New Avenues for Artists and Cartoonists

The addition of social networking capabilities have opened up unlimited opportunities for artists who are clever enough to seize them. Collect enough fans, and you have the beginnings of a new business.


Glenn Jones, is freelance graphic designer and illustrator based in Auckland, New Zealand. Glenn (from NZ = GLENNZ) worked in the design industry for over 17 years focusing on packaging, corporate identity and illustration. 

But then he had success designing whimsical t-shirt designs on Threadless.com, an e-commerce web site that allows artists to post designs that will be voted on my its user community. The designs which receive the most votes then get printed and sold in a limited edition.


His work became so popular that he eventually created his own store with shirts, laptop skins, mouse pads and calendars.


Here is a Flickr album of his popular designs from Threadless.com

Here is a link to all the designs he has on Flickr

His Blog

His store