a visual arts collective
Our son Benji turned one year old this past Thursday so we are having a birthday party for him this weekend. I did a design for his Yo Gabba Gabba themed party that I will be printing on kelly green t-shirts for all who attend. I’ll post photos of the printed shirts when they are finished.
*Edit: the shirts came out great. See below.
As I mentioned previously, it was only a matter of time until I reworked the chicken piece I did the other night. Instead of using solid colors for the fills, I used photos of food to create similar colors. I used cauliflower for the white, black beans for the black, diced tomatoes for the red, corn for the yellow, and coffee beans for the brown. I also changed the type from “Buk buk buk” to “Yum yum yum,” which I think is A. funnier, and B. more fitting for the theme. Hope you enjoy:
“yum yum yum”
photoshop
8 x 8
I haven’t done much creative work lately and have been feeling bad about it. I’ve been getting tons of ideas from the art/design/screenprinting/etc. blogs I subscribe to. I was reading a Juxtapoz interview of an artist named Carlos Dias, got an itch to do something, so I scratched. I’m pretty sure this will get revised down the road. I just wanted to get something down. Enjoy.
“buk buk buk”
photoshop
8 x 8
I saw some posters and such on OMG Posters of owls and birds and I got insprired. I was thinking this would lend itself nicely to a series of birds or animals in general and possibly a future screen printing project once the press is back up and running. Enjoy.
“who?”
illustrator
5.5 x 8.5
I had been thinking about a design for a few weeks previous to completing this project. I wanted it to include a tree to represent our newly-formed family and a photo or illustration of my wife, Holly and our 4 month-old son, Ben. I was also looking to make Holly so happy, she’d cry. It worked. Here is what I came up with (click to enlarge).
“Benjamin Daniel Gatton-Yohn”
photograph + photoshop
10 x 14
Here are some logo options I did for a freelance client of mine. I offered plenty of different options, but he wanted to go towards his original idea (not shown).
When I came up with this topic title, the first type of drive I thought of was the driving force behind what I do on a daily basis. This is my drive:
“design is my drive”
mixed media
11″ x 14″
Both of these pieces came about after I found a young bird dead in our house. Our cat, Smokey, was kind enough to, not only give us this fine present, but also drag it all over the downstairs of our house, tearing a fair amount of his feathers out. It was pretty sad to see such a young bird lying lifeless on the floor.
“Dark Day”
photograph + photoshop
14″ x 10″
“Cold Night”
photograph + photoshop + text (written by me)
14″ x 10″
Text reads: The last of his warm breath withered away into the crisp night. He took his first and last flight into the shadow-filled woods, to be consumed by the land that raised him.
“slaves to gas”
mixed media
6″ x 12″
There is no way a red-blooded, beer-drinkin’, beef-eatin’ American isn’t going to go 4-wheelin’ just because gas prices have risen to an all-time high. Here’s to freedom.
This was done for a friend of mine that was having an all-day birthday celebration. He wanted to get some shirts made for himself and his friends to wear throughout the day. He told me they were a hit. Mission accomplished.
