I used to work with/for my friends at the wonderful Pizza Brain (pizza culture museum and restaurant) in my old stomping grounds of Philadelphia. While working the register I decided to start drawing stuff in the occasional pizza box so that a random customer might receive an extra treat with their pie or slice/s. More friend-ployees eventually joined me (and share images of our contributions on the just-linked-to (and other) social networking site/s) but these posts are a Tumblr catalogue of mine in particular. Hope you enjoy!
*My initial aim was to post pics of the 100 total boxes I'd done by Pizza Brain's one-year anniversary (Sept. 7th, 2013), but I only ended up sharing the first 38 before I fell behind :/
Surprise art boxes 5-8
Oct. 10, 2012
(With a close-up shot of #5 - just ‘cause I love how that crazy-lookin’ muscley-armed pizza man turned out - and one of my good pal Buddy expertly displaying #8 in all its (and Buddy’s?) hypnotic glory 'cause, well, Buddy's awesome :)
- Box number 5 was the first* time I ever wrote anything on the BOTTOM of a box!
*and LAST, because - after the fact - I figured it probably wasn’t a very good idea to use Sharpie® on a surface that would without question be directly TOUCHING the pizza :/
(I did realize this before actually putting the box in the stack (of our pre-folded empty boxes) for someone to receive, and cut out a piece of cardboard to lay in the bottom (over the lettering) to avoid expected ink staining/transference - who knows if the recipient ever discovered the hidden coupon beneath!)
- Box number 6 was the first time I did any preliminary pencils before going over them in marker (as opposed to my usual just straight-to-ink style); I thought the 8-bit thing would be a bit difficult to just wing and not screw up too badly. (I erased the unsightly pencil lines that can be seen in the photo of this one before putting it in the stack, as well :)
(All other surprise art box posts here.)
