processing…processing….just another update, should start shipping this next week on calendars and artprints and stickers, apologies on the delay. i’m getting updates on the socks and they’re looking pretty decent, looking forward to having them in hand.
some nice links to soothe the tattered soul
- kong vs lizardo. fun.
- anyone looking for some freelance wizardry, hit up my homie jeff proctor, he’s the master.
- some cool infra-red video stuff. neat.
- ari aster update. i’m looking forward to it.
- zappa / great film. i’m no huge zappa buff, but enjoyed this one. plus cool how it mentions designers / animators he worked with.
- from an anthropological perspective, the branding behind this group is wild. so ‘boogaloo’ is a reference to the movie, breakin’ 2. and their hawaiian shirts a reference to code names for get togethers. wild wild stuff.
- speaking of branding, i found this funny.
- i’ve listened to TMBG all my life. big fan. and this was interesting about busta. and of course, the legendary byrd.
captains log 0227
so, finally caught up with that last sale, in terms of getting things done. that whole concept of ‘hey i’ll do this cool thing if you preorder it!’ then i had to actually do all those things. kinda surprised me how long it took. anywho, everything is printing, shoes and socks will take longer and ship separately, paper stuff hopefully shipping soon though orders with that mystery sticker might have to wait for the stickers to be done printing. everything has to line up just right. regardless, appreciate the orders, always feel free to check in on their status, i will post here when the first stuff starts shipping. also, never hesitate to request a refund if life circumstances change for you, its never a big deal.
going to be updating tstout.com with my more recent work, try to get a wood / laser section up and running. couple other fun things in the works. or hypothetically fun.
til then, link it up
- alice in borderland / i just finished this and i enjoyed it. though i’m sensing a theme, japan.
- travel portland. its amazing. ok, well not now, certainly. but soon it’ll be back on its feet.
- steve spielberg trash talking temple of doom. for shame. arguably in the top 2 indy films.
- ghibli’s on your mark.
- goodbye to bob’s burgers Dave Creek. too young.
- neat look into walt simonson’s early career.
captains log 0226
alright, christmas is here. finally. almost. just a final update on this charity fundraiser we did, due diligence. happy to supply any further receipts for any concerned. as the saying goes, TRUST, BUT VERIFY. here are the receipts and some fancy pics. a rewarding experience for us all. the original plan was half to child services and half to open house ministries. the child services project took less funds than we expected, so we brought on a third organization, a substance abuse program down the road from our house that sarah knows through friends. the breakdown was DCYF $1906 / Open House Ministries $5000 / XChange Recovery $3094.
so, tis the season, hopefully everyone enjoys their orders once they arrive and has a wonderful christmas or holiday season. its been an odd year, but 2021 will be better and life finds a way. SEASuNS GREatIZGS.
ps - here are some printable certificates if you purchased shoes or socks as a gift and want to have something to print out and give.
captains log 0225
so our 2020 december sale has wrapped up, a big thanks to all that ordered. still calculating the numbers (not 100% sure what these socks and shoes will set me back yet) but from the ebay auctions and sales, i am confidant we reached the goal of 10k for our charities. so that is amazing, everyone that contributed, huge thanks.
where do we go from here? well, we’ll be ordering our sock orders, no problem there. the shoe orders might be trickier. in talking with the manufacturers, they mentioned each size needs a minimum amount of that specific size ordered, and some sizes only had like 1 ordered in that specific size (mens 3.5 for instance). being my first time at the bat with shoe manufacturing, this was news to me. so, we’ll see, i’m 99% sure both designs will be printed, but there also might be some refunds to the sizes that weren’t as popular. apologies, i do not envy that phil knight guy, a lot of things to consider with shoes. all that being said, we can refund your order at any time and should any projects be cancelled, refunds will go out as well. fingers crossed!
in other news, lunar calendars are printing after christmas and should ship pretty soon, artprints the same deal. stickers will take awhile. socks and shoes, a long while. wood prints are being printed by me currently, each one a unique piece, pretty fun. ebay winners will have their prints being shipped asap as well.
