I was recently pinged to do the Pride edition cover of Real Change, a local magazine I’ve worked with before. They were looking for something to accompany their theme of resisting the corporatization of Pride here in Seattle, and if there’s one thing I love to draw more than dudes banging it’s a bunch of weird little guys.
The top is representations of the events climbing out of a book (since we have so many book events- the antique book fair, the newer art book fair, Shortrun, etc) and the second is the same idea but each one is slotted together like a jigsaw puzzle.
It might be difficult to parse at a tiny size, but the stuff I’ve included in both is:
-The center of the universe sign
-Farmers markets (veggies/fruits/plants/etc)
-Nude cyclist for the Solstice Fair
-Flags for Pride
-Puppet mascot from the puppet slam at Theater Off Jackson
-Bunraku tiger from Thistle Theater
-Books/zines (the top one includes Frank by Jim Woodring, local cartoonist)
-Hotdog from one of the Hump! covers
-Cameras in general for our multiple film festivals here
-Fremont Troll
-Queer Cowboy Show, also from TOJ
-Seattle Independent Bookstore Day
-Framed art for our multiple Art Walk events
-Big quilt from Folklife
Honestly I could’ve rattled off more weird things but not all of them really work in miniature.