Burger Zing!

Oddly enough my roommate, Ethan, and I both had a sudden hankering for Burger King last night. He had just eaten there while on a road trip to Chicago and had discovered some tasty burger with A1 sauce and fried something-or-others on top that he really wanted to try again. And I had been going through old iPhone photos earlier in the day and had been admiring a picture I took of their new bag earlier this summer while I was on out on tour. I really love this image; the symmetry, the rounded lines, the perspective. I just think its really cool. And apparently very enticing too, 'cause it made me want to drive 2.2 miles to the nearest Burger King in a city that offers some really tremendous food options.

"You know you can get a refill on any drink you want? It's a great restaurant!"

That's What's Up? That's What's Up!

Two weeks ago my buddy, Brian and I, got together to work on a flyer for a new party he's DJ at The Barbary here in Philly on Saturday nights called "That's What's Up!" Brian had this picture of Daryl Hall & John Oates from 1984 that he wanted to use and just make it say "That's What's Up!" instead of "Daryl Hall" and "John Oates." So I took it into Photoshop, did a little cropping, a little touching up, lassoed this, clone stamped, used Illustrator to try and mimic the type, and then added a couple flourishes of my own and it was done in a couple hours. The type was really the trickiest part. I don't think its anywhere nearly as striking as the original. I think that those specific number of letterforms in "Hall" and "Oates" are what make the original really work so well.

And even though most of the elements were already found in the original image Brian gave me. I was easily able to completely re-create them from scratch when I did this second image.
This was a quick, fun project for a Monday and DJ Def Janiels (Brian Dwyer) and DJ Hulk Hoagie (Daniel Pilger) really do an awesome DJ set together. It's a great mix of Hip-Hop, Soul, R&B, and funk. I don't even go to these sorts of things and I had a blast. Check out "That's What's Up!" every Saturday night upstairs at the Barbary (Barbarella).