A selection of passion projects, sketchbook pages, and personal work.

Sects Sell

Sects Sell is a series that combines my unhealthy fascination with cults, sects, and coercive control and my passion for ads, logos, and graphic design. Each piece is inspired by a cult and a retro design style — motel signs, magazine ads, book covers, and more. The full series has about 50 pieces and can be found on Instagram at @sectssell.

The background is a surface pattern of brides and grooms illustrated in a 70s cut paper style. The Header says "The Moonies" in the Goonies font. The body text says "come for a wedding, stay because it turns out it was your wedding.

The image is a parody of a Little Golden Book with the gold foil spine. The image is of Anton LaVey shaking his cane at someone while giving them the evil eye. The eye is emanating red lines. Over laid is a faux photo frame around the words: Satan (?) Speaks! by Anton Szandor LaVey

Styled after an old-timey boxing promo poster. The header contains a box that says SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY (MASS) and Worldwide Church of God. Under that it says "sensational main event." The actual graphic is of an old-timey man with a handlebar moustache holding a bible with his fists up opposite a rattle snake poised to strike. Text reads: THIS DUMBASS vs A LITERAL SNAKE

A flat drawing of a pink birthday cake with purple piping and three candles. The text reads: Jehovah's Witness: Because Fuck Birthdays

A mock 1950s magazine ad depicting a 1950s housewife dropping a blue pill into an outstretches man's hand. Text reads: "INDIGESTION & NERVOUSNESS" "Have a blue pill, ya dumbass""Why do all of these ads have so much tiny copy? They use serif italic fonts that remind me of the font in my HS copy of Frankenstein. I almost didn't read it because of the font and I'm really annoyed that someone would make Mary Shelley and the exploration of otherness seem boring, exclusively because they're bad at making typesetting decisions. This ad copy on the other hand... Woof." "You know, this isn't even like warnings or anything in the original ads — just really, distressingly earnest copy often about how you love your wife even though she's crazy and/or dumb" "Guys Common Sense Treatment"

Illustration is a close crop of Tom Cruise from Risky Business looking over his sunglasses. Text reads: Am I still relevant enough to make Scientology seem okay?

Illustration is of three Fraggles. Text reads "Honestly, I'm down for this specific Hollow Earth theory"

Illustration is of the tiled sign, a la the NYC Subway. The sign says "A special place in hell" with an arrow pointing to the left. On the wall, is some faux graffiti that says "Fuck Aum Shinrikyo"

Tarot Therapy

tarot therapy, part iv

Missed the intro to this series? Read about it here. This is the full suit of pentacles. ACE OF PENTACLES:Jupiter The Ace of Pentacles represents abundance and opportunity. Jupiter is the planet associated with growth, expansion, and good fortune. TWO OF PENTACLES: neptune The two of pentacles represents balancing multiple priorities and being adaptable. The […]

by bridgetwoodbury September 25, 2020September 30, 2020

tarot therapy, part III

Missed the intro to this series? Read about it here. This is the second half of the suit of wands: seven through king. SEVEN OF WANDS:verbena The seven of wands represents protection and perseverance — usually depicting someone defending their territory. Verbena symbolizes protection, but it also symbolizes healing. It’s a reminder to me that […]

by bridgetwoodbury September 16, 2020September 19, 2020

tarot therapy, part II

Missed the intro to this series? Read about it here. This is the first half of the suit of wands: ace through six. ACE OF WANDS:lupinus The ace of wands card is for new beginnings rooted in creativity or innovation. I picked a flower that stood tall and strong, that represented originality, and that was […]