Influence4

As I worked with my perfectly crafted type, precision balanced and crafted
with its strong key lines and rugged athletic type fat and clear and
legible from a hundred yards away. Adding my arches or arcs, its bow-ties or
flags or rises in its more whimsical moments. Occasionally a strong and
manly script can be used but ONLY with the perfect tail sweep to offset it!
After long loooonngggg stretches of this I yearn for my misspent youth and
my hand crafted cartoon fonts with ragged edges or made of puffy clouds of
exhaust smoke and trimmed by flames that erupt from ridiculously long and
convoluted tail pipes that issue from even more elaborate and improbable
motor vehicles. And of course barely legible with purposeful misspellings
and reversed letters! At these times I like to take a few minutes and craft
something just for fun. This is one such effort. I think my favorite part of
this is that the artist drawing the model reminds me of Frazetta (RIP) even
as the model reminds me of the lovely Frazetta girls. That indeed takes me
back to my younger days! Pouring over beloved issues of Creepy, Erie and of
course the incomparable Vampirella. That scantily clad heroine / monster who
was the quintessence of 60s exploitative hotness and who fueled my pubescent
fantasies with an edge of danger…

Maybe I’ll scan some of my old Warren comics for a post on nostalgic
inspiration. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy my little moment of self
indulgence.

Thanks for stopping by.

The dreaded “day job” is often tedious and not fun. And often we do not get
to do what we want to do. Usually I do something I think is well designed
and then as it is revised and picked over, I quietly pack the original away
in my portfolio and try not to let it bug me. But every once in a while I
pitch an idea that ends up going through unscathed and in very rare cases I
then get to do the artwork exactly the way I want. THIS is one of those
times! I found myself stretching things out so I could go on working on this
series. And the next round will be even MORE fun. This series was meant to
capture the feel of the 70s with the colors off register and the pallet
limited to 2 or 3 colors. They will print very small on the front of white
tees only, to capture the essence of the original Ed “Big Daddy” Roth tees as
well as all the imitators that followed. Please take some time to enjoy
these and the art linked to Big Daddy’s name. it’s worth it.

http://www.bigdaddyroth.com/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ed-Big-Daddy-Roth/43180732857?v=wall

And if you happen to see any of these at an Adidas store PLEASE pick one up.
You could be the sale that puts it over and let’s me do another round or
two. Of course if you DON’T see these in a store in the next year or so,
check back here and bug me about it. Maybe I’ll print some up myself and
pass them around, or do some monsters… Or MONSTERS DRIVING HOT RODS!!!
OR…

Well you know how it goes.