Ben Douglass

Beans Beans

2011-05-19T20:52:00.000-07:00

Beans, beans, the musical fruit
The more you eat, the more you toot
The more you toot, the better you feel
So we have beans at every meal!

"Beans Beans" is up for scoring now at threadless.

The Magic Eight Ball

2011-03-26T11:05:00.001-07:00

I have a new illustration up for voting at threadless this week! It's titled, 'The Magic Eight Ball'. Its so punny! Check out the link below the image to give it a vote. Thanks!

Gingers! for sale at shirt.woot!

2011-03-26T10:54:00.000-07:00

My illustration, 'Gingers!' is for sale now at shirt.woot.com. Get it while it lasts. It will only be available for a limited time. But it here!

OH you fancy huh, Ketchup?

2011-01-30T19:28:00.000-08:00

Sir Fancy Ketchup is a man of class, sophistication, and high fructose corn syrup. Do you come away from that cheeseburger and fries feeling so... plain? Just spread a little Sir Fancy Ketchup on that meat sandwhich for a meal that will make you feel like royalty.

Sir Fancy Ketchup scored well at threadless, click on the button below the image and tell em' you want it printed!

"Vanilla Ice Cream Man" for sale today only at riptapparel.com

2010-12-22T06:43:00.000-08:00

My illustration "Vanilla Ice Cream Man" is for sale today at riptapparel.com. It's a one day only sale, so get it while it lasts! It's a very serious piece, documenting the trials and tribulations of one of our greatest pop culture icons.

Gingers! Goes Viral

2010-12-06T19:31:00.000-08:00

In case you didn't know, I'm famous. Well, not really, but my recent illustration, Gingers!, did go viral! Someone blogged it on tumblr, and it took off from there. It was reposted over 7000 times on tumblr, has over 8000 hits on my flickr and has appeared all over the interwebs. It was pretty exciting to see it take off overnight.

Vanilla Ice Cream Man

2010-05-03T19:53:00.000-07:00

I recently completed this illustration for a contest at threadless called THREADWARS . The idea was thought up by the great Alex Solis , of threadless fame. The idea, inspired by March Madness, was to pit threadless designers against each other in a tournament style bracket. Each round would have a theme, and the winners would proceed to the next round. The theme of the first round was hybrid. So I decided to depict the hybrid of Vanilla Ice, and an ice cream man. The result is an absurd piece of art that I thought only I could appreciate. It scored surprisingly well, and I defeated my competitor in the first round. Now, go tell threadless you want to wear Vanilla Ice Cream Man on your body!

Secret of the Sharpener - for sale at shirt.woot!

2010-04-04T14:55:00.000-07:00

Secret of the Sharpener went up for sale today at shirt.woot.com. It finished second in shirt woot's latest competition, "Things that Start with the Letter S". It's for sale for $10 today. After today the price will go up to $15. Go get it!

Pinball Wizard - my most nerdy t-shirt to date.

2010-03-30T12:54:00.000-07:00

Yes, its true. I currently have a t-shirt for sale that references LOTR (thats Lord of the Rings to those of you that might not be in the know). Right now your thinking,"I had no idea Ben was such a nerd, dork, dweeb, geek or even goober!" First off, I may be a little dorky, fair enough. But you went too far with dweeb and goober, frankly I'm offended. Let me explain. About six months ago I was approached by Evan Ferstenfeld, or frickinawesome as he's known around the world of designer t's, if I would like to collaborate with him. Evan has made a name for himself around the t-shirt world with his slogans and prints at threadless.com and his own site, madewithawesome.com. So when he asked if I would like to work with him, I said,"sure, why not?" The concept he asked me to illustrate was called Pinball Wizard. Basically a visual pun based off of The Who's hit song of the same name. Here is what we ended up with.

We submitted it to threadless, where it received a decent score, but not good enough to print. Next stop was shirt woot. The people there liked it, but wanted us to give it more of a LOTR feel. So the two kids in the back were replaced with an elf and dwarf, resembling the characters from the movie.

Did I sell out and compromise my morals as an artist by pandering to the hoards of Frodo Baggins fanboys? Yea... pretty much.
Now go buy it!

Alien Apple - up for voting at threadless

2010-02-17T16:27:00.000-08:00

My most recent illustration, Alien Apple, is a collaboration between myself and my threadless buddy, Evan Ferstenfeld (frickinawesome). Evan came up with the concept, and I brought it to life. It's a parody of the iconic scene from Alien, the movie.

Magicians Make Great Liars - up for voting at threadless

2010-01-05T20:18:00.000-08:00

Check out my latest design up for voting at threadless.

