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brandon day aka invocation clothing from pikeville kentucky is a proven ripper / thief. he has stolen artwork from multiple artists including kyle crawford, sam kaufman, scott gunner, matthew skiff and others and claimed it as his own. he has gone as far as to tip off an entire website line for line, simply replacing images with his own. as an artist ran t-shirt community we would like to warn anyone from doing business with this shady individual.

when confronted with evidence on his facebook he simply deletes the proof and calls those pointing out the truth "faggots" as well as calling a girl a "cunt"(stay classy kentucky)

here is the evidence accumulated so far...

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    William Henry said about 1 year ago

    emosamurai said:http://digg.com/story/r/guy_s_clothing_company_consists_of_100_proven_stolen_images_and_he_tries_to_cover_it_all_up_in_real_time

    Digg it and comment!

    This redirects to this thread, not to digg.

    If any of Brandon's claims were true, he wouldn't act anything remotely like the way he is acting. If he was in the right, he wouldn't be trying to hide all the evidence and doing everything he can to cover this up.

  • PitchGrim said about 1 year ago

    His excuse for the Jason mask

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    William Henry said about 1 year ago

    PitchGrim said:His excuse for the Jason mask


    More like, "I love Kyle and want to be Kyle but I have no talent, so I'll steal his work."

  • Fuck You Ripper said about 1 year ago

    I also found that if you look at the cached version of The Jovian Atmosphere big cartel page, you will see that "Space Zombie t-shirt" last appeared on there on August 30th. Thats when we found out about that particular rip. Its not there anymore if you look.
    http://thejovianatmosphere.bigcartel.com/
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    Craig Robson said about 1 year ago

    Fuck You Ripper said:I also found that if you look at the cached version of The Jovian Atmosphere big cartel page, you will see that "Space Zombie t-shirt" last appeared on there on August 30th. Thats when we found out about that particular rip. Its not there anymore if you look.
    http://thejovianatmosphere.bigcartel.com/

    http://alexamachine.com/blog/tag/the-jovian-atmosphere/

  • atomicchild said about 1 year ago

    Balefire said:

    TIMESTAMPS WILL LIVE FOREVER

  • DanielAndHisArt said about 1 year ago

    Also, he "liked/loved" Kyle's Asking Alexandria tee when it was originally posted on Emptees and never said a word - http://mintees.com/tees/liked-by/156451-invocation/16/40?order=recent

    His tee and Kyle's look insanely a like and he doesnt say anything to Kyle the day Kyle uploads it to Emptees?

  • ithew said about 1 year ago

    boom

  • Andrew Haines said about 1 year ago

    Oh man you guys are the best. I can't believe this has been this active for this long AND THERE'S NEW EVIDENCE. I love my Mintees Rangers

  • thereaper said about 1 year ago

    damn it, how am I supposed to keep up with all of this. I have things planned for this weekend ya know.

  • Adhesive Hippo said about 1 year ago

    DanielAndHisArt said:Also, he "liked/loved" Kyle's Asking Alexandria tee when it was originally posted on Emptees and never said a word - http://mintees.com/tees/liked-by/156451-invocation/16/40?order=recent

    His tee and Kyle's look insanely a like and he doesnt say anything to Kyle the day Kyle uploads it to Emptees?

    Dude he's just a nice guy who doesn't want to call Kyle out on ripping him. He was just afraid that if he called Kyle out he wouldn't be allowed to buy any more EZ shirts :/

  • Craig Robson said about 1 year ago

    Craig Robson said:
    Fuck You Ripper said:I also found that if you look at the cached version of The Jovian Atmosphere big cartel page, you will see that "Space Zombie t-shirt" last appeared on there on August 30th. Thats when we found out about that particular rip. Its not there anymore if you look.
    http://thejovianatmosphere.bigcartel.com/

    http://alexamachine.com/blog/tag/the-jovian-atmosphere/

    funny how it took 4 years to be printed.

