Donny Vomit Merchandise
For those of you who are new around these parts let me introduce you to Donny Vomit.
Donny Vomit and his trusty nail and hammer are staples of the Coney Island Sideshow By The Seashore, but this mustached modern vagabond has known many a stage, from west coast to east, from homegrown state fairs to burlesque affairs, this fellows' best friend is the gasp of a crowd, and his only foe is a head cold. 'Cause only the nose knows how far he can go, so settle in folks, and lets see where it takes us.
Donny also happens to be my brother. Which means, I get to do all of his design work. And lately, I've been busting my booty doing just that.
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First thing's first. I updated his website. I wanted to design something super modular and easily updated through a solid content management system. With a lot of coding and development help from my friends at Studio FJ I was able to do just that.
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From there Donny asked me if I could design a logo that is script writing but looks like a moustache. It sounds easy enough, but it took some time (time that I don't have much of) and I'm not 100% happy with the outcome. I don't think it's as iconic as the solid moustache I've designed for him in the past.
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Then we started brainstorming some different merchandise ideas that he can sell while he's on tour with the Pretty Things Peepshow. I thought it would be really cool if he sold some 9" nails with an official Donny Vomit tag authenticating it. Donny went into a local hardware store asking where he can find some of these huge nails. They told him to go to a church and pull them off the cross. Nevertheless, these may not make it on tour with him due to safety hazards. We don't need untrained folks sticking nails in their heads.
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From there we started thinking of different T-shirt ideas. He went with the one that has the hammer, nail and moustache. P.S. Donny has "A Hard Way to Make an Easy Living" tattooed on his ribs.
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And finally, Donny needed a solid business card. I wanted to make it look like a super simple retro calling card.
We're finalizing a few other things - like a Donny Vomit Moustache Disguise kit that will be super fun.
If you want to get your hands on any of this merchandise you'll have to see Donny on tour in a town near you.
la-ove the logo with the mustache incorporated into it. and of course, that he sells the nails he hammers into his face. :)
All of it looks great! Anna from Door Sixteen directed me to your blog a couple weeks ago when I posted about the Beard and Mustache Competition! He was a fab emcee (and mustache).
http://manhattannest.wordpress.com/2010/09/24/thats-whats-up-coney-island-beard-and-mustache-competition/
Love the blog, too!
I love it, as with all things here. I love your sibling love. I wish everyone had it. I'm glad I do.
I like the nail idea.....if you're worried about silly people nailing themselves willy nilly just put a disclaimer on there. its such a neat idea it'd be a shame if it didnt make it on tour :)
It's all perfect.
Man, your parents had their hands full with you quirky sons-a-bitches. ;)
We definitely let our freak flags fly high.
Oh gosh, a guy I worked at a cafe with could do that with his nose.. he'd shove pens up there all the time and it would freak everyone out ^_^
wow that all looks so great! i love it!
not sure if your brother drinks, but you should definitely get these for him if he does...http://us.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?itemdescription=true&itemCount=80&startValue=1&selectedProductColor=&sortby=&id=18710863&parentid=SALE_APT&sortProperties=+subCategoryPosition,price&navCount=161&navAction=jump&color=&pushId=SALE_APT&popId=SALE&prepushId=&selectedProductSize=&isSoldOut=
Not just everybody has such an interesting brother. My brother is a yuppy dork. I'll trade you.
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