This is a design I did at Levrets Ink Custom Screen Printing for my friend, Tim Palmer. 

Tim said that he wanted a design that represented the counter-culture Jesus teaches; specifically when it comes to war. He also knew he wanted a high-quality, soft shirt so we went with Bella+Canvas right from the start.

The words, "Cultivate Peace" kept being repeated as he explained his heart for this shirt during our initial discussion. The Bible verse Isaiah 2:4 was the foundation we wanted for the design. The concept of taking tools intended for war, death, and destruction and transforming them into things that can be used to bring forth peace, life, and restoration was something to get excited about (both creatively and spiritually). 

This was my first draft

Tim didn't want the bible reference on the shirt because he felt it would put constraints on some people to not buy the shirt. So this was the final draft.

Here is an Instagram image I made for him to promote pre-sales on his social media platforms.

The final result was awesome. We printed a discharge white ink onto Bella+Canvas shirts for a high fashion, soft, comfortable shirt. 

This is another promo I shot of my co-worker and friend, Eric, in our alley at work. I used my Sony A6000 and did some minor editing in Adobe Lightroom on my iPhone. Super hipster. 

I wrote a blog post on our website about this specific shirt design and the process. Feel free to check it out here.