{"id":56763,"title":"The Originals | How The Canis Began","description":"The Originals are the drawings that eventually became The Canis.\n\nLong before there were garments, characters, factions, artifacts, there were a handful of sketches carried across continents for more than twenty years. None of them were intended to become a clothing brand.\n\nAs The Canis evolves, The Originals are preparing to leave the store and move into the archive. Their purpose was never to remain unchanged forever. They existed so that something else could emerge from them.\n\nNothing arrives complete.\nThe Originals are where it began.","content":"

I opened this store using art that I drew as a teenager.

I didn\u2019t know that The Canis<\/u><\/a> would emerge from all of this. The originals are what inspired The Canis and as it evolves, they will soon be leaving the store.

I carried this art with me for 20 years across continents.

This is my homage to what started The Canis and inspired a worldbuilding, sustainable streetwear art project.<\/p>

Logic Descends<\/h1>


I drew this while house sitting as a teen in South Africa.
In the dark, early hours of the morning, someone tried to break in.

They left, she didn\u2019t. I had no idea she\u2019d end up as a graphic t-shirt.<\/span>

Logic has morphed into an ancient entity, guardian and creator of Omens, a world she made with music.
She has been trying to warn us.
<\/p>

Ultraviolet and Sun Eater<\/h2>


Ultraviolet was drawn when I lived on a Mountain, I worked in a resort.
I didn\u2019t live in a cave.

I wasn\u2019t sure if we were here to create or destroy, I still ask myself the same questions.

Sun Eater is what happens when you let late night doodles fuel your store.

He has been the most challenging to redesign for The Canis.

Enter Sun Eater.
Star Maggot. Eater of suns.
It\u2019s not his fault. He can\u2019t help himself. You\u2019ll be seeing him soon.

The original builders of The Canis.

This is your swan song.

Scavenge the logic<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>","urlTitle":"the-originals","url":"\/blog\/the-originals\/","editListUrl":"\/my-blogs","editUrl":"\/my-blogs\/edit\/the-originals\/","fullUrl":"https:\/\/mongrel-logic.teemill.com\/blog\/the-originals\/","featured":false,"published":true,"showOnSitemap":true,"hidden":false,"visibility":null,"createdAt":1780590313,"updatedAt":1780591743,"publishedAt":1780591742,"lastReadAt":null,"division":{"id":417537,"name":"Mongrel Logic"},"tags":[{"id":4493,"code":"streetwear","name":"Streetwear","url":"\/blog\/tagged\/streetwear\/"},{"id":4507,"code":"wearable-art","name":"WearableArt","url":"\/blog\/tagged\/wearable-art\/"},{"id":4573,"code":"characters","name":"Characters","url":"\/blog\/tagged\/characters\/"},{"id":4581,"code":"a-r-g","name":"ARG","url":"\/blog\/tagged\/a-r-g\/"},{"id":4605,"code":"worldbuilding","name":"Worldbuilding","url":"\/blog\/tagged\/worldbuilding\/"}],"metaImage":{"original":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/3xprvvi0okqf6d7k1pl4uumiyih06lofadqjtrin0dzk4tod.jpeg","thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/3xprvvi0okqf6d7k1pl4uumiyih06lofadqjtrin0dzk4tod.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/3xprvvi0okqf6d7k1pl4uumiyih06lofadqjtrin0dzk4tod.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"metaTitle":"Streetwear Art & ARG Worldbuilding | The Originals","metaDescription":"The story behind The Originals of The Canis. Explore character design, worldbuilding, wearable art and sustainable streetwear ARG.","keyPhraseCampaignId":null,"series":[],"similarReads":[{"id":53097,"title":"About Mongrel Logic\u2122","url":"\/blog\/about-mongrel-logic\/","urlTitle":"about-mongrel-logic","division":417537,"description":"Mongrel Logic\u2122 is sustainable streetwear, alternate reality gaming, comics, cards and storytelling. Wearable art, circular design, and a universe for underdogs who look closer.","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/4jlcs0rckzmj5smlahlpqvmno72ccuyhmchnvdsmzo6omthf.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/4jlcs0rckzmj5smlahlpqvmno72ccuyhmchnvdsmzo6omthf.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0},{"id":53446,"title":"Why Organic Cotton Matters","url":"\/blog\/why-organic-cotton-matters\/","urlTitle":"why-organic-cotton-matters","division":417537,"description":"Organic cotton avoids toxic chemicals and the 150 million trees turned into fabric each year. It recycles clean, without the residues of conventional cotton.","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/ssvuajewxgxvu5n7riyk9iroslfl9mf3gg1atjvo4fkzggsr.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/ssvuajewxgxvu5n7riyk9iroslfl9mf3gg1atjvo4fkzggsr.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0},{"id":54526,"title":"How Our Garments Are Dyed & Printed","url":"\/blog\/printing-that-lasts-ink-fabric-and-the-loop-were-building\/","urlTitle":"printing-that-lasts-ink-fabric-and-the-loop-were-building","division":417537,"description":"A closer look at how our fabric is dyed and how our prints are made, from water-based inks and organic cotton to on-demand production and circular design.","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/8xp8psixe2msex9pojlxx0nqgf4lhuuixl7xghl3kn3vobxn.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/8xp8psixe2msex9pojlxx0nqgf4lhuuixl7xghl3kn3vobxn.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0}],"labels":[]}