Sun Eaters
A doodle. A grin. A giant cosmic worm.
Sun Eater began as a sketch over before evolving into one of the first true species of The Canis. This is how a bedtime doodle became mythology, original art, and sustainable streetwear.
I honestly have no idea why I put that doodle on a tee.
It must be his stupid grinning face.
He makes me laugh.
No one knew that this 11pm doodle, would become a species, a force of nature.
“I ate the sun, but I’m sorry!”
Star Maggots
Attracted to dying or unstable light.
They only know one way to solve a problem.
No world, no problem.
I almost deleted it
When I started the shop with my 20 year old teenage art, I knew they were characters, I knew there was a world.
The world just hadn't revealed itself yet.
While every other brand is doing back prints, sleeve prints and full-garment graphics,
I'm drawing star maggots.
Sun Eater is no longer a drawing
He’s a giant cosmic worm.
He cleans up.
He might eat our sun.
But he’ll definitely apologise after.
Let the design breathe
Inhale, hum, bark. (if you know, you know)
That's the transition from illustration to mythology.
I’m having so much fun. There aren’t enough hours in the day.
Though this heatwave is making me, question things. Maybe he should eat it…
How To Play
The Canis is built around alignment. It’s an evolving world of characters, artifacts, transmissions and hidden stories.
You don't enter The Canis. You recognise it.
You don't enter The Canis. You recognise it.
Find The Canis.
What is The Canis?
P.S The Canis doesn’t iron on Sundays.
The Canis is an evolving world of characters, artifacts, transmissions and hidden stories.
How to play?
1. Find The Canis.
2. Receive the transmission.
3. Choose your allies.
4. Wear the artifact.
5. You are now are guardian of The Canis. Unearth new fragments.
6. The Canis takes it back. Scan the QR code.
Why?
We believe storytelling can change behaviour. Rather than asking people to recycle because they should, we ask whether participation in a fictional world can make returning clothing feel meaningful.
Do you have to play?
No.
You can simply wear the artifact.
Many people do.
But if you pay attention, you'll notice patterns, symbols, characters and transmissions hidden throughout the collection.
What's coming next?
More artifacts. More characters.
More worlds. More signals.
The story is still unfolding.
Some chapters remain hidden.
Year One
One year ago I opened the store.
Since then I've built a streetwear brand, a mythology, a publishing platform and a world that refuses to sit still.
This is Year One.
Year One
This has been my escape.
It’s officially one year since I opened the Teemill store, aka the Core range, aka sustainable streetwear, aka where the Artifacts live in the Archive. 🤣
In case you hadn’t noticed, I build backwards. No one in their right fucking mind would build an entire business architecture before building product. Except for me.
I’ve not scratched the surface of what I plan to build, but the fact that I can shake it and it doesn’t fall down, is, annoying actually, if I am honest.
I always find a loose nut. It’s one of my favourite games is try break it. I’m very good at it.
Model wearing Corruption, a condition in The Canis.
Game on
The next step is finding people to play.
My social strategy thus far has been ‘post and bail’. Which is good for, nothing, it’s good for nothing.
Now that the hardest part is done, the next hardest part must begin. Which again, is backwards, but can I get enough people to care? That remains to be seen.
Really…supposed to do this the other way around.
Streetwear, mythology, art and games
Ja. I know.
But, I’m bored. In real life, I live in a uniform of holy trackies and sweaters.
At any given moment I could be somewhere ankle deep in mud, in my office, or getting covered in dog.
I can’t wear my nice things because there is no “out” where I live. I work from home.
I need something that still looks artistic, inspired, authentic.
And at the end of the day, all covered in cobwebs, bugs, Canis, dog hair, who knows what else, missing my cat and family, I just want to be comfortable.
Worldbuilding chaos
What started with an idea for a cap led to gradually constructing an entire creative ecosystem.
A sustainable streetwear label, a publishing platform, a mythology, a visual language, a product architecture, a content system, a worldbuilding framework, and a long-term business strategy, all while working a day job, navigating financial pressure, grief, you know…life.
What will year two bring?
I have absolutely no idea.
I know what I’d like to happen.
When I started The Pavement Special in 2023, before this website, before the cap and the clothes, I had no job.
Again.
I was desperate to do something stimulating, that I knew I wasn’t going to find in any role. I had nothing but time on my hands that I didn’t want.
I started writing.
I probably should have quit by now
Believe me, I’ve thought about it.
I’ve rattled it to the bones, and it won’t bloody fall down.
I’ll think about my socials and well, lack thereof, the challenge of getting this in front of the right people cos I’m blending genres like mad. My audience is scattered.
And just when I think, ok, maybe this entire thing is a dumbass idea, another condition will emerge, another character, another story, another arc, another level.
I’ve stopped shaking it. Now I just hang on for dear life.
“Arise my mighty pink army! Scatter left, scatter right, attack!”
…
” Beware geneticists, with their craziness and hybrid monster fantasies. Beware the things they do, they’re geneticizing monsters with geneta-glue”
Crabulon. Evil Scarecrow.
To the two people that get that, welcome, where you been?
And to the handful that have been here from the start, thanks for sticking around.