Affirmations Sticker Pack

Yooo, just put these bad boys together in a pack. This is a 6 sticker pack of words and phrases meant to be reminders to self, motivational, and affirming. You can cop a pack for yourself or your team here.

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This is some process from one of the stickers in the pack: PAUSE

This is the previous sticker pack: Multicultural

Gratitude - Lunar Heights

 

The words, feel, vibe, and subject matter are resonating big w/me today. These cats have been rocking for at least 15 years and one of them was a teacher to my son in Oakland. Big respect to Spear of the Nation and Jerneye!

To cop music from them: lunarheights.bandcamp.com/

In case you missed it, here is some recent music I was feeling from the UK.

Pause Sticker process

 

 Hey this is a new sticker in a series of self care/ encouragement/ affirming stickers. Sometimes you gotta hit the pause button, or maybe you need to remind someone to do it. 

Wanna see some of the creative process? Check it out:

First I did a bunch of different versions of the same word using different font styles.  The check marks you see are from my homies and my wife telling me which ones they preferred.

I narrowed it down a bit and combined some elements to make it a more simple shape.

I decided on the color scheme and did some rough color versions. And I chose the bottom right one finally.

Then I painted in gouache. Scanned it and then brought it into Photoshop and to clean it up, moving the shadow and letters a tiny bit to make it more symmetrical. I also adjusted the color a bunch because it was tough to duplicate the screen color.

And then here's the final product. I get stickers from a bunch of different places, but one I go to often is Sticker Giant in Colorado who just shipped these to me. What do you think? Dig it? I DO!! I love how it came out and I hope others will dig them. Eventually I'll make a sticker pack of these:

Grow

Focus

Rest

Breathe

Pause

"_______" one more to go!

One day I'll make a video talking about these stickers. But for now i'll just say that many years ago I made a series of paintings called "positive wall affirmations" made to serve people by offering a positive message for the home, class, office, etc. The original one of a kind paintings did ok and made some folks really happy. But the stickers are a bit more affordable, especially if you're not an art collector. 

Anyways, thanks for reading. You can get this Pause sticker here or get a sticker sheet I made a year ago for self care here as well. If you know someone who is learning to make merchandise using their art, please share this post with them.

Breathe Vinyl Sticker

 

Here is a new sticker reminding you to "breathe". Its number four in a series of self care stickers aimed at getting folks to slow down and take stock of what's next and what matters. Cop one for you or for your team HERE.

The last one in the series is REST

REST Sticker

 

Fam, here is the latest sticker in a new series meant to remind, encourage, and affirm. This one is a gold vinyl sticker reminding you to rest. I know we all got shit to do, but in between wins and losses, don't forget to rest.

Cop one for you or a friend HERE.

Did you catch the last one? It says "Focus"

FOCUS Sticker

 

Here's a new sticker! Part of a series of stickers that are reminders or affirmations. This could be for yourself or as a gift to send to a friend. Cop one here!

If you missed the previous sticker "GROW" check that out too.

GROW sticker

 

Fam, I created an original painting with the word "GROW" back in 2013. Matter of fact, I painted a whole series of affirmations. In an effort to get back to making pieces that are not only affirming to me (hopefully you too) but to make it affordable, I plan to make some new stickers with affirming letter based art. I painted this piece on paper and got it printed with gold to add a bit of shine. I hope you like it. Stay tuned.

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Did you catch the last sticker pack? Here it is.

New Postcard set

I made a few new postcards based on illustrations from 2019 and 2020 with affirming words. You can cop this set here. 

If you dig this check out this postcard deal

And you can see the original characters here:

Encourage-Donny & Jalil  character design

Leap-Jump character design

Behold-Photo character design
 

HEART- Positive Affirmation

While taking a break from something else I decided to get back into these affirmations. Hope you dig it. the piece is for sale here HEART

Craft Noire: Blog feature for "Affirmations"

Check out this blog yall, They did a feature on my Affirmation paintings awhile back. They have a great eye with a lot of artwork, DIY Projects, and crafty business there. I saw Goldi Gold and Afya from ATL there which was nice; as well as Octavia Butler.

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FLY-Positive Affirmation

Everybody needs to feel like they can do it sometimes, and it's a good reminder to do it even when you feel like you can barely walk. FLY

at the store

RISE- Positive Affirmation

RISE, A positive affirmation to have around. Purchase HERE

Positive Affirmation "Care"

"Care" as an affirmation

Positive Affirmation- Focus

Positive affirmations, hand painted, and available for purchase.

Collage : Positive Words

I started this series for fun and experiment almost a year and a half ago. It's been fun and rewarding. Didn't sell many of these pieces, but I enjoyed making them, and it every one of them felt like a stepping stone in the right direction towards something. Can't say yet what that is, but enjoy this collage of "Positive Wall/Word Affirmations". They are hand made, hand painted, and in some cases hand carved reminders to look on the bright side.....You are worth it! Store

Positive Wall Affirmation "Laugh"

Laugh

Positive Wall Affirmation- "Dance"

The original reason I chose to do this series is because I wanted to have more positive messages around me. A lot of the words or typography I see daily are using words that are derogatory, shaming, or superficial. I wanted to create artwork that used a word or phrase that people would feel empowered, elevated, or even inspired by, just by walking past it.

This is a hand painted sign I made for fun using some patterns Ive developed doing the light switches and some typography with a positive message/feeling. If you feel it, pass it on, use it in your inspiration board, whatever...Spread positive energy!peace. And dont forget to "dance". If you can walk, you can dance.

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Positive Wall Affirmation- Shine

It's been awhile since I did one of these. They're fun and good "energy" wise. Simply put, just positive words to have around the house, class, or office. More coming soon. Theres more info on my Etsy store... LINK

Positive Wall Affirmation "Make Love"

Remember that wood carving/ PWA in the works?
From Etsy: This is the next edition to my series of Typographic words that feature a positive message or word. I dubbed it PwA or "Positive Wall Affirmation" because they are meant to hang on a wall, and they are meant to affirm a positive though.

 I carved this one by hand from an old award plaque I picked up from Urban Ore in Berkeley, Ca. I picked up the tools for 5 bucks at a flea market in San Diego. Since this was my first wood carving like this i needed a lot of time to finish it, to experiement, and to just have fun. this wont be the last of its kind. Its about 12" x 9", wood, carved, and painted.

 "Make Love" figuratively and literally.

 Note: If you like this but cant afford the original, drop me a line about a print.

Positive Wall Affirmation "Leap"

You might fall, you might fly. LEAP!