on the charity front, we’re heading washington’s department of child services tomorrow, tree and lights and a ton of gifts for kids ages 1-18. should be fun setting it up, the department has already expressed their thanks and i’m sure it’ll make a lot of kids christmas’ pretty special. plus it illustrates to my kids what the holidays are all about, being kind to one another. so thanks for the opportunity. plus open house ministries will be receiving a check, as well potentially another addiction recovery center in our community, since we exceeded our goal. success, complete success. will continue to update with this project so everyone can share in the warm fuzzy feelings. if that’s your thing. so, on that note, thanks again, let us know if you have questions, shipping issues or refund requests. have a good one!
ps - if people are interested in printable certificates for items sold to give this christmas (“i bought you shoes that will arrive a long time from now”), lemme know, i am happy to make them but if no one really cares one way or another, i’m ok not making them.
captains log 0224
update on the sale -
we’re still currently taking pre-orders for shoes and socks, make sure you check them out. i think people will be stoked on the final pieces, i’m pleased with the samples i’ve seen. might do a bit of a giveaway with a few random shoe orders just to get the word out. heres a link to that sale writeup, just to refresh.
in other news, thanks so much for all the orders yesterday, the tstout household remains in your debt. in debt, in general, but this helps, ha.
oh life. so, to sum up items people are curious about.
-socks! so far, looking good, i’ll have to come up with some cool extra items to add to these shoes and socks orders, just to make it extra special. for the ‘mystery’ sock, we’re currently sitting at 2 designs, so if you ordered one pair and want to order another, feel free, you’ll get two designs (drop us a note about combining shipping). ALSO, i didn’t have the size options available on those mystery socks, apologies. they’ll all be the bigger size by default, unless you ordered some and prefer the small size, if so, let me know. both sizes have been added now. thanks to friend c.white for the heads up.
- ebay auctions - looking good, i think we’re going to raise a good amount of funds for charity there. so that’s good.
- calendars - we passed the magic 300 mark so these will indeed have glow in the dark ink for the moons. exciting! i did wrap that preorder up because i wanted to get them started printing.
- artprint is also printing. should be cool. i hope. getting those woodprints/woodcuts made as well. fun.
captains log 0223
so, we are pleased to announce our new tstout.com product line…Spatulas! wait, that’s next month. shoes! socks! other stuff! here’s a nice write up of todays sale, some interesting info i didn’t know, very cool. hopefully everything self explanatory. email with questions. nothing super crazy, i don’t think. just a bird trying to get a nut, as the saying goes. definitely encourage you to give the write up the once over just to make sure i’m not donating everything to legalize squirrel fighting or something.
and with that,
SHOES / SOCKS sold here
ARTPRINTS / LUNAR CALENDARS / WOODPRINTS sold here
EBAY CHARITY AUCTIONS listed here - currently listing, 7 auctions total
EDIT: i should have said, we’ll be taking preorders through the weekend, til monday. auctions wrap up monday as well. good times.
i’m sure i’m forgetting something but i’ll keep tstout.com updated as things progress.
captains log 0222
well, 2020 is almost over. another boring year, am i right? speaking of boring, i have some stuff coming up for sale, something a little different for the ol tstout.com. you’re probably wondering, is TST-OUCH AWAY™, my revolutionary alternative medicine system, finally launching? unfortunately a few bugs to still work out, a few allergic reactions, still fine tuning that entire line.
instead, we’ll be launching some ‘apparel’ type stuff. hint, what does a person use almost every day? arms? torso? no, the answer is, your feet. so we’re going to give phil knight a run for his money and try to tackle the mystery that has baffled scientists for years. also, an art print as part of our 114 edition series, a small edition of wood etchings, plus a charity auction to raise money for who knows what. sarah probably knows. its all tax-related, looks good to the IRS auditors.
so, that will all be happening soon, if you’re on my mailing tstlist™ you’ll get the word. nothing crazy. until then, these links will serve as a balm to your fevered brow.
