FRENDEN said: In the header graphic: 31st, not 31th.
And you might want to start making the header graphic wider or add borders on the sides so that there isn’t a boxed and abrupt end to the header image. Especially since it flows downward so nicely.
FRENDEN said: In the header graphic: 31st, not 31th.
And you might want to start making the header graphic wider or add borders on the sides so that there isn’t a boxed and abrupt end to the header image. Especially since it flows downward so nicely.
totally, i think the new header is really really good. I think scapula could stand to be a little smaller. I think the graphic attracts enough attention so that the logo doesn’t need to be scaled so big.
FRENDEN said: In the header graphic: 31st, not 31th.
And you might want to start making the header graphic wider or add borders on the sides so that there isn’t a boxed and abrupt end to the header image. Especially since it flows downward so nicely.
totally, i think the new header is really really good. I think scapula could stand to be a little smaller. I think the graphic attracts enough attention so that the logo doesn’t need to be scaled so big.
skull with hair said: sorry man but this reeks of wannabe EZ
haha anytime i hear that i think of that line in music and lyrics(dont say anything!) "she was a brilliant mimic, but stripped of all...blah blah... she was an empty shell of a writer" kinda applys here, except change she to he and writer to designer.
I like the header but the rest kinda falls apart. Tons of text and imagery going on both sides. Might be best to break it apart with some graphic dividers. You could use elements from your header--the moon, lightning, etc.
As for your themes/styles, I say it’s cool you’re doing what you’re doing at 15. I give you props for keeping your head even when everyone else is saying you’re copying EZ. That means this is something you’re really passionate about. It’s a pain to know that someone is doing it out there already but you’re keeping at it. That takes balls. Who knows you might be laughing at everyone else 10 years from now. Keep it up bro.
collisiontheory said: I like the header but the rest kinda falls apart. Tons of text and imagery going on both sides. Might be best to break it apart with some graphic dividers. You could use elements from your header--the moon, lightning, etc.
As for your themes/styles, I say it’s cool you’re doing what you’re doing at 15. I give you props for keeping your head even when everyone else is saying you’re copying EZ. That means this is something you’re really passionate about. It’s a pain to know that someone is doing it out there already but you’re keeping at it. That takes balls. Who knows you might be laughing at everyone else 10 years from now. Keep it up bro.
thanks man, i appreciate the help.
and yeah its just a little annoying that ever since i come on emptees all i get is bitched at about my style, when i’ve been doing the same exact style & feel for all my designs for almost 2 years when i started scapula back in late 2005/early 06', but whatever i’m not even gonna acknowledge anyone who says its "an ez rip" cause its really just annoying now. anyone who’s seen some of my earlier work will know, but then again i’m not here to impress anyone, so if you dont like my designs, then so be it, but i seem to be doing pretty well with my company so im not even gonna bother looking at all the critism about my work.
collisiontheory said: I like the header but the rest kinda falls apart. Tons of text and imagery going on both sides. Might be best to break it apart with some graphic dividers. You could use elements from your header--the moon, lightning, etc.
As for your themes/styles, I say it’s cool you’re doing what you’re doing at 15. I give you props for keeping your head even when everyone else is saying you’re copying EZ. That means this is something you’re really passionate about. It’s a pain to know that someone is doing it out there already but you’re keeping at it. That takes balls. Who knows you might be laughing at everyone else 10 years from now. Keep it up bro.
thanks man, i appreciate the help.
and yeah its just a little annoying that ever since i come on emptees all i get is bitched at about my style, when i’ve been doing the same exact style & feel for all my designs for almost 2 years when i started scapula back in late 2005/early 06', but whatever i’m not even gonna acknowledge anyone who says its "an ez rip" cause its really just annoying now. anyone who’s seen some of my earlier work will know, but then again i’m not here to impress anyone, so if you dont like my designs, then so be it, but i seem to be doing pretty well with my company so im not even gonna bother looking at all the critism about my work.
you ask for criticism, get it, then don’t want to hear it.
i never said you ripped EZ, or coppied, but at bare minimum you are HEAVILY influenced and it shows. thats not a bad thing. EZ is crazy accomplished and he is someone that you should look up to, i do too!
i like your stuff and i think you are a good dude, but don’t sit here and completely deny it and say you’ve been doing the same thing since you were 12 and you ain’t changing for nobody. the friday the 13th release date thing is directly taken from EZ and it is on the header of your myspace (that you asked for criticism on) so i brought it up.
collisiontheory is right, sticking to your guns despite what people say is a good thing, but it is also good to admit shit sometimes and be big enough to say you really like something and are influenced by it.
collisiontheory said: I like the header but the rest kinda falls apart. Tons of text and imagery going on both sides. Might be best to break it apart with some graphic dividers. You could use elements from your header--the moon, lightning, etc.
