{"id":23700,"date":"2014-07-21T09:09:29","date_gmt":"2014-07-21T13:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=23700"},"modified":"2014-07-21T09:09:29","modified_gmt":"2014-07-21T13:09:29","slug":"wizards-it-turns-out-im-a-tattoo-designer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2014\/07\/wizards-it-turns-out-im-a-tattoo-designer\/","title":{"rendered":"Wizards: It turns out I&#8217;m a tattoo designer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Way back in 2011 when it the Washington Wizards finally returned to the franchise (and DC sports) colors of red, white and blue, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2011\/04\/how-id-redesign-the-washington-wizards-uniforms-logo.html\">I came up with a uniform and logo concept for the Wiz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/wizards\/wfy-WIZARDS-MAIN.gif\"><\/p>\n<p>The logo wasn&#8217;t that far off from what the Wiz went with in the rebrand.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/wizards\/dchandunity.gif\"><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, @dcsportsbog retweeted a tattoo pick and it looked very familiar:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dcsportsbog\">@dcsportsbog<\/a> my mover is a big dc sports fan <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/gd4ibFAuD7\">pic.twitter.com\/gd4ibFAuD7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeremy Alexander (@Jmalexander21) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jmalexander21\/statuses\/490305846639742976\">July 19, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time an idea of mine has been used by someone else &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/category\/mr-walkoff\">Mr. Walkoff<\/a>, the nickname I came up with for <strong>Ryan Zimmerman<\/strong>, became a t-shirt for sale by other bloggers and then the Washington Nationals (sadly, I didn&#8217;t get to the ballpark in time during the giveaway, though <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2010\/09\/filling-in-for-mr-walkoff-adam-dunn.html\">Adam Dunn provided a walk-up of his own in his penultimate Nats game<\/a>). This mover though, shows more commitment than anybody else to date.<\/p>\n<p>It had not occurred to me that I might be a tattoo designer, however inadvertent. I guess I have a new skill to add to my LinkedIn profile. I&#8217;m flattered.<\/p>\n<p>Oh and since we&#8217;re on the topic of D.C. basketball, here&#8217;s a little something I found in my old stuff in my mom&#8217;s basement the other day:<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wfyurasko\/14521456320\/\" title=\"old Washington Bullets trucker hat\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/3865\/14521456320_f480f81517_b.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" alt=\"old Washington Bullets trucker hat\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Way back in 2011 when it the Washington Wizards finally returned to the franchise (and DC sports) colors of red, white and blue, I came up with a uniform and logo concept for the Wiz. 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