14. Let's Get Uncomfortable ft. Tony Mayne

Welcome back to the PDP (Proud Disappointment Podcast) today i'm accompanied by one of the most consistent individuals in the world, the owner/creator of Consistent Co., if you've been in the Chicago pop up/streetwear scene you've most likely seen one of his products; @tony_mayne! We have a very inspirational episode Tony is very passionate about his craft and has accomplished so much in these 7 years of creating. From clothing, NFT's, paintings, weed strains, rolling papers anything you can think of he's dabbled in. We speak of on roots, freelancing, creating products we use everyday. The origins of his clothing line @consistentclan and how his brand came about, constantly showing up first one in last one out mentality. Tony moved out to Colorado for school but maintained a Chicago presence he comes back every now and then to "recharge" but he explains how he prefers the rural-ness of being outside of the city. Tony started his artistic journey from a graffiti background and that transitioned into graphic design and now he takes on clients from all over working as a freelancer, he tells us how he overcame a teacher telling him his art wasn't going to work. We get into the the Picket Signs Tony makes and what they mean to him. Those tagging days did get him into a little bit of trouble with the law though, he tells us the story about how he almost got arrested in Detroit and the police escorted them out of the city. Reminiscing on the first pop ups we worked together in Pilsen and not too long ago he participated in Pab's & Pals 5 where he sold both of his pieces. Tony has a great group of individuals that support his brand "the clan" always comes out anytime he host's an event. As a clothing designer it's hard to sell a shirt and even harder to gain a faithful customer, it took a while for some of the consistent clothes to sell but that never stopped Tony he always believed in the vision and even bought out his partners so that he could take this business into his own hands.. I see a lot of similarities between me and Tony we both have big aspirations, love Red Bull, have multiple entities/ companies in our name and won't take no for an answer. A lot of gems in this episode, thank you for reading this, listening, subscribing and sharing we appreciate you so much this podcast is a labor of love I want to amplify the voices of people who I consider hard working and passionate. I wanna say thank you Tony for coming on and giving us all this free game and for consistently creating and pushing the limits. Follow him @tony_mayne & his brand @conistentclan. You can follow me @pabsprints everywhere subscribe and like on youtube and you can shop at https://pabsprints.com/