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Our Mascot, BREW HORSE Created in 2002.
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Restoration clip to apparel.
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My Sketchpad apparel business was established in 1997. And I started offering my cartoons on eBay in 1999. And I am the innovator of reproduction vintage Beer Label T-Shirts and Products for Sale.
My name is Dave, and I have worked as a self employed Graphic Artist and Cartoonist for over 20 years. In house T-shirt design and imprinting is my business.
The reproduction vintage beer labels you find listed in my store have not been purchased from others on eBay. Nor have they been simply scanned from the pages of Breweriana books and magazines about collecting vintage beer labels, as others are doing. Some years back I came into possession of hundreds of original old beer labels, and others. Most of them were from the 1930’s. Many were either tattered or torn, and had other blemishes, missing text, and punch holes thru them from filing. At this time, nobody other than me had any interest in the old labels since they had been stuffed in envelopes and hidden away in a shoebox for over 26 years since recovered from a dumpster in 1976.
As a graphic artist who started collecting old beer cans as a kid, I have always appreciated the art work and logos that the breweries of the past used to advertise their beer. So immediately I recognized the value of the individual artistry of each label if I could digitally restore them back to their original condition. I thought that breweriana collectors and the public would love to see them for the first time imprinted on apparel items and as reproduction art prints, so I began my restoration work on them in 2002. I have spent countless hours to repair each for imprinting on apparel items, and my work continues today...
My beer labels and cartoon designs are imprinted on 100% cotton Beefy-Ts, and I use a revolutionary new six-color, dye-based ink technology that delivers unsurpassed sharp image quality and long lasting results. I will not offer reproduction labels imprinted on apparel items that are faded and in poor condition as others apparently do.
Regarding my cartoons and illustrations, I am a self taught artist. I started as a cartoonist for my hometown newspaper back in the 80s. My work has won several 1st place awards for art and editorial cartoons from the Virginia Press Association, and Suburban Newspapers of America. In the mid 80's I was syndicated as a political cartoonist and comic strip artist. And I am very proud to have my illustrations accepted by the Society of Illustrators for exhibit in New York City. I will be adding to my Sketchpad store many of my cartoon illustrations on T-shirts in the near future.
Today I work from my home located on 6 beautiful acres in the mountains of Madison County Virginia. It’s great to have NO neighbors in sight other than deer, bears, and other wild critters. If I'm not working on my Sketchpad apparel business, I am working on my home projects.
Artist Dave McGowan Sketchpad Apparel
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