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hi everyone ! im working on cool stuff thats not ready to share yet but in the meantime, a couple closeups and progress case studies from the @ladyarcaders.com collection i did !

tldr earlier this year, lady arcaders had their yearly videogame award show - @lazlotus.bsky.social approached me about making a tshirt out of one of the moments in it ! It started with this design, but I knew it needed more, initially leaning towards campy "dont talk to me while im gaming" shirts

i got stuck in making it work and kept thinking "what would @anarchyasf.com do here" (shoutout @fridayclothing.co !! ) and tried to find an angle (tm) ive always been a fan of the rough edges around videogames and how they reveal the people behind them so why not be literal :)

and of course I wanted to add a direct nod to the original script @professorburtch.bsky.social wrote and the core concept of like. people being weird and vocal about when videogames have deeper meanings so the . literal script also worked as great texture for the poster (adapted to fit the design!)

Here's a couple paths I went down to add texture, and an earlier version of the poster layout also the spiral notebook was a last minute addition bc i saw the merch provider lady arcaders use has a spiral notebook blank and i simply really want a spiral notebook rn :D ty all for the kind words !!