2019 vs 2024 Work

"There's two ways to build the biggest building in town. You either just build the biggest building in town or you spend all your time tearing everybody else's building down." -- Gary Vaynerchuk

I've been trying to figure out a way to compare/contrast my work with "others" and it has simply not sat well in my guts. Sure, after a decade of working in the firearms industry, I've seen my fair share of "what exactly is that supposed to be a patch of" patches.. But it doesn't feel good to drag another company or marketing person through the mud to bring attention to my own work.

Instead I present to you my ZEV Technologies portfolio. On the left, a great example of two really solid patches that I designed had manufactured in 2018/2019 -- and the two patches I did for ZEV last year.

Oh the things that I have learned in the five years that span between these two sets. But an important thing to note here, seen specifically in the wireframes of my illustrations of these pistols - my artwork hasn't changed. Always high detail - always meticulously accurate to my subject. But what has changed over the years is how I communicate with manufacturers during the mold design process to drive the most detail into my work to even more perfectly recreate my client's products in PVC form.

I don't need a side by side of "competitor" work - the only person I compete with is the illustrator I was yesterday. 🤘🏼