JoshAdamBoyd

Article for BigDesign

JoshAdamBoyd — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:59:38 +0000

Recently, a coworker asked me to create some illustrations for an article he was writing about the Civil War. Well, the article is live on the Big Design Events site and you can see it here. I think they turned out all right.

Being a dad…

JoshAdamBoyd — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:37:53 +0000

Waking up and making him breakfast this morning made me realize I love this little person more than life itself. I would literally give my life for his. As frustrating as it can be to try to prevent him from putting goldfish in the XBox, I would rather have that exact problem then not have him in my life. Waking up at 6:30 on saturday morning is way better than the quiet that existed before his laugh. It’s mind boggling to realize that Ronna and I created that laugh. Your mom and I love you Sawyer Graham Boyd and I hope that someday, when you’re waking up at 6:30 in the morning with your son, you feel this way.

Christmas List!

JoshAdamBoyd — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:32:42 +0000

It’s that time again! Time for a list of lofty wishes. So if you’re looking to spend some money on me this is what I want. Hey, I can wish!

Seat from Biltwell for the Sportster – here. $174.99
Burly Slammer suspension kit for the Sportster – here. $269.99
Hustler Helmet from Biltwell in Flat Copper – Size Sm – here. $99.99
Reflector Hoodie from Biltwell – Size Sm – here – $39.99
Screamin T Shirt from Biltwell – Size M – here – $24.99
Ridiculously expensive iPad Attaché from Makr in Oxblood – here – $240.00
Poler Rucksack $60.00 (any color)/any shirt (Medium) / any hoodie (small) from Poler – here
Panhead shirt from Lowbrow (to replace the one Odie tore) – medium – here. $18.00
F-150 Raptor Supercab – Black or Red – here. $42,570
Clothes I can wear to work from Fossil (Small collared shirts, 30×30 pants) – here.
Red Wing boots – Classic Moc in Briar Oil Slick 8D – here. $240.00
Also kinda diggin’ this Ariat Rambler 8D – here. $157.95
Remington 700 Tactical model with Hogue Overgrip .308 Caliber

I’ll let you know if something else comes to mind! If you have something special, post a comment and I’ll do my best to get it for you!

Have a Merry Christmas.

Update – Straight Shooters North America

JoshAdamBoyd — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:40:42 +0000

I wanted to give everyone an update about my project real quick. I was having some issues with Kickstarter and Amazon payments but it’s all worked out now thanks to a pretty efficient customer service organization. So now I’m back on track and plan to actually launch the Kickstarter project tonight. When I get home I’ll shoot a quick video for the kickstarter page and then it’s launch time. I worked this weekend on one of the next designs for shirts and finally decided the “Knucklehead” design will be next. Just need to get the screen burned and get to work! In the mean time check out some mockups I put together and see my thrown-together press in the garage.

“Made In USA” shirt in Tan, and “Knucklehead” shirt in Steel.

“Made In USA” shirt in Steel, and “Straight Shooters Logo” shirt in Earth.

Look at that setup!

Lost Type CO-OP

JoshAdamBoyd — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:52:03 +0000

I’ve decided to try some new things with the blog. Depending on feedback, we’ll see how it goes. I realize whether you’re a designer or a chef or a doctor, in order for you to grow you have to get involved in something besides yourself. Engage the community to which you belong. So I’ve decided to start a list of resources to share with other designers out there. I think that if I had found some of these resources sooner I would have had a better portfolio when I graduated and maybe gotten a better job. Well you live and you learn and if you’re a decent human being you teach. So to start this off I’ve decided to feature the Lost Type CO-OP by Tyler Galpin and Riley Cran

Their words:

“The Lost Type Co-Op is a Pay-What-You-Want Type foundry, the first of its kind.
Founded by Riley Cran and Tyler Galpin, originally in a whirlwind 24 hour adventure to distribute a single typeface, Lost Type has blossomed into a full fledged foundry, distributing fonts from designers all over the world, with its unique model.
Users have the opportunity to pay whatever they like for a font, you can even type in ‘$0′ for a free download.
100% of funds from these sales go directly to the designers of the fonts, respectively.
Lost Type takes no cut of sales, and holds no funds.”

