What if indigo is just ink that got patient?

KON is a denim and streetwear label for people who live in hip hop and care how things are made. For Inktober’s final stretch, I took its hand mark through four ink passes, from a fine line to a heavy stroke to a dry brush. Each one sits on the last, the way cloth gets dipped again and again until the color holds.

Swipe to see the passes, then the mark out in the world on denim.

The full KON case study is coming soon.

Which part of your process do you repeat until it hits? Show me yours.

That's really great specially the photography

7:30 a.m. First coffee. Same ritual, every single day.

Some people have a sweet tooth. I have a coffee tooth. And while the kettle boils, I usually catch myself daydreaming about the same place: Japan, a trip I’ve wanted to take for years.

For this challenge, I brought the two together. Digging through public domain archives, I found Japanese woodblock prints with rolling waves, round windows, cherry blossoms and graceful women drawn in a few calm, confident lines. I turned them into a custom Recraft Style and gave it a brief no Edo-era print shop could have imagined: a modern café, with takeaway cups, delivery bags, loyalty cards and an ordering app.

The café is called Mado, “window” in Japanese: a small window to slow down in a busy day. Its barista, also Mado, wears an indigo wave apron, a round-window hairpin and wireless earbuds. She remembers your oat milk order, protects the window seats from video calls, and believes every laptop should close when the cake arrives.

Old prints, new rituals. My entry for the Contra × Recraft Archive Style Challenge.

Project: https://www.recraft.ai/project/432bd549-89dd-4c6e-a723-8f0c55bfd16f

Such an original idea! 😍