As for your themes/styles, I say it’s cool you’re doing what you’re doing at 15. I give you props for keeping your head even when everyone else is saying you’re copying EZ. That means this is something you’re really passionate about. It’s a pain to know that someone is doing it out there already but you’re keeping at it. That takes balls. Who knows you might be laughing at everyone else 10 years from now. Keep it up bro.
thanks man, i appreciate the help.
and yeah its just a little annoying that ever since i come on emptees all i get is bitched at about my style, when i’ve been doing the same exact style & feel for all my designs for almost 2 years when i started scapula back in late 2005/early 06', but whatever i’m not even gonna acknowledge anyone who says its "an ez rip" cause its really just annoying now. anyone who’s seen some of my earlier work will know, but then again i’m not here to impress anyone, so if you dont like my designs, then so be it, but i seem to be doing pretty well with my company so im not even gonna bother looking at all the critism about my work.
wait.....
your 15.
so you’ve been doing this since 13.
i mean, I def. see what everyone else sees,
but really? not going to look at criticism?
oh and on this image, the kid says rockett did it first..........makes me laugh.
i mean, dude i get it. your into horror and stuff, but no matter what you do, your going to be compared to him. its going to happen, because I’m just going to say it. its not original.
and this makes me laugh too
Joshinvincible:
I’ve known Brandon for awhile, I don’t think he is ripping EZ. Scapula has been zombie/horror movie esq since day one.
( that above statement may be true, you may have been doing zombie/horror since day one, but your day one came about 3 or 4 years AFTER EZ’s. he beat ya to birth )
do your thing man, but dont act like your not doing the same thing either.
skull with hair said: you ask for criticism, get it, then don’t want to hear it.
i never said you ripped EZ, or coppied, but at bare minimum you are HEAVILY influenced and it shows. thats not a bad thing. EZ is crazy accomplished and he is someone that you should look up to, i do too!
i like your stuff and i think you are a good dude, but don’t sit here and completely deny it and say you’ve been doing the same thing since you were 12 and you ain’t changing for nobody. the friday the 13th release date thing is directly taken from EZ and it is on the header of your myspace (that you asked for criticism on) so i brought it up.
collisiontheory is right, sticking to your guns despite what people say is a good thing, but it is also good to admit shit sometimes and be big enough to say you really like something and are influenced by it.
skull with hair said: you ask for criticism, get it, then don’t want to hear it.
i never said you ripped EZ, or coppied, but at bare minimum you are HEAVILY influenced and it shows. thats not a bad thing. EZ is crazy accomplished and he is someone that you should look up to, i do too!
i like your stuff and i think you are a good dude, but don’t sit here and completely deny it and say you’ve been doing the same thing since you were 12 and you ain’t changing for nobody. the friday the 13th release date thing is directly taken from EZ and it is on the header of your myspace (that you asked for criticism on) so i brought it up.
collisiontheory is right, sticking to your guns despite what people say is a good thing, but it is also good to admit shit sometimes and be big enough to say you really like something and are influenced by it.
im not going to deny it, but ALOT of the stuff he did for rockett in the earlier days was incredible, and it was a big influence for me, when i really started to take graphic design serious. I agree with you 100% hes a great dude, and what he’s done for alot of bands and companies is really incrediable. i do look up to him, one day down the road i hope to be the designer that works with all these bands, cause i think his job is sweet as hell, but there is also a great deal of designers on here that i look up to and love there style, SWH you are one of those people, along with rushing, sandlin, wes allen, and obviously shantz. but even before i even came across emptees years ago, my sister was tight with the kill brand dude (idk if any of you guys know that company), and this design company called slasher. i didnt even find out about EZ till maybe a year ago, and then i reliezed he was rocketts designer by what he had in his portfolio. i’m working really hard to try and branch away so im not classifed with any designers on here wether its EZ or whoever, but im not going to change completely.
