Hi! I’m a designer, illustrator and screen printer in Portland, Oregon—steeped in skateboarding and music culture, I love print media, DIY publishing and building creative community, and I approach design as an art practice.
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Work
- Skateboard Graphics
- T-Shirt Graphics
- Client Work
- Risograph Posters
- Music Design
- Concept Work
- Motion Design
- Illustration & Lettering
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The LP show
I was invited to re-create (or re-interpret) the cover art of an album of my choice alongside 99 other artists for The LP Show. I chose Cannibal Ox’s indie-rap classic The Cold Vein.
For this piece, I wanted to push myself to create something different than my usual graphic design, riso posters and screen printed shirts... something that fit in with art in a gallery/show setting.
Ultimately, I decided to design the piece digitally and try a 3-color screen print directly on the 12” x 12” wood panel, which I hadn’t done before.
Initial Design
I deconstructed the original album art work and collaged it back together after applying some analog textures. I used a technique I’ve developed where I print out the art over and over again on top of itself and/or trace it with marker so that the ink bleeds through the back of the paper, then I scan it back in through the backside to capture only the ink bleed.
I like that my design has all the same imagery and type from the original cover, but has been processed in a unique way.
I also like that it’s instantly recognizable to Cann Ox fans but to outsiders it looks largely abstract.
I also like that it’s instantly recognizable to Cann Ox fans but to outsiders it looks largely abstract.
The original cover art and inside sleeve photo
My initial digital re- interpretationScreen Printing Process
Dealing with halftones, printing more than 2 colors, and printing on wood were all new to me, and honestly, most of what could go wrong did go wrong.
This is one of those cases where, due to time constraints, I couldn’t solve all the problems that I needed to in order to get the result I was going for, so I just had to get creative with what I had.
I ended up making two different finished compositions: 1 that was as close to the original vision as I could get it, and one where I tried using different colors and layering to get a different composition altogether.
I ended up making two different finished compositions: 1 that was as close to the original vision as I could get it, and one where I tried using different colors and layering to get a different composition altogether.
Show Opening
Thanks to Bobby Adams for putting me in the show. All the pieces were chronicled in a limited edition book, which have since sold out (but if you ask nicely I’ll let you look at my copy).
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