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[dc]A[/dc] new design joined my Society6 offerings a couple of weeks ago. A funny little design about coffee, featuring a winking coffee cup saying “You had me at Coff.”

Here it is on a tote bag.

You can also get this design on a shirt, a coffee mug, or other items.

While I had this idea for a while now, the design went through several changes before it became the final version. My first idea was with No Filter Fox.

(Note: I drew all the sketches here in my ‘sketchbook’ Clip Studio Paint Pro file on my Surface Pro 3)

I decided not to include No Filter Fox, as to give the design wider appeal–plus, I figured a cartoon coffee cup couldn’t hurt. As I work out ideas for designs and t-shirts, I think back to what I bought from other comic folks online. None of the shirts I bought from other cartoonists featured their characters (although I did buy a pair of Red Robot socks and a stuffed Red Robot from Diesel Sweeties to give to Stephanie). ¹

With that thought in mind, I came up with a new look.

A similar expression to what No Filter Fox had in the original idea. Cute, I thought. But, I decided to push it a bit further.

Just about the final design at this point. I liked the idea of ‘wink and a smile’ making the image asymmetrical, and went with it when I drew the final design.

I actually cut this sketch out, blew it up, and used it as a guide in the full size image. That’s one upside to keeping a digital sketchbook: I can easily transfer any handy sketches to another file.

I’m happy with how this turned out. I want to push myself to do more designs (it is good practice), since it doesn’t cost me anything to sell them through Society6. Working digitally makes this a lot easier too.

Go ahead and grab one of these babies today.

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¹ That’s not to say I wouldn’t buy a shirt with another comic’s character on the front (or back).