The Artist...

I'm BJP, a Sydney-born artist, lifelong movie obsessive and the friend who's usually responsible for turning a simple movie recommendation into a 20-minute discussion about the cast, director, score and all things that happened while making it (not annoying at all). 

My love of drawing started with comic books and animated shows. As a kid, I'd spend hours sketching the characters that filled my bookshelves and TV screen. In my twenties, that evolved into drawing realistic portraits of actors, musicians and pop culture icons, before family and friends started asking for commissions and custom pieces of their own.

My artwork is known for its black-and-white sketch style, combining realistic portraiture with influences from comic books and graphic novels. The inspiration comes from everywhere — classic cinema, cult favourites, sci-fi, thrillers, comedy, '90s nostalgia, 2000s pop culture and the alternative, punk, metal, rock and hip-hop soundtrack that shaped my youth.

For years, whenever I shared a new drawing, someone would inevitably say:

"That would look great on a T-shirt."

So after hearing that enough times, and only delaying the idea by about 15 years, I finally did something about it.

In 2025, I launched BJP Tees (yeah, so I'm not great at naming things)

Every design starts as an original sketch created by me. No AI-generated artwork. No photo filters. No shortcuts. Just artwork inspired by the movies, music and characters that have entertained, inspired and occasionally obsessed me for most of my life.

Do I know exactly what I'm doing? Absolutely not.

What I do know is that I love creating artwork, I love pop culture, and I love seeing someone wear a design that sparks a conversation with a complete stranger.

If one of my shirts helps you find someone from your tribe, then that's a pretty good result.

And if you're wondering what BJP stands for... it's definitely not my initials. It's a carefully crafted artistic statement with layers of symbolism and meaning. Let's go with that.