- music. i’ve been listening to a lot of music lately and man, i have terrible taste in music. but these were fun to me.
emancipator / emancipator 2 / alt-j / odesza (same college as me) / blockhead / lifes highway
- quarantine goldfinger: superman / bedroom
- dark knight behind the scenes / on ledgers joker / warner brothers acting the dirtbag
- dark patterns. sign me up.
lastly, happy birthday to this guy. 20+ years of faithful service. some tstout trivia (tstrivia™) - tom has given feedback / art direction advice on probably 99% of the stuff i have done. the unsung (and unpaid) hero of tstout.com. hard to believe he’s 51 years old. time flies. he’s been like a father to me.
captains log 0221: EL LUNAR CALENDARO
so, another year, another boring lunar calendar…..you’re probably saying. well you’re wrong! its not boring, its interesting to learn about the moons and stuff. us smart people understand! because i’m smart. no matter what the doctors say. ANYWAYS, time to mix things up this year
(* insert record scratch sound *).
each year, usually, i pick the regular colorway, my favorite, and then a secondary colorway for the variant. the idea being, hey, i know what people like, i know what colorways are best. turns out, i don’t. who knows? science? we have no way of knowing. but this year, i’ll let you, the educated consumer, decide. whichever colorway gets to 100 copies first, that’s the regular edition. the variant is usually about a third of the run, so if the regular is 300, the variant would be about 100. so, the variant will be stopped at 100. now you’re probably asking “but what if you don’t sell 100 of either of these?” well then they’ll just be 100 of each, 100 regs, 100 variants. if the regular sells over 300, i might then increase the variant in increments, a few more included randomly at the actual sale time.
long story short, this is up for presale HERE. no limit to how many you can purchase. but, i will send out an email…next week. so don’t stress it, you’ll get a reminder. this way you have an opportunity to not purchase it now AND not purchase it next week. man, talk about a savings! ‘what are the benefits to purchasing it now?’ next week the price will be increased by at least a dollar, so get in on the savings now!
last note (not really). these probably won’t be shipping by christmas. that would mean a lot of planning on my part, and if history tells us anything, its that i am not a good planner. so, if you’re giving this as a gift and need a placeholder, print this out. it should buy us some time.
also, if we have any additional stuff for sale next week and i’m able to combine shipping, we can definitely do that. but if this ends up being the last thing from tstout.com before christmas, then hey, merry christmas.
PPSS - also, everything has shipped from our terminator sale. question? complaints? email us here and we’ll get it squared away.
captains log 0220
ah the infamous black friday. i’m not gotta lie, i’m not a big believer in buying stuff. or selling stuff. it makes for running my own business very challenging. probably why sarah runs the business and i stick to running from responsibilities.
sure, it’d be a perfect time to sell some scratch and dent tubes, each with 4 random prints, unwanted prints, damaged prints stamped with a big ol ‘damaged’ stamp. the dregs of the flatfiles. couple random stickers thrown in. couldn’t take any special requests. ‘could i get this specific print?’, because they’d already be packaged up in tubes, no way of knowing what each one contained. ready to ship, just have to slap a label on em and out the door they’d go. limit one tube per person. to quote oj simpson, that’s how i’d do it, if i did it.
but then i thought, what do people need more than old damaged posters? they need links. a little song. a little dance. a little joy to the world instead of just trying to make a buck. am i right? so….
- look at this shark and this guy. they look like they’re having fun.
- look at this classic blind melon song. ol shannon.
- look at this photographer, Don McCullin
- look at the strongest man in the world. and despair.
