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At the Visual Arts Center in Richmond,VA. Don’t know what an Art-O-Mat is? Check it out!

I am so good at reading other people’s blog updates and terrible at updating my own. What can I say, everyone else is doing such cool stuff! 

Back in June I was selected (kindly asked and was given the job) to design the Archers of Loaf poster for their Black Cat show in DC. This was sort of a big deal for me as they were and still are one of my favorite bands. The final version was a take on “Freezing Point”. Now that the poster has been approved, created, and sold out, I figure I can show you some of the stuff that didn’t make the cut…

1. The “Hate paste” concept. While I liked this idea, something about it wasn’t jiving and I stopped with this illustration. This was drawn during the one lunch break I took over the summer. 

2. The Postage Stamp. I wish this could be used for something else at the Black Cat. It is a play on the DC metro and the stop in which one would get off to go to the venue. The stamp is in relation to touring and traveling all summer. 

3. Toaster Poster. I would like to see what this looked like screen printed. It is so poppy and fun that I bet it would have turned at very nice with some silk screened imperfection. Unfortunately there was already another Toaster Poster made for Austin. So much for an obvious song choice.

4. Freezing Point. This was the final of the poster that we ended up printing. In the end I was most excited about this design and I think we all felt that it fit the band’s style in addition to my own. 

There you have it. Just a little clue into the world of what goes into to making something like this. And this was an easy project :)

One of my favorite things about the internet is stumbling across images of items from my childhood. I was looking at Jim Phillips art online and came across a shot of this Jason Jessee board which I believe I received for my 10th birthday. 

I loved this skateboard. It was the first deck I owned with concave. I am sure I learned a couple of tricks on it, but I KNOW I learned one-footed ollies on this board (all the rage in the hensley era of skating). I have a vague memory of ending up at a shopping center on Sunday and skating with a ton of people I had never seen before right before this thing bit the dust. Mind you, I grew up in a small town in VA and I knew most of the skaters in and around a decade of my age. 

It was a magical time for me as every trick and skate session was so exciting. Boards were about to change shapes at a drastic rate and I can confidently say this was the last board I owned without a nose. I believe I also learned that Santa Cruz was no longer cool while having this under my arm and that I needed to get an H-Street deck immediately. 

I finally have given the website a little face lift. It still needs a little more TLC, but the visual component of it all is pretty much in tact. My hope is to get a few more key pieces of the portfolio up in the next few weeks. 

New Shirt Idea. Yes, No?

Not the most flattering images in the world, but I think they get the point across. 12 out of 23 sold with a week left!