thoughts from gav & jof

Twin Peaks is a cult TV series and is still a firm favourite of mine. Surely, I thought, there must be a Twin Peaks Sheriff Department t-shirt somewhere on the internet. Well, there are t-shirts available but there's a catch….

My brother had already pointed out a t-shirt and mug design which can be bought on CafePress. The problem being a typo in the word Sheriff; there is one 'R' too many!  While there are other versions of this design elsewhere with the word Sheriff spelt correct I was not happy with the trees if you compare them to the various props listed below.

Bad examples from elsewhere

• Some misspelled Sherriff's Department Tees & Mugs at CafePress.
• Correct spelling on a sticker but using the same design from ozsticker.com.

Good examples of official Twin Peaks props

• Sheriff Department Cap at Props from Another Place.
• Sheriff Dept. Prop Decal (Original) at Twin Peaks Props.
• Twin Peaks T-Shirt photographed by Sam Howzit.

I decided I wanted my t-shirt to look like those seen in the movie props. Comparing Sam Howzit's t-shirt to the one on CafePress you can see that the colours are more subdued and the trees look like very different. So, set about to draw a vector illustration over the top of Sam's photo, using it as a guide. The artwork, as usual, is available for download below to use in your own designs.

Designs available on our streetshirts shop at http://www.streetshirts.co.uk/gavjof.

Feel free to download the illustrator artwork below and modify it for use in your own design. Just remember to attribute gavjof.com and to share your design under the same license.

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