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    ithew said about 1 year ago

    DanielAndHisArt said:Also, he "liked/loved" Kyle's Asking Alexandria tee when it was originally posted on Emptees and never said a word - http://mintees.com/tees/liked-by/156451-invocation/16/40?order=recent

    His tee and Kyle's look insanely a like and he doesnt say anything to Kyle the day Kyle uploads it to Emptees?

    trying to match dates with the shirts that he ripped being posted and seeing if he liked any shirts on those specific dates....if he did then that would mean he probably at least saw the shirts on the site (mintees or emptees...tracking back to emptees days makes things a bit harder)

  • Adhesive Hippo said about 1 year ago

    Doubt it. I would just stick to what we know, to not start making accusations on random designs.

  • ithew said about 1 year ago

    you are probably right

  • dobi said about 1 year ago

    ithew said:
    DanielAndHisArt said:Also, he "liked/loved" Kyle's Asking Alexandria tee when it was originally posted on Emptees and never said a word - http://mintees.com/tees/liked-by/156451-invocation/16/40?order=recent

    His tee and Kyle's look insanely a like and he doesnt say anything to Kyle the day Kyle uploads it to Emptees?

    trying to match dates with the shirts that he ripped being posted and seeing if he liked any shirts on those specific dates....if he did then that would mean he probably at least saw the shirts on the site (mintees or emptees...tracking back to emptees days makes things a bit harder)

    i had this exact thought w/ the spaceman design, but unfortunately we don't have that implemented. i can ask jared if we can see if brandon indeed "loved" it.

  • ithew said about 1 year ago

    dobi said:
    ithew said:
    DanielAndHisArt said:Also, he "liked/loved" Kyle's Asking Alexandria tee when it was originally posted on Emptees and never said a word - http://mintees.com/tees/liked-by/156451-invocation/16/40?order=recent

    His tee and Kyle's look insanely a like and he doesnt say anything to Kyle the day Kyle uploads it to Emptees?

    trying to match dates with the shirts that he ripped being posted and seeing if he liked any shirts on those specific dates....if he did then that would mean he probably at least saw the shirts on the site (mintees or emptees...tracking back to emptees days makes things a bit harder)

    i had this exact thought w/ the spaceman design, but unfortunately we don't have that implemented. i can ask jared if we can see if brandon indeed "loved" it.

    if there are ways to do that...even though a person un-liked it after the fact...could clear some things up!

  • Brendon Rush said about 1 year ago

    ithew said:
    DanielAndHisArt said:Also, he "liked/loved" Kyle's Asking Alexandria tee when it was originally posted on Emptees and never said a word - http://mintees.com/tees/liked-by/156451-invocation/16/40?order=recent

    His tee and Kyle's look insanely a like and he doesnt say anything to Kyle the day Kyle uploads it to Emptees?

    trying to match dates with the shirts that he ripped being posted and seeing if he liked any shirts on those specific dates....if he did then that would mean he probably at least saw the shirts on the site (mintees or emptees...tracking back to emptees days makes things a bit harder)

    I guess the point is he wouldn't like a shirt thats insanely similar to one of 'his own' without saying a thing, point and case. What a scumbag.

  • VIHMIRU said about 1 year ago

    Craig Robson said:i think i agree. only with the pyknic johnny cupcakes explosion in there too.

    yeah, the benny fryingpan thing was pretty epic too. ripped JC's entire brand.

  • Chreck said about 1 year ago

    whoaaaaaaa! what the fuck did he call cutty!? what a dead man.

  • Endgame Clothing said about 1 year ago

    Adhesive Hippo said:
    Craig Robson said:i think i agree. only with the pyknic johnny cupcakes explosion in there too.

    That was good. And SWH's darius account thread brah.

    For my money I also include Edgil...the reveal just kept going.

  • PitchGrim said about 1 year ago

    This is from his first design post which is timestamped from about a year ago and shows how he was just starting out. Plus, he charged $30. Clearly he's been designing and stuff since 2007.

    http://mintees.com/tees/264941-angry-black-man

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    Bear said about 1 year ago



    founded 2007 first run in 2009? hmmmm. forgot to change something didn't we Brandon.

  • Bear said about 1 year ago

    let us not forget Clint English.

  • Craig Robson said about 1 year ago

    Bear said:

    founded 2007 first run in 2009? hmmmm. forgot to change something didn't we Brandon.