My words:

The Lost Type Co-Op is great resource for some really great fonts. I’ve used these fonts on a couple projects including this site but also just for fun stuff I’ve done. Some of the fonts are limited to only Uppercase characters or a font might not have numerals but, in my opinion, that just adds to the character of these fonts. The first font I bought was “Onramp” by Michael Spitz. I visit the site regularly and I’m starting to see more and more of the fonts being used in various projects out there. Well, I won’t ruin it with any more opinions – go check it out and see for yourself.

Labor Day + T-shirt printing tips.

JoshAdamBoyd — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:51:34 +0000

Here’s a little preview of what I did this weekend. I decided the first print I wanted to use would be “USA” print that I put together a while back. So I got to work putting it together not knowing how to do this at all really. Kinkos printed the artwork on a transparency for me and after I coated my screen I exposed it myself in the office. The first attempt was over exposed so I reclaimed the screen and went over the artwork on the transparency with a marker to make it darker and thus – more opaque. The second time worked. The next part was building a “platen” (the part that you stretch the shirt over) and determine where to mount it. So with some scrap wood and some rigging, I got it together and the went about lining everything up. After some quick measuring and marking with masking tape I tried a couple test prints on junk shirts and they worked out pretty well. It turns out you need to have a pretty good system in place in order for this to be successful. I was a little slow so the more prints I made the worse they got. My theory: the ink was starting to dry in the screen. So, if you have an air-conditioned space to do this in you’ll probably do better. I think the heat and humidity in the garage hastened the drying time on the shirts and in the screen so I had to move quick. Overall, I’m still happy with the results. The style of the design that I chose lends itself to imperfection so, in this case, my sloppy process works. I’m still going to refine it and I’ll keep you posted.

Shirts coming soon…

JoshAdamBoyd — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:42:37 +0000

So I’ve been wanting to print some shirts for a long time and I finally started the process. What you see here are a couple of mockups of potential designs. Earlier this year I came up with the brand “Straight Shooters North America” and these could be the first in the lineup. Stay tuned for more!

Gulf Shores Vacation

JoshAdamBoyd — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:07:39 +0000

We’re smack dab in the middle of our first real vacation since the baby was born and this is the first round of pictures from the trip. We’re in Gulf Shores Alabama until tomorrow morning when we leave for Madison, MS to see my dad and his family. We weren’t sure how Sawyer was going to act in the water and at the beach but so far he’s having a blast. It wears his little chubby butt out though!

Gulf Shores Vacation 2011
Sawyer Graham Boyd enjoying his first time on the beach.
Sawyer crawling around in the sand.
The family on the beach on Sunday.
This is the nature preserve right next to the house we rented.
Grayson about to release the Blue Crab we caught into the Lagoon.

Dribbble 3

JoshAdamBoyd — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:20:04 +0000

I just realized I didn’t post the last Dribbble update. For those of you that don’t know, Dribbble is an invite-only site for designers to showcase what they’re working on. There a couple ways to get drafted that I know of and one is to post your submissions to Flickr and hope someone sees them and sends you an invite. Of course if you know someone that’s quicker. Well I don’t know anyone so you can understand my excitement when I finally got drafted. Someone found my work on Flickr and sent me an invite and now I’m an active member. I’ve only got a few followers but that’s ok. The more good work I do hopefully the more people will start to follow me. So I just thought I would pass that information on for all to enjoy. Here’s my profile.

Late July

JoshAdamBoyd — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:01:59 +0000

Whole lotta stuff going on this weekend. Starting with this little guy – and his new seat from his Nana. He was literally hanging out of his old car seat so we made the decision to get the next stage of car seat and went shopping. So now he’s more comfortable traveling and, even though he’s six weeks short of a year old, we have him facing forward so he can watch the road too! We also got us a new dresser finally after selling our old one and I think we’re gonna like it. It came from Ikea so it only took four hours to assemble. Now we gotta keep saving for that new bed!

Preview: We’re headed to Gulf Shores Alabama next week so I’ll keep you up to date on our trip.