Over the weekend, I travelled to Mount Pleasent PA to help my girlfriend and her mom set up and run a yard sale.
On the trip up there I wasn’t paying attention and missed the exit, resulting in getting lost. I stopped at a gas station to ask for directions, but the two kids working there ended up getting me more lost.
As I drove in the middle of nowhere, I spied a bar on the side of the road, so I pulled over and went in to ask for directions.
It was around 8PM, and there wasn’t anyone in the bar yet, except for the bartender. I explained my situation, and he proceeded to give me directions.
However, about halfway through this, his co worker came out of the back and all of the sudden I lost train of thought and could no longer concentrate.
Turns out I was in a gay bar. The guy from the back had to be at least fifty years old and about fifty pounds overweight. He wasn’t wearing a shirt. Instead he had leather straps that crossed over his chest and were attached by a big metal ring. He wasn’t wearing pants either. Only a tiny leather bikini.
I rule at life. Part two tomorrow.
Published by Matt Gondek March 4th, 2008
in Art, Design, Clothing and Apparel.
Below are a few of the new shirt designs I’ve done in the past week. There are a few more, but I’ll save those ones for when I can’t think of anything interesting to write about 
Casablanca is a brand new clothing company based out of Texas. I was hired to do their initial 2 shirt designs, as well as web banners, a myspacespace layout, and a logo.
My pals TDWP hired me to do 2 more shirts for them. This is one of them. TDWP is based out of Ohio and signed to Rise Records
www.myspace.com/tdwp
A Day to Remember is a punk / hardcore band from Ocala Florida. They’re signed to Victory Records.
www.myspaces.com/adaytoremember
Published by Matt Gondek February 27th, 2008
in Art, Music, Artist, Clothing and advice.
Tara McPherson is not only a very talented artist, having worked for Vertigo Comics and Kid Robot, but apparently she’s good at giving advice out to up and comic artists as well.
On here website, TaraMcPherson.com, she goes into great detail about how she started out and gives allot of good pointers. All of this can be found on the second part of her info page here. Be sure to poke around her site too and check out her amazing work.
In other news..
Hey music fans… If you go out and buy the Re-release of “For Those Who Have Heart” by A Day to Remember, you might just notice a great photo of one of my Tee Designs right smack dab on the inside cover. I had a chance to meet with these guys over the weekend. Look for some big projects coming from us in the extremely near future. They’re growing in popularity quickly due to their cover song, Since You’ve Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson. Look it up on myspace, it’s great.
I am wrapping up a project where I will be distributing at least 500 5 page comics for free. These will be given out at my art shows, stores in downtown Pittsburgh, or anywhere I can drop a couple off.I am looking for Clothing Companies, Bands, Blogs, or anyone else that needs promotion to help fund this project.What you will get in return is this:
On the last page of the mini comic (page 5), there will be half a page where I will have a “brought to you by” section. This is where your website address, myspace, or whatever would be listed, as well as a logo if you have one.
I am prepared to pay for 500 of these comics to be made out of my pocket. However, any additional money I recieve will be put into making MORE than the 500 comics.
I am asking for $5.25 per add. This money can be sent through paypal only, as I plan on getting these things made this weekend. The extra quarter is to cover paypal’s stupid fees.
For $5.25 your getting your advertisement on my 500 comics, PLUS the extra comics that your $5 is paying for.
If your interested, please send me comment on here or email me at gondek@mattgondek.com. My paypal account is “gondek@mattgondek.com” Please respond by Friday night, as I’ll be getting these printed on Saturday the 23rd.
As of writing this, I still have 4 spaces available.
keep on truckin’
Gondek
Published by Matt Gondek February 14th, 2008
in Art, Design, Clothing and Apparel.
I’ve been hard at work pumpin’ out new T Shirt designs for people. Two of the new ones are below. Check em’ out and Happy Valentine’s Day you sexy devil!
Published by KP January 1st, 2008
in Fashion, Clothing, Apparel and Shoes.
Recently, I FINALLY bought a pair of Uggs. After about 3 years of wanting them and hearing how amazing they are, I finally caved and got them.
For those who have never owned a pair, they seriously are THE best shoes in the world. Let me explain some reasons why…First, you don’t need socks with them. Furthermore, they slip on. You can wear them when its hot out and they keep your feet cool or you can wear them when its cold out and have warm feet. Also, you can dress them up with a skirt or tuck some skinny jeans into them if you’re going for a casual look…basically, they look good with any clothes..they’re meant to be worn everyday.
I heard a really cool story about how Ugg’s were supposedly created…Surfers who surf during winter wear full-body wet suits. Well, legend has it that the surfer’s feet would get cold before and after surfing (since the wet suit doesn’t cover the feet), so one of them developed these Ugg boots to wear with the wet suit on the way to the beach and then to throw on their feet after surfing to quickly warm the feet back up. This is just an awesome idea, and it truely works. They do a great job at keeping your feet warm, but never too hot. My feet never sweat in them, the wonderful sheepskin lining keeps your feet cozy and warm! If you don’t have a pair, you should really consider buying them..man or woman. Actually, when I was out buying mine, the guy working at the shoe department asked Matt if he wanted to try a pair. I guess its cool for guys or girls to wear em, although I rarely see guys with them.
Got Uggs? Need to clean them? Try this website: http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Clean-your-Ugg-Boots.
Published by Matt Gondek December 17th, 2007
in Art, culture, Design, Artist, web, Fashion and Clothing.
http://skreened.com/thehotwetness
My buddy Bob Trautman is a weird guy. Hailing from Ohio, his artwork deals with eroticism, bondage, and alot of stuff you’d be uncomfortable showing your mom.
Over the weekend a hot note dropped into my inbox letting me know he finally got around to opening an online store to sell some of his bizarre designs. The site has a bunch of different shirts he designed. Some of them with illustrations, other with words that he claims were subjects of spam emails he got. When you’re done perusing his wares, be sure to check out his site as well, which is sure to knock the holiday cheer right out of you.
http://www.thehotwetness.com/
www.brownsoundclothing.com
Brown Sound Clothing has a terrible website. However, they make some really fashionable, comfy clothing. I’ve only ever seen one of their shirts here in Pittsburgh at Urban Outfitters, and never really thought too much about them. However, I went to Maryland over the weekend and seen the hoodie (pictured below) and had to pick it up.
Check out their terrible site for some pics of their other designs, which are all pretty top notch! I wish they site had a store or something. Seriously.. I can’t get over how bad this site is. Ha oh well.
In other news, for anyone still doing their Christmas shopping, check out this wonderful E-bay auction
http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-Human-Glass-Eye-
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