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    Balefire said about 1 year ago

    PitchGrim said:This is from his first design post which is timestamped from about a year ago and shows how he was just starting out. Plus, he charged $30. Clearly he's been designing and stuff since 2007.

    http://mintees.com/tees/264941-angry-black-man


    If you read on in that, Obscure later states "$30 wouldn't even get you a sandwhich. Put something to cheap and people wonder why it is so cheap and think something might be fishy with it:)"

    Oh, the irony.

  • selfhighfive said about 1 year ago

    I was talking with a friend about this whole Brandon Day thing today.
    -He told me that Brandon Day used his Invocation followers to bully a local clothing store that refused to carry his brand.
    -The whole 'church protests Invocation' topix thread is blatantly self promotion. It was started for shock value publicity. All the advertisement for his brand is pretty much based around being a dick/shock value.
    -He harasses any of the local kids that try to get into this territory of art until they just give up.

    I genuinely think the design world is better off without this guy. I think there needs to be pretty strong ramifications for the rips this time. Because if the dude walks away with a slap on the wrist again, he's just going to start up again later.

  • Craig Robson said about 1 year ago

    Craig Robson said:
    Bear said:

    founded 2007 first run in 2009? hmmmm. forgot to change something didn't we Brandon.




    derp we have proof! try again Brandon.

  • gaunty said about 1 year ago

    Craig Robson said:
    Bear said:

    founded 2007 first run in 2009? hmmmm. forgot to change something didn't we Brandon.


    That gif sums it all up for me.

  • DanielAndHisArt said about 1 year ago

  • A.L.D said about 1 year ago

    selfhighfive said:I was talking with a friend about this whole Brandon Day thing today.
    -He told me that Brandon Day used his Invocation followers to bully a local clothing store that refused to carry his brand.
    -The whole 'church protests Invocation' topix thread is blatantly self promotion. It was started for shock value publicity. All the advertisement for his brand is pretty much based around being a dick/shock value.
    -He harasses any of the local kids that try to get into this territory of art until they just give up.

    I genuinely think the design world is better off without this guy. I think there needs to be pretty strong ramifications for the rips this time. Because if the dude walks away with a slap on the wrist again, he's just going to start up again later.

    None of that surprises me. I really hope all this does stop him for good, too many people are aware of him now and it seems that rips are coming out of his ears. Everyone just needs to keep at it and he will run away with his tail inbetween his legs. Although I somehow see him popping up again in the future with more trouble.

  • miles to go said about 1 year ago

    in light of all of this, i really hope some brand owners actually take the time to go file copyrights on their bought artwork or artists copyrighting their work. its $35 a piece to do online.
    http://www.copyright.gov/

  • Fuck You Ripper said about 1 year ago

    Your time stamps tell us everything we need to know Brandon
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    Adhesive Hippo said about 1 year ago

    ^So? They're his mockups, try it with a different design maybe?

  • Brendon Rush said about 1 year ago

    Adhesive Hippo said:^So? They're his mockups, try it with a different design maybe?

    yeah. plus like it was said earlier his mockups were released after the date brandon 'created' that file, sums it all up, if he carries on denying this shit then he really is a moron.

  • Killer Napkins said about 1 year ago

    that might be from Tom Neal's mock up though.. because he is in England

  • ExaltedByMark. said about 1 year ago

    Fuck You Ripper said:Your time stamps tell us everything we need to know Brandon

    That's why I posted this

    Brandon Day's time stamp said that he did in 2007 and there is no way that's possible because....

    We have time stamps too!



    No way the Space Man design was done in 2008 because Tom hadn't released this yet. Give up already Brandon.

  • Fuck You Ripper said about 1 year ago

    Adhesive Hippo said:^So? They're his mockups, try it with a different design maybe?

    It proves that the "date created" timestamp was saved at the same time the "lat and long" were saved with the file. Meaning that 100% the date created that he was pointing out couldnt have been from him

  • Fuck You Ripper said about 1 year ago

    Ugh. Bad news on the BreakFace Nazi Scum rip. It turns out Shantz did sell that to them. Honest mistake though

    I had asked Breakface who designed it when it first came up but my facebook account got deleted before they could reply to me

  • atomicchild said about 1 year ago

    atomicchild said:
    Balefire said:

    TIMESTAMPS WILL LIVE FOREVER

    I want this to live
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