Back to the Future of my design
Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 1:15AM Check out the latest poster I put together for my boys back home at Royal Columbus.
The headliner, DJ Bombay, is a guy I went to high school with and has since gone on to win national DJ competitions and work with some big time hip-hop artists around the world.
I'll never forget going over to his house once back in the day (circa '98 ironically) and just being blown away by the setup he had in his mom's basement with crates upon crates and shelves full of vinyl.
Back then I would have never even considered that someone in the good old burbs of Westerville, OH could get out and make a living making hip-hop music. Had I known what I know now back then, I would have surely taken a road less traveled and tried to follow a career making art for musicians, back while there was no real risk in it.
But it's probably for the best, had I spent my impressionable years hanging out with musicians in bars and going to shows every night I doubt I would have come out being able to build the relatively stable life I have now.
Still, it's kinda funny because even though I'm not ballsy enough to take the leap and do it full time, I've at least found a way to get involved in doing what I've always wanted to do. Even if it's just a hobby, might as well stick with it and who knows. Maybe someday in the future it'll be "Chirs Mowder: Poster Designer" instead of "Chris Mowder: Journalist."
Anyway, I didn't mean to get in to all this "what if" philosophy. I was really just trying to show off this poster that I though was cool due to my longtime obsession with the "Back to the Future" series.
In the immortal words of Doc Brown: "When this baby hits 88, you're gonna see some serious shit!"
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