Mark Basa's work has been an object of my admiration for quite some time now, and I can't believe that I haven't posted his work sooner! I met Mark at the Sydney Fashion Forward Festival, and I can tell you that his passion for his work is so evident - and I guess that translates to amazing tees :)
I asked him to share a bit of his approach to design with you, my lovely readers, and I think it really reinforces what I've said:
My design philosophy is generally design how I please and do what I want. I'm stubborn in the way I won't listen to anyones ideas who I feel might be negative. I don't like to follow trends but I do get inspired from the top designers. More so now as I'm maturing designing wise. I have a picture in my mind, a garment from top to bottom or a single shirt and I try using different media on paper. I'll usually do seven or even more illustrations before I'm happy with anything.
This first ever collection I created is unique. It's bright, bold, has a broad range of designs to suit everyone in my target market and out. I wanted to get people who may not of been "Mark Basa customers" at first and sort of give them a small taste of what is going to become. Sort of a teaser with this range, see how the fashion junkie feels about it. So far the feedback has been incredible! Also I think as I'm sort of a "product" now modeling and designing that both will help each other. One will be spoken in conjunction with the other which means more success on my behalf and anyone working beside me.
Thanks Mark!
As you can probably tell, my obsession with printed tees is increasing at an unhealthy rate - but it's the edge and fun in Mark's tees that really set them apart from the norm for me.
Check out more of his work HERE.
*love*
xx
