VESL STUDIOS

Hey folks. Did you get an iPhone for Christmas? Well now’s the time to personalize it with decals provided by Infectious.  Flight to Rhythm artwork by Erik Otto now available.  View all Erik Otto x Infectious products here.

Sezio is an online zine that provides resources, exposure and community support to artists. They recently featured Erik Otto on their site.


“Erik Otto’s surreal ocean settings contrast perfectly with his organic, pieced-together canvases. This Bay Area artist discusses his visual inspirations, the San Francisco art scene and where he scavenges for materials.”
Read full feature here.

ARTSPROJEKT is a curated platform led by artist/skateboarder, Andy Howell, that empowers emerging and establish artists and brands to connect, collaborate, and showcase original art, designs and ideas with fans and consumers.  Erik just release to new pieces available on both poster and skateboard platforms.  They are both beautiful and affordable, and will only be available for a limited time.  More info.

Erik Otto’s first ever mini-book has now been made available courtesy of blurb.com. A retrospective book containing the artwork, installations, and thoughts from the year 2007. Volume 2 (2008 edition) will drop end of January 09. Preview and purchase book here.

New Leaf Clothing will be a feature brand at a pop-up shop that has found its home in San Francisco. StoreRoom (brought to you by CITIZEN:citizen) is a 5 week long pop-up department store offering Warehouse prices of all their favorite brands. In there you will find some of their best of the best designs for up to 40% off as well as some other great brands you can find in the city.

New Leaf Clothing has announced their holiday sale that kicks off today with up to 30% savings on select designs in their shop.

To add to that, starting this Friday, yes Black Friday, take an additional 30% off with coupon code “save30“. That’s right, the hot off the press Breathe Collection will be on sale.

So go on, take a look and see what you’d like to get for your friends and yourself. For those that want to make sure they lockdown the limited, hand-numbered tees…enjoy the early markdowns and purchase yours today!

Hello readers!  We thank you all for tuning in and showing us your love and support thus far whether or not you fully understand what this blog is all about. Allow us to officially introduce ourselves to you, and from this point on, expect even more content on this site with updates from each of us as well as updates on the projects we have in store for the near future. We have only begun to understand the potential we have with working as a group. It’s a long hard road few ever take, and we hope this blog will serve as a record of our commitment to the craft and the devotion to growing a collective consciousness among each other as well as with friends like you.

VESL STUDIOS - mission:

VESL Studios is a full-service creative collective powered by a group of socially responsible artists and designers who remember to put their passion first. Bay area natives and inspired by counter-culture, VESL Studios houses a dense and intelligent talent pool that aims to transgress the barriers of human communication while fully realizing your vision. Whether it’s online or print, traditional or experimental, motion or static graphics–the message remains the same–visually effective from the inside out.

So much good news from the New Leaf home front lately. It’s official…their Fall & Winter line is now available online! It’s called BREATHE and it’s about “taking life one day at a time”…something we could all learn from. Make sure to make this a destination point for all your holiday shopping needs.

Here are some of our favorites, but there is so much more that it was hard to decide.  You are just going to have to look for yourself.

New Leaf Clothing has just added a fun new addition to the products they carry.  Show your support and slap these bad boys on the stuff you own or get out there and put them up where everyone can see.  6 stickers for 5 bucks is a steal, and two of them are a clear vinyl sticker where you can make your own shirt design.  Pretty cool.