the key to success is: making your own.

[Starski]

Hate dumb fake deep ish like this

ole but but bu im DIFFRENT

 

[PeridotPuss]

Hate dumb fake deep ish like this

ole but but bu im DIFFRENT

The system is fukked up and totally unnatural

I still have a job tho a bytch needs money

 

[The Mad Titan]

Sucess is relative.





Give me a good wife, 2 or 3 kids, a couple acres of land in the country, decent sized home and best buy or mall within 14 miles and I'd called that successful

 

[Unknown Poster]

what kind of designs do you make on your shirts breh

I can post one design here...

This is more of a mashup of eastern and western art. You have the japanese kabuki demon overlapping a graffiti backdrop. Just as a little homage to hip-hop culture. I try to put a little bit of myself and what i like in my works and i like to make it expressive. Me and my friend were talking about how there is this kind growing collective/resurgence/preoccupation with black people and anime and japanese culture. Its like japanese people have copied black culture...the reverse was bound to happen sometime soon. In regards to cultural appropriations though me and my friend who had his brand in the shop as well (who's also black) were making sure that the translations were not offensive. Cause as a black person i know all about having your culture appropriated in an offensive fashion.

 

[DMGAINGREEN]

Word.

shyt...i had (technicaly still have) a 9 to 5 hustle but i used what I made from that to put into my business. When i was at work calling clients...i was also on my computer makibg clothing designs, getting an idea of how much of what item should be in stock, what would sell, what wouldnt sell, getting everything situated with the shop, trying to scout for locations...I actually ran my own shop and business for the last month...before that I couldnt even imagine running my own business let alone anybody entrusting me with running a business or giving me any responsibility with a business. It made me grow up real fast...aged me almost.

Working 7 days a week. Working 60 hour weeks. Opening the storefront. Closing the storefront. I even slept there some nights cause i would be too tired to get the train back to my place...but it was like my baby man...and like having a baby you want to take care of it cause that's your own creation. But it was powerful.

Yeah , fam congratulations of successfully opening your own enterprise , takes all of determination and perseverance but you still managed to rise I'm geinunely proud of you cause I remember in your earlier post you used to be struggling now you've overcame that , and nothing is wrong with a 9 to 5 if you have it in your mind that its temporary and your ultimate goal is owning something at the end game ....

 

[Bless't]

we gonna pop off this Friday fukkkery or not?

@1984 you don't like the coli?

I'm saying.

At work like...

=

 

[DMGAINGREEN]

To the young black entrepreneurs ...

 

[Unknown Poster]

Here's another one i did...

This is one of my favorites. I made this one cause i wanted to experiment with photo prints. Also, because at the time I was figuratively and literally hungry. Infact much of my artwork is inspired by hunger. The hunger for success...the hunger for food or a well cooked meal...the hunger for recognition. Hunger can motivate one to strive for better things. I felt the shark rising out of the water was like the best symbolically in regards to being hungry.

Here's another photo print

This one has the 84 strikes logo on the back. Basically this one features a picture of omahrya mota, actress and model on the front...i loved this picture cause its just so vicious and elegant at the same time. Also...it fits in with the kind of dark and subversive nature of the bones blog and label...one of the things i always enjoy is fashion photography. I grew up ina household of mostly women...no shame in it. They would always have fashion magazines around and i was interested in skateboarding and have skate magazines around...and they both run heavily off of stylized photography so i figured why not bring the two together? A low end skate brand with high end fashion leanings? Kind of what i was trying to do since the beginning.

 

[DMGAINGREEN]

Here's another one i did...

This is one of my favorites. I made this one cause i wanted to experiment with photo prints. Also, because at the time I was figuratively and literally hungry. Infact much of my artwork is inspired by hunger. The hunger for success...the hunger for food or a well cooked meal...the hunger for recognition. Hunger can motivate one to strive for better things. I felt the shark rising out of the water was like the best symbolically in regards to being hungry.

