ian Ghent — NEXT FOUR DAYS

I graduated from CalArts where I got a degree in film, painting this awesome mural called Space Fight in the dorms.

I went to New York City to do stand up comedy.

I made comedy flyers to get stage time.

That’s how I got my foot in the door at Anomaly.

Virgin America offered plugs at every seat.

My goal in advertising was to do a Taxi Top. “Everybody Likes To Eat When They Want,” was young Brooklyn love. She had a story where she locked herself in the family car because she didn’t like the restraunt they were going to. I let her see the taxi top by suprise one day.

I was part of a phenomenal creative team. I drew all over a wall, they didn’t fire me, they made it a global campaign.

I got my friend Matty Goldberg involved, put him on a billboard in front of the Miami Heat Arena and watched him get dunked on by Dwyane Wade.

Get to know Matty.

I did some photography. I got into painting.

I tried to make my own thing happen, but it didn’t really work out like I wanted.

So I went to MTV and worked at the On Air Promo department.

I was going to Yankee Stadium to see Slayer, Metalica, Anthrax and Megadeath, but had to finish up work on Beavis and Butthead before I could go.

I had no real plan for life in Junior High but if I did that would have been how I saw my life.

I spent 4 months driving around Belize on a motorcycle painting landscapes on clipboards. It was a special time.

Back to reality. Back in New York, putting a talking McDonalds burger on a podium telling kids to be themselves.

I had this idea how to use the one loved asset McDonalds have, the arches, and make it reflect energy and activity, something the brand was lacking.

I had this idea how to use use the components of the Android operating system, manipulate them to show the operating systems’s capability.

I grew a beard. I got to have lunch with Charles Oakley. We won the internet. It was a fun year.

I ran a comedy show that I’m really proud of.

I really love this drummer pocket tee I made for Pro Mark drum sticks.

I went all in on this idea called Pantstown. It’s like “The Wire,” meets “The Simpsons,” but told in talking pants.
Denim is the cool guy, his best friend is the kind of awkward Cargo. They go up against the evil Mayor McPleets and his pet project The YKK Center.

As of yet Hollywood is NOT ready, but you can download.

PANTSTOWN ISSUE 1

PANTSOWN ISSUE 2

PANTSTOWN ISSUE 3

I made a logo for my friends podcast.

During the pandemic I started a brand called NEVER LEFT to celebrate the resilience of people who stayed in NYC in those years. We gave some money to some local biz.