DubMissile™

Well things are moving along ok in the new business, done some good work and landed some good clients, which kinda helps. If you're interested in reading about any of this caper then check out my new Woods Creative Media blog. Same kinda thing as this really, i'll be posting progress in the business, any design related stuff I think is worthy of being posted and any general bits of info that i think are interesting. Check it: "woodscreativemedia blog"

Hello, yes, I am still alive, just been uber busy getting my business up and running and working my lilly white ass off, but everything will be just fine, honest. I got some plans for the missile with the way it works. The thing is, each tee is made as per order and I've kinda realised that I'm not offering much of a custom service, so, the plan is to have a selection of different coloured tees to choose from, with a selection of colours for the prints too. That way, if you have a red mk1 and you like yellow tees, you can have a red print on a yellow tee. Simple eh? Anyway, I've pulled the shop down for now while I get everything order, I don't wanna be taking orders when I'm too busy to sort my shiz out. If you have any suggestions feel free to fire me an email, it's good to talk. TTFN.

Ok, so, things are moving on my business set-up life. Firstly I've pretty much secured a contract with work so that when i leave, I'll have a 12 month retainer which is sweet. Not many businesses get the chance of guaranteed work before they even get going, unless you're awesome at what you do, which I'd like to think I am ;-D. This makes the whole business plan and forecast piece a bit more juicy and interesting for the bank manager. The hardest part for designers is actually coming up with your own name and brand identity. Now I love logo design, pretty much my favourite bit of graphic design for me, I actually get excited over sweet logos, but that's a whole other conversation to be had on my design blog...when i set it up. Name wise I'm settling on Woods Creative, it's my name and is pretty safe but has loads of scope for some cool touchy feeley styling. I love old fashioned print techniques, stamps, screen prints, letterpress...etc so my logo will be a ...

Well, I was gonna set up a separate blog to kinda document the set-up of my business but been too busy to sort it out, so, I'll be posting up some progress on here. I know it aint new tees but at least it gives you regular vistors something new to read seeing as I'm such an exciting guy!! Anyways, one really awesome thing is a potential contract with my current place of work which takes a huge amount of money making stress off my shoulders. The money needs a few tweaks but once we come to a nice mid ground then we can hit the big 'GO' button. Had a meeting with an accountant today too which was a good eye opener and I learned quite a bit which has taken some of the stress out of building a business plan, I'm starting to get into it now. I just need to bloody settle on a company name now and get my design style nailed. Them I need to buy some new mac kit....good times!!!

Jeeez, it's half way through July and I aint even posted anything this month, not even another lame promise of new designs. Well, some stressful news but really awesome news in the longterm...I'm leaving work to set up my own design business. Why? Well, I've been working at my place for nearly 10 years and think its about time I branched out, did some different things and made money for myself and if everything goes to plan then I'll be laughing. So, I've been a little distracted the last couple of months with figuring business shit out and trying to get my head round what my business plans are actually gonna be. Once this is sorted I'll have the time I need to put more effort into my design projects, the Missile being one of them so please be patient and save some pennies because you'll find that one day not much has changed, then the next there'll be shit loads of stuff to go at. Wish me luck and keep you eyes peeled for new stuff very, very soon and c...

It's been out of the frame for a while but the Unity Media crew have resurrected a legend!! Retro Cars is an awesome mag for anyone who digs old school rides from all marques. Everyone loves some retro love so this is well worth a peek. PLUS, they obviously have impeccable taste and gave me, the DubMissile, half a page in the news/new stuff bit which is AWESOME!! Thanks guys, looks like another bunch of reprobates I'll be sending some stuff too very soon!! I've also taken the week off work to play catch up with some stuff, which includes a couple of new designs I just haven't had the time to finish off...or even start in some cases. Back on track very shortly!!

Well, my lovely girl has proven that all her hard work at Uni has payed off. She got a nice little letter from Bolton University the other day saying something along the lines of...Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in Textile and Pattern Design with FIRST CLASS HONOURS!! So I'm shamelessly taking this chance to say a big well done for kicking ass, staying with it and fighting through all the stress and confusion. She's also set up her own blog site traceylovespattern to chart her progress from now onwards. You can check it out and see her awesome Uni work. Love you angel x