serendipitous : [n.] 1. The faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident.
today i was enjoying a beautiful sunny sunday in the park, an oddity for san francisco in the summer. the stern grove has free concerts in the park every sunday between now and mid august.
As i spent the afternoon dancing the funky chicken and the mashed potato to the funk/soul music of miss sharon jones and the dap kings, i caught a glimpse of a t-shirt that i designed for juxtapoz magazine. Believe me, as a designer, you KNOW when you see your design. you also know what font everything is in, who made the original of this and that, what photoshop effects were used, when you see fonts that should be immediately dragged to your trashcan used and you can't help but cringe. some consider it a curse, but most consider it a blessing ;)
in a trance, i gravitated towards the gentleman that was wearing the shirt, tapped him on the shoulder and blurted out "HEY! i designed that shirt!" confused... he said "this shirt?!?" then realizing how weird that was of me to walk up to him and say that... i started laughing and said YEAH! we exchanged some laughs, he gave me some beer, and as an artist/designer it was the most rewarding feeling. to see someone random wearing something you created because they genuinely like it...priceless :)
today i was enjoying a beautiful sunny sunday in the park, an oddity for san francisco in the summer. the stern grove has free concerts in the park every sunday between now and mid august.
As i spent the afternoon dancing the funky chicken and the mashed potato to the funk/soul music of miss sharon jones and the dap kings, i caught a glimpse of a t-shirt that i designed for juxtapoz magazine. Believe me, as a designer, you KNOW when you see your design. you also know what font everything is in, who made the original of this and that, what photoshop effects were used, when you see fonts that should be immediately dragged to your trashcan used and you can't help but cringe. some consider it a curse, but most consider it a blessing ;)
in a trance, i gravitated towards the gentleman that was wearing the shirt, tapped him on the shoulder and blurted out "HEY! i designed that shirt!" confused... he said "this shirt?!?" then realizing how weird that was of me to walk up to him and say that... i started laughing and said YEAH! we exchanged some laughs, he gave me some beer, and as an artist/designer it was the most rewarding feeling. to see someone random wearing something you created because they genuinely like it...priceless :)
enjoy the photos!
the shirt!
sam & abz on our HIKE into stern grove.
we made a wrong turn somewhere...
hike into the stadium
the dap kings warming up
so many people in the trees
fwends
sharon jones and the dap kings
their tribute to james brown
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