Gecko X Steve Nazar!
Aloha Arcade - Limited Edition Glow In The Dark Summer Splatter Tee
From the LEGENDARY mind of artist & cartoonist Steve Nazar -- the guy who literally re-invented "graphic tees" in the 1980's when he brought to life the iconic "Thrilla Gorilla" and "Da' Boys" characters for Town & Country (T&C) Surf!
- Limited Edition and Availability!
- Each Tee has it's own unique look.
- Individually Hand Splattered!
- Glow In The Dark Retro Splatter Ink!
- Original Graphic Design uses Retro, Glow In The Dark, Neon Green & Neon Pink Puffed Ink!
- Uses some original paint from the original Gecko Splatter era for authentic 80s/90s texture look and feel!
- BACK OF TEE: Large, Glow in the Dark, Gecko X Nazar "Aloha Arcade" hand-drawn artwork by legendary artist Steve Nazar! (T&C, Thrilla Gorilla, and more!)
- FRONT OF TEE: Small, Glow In The Dark, retro, "Yin and Yang" tribute pocket logo on upper left chest that ties in with the design on the back!
- GLOW OFF YOUR RADITUDE!
- Printed in the USA at Gecko HQ on a 100% cotton, Gecko Radstrike SPLATTER t-shirt!
- So many cool characters and easter eggs to find in this design! You and others will be staring at it for hours!
- Black light reactive!
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PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE OUR SIZING GUIDE!
From the LEGENDARY mind of artist & cartoonist Steve Nazar -- the guy who literally re-invented "graphic tees" in the 1980's when he brought to life the iconic "Thrilla Gorilla" and "Da' Boys" characters for Town & Country (T&C) Surf!
Anybody who grew up in the 1980's either wore (or wanted to wear) a tee with Nazar characters on them, or rented the T&C video game that featured the "Thrilla" characters for their original Nintendo Entertainment System!
For those of you who have been missing the nostalgic, laid back, party/skate/surf vibe of Nazar's artwork -- and have been buying old vintage versions on eBay in order to see it again in all of it's original & amazing neon & lightly puffed ink glory -- the WAIT IS FINALLY OVER -- And GECKO is proud to be the one that does it!
Please note, in general, the cost of our tees are not going up -- these Gecko X Collaboration tees cost more than normal to print, as we used a special, 18 station print/flash retro printing machine to make it as authentic as possible, which costs slightly more to create -- plus we want to be able to support the artists who participate in the Artist series!
Limited Run!
The Look, The Feel, The History of Gecko's Splatter:
Our neon green, pink, white, blue and black splatter was different than other contemporary’s at the time because although we used neon — it was much more subtle — using super small — yet evenly dispersed paint specks all over the shirt. At the time (and still today), most splatter shirts consisted of either one color, multi-color with huge streaks and splashes. That can look cool, but it can also be hard to pull off and can look too busy. We wanted to release something that had a “pop” and was rad — but was strong and subtle. By using the “speckle/splash” technique, it gave the shirt a look as though it was almost part of the fabric itself.
If you still happen to own of the early splatter shirts, you’d notice that the paint had a lot more texture to it. As time went on, with larger mass production, the addition of graphics, and new types of paint — the splatter was flattened in the “flashing” process. However, our goal for the first Splatter shirts, hoodie, jogger re-release was to re-create that first ever splatter shirt we made. It is fully equipped with the original texturized splatter from the late 80’s early 90’s (check out the video, we even used some of the VERY SAME paint from back then!). with a simple pocket logo. This required us to splatter by hand — not by graphic design or digital printer.You can feel the quality and it is AWESOME. As far as we know, there is nothing else out there like it today.