This was made just before the release of the 8 Diagrams album. The imagery, like the title, is derived from the 8 Diagram Pole Fighter Kung-Fu flick. They sold this gem along the Rock the Bells tour 2007. Flash forward a year later, I ended up backstage with Ghostface at Harvard University. It was an awkward experience, I didn’t really know what to say. So I just shut up. It was a privilege making graphics for Wu-Tang Clan, 36 Chambers has been on my top 10 albums since I started listening to music.

I was asked to make some graphics for the CrüeFëst ’08 tour. I gave them some remixed versions of their recent Saints of Los Angles album cover. And a trophy graphic to accompany their hit track “MotherF*cker of the Year”. I also made some graphics for Nikki Sixx’s solo project, but they didn’t go anywhere. I should have made some Kat Von D drawings and threw his logo on them. That would have grabbed his attention.

I was commissioned to create graphics for Jay Z’s Heart of the City tour with Mary J Blige. The request was for more rock n’ roll type stuff, rather than his traditional Rocawear graphics. I wanted to capitalize on “the roc hands” and classic looking Brooklyn buildings. Jay Z reprinted the designs again for Blueprint 3 tour.

This shirt was for Big D and the Kids Table’s anthem, “Shining On” off their Strictly Rude album. There’s a lot of Allston references, so that’s what they got for a landscape. More images after the jump. Continue reading →