Some illustrations for Broad Street Oyster Co.

T-shirts & Merch

Sep 15

In the past years I worked on several illustrations for Broad Street Oyster Co t-shirts. The only rule was to create a fun scene with lobsters, oysters, crabs and other sea creatures around.

A group of lobsters are eating at an underwater restaurant, meatballs, fish and chips. a human is watching the scene from inside of a very small aquarium — Broad Street Oyster Co - Dining Table t-shirt illustration

If I remember right, this was the first graphic. It’s from 2020. Inspiration came from an old New Yorker’s cover.

A Miami Vice inspired illustration, two lobsters are running with the loot with a white Ferrari Testarossa, an helicopter is chasing them through the sky, where a big pink sunset is happening — Broad Street Oyster - Miami Vice t-shirt illustration

Try to picture a Miami Vie kind of scene but with Lobsters. A sick 80s dance tune in the background, night lights, neons and a fast car running through the night. And I wasn’t even high, I swear!

A group of people is chilling and drinking beer on a resturant patio, while lobsters, oysters and crab are escaping from it — Broad Street Oyster Co. - Malibu Illustration

Fun fact about this one, the human characters on it are inspired from real people. Who? Well, me, my brothers and my sister. What’s your favorite character? I’m between the oyster on wheels and the parachuting crab. Lobster on the left is kinda stuck on the backwash.

A group of Osyters are escaping from the Alcatraz prison, the guards noticed and they're ready to catch them. There's the nigh skyline of San Francisco in the background, where we can see the Ghirardelli sign. — Broad Street Oyster Co. - Alcatraz Illustration

An "Escape from Alcatraz” inspired piece with oysters escaping from the famous prison and the lobsters as guards. I love the starfish who can’t care less, sleeping with her sunglasses on.

A lobster is sleeping on the beach, a group of bluebirds are standing on a rock watching a sunglassed sunset, while the lobster is dreaming about a shark surfing a cool, barreling blue wave — Broad Street Oyster Co. - Lobster's dream Illustration

Here’s the thing, you’re a Lobster sleeping on your beach chair, then you start dreaming about this super happy shark surfing an incredibly nice, barreling left. A starfish is waving. A bluebird is stoked by the sunset and the whole scene. A crab is flying thourhg the sky on a rocket.

Wanna have a t-shirt design like these? Just drop me a line at @joetamponi@gmail.com!

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