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Artist: Joey Potts
Curated by: TJ Mapes
Joey is the co-creative director for the Chicago based apparel and design collective, Formula Werks. Joey has called Chicago his home for the past several years, after graduating with a BFA in Illustration from the Maryland Institute, College of Art.
He has been drawing and painting since childhood. His father’s drawings, Saturday morning cartoons, video games, plush animals, comic books, T-shirt illustrations, toys, and skateboarding were his earliest influences. After graduating, he moved to Chicago where he was able to focus his attention on apparel design, custom painted shoes and toys, and of course, paintings on canvas and wood panels.
He is always working on new pieces and hand-painted customs for shows in the U.S., Asia, and Europe, as well as many other artistic ventures. Joey’s clients include New Balance, ColorInk Books, I Want Your Skull, Toy 2 R, Rotofugi Designer Toy Store, Squibbles Ink, Hasbro, Beautiful Decay, Burger King , and Freshly Dipped.
When not painting, he is drawing, creating T-shirt designs, pacing back and forth, hating slow computers, and dreaming of eating a steak. He is also a founding member of the Chicago art collective the Cartel.
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tee fury needs to take note.
this shirt is fucking fabulous
Very nice imagery and detail. Congrats.
that’s a sweet design!!
just spent my last $ on this one… great design and really hope the details come out as sharp as the graphic!
Very sweet design. Looks like I am buying another!!
I originally thought of something else shaped like this..but I can’t deny that this is one AMAZING DESIGN OH MY GOD NICE O_O I love that it’s on a gray shirt too xDDD AHHH Wish I had more money.
Oh boy, oh boy, I really love this!
Thanks so much everyone! The print will be 13″ x 9″ so the detail should come out great!
@JoeyPotts – Will you have lots up tonight at Atomic Sketch
nice work, looks amazing
Nice work Mr.Potts
Do all the shirt artists on T-fury live in Chicago?
@ TJ- Yes, i will be @ atomic sketch tonight (Evil olive 1551 W Division St) tonight!
@Tae & JCW, thanks!!!
@Jamie- ha, I had no idea what t-fury was until about 2 mins ago!
joey murdered it so hard on this one. be sure to get the print too! on display now at revolution tattoo on western.
Tip Top Snazzamataz! A Print??? NIce! Shoulda linked it for lazy people like me! :D
Thanks a lot Joey for being part of RIPT Apparel today!
I love this shirt, and will buy it.
It reminds me of day of the dead imagery and sugar skulls (two of my favorite things!!!)
Awesome. Period.
So….is it supposed to look like skeletor, or is that just a fun bonus?
I wondered the same thing Xylotism!
HA, no, there was no intentional skeletor reference in there!
But, @ Immy Lovely, there was definitely reference to Day of the Dead/Sugar Skulls- as well as the Virgin de Soledád.
Joey, awesome! Love it.
Looks awfully similar to the wootshirt a few days ago – I like this one better though!
Looks awfully similar to the wootshirt a few days ago – I like this one better though!
(actually todays teefury and wootshirts are vaguely similar as well… craziness)
Gorgeous! I love the detail and the pseudo paisley look. Very well done!
Tee Fury has become a joke lately with their stupid “parody” shirts that they call art. Glad I stumbled upon this site!! Two shirts bought in 2 days and looking at some of the previous shirts I wished I had stumbled upon it sooner!!
@fourknucks – Glad you found it too, thanks for the support!
Amazing shirt! I think i love the rest of your work even more! Great job
Sick shirt! Gotta get this.