Justus Hayes
V Day for the War on Christmas!!
Here we are, Dec 12, and the War on Christmas has finally run its course. Whew! I pumped out 17 unique designs in about 5 weeks, which is...
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Rhys and Jesse, the guys behind the podcast, Canadian Politics is Boring, gave my War on Christmas series a big plug! Thanks, guys!! Check out the episode on YouTube below.
Great Big Design Drive of 2021
A personal challenge to drop a new design every two days until I run out of juice. Still going strong! This is all part of my efforts to reinvent myself as a graphic designer in light of the new realities during the Pandemic. Trying to find a way to work from home and support the family. Oh yeah, and feed my soul. So far, so good!
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 29
- 2 min
And to All a Good Night - The War on Christmas
And to All a Good Night - The War on Christmas The Great Big War on Christmas Design Drive of 2021 has arrived at drop #15 with And to...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 27
- 2 min
I Don't Know What I Want - The War on Christmas
I Don't Know What I Want - The War on Christmas What's this? #14 in the Great Big War on Christmas Design Drive of 2021? Yes, it is. I...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 25
- 1 min
Christmas Is an Inside Job - The War on Christmas
Christmas Is an Inside Job - The War on Christmas My lucky number is 13, and so it is with great satisfaction that I present #13 in the...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 23
- 1 min
Memories That Last a Lifetime - The War on Christmas
Memories That Last a Lifetime (v2) - The War on Christmas The Great Big War on Christmas Design Drive of 2021 has hit a dozen with...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 21
- 1 min
So Many Weapons - The War on Christmas
So Many Weapons - The War on Christmas We've reached #11, which is close to when I thought I would run out of juice for this thing, but...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 19
- 1 min
Uplift the Glorious Leader - The War on Christmas
Uplift the Glorious Leader - The War on Christmas The Great Big War on Christmas Design Drive of 2021 has hit double digits! Here we are...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 17
- 1 min
Just Walk Away - The War on Christmas
Just Walk Away - The War on Christmas The Great Big War on Christmas Design Drive continues with Just Walk Away, the 9th design in the...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 14
- 1 min
They All Chose Socialism - The War on Christmas
Design #8 in the Great Big War on Christmas Design Drive of 2021 features another fusion of Karl Marx and Santa Claus, titled They All...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 13
- 2 min
Death From Above - The War on Christmas
Design drop #7 in the Great Big War on Christmas Design Drive of 2021 has arrived. I call it Death From Above. While I enjoyed putting...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 10
- 1 min
Christmas Is a False Flag - The War on Christmas
Design drop #6 in the Great Big War on Christmas Design Drive of 2021 courts the conspiracy-minded among us. Christmas Is a False Flag is...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 8
- 2 min
Raising Cane in Victory - The War on Christmas
Announcing the drop of the fifth design in The Great Big War on Christmas Design Drive of 2021! Raising Cane in Victory is one of two...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 6
- 1 min
Karl "Santa" Marx - The War on Christmas
Announcing the newest drop in the Great Big War on Christmas design series, #4 and going strong. This is, literally, the newest, in that...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 5
- 1 min
The War on Christmas - Hell Brought Eggnog
And along comes the third installment in the Great Big War on Christmas Design Series of 2021 - Hell Brought Eggnog. This is actually the...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 2
- 1 min
The War on Christmas - He's Watching You
This is the second design in The War on Christmas series. Replacing the almost-silhouette of the Nazi soldier with Santa's silhouette was...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 1
- 2 min
The War on Christmas: The Smell of Eggnog
The first design drop in my War on Christmas series is something I'm pretty proud of. "The Smell of Eggnog" references one of the...
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Justus Hayes
- Oct 20
- 1 min
The Great Big Christmas Drive of 2021
Life has been pretty hectic over the past couple weeks, but it looks like I may get a bit of a breather in some respects over the next...
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Justus Hayes
- Oct 11
- 6 min
Interpretations of The Overlook's Gold Room
This is an examination of another of Kubrick's iconic scenic environments, the Gold Room, which is featured so prominently in his horror...
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Justus Hayes
- Oct 10
- 1 min
Portfolio: Beachcombing in the Pacific Northwest
John Baanstra is a friend of mine from junior high who I am getting to know again through Facebook and Instagram. He recently posted this...
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Justus Hayes
- Oct 1
- 1 min
Despite the Evidence, I Have Not Lost My Mind
In other words, there is method in my madness. One of the challenges of operating this website and using it as a way to highlight the...
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Justus Hayes
- Sep 27
- 5 min
The Bathroom in Room 237
The bathroom in The Shining's room 237 is one of the most iconic environments in film history. The fame of this room is due as much to...
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Justus Hayes
- Sep 24
- 2 min
Portfolio: Mike Lindell - Feathers
Our current reality often seems like some strange, inverted comic book version of reality. In the graphic novel written about 2020 and...
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Justus Hayes
- Sep 13
- 1 min
a shopping cart saved my life
I created a group on Facebook, "a shopping cart saved my life." When I realized I could easily create a group, one dedicated to shopping...
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Justus Hayes
- Sep 11
- 2 min
Knowledge Fight Timeline
(**Timeline updated Oct 03, 2021) Full resolution versions available here, on Flickr. Now that I have started my second re-listen of the...
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Justus Hayes
- Sep 8
- 2 min
Portfolio: Tucker Carlson - Charred Tree
I'm not alone in thinking that Tucker Carlson is doing more to stoke the fires of hate and intolerance in America than just about anybody...