but if you look at my stuff from when i first started scapula, its almost the same style that i have now, except 2 years later i stopped over using death metal logos & that i know how to use photoshop alot better and im taking things to the next level.
i hate to be arrogant when this is brought up, but obviously i have to defend my case. its bad enough when you have multiple designers claiming i’m ripping someones style when im really not stealing anyones style.
and if you dont believe me, i designed the original version of that blob shirt in the summer of 06', when i was 13 years old. the blob was one of the first shirts i ever designed for scapula, and i just re-did it now because i thought the monster was dope and wanted to re-print it some how. hell i even started the orignal catastrophic clothing (now run by mike) in mid 05' when i was 12 years old with my sister who was a graphic design major who was a HUGE influence on me, shes probally the only reason why i’m even doing the things i do.
hey man, i can totally respect that. i think its sick that you are doing what you are doing at 15. take the shit anyone gives you with a grain of salt, but sometimes they aren’t just being dicks and giving you constructive criticism. if you end up going to school for design and have a really good professor they will rip into you so hard, you will hate them so bad, but in the end its beneficial because it makes you step back and really think about what you’re doing.
what sucks is that you’ve kinda been beat to the punch on the horror based clothing thing, so to still do horror based stuff and been seen as fresh you have to work twice as hard to set yourself apart.
skull with hair said: hey man, i can totally respect that. i think its sick that you are doing what you are doing at 15. take the shit anyone gives you with a grain of salt, but sometimes they aren’t just being dicks and giving you constructive criticism. if you end up going to school for design and have a really good professor they will rip into you so hard, you will hate them so bad, but in the end its beneficial because it makes you step back and really think about what you’re doing.
what sucks is that you’ve kinda been beat to the punch on the horror based clothing thing, so to still do horror based stuff and been seen as fresh you have to work twice as hard to set yourself apart.
i know man, i want people to give me critism about my designs, so i can make them better and step up my game a 100%, but just when people say "oh this looks like something EZ would do", that doesnt help me at all, and i just get frustrated and pissed off, and then i treat those people like theyre just being dicks and not trying to help.
but i’m working on it, hopefully when i post some new goods people can look past all that shit and really see what im trying to do with my graphic design.
skull with hair said: hey man, i can totally respect that. i think its sick that you are doing what you are doing at 15. take the shit anyone gives you with a grain of salt, but sometimes they aren’t just being dicks and giving you constructive criticism. if you end up going to school for design and have a really good professor they will rip into you so hard, you will hate them so bad, but in the end its beneficial because it makes you step back and really think about what you’re doing.
what sucks is that you’ve kinda been beat to the punch on the horror based clothing thing, so to still do horror based stuff and been seen as fresh you have to work twice as hard to set yourself apart.
swh ur my bro...so dont take this like im sayin ur wrong.
there have been and are sooooooo many horror themed clothing lines, but ez does his like he does and it works and people love it, so scapula can do it as well but just needs to differenciate a tad from ez so people want his stuff AND ez stuff.
also, yes, your university teachers will totally rip into you...luckily i just gave mine weed cookies and rum and we called it a day .
skull with hair said: hey man, i can totally respect that. i think its sick that you are doing what you are doing at 15. take the shit anyone gives you with a grain of salt, but sometimes they aren’t just being dicks and giving you constructive criticism. if you end up going to school for design and have a really good professor they will rip into you so hard, you will hate them so bad, but in the end its beneficial because it makes you step back and really think about what you’re doing.
what sucks is that you’ve kinda been beat to the punch on the horror based clothing thing, so to still do horror based stuff and been seen as fresh you have to work twice as hard to set yourself apart.
swh ur my bro...so dont take this like im sayin ur wrong.
there have been and are sooooooo many horror themed clothing lines, but ez does his like he does and it works and people love it, so scapula can do it as well but just needs to differenciate a tad from ez so people want his stuff AND ez stuff.
also, yes, your university teachers will totally rip into you...luckily i just gave mine weed cookies and rum and we called it a day .
