Created to commemorate the Canadian leg of The Black Keys' 2014 Turn Blue World Tour.
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Poster Process : Nine Inch Nails [with Soundgarden and Oneohtrix Point Never] /
Created to commemorate some of Nine Inch Nails' North American Tension Tour dates with Soundgarden and Oneohtrix Point Never supporting on July 27th, 29th, and 30th as well as August 1st, 2014.
Read MoreGig Posters : Queens Of The Stone Age /
Created to commemorate rock band Queens Of The Stone Age's performance at General Motors Centre in Oshawa, ON on July 5th, Budweiser Gardens in London, ON on July 6th, 2014, and Bell Centre in Montreal, QC on July 9th, 2014.
Read MoreGig Poster : The 1975 /
Created to commemorate Manchester rock group The 1975's Nashville, TN performance at Marathon Music Works on May 15th, 2014.
Read MoreArt Print : Elton John's Roy Rogers (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road) /
Originally commissioned by The Flood Gallery to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album.
Read MoreGig Poster : Goblin /
Created to commemorate cult classic horror soundtrack legend Goblin's Toronto stop while on their first North American tour ever.
Read MoreArt Print : AMC's The Walking Dead / Riot (2013) /
Created as part of Hero Complex Gallery's Walking Dead art show in 2013.
Read MoreGig Poster : The Dillinger Escape Plan /
Created to commemorate The Dillinger Escape Plan's headlining stop at the Toronto Sound Academy as well as Ben Weinman's birthday on August 8th, 2013.
Read MoreGig Poster : The Black Keys /
Created to commemorate The Black Keys' 2013 Canadian festival dates.
Read MoreGig Poster : Cannibal Corpse /
Created to commemorate the death metal legends Cannibal Corpse during their stop at The Phoenix in Toronto, Ontario on Friday, May 31st, 2013.
Read MoreGig Poster : Patti Smith /
Created to commemorate an intimate performance by proto-punk poet Patti Smith at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, on Sunday, May 5th, 2013.
Read MoreGig Poster : Every Time I Die /
Created to commemorate Buffalo metal band Every Time I Die's stop at The Opera House in Toronto, Ontario on Wednesday, March 6th, 2013.
Read MorePoster Process : Aliens / Vox Nihilis (Voice Of Nothingness) /
Created for Bottleneck Gallery's Gizmos And Gadgets show in Brooklyn, New York on Friday, January 18th, 2013. Inspired by the 1986 sci-fi-action-horror film Aliens.
Read MorePoster Process : Lamb Of God /
Created to commemorate Lamb of God's stop at The LC Pavilion in Columbus, Ohio on Sunday, December 2nd, 2012.
Read MorePoster Process : Gwar /
Created to commemorate Gwar's stop at the Sound Academy in Toronto, Ontario on Saturday, November 24, 2012.
Read MoreFeature: Two Posters By Brian Ewing /
I've been hanging out with Brian Ewing lately. The guy is so nice, it's absurd. Well-known and established as he is, I keep finding it hard to believe that he's as open with information about the business side of things, design and illustration tips and stories, and friendly life advice. Much less to little old me. I've met few artists who are as personable, genuinely giving, and helpful as he's been to me. Graham Erwin immediately comes to mind, actually. But few others. He's definitely the kind of guy you can just shoot the shit with for hours, losing track of time reminiscing about girls, jobs, and art. [accordion] [accordion_item title="Swans : Song For A Warrior (Feat. Karen O)"][/accordion_item] [/accordion]
I recently bought one of his (now sold out) Swans (with Xiu Xiu) prints because I thought the design was just eye-popping, jaw-dropping, and unlike anything I'd seen from him before. He one-upped my purchase by throwing in the even more recently printed Bubblegum Colorway Variant of the same design. Normally, I wouldn't dedicate a blog post to the work of another artist, but these prints are just too fucking cool to not share.
Half-toned photograph mixed with air-tight brushwork. The gold appears to darken or disappear depending on the lighting in the room, and what angle you view it at.
We talked at length about how far you can push printing, exemplified by transparent flourishes and metallic inks.
Subtleties galore. I adore how different parts of the drawing ricochet against one another in the light.
The Bubblegum variant is far less sensitive, opting instead to burn itself into your eyes with amped-up process chroma.
The anatomical labels are far more visible in this version. Additionally, I think the colors on this one make it far more "Terminator," looking, which isn't not cool.
Just for me. One clever thing I learned is that not every copy an artist prints has to be signed and numbered. Not everyone cares about that. In fact, if you leave a print blank, you can suss out if and where they're being resold from by examining illegitimate signatures. Pretty clever insight.
Looking at the two of these side-by-side is like bouncing back and forth between both hemispheres of the brain. Can't stop geeking out over them!
Give Brian a Google. His work is a delight!
Poster Process : Santigold /
Created to commemorate Santigold's stop at Newport Music Hall in Columbus, Ohio on Thursday, September 27, 2012.
Read MorePoster Process : Odd Future /
Created to commemorate Odd Future's stop at Newport Music Hall in Columbus, Ohio on Wednesday, September 12, 2012.
Read MorePoster Process : A Place To Bury Strangers /
Created to commemorate A Place To Bury Strangers' stop at the Basement in Columbus, Ohio on Monday, July 16th, 2012
Read MoreDrainting : Stefan Burnett / MC Ride /
Drawing/painting of Death Grips' MC Ride/Stefan Burnett created for the hell of it. Again.
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