Catching a Falling Star Would Actually be Pretty Unlucky - threadless type tee

2009-12-28T20:55:00.000-08:00

I recently had the opportunity to design a type tee for threadless. It was a ton of fun, and now its up for sale at the site! Big congrats to Nathan Pyle, the slogan writer. Click here to buy it.

The Garden Escape - up for voting at threadless

2009-12-03T10:59:00.000-08:00

This is my entry for the "threadless loves travel II" contest. The selected winner will be sent on a trip to Australia, along with all the usual prizes for winning. Check the link below to vote.

Zombie Vampire Robots is for sale at shirt.woot!

2009-11-18T06:20:00.000-08:00

It's been almost a year since I first illustrated this idea. Since then I have redesigned it several times, and sent it to various sites. So after a long journey, I am very happy that the good people at shirt.woot have decided to print it! It's for sale here.

The Sharpener - up for voting at threadless

2009-11-16T06:16:00.000-08:00

My newest design, 'The Sharpener' is now up for voting at threadless. It's for their current contest, threadless loves innovation. So help me out and visit the link below to go vote!

Zombie Vampire Robots is in the running at Shirt.Woot!

2009-11-06T10:51:00.000-08:00

My design 'Zombie Vampire Robots from Space' is currently up for voting at shirt.woots double take derby. The double take derby is a collection of designs that did not win in previous derby's, but were selected as Honorable Mentions. So, help a brother out and go vote!

Vote at Shirt.Woot

Red Moon

2009-09-16T08:43:00.001-07:00

This one is up at designbyhumans.com's third annual Halloweek contest. They will pick five winning designs to be sold around halloween.

Go vote at DBH

Beware the Moon

2009-09-16T08:33:00.000-07:00

New design up for voting now at threadless. This is for the "threadless loves horror" competition. Check it out and give it a vote!

Et Tu Crouton? - FOR SALE AT THREADLESS

2009-08-31T11:28:00.000-07:00

I am very thrilled to be able to say that I now have my first print at threadless.com! Hopefully it will be the first of many more to come. "Et Tu Crouton (The Assassination of Caesar Dressing)" is for sale now, click on the image above and go buy it!

The Ignoramus - up for voting at Tilteed.com

2009-08-31T06:05:00.000-07:00

This is an older design of mine, currently up for voting at Tilteed.com. Check out the link below to give it a vote!

Vote for this on
Tilteed.com

Subway Design Work on ESPN.com!

2009-08-21T08:02:00.000-07:00

I recently had the opportunity to do some design work for Subway, through my job here at Synergy Events. The task was to design a logo and tent artwork for a promotion we would be helping Subway execute. The tent has traveled to several cities around the country, displaying autographed baseballs designed by little leaguers. The baseballs are signed by celebrities and athletes, and are currently being auctioned off for charity. Here's the site. I was surprised today to find out that Subway had decided to incorporate my work into their advertising campaign, using it on ads and their microsite. The ads are running on ESPN.com today. Check out the images below.

Oldest Crayon in the Box

2009-08-17T17:16:00.000-07:00

My illustration, 'The Oldest Crayon in the Box' was just posted to IllustrationFriday.com this week. The subject is wrapped, and crayons are wrapped in paper, so I thought, "why not?". Probably a stretch, but whatever. It finished scoring at threadless a few weeks ago and still has a chance to be printed, so follow the link below to tell threadless you want it!

The Prophet - up for voting at threadless

2009-08-12T06:52:00.000-07:00

New illustration up for voting at threadless. This was for their new 'threadless loves new art' contest. I tried to do something a little outside my usual style for this one. Check it out!

'Night Owl' for sale at shirt.woot.com!

2009-08-06T06:20:00.000-07:00

My illustration 'Night Owl' is currently for sale at shirt.woot.com. Go buy it!

Go buy Night Owl

Et Tu Crouton? - up at threadless!

2009-06-19T07:09:00.001-07:00

My latest illustration is up for voting at threadless. Check it out!

Finally launched my website!

2009-05-03T18:21:00.000-07:00

After months of work, my site is finished. I have been taking web design classes since February at a local community college. It's going pretty well, pretty psyched I finally have my own site! Now that it's up I'm going to try and post more work on this blog.

benjamindouglass.com

Illustration Friday - canned

2008-07-25T18:21:00.001-07:00

This illustration is a rework of a painting I did a couple years ago. I submitted it to threadless.com so it should be up for voting soon. I thought it fit this weeks topic at Illustration Friday pretty well. Its my tribute to Warhol, titled Spilled Soup.

Illustration Friday - electricity

2008-05-13T18:30:00.000-07:00

This weeks topic for illustrationfriday.com is electricity. I'm posting an illustration I completed a little while back. It's a conceptual portrait of Thomas Edison, a man with obvious connections to electricity.