Thirty-One But Not Done Personal

For a few years in a row, I had gone to a specific bar in Los Angeles for my birthday. Most of the time I made funny stickers to print out for any of my friends who showed up but were mostly pretty simple. For my 31st however, I kind of felt compelled to do something more detailed—being somewhat inspired by vaporwave, 80s/90s movie aesthetics.

The poster features a custom typeface and treatment in “Thiry One” as well as a composite photo of what appears to be me and a bearded twin (they’re both me and I drew on the beard). The rest of the colors found and infinity grid patterns are all references to vaporwave and 80’s aesthetics—even the cheesy 80’s action movie-like tagline: “Can you survive death?” For which I was absolutely entertained by, as ridiculous as it sounded.