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People ask me, how do you do it? How do you work that much and stay up that late while waking up that early? I'm motivated. "Nah man, You're crazy!" Yeah, I am a bit crazy. I believe you have to be a little crazy to drop all fear behind and jump for something that you vision without knowing whether you'll crash or land safe. This shirt, THIS BRAND represents us motivated people. Crazy motivated, as in nobody can relate to your level of motivation. Where people think you're crazy because of the things that you do to climb to...

Here's a sneak peak of a scene of the first Rookie Rise comic strip. Rookie Rise hasn't come to life just yet but he will so stay tuned. It begins on the last day of school Where myself and my good friend Edgar aka Eddie, chat it up about our future after high school... After Tadd and Eddie chat, Tadd goes home and approaches his parents about art classes. What happens next? Check back and see how Rookie Rise comes to life!  

I have always wanted to create a series of books or comics. So I finally decided to do it. Within these comics you'll see real life events mixed with hollywood, inspiration, comedy and most of all motivation! The gist of it starts off with me trying to figure out how to break into the real world after high school. Being a broke kid without anyone else around me to push me into the right direction I am left to figure it out. I'll be featuring real people that I've crossed and possibly readers like yourself could get a spot in...

It doesn't matter how old you get, there's something about carving a pumpkin that brings out the youth in us. This year we want to see your creative pumpkin masterpiece. We are offering a free Pumpkin Carving pattern cut-out. Just click the image below to download, then print it out and carve away! Get creative with it. Carve, paint, sculpt... use a watermelon? We will be stoked to see what you can do! The winner will recieve a free Rookie Rise Tshirt, along with your featured pumpkin on our site! Carve at your own risk! To win, simply Tag #ROOKOLANTERN...

If you are going to start a brand, it has to be your 3rd arm and a dominant arm at that. It's the arm that you open doors with. Don't give up on it, because eventually with all of your dedication and hard work, that arm will open the right door and you'll be glad that you started this awesome journey in the clothing business! I never thought I'd actually be offering a brand consulting service, but then again I never thought that my brand would take off like this either. Did I vision that it would? Of course I...