AAF Indianapolis Submission

So the AAF, Indianapolis (American Advertising Federation) is accepting designs from local creative/art directors for the Indianapolis Downtown street banners. There are of course guidelines to abide by which include incorporating the Indianapolis Downtown logo in some artistic format. Above is one of my submissions.

Let me tell you, for the amount of time I put into working that skyline into the Indy skyline, it doesn't carry the strength I thought it would. I'll post my other submissions as well when I get them wrapped up.

What do you think of this one?

I'll post a mock-up of the banner on the street here shorly.

Long anticipated: Relapse

Again, NOT my art, but for me Eminem's album has been long anticipated. It is out, it is legal and I am sampling it as we speak. I'll drop my unprofessional music review when I get a chance to really 'hear' it.

Congrats Photo Call

So my cousin Tyler just graduated from my alum high school Lawrence Central and needed some invites for his is famed Grad party. We (his mother) wanted to get some shots taken and include them in his invites. So we did. He headed over to the new pad where we got some pretty good shots. Thought I'd include a shot that included some OBEY art that we have on display.

Hope you, Aunt Denise, were happy with the way things came out...

He's now Purdue bond!

Spike Lee?

Remember way back when (well actually way back before the big election) I did an Obama poster for a design site? Well, come to find out, my design has been recognized by some pretty interesting people, Spike Lee to be exact. Anyways, Spike Lee and TASCHEN publishing are publishing a book for the 1 year anniversary of the big win. The book is set to showcase some essays by Spike himself, as well as some political art produced prior to the election. (This is where my poster comes into play) The book's focus to is show the power of street developed art and its continued worth using viral marketing. We all know the power that Shepard Fairey's image had on the campaign! All the posters created for this site where to be freely made posters not for profit or gain, but to simply spread the word more through street art. All posters were meant to be copied and printed and posted wherever. Simply creating a mass viral poster campaign of quality political art done by artist throughout the country.

Guess what, it worked, clearly.

Anyways, my poster is set to be highlighted in the book being published in November.

Its' pretty cool to be involved in such project.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE POSTER

No Art

Still no art just yet, but I am slowly wrapping things up in the new place. I will have some furniture I designed to share, as well as a pretty cool piece I am wrapping up.

I will also get some shots of my very own 'art studio' in our new place for my selected "sees it" poster series... Came out pretty cool. Stay tuned, I'll get some pictures this weekend.