Happy Post

Been awhile since i posted on here, so i thought i would say hello and i love my 10th planet family :)
I was busy working a factory job and hated it got really depressed ended up quitting wasn't training or anything life was awful started having bad panic attacks and such. Surprisingly enough I was listening to a JRE podcast and they were talking about depression and stuff and really made me change the way i look at things. Been a few weeks but have made some big gambles and i see them paying off. First I quit that factory 8.50 an hour and a hour and half drive each way no thank you. Second took my last $600 and spent on a heat press and some vinyl to make t-shirts, got that up and running been advertising myself more on Facebook and seem to have a lot of interest and orders coming my way. Just wanted to pretty much share with you guys where i been and that when you close your mind of to possibilities that you wont go nowhere always keep an open mind love you all :D

First shirt that i made today btw ;)
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/b...ps94b3e5a4.jpg

I want a Hotbox shirt. They look amazing. You going to be at the Detroit seminar? I take medium.

Depression is one of the hardest things to fight through. I know a hew people personally who suffer from it, and it can be really tough.
Your absolute best best is to do things that take your mind away and keep your body engaged in an activity, such as Jiu Jitsu.

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Originally Posted by Kurzy

Depression is one of the hardest things to fight through. I know a hew people personally who suffer from it, and it can be really tough.
Your absolute best best is to do things that take your mind away and keep your body engaged in an activity, such as Jiu Jitsu.

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Very true i have been dealing with it since i was a kid in all honesty i started seeing a counseler and have re-engaged in my training and feel soooo much better lately. Just keeping myself busy is a key to it all.

Also I do plan on being at the seminar I will make one up :)

Thanks homie. I will bring cash.

Keep your head up brother! Good things are coming. Make sure you bring an XL hotbox tshirt to the seminar for me!

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Originally Posted by Adlai

Keep your head up brother! Good things are coming. Make sure you bring an XL hotbox tshirt to the seminar for me!

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I will thank you very much, also i finally got your pics up on FB from the seminar my apologies for how long it took.

David, what kind of press is that? Are you silk-screening?

Bring one for me too! (Medium) :)

Impressive work on the shirt.
Fuck depression right in its face. I used to have that shit too, took SRI's and they made me feel like I was on just a little bit of mdma. Exercise and little accomplishments cure depression or blowjobs as long as they're free.

something my dad says always helped me, "when the going gets tough, the tough get going" First time I heard that it was mind blowing, I was 5. I remember siting in the truck between my dad and his buddy just tripping on that saying. It sounded cleaver and so concisely stated the world view of my people. I know its kind of rednecky but if the shoe fits . . .

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Originally Posted by Kurzy

David, what kind of press is that? Are you silk-screening?

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Its just a heat press i have been doing Vinyl decals for some time so now i stepped up to cutting heat transfer vinyl then heat pressing it on lot cheaper to get going can produce some really cool stuff just cant get the color depth you can with screen printing...eventually i will upgrade to a full color printing vinyl cutter then i will be able to do anything on to a shirt :)

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Originally Posted by Aaron Gustaveson

Impressive work on the shirt.
Fuck depression right in its face. I used to have that shit too, took SRI's and they made me feel like I was on just a little bit of mdma. Exercise and little accomplishments cure depression or blowjobs as long as they're free.

something my dad says always helped me, "when the going gets tough, the tough get going" First time I heard that it was mind blowing, I was 5. I remember siting in the truck between my dad and his buddy just tripping on that saying. It sounded cleaver and so concisely stated the world view of my people. I know its kind of rednecky but if the shoe fits . . .

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Yea i have been dealing with it for years comes and goes lots of anxiety issues that push me to depression cause i shut down from over thinking and getting flustered. but yea man exercise helps a lot and honestly keeping myself around a good set of people helps tons. Negative enrgery just brings up more and vice versa i prefer to stick around positive people

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Originally Posted by DavidHamp

Its just a heat press i have been doing Vinyl decals for some time so now i stepped up to cutting heat transfer vinyl then heat pressing it on lot cheaper to get going can produce some really cool stuff just cant get the color depth you can with screen printing...eventually i will upgrade to a full color printing vinyl cutter then i will be able to do anything on to a shirt :)

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So you cut that vinyl out by hand, then melt it in?

No I have a Vinyl cutter its essentially a printer but instead of printing it has a blade in it that cuts out a design. So 1st I have to design a vector image. Then load it to my cutting program then send it to cutter then cutter cuts it. Now the design is cut out i have to weed out the excess material to get the design out of it. Then take it over to my heat press lay it down and press it on then peel the backing. Repeat process for multiple layer decals/Images. The vinyl i use for heat press is of a different type than normal vehicle vinyl. Vehicle vinyl has an adhesive on it and you leave it on the backing and use a transfer tape to peel it off and out it on a window or whatever your substrate is. With heat press there is no adhesive on the backside something to do with the heat makes it stick. I'm sure theres some sort of science answer to it lol

here is pretty much what it looks like
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/b...ps22e41095.jpg

+1'd for awesomeness :D

Awesome story. Sucks when you realize that you've gotten comfortable with being miserable. Can be empowering whenever you look back and can appreciate where you are now compared to where you used to be

Did you learn how to use the printing equipment in school or figure it out yourself?

Thanks for sharing bro. I really hope you make me up a hotbox shirt. I want one badly. They look great.

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Originally Posted by Sean Marshall

Awesome story. Sucks when you realize that you've gotten comfortable with being miserable. Can be empowering whenever you look back and can appreciate where you are now compared to where you used to be

Did you learn how to use the printing equipment in school or figure it out yourself?

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Thank you man and honestly learned on my own. I started with PhotoShop on a crash course lol designed a poster for my friends Brett Sbardella. After that I was hooked went to college for a semester 3 months later for Graphic Design and Photography realized college was a huge waste of money as that most everything we learned was from Lynda.com Since then I taught myself how to use Illustrator and got the vinyl cutter from a friend that just had it sitting in a box. Its old as dinosaur shit but does the job. Been lots of hours of online videos and googling questions to figure out what I'm doing wrong lol. In the end its been a journey and still learning on the go but I really enjoy it and makes me not only happy but makes me money so win win.

Makes me laugh looking back at some of my early work poster on the left was my first ever all the guys are not portioned right or anything poster on right is my latest poster.
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/b...ps73137abf.jpg

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Originally Posted by Kurzy

Thanks for sharing bro. I really hope you make me up a hotbox shirt. I want one badly. They look great.

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Oh i will make you one my dude :)