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1.) Did you get followed on social media by a gold-medal winning gymnast or a Russian supermodel last week? What about both at once? What about all in one person? No? Awww, sad. I'm not saying I dig it… just saying. ;-) Thanks for the follow, Ksenia D.!

2.) I love it when clients get it! After finishing the new identity for Chicago/West Palm Beach-based "The Pop Foto" early last month, they've run with it and I couldn't be more proud. A fresh new set of decals a few of whic are oversized and being applied to racecars. "Hell yeah!" is all I could muster when I saw this shot.

3.) The time has come to resurrect one of the few things I've designed that I could remotely call a classic. After months of teasing my hometown (Omaha NE / FAA-code:OMA) and hundreds of questions and requests, I've recently paid a visit to the print shop and prep'ed a few screens for the next batch of prints and yes—that one is coming back. "OMAGOODNESS!" Stay posted!

4.) Rolling through 'Vala's Pumpkin Patch," having a great time with my niece and then… WHAT?! That's when we won.

5.) Design is design is design… graphic or otherwise. And the creative spark is more about what I think up than it is aboutWhen my creative wondertwin, Brad Douglas allowed me to play in the sandbox and help develop a new creative think-lab with him, we started to pull in all the things we do—top to bottom. So when I concepted a 2-finger ring shaped like my "HVYCRWN" icon, it was a no brainer to start figuring out small-batch production.

RDQLUS CREATIVE Sneak-Peek; the Hare & the HVYCRWN

RDQLUS CREATIVE collaborating on stuff & junk with fine artist, Dave Koenig.

I could tell you more, but my MMA-trained, tattoo-gun wielding, artistic savant of a client and partner would arm-bar the very arm he made raw with ink. I don't want that, so you only get a sneak-peek at it. Dave Koenig and I only recently started collaborating on some work but it's a natural fit and I'm excited to bring this new identity to life for such an amazing artist and thinker. Stay posted—this one is going to flow!

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1. Art is pain? Far be it from me to go too "suffer for your art" but the truth is one must suffer for their ink! I love getting the call from my main tattoo artist, the renowned Dave Koenig of the 'Liquid Courage' crew—who has my lifetime list of ink I want to get—saying, "you got time to come hop in the chair?", and having the blessing of freedom to be able to be in said chair before I could fully respond with "Yes!" The suffering came in having one of my favorite artists/people/great friends giving me the feeling of my arm being sawed off, while talking shit about each other's moms, teasing me because the young lady in the next bay was way tougher than me, and referencing Alphonse Mucha's Art Nouveau style for my conceptual piece—all during a respite in my creative work day. Ah well, art really is pain, all the way around, huh? (PS: I love my new work, Dave. Something only you and I could come up with. Thank you!)
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