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Donohue's Turkey Trot
Thanksgiving is a day of traditions. For some, this includes an annual 5k Road Race. Donohue's Bar and Grill in Watertown, MA hosts one every year. Runners and families turn out, breakfast and drinks are provided. In 2021, the race boasted a turnout of over 1,000 local participants. It's an absolute blast.
In 2021 JD, owner of the restaurant, reached out to me about creating a new t-shirt design for their 16th's race. JD was looking for something new that could top the previous years' artwork. The result was your classic dashing turkey mascot, with a Donohue's twist.
The Donohue's Turkey made an appearance on shirts and race bibs again in 2022 and 2023.
The Artwork
Process and Iterations
Death First T-Shirt
Oftentimes solitary quotes from a book or a poem inspire to create. I wanted to create a tshirt design based on this quote "Death First to Vultures and Scavengers".
The finished design was screen printed on comfortable ring-spun cotton unisex t shirts. It completely sold out in my etsy shop. As a special offer for pre-orders, I also created a set of vinyl stickers based off of animal skulls, and a special metallic skull design I decided to share with friends.
The Artwork
Printed Shirts
Watertown Football
Speaking of Thanksgiving traditons. What's America's turkey day without football? Myself, I love that this tradition even comes down to local high school teams - it's a special event for the players and families alike.
In 2022, I was approached by the Watertown High school Athletics Department to design a commemorative patch for a very exciting event. Watertown High's 100th game would take place this year at Boston's own Fenway Park. The coaches and AD wanted something that captured the excitement of the event and would act as a memorable detail for the players.
The design is loosely based off of the Watertown High logo - a red shield, and lists the most important details of the event. Having family ties to Watertown, I was honored and excited to help bring this vision to reality. Go Raiders!
The Artwork
Process and Iterations
Space Shuttle IBIS
I love science fiction. Space travel, technology, humanity's role in part of a greater universe yet to be explored... It's the sort of stuff makes for some of my favorite media ever.
Space Shuttle IBIS is a fictional space ship invented by me. I wanted to try and create some logo designs for a future space mission to Saturn. An aesthetically pleasing logo which will look good, and embody the greater story I had in mind for the IBIS mission. I was inspired by patches worn by modern astronauts, sleek minimalist design, and the beauty of the unknown,
The Artwork
Process and Iterations
Key Words:
flight
space
minimalist
"future" nasa
6 astronauts
clothing patch
