well merry christmas eve, merry christmas, happy holidays. i gotta confess, this month got away from me, couple of freelance gigs threw off my schedule and some neat things happening in my personal life, just threw my life outta balance. but i know there may be a few of you that enjoy purchasing lunar calendars and sticker packs as gifts.
so on that note, i’m preselling my lunar calendar today, or a lunar calendar with a sticker pack combo. the big sticker pack sale will be next week, the big ol email to my mailing list will go out next week, some fun stuff (fun for me anyways). this presale is strictly for those that want to give an extra gift in time for the holidays. print out the lil’ ‘i bought you a tstout lunar calendar with a stickerpack’ type coupon, i’ll provide a link, it’ll be great.
to further clarify, Lunar Calendars will be presold in the sale next week. Sticker packs will be sold next week. I’ll post pictures, I’ll do the writeups, the whole song and dance, I’ll really present the heck out of this, i’m coming after those dollars. but today, this is just me trying to continue the tradition of having calendars available before christmas. hopefully that makes sense. the lunar calendars cannot sell out, it’s a presale, you can also buy them in my next upcoming sale. the sticker packs, i’ve got over 40 new sticker designs, including a whole new line of berserk merks, so unless i sell 3000 lunar calendars / stickerpack combos today, i’ll have plenty of sticker packs for next week. please don’t stress this sale at all.
if you’re on my mailing list, you’ll get hit up next week with all the sale info, it’ll be a great time. i’m wrapping up the store stuff now and will be updating this tstout.com page in the next few hours with purchase info. easy peasy, lemon squeezy.
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tis the season, holidays are upon us. wrapping up projects, some freelance illustration stuff then back to my true love, stickers. just kidding, posters. in regards of mad max: fury road, the screening is still planned, so do not despair. it will take place in the new year.
til then, some links to lift your spirits, wherever you are.
- dune, the original, with some pretty tasty extra scenes. new to me, so i was stoked. i loved the original, and i loved the remake.
- i'm taking this holiday time to rewatch some classics. top of the list, ON CINEMA, from the beginning. treat myself, why not.
- also, recently watched that sparks doc, pretty good. i had never heard of this band, ever. except this song, which was in the alan partridge movie, alpha papa. another great film.
- speaking of the jams, i hadn’t seen videos for these in awhile. takes me back. ram jam / lonely boy / annie’s song (used really nicely in that movie Free Fire, which is a great flick…actually there is a bit of language in that trailer, apologies.)
- from the flicks that time forgot, i was just reminiscing with my buddy twilson about this film BONEYARD and i guess it never really made much of an impression, culturally. this one though, just a wee bit spooky for the kiddos.
- lastly, this over the garden wall show, on the hulu i think, man, good stuff. i’m late to the party i know, but watched it with the family and just the right balance of spooky and fun.
- also, as a person who is 3/4ths scandinavian, i appreciated this article. it is pretty relatable. as my family would say, uff da.
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so hopefully everyone has received their orders, or tracking for their orders. drop us a note if not, want to make sure things are squared away. upcoming, but not immediately due to printing queues, i’ll have a sticker sale as well as some other stuff to hopefully get to you before the holidays, for you to give to your loved ones, for them to smile politely with a somewhat quizzical look on their faces. it will be perfect!
til then, some links for your approval.
- dune stuff. i loved it, thought it was great. i loved the original though, so this was a nice update.
- a little john carpenter piece.
- creature effects from the alien 3 film, a how did they accomplish that short.
- this is relatable because i actually run in a similar fashion.
- also a little too relatable. i’ve pulled back on my g.i.joe collecting though. few still needed to fill in the gaps. those fellas are going up in price, aye carumba.