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Justus Hayes
- Sep 1
- 2 min
Portfolio: Alex Jones' Modest Proposal
If you have been browsing around in the Low Humour section of my portfolio, you will have noticed that quite a few of the designs there...
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Justus Hayes
- Aug 31
- 1 min
Portfolio: Flamingo Bones
Simple idea, simple execution. When I finished this one, I immediately wanted to make another one. Unfortunately, there aren't many...
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Justus Hayes
- Aug 30
- 1 min
Portfolio: The Irony Indicator
The Irony Indicator, aka The Rayburn Ironic-O-Meter This an example of a design that was conceived, implemented, thought about, then...
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Justus Hayes
- Aug 28
- 2 min
Portfolio: Life's Very Fragile
This design is kind of unique. It was made as a very specific inside joke based on the podcast, Knowledge Fight, but also works on its...
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Justus Hayes
- Aug 27
- 2 min
Portfolio: Just Say NO!! to Interdimensional Demons
I've had the idea for "Just Say NO!! to Interdimensional Demons" for a while. Once again, inspired by the podcast Knowledge Fight (I am...
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Justus Hayes
- Aug 25
- 2 min
Portfolio: Trump - Torn Posters
One of the very first designs I made with this stencil-style used a Gage Skidmore photo of Trump as its source. I needed a graphic for...
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Justus Hayes
- Aug 24
- 1 min
Portfolio: Door-to-Door Daleks
Once again, the inestimable podcast, Knowledge Fight, provided the inspiration for this inside-jokey design. One of my short-term goals...
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Justus Hayes
- Aug 20
- 1 min
Regarding "Consider the Halibut"
I have removed the latest installment of the series on the Captain's Palace, "Booking a Room at the Memory Palace, part 4: Consider the...
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Justus Hayes
- Aug 17
- 1 min
Portfolio: Joe Biden is Grüt
I chose a driftwood texture for Joe mostly as a rather lame comment on his age - weathered, worn, silvered. However, when I dropped the...
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Justus Hayes
- Aug 17
- 1 min
Portfolio: Alex Jones - Lizard Skinned
Alex Jones is a complex and fascinatingly horrible human being. It seems fitting to me that he should embody the cliché of the stupidest...
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Justus Hayes
- Aug 16
- 1 min
Booking a Room at the Memory Palace, part 3: Gathering Evidence
I'm using this post at present as a photo dump. All pics are linked back to their sources and given a year when possible. 195? 1955, by...
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Justus Hayes
- Aug 15
- 5 min
Booking a Room at the Memory Palace, part 2: More Buffet Drama
I've had an interesting time researching 309 Belleville St, the building that was the Captain's Palace and is now the Pendray Inn and Tea...
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Justus Hayes
- Aug 13
- 1 min
Portfolio: Grow Deep, Not Just Tall
This design was part of the development process while doing some work for Luke and Sarah's Off-Grid Life. They said no to it due to...
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Justus Hayes
- Aug 12
- 4 min
Booking a Room at the Memory Palace, part 1: The Determined Wee Man
I got my first job as a busboy at the Captain's Palace Restaurant when I was 14, back in 1981. I started waiting tables when I was 17, a...
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Justus Hayes
- Aug 11
- 1 min
Portfolio: Bridal Camouflage
When the Lockdown started and I became a stay-at-home dad, I had some early graphic design successes that really motivated me and helped...
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Justus Hayes
- Aug 9
- 1 min
Portfolio: Kyoto Harlequin
This is just one variation of many that resulted from Simon Jowett's excellent Public Domain photo, "Alone in Kyoto." When I saw the...
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Justus Hayes
- Aug 8
- 1 min
Portfolio: Lisbon Facade
"Lisbon Facade" is a very good example of a design that provides multiple application options, depending on level of zoom and positioning....
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Justus Hayes
- Aug 2
- 1 min
Portfolio: Twiggy River Dawn
My wife, Lisa, has been working at a construction site on the Fraser River for over a year, and I have been driving her to and from work....
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Justus Hayes
- Jul 29
- 3 min
Modes of Interaction
One of the most important tools in my abstract-generating kit is Layer Mode, also called Blend Mode and Mixing Mode. In an image editing...
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Justus Hayes
- Jul 28
- 1 min
Portfolio: Barcelona Gothic Corner
The Gothic Quarter in Barcelona is a fabulous place in which I could have happily spent weeks wandering around and documenting. This...
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Justus Hayes
- Jul 28
- 1 min
Portfolio: Sarlat North Wood
Sarlat is a small, medieval town in the south of France, in the Perigord region, where I spent a few days in 2005. At the end of that...
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Justus Hayes
- Jul 26
- 1 min
Portfolio: Joe Biden Wants Us to C'Mon Man!!
Hey, Jack! Joe Biden, the greatest living socialist in America, is ushering in a new, golden Soviet era. Or at least, so some would have...
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Justus Hayes
- Jul 25
- 1 min
Portfolio: Oh, the Humanity!
Here's another design with a podcast back story. One of the podcasts I've been listening to for a long time is the Omnibus with Ken...
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Justus Hayes
- Jul 25
- 1 min
Portfolio: Angry Chicken Stares Into Your Soul
Angry chicken stares into your soul and finds you wanting. That chicken has attitude, but almost every chicken in my own personal...
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Justus Hayes
- Jul 24
- 3 min
Portfolio: 3 Globalists in a Hot Tub
This design is pure inside joke, although I think the image of three rich cartoon characters hanging out in a tropical beach-side hot tub...
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