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I had this open class for the regional Okhotsk Regional Board of Education yesterday that I managed to infuse a lot of myself into. Another teacher and I wore the JET 25th anniversary shirts I designed and as a part of the class he asked I would help him design a t-shirt. So We went through a list of comparatives, such as that he wanted it first simpler, then darker and so on and when we got to then end he said “but, I still want it cooler”. I had a large star at its center, which I then set into a semi transparent ice cube. He explained that he had not meant “colder”, and this is what I gave him. The students and the 50 or so spectators all thought it was pretty funny. I might get one of these made, just for fun.

I had this open class for the regional Okhotsk Regional Board of Education yesterday that I managed to infuse a lot of myself into. Another teacher and I wore the JET 25th anniversary shirts I designed and as a part of the class he asked I would help him design a t-shirt. So We went through a list of comparatives, such as that he wanted it first simpler, then darker and so on and when we got to then end he said “but, I still want it cooler”. I had a large star at its center, which I then set into a semi transparent ice cube. He explained that he had not meant “colder”, and this is what I gave him. The students and the 50 or so spectators all thought it was pretty funny. I might get one of these made, just for fun.

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I also updated one of the shirt I wish had done better in last year’s t-shirt contest. Fixed kerning, a bit of texture and then simply making the 人 look like it had been spray painted and BAM!… new shirt.

I also updated one of the shirt I wish had done better in last year’s t-shirt contest. Fixed kerning, a bit of texture and then simply making the 人 look like it had been spray painted and BAM!… new shirt.

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I was asked to do another fundraising shirt for HAJET. They liked some of the flag shirts I had done previously and as none of them had been used for anything I didn’t mind. The top line was their idea, and the rest was me. With a bit of added texture I was quite pleased with the final print. 

I was asked to do another fundraising shirt for HAJET. They liked some of the flag shirts I had done previously and as none of them had been used for anything I didn’t mind. The top line was their idea, and the rest was me. With a bit of added texture I was quite pleased with the final print. 

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  It has been a long time since my last post. The trackpad button on my laptop has been playing up and while it was simple enough to change it to “tap to click” it took me a while to adapt the the next navigation.  I am entering another t-shirt competition up here in Hokkaido. During the period of my computer malfunction I got a bit lazy and started browsing vector sites. Concurrently, I also started watching more TV.  Inspired by Game of Thrones, but too lazy to draw a wolf myself I paired the slogan of the Stark family with one of my favorite slab fonts Museo. Up here in Hokkaido it always feels like the winter is either here or close at hand. Certainly not my most original work, but it still came together quite nicely. 

 

It has been a long time since my last post. The trackpad button on my laptop has been playing up and while it was simple enough to change it to “tap to click” it took me a while to adapt the the next navigation. 

I am entering another t-shirt competition up here in Hokkaido. During the period of my computer malfunction I got a bit lazy and started browsing vector sites. Concurrently, I also started watching more TV. 

Inspired by Game of Thrones, but too lazy to draw a wolf myself I paired the slogan of the Stark family with one of my favorite slab fonts Museo. Up here in Hokkaido it always feels like the winter is either here or close at hand. Certainly not my most original work, but it still came together quite nicely. 

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One of the schools I work at makes butter. They have their own cows, churn it themselves and even package it. The kids get participate the entire process from raw ingredient to finished product. The only problem I have is that I hate their packaging. I have recently been interested in matching Japanese fonts to English ones. Often I am left unsatisfied when I try to match the stock fonts from my computer. I decided to deconstruct the Politica font and make the kanji I needed for this project. It had the elegance and lightness I was after and some very useful angles. The cow is just a bit of an afterthought, but It needed something more than just text. check out the school website for more information [Japanese only].

One of the schools I work at makes butter. They have their own cows, churn it themselves and even package it. The kids get participate the entire process from raw ingredient to finished product. The only problem I have is that I hate their packaging.

I have recently been interested in matching Japanese fonts to English ones. Often I am left unsatisfied when I try to match the stock fonts from my computer. I decided to deconstruct the Politica font and make the kanji I needed for this project. It had the elegance and lightness I was after and some very useful angles.

The cow is just a bit of an afterthought, but It needed something more than just text. check out the school website for more information [Japanese only].

