Here are larger versions of the shots that appear on Apartment Therapy, along with some extras from that day. There wasn’t enough natural light to get photos of my original Beetlejuice poster or my prized embroidered frog shower curtain …
I bought this great kitchen knife holder the week I moved to Seattle.
I painted this Lichtenstein-esque Superman in 2005. Continue reading
My place was featured on Apartment Therapy‘s home page today!
I’ve been polishing up my portfolio website, taking better advantage of Clickbooq’s Flash options, and adding work I’ve done in the past 16 issues of Seattle Met. I still have a lot of work to do, but I’m happy with the way it’s turning out.
And I’ve finally updated my WordPress template for this blog from the basic model (which I used from October 2008 until late August 2010!) to this customized version of Twenty Ten.
In case you’re wondering about all the soup cans in the header of this page, those are Warhol-inspired labels I made specifically to add some character to my kitchen’s exposed shelving. Here’s how I did it:
I started with these cans of Target brand tomato sauce. At 48 cents each, they were about a third the price of the cheapest can of any Campbell’s product in the same size.
I used the standard red and white can as a base model, but drew heavily from these colorful Warhol prints: Continue reading
I’m always on the lookout for handmade graphics. Back in April I spotted this hand-painted signage in the window of the tattoo parlor down the street from my apartment:
The owner caught me admiring it and told me that a guy in the neighborhood was behind it. I made a note to watch for a chance to use this guy for hand lettering in the future …
In June, I began work on the August issue of Seattle Met — the Food Lovers’ Guide. With all its emphasis on local growers and DIY aesthetics, I got to thinking about the bars, restaurants, delis, butcher shops and bakeries around here that often have great handmade signs on the sidewalk. Here’s one of my neighborhood favorites: Continue reading
The July issue of Seattle Met is out, but rather than read about it here, why not read about it at SPD.org?
You can see more designs and my commentary in the Newmanology Facebook gallery, published today.
And here’s a video of the issue’s flash mob cover shoot:
