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Michael — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:38:41 +0000

Want…

Yin Yang.

Michael — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:40:35 +0000

Yin Yang: In Asian philosophy, the concept of yin yang (simplified Chinese: traditional Chinese:; pinyin: yinyáng), which is often referred to in the West as “yin and yang”, is used to describe how polar opposites or seemingly contrary forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other in turn. Opposites thus only exist in relation to each other. Many natural dualities—e.g. dark and light, female and male, low and high, cold and hot, water and fire, air and earth— are thought of as manifestations of yin and yang (respectively). Civil relates to everything Yin yang embodies and represents; we use the concept in a lot of our messages throughout or lines. There’s always two sides of every coin…We Celebrate The Difference in everyone. Purchase Yin Yang here.

T-Shirt Contest-Civil Facebook.

Michael — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:30:45 +0000

Don’t miss out on our Free givaway’s this holiday season on our Facebook page! This week we will be giving away the popular ‘Last is the New First’ tank and our signiture ‘Push’ tee! All you have to do is “Like and Share” the post and you are entered to win! Once the likes and shares hit ’50′ we will announce the winner! Good Luck and Celebrate the Difference.

Morrisey: Nov 26th 2011 Shrine Los Angeles

Michael — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:05:46 +0000

Last night was definitely something to remember. I admit ; I am not the greatest Morrissey fan…and I surely realized this walking toward the entrance of the Shrine in Los Angeles. People were die hard as fu*k!…Crying, screaming, laughing, jumping…mainly just having a good time.

Once we got inside we hit the bars to get a good buzz before Moz got on stage. Soon the bars were packed and the bathroom line started looking insane. We got the rest of our drinks and headed for our seats. I didn’t realize how close we were until I got inside the actual theater area. I’ve never seen a show at the shrine so I didn’t know how personnel the seating was. It was awesome knowing we were about to see Morrissey 15 feet away from us. I mean…we didn’t get seats as good as the Olsen twins who were sitting literally underneath his ball sack.

I’m not hating though; it was dope that they were in attendance too. Soon after we sat down the lights dimmed and the opening act came on. I was un-familiar with the singer (Kristeen Young) but she was pretty cool.You can listen to her stuff on you tube I think…(If you’re interested…)

Kristeen Young finished her set and walked off stage…now it was time for the main show. Morrissey walks out and the crowd cries, screams, dies, all at the same time. The show was bad ass and Morrisey is still the illest…even though he didn’t play ‘Ask’ or ‘Please Please Please’. I know, I know…these are The Smiths songs, but it didn’t hurt to wish. He had an epic performance as the crowd scream when he walked off stage. They started chanting “More-ah-see” ,More-ah-see”. Two minutes later he walked back out and ceiling almost fell when he played an encore performance of ‘STILL ILL’!!!!! Morrisey represents everything our brand slogan stands for..he as an individual and a performer truly embodies the message to CELEBRATE THE DIFFERENCE.

Dissapointed.

Michael — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 06:35:57 +0000

Chiaroscuro . Celebrate The Difference

Michael — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 05:27:58 +0000

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Celebrate The Difference.

Michael — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:38:23 +0000

Pose X Witnes X Hawleywoods Barbershop

Michael — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:16:07 +0000

Pose & Witnes painting the side of Hawleywoods Barbershop and shave parlor in Huntington Beach. This comes out amazzzinnnng!

Artist Driven | Hawleywoods from LRG on Vimeo.

Celebrate The Difference : Sam Bosma

Chace — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:04:28 +0000

How do you celebrate the difference..?

I am an illustrator. I am not a fine artist. I don’t search for meaning through art, and I’m not interested in asking questions through the medium. I’m an image maker. My end goal when I pick up a pencil is to make an image that makes me happy and hopefully appeals to other people.

What is a typical day in Sam Bosma’s life?

The day usually starts fairly late, since I work late nights. I usually don’t get to the drawing table until the early afternoon, since I usually have to deal with everyday errands in the morning. Some days I’ll be working from noon until three in the morning or later, and some days I’ll be able to call it quits at a reasonable hour. My days are usually dictated by what jobs I’m working on or if I have a personal project I’m particularly passionate about. Freelance illustration (like freelance anything, I’d assume) runs on a very irregular timeline. There are lulls and there are floods, but I try to keep working on something all the time. It’s hard for me to sit still.

What is the creative process you go through while creating a piece?

I start with thumbnail sketches, which are very small and rough and used exclusively to work out a composition. The composition is the most important part of an image: it’s the skeleton on which everything else will be built. This is also where I spend the bulk of my time. Once a composition is established, I do a series of sketches to tighten things up and figure out how everything will be drawn. I work on sheets of translucent paper, since working on a lightbox for hours every day is pretty straining. I do my final line drawing on this translucent paper also, and that’s usually in pencil with a little ink as well. Everything then gets scanned and colored digitally.

One of my favorite pieces you have done is “Sunday Drive”..can you shed some light on what this piece is about and what it means to you..??

I did a series of pieces for an article about a man named Carl Fischer and his role in the changing landscape of American transportation in the early 1900s. One part of the article mentioned how hazardous early automobile trips were, and all of the items one would be wise to pack along. I had the idea to show a couple preparing for a drive, but having to deal with packing all of these items into a relatively small car. I think contrasting the apparent need for these items with the simple desire to go for a drive in one of these new machines would lead to some funny situations. I’ve never really drawn cars before — I drew dinosaurs as a kid — but some of the earliest models I was looking at for reference were really fascinating. They really were little more than carriages with engines.

Any future projects we should be looking out for?

I don’t have any long term projects on the table right now, so I’m spending my days getting better acquainted with my sketchbook, which I’ve neglected for too long. I have a piece in the annual Frog Folio calendar put out through Dellas Graphics, which should be out this summer.

For more illustrations from Sam check out his site Here.

Reggae Summer Jams

Chace — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 23:13:34 +0000

Sun..Sand..Waves..Summer 11 Lets go! Celebrate The Difference.