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ok campers (that sounded funnier in my head, it reads slightly condescending), sarah informs me she is 90% of the way through shipping the posters from the last sale, so that is good news. if you haven’t received tracking, you should receive it by the end of this week. i heard rumblings that the postal service is changing, but i haven’t investigated how that affects shipping. hopefully they still arrive in these dark times.
other than that, nothing new to report. hoping to get a jump on lunar calendars this year, hoping to have some new stuff up before the year is out. battling some slightly inconvenient health issues, nothing fatal, more of a searching wikipedia for the cause of kidney stones, that type of stuff. turns out, getting old. but yeah, hopefully i have a few more months left in me, we’ll see. til then, i’ll post some links to lighten the dark mood that has settled over my brainstem.
- ol dave bautista representing. nice find tom! this is my way of retweeting it. saves me from resetting the password to my twitter account.
- gladiator, the making of. kinda interesting. while we’re at it, YAUTJA INVASION.
- once it gets in your head, you can’t shake it.
- billions of ants can’t be wrong.
- ways to help others. brought to you by cracked magazine. surely a sign of the end times.
edit: and lastly, keep forgetting but huge huge huge thanks for all the feedback everyone gave here. i can’t promise they’ll happen, but each comment plants a seed and you never know when that seed might germinate. a day, a month, a year from now, bursting forth, horrifying onlookers. so again, thanks so much for humoring me.
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well shoot, the sale is pretty well wrapped up, appreciate your orders. apologies on the last minute notice, pretty much par for the course for me, a well organized orchestrated sale rollout is not what fans of tstout.com have come to expect.
a big thanks to you all for not embarrassing me in front of my wife sarah. together we have kept the illusion that i am a successful poster artist alive for yet another day. huzzah! next up, stickers! and maybe something else, who knows.
in other news, i’ll post some classic links, but wanted to take a moment for a moment of silence for ol norm macdonald. i’ve seen so few comedians live, but i saw norm twice, and boy howdy, laughed to beat the band. no one made me laugh like norm, and its been big norm marathon of all his youtube stuff the past few weeks. he was just my guy. you will be missed sir.
til then -
- vermeers hidden painting.
- rza breaking down some of the wu’s cinematic influences
- Nick Lutsko has put out some humorous songs, and i enjoy them.
- tempting. very tempting.
- planned obsolescence. interesting.
- how we got scarface. interesting. or, how we got weekend at bernies. or, the ‘i am legend’ we almost got.
captains log 0243 - poster sale info
well it looks like i’ve put this off long enough, time for a poster sale. some new stuff, some old stuff, some red stuff, some blue stuff.
most of the stuff is ‘limit one per person’, a couple aren’t. but most are. so try to limit yourselves. unless they don’t sell out, then i’ll be limiting people to 1000 posters per person. but lets wait and see.
CLICK HERE FOR SALE ITEMS. shipping cost is always going up, apologies. with most posters, i try to sell them for what they were sold for at the venue.
after this, a proper web update with fun stuff. i appreciate your interest.
ps - as always, email us about combining shipping, one of the reasons we like to gang up these posters all into one sale is trying to save on shipping fees.
pps - also, as always, email us about past orders, if you’ve got questions. i want to make sure everything i’ve sold previously has arrived. including that last halloween print, hopefully those have all arrived, let me know if not.
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well shoot, where did summer go? seems like only yesterday it was september 5th. crazy how time passes normally and i am just bad at budgeting time.
exciting news for all three of you who are into band posters, i plan on having some for sale soon. ‘give us the exact date!’ alas, i don’t know it, that’s what my mailing list is for, i’ll send it out when its up and running. i’ll even open shoes back up for sale. oh happy day.
til then, here are some links to pass the time.
- phil tippett’s mad god. c’mon phil, release this bad boy. its time.
- AMPJam 2021 just happened, and i was my usual boring self. if you play a drinking game and take a shot every time i say ‘thats a really good question’, then you’ll die of alcohol poisoning. but i had fun, nice to talk about my favorite soups.
- in above said interview, i mentioned dolorean, here are some jams just to help dip your toe into the world of dolorean. courtesy of al james.
