ORIGIN

  The original name for this brand was going to be "THIRTEEN ROUNDS", thirteen being a significant reoccurring number in my life. After the realization of not liking any of the designs I was making for that name I threw away all the months work of designs and took a break from brainstorming 24/7. After a month's break, I started drawing again, not designs, just drawing. 
  One day a friend of mine told me while I was drawing in class "If you put that on a shirt I'd rock it." This comment and many others after it, motivated me to start working on designs again. Once again, I was brainstorming 24/7, filling up this sketch book I bought from Target with possible future designs.
  Finally, I drew the "Holy Death" design and as soon as I finished this drawing, I knew it would be the design to start off my brand THIRTEEN DEATHS (now Thirteen Creative Projects).

Why start a brand?

The idea of starting a clothing brand first came to me when I was in the 7th grade. Coming from a low income family, I could never keep up with what brands and trends kids at my school were wearing. So the seed of one day owning a brand that is dope and affordable for kids like me was planted.

As time goes on running and creating for Thirteen C.P. it has become more evident that it is more of an expression of what I’m into or going through. An outlet. Therefore the name change from THIRTEEN DEATHS to Thirteen Creative Projects. Making it difficult to explain what it is all about but it is really quite simple. This is not just faceless brand or company, it’s an extension and expression of myself. A way to share without ever really having to say anything. I see things becoming more personal. I plan on diving into more medias and mediums. More ways to share without ever saying anything.

It has always been this way, I’m just finally stating it. The more I began to realize this, sales stopped driving me. Why would I let sales invalidate or validate my expressions. End of the day this all just fun for me, I’ll make things and they could sit in the corner of my room for years but it will never diminish the joy I feel seeing and holding what was just a thought or feeling a couple months ago. So all my thanks to those who support what I put out comes from the bottom of my heart.

A mission that never faded

The main goal for all of this is to open a shop/studio space in the community. Retail side curated to showcase small local creatives along with what I’m making. Studio side to host workshops to teach kids in the community different ways to bring their ideas to life, different mediums to express themselves. Overall, a place for people to come together. As time goes on and the older I get my need to make a mark on the world becomes smaller and more localized, not for the lack in belief in myself. Priorities change, what actually means something to me changes all the time. “The only thing you can count on is change.” This mission will not. I’ll see this one through.