The infrequently updated online presence of Ben Swift (LNK).
Monthly archive February, 2009

DUDE TUBES

Tubes arrived yesterday and I have begun packing, shipping should start tomorrow! I am pretty much packing them in the order that I received payment, and it’s going to take several days to get them all packed and shipped. I should have them all sent out Saturday, so you should get it next week, unless...

Site updates?

I just realized how out of date this site is! I had planned to update my portfolio section for 2008, and for all previous years going back to about 96 or so, but that has not happened. I guess one of the good things about being busy is not having a lot of free time...
Dude; done.

Dude; done.

Here’s the 2nd Edtion print of the Dude. Printed, cut and corrected them over the past week. I signed and numbered them tonight. It’s an edition of 180. I will be releasing it on Tuesday, probably through a classified ad on gigposters again. I have some tubes on order, so I should be able to...
Dude 2nd Edition... blues

Dude 2nd Edition… blues

I hate it when you find a product you like, you buy it dutifully for years, and then the manufacturer changes something about it and fucks it all up. It happened to me with Converse One-Stars when they changed the insole in the mid 90′s. It happened to me last year, when Nike changed the...
the Dude

the Dude

the DUDE 3 color screen-print on 100lb manila stock approx. 12×16 inches S&N edition of 80 2nd edition of 180 2009 The DUDE print was my submission to the Big Lebowski themed “This Aggression Will Not Stand, Man” group show at Signed and Numbered Gallery in SLC, UT in early 2009. I decided to ape...
the Dude on the web!

the Dude on the web!

I logged in to post some info about the Dude print when I saw a link notice and followed it … then I just did a straight Google and I fell down a rabbit hole of blog posts about “the Dude”! Here’s a bunch of them, some with weird or incorrect information (I am not...

the Dude 2nd edition

Hey Thanks everyone for your orders and support! The Dude has become a “great success” – too much so, it would seem. For all practical purposes – the 1st edition is sold out. All my available copies are gone, and there will only be about 5 available at the Signed & Numbered Gallery when the...

the Dude on USAToday.com

dudes, the Dude poster is on USAtoday website: http://blogs.usatoday.com/popcandy/2009/02/lebowski-art-it.html part of a little story about the show, which is freaking cool!

the Dude is gone!

Thanks  to anyone who bought a print! The print sold much more rapidly than I anticipated, sold out and actually over-sold what I have available before I got a chance to stop the sale. The GP ad sold close to 15 more than I have to sell, before I knew it, and now I’m in...
printing the Dude

printing the Dude

Here are some photos from my screen printing process. I’ll try to sum up the 9 photos like this: 1. Burning and drying screens. 2. Creating a test page to use to register the print run. 3. Mixing and comparing inks. I added more red to the red, and more white to the blue post...
the DUDE

the DUDE

I just finished my art piece for an up-coming Big Lebowski themed art show at Leia Bell’s Signed and Numbered Gallery in Salt Lake City, Utah. Let me know what you think. It should be fairly obvious to the least observant people that this is a direct rip / homage to the OBAMA/Fairey jam. If...