The next installment of “Death to Life” is here.  Get some new art on your walls with this 7 piece framed art print pack.

These bad boys arrive ready to go on your wall, desk, or bookshelf. With seven framed prints you’ll be able to redecorate your whole room, or give some away as a gift to a friend.

This framed art print includes:
*Heaven
*Art is Not a Crime
*Little Death
*I am Alive
*Death
*Death to Life
*Life

*Please note, your frame will be black but the style may vary slightly from those pictured.

Have you checked out our “Death to Life” short film yet?

Also, in honor of our Three Year Anniversary, we’ve added a few Birthday Packs to the site.  These include three of our early shirts- all for $50.  Pick one up with your upcoming Christmas cash!

Leaping forward,

Adrian Black

Artist // Owner // Designer

Greetings friends!

This month I am excited to release another shirt and give you some free threads!  For November we are going BROWN!

First off, there’s a new colorway for our Coat of Arms shirt.

“Strength.  Courage.  Endurance.  Sotare.”  This is our Coat of Arms.  A mix of kangaroos, Greek, and great design.

Coat of Arms features a large Sotare crest and an array of hidden kangaroos and secret messages.  Grab your chocolate shirt over at the store.

Want a free shirt?

From now until November 31st you can get a free chocolate Sotare shirt with each purchase off our webstore- while supplies last.  Shirts designs will be random… you will be surprised!

No coupon code necessary!

We still have more artwork coming from our Death to Life series.  Stay tuned for some framed art, a button pack, and more.

Leaping forward,

Adrian Black

Artist // Owner // Designer

Where is your life going?

In a world in turmoil… a life of chaos…

We live like zombies, dead souls wandering earth searching for meaning.

Lost and alone in the war between heaven and hell.

It’s time to break free.

It’s time to escape the grave and experience new life.

Heaven awaits.

“Heaven and Hell“ is the second shirt in the Death to Life series.  This series takes an artistic look at our transformation from spiritual death to spiritual life.

“Heaven and Hell” is hand-screened in Maryland on a 100% cotton, ring-spun, American Apparel tee.

The opportunity to break free from death, hell, and the grave is yours.  Will you ascend to new heights?  Or are you going to continue to be a zombie?

Your new life awaits.

Leaping forward,

Adrian Black

Artist // Designer // Owner

Are you living?  Or are you just a ghost of what you could be?

It’s time to rise out of our graves and come to life.  Are you ready to breathe?  Are you ready to live life in all it’s fullness?

This fall I am proud to bring you a line of trans-media pieces titled DEATH TO LIFE.  This series of artwork includes shirts, framed art, buttons, and art toys.

The first release is the title shirt, “Death to Life“.  Hand-screened in Maryland and printed on a 100% ring-spun cotton, American Apparel shirt.

Here we see the stark transformation from being a social zombie, a drone of the media, a ghost held down by fear and failure, to being fully alive, thinking clear, and experiencing the world the way we were created to.

Your friends, your passions, your town, and your family need you to take the courageous leaps of faith necessary to turn dreams into reality.

Are you living now?

Leaping forward,

Adrian Black

Artist // Designer // Owner

Coming soon to Sotare is a new micro-line called Death to Life.

This will include:

• Two shirts
• Art prints
• New buttons
• Special toy colorways.

The first piece will be released September 23rd!  Sign up to the Sotare Exclusive email and follow our Instagram so you know when it drops!

Leaping forward,

Adrian Black

Artist // Designer // Owner

Carpe Diem.

Seize the day.

A great phrase that often leads to empty excitement and results in being just another pithy statement. To seize the day you must be ready. You must be awake, alert, and looking for opportunities to seize. Eternally looking forward into the unknown poised to strike while the iron is hot.

How will you prepare yourself to seize each day?

Seize your life before your life seizes you.

Carpe Diem is printed on a ring-spun cotton American Apparel cotton tee.  Each shirt is finished with a blue hem tag.

Leaping forward,

Adrian Black

Artist // Owner// Designer

The Chief.

A revered leader. A warrior. A wise old sage.

