by Shawn Robare | Aug 24, 2016 | Look
One of the things I tend to skirt around covering here at Branded is the crop of modern films and cartoons that very heavily influenced by the 80s, either in setting or just straight up homage. There are a bunch of cool flicks and TV shows that fall into this...
by Shawn Robare | Feb 15, 2016 | Look
Well, I’m finally back from my winter hiatus and I have a lot of stuff I want to write about here at Branded in the coming year. 2016 marks my 10 year running this site and I’m kind of floored that I’m still loving it after all these years. Hell,...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 6, 2015 | Look
Over the past year I’ve been having a lot of fun with my latest Branded in the 80s project where I try and fill in some of the pop culture gaps when it comes to properties that weren’t merchandised nearly as well as they could have been back in the day. ...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 19, 2015 | Look
With the release of the first two trailers for the new big screen, live action adaptation of Jem & the Holograms only a couple of months away it’s had me thinking a lot about the original cartoon and toy line and what made those so special to me growing up...
by Shawn Robare | Jul 8, 2015 | Look
A couple months ago my buddy Paxton and I shared a set of digital vintage-style trading cards we created for the woefully under-merchandised film Young Guns (here’s the half I shared, and here’s the half that Pax shared.). We’re both huge fans of...
by Shawn Robare | May 23, 2015 | Look
I’ve been having a ton of fun creating digital trading cards recently. I think this project sort of falls inside the dead center of my Venn diagram that is a mix of being creative, learning to hone my Photoshop skills, and geeking out about all the 80s stuff...
