AB: I’ve read a few interviews you’ve had and they usually focus on Tees and art. Probably because you are really well known for your graphic art. Let’s do a little something different for the people reading this that know your work.

Artist: Wotto

AB: Where are you from?
WOTTO: I am originally from the Birmingham area, England. I have however moved around a lot and am right now in the middle of another move to L.A next month to be with my wife.

AB: Are you right handed or left handed?
Wotto: Right

AB: What’s your favorite sport to play?
Wotto: I love down hill mountain biking but after breaking both my wrists I have a little fear that makes it hard to ride as well as I used to. Also I am older and chubbier. I like basketball and I played a little bit of rugby when I was younger, both great sports.

AB: What’s your favorite sport to watch on tv?
Wotto: I like rugby but when I move to the states I want to go and watch some different sports. I hear baseball is as much about drinking beer as it is watching so I might give that a whirl.

AB: What was your favorite band in high school?
Wotto: Hummm that’s a tricky question, my memory is cloudy. I liked a lot of local bands but I have to admit to loving Guns n’ Roses as a young pup.

AB: What’s your favorite band today?
Wotto: Too many to list but I really like a band called Morning Runner who I feel are massively under appreciated. I can listen to their whole album over and over again.

AB: What’s your ideal footwear. Sneakers, sandals, or barefoot?
Wotto: Converse Allstars are my favorite, the more battered the better.

AB: Do you remember who gave you the nickname Wotto? If so, who and when?
Wotto: One of my best friends Woody gave me the nickname when I lived in London and I am really glad he did. It is often mistaken for ‘Watto’ but he was that fat ugly guy in Star Wars…wait a minute.

AB: What’s your favorite thing to do besides drawing?
Wotto: Movies, I love a good movie.

AB: What’s your favorite city on earth?
Wotto: Luckily I have traveled quite a bit and I have a few places I love, L.A, Amsterdam, London, Edinburgh and most of O.C.

AB: What’s the last vacation you went on that was longer than a weekend?
Wotto: I have been going back and forth to L.A for about two years to see my now wife and I guess that could be called a vacation. I am a bit of a workaholic so I am not one to lay on a beach for two weeks.

AB: If you weren’t an artist what would be your next favorite career choice?
Wotto: I always quite liked the idea of being a chef and I’d love to be in a band but I can’t play an instrument and I can’t sing in a way that people would want to hear.

Wotto Art

AB: Favorite fast food chain?
Wotto: In n’ Out is delicious.

AB: If you were stranded on an island for the rest of your life and could only bring three things what would they be?
Wotto: My wife, my sketchbook and a few pencils.

AB: To finish it off. One art question. When did you realize that t shirts would be a major medium for your art?
Wotto: I submitted a design to Threadless way back in 2007 and I never expected to win but I did enjoy the feedback and the community spirit. Other artists there totally pushed me and soon I was submitting regularly. Then out of the blue, I won! I realized then that T-shirt design fitted my style pretty well.

AB: Lastly. Kalel Apparel. Thumbs up or thumbs down?
Wotto: Definitely Thumbs up! It’s been a pleasure working with you.

AB: Thanks for the time and thanks again working with Kalel! We love checking in on your new work. Keep ‘em coming.

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