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My last post got me thinking. Why had no one done a “Just 道 it.” t-shirt? (道 being pronounced Do as in Hokkaido) A thorough scouring of the googles only turned up one person on a kendo forum saying that it would be a good idea for a joke, but nothing seems to be in production. Since I had come to the idea organically and on my own (well as much as anything is on one’s own, I have been watching the Everything is a Remix web shorts and now more than ever doubt that any idea is original) I I figured why not draw it up.  So here is the finished product. Perhaps a little gaudy, but I like some of the large retro-feeling gradient prints that Nike has don in the past. I chose this palette based on the seasons of Hokkaido. White for the snow of winter; pink for the blossoms of spring; yellow for the sun of summer; orange for the fiery hues of fall; it sounds quite soppy but I quite like the effect. I thought on a classic athletic grey shirt it all came together quite well. I then thought that if this was to go anywhere it needed a logo. I replaced the large curving stroke in “DO” with the “swoosh” and then did up a Nike Hokkaido all in English just for so it seemed like I had covered all of my bases. Only thing is who do you send this sort of stuff? Nike doesn’t seem to have email addresses where you can just send ideas, and the Japan site is particularly hard to navigate. If I were the 1. A student and 2. A resident of the US I would enter the Future Sole Competition, but since I am not I am left with a dilemma. Do I send it to a random Nike address and hope the forward it to someone who cares? or do I keep it to myself?

My last post got me thinking. Why had no one done a “Just 道 it.” t-shirt? (道 being pronounced Do as in Hokkaido) A thorough scouring of the googles only turned up one person on a kendo forum saying that it would be a good idea for a joke, but nothing seems to be in production. Since I had come to the idea organically and on my own (well as much as anything is on one’s own, I have been watching the Everything is a Remix web shorts and now more than ever doubt that any idea is original) I I figured why not draw it up. 

So here is the finished product. Perhaps a little gaudy, but I like some of the large retro-feeling gradient prints that Nike has don in the past. I chose this palette based on the seasons of Hokkaido. White for the snow of winter; pink for the blossoms of spring; yellow for the sun of summer; orange for the fiery hues of fall; it sounds quite soppy but I quite like the effect. I thought on a classic athletic grey shirt it all came together quite well.

I then thought that if this was to go anywhere it needed a logo. I replaced the large curving stroke in “DO” with the “swoosh” and then did up a Nike Hokkaido all in English just for so it seemed like I had covered all of my bases. Only thing is who do you send this sort of stuff? Nike doesn’t seem to have email addresses where you can just send ideas, and the Japan site is particularly hard to navigate. If I were the 1. A student and 2. A resident of the US I would enter the Future Sole Competition, but since I am not I am left with a dilemma. Do I send it to a random Nike address and hope the forward it to someone who cares? or do I keep it to myself?

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HAJET asked if I would put together their page for the “lookbook” at the 2011  JET Tokyo Orientation. The lookbook has a page from each prefecture in Japan and give arriving JETs an idea about the areas they are about to move to and also where else in Japan they would like to visit. I used a motif familiar from my Saiko iPhone case paired with fantastic photographs by my good friend Pekoism. The page is B4 originall, however at this resolution even 12pt text is a bit hard to see. I write the copy myself too: “HAJET.org, Hokkaido AJET will enrich your time in Japan’s exciting & expansive northern frontier. Our professional & social network is involved in the planning & finding of events all year round. We also hold seasonal meetings, organize charity fundraising, stage a musical, host welcome parties & much more. 1 year membership ¥2500 / Lifetime membership ¥5000. Just 道 it!”

HAJET asked if I would put together their page for the “lookbook” at the 2011  JET Tokyo Orientation. The lookbook has a page from each prefecture in Japan and give arriving JETs an idea about the areas they are about to move to and also where else in Japan they would like to visit. I used a motif familiar from my Saiko iPhone case paired with fantastic photographs by my good friend Pekoism. The page is B4 originall, however at this resolution even 12pt text is a bit hard to see.

I write the copy myself too: “HAJET.org, Hokkaido AJET will enrich your time in Japan’s exciting & expansive northern frontier. Our professional & social network is involved in the planning & finding of events all year round. We also hold seasonal meetings, organize charity fundraising, stage a musical, host welcome parties & much more. 1 year membership ¥2500 / Lifetime membership ¥5000. Just 道 it!”

1 year ago  1 note View high resolution

I almost forgot to post this. I won the JET Tokyo Orientation Assistant T-shirt design contest for the second year in a row. My original design here (posted a few weeks back) was blue, but the people at CLAIR had their hearts set on a shocking pink t-shirt. Since the original print was red and white a color tweak was needed and they eventually decided they wanted the red replaced with turquoise. I don;t like it as much as the original, but I am happy to have wont again. 

I almost forgot to post this. I won the JET Tokyo Orientation Assistant T-shirt design contest for the second year in a row. My original design here (posted a few weeks back) was blue, but the people at CLAIR had their hearts set on a shocking pink t-shirt. Since the original print was red and white a color tweak was needed and they eventually decided they wanted the red replaced with turquoise. I don;t like it as much as the original, but I am happy to have wont again. 

