Category: Rock / Industrial / Goth
Lip Service Weekly Retail Email - April 23, 2008
By Mich Fisher | April 23, 2008
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Lip Service Weekly Wholesale Email - April 23, 2008
By Jim Fisher | April 23, 2008
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Lip Service Weekly Retail Email - April 16, 2008
By Mich Fisher | April 16, 2008
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Lip Service Weekly Wholesale Email - April 16, 2008
By Jim Fisher | April 16, 2008
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Lip Service Blog Features
By Mich Fisher | April 10, 2008
Here are a few sample images of promotional graphics we’ve produced for rotating Flash features on the Lip Service blog.
Click here to view current features in action on the Features page
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Lip Service Weekly Retail Email - April 9, 2008
By Mich Fisher | April 9, 2008
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Lip Service Weekly Retail Email - April 2, 2008
By Jim Fisher | April 2, 2008
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Lip Service Wallpapers
By Mich Fisher | March 21, 2008
How could I resist the opportunity to jump to my Wacom and channel my creative id into blending kick-ass styles from the Lip Service Spring 2008 collection with some groovy graphics and photos to make themed wallpapers for the desktops of all the Lippy junkies out there (myself included … my Mac sports Psycho Circus)? All wallpapers are available to download in 3 sizes at the Lip Service blog.
First is my favorite group in the current collection, Psycho Circus Act III.
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To create the scene, I used fabric swatches from the group for the tent material, created fire and tail effects to enhance the original photos of the model, added some other minor effects, and drew banner and sign graphics with a circus feel.
Next up is Punk and Disorderly, one of Lip Service’s long-standing classics.
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Here, I used a bar scene to give Katia a suitable backdrop and integrated the two models with a bar door for a fun pseudo-advert (one of my favorite hobbies).
Rockabilly Rumble was more of a graphic challenge, similar to Psycho Circus.
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I envisioned 50’s snapshots with the model bursting out from their confines. Using some stock as well as my own photography, I gave the Rockabilly model, Monica Renee, backdrops which mirror the edgy retro feel of that style group. One fun side-note: Lippy’s Booze & Pool is being played by Johnny’s, a kick-ass HB rockabilly punk dive we love.
The last wallpaper is for the Stretch Fuck’n Twill group, one which crosses into several styles but is all dark.
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The designers gave me a lot to work with by having Mary Jane’s pose with the battle axe. I pictured her as a dark sentry, guarding the grave of some evil wizard, cursed king, or some such. Yes, I have an overactive imagination, but … that’s what they pay me for, so what the hell. The only challenge to creating the graphic was finding a graveyard photo spooky and foreboding enough and creating ample room for three Mary Janes.
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Lip Service Weekly Wholesale Email - March 19, 2008
By Jim Fisher | March 19, 2008
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Lip Service Weekly Wholesale Email - March 14, 2008
By Jim Fisher | March 14, 2008
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Lip Service Weekly Retail Email - March 3, 2008
By Mich Fisher | March 3, 2008
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Lip Service Website
By Mich Fisher | March 1, 2008
After months of planning, design, and collaboration with the database team, the new Lip Service website is live at last! So, also at last, we can formally announce here that we are the new WebMasters (or in my case WebMistress) of Lip-Service.com and show you what we’ve been doing for the past few months without detracting from the actual site launch.
To provide a bit of background, Lip Service is one of the most well-known and respected niche clothing manufacturers in the industry. They had a website, but it had not been updated in quite a long time. We visited them to talk about something else entirely and, after a few conversations, wound up working closely with the database programmers and Drew Bernstein (the owner, founder, and all-around groovy cat) to completely update, streamline and improve everything about the site and e-commerce operations. We created the new concept and look, while adding new customer-friendly functionality and streamlining the existing site features. We’ve also added a rather ambitious blog-style community and features page with articles, photo features and video we’ve produced, as well as customer-driven features such as a jukebox and photo contests.
The first sample I’ve included is the Home page, a flash animation introducing the new navigation, based on Lip Service’s five style divisions.
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The next sample is one of the division pages. The old site had navigation which involved an unwieldy drop-down menu to go to individual style groups in the collection. We improved the experience by using a large view screen to preview groups with a roll-over which makes it easier for shoppers to select preferred styles from the online catalog. We also added a features bar, which shows community information as well as videos premiering on the site. The other main site feature we added is the Soundtrack, which plays songs submitted by the community and promotes emerging bands in various genres of interest to Lip Service customers.
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Below is the Style page, which provides details about individual garments in the collection. Here, we’ve given a larger area to view the styles, as well as an additional view window. Future improvements, including a Zoom feature, are in the works.
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The last sample is the front page of the Community and Features section. The page itself is an extremely tweaked blog we created using WordPress, with rotating flash callouts and a host of articles and features. At present, we provide all content for the blog, including videos, behind the scenes photo journals and extras such as downloadable wallpapers (which will be included here in different posts).
[ CLICK IMAGE TO VIEW ]
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Lip Service Community & Features Blog
By Jim Fisher | March 1, 2008
[CLICK IMAGE TO VIEW]
This is the Community and Features Blog that we’ve developed for Lip Service. The site itself is an extremely tweaked blog we created using WordPress, with rotating flash callouts and a host of articles and features. At present, we provide all content for the blog, including videos, behind the scenes photo journals and extras such as downloadable wallpapers (which will be included here in different posts).
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Lip Service Weekly Wholesale Email - February 13, 2008
By Jim Fisher | February 13, 2008
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Lip Service Weekly Retail Email - February 6, 2008
By Jim Fisher | February 6, 2008
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Lip Service Weekly Wholesale Email - February 6, 2008
By Mich Fisher | February 6, 2008
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Cherie Bombe Covers - Little Albie’s Bad Day and Everything Burns
By Mich Fisher | October 16, 2007
Now that I’ve begun writing the Cherie Bombe web comic and storyboarding the action and visuals, the idea of creating printed covers (whether or not we release print versions of the story) has been impossible to resist. The medium of comic book covers is so freeing and allows for nuanced mood work, lighting effects, and iconic images. To create these, I utilized photos from our action shoots and let my creative side run amok over my Wacom tablet.
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Glasgow Kiss at the Vortex Poster
By Mich Fisher | September 25, 2007
One of mine and Jim’s favorite side projects in development is Cherie Bombe, a web comic about an aging super-spy who moonlights as the lead singer of glam punk band, Glasgow Kiss. This is a fictional concert poster created for the comic of a night of all-girl punk at Cherie’s favorite fictional club, Vortex. I drew the artwork and designed the imaginary band logos, using one of Chrissie Hynde’s rumored 1st choices for The Damned’s name as one of the groups.
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Pat’s Cocktail Lounge
By Mich Fisher | September 16, 2007
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Pat’s Cocktail Lounge is one of the greater LA area’s best dives. In designing their new website, I wanted to keep the fun, casual feel of the bar itself and show pictures of the nightly madness as well as information, reviews, etc. The resulting page uses a neon bar sign theme with bold accents against a night backdrop.
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Black Velvet Motorcycle Hearse Company Website
By Mich Fisher | September 1, 2007
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Black Velvet is a company with a very unique service and prospective clientele. They have created a hearse which can be pulled behind a motorcycle for people who wish to remain bikers in spirit, even at their own funerals. The first image is closer to what the final look of the site with have, while the second is a draft which was not used as it is not quite black enough (hence, the watermark on creepy stock art), though I am still rather happy with the overall look and feel.
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