by Shawn Robare | Nov 8, 2024 | Look
Since starting Plastic Rocket Pop, I’ve wanted to dig into my creative process when it comes to design and illustration as it’s not something I really talked much about when I ran Branded in the 80s.. While I’m a hobbyist at best, I still really...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 7, 2023 | Look
I’ve been creating digital trading cards for about the last eight years. It started with challenging myself to create a set for my favorite film The Monster Squad, and then continued on sporadically while I ran my previous site, Branded in the 80s. My goal was...
by Shawn Robare | Feb 28, 2023 | Look
Towards the end of 2021 I was approached by the folks at Terror Vision Records to share some of my designs for the Monster Squad trading cards I did back in 2014 to help support their upcoming release of the movie’s score on cassette. I jumped at the opportunity to...
by Shawn Robare | Feb 27, 2023 | Look
Do you ever just spend all your waking free time to obsess over redesigning your brand? No? Well, I do. Or did for the past 10 years or so. As much as I love my previous website (and brand) I was always a little unhappy with my attempt to design a logo. My original...
by Shawn Robare | Apr 21, 2020 | Look
One weird and fun side effect of this pandemic quarantine is that I’ve found myself with a lot of extra time to work on this site. Between my wife and I having our first child, crazy work schedules and just life in one’s 40s, I haven’t had as much...
by Shawn Robare | May 18, 2019 | Look
I’ve been running Branded in the 80s for a long time, longer than I ever thought I would to be perfectly honest, and in that time the site has pulled me in a number of directions while coming up with content. On the one hand, there’s a strong urge to...
