MERCH & IMAGE BREAKDOWNS
LAST EDITED: 03.05.26
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Graphic design one of the thing I've come to do, and after having done it for a little while, I gotta say, it's pretty fun to do... when you're doing it for your self. Building your own brand is a whole other world, so if you're on that path, here's some of the behind the scenes in the whole "clothing brand" side of Samurai Ruach. Designing is great, and the most fun part for me, and maybe for you too, but I have to do all of the other parts as well, and unless you have a team or some top notch AI agents, it becomes a balance and battle of staying motivated to set goals and do all of the boring crap that "someone" has to do but there's no one but you to do them... staying inspired to keep creating and keep the fire and passion for what you love doing... even staying on top of things like technology in your field and trending themes. If you're into doing print-on-demand, there's keeping tabs on the leading products, methods, and companies, I get into a lot of these things, and you see it in real time, in the videos. Not only that, but if you were looking for the meanings to the designs-- because there's a lot packed into them, and how they were done, you're in the right place. I've done some written blog posts if you're a reader, and because of how things are as far as living situations, doing videos ended up being faster, so here's both.
CHARLIE BEATS was a quick design, but not quick at the same time. THE NAME is essentially what the design is-- a mix of Charlie Brown and beat-making (producing): Charlie... Beats-- two things I enjoy. Yeah, I'm more of a Calvin & Hobbes individual, and even more of a Far Side than C&H, but the Peanuts gang was always cool and calm. THE IMAGE i did it in photoshop. I do pretty much all of the designs in photoshop. Again, it was quick but not. Quick because i knew what i wanted. I wanted the feel of the "Charlie Brown shirt" but a hip hop version, in a sense. Instead of the regular zig-zagging stripe, I wanted a drumtrack waveform, and one that could even possibly be playable if there's an app or something that could read it. Not quick, because getting it to be HOW i wanted it to be was tricky. I'm thinking (not sure) that it may be a waveform image of the Clyde Stubblefield "Funky Drummer" break (solo), which is one of the most iconic drum breaks of all time, if not, it's in the top 5. I got the sample of the break from the HAMMERHEAD Rhythm Station (Drum machine) which is one i started using back in the late 90's (1998, 1999?) or early 2000's when I first got Sonic Foundry Acid (Now ACID PRO), and started doing music. So, yes, if you know how to read waveforms, you can read this shirt and hear the drumtrack play. HOW'D I DO THAT? First I played the sample of it I had from ACID and took a screen shot, but then I got an idea to separate it all, doing the kicks and snares in black, and running some high hats/cymbals (i know, two different things) also inside of it in a lighter (that gray) color. Then getting those to line up was tricky. I think I did ok. It's one of those things that IYKYK, but you should know now since I just told you. I figure producers, musicians, and maybe even drummers might dig it.
The song below the Clyde Stubblefield video, is just a song I did, chopping up some bit of the iconic Charlie Brown theme song, "Linus and Lucy". The theme song was composed and performed by American jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi in 1964, and first appeared on the album Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown and became the signature theme for the Peanuts animated specials. For some reason, in my head, Charles Mingus plays it, but that might be a Mandela Effect or something. I dunno.
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It would be nice if the laptop would run the drawing tablet again, but until then I'll just have to do things in the photoshop i have... which is ...old.
SOFTWARE? Photoshop. I did that design in photoshop. I have Photoshop 6.0. Yeah, I know. Well, what are you doing with YOUR version of Photoshop? I'm using what I have... that will actually work. As mentioned above, I have a drawing tablet that works well, but THE HORSE is THE HORSE, and when it doesn't want to run things (which is usually when I need them most) then it WON'T. So, I have drawing tablet, but... not.
THE DESIGN? Old grizzled man but faded into a skull, like aged away, but the eyes and the fire in the eyes remains. It's like a "you can't kill wisdom, or ideas" thing. I started with a pic I AI'd of the Old Grizzled Man, and then the Skull picture. I had to make sure the eye sockets lined up. Then it was just stacking copies of the layers on top of each other, and erasing, like fading them away. The old man Is on the bottom I think, with multiple layers of skull on top, but those skull layers are erased, masked, and filtered so that they all fade more and more. The old man can be seen more on the left side, and is blue (MATTER), while the skull is mostly on the right side and is red (MIND). No, it's not directly related to the game. It should be, but... no, I wasn't thinking of that. Doing the eyes was the most fun part, and tedious. It pays to use AI to make your own stock photos that you can use. I did that with the fire, and I had some of eyes, so I basically cut the fella's eyes out, like a Batman mask, and then blacked all around the inside in a lower layer. So it's Skill on top, then man-face, then highlights on the eyes, then fire, then eyes, then masked fire underneath for extra glow but kind of muted to look more natural (under the skin of the eyes-- yes your eyes have skin. I had a metal splinter, and a splinter of fiberglass in my eyes before-- trust me, you eyes have skin), and then black to fill in the eye socket, and then more man face beneath that to seal it.
