First off let me apologize for not updating this blog in a while. No excuses. As most of my friends know, along with Studious, I also run Word of Mouth Shirts. Word of Mouth is a blog all about independent brand tees, along with some other random things at times. I recently launched the blog as a brand and things have been going really well, even better than I planned. So considering that along with a few other things, I won’t get detailed, I have decided to put Studious on hold for the time being.

I will still be brainstorming, researching and designing as I have the brand on hold. I don’t know when I will relaunch, but I will not rush it. I am very glad to have had this experience and will use everything I have learned, and will learn, for the relaunch. A HUGE thank you to everyone who has supported Studious in any way, this is not the end, just a break. I will get things prepared for a bigger and better launch in the future.

So now for the good news: I have marked ALL remaining Studious tees down to 9 bucks! Shipping is only 2 bucks and all tees come with Studious stickers. Since things have gone this way, I have decided not to reprint any of the original designs. I was originally planning to reprint these designs in a new color way, now this will be the only time these will be available. Sizes are very limited so grab yours before they are gone forever!

Here is the link to the store: http://studious.bigcartel.com/

Thanks again to all my friends, family and supporters!

We are only a few days away from the big day. To help your wallet, i am offering a 30% discount on your entire order from now untill Christmas. To get the discount just use the code “CHRISTMAS” in the discount box at check out. If you get your order in today, Monday the 19th, it will surely be there before Christmas. After today I cannot guarantee that your tees will make it in time, but I am guessing Tuesday orders will make it as well…

Here is a link to the store.. www.studious.bigcartel.com

So I received some disappointing news this past week. Not bad news, I was just disappointed.

I just finished up another semester of school and took a 3D design class. Well one of my projects was being considered as one of seven to represent the school in a nationwide contest. Needless to say I was very excited about this possible opportunity. I always let my imagination get the best of me. I figured, being that they asked me to participate, surely I would be picked. Right?

Well the email came in this week that read:

My younger cousin asked me the other day, while I was back home for Thanksgiving:

“How did you come up with that?”

“With Studious?”

“yea”

I didn’t know what to say. She put me on the spot. I said:

“Well, I did a lot of research and then came up with something that represented me in a way I felt that would relate to other people as well.”

Well I said something like that. Really I went through about 4 brand names and ideas that, at one point or another, I was absolutely convinced would work. Now I think about the ideas I had and wow! I am so glad I didn’t pull the trigger on the name “Name Brand” haha. Not that Studious is this fail proof almighty name, but I love it. Every time I here someone else say it I light up. Thats how I know its right for me.

I put a lot of thought into the name and direction of the brand. I went back and forth with a few characters that I created. But in the end, that was me trying to be something I am not.

My whole life I’ve LOVED drawing names and letters. I remember being in 6th grade the first day of art class, the teacher said “draw what you are interested in” I knew immediately I was going to draw my last name. I loved drawing letters and I could draw my last name in all sorts of different ways. Right before I started she said “NO WORDS!”

No words?! Why not? I raised my hand: “Why not?” She said to express my self through images. Ok, I also knew how to draw a cross in 3D. Surely she wouldn’t hate on Jesus right? I finished my 3D cross and she stops by, “No religious images either” Wow! I was so frustrated.

Later in high school a very similar thing happened. We were to create a image that represented us. I immediately started doing my name in these graffiti letters I had been working on. “NO WORDS!” Aint this a bitch, not again. I didn’t even do the project. I was crazy in high school. Those were the only two art classes I had ever taken. But I would draw all the time.

So without knowing, those two episodes shaped my thoughts of my own art work. “For some reason, drawing names, graffiti or whatever, isn’t a good skill to have” I never really took myself serious after that. I knew I was good at drawing, but never really thought I would do anything with it.

A few years ago I went back to school, I am about done with all my basics and I have begun taking art classes. I am majoring in Graphic Design. I have learned so much, meet so many people and overall I just have this new sense of confidence and self awareness. I have spent this past year researching, networking and blogging about what I love. I plan on doing exactly what I love for the rest of my life. Whether I keep my day job and design on the side or I am blessed to one day be a full time artist, I will always take myself serious and always do what I love.

So next time Sereya asks me “how did you come up with Studious” I am going to say “by doing what I love!”