The chief sits at the top of the food chain. The chief calls the shots for the rest of the tribe. The chief knows what’s best for his people.

We all have a leader, a head honcho, someone we call the big cheese- our chief.

The question is, who is your chief? Who do you follow?

Choose wisely.

The Chief is printed using the split-fountain technique creating a unique fade from blue to pink on each jet-black, ring-supn American Apparel cotton tee.

Leaping forward,

Adrian Black

Designer // Artist // Owner

This past Christmas I gave out an art zine to five lucky Intagram followers. Now it’s available for everyone!

This zine offers a look inside of my art, both with Sotare and some of my own personal creations. You’ll see spray art, paintings, line drawings, and photographs.

Under each picture and art piece I have offered a brief description, giving you a tiny peek inside the creation of the piece.

Head over to the shop to pick up yours!  Each art zine comes with some free stickers.

Leaping forward,

Adrian Black

Artist // Designer // Owner

Can you believe it’s March already?  Most of the snow winter storm Jonas has melted away…  The sun is beginning to warm things up…  It was almost 80 degrees here in Maryland!  Spring is such an awesome time of the year- skateboarding, longer days, and more opportunities to spend quality time to spend outdoors.

 Updated Sticker Packs

First up on the docket is a new version of the sticker packs.  We’ve updated the sticker packs to include some new sticker designs and I’ve got to say, this is the best sticker pack yet.  For $5 you can get six vinyl stickers.  Slap them on your skateboard, sketch book, guitar case, locker, laptop or door… or you can share some with your friends.

 Sticker packs now include:

1 Zombie Joey

1 Bubble Letter Joey

1 Kangaroo

1 Dripping Sotare

2 Classic Black Logo stickers

Make sure you add a pack to your next online order!

“Joey Bubble Letters” Poster

New to the online store is the “Joey Bubble Letter” poster set.  A hybrid of urban, graffiti style lettering and clean illustration collide into a colorful, edgy, dripping piece of art.

For $10 you can get both posters.  Each 8 x 10 print is ready to be framed and hung on your wall or put at your desk to offer you daily inspiration.

Free Art Friday

Have you been loving our Free Art Friday contests on Instagram?  So far we’ve given away posters and sticker packs.  This weekend we will give away a shirt!  If you’re not following us, do it now!

For the next few weeks we will be giving away some Sotare threads.  Go over to @iamsotare to follow and get your chance to win some sweet goodies!

Leaping Forward,

Adrian Black

Owner// Artist // Designer

Over Valentine’s weekend I was fortunate to be a part of the Katsucon Artist Alley.   Katsucon is a very large Japanese culture and anime convention.  The event is held at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center at the National Harbor, right outside DC.  The area is beautiful, the hotel has a crazy atrium, and the event was massive!  This has been the largest convention I have attended so far with Sotare.

I’m always excited and humbled when someone buys my artwork.  To have a total stranger who has only recently been introduced to my art decide on the spot to drop $20 on a shirt means a lot.  I’ve had people come up and get so excited they buy multiple shirts and accessories.  At Katsucon, I sold a lot of shirts and framed mini art prints.  The decision to begin selling the mini framed prints has proved to be successful, pulling in a good chunk of sales at each event now.

The favorite shirt has been the split-fountain Zombie Joey.  I’ve almost sold out of my second printing of this shirt and will have to order more before the next event!  I’m stoked that so many people have enjoyed the design!

I was driving back and forth for this event, waking up at 6:30 in the morning and not making it back home until 11:00 at night.  By the end of the weekend I was more exhausted than I realized.  It took me a few days to catch my breath… but it was so worth it!

Looking forward, I plan to do Katsucon next year (and I want to do MAGFest).  In preparation for next year there will be some different art and also giving the booth a more detailed and professional presentation.  This year I kept things simple, basically repeating my booth set up from the Charm City Christmas show.

I will post photos here on the blog and Instagram as I work on improvements for the booth.  I haven’t been posting as many behind the scenes as I used to, so I think I’ll start getting back into that!

Leaping forward,

Adrian Black

Owner // Designer // Artist