Whoever made the original Lionel Richie “Hello” Flyer, I commend you for brightening my day. (And likely the days of many others.) Tried my best to figure out who to give credit to, and kept ending up at the Future Classics of the Internet. A fella named Stan made this nice downloadable PDF of the flyer so I [...]

A bit more radical of a before/after than usual, but after reading about Jessica Walsh’s process for taking studio photos (be sure to click on the numbers by the image in her post to see the set-up), I felt the need to break away from a white backdrop and try something colorful. (It’s just a [...]

I can’t lie, I keep hoping the Jacob’s Mechanical robot / mascot in Camp Washington will come to life and be really nice and awesome, and perhaps a little misunderstood but ultimately prevail in his new commission.

The Brown was working a different happy hour at Miltons than usual. Afforded me the pleasure of meeting some pups that wander into the Prospect Hill tavern. Adorable, the whole lot.

Started the morning at Jay Products picking up some new extra-large screens and ink. (I’m quite smitten with the orange and white dots on the 957 bottle up there on the shelf.) Spent the rest of the day reminding myself how much exercise it is to print. And when heading out of the studio exhausted, [...]

I used to eschew lemon bars—too tart for my palate. But one of my ridiculous theories is that our tastebuds get worn out as we age and we seek different flavors to shock ‘em back into consciousness. (Personal examples: beer, coffee, brussels sprouts, bourbon, artichokes, and dressings other than ranch.) Tom’s lemon bars finally won [...]

Practice. Funny how it’s just as relevant today as it was when 7 years old. I feel like everything is process and refinement; be it scrawling your first letters on paper or pushing ink or pixels around, or knowing how to manage your days or when to say no (or yes!). It’s all practice to make [...]