With all due respect to all of you, I agree with this completely.
scapyyy said:
skull with hair said: you ask for criticism, get it, then don’t want to hear it.
i never said you ripped EZ, or coppied, but at bare minimum you are HEAVILY influenced and it shows. thats not a bad thing. EZ is crazy accomplished and he is someone that you should look up to, i do too!
i like your stuff and i think you are a good dude, but don’t sit here and completely deny it and say you’ve been doing the same thing since you were 12 and you ain’t changing for nobody. the friday the 13th release date thing is directly taken from EZ and it is on the header of your myspace (that you asked for criticism on) so i brought it up.
collisiontheory is right, sticking to your guns despite what people say is a good thing, but it is also good to admit shit sometimes and be big enough to say you really like something and are influenced by it.
im not going to deny it, but ALOT of the stuff he did for rockett in the earlier days was incredible, and it was a big influence for me, when i really started to take graphic design serious. I agree with you 100% hes a great dude, and what he’s done for alot of bands and companies is really incrediable. i do look up to him, one day down the road i hope to be the designer that works with all these bands, cause i think his job is sweet as hell, but there is also a great deal of designers on here that i look up to and love there style, SWH you are one of those people, along with rushing, sandlin, wes allen, and obviously shantz. but even before i even came across emptees years ago, my sister was tight with the kill brand dude (idk if any of you guys know that company), and this design company called slasher. i didnt even find out about EZ till maybe a year ago, and then i reliezed he was rocketts designer by what he had in his portfolio. i’m working really hard to try and branch away so im not classifed with any designers on here wether its EZ or whoever, but im not going to change completely.
but if you look at my stuff from when i first started scapula, its almost the same style that i have now, except 2 years later i stopped over using death metal logos & that i know how to use photoshop alot better and im taking things to the next level.
i hate to be arrogant when this is brought up, but obviously i have to defend my case. its bad enough when you have multiple designers claiming i’m ripping someones style when im really not stealing anyones style.
and if you dont believe me, i designed the original version of that blob shirt in the summer of 06', when i was 13 years old. the blob was one of the first shirts i ever designed for scapula, and i just re-did it now because i thought the monster was dope and wanted to re-print it some how. hell i even started the orignal catastrophic clothing (now run by mike) in mid 05' when i was 12 years old with my sister who was a graphic design major who was a HUGE influence on me, shes probally the only reason why i’m even doing the things i do.
skull with hair said: you ask for criticism, get it, then don’t want to hear it.
i never said you ripped EZ, or coppied, but at bare minimum you are HEAVILY influenced and it shows. thats not a bad thing. EZ is crazy accomplished and he is someone that you should look up to, i do too!
i like your stuff and i think you are a good dude, but don’t sit here and completely deny it and say you’ve been doing the same thing since you were 12 and you ain’t changing for nobody. the friday the 13th release date thing is directly taken from EZ and it is on the header of your myspace (that you asked for criticism on) so i brought it up.
collisiontheory is right, sticking to your guns despite what people say is a good thing, but it is also good to admit shit sometimes and be big enough to say you really like something and are influenced by it.
im not going to deny it, but ALOT of the stuff he did for rockett in the earlier days was incredible, and it was a big influence for me, when i really started to take graphic design serious. I agree with you 100% hes a great dude, and what he’s done for alot of bands and companies is really incrediable. i do look up to him, one day down the road i hope to be the designer that works with all these bands, cause i think his job is sweet as hell, but there is also a great deal of designers on here that i look up to and love there style, SWH you are one of those people, along with rushing, sandlin, wes allen, and obviously shantz. but even before i even came across emptees years ago, my sister was tight with the kill brand dude (idk if any of you guys know that company), and this design company called slasher. i didnt even find out about EZ till maybe a year ago, and then i reliezed he was rocketts designer by what he had in his portfolio. i’m working really hard to try and branch away so im not classifed with any designers on here wether its EZ or whoever, but im not going to change completely.
but if you look at my stuff from when i first started scapula, its almost the same style that i have now, except 2 years later i stopped over using death metal logos & that i know how to use photoshop alot better and im taking things to the next level.
i hate to be arrogant when this is brought up, but obviously i have to defend my case. its bad enough when you have multiple designers claiming i’m ripping someones style when im really not stealing anyones style.
and if you dont believe me, i designed the original version of that blob shirt in the summer of 06', when i was 13 years old. the blob was one of the first shirts i ever designed for scapula, and i just re-did it now because i thought the monster was dope and wanted to re-print it some how. hell i even started the orignal catastrophic clothing (now run by mike) in mid 05' when i was 12 years old with my sister who was a graphic design major who was a HUGE influence on me, shes probally the only reason why i’m even doing the things i do.
