Visual Diary

Rainfest 2010//2014//2016, Seattle I spent most of my late teens and early 20s in sweaty rooms and basements watching hardcore bands. This year in particular I've really reflected a lot on that time but also just the poster, flyer and zine designs that represented this scene for my "locally" and just as a whole. This was a very formative time in my adult life, and it's been interesting looking back on it from a different kind of perspective not just personally but artistically. Plus these poster designs really just rule. There's even more from some of the years between, but they've been lost to time or are in boxes in friend's basements.

And no, this is not a sponsored post.

A moderately mediocre film (that was still fun) but I've always liked the poster because it's simple yet complete gets the tone/content of the film across. There's a bear. There's cocaine. The red slasher-film-esque font shows that it's a slasher/horror film. It's simple and elegant.

Great pizza though.

Caught this on a walk home from college recently. It's a James Joyce quote but I can't really decide whether I like the tone of it or not, or even what it's trying to say. My favourite little bit about it is that the artist (correctly) painted on both the wall and the telephone pole in front of it, which you can kind of see in this picture. It's just a little thing that really ties it all together.

Always love how this shopping centre looks and feels during Christmas, and I just really liked the symmetry of this all.

Someone was paid by the HSE to make this poster and made the executive decision to use the word "poo" on a poster talking about a serious topic geared towards good physical and sexual health. It just completely takes away from the tone of the poster, and I just hate it so much.

Christmastime always makes for good colourful imagery, and this alley in Belfast really represents that, as well as the consumerism of Coca-Cola sponsorship but hey, sí an Nollaig í.

One of my classmates thought I had made this when I posted it on Instagram, and man I wish I could create something half as cool as this.

Plus, I could consider it "studying", which is always a nice justification.

Loved stumbling on this piece while I was working on a risograph presentation because the studio is from Taiwan, and I love that there's so many art styles that transcend borders. It's just neat.

©Birgit Loit

Feels like this imagery is perfect for a rainy country such as Ireland.

I want one of these on my walls, the variation of tones just is very visually appealing.

Perfect example of how just a change in ink choices can completely change the outcome and tone of a riso piece.

©No Gloss

Put these on a business-card sized cardstock for people to give to strangers who ask to buy them drinks and you'd make millions.