Whoooooooa Nelly! It's been almost a year since we last updated this site. Pretty ridiculous, right? Well, my wife Marie and I welcomed an unbelievable new addition to the family in our first son Henry last August, and we've frankly been pretty wrapped up in child-rearin' ever since then. Henry is an incredible little man with a really kind, gentle, and funny disposition. Seeing him discover the world around him more every day is inspiring and eye opening, and watching his personality grow (and become weirder and more hilarious by the day) has blown my heart up about 250 sizes bigger than it's ever been. I'm doing full-time dad duties these days (which mainly consists of changing diapers, putting him in as many Kansas City Royals outfits as possible and making sure Henry doesn't get attacked by our cats and WHY DO YOU FEEL THE NEED TO PUT EVERY SINGLE THING IN OUR HOUSE IN YOUR MOUTH) and not digging my nose into designs quite as much as I was before Henry was born. I'm still trying to find a good balance of dad life/normal life, figuring out how to schedule my day around someone else's naps, and taking on a few projects here and there to stay sharp and do cool stuff for friends when they need some help. Here's a few snaps of Henry's first 11 months on Earth. I've never been prouder of anything in my life. He is the best.
One project of note lately was doing a concert poster for my buddies in The Anniversary. Back in college, I played in my first "real" band (The Believe It Or Nots), and we ended up becoming buddies with The Anniversary when they played their first show (as The Broadcast at a skate park benefit) and played a ton of shows with them, including a hilarious "battle of the bands" competition on the back patio of the Replay Lounge (I made fliers out of old pairs of tighty whitey underwear and taped them up all over the University of Kansas campus; wish I had photos of them, as it was one of the best flier ideas I've ever had). We had a couple "brother bands", bands where you'd set up shows together and try to do as much as you could with each other; for us, it was Proudentall and The Anniversary. We were all goofy kids in Lawrence, Kansas just trying to make music that we liked, not thinking it would really matter anywhere else outside of our little bubble. Fast forward 20 years to Seattle, WA in 2017, and just how crazy it was to so far away from the place where all of these original memories had been created, and see them play to a room full of strangers who loved those songs as much as our little group of friends back home did. They sounded awesome and it was just good to see that crew again; I hadn't seen a few of them in at least a decade if not more. Anyway, spiel over; here's the poster. 4 color process silkscreens, printed in a run of 75 by the incredible humans at Broken Press in Seattle, WA. These are up for sale on my Etsy shop and on eBay, or feel free to contact me here if you want to purchase one! Go buy some merch from The Anniversary as well!
I also just did the logo design for our good friends Amanda and Cory Chigbrow's new restaurant Bar Abajo. Amanda and Cory were kind enough to host our engagement party (at their incredible bar The Upstairs) as well as cater our wedding and do an mind-blowingly great job at it, to the point that people still come up to me and tell me how good the food was. They're phenomenal people who love food and whose passion for culinary adventures absolutely fill a gap in the Seattle restaurant scene. Bar Abajo is now open (in the location of their old restaurant, Pintxo) in Belltown, directly across the street from The Crocodile. Look for the giant sardine tin and tell 'em Greg sent you. Keep an eye out for the re-opening of Pintxo (and their new whiskey bar, Commonwealth) in the old Spitfire location in the fall, as well.
More designs coming later this week, including a new poster design for Diplo's show at Capitol Hill Block Party! Come on back and peep the new freshness.