A quick bit about Artist and Art vs Content Prompters and AI... Yes, Content Prompters. You're not even content creators anymore, because you don't create anything. AI does it. You just make a prompt. And you can even get AI to do that. It's sad. And disturbing. Seems like a bit of work, but when this is one of the things you DO-- like know how to do, love doing (for your self, not so much for others), and are actually good at, then you don't mind experimenting and actually putting in work. It's a process, a journey-- it's fun. SADLY, there's folks who just want to make content for sales. There's no logic, no skill, no talent, no real effort, just a prompt, and if they had any know-how, it's which AI bots to use for marketing so the folks who actually DO THIS, but don't know all of those tricks (because we're too busy working) get lost in the huge pile of CONTENT STREAM CRAP. That's a sad thing about artists and art-- especially in this day and age. It gets lost. The soul people are looking for is out there being expressed, but it's drowned out by all the AI screaming for attention, because you're looking for the soul you drowned out with your content for likes and money-- because you've lost your soul ... to the computer world.
VARIATIONS... There are currently 3 different variations of this shirt. There's the 1 - WOMEN'S (All Over Print) and a 2 - MEN'S (All Over Print), both of which are in a set called the Splash Series, because of the splash of color strip on the bottom. The last one is 3 - The Unisex (Mens & Womens) Bella canvas tee. They're all pretty soft and comfortable, but the Bella Canvas one is more plain, with just the front image. It's printed a different way also. The ALL OVER prints are actually white shirts and the entire shirt is printed, so it's almost dyed black (printed black), while the Bella Canvas shirt is a black shirt with the image printed on it. I'm using PRINTFUL at the moment to do the print-on-demand, which is why the price is what it is.
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Anyways, BACK TO THE DESIGN... The skull part was annoying. It was tricky to balance because the man's face was so grizzled, but that's what I wanted. Look at that guy. He's been through some stuff. Doing the guy in Blue, as in MATTER, was a bit of poetry, mostly on the side of the Skull being in Red, representing MIND. Why is the Skull the dominant Mind? Because our bodies pass away. The fire in the eyes is what moves on. So in a sense, the skull is more of a solid reminder of who and what we are, beneath the skin and age and scars. The fire in the eyes is the cleanest and most solid thing, so that cuts through everything. Since it's faded and masked on top of the blue, it comes out purplish, which is cool, because it's got a bunch of Blacklight Philosophy on it, so, that works. Speaking of which.....
THE WORDS?
"ONE FIRE TO ANOTHER
1. Consider until you Understand until you Know until you Are BEING.
2. No one or thing that is conscious to the point of being, thinking, and expressing, does anything unless they get something from it... and the thing most sought after is the experience that yields a knowing of divinity of self in the now.
3. Be Honest. All Ways, Always.
4. You are BEING: (1) WITH a Spirit, (2) HAVING a Spirit, or (3) IN a Spirit.
5. Everything is something to do.
6. You can't help but judge. Try not to condemn or glorify. Everything is what it is. Nothing More, Nothing Less. There is Divinity in all things and moments, despite your perception and opinion of it.
7. Know The Word. The Word is GOD.
8.Walk YOUR Walk. It will take your entire eternal conscious being to know your self.
9. You are BEING here for a reason. All WHYS, WISE, and Y'S are universally the same. Know YOUR WHYS. You know all, as all is in you. Here in this "Reality" of deception, illusion, distraction, division, etc... you are made to be thinking of what you know... but you still know.
C'est la vie, la guerre, et le jeu."
