Monthly Archives: September 2009

Marc Jacobs “The Great”

Written by caligreen.
“Creativity is contradictive and sometimes difficult to reach…” by Chris Campbell, but “When you love doing it you find your way…” by Marc Jacobs

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, select, START

Written by caligreen.
hanafuda cards (translates to "flower cards")
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

Written by dirtyRascal.
Kickin it with 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

Written by dustyBottoms.
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

Written by caligreen.
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

Written by caligreen.
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

Written by molloy.
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!

Written by caligreen.
all that's left
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

Written by caligreen.
defa bustin a hella sick move in the "hella-copter" design.
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

Written by dirtyRascal.
Original California lone star 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 [...]