Design #65: She She Lounge

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In season 7 episode 1 called “Fear of Flying” we see Homer get banned from Moe’s Tavern. In a quest to find a new watering hole, he ends up drinking in an airport bar and being mistaken for a pilot. From there he damages an airplane which somehow results in his family getting a free trip. We then find out Marge has a deep fear of flying. This episode is from the golden age of the shown, so there are many hilarious great quotes. But anyways, while Homer is seeking a new drinking establishment, he finds himself visiting a lesbian bar called the She She Lounge. So naturally I thought this would be a simply yet great design, especially on a pillow.

Here’s the link to the product as a sticker, but you can view the design on multiple items if you’re interested.

Design #64: New Bedlam Rest Home for the Emotionally Interesting

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In season 7 episode 8 called “Mother Simpson” the power plant employees are spending their Saturday picking up garbage, as some sort of community service I presume. Homer decides to get out of it by faking his death. Eventually he goes to straighten things out and has his long lost mother walk back into his life. However, she has a shady past that forces her to flee Homer’s life yet again. During the beginning where the employee are picking up garbage, one can be seen picking up a straight jacket with “New Bedlam Asylum” on it. This also happens to be where Homer is sent when he wears a pink shirt to work in a different episode that absolutely exists.

Here’s the link to the product as a pin, but you can view the design on multiple items if you’re interested.

Design #63: Frankie says relax

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This one comes from episode 16 of season 12 called “Bye, Bye, Nerdie”. Arguably this is after the golden age of the show so it’s not entirely a fan favourite. The story line goes that Lisa gets picked on by a new kid at school, and through investigation finds out the new kid picks on nerds due to their smell. She develops a spray that masks this smell and helps out all of nerdkind. At one point a kid on the busy ironically comments on the new kids appearance saying she’ll never fit in. This kid is wearing a Frankie says relax shirt, which was a thing in the 80s from the song.

Here’s the link to the product as a pin, but you can view the design on multiple items if you’re interested.

The Witcher signs coasters

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This has been a very long time coming, I mean years. And I say that not because I’ve spent those years creating some sort of grand artistic work, but because I’m a horrible procrastinator and have zero artistic skills which made me hesitant to approach any artistic endeavour. When I began this blog nearly a decade ago, one of the creative pursuits I had hoped to spend some time exploring is creating video gamed theme artwork or crafts. I can’t really say I delved too far into it, and what I have tinkered with I have either not completed or was unhappy with the result and discarded it.

However, over the last few years I developed an interest in vector illustration which naturally led me down the rabbit hole of laser cutting and engraving. So I went ahead and purchased an entry level laser cutter and began playing with it. One of the first things I made was a set of 5 coasters with the magic signs from the Witcher video game series. These were very easy to make, simple straight vectors and very basic laser cutting settings. I found the simple basswood too boring so I picked up some wood stain and gave them a little panache. Though I see some flaws in them such as the odd bubble and also stain blotches due to my inexperience, I was satisfied enough with them that I felt they were worthy of my Etsy store that had nothing in it. Surprisingly they ended up selling after a while and I hope Ethan is enjoying them! I had made these well over a year or two ago and stepped back from other projects back then, but now I feel motivated and have many more plans that I’m finally going to get around to doing so I felt I can now create this category for my blog and finally start working on more projects!

Design #62: My kid, my facts

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This design comes from season 34 episode 16 called “Hostile Kirk Place”. As it’s a fairly new episode and I’m not all that caught up these days I can’t really describe the episode, I just noted this shirt down to make as a design. Given Kirk’s character, I can only assume that the school is teaching something he doesn’t agree with protests against it as some jab at right wingers or the anti vax crowd.

Here’s the link to the product as a pin, but you can view the design on multiple items if you’re interested.

Design #61: Dungeon Master

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This one comes from episode 14 of season 2 called “A Clone of my Own” where Hubert Farnsworth reflects on his life during his birthday. This leads him to make a clone as a successor who ultimately doesn’t want to be a scientist like Hubert. He then is taken to the Near Death Star where retirees are put into pods and live in virtual reality. Eventually he’s rescued by the Planet Express crew that now contains his close, Cubert. During his life long reflections, we see that Hubert was an avid Dungeons & Dragons player (surprise surprise) so I thought this was a simple design to replicate.

Here’s the link to the product as a pim, but you can view the design on multiple items if you’re interested.

Design #60: Buy blue pants

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This design comes episode 17 episode 12 called “My Fair Laddy” where Lisa attempts to make Groundskeeper Willie a proper gentlemen for the school science fair. The side plot is Homer ruining his favourite blue pants and helping the manufacturer raise sales. He does this buy putting some “superliminal” advertising on the back of his head. I don’t recommend doing this so I made a design you can wear to advertise them.

Here’s the link to the product as a pin, but you can view the design on multiple items if you’re interested.