Kyle Van Cleave
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Kyle Van Cleave
@kylevancleave.bsky.social
Chief Executive Nerd @wearedeadbolt.bsky.social

Monster Kid, Beaver Believer, Who Dat, Birdland, Rip City, Oregonian. Did I miss anything?
Thanks for the good times last night @beaverbaseball.osubeavers.com. #GoBeavs
May 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Shreddin’ the spade. The hat and hair are paid actors.
March 7, 2025 at 8:37 AM
This dude absolutely oozes moxie. #GoBeavs
March 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I’ll never not love this little logo. So simple, so dumb, so perfectly weird.

@wearedeadbolt.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
My corner of the studio. We’re building new walls and doing some slight reno so this setup is pretty barebones and fairly temporary. I don’t need much so this works just perfectly for me.

@wearedeadbolt.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
When you get a project and have the glorious idea to illustrate a classy retro golfer dude strumming a tomahawk meat guitar…. Only to find out you read the brief wrong and have to ditch it.
February 27, 2025 at 5:53 AM
February 27, 2025 at 4:20 AM
February 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
“Down on Main Street”

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©️: Kyle Van Cleave
📍: The Dalles, Oregon
📸: iPhone 15 Pro Max
🕰️: 2:29am PST
February 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This picture of my grandfather from the 70’s is the most majestic photo I’ve ever seen. The old man’s been gone since 2016 but this vibe will echo for eternity. Gotdamn.
February 14, 2025 at 8:14 AM
A “pre-ink” illustration of Boris our studio mascot/character.

@wearedeadbolt.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
A little illustration time lapse of a project for @wearedeadbolt.bsky.social. I’ll share the final graphic soon.

Hope you enjoy.

#Illustration #graphicdesign #frankenstein #skateboarding
December 5, 2024 at 1:15 PM
@wearedeadbolt.bsky.social is very proud to be from Oregon.

This is an update to a piece we created in ‘20 and then revised in '22 for a collab w/ @flagsforgood.com. We wanted to take another stab at it and we're stoked w/the result!
Enjoy.

#graphicdesign #logodesign #Oregon
November 23, 2024 at 6:25 AM
The moodboard v.01 for the new office. Definitely going with retrofuturism/mid-century modern aesthetics but my hope is it’s gonna have its own vibe. Add in a touch of Frankenstein and some Elvis and you’ve got Deadbolt HQ 3.0.
November 16, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Fun character illustration for our friends at Planet Weird. Check out more of our studios work at www.deadboltdesign.com.
November 12, 2024 at 1:16 AM