Here's another photo print

This one has the 84 strikes logo on the back. Basically this one features a picture of omahrya mota, actress and model on the front...i loved this picture cause its just so vicious and elegant at the same time. Also...it fits in with the kind of dark and subversive nature of the bones blog and label...one of the things i always enjoy is fashion photography. I grew up ina household of mostly women...no shame in it. They would always have fashion magazines around and i was interested in skateboarding and have skate magazines around...and they both run heavily off of stylized photography so i figured why not bring the two together? A low end skate brand with high end fashion leanings? Kind of what i was trying to do since the beginning.

Ya business is in BK ? I might swim through one day to show support those shirts is ill

 

[Unknown Poster]

Yeah , fam congratulations of successfully opening your own enterprise , takes all of determination and perseverance but you still managed to rise I'm geinunely proud of you cause I remember in your earlier post you used to be struggling now you've overcame that , and nothing is wrong with a 9 to 5 if you have it in your mind that its temporary and your ultimate goal is owning something at the end game ....

Thanks breh. I appreciate it. I was definitely struggling but i felt like that struggle is what led me to finally do this and get it off the ground.

 

[Bless't]

Here's another one i did...

This is one of my favorites. I made this one cause i wanted to experiment with photo prints. Also, because at the time I was figuratively and literally hungry. Infact much of my artwork is inspired by hunger. The hunger for success...the hunger for food or a well cooked meal...the hunger for recognition. Hunger can motivate one to strive for better things. I felt the shark rising out of the water was like the best symbolically in regards to being hungry.

Here's another photo print

This one has the 84 strikes logo on the back. Basically this one features a picture of omahrya mota, actress and model on the front...i loved this picture cause its just so vicious and elegant at the same time. Also...it fits in with the kind of dark and subversive nature of the bones blog and label...one of the things i always enjoy is fashion photography. I grew up ina household of mostly women...no shame in it. They would always have fashion magazines around and i was interested in skateboarding and have skate magazines around...and they both run heavily off of stylized photography so i figured why not bring the two together? A low end skate brand with high end fashion leanings? Kind of what i was trying to do since the beginning.

That second shirt is dope breh.

 

[King Poetic]

You have to create your own opportunities. If you have a vision in your head you have to do everything possible to turn it into a tangible reality.

Personally I like making projects, sketching out ideas, and then looking at the finished project and being beside myself when i realized that not too long ago this was jusy a sketch or pixels on a screen.

Ive just been focusing my time and the money i make on my side hustles...still got a main way. Sad to say I've made more money selling clothes ive designed than at my last job. It seems I'm terrible at sales jobs except when it's something i design that people actually want and im not cold calling or forcing them to buy it.

true.. but u also need that one person to give u the opportunity to see your vision through

 

[Unknown Poster]

Ya business is in BK ? I might swim through one day to show support

The pop up shop we just did is done. That was in manhattan. Basically the idea was to have a short term retail experience where i could just connect with people directly who wanted that stuff. It wasnt going to be open long term and i was and still am very skeptical about having a full term flagship location simply due to the costs of overhead and rent and all of that...so the pop up shop was the best solution. We're going to do another one soon coming up and it will most likely be in Brooklyn. Right now i sell online. Basically im just designing stuff, getting ready for the next drop. I felt like i had to work my online presence before establishing this pop up shop for last septemner...Basically cultivating that following and having a reason to have a pop up shop as a visibility test.

 

[PeridotPuss]

Loooovee the shirts OP

 

[Unknown Poster]

true.. but u also need that one person to give u the opportunity to see your vision through

Indeed. Which is why i got to thank the people at the shop that we rented the space from to do the pop up shop for giving us the opportunity. Without them we would of not of even had a chance to do a pop up shop to display and sell our stuff.

Ill show some pics of the shop:

Now keep in mind this was in the basement of an nyc storefront. We had to go through so much cleaning and did so much to make that space welcoming enough for people to come through. Considering that we did pretty well. It had an old school nyc vibe to it.