NYC Sewer Cover – Wall Graphic

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 | Tonky Graphic Design, Tonky Limited Editions | No Comments

Team,

Something new, an NYC Sewer Cover Wall Sticker. Like all of our Wall Graphics, this can be applied to any flat (clean) (dry) surface. Could look cool in a bathtub.

Yes, some might call it a “manhole” but that is a gender biased term and also possibly construed by a vulgar mind as R-rated.

-Tonky

DREAMHOST’s Retro T-shirt Design Contest

Thursday, October 8th, 2009 | Tonky Graphic Design | 1 Comment

I’ve been on a design contest submission binge over here. Take a look at some submissions I whipped up for Dreamhost.com’s happy birthday retro t-shirt design contest. Winner gets free web-hosting for life!  – Deadline is Oct 11: Enter Here

They are a GREAT company – if you sign up please use promo code TONKY – $5 discount and I get store credit!
-Tonky

Park Slope Food Coop – T-shirt Contest Submission

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 | Tonky Graphic Design | No Comments

[ UPDATE 10.21.2009 ] Coop Members can vote online - http://foodcoop.com/contest_vote
If you are a member I’d really appreciate your vote. Thanks!

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And on a lighter note. My dear dear Park Slope Food Coop is hosting a design competition of its own.
I call this t-shirt design, Tonky’s Taxi Tractor.

You may know that PSFC requires its members to work monthly shifts for the right to shop there. In return, the price of groceries is MUCH cheaper due to the savings on labor and a MUCH higher quality produce, meat, and cheese selection than your average Key Foods ( or Whole Foods for that matter)

The winner receives 1 full year of shift credits. At roughly 3.5 hours per shift that equals 42 hours of free life returned to me if I win! Voting for members starts in October, spread the good word please!

-Tonky

WTC Fence – Design Competition Submission

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 | Contemporary Art, Pop Culture Notions, Power & Politics, Tonky Graphic Design | No Comments

This is a rendering from my submission to the design competition being hosted by The NYC Department of Transportation in collaboration with the Port Authority of NY & NJ to transform the currently drab construction fence that lines the WTC perimeter to something a little more amicable to tourists and local gentry.

Gound Zero is the more colloquial name for the World Trade Center construction site, no doubt the most politically charged patch of land in the country.

Project Statement:
The organic super graphic meanders through an underlying colorful grid along usable sections of fence. The viewer identifies with the flourish and in it sees their own navigation of the city. In this way, the composition reflects the vitality of the bourgeoning downtown commercial and residential neighborhood.

The rebuilding has proven slow due to infighting between powers that be: Larry Silverstein (leaser of the site) NY & NJ Port Authority (owner of the site), and victim’s families, to name a few.

The challenge it seems is to find a development solution that properly honors the lives of the victims and that also utilizes that highly valuable downtown real estate in a way that is best for the city’s future. Is the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower really the best we can come up with? ( USA founded in 1776, get it? )

Proposals due Oct. 5 – Get yours done now! $7500 design fee.
Submit Here

NEW! Animal Cell Diagram – Wall Decal

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 | Tonky Graphic Design, Tonky Limited Editions | 1 Comment

Mammals,

I’ve just completed a new design, an Animal Cell Diagram wall decal!
L: $60 or s: $40

This would make a perfect gift for a budding young scientist or your weird creationism believing aunty.

What you see is a cross-section complete with nucleus, mitochondria, citoplasm, the golgi complex and more!

And in honor of the golgi complex, enjoy this very early recording of a very young Phish performing Golgi Apparatus.

Golgi, oh woe is me
you can’t even see the sea
Golgi Golgi Golgi Golgi Golgi Golgi

Song starts at 2:10

-Tonky

SEARS Commercial: New Murals Made to Look Old

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 | Pop Culture Notions, Tonky Graphic Design | No Comments

Droogs,

Have a look at some pics from a Sears commercial shoot that I recently did some design work for. The two main pieces are large hand painted murals that I helped design and for which I created the “pounced” or perforated paper templates.

Prior to painting, these were blank walls and the director wanted them to look aged. Interesting to think about these new murals made to look 50 years old in the context of our current sluggish economy.  Sears, a venerable retail institution, wants to evoke nostalgia and cultivate trust in their company’s stability in a consumer that is holding tightly to their hard earned dollars.

What about that old hand painted patina are they trying to capitalize on?

Credits:

Ad Agency: Y&R

Produced by: DNA Films

Directed by : Paul Gore

Production Designer: Julian Laverdiere

-Tonky

Tonky Art Show – Gimme Coffee Brooklyn

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 | The American Diorama, Tonky Graphic Design, Tonky Limited Editions | No Comments

Woo Woo!

I’ve hung some new work at Gimme Coffee in Brooklyn and hoping you’ll find some time to see it in person.

The piece above is titled The American Diorama and features a new development in my work. I’ve been using plotter cut vinyl as a resist to build up multiple layers of acrylic paint. The color effect is lucid and shimmery. You need to see it in person!

Gimme Coffee makes the best cappuccino in the world. They make it on the wet side and the foam is partially integrated into the liquid rather than just sitting stupidly on top. When you visit, order it to stay in a pre-heated ceramic cup and get your art on.

L train to Lorimer / G to Metropolitcan – EASY!
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-Tonky