- look at this, an in depth examination concerning the rise of the unreliable narrator. man, this one hits close to home. too close.
captains log 0219
well shoot, another update, nearing the end of the shipping process. variants starting to go out, pretty pleased with those. the whole paper is metallic, scratch off the ink, metal underneath. pretty cool.
getting back some damages, as expected. if you’re ever unhappy with your order, at the very least we can offer you a refund, if you ship it back. replacements, we can do a few, but obviously we don’t order a billion extras to have on hand. some reports of printing marks - like deez - which we try to catch. personally i like em, they are little things that say ‘hey, this was printed by hand, on a fibrous paper.’ each screenprint is different, each pulled by andy at brokenpress, not by a machine. its like a painting, organic and unique. but again, if it bugs you, we don’t expect you to live with it, ship it back. can’t guarantee a replacement, but will always guarantee a refund at the very least, so you’re not out anything.
otherwise, wrapping things up and hope to update next week with a ‘that’s all folks’ type thing. been a journey, ha. til next time
- this amazing screw on head, shame it didn’t get greenlit
- this 80+yr old illustrator, wow
- great interview with stuart immonen, indepth
- kinda funny predator review, not beloved.
- i’m rewatching the expanse from the beginning, to get ready for season 5. we’ll see how that goes. i enjoy it.
captains log 0218
shipping update - WELL, the big news this week, on everyone’s mind, i know i know…..’where is my terminator print?!’ or, on some people’s mind, ‘hey i got my terminator print’.
so, we have shipped about half the posters, not too terrible. our printer brokenpressdesign is averaging 1200ish a week, we’re packing them up and shipping them out in 500 tube increments, chipping away. my guess, another few weeks and all will be shipped. as always, we appreciate your patience and, of course, if you have changed your mind, drop us a note and we’ll get you that refund.
regarding the prints themselves, i’m super pleased, they look great, paper is amazing, some nice silver metallics. variants should be a trip, we’ll see how those turn out. also of note, sarah has hired quite a band of workers from among my daughter clovers circle of friends, so this job has provided a pretty fun work experience for about 10 young adults. sarah even pays them above minimum wage, much to my dismay. once again we appreciate all your support and business, the opportunity to pass that forward onto the next generation is nice.
if you receive your print and it has any defects you’re not happy with (the tube bent in half during shipping for instance), please let us know. we take damages….SERIOUSLY. but we actually do.
alright, til next time -
- feels like a time of goodbyes, doesn’t it? goodbye sir connery, goodbye pdx restaurant landmarks pokpok and montage. a time of changes.
- speaking of goodbye, portland’s own matthew choi, a gofundme for his family. so sorry to see him go.
- thought this was fun. someday, someday.
- my pals joe and lloyd put together this special cut of their cursed words short. classic. visionaries!
- i can’t paint this good, and i’m not even blind. not yet anyways. stop motion reaper.
- murder hornets, not that far from my house. i’m including them with the variant terminators. they will save us.
captains log 0217
tstout update my homies. do people use the word “homies” anymore? am i unhip? unpossible.
regardless, my terminator is nearing…well marching towards completion. the way it’ll work, sarah’s just one person, she’s bringing in a crew of poster shippers to help, but still, between me and my printer, this will take a bit of time to print and ship. I’m picking up the first 1000 prints tomorrow (wednesday), and those will ship early this following week. each week we’ll ship another 1000-1500 til boom, all done. your patience is vastly appreciated as always. plus, i think people will dig the extras i had printed up. who knows. lets just say, its a bit of an ‘interactive’ poster experience.
so, updated. these will start appearing at peoples doorsteps next week but do not be alarmed if you don’t get shipping right away. feel free to email, or i’ll be keeping tstout.com updated with any news. all will be fine. exciting, isn’t it?
no other news to report, but i did have some links, as always -
- i’m not a big movie list guy (maybe i am) but this list had some real gems.
SCARE ME / UNCLE PECKERHEAD / and by far, EXTRA ORDINARY
that last one, boy howdy, might go down as my favorite movie of the year. will forte is sublime. excellent jarvis cocker soundtrack inclusion.
- a great ceramic artist has a gofundme going on, chip in if you’re able to.