I can back this statement up 100%.
+1. i was designing for scapula two years ago, hes the one that initially got me into designing tee shirts. i had a similar style back in the day, but while i’ve changed my style a number of times, brandon keeps doing the same style he’s been doing forever.
26 Comments
FRENDEN said 4 months ago
In the header graphic: 31st, not 31th.
MykeCatastrophic said 4 months ago
And you might want to start making the header graphic wider or add borders on the sides so that there isn’t a boxed and abrupt end to the header image. Especially since it flows downward so nicely.
Tender Branson said 4 months ago
Yea definitely make the change Ray suggested.
Nice top graphic, colors really pop.
andrE w. said 4 months ago
yea top graphic is nice, a border would be nice though, go look at wu tangs new myspace, their border is sweeet
Cole said 4 months ago
kinda dull. maybe add a bg that is subtle and not over whelming. feel me?
faithbydesign said 4 months ago
totally, i think the new header is really really good. I think scapula could stand to be a little smaller. I think the graphic attracts enough attention so that the logo doesn’t need to be scaled so big.
skull with hair said 4 months ago
sorry man but this reeks of wannabe EZ
Cole said 4 months ago
you think he’d get tierd of hearing that
kyleisez said 4 months ago
heeeeeeeee!
scapyyy said 4 months ago
good call, thanks man.
skull with hair said 4 months ago
apparently he is pretty good at just blocking it out
andrE w. said 4 months ago
haha anytime i hear that i think of that line in music and lyrics(dont say anything!) "she was a brilliant mimic, but stripped of all...blah blah... she was an empty shell of a writer" kinda applys here, except change she to he and writer to designer.
collisiontheory said 4 months ago
I like the header but the rest kinda falls apart. Tons of text and imagery going on both sides. Might be best to break it apart with some graphic dividers. You could use elements from your header--the moon, lightning, etc.
As for your themes/styles, I say it’s cool you’re doing what you’re doing at 15. I give you props for keeping your head even when everyone else is saying you’re copying EZ. That means this is something you’re really passionate about. It’s a pain to know that someone is doing it out there already but you’re keeping at it. That takes balls. Who knows you might be laughing at everyone else 10 years from now. Keep it up bro.
scapyyy said 4 months ago
thanks man, i appreciate the help.
and yeah its just a little annoying that ever since i come on emptees all i get is bitched at about my style, when i’ve been doing the same exact style & feel for all my designs for almost 2 years when i started scapula back in late 2005/early 06', but whatever i’m not even gonna acknowledge anyone who says its "an ez rip" cause its really just annoying now. anyone who’s seen some of my earlier work will know, but then again i’m not here to impress anyone, so if you dont like my designs, then so be it, but i seem to be doing pretty well with my company so im not even gonna bother looking at all the critism about my work.
Truman325i said 4 months ago
irony surrounds you.
skull with hair said 4 months ago
you ask for criticism, get it, then don’t want to hear it.
i never said you ripped EZ, or coppied, but at bare minimum you are HEAVILY influenced and it shows. thats not a bad thing. EZ is crazy accomplished and he is someone that you should look up to, i do too!
i like your stuff and i think you are a good dude, but don’t sit here and completely deny it and say you’ve been doing the same thing since you were 12 and you ain’t changing for nobody. the friday the 13th release date thing is directly taken from EZ and it is on the header of your myspace (that you asked for criticism on) so i brought it up.
collisiontheory is right, sticking to your guns despite what people say is a good thing, but it is also good to admit shit sometimes and be big enough to say you really like something and are influenced by it.
anthonyBEARryan said 4 months ago
wait.....
your 15.
so you’ve been doing this since 13.
i mean, I def. see what everyone else sees,
but really? not going to look at criticism?
oh and on this image, the kid says rockett did it first..........makes me laugh.
