So Long Goodnight is my band - so when it came to the merch, there was no brief, no back-and-forth, no can you make it pop more. Just me knowing exactly what the music sounds like and building art that lives in the same headspace. Every design carries the weight of the songs. Post-hardcore does not need to be pretty - it needs to hit. That is what we built.

Playing in a Tool tribute means you are holding something sacred every night on stage. The merch had to match that energy - nothing cheap, nothing generic. I designed every piece knowing it would be worn by people who dissect Lateralus by time signature. That crowd notices everything. So we made sure every detail was intentional, layered, and worthy of the source material. The shirts move.

Elite is a Deftones tribute with real teeth - not a karaoke act, an experience. The merch needed that same intensity. Dark, textured, emotionally heavy. I pulled from the same visual language Deftones built their whole career on and pushed it through my own lens. Being in the band meant I felt every show, every reaction, every sold shirt at the merch table. This is what it looks like when the designer is also in the pit.