Blake Cale

We’re excited to have five awesome RVA T-shirt designs from Blake Cale.  Blake has a gift for taking unique ideas and bringing them to life in a compelling way.  For his LocalWear designs, Blake wanted to take on a few different aspects of Richmond that make the city unique.  We love his use of Richmond’s city motto (“Sic Itur Ad Astra”) along with the Virginia state bird (the cardinal).  During the day, Blake works with 903 Creative, a top creative agency in Richmond, where he specializes in brand identity, logo design and illustration. You can also see more of his work on Instagram @cale_designs.

Blake’s Shirt Designs

Sic Itur Ad Astra

Liberty Or Death

ShipLock

Shadow

Mayo

Our Interview with Blake

Sarah Barton

If you’re a fan of custom lettering you likely already know of Sarah Barton.  She’s an incredibly talented and versatile artist who can create fun, interesting designs from just an ordinary word or two.  Her designs can be both intricate and precise but also bold and commanding.  So we were thrilled to have her create two custom RVA T-shirt designs that reflect Sarah’s experiences with Richmond.  According to Sarah, her first design, “RVA Connection,” reflects Richmond’s “small world vibe” where “anywhere you go, you’ll meet new people, but there’s usually someone you know there as well.”  Her second design, “RVA Flow” is “an abstract design influenced by the rushing water of the James River.”  You can see more on Instagram @bartonington.

Sarah’s Shirt Designs

rVA

Connection

RVA Flow

Our Interview with Sarah

Amir Dennis

Amir knows RVA. Growing up, he visited different parts of the city to play basketball, and ever since he’s made a point of visiting and getting to know different areas in Richmond. His love of art and drawing started early, but it wasn’t until college that he really discovered graphic design. He’s since become passionate about branding and helping to create visual identities. Amir now owns his own creative agency based in Richmond, CURBSIDE Branding & Design. Amir wins our award for fastest to come up with ideas – during our first call he was overflowing with Richmond T-shirt ideas. We love the designs he chose to represent Richmond and we hope you do too. You can see more of Amir’s work on Instagram @CurbsideBrandDesign.

Amir’s Shirt Designs

Rva Neighborhood Colors

Historic Map

Bold River City

Rva Neighborhood Pattern

Our Interview with Amir

Molly Gertenbach

Molly is a great example of a talented RVA artist who makes her living in a creative way using her design skills. In her day job, Molly is a User Experience Designer in Richmond, which is essentially the art of crafting how people interact with software. Outside of work, Molly freelances in graphic design and illustration where she has wide range of styles – sometimes bold and dynamic and other times creative and playful. We find her RVA T-Shirt designs for LocalWear to have a clean, precise and fun … yet almost calming style. You can find more from Molly on Instagram @mollygert.

Molly’s Shirt Designs

River City

Bridge

Skyline

Our Interview with Molly

Heather Rankin

When we first saw Heather’s work, we knew we wanted to work with her to create RVA T-shirts.  Heather is a student in VCU’s Communication Arts program, and she usually focuses on illustration, architecture and creature design.  She’s incredibly talented and brings a lot of depth and feeling to her work.  So we thought it would be fascinating to see her talents applied to this project.  Heather started drawing at a very young age and is a big believer in the importance of practice.  You can see her different styles on Instagram @heatherr0808.

Heather’s Shirt Designs

Old

RVA

Neighbor

hoods

RVA

Girl

Our Interview with Heather

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