- while we’re walking down memory lane, someone mentioned twin falls idaho to me today and i immediately listened to this again. and it took me back. course that song is incomplete if it doesn’t segway immediately into this jam. and then this one. my nieces don’t dig this band at all.
- birds of prey. yes, its depressing. but there’s always time to advocate change.
lastly, if people have ideas they’d like to see stickers of, leave a note in the comments. if i make it, you’ll get some free ones. you can be vague though, nothing as specific as ‘Donald Duck wearing a Nazi Uniform’. that’s too specific. just say Donald Duck and i’ll know what you mean.
captains log 0241: the return
greetings. i am back from the space beyond time and…space. as we like to call it, long beach, washington. man, been too long since i’ve updated. what a summer. laughed. cried. repeat. but i’m up and atom, and have some new prints coming out. 4 band concert posters, to be precise. all of them are for, you guessed it, Frank Stallone. i’ll send out an email to my mailing list people, so if you’re on that, no worries.
other than that, just making my way in the world today. some links to tide you over.
- copshop. this is my kind of movie. definitely.
- alien 3 retcon - i found this kinda interesting. a real ‘what if’ type scenario.
- stumbled across this, kinda interesting to see a different view of it than we are used to.
- some random comics stuff. if you’re into the coloring / inking aspect.
- a walk down memory lane. i wasn’t into star wars growing up, i didn’t see them til high school. but still, memories. somebody’s memories anyways. not mine. i was into gijoes and care bears.
lastly, some sad times, can’t have the sweet without the sour. i had a hand in designing some of the graphics for fellow guardsman Marty Nance’s F-15 tribute. so long marty. and in certain circles in the 90’s, Combat Chuck, aka Shawn Matthews, was quite the man with the plan. and now he’s gone, taken too suddenly. if you’re able to, there’s a gofundme for his family.
alright, that’s it, off to update my instagram, which for some i’ve neglected lately. who knows how brains work? if you do, let me know.
EDIT: forgot to add, if you have any outstanding orders from me, including that halloween print, please let me know asap so we can get it squared away. thanks.
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greetings and hellos. i am writing this to you from the year 2021…. long beach washington. sarah thought it would be fun to volunteer our family to work at a summer camp for a month, so here i am, at the beach. in the distance, i hear the sand sharks fighting over a caribou carcass. fun times. its like the old commercial, how do you make money volunteering? VOLUME.
anywho, while i’m gone, these links will get you by.
- numan / madlib / acid jazz / vampires.
also, when i’m back i’ll have some posters for sale, among them this oysterhead print i did. it represents robots, and their struggle for acceptance. in the future.
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greetings, summer of 2021. man, been too long. wish i had an excuse like ‘i got covid’ or ‘i got an emu’ or ‘vaccine knocked me down’, all great excuses but truth be told, who knows what i’ve been up to. plus, i wanted to have some good news. and now i do!
shoes and socks have shipped. huzzah! not only that, we have leftover shoes! and some socks, not a ton. plus, halloween posters are shipping! some have shipped, some will ship. so that is great, things are tidying up nicely i believe. great great great. if you have any issues with posters, or shoes, or whatever, please let me know, i am here to serve. shoes too big? lemme know. too small? lemme know. i wear size 13’s and they were a bit tight, took em for a walk in the creek and now they fit like a glove. and not OJ’s glove. a real nice luxury glove that you might buy on fathers day. as a gift. to yourself.
shoewise, some glamour shots taken by sarah. fancy dan, let me tell you. heads up, travis let me know that while the bags they come in are nice, they do not hold up very well in the washing machine. good tip.
also, ol rob jones let me know the mondo logo i accidentally designed back in the day is on display (in abbreviated form) in the new edgar wright film. a compliment to them, and to me. more to them i suppose. but hey, i’ll take it.
anywho, i digress, some band posters coming up, other things, should be a fun summer. til then, hey, some links, why not, they’re free.
