Monthly Archives: September 2009
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, select, START
This month we celebrate the 120th birthday of Nintendo.. what this has to do with Cail Green i don’t know but i’ll never forget duck hunt, mike tyson’s punch out or the Power Glove! Childhood memories bring me back to the early 80s so i was surprised to learn Nintendo was such an old [...]
This Ones for the Homies
Born in Richmond California Artist David Gonzalez Creator of Homies began drawing comics in high school of barrio guys in his neighborhood. From there Gonzalez did a comic strip for Lowrider Magazine called “Hollywood” which he started to create all of his classic characters.
In 1998 Lowrider Sponsored Homies and the first series was created of [...]
New word of the day: UPCYCLE
With the green movement growing, UPCYCLING has become a great way to breathe new life and personality into something you already have. Here’s a cool video from the cleaver kids at ThreadBanger.com showing us how to fuse plastic shopping bags into a laptop case. For all of you advanced D.I.Y. fans, you can [...]
Artist resources
For all you artists out there looking hone your skills, looking for inspiration or just looking you’ve gotta check this site, the gnomon workshop. I recently started digging through the archives and have found endless tutorials by top notch artists covering subjects like 3D modeling, illustration, character design and much more. Not everything [...]
Afrology
James Top, a controversial and legendary Graffiti Artist from New York City, presents “Afrology” a special collection of new graffiti works —Afrology debuts as 17 artistic variations of the 1970’s hairstyle, the “Afro,” and depicts controversial, nostalgic and historical messages of the African-American experience via mixed media and graffiti art.
Pet the Dog – Bringing some Cali Green to Hollywood
Cali Green’s own Pet the Dog is being nominated for best rock song at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards. The HMMA’s take place at Kodak Theater in Hollywood on Nov. 19 and you can check out the song they were nominated for: “The Fiend” at myspace.com/petthedog. The band’s playing a show in [...]
it was a hot day!
As if closing down our street due to construction wasn’t enough, macy’s decided to catch fire and seal the deal. Directly across the way from our little shop came a big puff of smoke out the side door of macy’s SB followed by the sirens of our hero’s the SB Fire Dept. There’s no telling [...]
cg photoshoot – winter line
Hey everyone – here’s a sneak peak into our winter line coming soon. Only in southern California can you photograph winter clothes on a sunny beach, not to make the rest of you jealous. We’re coming out with 12 new guys and 12 new girls designs which will be printed on eco conscious [...]
History of the California Flag
In 1836, Juan Alvarado and Isaac Graham led a revolution against Mexican rule. During this first revolt, rebels were able to capture Monterey and declared California “a free and sovereign state”. Although their rebellion failed to secure independence for California, it inspired the design of flag of the Bear Flag Revolt. The Lone Star Flag [...]
Marc Jacobs “The Great”