In the past, we have been using a logo created for the St. Louis Old School Tattoo Convention. It is a great event created for the Old School Tattoo community and Lyle Tuttle. It also had a star. Not the navigation star that you would associate with old school ink.

I proposed going “old school” with a Sailor Jerry style image. Something sexy and something coffee. I was able to locate a book of drawings for tattoo artists. It is not “Flash” but sketches. Making the work open for interpretation. The women I chose was holding up her dress, as if she was carrying something in the front. Instantly, I thought, coffee beans! Composing the image with pencil and paper, then scanning it in, I shared it with Matt Herren for his approval. “F*ck Ya, man. Let’s do it!” he said with great enthusiasm.

One thing that my skills lack is coloring tattoos. It really needed to be colored in by someone who works in the medium. Matt forward the drawing to Carrie at Evermore Tattoo in Edwardsville. She did a great job interpreting the drawing into color. Something that I was not thinking about was ethnicity. The result was a beautiful Latina.

I took the new artwork and finessed the lips and eyes. Giving her the come hither and buy this coffee look.

End result looks great. Our next step will be creating posters and t-shirts to promote this blend. Labels are at the printers and should be on the shelves by mid-February. Order now!
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There are times when you have a pile of “rejects” from the client. This poster represents an idea that has grown out of numerous “rejects”. A few of the original designs,  I thought were pretty darn awesome. Others, not so hot. This was the last idea sent along that have not received approval or rejection. With great excitement to get away from the computer and get my hands dirty. I took my Saturday and ventured to the basement to experiment. The goal for me was to visualize how overprinting with different colors of silk-screen ink looks on chipboard and 110# card stock.

So, Shindell. Scott should be receiving a package in the mail soon. Now, you have some posters for what some call: “Shits and Giggles”. Enjoy!

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Ever since I built the silk-screen press in my basement, I have been itching to create 1 and 2 color posters for Matt at Goshen Coffee Company. The first of these designs is a 2 color 11×17 on chipboard. Laying down the white first and making it have some rough edges. Then putting the a crisp black typographic layer over top. Limited edition of 25. Looking forward to printing more of these in the near future. Watch out St. Louis. These will be keepers!

The concept was to visually represent the variation and amount of ideas inspired by the visit of these very different and profound guests.

The light bulbs are all individually drawn, no two are the same. The distorted text was photographed through a large slab of glass creating refracted perception only glass can create. Our choice of florescent inks represent the risk taking and safety by glass artists. Metallic ink was used to represent the reflection/change of light across the page that paper and ink so often is not associated.

Special Mention to OSER PRESS in Rochester for doing a great job printing, again!

This is a project that has been out for a while, I recently reconnected with Richard and he gave me a few extra CD’s to photograph. The project was completed exclusively using email. Richard lives in Argentina and I live in Rochester, New York.

After listening to the album and version-ing many ideas from Shindell, I proposed using a sequence of images from the plains of South Dakota. They came from a project I did in 2005, DRIVE PROJECT. These photos are much like the landscapes you would see, south of Delia. Delia is near Lawrence, Kansas. The name of the album came from a verse in the song. Delia is the un-official center of the USA. If you draw lines from corner to corner you will most likely find the center over Delia/Lawrence, Kansas.

Richard Shindell is a singer-songwriter. He is in my top 5 living male songwriters. Someone that you should know… I highly recommend checking out his music.

2 Color
18inches x 24 inches
Designed for the RIT Glass Program

This designed was honored an award by the UCDA