- first off, ned beatty and eric carle. two different giants in two different fields. but both touched me when i was a child. in a positive way. and for that, i salute you gentlemen. fare thee well.
- why do movies look the way they do? we’ll never know. malick. anderson.
- i know army of the dead has divided some critics, but hey, i loved it. watched it like 10 times already. soothing. full of plot holes but i guess i’m just starved for spectacle. some nice elvis representation, brought back good memories. two months after this concert he was gone. crazy. i was about 4 months old. made me go back and check out ol jc’s kurt / elvis movie. it…is a movie. kickstarted a great relationship.
- lastly, been attending a lot of little leagues games lately. i am no sports guy, but enjoyed this.
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updates: halloween - the first part of the run, and the variants, are shipping from brokenpress in seattle to grey matter in nyc this next week. so these are winding their way through printing, i know mike is eager to get them out, appreciate your patience.
shoe-wise, supposedly they are in california, ‘days’ away from arriving to me. so we’ll see. not sure why they’ve taken so long shipping but we’ll keep on them and once they’re here, we’ll be shipping them asap.
with either of these, if you can’t wait, totally understand, never too late to ask for a refund.
otherwise, working on new stuff and hope everyone’s 2021 spring / summer is going smoothly. til next time:
- werewolves among us. looks promising.
- alan rickman in galaxy quest. avenged.
- watched come true. not terrible. nice song as well.
- hacking ice cream machines. wild.
- everyone’s already seen this, but i’ll link it anyways. bones are their money.
- 60’s/70’s japanese funk. og mortal kombat music.
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evening sportsfans, just an update to let you know the lay of the land. everything should be shipped, posters, stickers, handbills. if you didn’t get tracking, drop us a note.
also, when it rains it pours - my faithful laser seems to have started giving up the ghost, so i am having to order a new one to complete my wood orders. the cleanest / easiest option is sarah will be refunding those wood orders from the last sale, and once i have things up and running again, she’ll re-invoice you. i hate to disappoint, but i’m a perfectionist, and if they don’t look right, we must try harder.
so, that’s the news thats fit to print, expect those refunds in the next few days, drop us a reminder if you are concerned. we’ll hold your spaces for you, and you’ll have the option to either repurchase or pass, up to you.
other than that, nothing much to report, stay healthy.
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heyoo, success, sale wrap up. well thanks for all the orders, pretty pleased with the response, as is grey matter. these have started their journey through the printing process and eventually will arrive at your doorstep. any questions or concerns, feel free to drop me a note. like the airline pilots always say, we know you’ve got a lot of choices for posters out there, and we appreciate you flying with us.
other business. sticker packs shipping this week, look for those notifications. artprints shipping as well, and woodcuts. gonna be a fun week. i hope. other than that…no new updates i don’t think.
big shout out to my cousin evan larson, thinking of you right now bud, we’re here for ya. name the poster and i’ll send it! big hugs.
til next time:
- army of the dead. hope its good.
- brendan gleeson speaking. lovely. promoting ‘the guard’ no less. one of my favorite movies.
- waylon jennings. i remember this growing up. grandma loved him.
- rem. i remember this song as well. they used to exist.
captains log 0235: Halloween poster sale
greetings! i am releasing a poster in partnership with grey matter art, coming out today. the regular edition will be a timed presale edition starting at 1PM ET, lasting for 24 hours. the variant edition will be dropped in groups throughout the sale, so a few here, a few there, just to keep things fun. any questions, feel free to ask. as always, appreciate your interest and support. if you’re interested in purchasing or just getting more info, head on over to grey matter.
a couple of question so far -
Q: will you have copies of this for sale on your website, down the road?
A: no. my copies and grey matters copies are the same, grey matter is handling all the sales. personally, we’re still working on shipping stickerpacks and woodcuts, so we figured we’d let them do the heavy lifting on this release.
