 

 

BLACKHOLERS IS COMING…

Thursday.

Folks on my mailing list will find out things a little earlier though.

HALLOWEEN art sale! FIDDLESTICKS sketchbook debut!

Until November 1st I have a few goodies up on 78SQUID.com that will either disappear or change price once Halloween is over. Plus, it’s the debut of the FIDDLE STICKS sketchbook! Regular and painted art editions!

 

Yes, shameless plugging. But also… BLACKHOLERS is coming. ( And DAGON is at the printers so Im not going to just twiddle my thumbs. )

 

Sandman Overture #1 painting

I drew and painted up a SANDMAN OVERTURE #1 sketchcover and filmed part  of it.

If you dig it, it’s actually available now on

I love doing timelapse and have many, many more vids to come!

 

SANDMAN PAINTED COVER from Ben Templesmith on Vimeo.

HAIL SQUID Tshirt Pre-order!

Doing a pre-order on this for a full week before the batch get’s made! Monday til next monday. Available now on 78SQUID.com

Please allow 3 weeks for me to get em then ship em to you!

One colour screen print on Gildan 100% Ultra Cotton Tshirts.

The sizing seems to run a little large on em. I’m usually a large in most shirts and with these I’m an easy medium!

Right now I can’t do specific women’s cuts. Sorry! Perhaps soon!