- ol jeff, you clever girl.
well shoot, that’s it. thought i had more links. i bookmarked this? or this? a poor crop for a link farmer like myself.
captains log 0216
well, in the aftermath of the last poster sale, last week the family had our yearly road trip, traveled the small towns of idaho and wyoming in pandemic era usa. most are holding up well. but now we’re back at home, getting back to emails and righting wrongs. terminator posters are still printing, and shipping materials are being ordered.
if you are still waiting on something you ordered from the previous sale (kolcut sticker packs etc), please drop us a line, those should have arrived for the most part. if you have regrets about any recent purchases of sticker packs or terminator prints, please feel free to reach out on that as well and we can get you taken care of.
otherwise, we’ll continue as planned and hopefully these will ship smoothly. will update here before they start going out.
til next time
- 2067: worth watching?
- jeff bridges / the dude anecdote
- aliens watches. neat.
-go guy goma.
- one of these ‘behind the movie’ type youtube shows. kinda interesting.
CAPTAINS LOG 0215
thanks for all of your orders, our terminator poster has begun its journey to being printed. due to the size of the edition, these will be printing in stages and shipping throughout october, possibly into november. we’ll do our best!
interested in sticker packs? still available right here, order as many as you like.
thanks again for all of the pre-orders on the poster, it seemed to go smoothly from my end. sarah reads all the feedback and lets me know when i screw things up. we are grateful for the support and kind words. i feel a bit like an ant, used to dealing with the normal breadcrumbs of compliments, suddenly having a loaf of bread dropped on me. i appreciate it all, just hard to get back to everyone.
edition size, it looks like we are landing somewhere between 3k and 4k, so that’s pretty amazing. i was hoping to sell 500 so i’m stoked. after printing fees and license fees, we won’t be making a billion dollars, still very blessed by the support. so thanks for that and hopefully we’ll be able to pick up a few other licenses down the road. Deep Rising anyone?
alright, i guess that’s it. email with questions or concerns, and til next time, smoke em if you got em
- wolf of snow hollow. looks good to me. creature effects will be key.
- escape from new york, the board game. hmmm…
- making of aliens. this looks fantastic.
- nolans batman behind the scenes. truly an amazing trilogy.
- sound of metal. this looks good.
- frank quitely studio tour. such an amazing artist.
- ah sucks. a classic actor. day of the jackal (the original) is one of my favorite films.
- love bug virus. interesting read.
captains log 0214: GET TERMINATED
well shoot, you’re back. if you’re interested in picking up a copy of my terminator poster, please go here.
No limit on the Regular edition.
Variant edition, limit one per person, those will be dropping throughout the next 12 hours randomly. if you order more than one, we’ll refund the whole order.
Shipping does increase with each additional poster, mostly because i can’t ship that many together. and shipping in the usa is 18$. holy smokes. times a changin.’
Also will have some sticker packs for sale tomorrow at 11AM. doing a special release in conjunction with sticker robot. should be fun.
FAQ
Q: any idea when the next variants might drop?
A: not til at least sometime after 7:55AM PST
Q: are these signed / numbered?
A: yes.
Q: why the short window?
A: it seemed fun to me.
Q: why not print more variants?
A: i like things the way i like them. rest assured, the regular edition is my favorite. that’s why its the regular.
Q: what’s the turnaround on these posters?
A: realistically, about a month. my printer can’t drop everything just to start printing them monday. we’re in the queue, it’ll happen, but i want them to turn out good, so that takes time. if you want it next week, print it out on your home computer to tide you over.
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EDIT: didn’t do a good job of explaining. some confusion. apologies.
Tonight - 5 hours from now, 11:59PM PST - Regular version goes up for sale. timed edition for 12 hours. ends at 11:59 AM PST tomorrow. within that 12 hour span, i will drop the variants in a few different groupings. to allow for all nations to have equal chance to purchase. variants limit one per person. regulars, 1 billion per person.
then, tomorrow, different thing for sale at 11AM. completely different. non-terminator. non-movie related. different sort of fun.
