Mike from The Devil Wears Prada contacted me about doing a shirt for some tours they were on last summer. Knowing that they had purchased work from many of my favorite artists, I jumped at the chance to be involved in such a cool project. They wanted something from the old Exorcist movies with the text “The Power of Christ Compels You!” on the back of the shirts. This is what I came up with.

I lost a hard drive earlier this year, so I’m having to link to an old Mock on Emptees.com. Hopefully you can still get a feel for the illustration.

I wanted to come up with something as intense as the music it was representing. It couldn't be too "demonic" as the bands songs carry a Christian undertone. I think we came up with a good mix of classic hardcore and vicious imagery.

This was the hand drawn type I came up with for the back of the shirt. The band actually asked for some modifications to it, but this was my favorite version so it's what I'm showing.

The awesome folks at Fueled By Ramen were kind enough to get me Press Passes to Warped Atlanta 2009. I got to wander all over, see merch I had designed, take pictures of bands, and hang out with some of my friends selling shirts at the vendors area. It was great.

A high point was that Mike from The Devil Wears Prada had me go to their merch tent and I got a copy of the shirt I designed for them, along with a bunch of other TDWP swag. It was one of the coolest things ever, so here’s some pictures of Mike and TDWP shredding faces off on stage.

The intensity of their set was really great. I couldn't hear for 10 minutes after I staggered out of the press pit.

This is what shredding looks like.

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