One Fire To Another is a phrase that you may see here and there in the Samurai Ruach philosophy writings. The rest of the words are have a clean Blacklight edge on them. "They block a lot of the face!" Yeah, they were supposed to. The idea is the ideas. The face behind the ideas is the face behind the ideas-- get it? I've done a few Blacklight Philosophy or Blacklight themed shirts. There's a BEING SYMBOL shirt which has a blacklight edge to it, the Skull Version is heavily blacklight in style. What's "Blacklight?" You must not have hit that link. Here's another one to get you caught up, but basically the philosophy is a style of being who is balanced in a way most things might not agree with or understand. It's a true "Honor Thy Father (Mind/ Fire/ God/ Red/ Divine Masc.) and Thy Mother (Matter/ Water/ Spirit/ Blue/ Divine Fem.) so that your days (knowing, illuminations of being-- which creates time) will be long..." The balance of the two sides expressed as an unlocked Pure Being is Blacklight fire (red & blue balanced fire) which is one of the hottest, and also least visible. It's a way of being, and an honesty and knowing of self that most will actually fear, and misjudge it a lot. It's rooted in "seeing the light in darkness, and the darkness in light." So, not being fooled by anything, and seeing everything. As it was once said in the movie i like a great deal, GHOSTDOG: The Way Of The Samurai, "Power, Equality... Always C Everything."
The videos are there because I'm lazy and tired. I made a template and fill in the pages, so the videos were just down there. You might find something interesting in there so I left it. AND I was thinking about how I have to do this page AGAIN to format it for phones, which just drained me, so... lazy also, and tired.
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Apocryphon of John
Apocryphon of John
The Book Of Enoch - Definitive Reference w/ audio and text, full apocryphal religious narration
The Secret Book Of John - Gnostic Text From The Nag Hammadi Library - Full Audio Book
Genesis 6:1-4 Is Not About Human Marriages — Part 1 | Michael Heiser
THE BLACK KNIGHT is more of a style than a design, like the AGNINADI styled items. I guess you could call it something in the realm of a textile or swatch? A pattern? It's made of different shades of chainmail, with paisley to counter it, and plaid detail/edging. Pretty simple in a way, but you have to balance it correctly or it won't match. Too much of one, and it overpowers quickly, and can even look boring, or make the counter pattern look misplaced or unbalanced (naturally). Chainmail was always a cool thing to me. It was always like a person wanted scales, like they wanted the same protection as the dragons they were about to go to battle with. No, this isn't actual linked chainmail-- that might get heavy, but it looks cool, especially with the other patterns accenting it.
THE NAME? It just seemed fitting, since it's like a medieval jersey (pattern). Ironically, there's no Black Knight character in the series... yet. I know, DRAGONS, but no black knight. Meh.
THE DESIGN was honestly all about chainmail. Not chain letters. Chainmail, like suits of armor. I still have a project to do concerning this, which is building a jersey that's a samurai suit of armor. I just have to design the pieces separately, but this was a bit of a test run to see how the chain would come out, and i like it. I added the paisley to give it a little more edge, and then some plaid as a finer detail. It all worked really well... says me. The tricky part, or A tricky part, is keeping the aesthetic of it. Adding color would throw off the whole vibe. Some you can get away with, but the metal look has to be just right: the right amount of shading, highlight, "shine"... so that the gold looks gold and not yellow, or that any detail in a black mesh would even show up. I still have to work with this one more. There's only a few designs that I used it with. I guess it's a limited edition kind of thing.
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VESTI LA GIUBBA (e la faccia infarina. La gente paga, e rider vuole qua.)... Honey of a quote, ain't it?! There's a video and a whole playlist just for this, which is below. This phrase is kind of where the RUGPULL design came from, why THE ZEPHANIAH CHESTERFIELD PROJECT, and why a lot of other things... for me. ay it for me, and when it lifts someone else up, and they thank me for it, then that will be the kickstart i needed to get back into the positive zone. T-shirts do that. It's one of the reasons I do t-shirts-- to say the things people can't, but want to, or need (to).
THE MESSAGE is a quote from PAGLIACCI the opera, which says:
"(Vesti la giubba)......... Put on your costume
(e la faccia infarina)... and apply make up to your face.
(La gente paga,)......... The people pay,
(e rider vuole qua.)..... and they want to laugh.".
What all of that means to me, if you didn't see the explainer video about the lineup, is how you have to put on your face (makeup your mind) and also build your self physically and tangibly (body & soul) to play this game. By "play this game" i mean come to this world as a human being (makeup and costume), where people pay (trade currency & current-see) by way of soul and spirit energy transactions, thinking of thoughts (currency) to manipulate reality (current-see), because they WANT to laugh, or have a good time, make memories, and gain on their investment in conscious being, because we're all staring down the barrel of eternity which is a loooooong time to not have anything fun or good or light to look back on. SO, get yourself right, and be your honest self, live and be that, so you can enjoy the show (this war-- in and of the mind). C'est la vie (that's life and living it), la guerre (the war/ the mind), et le jeu (and the play/ the game).
