Electoral College Petition
I created this illustration in support of the Electoral College Petition and their efforts to enlist electors to vote their conscience on December 19th. Happy to see it heading their Change.org post today! I hope terribly that posterity considers my take hysterically dystopian and not sickeningly prescient. Time and our actions will tell.
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Logo
Designing this has been a long journey - sparked by my deep interest in a family history that spans centuries, and yet was unknown through my childhood. The Beckwith's were landowners and martial lords from Yorkshire (via the Norman invasion of C.E. 1066) and emigrants to Connecticut in C.E. 1635. Their exploits and conquests earned them hereditary arms which have been recorded since the 12th century. I wanted to create an image to use in my personal and business life that reflects both the history of the men bearing my surname and my own aesthetic values. Rather than simply display my full heraldic achievement, I decided to create an icon that visually rhymes with the standard born by my ancestors, yet means not just "Beckwith" but "Ryan D. Beckwith". The effort took me deep into my family history, and into an exploration of technique and picture making that challenged my habits and assumptions about what kind of "art" I make.
Here are a selection of flavors that emerged. I'm very proud of this first step and look forward to evolving the design over time:
