THE ICE ELF COMETH

I can’t think of a better way to start this whole tumbling thing off than with a post serving as a sacrifice to the Ice Elf that Matt Besser’s Björk can summon with… well, who even knows?! I did this out of pure joy, only to find out I’d soon be working on BOTH of Matt’s show logos on Earwolf. I’m looking forward to sharing more of all that I haven’t done AND have done, for Earwolf.

I thought it might be cool to see the sketch AND final product… right?
Of course I’m right. I’m also write. *cough* DON’T JUDGE ME!

EARWOLF POSTER PROCESS

Ever wondered how that fancy schmancy Earwolf poster came to be? I’ve got a secret, it started in a book that looks to be managed by a serial lunatic (me) and finally finished on a bonafide press. Here are the very first thumbnail sketches I produced when tasked with producing a poster in only a matter of weeks.

After that massacare, I finally started to narrow it down to a smaller handful of approaches. I rendered new art for final scans and then took to the computer to make them sexy and smooth.

When all was said and done, we settled on the mounted wolf head which you can just so happen to procure here. Jeff and Scott even sign it! As a little bonus to this “look back”, I went ahead and included some options that just didn’t make the cut — much to my chagrin. Oh well, perhaps they’ll see production one day.

EARDROP LOGO PROCESS

When Jeff told me about Eardrop I was stunned that no one had thought about doing this yet. I still think that dude’s ahead of the game on that one…

I started on this logo trying to go in as many directions as my little brain would allow. I showed the sketches and we decided to pursue two directions. A little work on the computer and I presented the team with The Wolf and The Sprite. They chose the sprite and that little devil is forever a piece of the Earwolf family!

And THAT boys and girls are where baby sprites come from. 

WHAT’S UP HOTDOG?

The shirt that never was but always should have been. It’s almost tempting to start a petition for this… . almost.

WHO CHARTED LOGO PROCESS

I couldn’t have been luckier when I got the chance to work with Howard Kremer and Kulap Vilaysack in creating the chart-tacular Who Charted? logo. Not only are they hilarious, they let me stretch my feet a bit and do what like to do the most… DRAW!

The first version of this logo started rather simply. Howard said he wanted to be a scientist surrounded by charts and graphs and things of that sort. I said “no problem” and away we went! After a few explorations we settled on a direction and I finalized the artwork and put all the colorful goodness it was in place.

After a few months I was put with the charge of updating the logo to include both Howard and Kulap together as the team they were on air. I decided to give them a nice uniform, a few of their key show elements, and their trusty pet Hermes — the chart goose!

I never like to provide just one option, so a few color choices later we finally settled on what you see above.

Now go listen to Who Charted?!

EARWOLF CHALLENGE LOGO

This was one of the easiest logos I got to put together for Earwolf. I provided a handful of color options [first image] and we finally settled on the yellow and dark blue combo [second image].

I LOVE PODCASTS

Here are just a couple of the alternates that came before the final I LOVE PODCASTS shirt you can now procure.

PROFESSOR BLASTOFF LOGO

They said they wanted a professor with a lot of different things coming out of his head. Well, who doesn’t want to draw that!? My favorite part of it? The brain…it just looks neat.

Anyway, I gave the crew a few sketches and we eventually wound up with what graces their show now. The first few images were just initial teleportation ideas or time machines. More time machines please!

James Adomian // Low Hangin Fruit

Today marks the release of the debut album of one of my favorite comedians, James Adomian, and it’s produced by the illustrious Earwolf. I met James a few months before I even began working with Earwolf and just so happened to luck out later on getting to design his shirt and album art with him. We went through a lot of different rounds of ideas before settling on this wonderful Gay Villain mark and clean type combo. I’m extremely happy with the final outcome. We even did a nice digital download booklet for the album as well! If you’re a fan of James, go and purchase this album ASAP.

Photos of album and shirt courtesy Liezl Estipona. Thanks!

IMPROV 4 HUMANS

Make a logo for another Matt Besser’s new improv 4 humans show?! Ummmm… yes please. We started with a sketchfest in my book of secrets. After some initial feedback and some other refined ideas, we settled on the Besserdog.

I pulled a few reference files and rendered the final for coloring. I then had the very gracious Benjamin “Adventureface” Braman digitally paint the illustration while I worked on the final layout for the cover.

*cymbal crash*

YEAH! Go check out i4h. It is consistently on it’s game and makes me cry laughing.

CHAMBER BAND

My friends and I used to have a podcast. Courtney has a brother in a band. One day Courtney’s brother called me to do some artwork for a poster. And then we decided I should just make the logo too. And then we thought some business cards would be nice. Now we’re working on the website. But take a look at all that sexy up there for now.

THEY WATCH // DTAFM