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I had this open class for the regional Okhotsk Regional Board of Education yesterday that I managed to infuse a lot of myself into. Another teacher and I wore the JET 25th anniversary shirts I designed and as a part of the class he asked I would help him design a t-shirt. So We went through a list of comparatives, such as that he wanted it first simpler, then darker and so on and when we got to then end he said “but, I still want it cooler”. I had a large star at its center, which I then set into a semi transparent ice cube. He explained that he had not meant “colder”, and this is what I gave him. The students and the 50 or so spectators all thought it was pretty funny. I might get one of these made, just for fun.

I had this open class for the regional Okhotsk Regional Board of Education yesterday that I managed to infuse a lot of myself into. Another teacher and I wore the JET 25th anniversary shirts I designed and as a part of the class he asked I would help him design a t-shirt. So We went through a list of comparatives, such as that he wanted it first simpler, then darker and so on and when we got to then end he said “but, I still want it cooler”. I had a large star at its center, which I then set into a semi transparent ice cube. He explained that he had not meant “colder”, and this is what I gave him. The students and the 50 or so spectators all thought it was pretty funny. I might get one of these made, just for fun.

I also updated one of the shirt I wish had done better in last year’s t-shirt contest. Fixed kerning, a bit of texture and then simply making the 人 look like it had been spray painted and BAM!… new shirt.

I also updated one of the shirt I wish had done better in last year’s t-shirt contest. Fixed kerning, a bit of texture and then simply making the 人 look like it had been spray painted and BAM!… new shirt.

I was asked to do another fundraising shirt for HAJET. They liked some of the flag shirts I had done previously and as none of them had been used for anything I didn’t mind. The top line was their idea, and the rest was me. With a bit of added texture I was quite pleased with the final print. 

I was asked to do another fundraising shirt for HAJET. They liked some of the flag shirts I had done previously and as none of them had been used for anything I didn’t mind. The top line was their idea, and the rest was me. With a bit of added texture I was quite pleased with the final print. 

  It has been a long time since my last post. The trackpad button on my laptop has been playing up and while it was simple enough to change it to “tap to click” it took me a while to adapt the the next navigation.  I am entering another t-shirt competition up here in Hokkaido. During the period of my computer malfunction I got a bit lazy and started browsing vector sites. Concurrently, I also started watching more TV.  Inspired by Game of Thrones, but too lazy to draw a wolf myself I paired the slogan of the Stark family with one of my favorite slab fonts Museo. Up here in Hokkaido it always feels like the winter is either here or close at hand. Certainly not my most original work, but it still came together quite nicely. 

 

It has been a long time since my last post. The trackpad button on my laptop has been playing up and while it was simple enough to change it to “tap to click” it took me a while to adapt the the next navigation. 

I am entering another t-shirt competition up here in Hokkaido. During the period of my computer malfunction I got a bit lazy and started browsing vector sites. Concurrently, I also started watching more TV. 

Inspired by Game of Thrones, but too lazy to draw a wolf myself I paired the slogan of the Stark family with one of my favorite slab fonts Museo. Up here in Hokkaido it always feels like the winter is either here or close at hand. Certainly not my most original work, but it still came together quite nicely. 

One of the schools I work at makes butter. They have their own cows, churn it themselves and even package it. The kids get participate the entire process from raw ingredient to finished product. The only problem I have is that I hate their packaging. I have recently been interested in matching Japanese fonts to English ones. Often I am left unsatisfied when I try to match the stock fonts from my computer. I decided to deconstruct the Politica font and make the kanji I needed for this project. It had the elegance and lightness I was after and some very useful angles. The cow is just a bit of an afterthought, but It needed something more than just text. check out the school website for more information [Japanese only].

One of the schools I work at makes butter. They have their own cows, churn it themselves and even package it. The kids get participate the entire process from raw ingredient to finished product. The only problem I have is that I hate their packaging.

I have recently been interested in matching Japanese fonts to English ones. Often I am left unsatisfied when I try to match the stock fonts from my computer. I decided to deconstruct the Politica font and make the kanji I needed for this project. It had the elegance and lightness I was after and some very useful angles.

The cow is just a bit of an afterthought, but It needed something more than just text. check out the school website for more information [Japanese only].

