The work and mind of Glenn Winters

For questions, projects and ideas, email me at: [email protected]

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The Alt Code for the O with the Line Through It ( Ø )

Twenty One Pilots has great clique art and almost all of it includes the letter “o” with the line through it. I finally figured out what the alt code was so that you could type it on a computer.

It’s Alt + 0216.

So this is my addition to the clique art community. Power to the local nerds who can’t figure out how to make the O with the line through it.

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Bison Printable

This is another from my Etsy shop that you can get here.

I like it.

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The Sandlot “Legends Never Die” Poster

The Sandlot has been my favorite movie for as long as I can remember. My brother and I have every line memorized, so for his 21st birthday, it only seemed fitting that I would make something meaningful for him.

Bonus points to the folks that recognized the L7 in the top left. If you don’t get the reference, you’re probably a square. 

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Some Ohio State graphics from the last few years that have ended up on social media.

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Taco Bloggers

Noah Kagan, Bob Goff, Tim Ferriss, Donald Miller and Seth Godin.

These writers are five of the most influential writers of my adult life. Their words inspire me to go, do, risk, think, act and give.

They say flattery is the sincerest form of admiration, but I think a taco truck featuring one’s likeness and a play of words on an influential piece of literature is a much more effective way to say, “Thank you. I appreciate you.”

So Sirs Kagan, Goff, Ferriss, Miller and Godin, thank you. I appreciate you. If we ever meet in person, I’ll buy the tacos.

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Yellow Brick Pizza Invitation Design

In Columbus, Ohio there lives a pizza place called Yellow Brick Pizza. It’s delightfully delicious pizza has been the locale for many a pizza, beer and laugh for two friends and I.

To celebrate a recent rendezvous to Yellow Brick, I made this graphic to share with my pizza mates.

It’s us. It’s slightly irreverent. It’s Yellow Brick.

You can find out more about theme here.

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Struggle Box Logo

I’m interested in starting a monthly subscription box service called Struggle Box, where every month you receive a box of supplies to help you get off the struggle bus.

Things that would rejuvenate mind, body and soul.

Things like coffees, vegan caffeine alternatives and essential oils. Things like empowering books, positive quotes and prayers. Things like cool hats, workout ideas and productivity boosters.

Things to bring you back to life when you’re struggling.

If anyone is interested in tackling this idea, please let me know: the idea is here and the logo is ready! 

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Logo Design for Muffin Company

This is a high-fiber logo for the fictitious muffin company, Regular Muffins.

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Nuke The Whales from The Simpsons T-Shirt Design

Lisa: Nuke the whales? You don’t really believe that do you?

Nelson: I dunno. You gotta nuke something.

From this scene on The Simpsons when Nelson took Lisa on a date in his room.

A friend of mine and his younger brothers have an humor language that is uniquely their own. It consists primarily of quotes from The Simpsons.

For Christmas, one of the brothers requested this be printed on a t-shirt as a gift. I more than willingly obliged.

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A Poster for a Made Up Music Festival

One of my favorite pastimes is commenting on word combinations that sound like band names.

I have a joke that goes like this:

I’ll hear the phrase and then grab something as if it’s a microphone and hold it up to my mouth and speak into, addressing the crowd. I’ll say, “Hello everyone, we’re The Raining Roofers and we’ve got a few songs to play for you tonight. This first one’s called, ‘Deluge,’ and I think you’re really going to like it. Thanks. 1! 2! 3! 4!”

And then if I’m feeling particularly inspired, I’ll sing the first few lines of this made-up song.

And that’s the joke! If I hear a funny combination of words, it turns into a band name. 

So this is the visual equivalent of that joke: made up band names, headliners followed by lesser-known bands all presented like a gig or festival lineup, complete with a faded buck’s head and antlers in the back. What’s more indie than that?

I wish I could go this year to Made-Up Fest, but I already got tickets to Dunderbunder. There’s always next year!

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Handsome Lamb Designs

When it came time to get serious about web design, graphic design, social media, SEO and telling stories, a friend and I decided to start our own company so that we could do all those things on our terms.

We picked the name because we were originally interested into breaking into the world of agricultural marketing. For now, that plan is on the back burner and our sights are opened up to include all small business operations.

We may yet return to the world of livestock because there are lots of hard-working people, animals, sales and feed stores that have sub-par web presences. What we want to do is make those better. Way better. 

So in time, we will make our mark in the land of show animals, sales and breeders the whole country over!

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The Chimney Tops Poster

One of my favorite places in the entire world is in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, specifically hiking around in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Hiking the Chimneys has always been a favorite of mine. I appreciate the ability to get up it, hang around and get back to the bottom in about three hours. 

The iconic peaks that you see as you approach it on the road to the trailhead is always exhilarating. 

Everything feels a little bit more rustic, a little older and a bit more free in the Smokies.

This poster design is my homage to the hike that I love.

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Spicy Food, Sriracha Art and an Epic Etsy Fail 

One night, after a particularly delicious meal topped off with copious amounts of Sriracha, Rooster Sauce, red Asian chili sauce -- it goes by many names -- I was struck by a thought: sriracha art.

I quickly painted some pixels and before I knew it had my very own multi-colored oasis featuring a prominent sriracha bottle.

I love it on my food, so why wouldn’t I (or anyone else) love it on a wall?

I tried to get crafty with the Etsy crowd and use the product listing photos to show and tell just how cool it would be to have these suckers on the wall. The descriptions went over about as well as ketchup popsicles at a white-out party.

So for your enjoyment, here are the original product listing photos and the story of my sriracha art. It is available here for purchase on Etsy.