THE DESIGN was done in Photoshop 6 like all of the others. I didn't record it because i wasn't thinking to, for one, and also because I was having so many issues with it, and memory-- it not wanting to save, and me going through that whole process of deleting things, clearing cache, etc.... that i was just happy to get it done. Get what done? OH, right... SO... (and this is in the video) what i had to do was, make a half black/half white paisley card to use as the background, and then an opposite one white/black for the reverse side, so that the image front and back would have one solid left side color, and one solid right side color. That's how one side of the shirt is black and the other side is white/silver. I used the same cards for the sleeves. Having both colors on one card saves layers-- as opposed to having one black layer and a white layer, they're both on the same layer as one solid image. THEN i redesigned the "3 SPIRITUAL RELATIONSHIPS" chart image, and fused it with the "Creation of BEING(?)" image, so, again, there's two images made into one image to save layers. I took one of the masks from THE BOOK OF THE CLOWN (cover) from that book that i think is on Patreon, but nowhere else. It might still need to be worked on. Living took a turn when i was working on updating it, so, what's there is there.
I know there are a few videos in the playlist for this design. As of today (2.26.26) i probably still have videos of this design that need to get edited. Yay life. I still got time.
Send In The Clowns
Send In The Clowns
The Master Clowns (Clown History)
Warm Jesters Drawing
2025 12 19 12 12 44 Feel Spirit Touch Logic
NOTE: The items above go from TRYANGLES (Clown) to TRY ANGLES (Mask).
VESTI LA GIUBBA (e la faccia infarina. La gente paga, e rider vuole qua.)... Honey of a quote, ain't it?! There's a video and a whole playlist just for this, which is below. This phrase is kind of where the RUGPULL design came from, why THE ZEPHANIAH CHESTERFIELD PROJECT, and why a lot of other things... for me. ay it for me, and when it lifts someone else up, and they thank me for it, then that will be the kickstart i needed to get back into the positive zone. T-shirts do that. It's one of the reasons I do t-shirts-- to say the things people can't, but want to, or need (to).
THE MESSAGE is a quote from PAGLIACCI the opera, which says:
"(Vesti la giubba)......... Put on your costume
(e la faccia infarina)... and apply make up to your face.
(La gente paga,)......... The people pay,
(e rider vuole qua.)..... and they want to laugh.".
What all of that means to me, if you didn't see the explainer video about the lineup, is how you have to put on your face (makeup your mind) and also build your self physically and tangibly (body & soul) to play this game. By "play this game" i mean come to this world as a human being (makeup and costume), where people pay (trade currency & current-see) by way of soul and spirit energy transactions, thinking of thoughts (currency) to manipulate reality (current-see), because they WANT to laugh, or have a good time, make memories, and gain on their investment in conscious being, because we're all staring down the barrel of eternity which is a loooooong time to not have anything fun or good or light to look back on. SO, get yourself right, and be your honest self, live and be that, so you can enjoy the show (this war-- in and of the mind). C'est la vie (that's life and living it), la guerre (the war/ the mind), et le jeu (and the play/ the game).
THE DESIGN was done in Photoshop 6 like all of the others. I didn't record it because i wasn't thinking to, for one, and also because I was having so many issues with it, and memory-- it not wanting to save, and me going through that whole process of deleting things, clearing cache, etc.... that i was just happy to get it done. Get what done? OH, right... SO... (and this is in the video) what i had to do was, make a half black/half white paisley card to use as the background, and then an opposite one white/black for the reverse side, so that the image front and back would have one solid left side color, and one solid right side color. That's how one side of the shirt is black and the other side is white/silver. I used the same cards for the sleeves. Having both colors on one card saves layers-- as opposed to having one black layer and a white layer, they're both on the same layer as one solid image. THEN i redesigned the "3 SPIRITUAL RELATIONSHIPS" chart image, and fused it with the "Creation of BEING(?)" image, so, again, there's two images made into one image to save layers. I took one of the masks from THE BOOK OF THE CLOWN (cover) from that book that i think is on Patreon, but nowhere else. It might still need to be worked on. Living took a turn when i was working on updating it, so, what's there is there.
I know there are a few videos in the playlist for this design. As of today (2.26.26) i probably still have videos of this design that need to get edited. Yay life. I still got time.
NOTE: The items above go from TRYANGLES (Clown) to TRY ANGLES (Mask).