Q: are these signed and numbered? can i send this to you to sign? will you be signing any copies?
A: great question. they will all be numbered, 100%. i’m not sure about signed. we’ll have some events coming up and making signing available, i’ll sign til the cows come home. if its any consolation, i feel like my signature actually lowers the value of most prints. as for shipping prints to me, we’ve had some pretty bad experiences with posters getting damaged in transit to us, and it just didn’t seem worth it, so we currently don’t offer that service.
Q: are these going to include extras?
A: well if i say yes, then they’re not extras, they’re part of what you’re buying. hopefully people are stoked on just getting the print and anything else is just gravy. *note, i do not recommend putting gravy on this poster.
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so, posters and sticker packs should be shipping soon. in terms of shoes, the great white whales to my captain ahab, they are supposedly arriving to me beginning of may. reminder, its never too late to ask for a refund, i won’t be offended.
in poster news, i worked with grey matter on a halloween print which is releasing this week. long story short, halloween has been on my list for many moons. kinda the first big carpenter classic (sorry dark star), i’m pretty pleased with the final print. if you’re on my mailing list, you’ll get a note when it goes up for sale. you can read more about it here on collider, steven weintraub did a nice writeup and even a video interview with my goofy face. of note: i sent them a promo photo of me and my eyes were closed, so they fixed it. can’t even tell. seamless.
anywho, thats it, all the news fit to print. til next time -
- i enjoyed this portrait painting experience someone shared. pretty cool
- chris farley. laugh and be sad all over again.
- loved lifted me. i watched it again. classic jack.
- really wish i spoke norwegian. my grandparents would sometimes speak it and hearing it always makes me think of them.
also of note: just to avoid accusations of ‘double dipping' on these halloween prints, there is a regular, a variant, and a glow variant which is planned for next october. i assume an edition of like 200 or something, just a cool thing for october release. halloween. its planned now, but for sale then. unless the world ends. or people hate the idea. then i was just joking. april fools.
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edit #3: i might have caused some minor confusion with my iron giant comment. i was referring to the idea that iron giant has had a few prints done for it already. i’m not actually doing a print for iron giant. its a great movie, but currently i have no plans for that one. its for a different movie. with many parallels to iron giant. both are scary. both involve cars.
second edit: i’ve had a few emails regarding next weeks release, fun that people are stoked. just to kinda temper expectations, its for a film that has seen its fair share of other posters. for me personally its kinda a bucket list item, but its not a deep dive in terms of movie prints, more of my take on a classic film. anywho, just wanting to lower people’s expectations. basically if you’re expecting iron giant, you’ll be stoked.
edit: well shoot, i was not expecting these to sell out this quickly, i will admit i am often befuddled by sales. sarah is pleased. our family thanks you all. honestly, it wrecks me a bit emotionally because so many options for people to spend money on, yet you spend it here. truly amazing.
quick shoe update: they have shipped, they are on their way, and soon as i get them i will ship. apologies for the arduous journey. in lighter news, i have a film print releasing next week. huzzah.
alright, thanks again
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i have a few items up for sale, for those of you interested. if you’re interested in stickers and papergoods, go here.
if you’re interested in woodcut stuff, go here. they’re in different stores because they ship separately. but if you do order a woodcut and a stickerpack, we can probably ship those together, just drop us a note.
sorry for the increase in shipping costs, its killing us but man, prices keep going up. and sorry for the late sale, my web hoster company threw a curveball at me and i’m still working out technical weirdness.
any questions let us know!
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EDIT: well i was hoping to do the sticker sale today, but too many small pieces still left to kinda wrap up, so it will be early next week. if you’re on my list you’ll get the word. apologies.
