We recently did some work with Adult Swim producing one of their Sunday night commercial bumpers. Hand lettering by J.Gilman. Danger Staff
Summers should be full of delicious things in your mouth. We’re at the end of Summer mango season here in North America, so we did a small run of prints to celebrate it’s coming to a close. J has been working on this one for months, apparently holed up in his studio with the skins of peeled mangos, like that dude from Silence of the Lambs, studying their dot pattern and color. Screen print available here You can see more of his work … Read More
Print your letters. Here’s how you do it. Lettering Strokes by J.Gilman I first learned the proper ways of printing letters when I took a drafting class in college. Before they’d let you anywhere near CAD, you had to get down with pencils, compasses, and T-squares. My professor was great. He was one of those awesome, old man hard-asses that makes you do things the way he had to do them–without computers. So we did. We learned, or rather re-learned (thanks, first grade cursive) … Read More
Many of you will hopefully recognize this as it’s an old idea. However, we feel it bears repeating. In the design world, it’s fairly common knowledge that quality comes at a price. That said, the trend of crowd sourcing work aka “design contests” is at an all-time high and clients seem more eager than ever to work with you…as long as you can show them something on spec. Unrealistic expectations are a common problem not only in the design industry, but … Read More
What matters most in life? Charles Bukowski would probably say it’s not trying. His grave stone reads “Don’t try”. From years of hard living he learned to spot genuineness in people and knew that some of the most offensive among us are the try-hards. “Just be yourself.” Well, the problem with that is, most of us have been taught “ourself” is what others expect us to be. Like the try-hards, few people expect or truly want you to reach your … Read More
My first martial arts instructor was fond of the phrase “Practice makes permanent.” He was right, of course. People in general are terrible, often because of their bad habits. Good habits are one of the best ways to improve yourself to the point where others can stand to be around you for more than a few minutes. Brushing your teeth, bathing, exercising, introducing yourself to new people, making eye contact when you speak to them, and pretending to be interested in … Read More
We’re packing up to go on the road again. Come see us live on Adult Swim’s Rag Bag of Jollification tour stops from 6pm-11pm. If you can guess how much these press cases weigh, we’ll give you a free shirt. ______________________________ Baton Rouge, LA – Wednesday, March 30 Fred’s Bar Parking Lot, 1184 Bob Pettit Blvd College Station, TX – Saturday, April 02 Dixie Chicken, 202 1st Street Albuquerque, NM – Monday, April 04 Park It Place Lot, 224 Central … Read More
ATLANTA Ligature shirt from twentyfive. You can see the design process on their site twentyfive.org Danger Staff