DJG Design

1.) DJG Goes to Hollywood – Poster

Originally conceived for a little zine contribution, this turned into a full-scale poster and/or a few hours of pure delight. Most of the imagery is based on a culmination of stencils I have made for posters. A few new ones and mutant ones were birthed as well. Though, I’ve never been to Hollywood, my work has in a sense…and I bet I’m not too far off with this depiction…and I know I’m not too far off in other ways.

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2.) Federation of Horsepower – Poster

The great thing about making hundreds of posters is the really ridiculous band names. With most of these I have no idea who they are and what their music sounds like. For all I know, these awesome dudes could be a heavy metal band. Well, this image came into my head the instant I heard the name and they probably wish to beat me to pulp. Indeed it may resemble a bit too much brotherly love…though, it’s got a Paul Rand-like cutesy that really fancied me. Oooohhh, notice the clever fence they prance upon.

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3.) The Vines & Jet – Poster

Because I’m a scavenger and have a need to bring home strange and random things and pile them up in my basement…others tend to be on the hunt for me too (sometimes good and sometimes bad). An old roommate of mine gave me a roll of contact paper decorated in jaunty vines. I had to look at this crap every day in our kitchen cabinets…so, I really didn’t want any more to do with it. Well, the left-overs sat in the basement for months until the day I put them to good use with this die-cut, easy-to-carry poster. They are completely done by hand. Which, is what I strive for with almost each piece.

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4.) Danielson – Poster

Danielson is a very strange…very strange…Christian-folk-group…did i mention they are very strange?…their latest album is called “Ships”. So…here we’ve got the lamb of the Big Guy. He’s a delicately crippled little cute guy with legs of oar (Sorry J.C…it’s a metaphor for human beings in general). But, he also sports a pretty macho tattoo…well, he just loves his mamma. OK? Oh, he’s also not shy at all when it comes to his droppings…basically, even if the world seems a bit shitty at times…it can still be very sweet…and especially if we have faith…and especially if this little guy is roaming the countryside hills in our souls.

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5.) The Violet Burning – Poster

For many days i struggled with concepts for this…and then one day at work it clicked. I was pushing my squeaky janitorial cart , head down (buried in something of the moment) and a nice landscaping lady dumped in some plant and flower scraps. Instantly, the poster became very clear. The scraps were mine and I hurried home after work….(Somehow this poster ended up seeing many countries and oceans…I can now say I’ve done that…well, at least part of me has).

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6.) Darling at Sea – Poster

This show took place on New Year’s Eve. I never go out most of the time…I definitely don’t go out on the union of the last and first days of the years. Too much has the opportunity to happen…no, not with me…but, with people in general. Here is my vision of a little Darling with the ultimate pica disease (bizarre eating disorder) on the ultimate night…and the aftermath of it all floating in her ruined stomach and/or on the bar floor. Though, she must have been at my place because all of that stuff came from within a short arm’s length of my office chair. I don’t remember that night at all. Just another day.

-djg