THE BLACK KNIGHT is more of a style than a design, like the AGNINADI styled items. I guess you could call it something in the realm of a textile or swatch? A pattern? It's made of different shades of chainmail, with paisley to counter it, and plaid detail/edging. Pretty simple in a way, but you have to balance it correctly or it won't match. Too much of one, and it overpowers quickly, and can even look boring, or make the counter pattern look misplaced or unbalanced (naturally). Chainmail was always a cool thing to me. It was always like a person wanted scales, like they wanted the same protection as the dragons they were about to go to battle with. No, this isn't actual linked chainmail-- that might get heavy, but it looks cool, especially with the other patterns accenting it.
THE NAME? It just seemed fitting, since it's like a medieval jersey (pattern). Ironically, there's no Black Knight character in the series... yet. I know, DRAGONS, but no black knight. Meh.
THE DESIGN was honestly all about chainmail. Not chain letters. Chainmail, like suits of armor. I still have a project to do concerning this, which is building a jersey that's a samurai suit of armor. I just have to design the pieces separately, but this was a bit of a test run to see how the chain would come out, and i like it. I added the paisley to give it a little more edge, and then some plaid as a finer detail. It all worked really well... says me. The tricky part, or A tricky part, is keeping the aesthetic of it. Adding color would throw off the whole vibe. Some you can get away with, but the metal look has to be just right: the right amount of shading, highlight, "shine"... so that the gold looks gold and not yellow, or that any detail in a black mesh would even show up. I still have to work with this one more. There's only a few designs that I used it with. I guess it's a limited edition kind of thing.
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YOU STILL HAVE TIME! Just TAKE your time, mind and resources... Yeah, sometimes my outlook isn't the best, and i can take all the positivity living is willing to give (even if it seems to only give a finger or two). I figured, why not let the work spread some positivity, and i thought to create something that could just let people walk around encouraging others?! Even on the days i feel like crap, even if i can't find it in myself, at least the shirt will say it for me, and when it lifts someone else up, and they thank me for it, then that will be the kickstart i needed to get back into the positive zone. T-shirts do that. It's one of the reasons I do t-shirts-- to say the things people can't, but want to, or need (to). So, if you're in the crap zone, here's one of the many shirts to help you stay positive, and to encourage others, even if you can't find a why or how to yourself.
THE MESSAGE is an easy one to get, and one that people need to be reminded of a lot of the time. YOU STILL HAVE TIME. Take your TIME, MIND, and RESOURCES. You don't have to make them. They're already there. Just take 'em back, and have them... and DON'T WASTE THEM NOW. If you did waste them... (read again).
When you get that reminder, sometimes it's frustrating because things aren't how you want them NOW, and patience seems like crap when others (some who don't do anywhere near as much as you do) are getting help, and support, and people care about them and what they do, and then others come tell you about it like its something new and all they did was your idea that the people telling you "look at that guy over there! WOW!" who you told about--- nevermind. You get it. YOU STILL HAVE TIME. Keep at it. All of that frustration and idiots take and disrupt the flow of energy. TAKE THE FLOW BACK. Time, Mind, and Resources is how things get done. You have to have all three, and you actually DO, ALL THE TIME, but living life distracts you. Don't freak out. Also, people tell you you have to MAKE your mind, or make time, or make resources (money)--- its already there. You just have to figure out how to TAKE them back. ALSO, there's a crowd for everyone. There are people waiting for, wanting, and needing what you have to offer. No one else will do it how you would do it, which is why life trusted you with the things you'll experience, and to be the one to create the experiences you'll create. Don't hold back. You still have time.
THE DESIGN was done in Photoshop. I have Photoshop 6, if you haven't read that yet. YES, they ARE on WAY MORE ADVANCED VERSIONS!!! I'm working with what i got, that works. The equipment is tricky over here, and with it comes more tricks from life and living. For instance, someone gave me a desktop computer-- all i had to do was transfer all of their data off of it and set it up for me to use. It took about 2 weeks to get the password to unlock it, and then a weekend to clear everything, save their info, try to put on the programs I'd need which wouldn't load, and when I got everything as usable as it would be, the computer stopped working. Whole weekend down the drain on that one. But I got their stuff done. SO, whatever positive vibes come my way, I'm all for it. When the computer decides to work, if i have to time to sit and work it, I'm going all in until i pass out and didn't know it... which happens a lot just waiting for the computer to work right, steadily.
I know there are a few videos in the playlist for this design. As of today (2.26.26) i probably still have videos of this design that need to get edited. Yay life. I still got time.
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