My last post got me thinking. Why had no one done a “Just 道 it.” t-shirt? (道 being pronounced Do as in Hokkaido) A thorough scouring of the googles only turned up one person on a kendo forum saying that it would be a good idea for a joke, but nothing seems to be in production. Since I had come to the idea organically and on my own (well as much as anything is on one’s own, I have been watching the Everything is a Remix web shorts and now more than ever doubt that any idea is original) I I figured why not draw it up.  So here is the finished product. Perhaps a little gaudy, but I like some of the large retro-feeling gradient prints that Nike has don in the past. I chose this palette based on the seasons of Hokkaido. White for the snow of winter; pink for the blossoms of spring; yellow for the sun of summer; orange for the fiery hues of fall; it sounds quite soppy but I quite like the effect. I thought on a classic athletic grey shirt it all came together quite well. I then thought that if this was to go anywhere it needed a logo. I replaced the large curving stroke in “DO” with the “swoosh” and then did up a Nike Hokkaido all in English just for so it seemed like I had covered all of my bases. Only thing is who do you send this sort of stuff? Nike doesn’t seem to have email addresses where you can just send ideas, and the Japan site is particularly hard to navigate. If I were the 1. A student and 2. A resident of the US I would enter the Future Sole Competition, but since I am not I am left with a dilemma. Do I send it to a random Nike address and hope the forward it to someone who cares? or do I keep it to myself?

My last post got me thinking. Why had no one done a “Just 道 it.” t-shirt? (道 being pronounced Do as in Hokkaido) A thorough scouring of the googles only turned up one person on a kendo forum saying that it would be a good idea for a joke, but nothing seems to be in production. Since I had come to the idea organically and on my own (well as much as anything is on one’s own, I have been watching the Everything is a Remix web shorts and now more than ever doubt that any idea is original) I I figured why not draw it up. 

So here is the finished product. Perhaps a little gaudy, but I like some of the large retro-feeling gradient prints that Nike has don in the past. I chose this palette based on the seasons of Hokkaido. White for the snow of winter; pink for the blossoms of spring; yellow for the sun of summer; orange for the fiery hues of fall; it sounds quite soppy but I quite like the effect. I thought on a classic athletic grey shirt it all came together quite well.

I then thought that if this was to go anywhere it needed a logo. I replaced the large curving stroke in “DO” with the “swoosh” and then did up a Nike Hokkaido all in English just for so it seemed like I had covered all of my bases. Only thing is who do you send this sort of stuff? Nike doesn’t seem to have email addresses where you can just send ideas, and the Japan site is particularly hard to navigate. If I were the 1. A student and 2. A resident of the US I would enter the Future Sole Competition, but since I am not I am left with a dilemma. Do I send it to a random Nike address and hope the forward it to someone who cares? or do I keep it to myself?

HAJET asked if I would put together their page for the “lookbook” at the 2011  JET Tokyo Orientation. The lookbook has a page from each prefecture in Japan and give arriving JETs an idea about the areas they are about to move to and also where else in Japan they would like to visit. I used a motif familiar from my Saiko iPhone case paired with fantastic photographs by my good friend Pekoism. The page is B4 originall, however at this resolution even 12pt text is a bit hard to see. I write the copy myself too: “HAJET.org, Hokkaido AJET will enrich your time in Japan’s exciting & expansive northern frontier. Our professional & social network is involved in the planning & finding of events all year round. We also hold seasonal meetings, organize charity fundraising, stage a musical, host welcome parties & much more. 1 year membership ¥2500 / Lifetime membership ¥5000. Just 道 it!”

HAJET asked if I would put together their page for the “lookbook” at the 2011  JET Tokyo Orientation. The lookbook has a page from each prefecture in Japan and give arriving JETs an idea about the areas they are about to move to and also where else in Japan they would like to visit. I used a motif familiar from my Saiko iPhone case paired with fantastic photographs by my good friend Pekoism. The page is B4 originall, however at this resolution even 12pt text is a bit hard to see.

I write the copy myself too: “HAJET.org, Hokkaido AJET will enrich your time in Japan’s exciting & expansive northern frontier. Our professional & social network is involved in the planning & finding of events all year round. We also hold seasonal meetings, organize charity fundraising, stage a musical, host welcome parties & much more. 1 year membership ¥2500 / Lifetime membership ¥5000. Just 道 it!”

I almost forgot to post this. I won the JET Tokyo Orientation Assistant T-shirt design contest for the second year in a row. My original design here (posted a few weeks back) was blue, but the people at CLAIR had their hearts set on a shocking pink t-shirt. Since the original print was red and white a color tweak was needed and they eventually decided they wanted the red replaced with turquoise. I don;t like it as much as the original, but I am happy to have wont again. 

I almost forgot to post this. I won the JET Tokyo Orientation Assistant T-shirt design contest for the second year in a row. My original design here (posted a few weeks back) was blue, but the people at CLAIR had their hearts set on a shocking pink t-shirt. Since the original print was red and white a color tweak was needed and they eventually decided they wanted the red replaced with turquoise. I don;t like it as much as the original, but I am happy to have wont again. 

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