My work is also influenced by the music I listen to. This post is dedicated to those artists that I listen to while I paint, draw, design, etc.


Femi Kuti. I love Femi's music. I won't even compare him to his father at all because his music is completely different. I love Femi Kuti's music because as "African" as it is, it, undoubtedly, has western influences, which makes the music richer. One of my favorite Femi tracks is called "Eh Oh" from his latest album Day By Day. The sweeping chords of the organs are simply dope. And "'97" his tribute song to his father and fallen sister is classic material.

This one WILL surprise you....


The Knife. A coworker of mine was playing "Heartbeats" and I fell in love with their sound. Of course that's all most people have heard from them, but I was curious as to what else they have and I love their music now. "Marble House" is THE most played song from my iTunes library. Their blend of electronic music with African-influenced percussion and syncopations is classic stuff.



Dub. A. El. E. (WALE) has been my favorite rapper since I first heard him a few years ago. His music is just "dope" to me. He is very clever and witty, but so are many rappers of the moment. What makes Wale doper is the fact that he is creating his own go-go influenced sound. And as a drummer, I gravitate towards more percussion-heavy music. My favorite Wale track? wow.....I'd have to say there's a tie between the Bird Peterson Freaks remix and Family Affair. Two very different tracks.

I have so many more influences, but I'll keep it short for now. Back to our regularly scheduled program.

I made this post to sort of chronicle some of the things that influence my design style, and just "me" in general. I think you will be surprised. Here are some of my influences:



Tommy Hilfiger. While most of my peers are Ralph Lauren aficionados and practically worship everything he does, I've been more drawn to Tommy Hilfiger's designs (that isn't to say I don't wear Polo).



Francoise Nielly artwork. Francoise Nielly's use of color is inspiring. I believe art should evoke emotion and her work does so tremendously. Her pieces are inspired by black and white images, which in themselves are very powerful, but she completely transforms the subject and brings a new light out of their faces.



Thierry Henry. In short, this guy made me fall in love with football. Which made me begin to start painting shirts with football players on them. Hopefully I'll meet him someday to thank him.

I'll be adding more of my influences in the future. Cheers.

Wow. it's been a while. I've been gone but I never left....Here's a tee I made for a good friend of mine. Enjoy.

So an old friend asked me to make him a shirt with Atlas on it. I immediately jumped at the idea because I've been making a lot of futbol-themed shirts lately and wanted to do something slightly different. He wants a quote a quote on the back, but I'm still not sure exactly what to put. I have read Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand and loved the book, so I'm trying to remember a good quote from it. Unfortunately, most of the good ones are too long to really fit on the back of a tee. So the shirt as is might be what you get, Malcolm lol. Enjoy.

So I didn't end up going to philly to play soccer, I stayed to work on the painting. It's been a lot of work and I think it's coming together nicely, but I'm still nowhere close to being done. I looked at the painting from afar ( a necessary step to really determine how it actually looks because you are so close to the canvas painting that you need to shift focus once in a while to accurately judge your progress) and I'm not really feeling the background. It needs a lot of work, I might scrap it altogether, what do you think? Here's what it looks like now:

I've been putting in a lot of work on this "Zlatan experiment" and I think it's coming along nicely. I'm on pace to complete it tonight, but I think I'm gonna take a much needed break and go to philly to go play soccer tonight. Enjoy.

Hey guys, sorry I haven't posted in a while, things have just been really busy, I've just been trying to work and still do all the other design commissions I have to do. It isn't easy! What makes it worth it is the fact that I enjoy every minute of it.

So I was "lamenting" to my sister about how I'm not that great of a painter, and I honestly mean it. I consider myself a designer first and foremost and I've been blessed with an artistic ability, but painting is something I picked up and never formally learned. In order to prove, or disprove (only time will tell) my sentiment, I decided to actually make a "painting" on canvas, instead of t-shirts as I've been accustomed to. It is of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the newest tenant at the Nou Camp. My goal is to make this the first painting of Ibrahimovic in a Barcelona jersey in the whole world! Here's what I have so far, I'll be updating it as I progress, enjoy.

Today I have a shirt that I made over the weekend. I think it's sooo dope, not tooting my horn or anything, I just really like the way it turned out. It's a painting of Thierry Henry my all time favorite player (seems all my favorite footballers are french, hmm...) I loved the pic because it shows so much emotion, and that's what I wanted to convey, his clenching his fist after scoring against Real Madrid. Classic stuff. Onto the pic, enjoy.

P.S. Don't forget to email me at ebun.olaloye@gmail.com if you want something made! Anything at all! Cheers

For those that don't know already from my previous posts, I custom make shirts for people. Basically, people approach me with an idea that they want on a shirt, we develop the idea and then I make it for them. It's that simple, so if you have an idea for a shirt, I can make it for you! Prices start at $25 and depending on the difficulty and complexity of the job, the price goes up.

I also design logos. I'd post some of them, but I have to get permission from my clients to do so. So if you are interested in getting a professional logo done, I can do that for you.

Tonight, or rather, early this morning, I bring you guys another tee featuring another player that I have admired since I was a child: Zinedine Zidane. If you are familiar with the beautiful game, I don't even have to spell out what Zizou meant to football. His technical ability is second to none and he is a true master of the game. The Messi tee said "God's gift to football" but that quote wouldn't fit with Zizou. If you have ever been privileged to watch Zidane play, there was something almost divine about the way he played the game. Cheers to one of the best to ever step foot on a pitch. Here's the shirt. Enjoy.