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greetings april 2021. i’ve had a few emails asking if i am releasing a poster today, on april 1st. april fools day. while i am not, i do have one on the horizon that has been approved and will release in a few weeks. so there ya go. it could be terrible, or for a movie no one likes, but its coming out regardless.
i also have a sticker sale coming up pretty soon, so if you’re on my mailing list, keep your eyes peeled for that. unless you’re not into stickers, then delete that email.
til then, a few links for your viewing pleasure.
- Win a signed Terminator Regular or Variant. from me.
- Reasons to be cheerful. awww. i’m still not cheerful but hey, thanks for trying.
- More NFT news. sounds like they’re still working the bugs out.
- speaking of CRYPTocurrency, I just finished watching all 7 seasons of Tales from the Crypt. season 7 was a bit of a letdown.
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well march marches on. all the news thats fit to print.
in the last stages of poster approval for a new print, so stay tuned on upcoming news on that. shoe-wise, i’ve been told by the factory people we are in the end stages of production, things seem to be progressing nicely so hopefully we receive them soon and ship them out. will update as they update me. stickerpacks are on the horizon, some new ones that i think are pretty cool. but who knows, maybe i’m out of touch.
speaking of out of touch, i’ve had some emails about these NFTs, and while i think i grasp the concept, i guess i’m hesitant to jump on it at the moment. seems weird. my loss i know. that being said, if anyone wants to buy one from me for a million dollars, i will reluctantly part with one.
other than that, here are some NFT news articles that i am willing to give you for free.
- drone bowling
- great interview with sir guy ritchie, underrated director that has made more than a few classics
- these superman NFTs are amazing.
- this shelley duvall interview is interesting, a few kubrick tidbits.
- man, i would buy this interview as an NFT, am i right? steve at collider really did me a solid, what a guy. you have to click on the interview to see the true NFT-ness of this. pretty cool.
- this song by darondo is classic NFT material right here. or MP3.
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februuurary update: other than the shoes, sarah has completed all the shipping from our previous sale, held up in part by the sock production. we continue to wait on our shoe order to be completed, and once it is, those orders will ship with their socks and stickers. otherwise everyone should have their stuff, or tracking. if not, drop us an email.
a couple of notes on the sale:
- regarding the socks, being that this is our first attempt at sock manufacturing, they turned out fairly well, but i’ve noticed some designs are a bit small. if these socks don’t fit your feet, please let us know and we’ll refund you, no hard feelings. don’t try to tough it out wearing socks that don’t fit right, please drop us a note.
- we have a sticker sale coming up at some point, and pros and cons handbills will no doubt be included.
- i do have plans for all these banana bucks, just finishing up my current project and then can devote all my attention to having some items worth redeeming those bucks for.
other than that, a fun thing on the horizon (fun to me), so you’ll get an email update regarding that. til then
- ze future of cinema
- remembering ‘the hitcher’, which is a classic classic film.
- ol c.nolan on filming. honestly, i loved tenet. i don’t completely buy the timelines, but loved it.
- animated conan. yes, more of this.
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well shoot, calendars are finally shipping, artprints are shipping, stickers are shipping. expect them this next week, apologies on the delay. socks are shipping…to me, from the printer, so those will be a bit longer. shoes are…a way out.
speaking of shoes, some pics from the manufacture people. these are turning out nicely. these…a bit too dark for my taste, so i redrew the artwork in a bit lighter style. i think it’ll print nicer, we’ll see.
again, if you’re having second thoughts, always feel free to ask for a refund, totally understand. otherwise, appreciate your patience and will keep you updated.
til then:
- this story has some sad parts, but also inspiring parts. and i say that as someone who has no knowledge of the football.
- i wonder if this revised game of thrones really fixes anything.
- these gremlin 2 style sheets are pretty rad.
- its never all good news: if you have an extra dollar here’s a need within my local community. so many needs these days, just try to focus on the ones in my vicinity. i have a 16 year old. hard news, for sure.
- lastly, another examination of prometheus. that movie has been talked about a lot more than most movies.
