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This project was one of my favorites this year. I worked with Pjadad Agency to develop a set of characters and icons for the brand Lazy Kebab from Sweden . I love the packaging and overall aesthetic of this brand. The art was used across all packaging, apparel, vehicles, in store signage and website. A very nice use of my work.

I’m proud of this work and I am super grateful for the opportunity. Thanks Pjadad Agency and Lazy Kebab Thanks to Sofdforty for working to make this brand come alive, great job on the website!

Happy Faced Towels is a towel company fusing art with highly absorbent materials to make cool beach towels. I created a double sided towel with a bigfoot character scene on one side and a gradient character composition on the other. Happy Faced sent me samples of the towel and I used them. They work really great and are super lightweight. This was a cool new product type for me to design on and Happy Faced let me go wild with it.

I designed the branding for the original Textbook cafe in Brooklyn a few years ago now. The coffee shop is also covered in my art. Well, the brand has expanded and with it the design. The new bakery location Bakery By Textbook is also in Brooklyn. All the characters and art on the outside if the building was designed by me but it was lovingly painted with so much care by Anna Grace Walton – an absolutely brilliant local NYC muralist. Seeing a brand grow makes me so happy and the Textbook team deserves it, they work very hard to bring a community driven brand to Brooklyn, NY. If you are in the area, check it out.

Super happy to showcase the new wotto x Pyvot Socks. They have released a new sock design focused on my popular mushroom characters. This one features several of my mushroom characters and they are available now on their website. I always like to work with and support the brands who support the art community. This is my second pair of socks with Pyvot and I have a third scheduled for the holiday season. I like repeat work with clients because it means they are growing and need more art. Their success is my success.

Here’s a round up of my past week. It’s been one heck of ride. I went to Woodward Camp in Pennsylvania with Secret Walls courtesy of Loyal to the craft and met some amazing people.

First up special thanks to Secret Walls and crew for putting up with my nonsense and making me laugh over the 3 days. Couldn’t have done it without you guys. Also Thanks to Woodward staff for being amazing hosts and supporting our every need.

I delivered 3 art workshops over three days – character art design, lettering design and the art of collaboration. We painted skate decks, vans shoes and a group piece. Special thanks to Vans for supplying shoes and attending my design workshop and many artist friends who stopped in and everyone who helped to make these events happen.

I also painted a mural at Woodward camp Pennsylvania. Woodward is a playground for kids to skate, BMX, scooter, create art, and make music! The place is wild. I was asked to paint a 25’ x 8’ mural right next door to the pool. In 2.5 days, in 85 degrees and very humid conditions, no problem! I had lots of amazing assistance, Secret Walls staff, other artists and loads of campers jumped in to make this mural happen. Thank you.

The trip ended with a podcast recording with Loyal to the Craft – thanks for having us! And a secret walls battle! I went up against Trippydraws and we each had two campers from the workshops. It was an epic battle ending with some very cool art. Team wotto prevailed and won the crowds heart. Has to be the most amazing backdrop to a battle I’ve seen. Everyone won.

I had a blast, more importantly the kids had a blast and that was the whole point. Other highlights: Nick being shut in a freezer, Nick eating a spicy pickled sausage, Serena befriending every child on the camp, Serena also washing a million brushes, Terry getting confused about public transport. The fireflies, amazing locals in PA, darts, and campers parents thanking me for inspiring their child!

Another super exciting project I can reveal from 2024 after months of work. I’ve been working with the shoe brand Oetziceman to design shoes. This brand creates super unique shoes and they have a large business in China. They are now here in the USA and I designed several pairs for them. I created several patterns and color ways incorporating their logo and mascot with my illustrations. The shoes came out really great and I am super thankful for this opportunity. The shoes are available via the Oetziceman website.