I love making posters. And when I got the opportunity to design a GIANT poster I couldn’t let it pass. Every year the SVC here in Seattle has its Wayzgoose letter press and Steamroller Smackdown, where a bunch of agencies and design studios around town participate.
This year the Design Studio decided to go with my idea, so in collaboration with my buddy Jeff Wilkson, I designed this year’s poster. A lot of friends from the studio came to help us carve the huge piece of linoleum and we got it done in just a few hours.
It was very fun to carve, but the printing was definitely the highlight, not just for us but for the audience. We decided to go full-on with the Japanese theme and the whole team got headbands a-la Daniel San.
I believe we impressed the judges as well, because our poster WON the Smackdown! Here are some pics of the process, carving, printing, playing, etc.
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- Carving the type
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- More carving.
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- Wilky and I.
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- Carving done!
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- All ready for the Smackdown!
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- More ink.
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- Supervising the ink.
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- Inking done.
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- The printer.
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- Peeling off the poster.
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- Inking.
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- Some of the other posters.
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- The winner. Gojira Maki!
Tags: AIGA, Godzilla, Gojira, Steamroller Smackdown, sushi, Victor Melendez, Wayzgoose
Victor Melendez 
September 14, 2011 at 4:24 pm |
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July 21, 2012 at 10:53 pm |
great piece. could you translate the text? otherwise the mystery would haunt my kitchen for years. thanks
July 21, 2012 at 11:23 pm |
I wonder why this question hasn’t been asked more often.
Top: Gojira Maki
Middle: Umami
Bottom: The sweet spot
June 13, 2018 at 4:36 am |
Great looking print.
Likely too late to the game, but is this available to purchase?
January 17, 2019 at 7:00 am |
I would love to buy a version if you still have one laying around. I would pay a reasonable increase in price for compensation.