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=90125717&albumID=1658617&imageID=19860388
i mean, dude i get it. your into horror and stuff, but no matter what you do, your going to be compared to him. its going to happen, because I’m just going to say it. its not original.
and this makes me laugh too
Joshinvincible:
I’ve known Brandon for awhile, I don’t think he is ripping EZ. Scapula has been zombie/horror movie esq since day one.
( that above statement may be true, you may have been doing zombie/horror since day one, but your day one came about 3 or 4 years AFTER EZ’s. he beat ya to birth )
do your thing man, but dont act like your not doing the same thing either.
Simply Complicated said 4 months ago
+1
scapyyy said 4 months ago
im not going to deny it, but ALOT of the stuff he did for rockett in the earlier days was incredible, and it was a big influence for me, when i really started to take graphic design serious. I agree with you 100% hes a great dude, and what he’s done for alot of bands and companies is really incrediable. i do look up to him, one day down the road i hope to be the designer that works with all these bands, cause i think his job is sweet as hell, but there is also a great deal of designers on here that i look up to and love there style, SWH you are one of those people, along with rushing, sandlin, wes allen, and obviously shantz. but even before i even came across emptees years ago, my sister was tight with the kill brand dude (idk if any of you guys know that company), and this design company called slasher. i didnt even find out about EZ till maybe a year ago, and then i reliezed he was rocketts designer by what he had in his portfolio. i’m working really hard to try and branch away so im not classifed with any designers on here wether its EZ or whoever, but im not going to change completely.
but if you look at my stuff from when i first started scapula, its almost the same style that i have now, except 2 years later i stopped over using death metal logos & that i know how to use photoshop alot better and im taking things to the next level.
i hate to be arrogant when this is brought up, but obviously i have to defend my case. its bad enough when you have multiple designers claiming i’m ripping someones style when im really not stealing anyones style.
and if you dont believe me, i designed the original version of that blob shirt in the summer of 06', when i was 13 years old. the blob was one of the first shirts i ever designed for scapula, and i just re-did it now because i thought the monster was dope and wanted to re-print it some how. hell i even started the orignal catastrophic clothing (now run by mike) in mid 05' when i was 12 years old with my sister who was a graphic design major who was a HUGE influence on me, shes probally the only reason why i’m even doing the things i do.
skull with hair said 4 months ago
hey man, i can totally respect that. i think its sick that you are doing what you are doing at 15. take the shit anyone gives you with a grain of salt, but sometimes they aren’t just being dicks and giving you constructive criticism. if you end up going to school for design and have a really good professor they will rip into you so hard, you will hate them so bad, but in the end its beneficial because it makes you step back and really think about what you’re doing.
what sucks is that you’ve kinda been beat to the punch on the horror based clothing thing, so to still do horror based stuff and been seen as fresh you have to work twice as hard to set yourself apart.
scapyyy said 4 months ago
i know man, i want people to give me critism about my designs, so i can make them better and step up my game a 100%, but just when people say "oh this looks like something EZ would do", that doesnt help me at all, and i just get frustrated and pissed off, and then i treat those people like theyre just being dicks and not trying to help.
but i’m working on it, hopefully when i post some new goods people can look past all that shit and really see what im trying to do with my graphic design.
Nefarious said 4 months ago
i got yo back scaps!
stay up hommie ;]
MICHAEL SHANTZ said 4 months ago
in all fairness,since the dawning of time, a TON.... a TOOOOONNNNNN of companies put out horror themed friday the 13th release dates, not just EZ.
MICHAEL SHANTZ said 4 months ago
swh ur my bro...so dont take this like im sayin ur wrong.
there have been and are sooooooo many horror themed clothing lines, but ez does his like he does and it works and people love it, so scapula can do it as well but just needs to differenciate a tad from ez so people want his stuff AND ez stuff.
also, yes, your university teachers will totally rip into you...luckily i just gave mine weed cookies and rum and we called it a day .
MykeCatastrophic said 4 months ago
With all due respect to all of you, I agree with this completely.
I can back this statement up 100%.
Terror said 4 months ago
+1. i was designing for scapula two years ago, hes the one that initially got me into designing tee shirts. i had a similar style back in the day, but while i’ve changed my style a number of times, brandon keeps doing the same style he’s been doing forever.