Pat Connaughton of the Milwaukee Bucks was a topic of discussion when it came to the 2020 NBA Slam Dunk Contest. He has a 44 inch vertical and the 2019-20 season was his 5th in the NBA. However, he had yet to make an appearance in the Dunk Contest. The hashtag #LetPatDunk2020 had been trending leading up to the competition as fans tried to get him considered. In an effort to advertise Pat and acknowledge his talent, the Bucks Design & Marketing team wanted to come up with a “Let Pat Dunk” t-shirt.

The final design had to be ready within a week in order to get it off to print in time for the competition. Right when this project was assigned to me I envisioned creating an illustration of Pat dunking since printing a photo on the shirt would be over budget. After coming up with a few rough ideas, the team agreed on the final layout and I began illustrating. The total turnaround from start to finish of this project was about a week and a half.