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hey thanks for stopping by. i have some stuff for sale coming up. exciting. some stuff tomorrow at 11AM PST. some stuff tonight at 11:59PM PST. the stuff tonight will be a timed edition, so don’t stress it, it’ll be available tomorrow morning. why 11:59? because someone’s rights expire today if i don’t use them. its my own fault for putting everything off til the last minute.
but, the details are here - thanks to germain for offering to get the word out. should be fun, i think. regular edition, timed for 12 hours. variant edition, dropped randomly in a few groups make it available for the uk crowd as well as everyone else. don’t just sit there hitting refresh, the variant isn’t worth that stress in your life.
otherwise, nothing much else is new. sarah has the last of all the previous sticker packs shipping tomorrow, so hopefully you are getting tracking. let us know if they don’t arrive, or arrive in bad condition. thanks again.
Question? lemme know.
captains log 0212
well first off, for those of you (both) wondering if the stouts are surviving the fires in the pac nw, the answer is yes. 2 hours to most directions might be a fiery inferno, but here in brush prairie all is fine. other than the smoke filled air and orange skies. so, all is well. your orders will still ship out.
speaking of orders, stickers should arrive this week so we’ll begin shipping stickerpacks this week. look for shipping notifications once sarah begins. sorry again for the delay. we’ll also have a new sale for some other stuff, hopefully soon. not used to having two sales in such close proximity, so we’ll see how that goes.
til then, some interesting links that are relevant to my interests
- first and foremost, these minecraft songs - house / shut / monster / wither. its all my kids listen to.
- but it’s not all i listen to, i am a man of taste. seriously though, if you haven’t heard the soundtrack to the decent movie ARKANSAS, its got some real FLips classics.
- also worth listening to - BSBD’s noir
- will this be good? time will tell. wasn’t blown away by Peninsula or #Alive. alas.
- this ghostbusters promo is a sight for sore eyes. can we go back?
- we lost sir ken recently. this was a great talk by him. goodbye ken.
- well this is nutty. GET ME THAT SUBSCRIPTION. talk about in it for the long haul.
captains log 0211
well thanks again for your orders everyone, sarah is still sorting through them and will ship once the stickers arrive, which might be a week still. we’ll also have some other sticker packs, different than these, for sale in a bit. not laser related, but cool in a different way. plus a poster or two, fingers crossed.
til then, my online gallery show KOLCUT'S© SUMMER 2020 EDITION® has come and gone. the video quality was pretty suspect, looked like two pixels rubbing their hands together to stay warm, but hopefully it wasn’t a complete waste of time. i still have a few pieces available on the fleabay, ending later today. and here is a short writeup that contains no useful information, but might be interesting for those curious.
captains log 0210
greetings and salutations.
i have some stickerpacks, some papercuts, some woodcuts, some moe cuts. i got a lot. for those interested, you can head over here to check them out.
a bit more info: the stickerpacks all include a paper lasercut, aka radiation burns. i think they’re all winners, but to help people narrow down what they’re hoping to get, these are organized by years. still random, just slightly less random.
also, some woodcuts are available. they’re all one-offs, i wasn’t sure how to price them, so sarah took care of it and put them on the dreaded ebay. we’ll see how that goes. down in flames i assume.
lastly, or firstly, i have a poster i did recently for the band moe. that too is up for sale. i am pretty pleased with how it turned out.
questions? ask away. otherwise, appreciate your orders and will update here as things progress.
captains log 0209
sooo, finally wrapped up these woodcuts, i was expecting to have them wrapped up for a sale this past monday, but here we are, thursday. if i was dependable, i would have been an accountant. or possibly a farmer.
regardless, i’m planning on having a bit of a homemade gallery show on my instagram for these woodcuts…hopefully today. and stickerpacks/radiation burn paper cutouts for sale tomorrow. there will be no shortage of them. it will be a very relaxed stress-free sale. i know its hard to believe, but it will be. the world is stressful enough without me adding to it.
sorry again for the lateness, not a marketing ploy on my part. unless i was marketing myself as unreliable and last minute. then yes this would be very ‘on brand.’
