The Bloody Doors Off

Goddamn it.

The one problem with having a flash of creativity, is the possibility you can’t turn it off when it’s done.

Email from a client, asking for designs for their company holiday party. They were honest and said they had no direction, that the discretion was mine.

And I thought back to when I created my own e-Christmas cards. I loved doing that. I tried to find a theme, sometimes a funny image. The best I’d ever done was a Da Vinci Code inspired piece, The Santa Clause.

And boom, an idea flew in. And a second. And they are fucking awesome. One is kinda chummy (that’s the best word I can come up with) and the other is more formal. I was going to send them off when I went down another rabbit hole and found a third concept, radically different from the first two.

And I was listening to Elton John Live in Australia on Spotify, and I sit back and look at what I’d created as Sir Elton sings:

The king must die
The king must die
The king must die
The king is dead
Long live the king

The King Must Die, Elton John

This. Is going in the portfolio.

Too bad I can’t share it right now.

But enjoy The Santa Clause.