Shop re-opening with limited horror art merch
- Mar 13
- 4 min read
Yup. I keep talking about re-opening the shop "one day", but now I actually am going to do it! However, this will be with limited stock of merch based on my horror art, and I need your help!
This will be Aotearoa only (sorry, world!), and suggested prices will be in NZD.
If you...
are interested in small merch like stickers, badges/pins, patches, and prints, then check out what I'm planning to release NEXT MONTH
are interested in larger merch like t-shirts and whatever else, see my future plans
want a re-release of past merch or have other ideas, tell me what else you want
And of course, I have POLLS! So please VOTE!
Horror art merch releasing VERY SOON
Hopefully by next month's newsletter (13 April), but if not, very soon after.
This release will be of smaller items that I can manage with my current work (day job)/work (art stuff)/life (mostly wedding) balance. This will include one or more of the following types of merch:
Stickers
Badges/pins
Patches.
It will depend on production costs, but I'm thinking these could range in price from under $5 for basic items with simple artwork, to up to $25 for larger items and/or more detailed artworks.
The photos on the right are old stock but this release will contain NEW artworks (you can give feedback on what artworks I should choose).
I MIGHT include small art prints in this. Thinking 6x4" (standard photo size, so easier to find frames for). These would not be fancy giclee prints or anything, but something more affordable and accessible. However, these would still need to be priced higher than the other small merch. (maybe more around the $30 - $50 mark).
Whether it's just one of these things or more depends on YOU. There's no use in stocking a bunch of patches if you only want to buy stickers!
Have your say about small merch
Vote in the poll below to tell me what you want to see, and more importantly: what you would actually buy!
I would like to buy...
Stickers
Badges/pins
Patches
Prints
You can vote for more than one answer.
Horror art merch releasing IN FUTURE
As many of you know, my past merch release included t-shirts, prints, and some other bits and pieces. T-shirts is a big thing people request, but I found my options problematic:
Quality screenprinting (what I did last time) is very, very expensive unless buying in bulk. This is not realistic for me right now.
Cheaper and one-off printing options are often shit quality that peels off. It's not worth it for you or me.
I needed a middle ground, and I may have found one?
My friend requested a t-shirt. I normally wouldn't custom make a one-off t-shirt but I wanted to do it for this friend and it was a good opportunity to test a print company I found with prices that seemed too good to be true.
My friend is now testing the t-shirt, but initial impressions are "wow, this is really nice!".
WOULD YOU BUY THIS T-SHIRT? Because I do have the file already, so I suppose I could get some of these now...
I think I priced tees pretty reasonably last time, and because these ones aren't screenprinted I may be able to price them a bit lower. Depending on level of detail and whether prints are just the front, or front and back, etc, these could range from $40 - $80ish.
Have your say about clothing and other merch.
Vote in the poll below to tell me if you'd buy the t-shirt I made for my friend!
I would buy this t-shirt
Yes
No
Now vote to tell me what you want to see, and more importantly: what you would actually buy!
I would like to buy...
T-shirts
Tote bags
Long sleeve tops
Pillows/cushions
You can vote for more than one answer.
Vote in this poll to tell me where the artwork should go on clothing merch.
On a t-shirt, I want the print...
On the front
On the back
On the front AND back
Tell me more about the horror art merch you want to see!
Feel like pressing more buttons while also giving me valuable information? Answer some more polls about horror art merch!
The next poll asks about WHAT ARTWORK YOU WANT TO SEE! I can't control the look of the thumbnail images in the poll, so there are links under the poll if you want to see more.
What artwork should be merch?
NEW merch. of the Oral Fixation series artworks
Baby Doll series artworks
The skull artwork that is the background of this website
This remake of an old artwork called Time
You can vote for more than one answer.
Artwork links:
NEW merch. of the Oral Fixation series artworks(This is the series that was on the previous run of t-shirts)
The skull artwork that is the background of this website(no link here - just look at the site!)
This diptych sketch (as one or two different pieces - by the way, only just uploaded this to the site!)
This distorted face sketch (also only just uploaded to the site!)
Something else (check out the whole gallery).
And just a few more questions...
How do you feel about preorders?
I'm ok with them! I understand it works for you as a seller
I don't like them. I want to buy available items immediately
I don't mind either way
I want a re-release of the previous merch
Yes
No
On merch in general, I would spend...
Only a little, up to $20
Between $20 - $50
A bit more, $50 - $100
A lot more, it's a treat and I want to support, $100 - $200
I decided not to add a wedding arts and crafts update in this newsletter, or talk about what I'm reading/watching. It's long enough as it is! But if you wanted to know about anything in particular, just ask in the comments!
I'll see you next month with a shop update!
While I like the intricate zombie faces and such, I really REALLY like the more minimal designs like the older oral fixation.
I also like the time design but was wondering if it would be possible for you to experiment with editing it to make it more like the older oral fixation? I have no knowledge of how hard that would be though. Either way excited for new tshirt merch!
The 'What artwork should be merch' poll doesn't let me choose multiple (I voted Worm Food), so I figured I'd comment to say that I also really like Drained, Distorted, and the website background