#5 - Figuring Out Your Style and Building From It

A couple days ago I posted about the photography shirt I made to advertise the business that I love. I kept looking at those designs as the emulsion on the screen dried, as I was hooking up the printer, and right before I pressed print on the bottom design I decided this was a dumb idea and I was going to hate the end result. So I went back to the drawing board. I looked at the logo I have now on my site, I looked at what I’ve done in the past, and I called myself an idiot. My logo and my designs don’t reflect myself or my style at all.

I went back and looked at my work and the people that I look up to and I wrote down three words that I thought represented me: Simple, Bold, and Technical. My work is simple in the sense that it’s usually done on a seamless paper background. Portraits of Color, Blacksheep, and my new project Warpaint are all what I would consider bold. And my work isn’t very artistic; it’s creative, but I don’t cross any boundaries into what I would call artistic photography (and that’s okay).

So I made a design that’s simple and bold as hell that I can print on pretty much anything and get my point across. I usually feel very narcissistic wearing a shirt with my name on it, but it gives me an official feel which I can’t complain about.

How many people do you know who have their own shirts?