Author: professor_rust

Pittsburgh Rust

We all watched around us as the city of Pittsburgh changed from a steel giant to a glorified college town and then onto a medical hub. In the…

Ode to DMC

Back in the 90s, I rode BMX–scoping out the local woods for jumps, cruising downtown Pittsburgh to bomb some rails, or just meander around in South Side looking…

Blossfeldt Book

As a photographer, I can appreciate the other-world-like appearance of items shot in macro. Karl Blossfeldt, a photographer of plant life, published his book “Urformen der Kunst” in…

Lockjaw

I know as a person who worked in the trades when I was younger that I hated losing all my damn tools from simply bending over and they…

Glitch Experiment

I recall from my childhood the days of the damn console TV never actually working right until Pap would give it the ‘ol right hand to the top…

Monitoro

For my Graduate Thesis, I designed an entire system around the pretense of how heart disease is one of the top afflictions in the US; this was done…

‘VOICES’ Poster

Creating a striking visual for a tough topic brings plenty of emotion to the surface; this one was no different thanks to the heavy message of seeking help…

Security-Con

Conventions bring about a variety of people but with a very pertinent grouping. In this case, the intended online security convention needed a set of visuals that sell…

Happy Landing?

Sometimes the hardest part of the journey is pushing yourself to move on. This poster was created when I was trying to justify to myself the leaving of…

Off-Road Odyssey

Falling into a deep space black hole, off-road explorers travel the galaxy, looking for the next best place to wheel interdimensionally. “Trails…the final frontier…” Just like Captain Jomes…

Off-Road Horror!

I have a soft-spot for horror movies, especially those campy-styled versions from those garbage flicks from the 50s and 60s. Done up in those bygone layouts, I came…

Ad Tyme

As a means of having a giggle at our expense of liking a vehicle platform that does nothing but deplete our hard-earned funds and break at the most…