I've been printing day and night for the last 3 weeks. I'm pretty exhausted, and actually think i have developed a bit of tendinitis in my elbow from the repetitive motion. Yes, an actual screen-printing injury. Who knew that could happen. I'm not complaining though! The Topps project is what has kept me so busy and I'm really excited about how the prints are coming out. In mid-October, Topps Trading Cards will release their "2009 Updates and Highlights" baseball card set. This is a 330 card set - 30 of which will feature my art. To go along with the 30 cards, I will have full size screen-prints of the designs created in a limited edition available. They will be sold on the Topps website, but i will provide a link on mine. So far I've printed Pedroia, Tiexiera, Pujols, Ichiro, Lincecum, M. Ramirez, Wright, Helton, and Longoria. There is one design for each team, and I am hoping to have most of the designs completed by the time the cards are released, but its honestly going to be a challenge doing so. I will do my best though. Topps is going to promote the prints on the back of each card, so the awareness should be high. If your interested, keep an eye out, or get on my email list so you'll know when they are available. See below for a preview of four of the prints:

Many of the new "team prints" are ready and available online now. So far I've printed the Twins, Tigers, Cardinals, Red Sox, Giants and Phillies. I'm going to start the Dodgers tonight, followed by the White Sox and Yankees. The have gotten a pretty good response so far - I think they will be popular come the holidays. If you have not seen the team prints yet, check them out here:
www.sportspropaganda.com
I reorganized much of the store in my website recently. The amount of work I now have available was creating quite a long page - I felt too long to expect people to have to scroll through. I instead am now organizing prints (framed and unframed) by team. This way, you can select your favorite team and browse that way. Also, the framed prints are taking off and I'm really happy about it. I know now that people really like the convenience of buying art "ready to hang". I'm going to do my best to have framed prints available for every design I do. If your considering purchasing a print as a gift for somebody or even for yourself, I would consider the framed option.
I did a short radio interview this week with WJBC, Illinois Cardinals flagship station. If you havent heard it, feel free to check it out here:
WWW.WJBC.COM
Lastly, I wanted to once again ask for everyones help promoting my work. I dont have much in terms of advertising, so I depend on word of mouth. If you know a baseball fan, or somebody looking to buy a gift, please send them my website (
www.sportspropaganda.com). Perhaps post on facebook, twitter or just by email the link to somebody. Trust me, it is much appreciated! Thanks again for all of the support, I want to continue to bring new and exciting art to baseball fans!