Plastisol & Paintbrushes.

a lot has been happening in the wonderful world of oliver & co.

i seriously need a digi-cam thats small enough to carry around. i dont think my canon rebel will fit in my back pocket. well this is gonna be a big post! so get ready…

willys workshop are stirring up big things. im putting this up for the sole purpose of HYPE-ing this SHIT up son! this is the exclusive Green AppleTree X Willys Workshop collabo tee. this will only be found at your local willys workshop! Bryan at grn appletree did his research when designing. this is a mix of jollibee and willys birdhouse pumpkin head skateboard graphic.

if you still didnt know, i helped designed willys mid shoe and did the colorways for both his mid and low shoes that are out now and that are coming out. here are a few samples for spring 2008..

corduroy.
gry/blk suede. (back of sole shouldnt be black)

its weird to see your boss on the front page of one of the websites you go on everyday and seen by the thousands.

spent part of my day video chatting with ed & ron. i guess even when talking with friends on this thing, its good be anonymous and not show your face.

check out my custom SD hat. by yours truely… i saw someone do this to their hat prolly 2 years ago and i have been thinking about it a lot lately so when it came to driving home after school, i swung by the hat club in mission valley.

so i spent my thursday afternoon designs a freaken flyer for tk. he sent me the text, pictures, website, samples, ect… i worked on it from 2 – 9pm. i seriously shouldnt have tried so hard.

when it comes to me designing anything…

1. i spend hours researching
2. i visually design titles
3. i strategically place my type in certain ways
4. i perfect my typography

TAKE 1

let me explain why i made “reloaded” the way i did.

1. when i think of reloaded i think of reloading a gun
2. when i think of a gun i think of gun metal grey colors
3. and i think of dirty, grungy

i even brushed the reloaded with the black edges all from scratch. this took me prolly 30min to do. i actually took my pen tablet and brushed it.

so then.
tk doesnt like the reloaded. he shows me how he likes it. so i do it his way…

TAKE 2
so then.
he didnt like the font. at this point i was way over this flyer and told tk to finish it himself.
TAKE 3

which do you like best?

when it comes to design work, i say let the designer be the designer. ive done work where it got to the point that it didnt even look like my work. the client wanted it done HIS way. i spent countless hours on the phone with my client telling me how to design!? after, i trashed all my work for this client cuz it wasnt work i could put on my portfolio. it looked like shit and he loved it.

i would just like to thank tk for this opportunity. atleast i can still put my version on my portfolio.

have a wonderfully wicked weekend.