Electric Picnic Festival - Portland Oregon Festival Tee

This design was used for Portland Oregon's Electric Picnic festival. Portland, being weird and the City of Roses has a lot of culture to it. So I wanted to play respect and do what I can to make the designs represent that.
So the solution I landed on was kind of nerdy. I took very literal elements to represent the City of Roses, and rand down graphic design history, changing the visual style with each technique.
So we ended up a focal point on a very modern eye design, supporting guiding elements (hands) that were pen and ink, inspired by old science magazines. and lastly, 80's MTV ads to inspire the typography.... welp. It's Portland-weird alright.