Copter Design Studio

Peackocks/ Pink Monsters Book

The advance copies of Peackocks/Pink Monsters have arrived from the printers and I’m very happy with how they turned out.
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This will be available as the “Collector’s Edition Book/ CD” for the upcoming Judgement Day album, available April 13.

Hand Drawn Film Titles

Film titles and credits done the old fashioned way, lettered by hand, for a project called Junkan.
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Drawn from the Tokyo to Osaka film (due out mid 2010), Junkan is a short series of episodes for GOOD Magazine, which will debut in early 2010.

Peacocks / Pink Monsters Preview

We started concepting this project over a year ago, and now the factory just sent me proofs. Can you see the Judgement Day logo?
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Very exciting. This is the special edition book for the new full-length “Peacocks / Pink Monsters” from Judgement Day coming 2010.

Italic Lettering

Custom italic lettering and victorian silhouette style illustration, commissioned for a wedding gift. The lettering was done entirely by hand, with a broad-edge pen dipped into Higgins ink. silhouette_lettering
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Judgement Day Excerpts

Illustration, design, and hand lettering for Judgement Day’s “Excerpts” judgement_day_excerpts_art This release was made in conjunction with Judgement Day’s European tour with Dredg.

Website Redesign + Mobile Version

This site has been redesigned and now includes a mobile version which is optimized for better viewing on iPhones and the like.
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Keep Rollin

Tokyo to Osaka rider Zachary Scott is featured in a Super 8 film for Keep Company. Zach is wearing the Tokyo to Osaka Tour Shirt and Team Bag I designed (see previous posts for more info). Nice work!
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Keep Rollin young Z!

Summer Sessions

Book Design and Photography for “Summer Sessions
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Summer Sessions is a 20 page book of photos shot in June 2009 in New York City by CJ Dunn. All shot on Medium Format film using a Twin Lense Yashica-D camera.

*Now available via the Copter Design webstore

Smooth Sailing

Smooth Sailing: A Yacht Rock Mixtape
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“That mix is fun!” – Chad “Toy Baron” Phillips, Kidrobot

“WHAT MIX WAS THAT??????????” (actually referring to the Diplo mix)
- Prof. Tom Quickel, UCLA

“Sweet Jesus, that’s smooth.” – Andrew Keh, New York Times
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Download Smooth Sailing

Judgement Day Web Redesign

Redesigned website, social networking portals, blog, and webstore to coincide with the release of the new Judgement Day record “Out of the Abyss: Live on Tape,” which is available now from Third Culture Records.
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