A lot of my design work can be found in the Chicago music scene. I have been designing covers, flyers and various promotional materials for numerous Chicago acts since the late 90s. This one was for Billa Camp an artist from the live hip hop band Treologic. The front and back cover were set up to look like an old record sleeve and the actual CD has the look and feel of a 45 record. The title of his solo project is called "Weird Science" and this was the final product...
I jumped into the pit at the House of Blues to shoot video of Randall artist Scott Ian (Anthrax) in the super group the Damned Things. We did a little Q & A before the show talking about his signature model amp that I designed the modules on. Here's the final product hot off the press...
This is the first ad in a campaign to showcase the heritage of the Washburn Guitar brand. I took a press picture of Madonna Nash (Washburn Artist) and placed our logo, tagline and an acoustic from our line in the blank space. I distressed the images to give them an old weathered advertisement feel.
It's been a while and I have been crazy busy...time to catch up! This project was a t-shirt design for Chicago-based label All Natural, Inc. and Uprise Skateshop. They basically wanted to do a shirt that celebrated their longevity in the game. I sent them a few designs, but they settled on the record and skateboard combo separated by the Chicago stars. It took a couple back and forth emails to get the vintaging on the record and deck correct, but in the end, we were all happy with the outcome.
The latest addition to the FreshMen video series on Rubyhornet.com. I sit down with graffiti artist/ illustrator Solo RM as he tells me about some of his influences and explains the concept behind the comic strip that we work on called "On The Daily". Look out for more from Solo and On The Daily in the near future.
It has come to my attention that a certain shirt that I created a couple of years ago has made an appearance on Disney's "Shake It Up" program worn by Chicago native, Duncan Tran. The front sports Bruce Lee toting a boombox yelling "Turn It Up HIYA!" On the back is my word logo in a stencil style. I printed only 93 of these shirts in a limited run and destroyed the screen. One of my favorite designs.
