My first review...what a bomb!

I've been working on spreading the word of my clothing line through t-shirt bloggers and come to find out there are plenty of them out there. I came across RudeRetro and asked for a review, sent out the shirt and sent a brief email with a description of the the clothing line and that was it. Man did he rip me a new one.

I could definitely be disappointed in the review but I'm not. This blogger really posed some great questions about how I am marketing this clothing line that really made me think. Have I truly been doing all that I can to make this clothing line reach out to the masses? Do people get it? What is Grey Matter?

Grey Matter is capturing different city landmarks and the culture of the surrounding area in a photographic point of view. Using your brain to connect with the photograph and the really think about what you see and don't see this metropolis that is Los Angeles.

The term "boosterism" comes to mind when thinking of Grey Matter. A term used widely to describe the late photographer Julius Shulman. Shulman's photographs of Southern California architecture and living defined an era. Taking that idea, that premise, of what this city is today is the backbone of Grey Matter.

I guess I needed to get that out there and it's been 3 yrs since I started this whole clothing line business with few success and lots of failures. But through theses experiences I am learning to pave my path and become a better business man and artists. Sometimes you need to be knocked down off your high horse and come back to reality and work those kinks out.

Here's the link to the to the RudeRetro review of DVClothing.
http://blog.ruderetro.com/2010/03/13/review-dvclothing/

Goals for March...

Well I've been hard at work with the accomplishing my goals from February and I think I've met some of them.

as of end of Feb...

• Using the box and printing has been working really great and I've started printing canvas tote bags.
• This month looks like RDL vs. DVC collab is on schedule
• Have not purchased canvas to start work on new paintings, funds are low
• Next photo project will most likely be all film and the book I have chosen is Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk. My model will be a friend of mine that has done some work for a mutual friend of our and I think he will work out fine. 
• Lastly, looking for locations for my next show has not been fruitful but I will keep pressing for it.

Last month I had a few set backs. Picked up a freelance job but the client ended up flaking on me. Called a couple plenty of times and also left emails but to no avail. I should probably post up the work since it's not going anywhere. Tell me what you think.

Goals for March are set and here they are.

• Finish up RDL vs. DVC collab.
• Try and purchase canvas for painting series, be modest if funds are low.
• Plan out photoshoot with model and find locations, maybe even mockups of how it should look to me.*
• Start printing t-shirts! Totebags were successful and yielded results not it's time to step it up. 
• Work on new freelance job with Locsta, rapper out of North LBC.

Theses two months have been great and I can't wait to see what's in store. STAY DIRTY!

*Film work will be done in medium format, this will be my first working in this format.