Snohomish Boot Camp is a fantastic workout group, I joined in January and had a great time having my ass handed to me a couple of times a week. I wanted to make a shirt that communicated the difficulty of the training group, but was also playful, because Boot Camp is fun too.
Thus was born the Harder is Better shirt. My friend liked her’s so much she made it her Facebook profile pic, how rad is that?! I printed the simple design on Asphalt American Apparel 2102 women’s short sleeve Ts, size XL.
February 27 2010 Wes and Jessie Plate hosted at their house a “livingroom show” featuring one of Wes’ favorite artists, Helios, AKA Keith Kenniff. One of the things that made the show even more special was that Wes projected visuals to accompany the live music performance. The effect was quite seamless and all of the attendees had a good time.
A friend of mine in Illinois who is a very talented musician and graphic artist has started making guitars in the last couple of years, and I worked with him to create a bunch of Thomas Guitars shirts for he and his wife to give to friends and relatives.
Tom designed the four color artwork, four shades of gray, and we printed it on a variety of shirts but my favorite was the Slate-colored American Apparel tee.
Pinewood Villa is a beautiful 15-unit condo building in Snohomish, WA for adults 55 and older. We partnered up with the builder to help promote the place since there are a few units available. We interviewed five current residents then used their comments to weave a narrative for what Pinewood Villa is really all about. This video will appear on the condo’s informational web page and is also distributed to interested buyers on DVD.
This summer we worked with popular Snohomish dance studio Pacific West Performing Arts to produce a video for their web site that introduced visitors to PacWest and its offerings.
PacWest director Kelly Charlton reports she receives lots of positive feedback from her web site visitors.
My good friend Dawnelle works with Marination Mobile, a fantastic “food truck” in the Seattle-area that was featured on November 21st’s Good Morning America Weekend. GMAW is hosting a contest called the Best Food Cart Challenge and Marination Mobile was one of the four finalists chosen from around the US.
In anticipation of the TV crew’s visit to Ballard to try out Marination Mobile’s cuisine, Dawnelle asked me if I would make her a shirt that said “Saucy”, just in case a shot of her made it into the piece. And Woot! You can see Dawnelle in the segment, apparently performing crowd control, wearing her custom Saucy shirt for all America to see.
Wes Plate, Inc. has been resurrected and the web site refreshed as a Wordpress blog. Wes Plate, Inc. was formed in 2000 when I left my staff editing job at Pinnacle Studios and became a freelance editor. I was busy during that time, but going freelance did give my dad and I a chance to think more seriously about starting our own software company.
Automatic Duck, Inc. was officially formed in 2001 and started selling its first product in the spring of that year. At first I continued editing while Automatic Duck was getting off the ground, but eventually the Duck required full time attention so I started turning down all editing gigs and Wes Plate, Inc. stopped doing business in 2003.
Now, six years later, Wes Plate, Inc. is back. I’ve long missed the creativity of video production and editing, and I’ve been able to work a couple of productions into my spare time. Then there’s my interest in screen printing which I’ve long had and I finally started to do something about this summer.
Not that I have free time, getting non-Automatic Duck work squeezed in is a challenge, but worth it.
email me at wes at plate dot net
or call 206-659-1WES
About
Wes Plate, Inc. is where Wes Plate takes a break from his day job at Automatic Duck. We provide video production services as well as t-shirt design and screen printing.
Snohomish Boot Camp is a fantastic workout group, I joined in January and had a great time having my ass handed to me a couple of times a week. I wanted to make a shirt that communicated the difficulty of the training group, but was also playful, because Boot Camp is fun too.
