Tell us a little more about Fatseagull?

Basically I started Fat Seagull because I was getting a bit bored. Simple as that. I started two other sites at the same time, UK Street Art (www.ukstreetart.co.uk) and Friedmylittlebrain (www.friedmylittlebrain.com). Fat Seagull is my outlet for tshirts that I like. I’ve always been obsessed with tees and their graphics and so I thought it made sense to have a voice on this. Now, 2 years old, it’s quite a popular site, with visitors regularly sending me updates on new products. Roktic is a site/brand that I’ve enjoyed since first hearing about them last year. Roktic is doing really well and only stocks top gear. They recently became our sponsors so we could help each other out with a bit of promotion either way.

With you running a t-shirt blog, would you say you’re a hard man to please when out searching for a new shirt?

I would say I am hard to please, but I do like simplicity too. I tend to go for quite loud designs when it comes to tees, but a simple, striking graphic can be just as effective in catching my attention. I’m a fan of cut and sew and also anything that is hand screen printed. I like the way that each tee is then unique.

Who are some of your favorite companies producing t-shirts at the moment?

I’m a big fan of Mishka, Rebel 8, Staple, Frank & Jan, Milkcrate, Das Monk, Death Before Dishonour and The Hundreds. Rebel 8 consistently put out amazing tees, a lot featuring the artwork of Mike Giant, whom I think is truly one of the most talented illustrators around.

What else have you got going on at the moment?

As I mentioned earlier, I run the two other sites and freelance for Time Out which keeps me busy for half the week. The other half of the week involves 3 days working for Trashed. We put teenagers (13-19 year olds) in direct contact with working professionals in the creative industries, giving them invaluable vocational experience and helping them to produce high-quality creative work that they can use for future college, university and job applications.

Trashed achieves this through our online platform, through live workshops, and through a range of one-off projects.

Who should people be going out of their way to support in the UK, brands, stores, events?

It’s definitely important to keep our homegrown talent alive and I’d like to say people should follow and check out Any Forty, Death Before Dishonour as brands and for shops, Donuts, A Shop Called Wood, Hanon, Urban Industry and MASH.

Any shoutouts you want to throw out there?

I’d like to give a mention to my niece who infact came up with the name for Fat Seagull. It was her birthday party, which was pirate themed, and she wanted to play chase the “fat seagull” with her brother. They just kept calling me “fat seagull” (though, I don’t look like a seagull or am fat, I hope) and so I thought it would be an interesting name for the site. It doesn’t really have anything to do with tshirts, but I liked the sound of it. Of course, when I tell people about the site and it’s name, they’re usually like “Huh?”

With the new year just having passed us by, by new year 2011 what do you hope to have achieved?

I hope that by new year 2011 Trashed will have progressed and we’ll be getting more and more schools signed up to subscriptions - alongside us running some of our live events outside of London. We’re also looking to join all the sites together (blogwise) and create one site, branching out and broadening the coverage from street art to art, tees to clothes and gear and a whole host of music, along side other things. It’s in the making, right now, so watch this space!