Illustration

I had an awesome time signing my custom designed Elvis posters on January 12th at the Pearl Harbor Visitors Center.  January 10-15th is the “Aloha from Hawaii” 40th Anniversary Celebration.  This marks 40 years since Elvis Presley played his last concert here in Hawaii.  All kinds of Elvis-themed events are planned, culminating with a replaying of the original concert on the big screen at the Blaisdell Arena. Thanks to Pacific Historic Parks and The Elvis Foundation for an opportunity to create this commemorative poster!  I was blown away by some of the obscure Elvis trivia the fans knew.   Elvis fans here had ties to Graceland, Tupelo, and cities that Elvis toured when they were younger- A very exciting time for the them taking a once in a lifetime vacation to Hawaii.   My favorite shirt of day was a Hawaii-themed Elvis shirt that said “Mahalo. Mahalo very much.”

Another fact you may not have known (I learned A LOT of Elvis facts, along with listening to hours of Elvis on Spotify) is that the king played his first concert in Hawaii in 1961 to benefit the USS Arizona Memorial. I was really impressed with everything he did to bring awareness and also raise funds for the memorial.

Final print design:

Throughout December and January I had the great opportunity to display my work at the Box Jelly coworking space in Honolulu.  The kickoff party for the showing took place on December 7th.  We had a great turnout and local microbrew was provided by Hawaiian Islands Brewing!   The Box Jelly is a place that prides itself on giving entrepreneurs, freelancers, and creatives a place to gather, work, and socialize.  Thanks to Bryan, Matt, Rechung and gang for the opportunity!

The entrance to the space began with a display of my Everything Is Jake! line of retro Hawaii travel prints

People starting to filter in to the Event.  You’ll even spot a Jon Canlas sighting!  (He was here for his FIND workshop on the North Shore)

Film Is Not Dead Workshop poster designs

Two of my maps (Hawaii and British Virgin Islands) on display in the leisure space at The Box Jelly

Thanks to Chris G. Rose for the photos documenting the evening!

Invitation design for the event featuring the “Lanikai Beach” print:

Aloha friends!  Keep an eye on the shop and Facebook for giveaways!  (Every Friday leading up to Christmas.)

Last night my art was featured at Manifest for First Friday.  Thanks to everyone who came out and showed their support!

As an artist and designer, it’s not often you have a client that says- “Do whatever you want!”  In the case of Hendrick’s they did just that.  Dave from Hendrick’s (Who has the rad title of “Commander of Special Operations”) contacted me one day and basically said “Hey, I love your design style; let’s do an event together!”  I started the collaboration by designing him a fictional map of the “World of Hendrick’s” to which I believe he commented- “This made my brain spray out of my ears!”  I assumed that meant I was on the right track. 

I had an awesome time creating some delightful pieces for them that have a great vintage & whimsical feel.  Hope you enjoy them too!

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Thanks to Hawai`i Magazine for including my work in this month’s editorial “20 Things We Love About Hawai`i Right Now”!!  They featured a couple of my favorites, the Haleiwa Town print and Na Pali Coast print.  Thanks Mae and Catherine!

-Nick

Just finished some new prints for the shop!  Do you aloha ‘aina (love the land)? These four Hawaiian prints capture some of the best the land and sea have to offer!
The Aloha ‘Aina series of prints are sized at 9″x12″, with print area sized at 8″x10″. This allows for flexibility in framing options.

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I hardly get the chance to go through old photos unless I have a specific thing I am looking for.  I have discs and discs of cd-r’s stashed away.  Come to find out, some of these discs have 2 or 3 photos on them?   It is obvious that the Nick of 8-10 years ago didn’t care about making present day Nick’s search for images very easy.  It also conjured thoughts of “THIS photo was 8 years ago?? Man, I am old.”

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Now available in the shop HERE… Featuring balloon adventures and things you need a flashlight for!   Set of three prints sized at 12×18.  Full color press printed.

New concept series!  Ode to use of Helvetica in the 1960′s…

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