Blunt Graffix in Oregon invited us to be a participating artist in their upcoming group show “Dead Rockstars: A Tribute to the Mortal Gods of Sound“. We decided to explore the 27 Club, a meme regarding popular musicians who all died at the age of 27. What sparked the idea was the recent death of singer Amy Winehouse, the newest member to the 27 Club. After much thought we decided upon the four most legendary members; Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain.

Coincidentally, Nathan and I are both 27. Let’s hope the Mayan’s are wrong, because we already feel a bit weird for choosing such a dark and ironically appropriate theme.

Each print is a mini 4.625″ x 5.375″ four color screen print with an edition of 200. They will be sold as a set which comes in a nifty jewel case that also displays a print of your choice upright in a desktop frame (See below).

Blunt Graffix’s show will begin on February 2 and our allotment of prints will be available in our online store most likely in mid to late February. Below are some shots of the entire set with the jewel case along with close up images of the actual prints.

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IFC’s Portlandia recently invited us to be a participating artist in a poster series for their upcoming Season 2 release. We graciously accepted the honor of creating a poster for the first episode entitled “Mixology” .

In “Mixology” Fred helps Carrie chase a romantic mixologist (Andy Samberg) who forgets his roots when he moves from Portland to LA. As a thank you for mixing her the best cocktail of her life, Carrie decides to create the mixologist a mix tape. Our intention with this poster design was to capture the essence of Portlandia while telling a little bit about the episode itself.

These posters were used for promotional purposes only so unfortunately we will not be selling any in our store. However, you can download a free desktop picture of the image from IFC.

Below is our original sketch, some close up shots of the print itself along with a process video of our design.

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For any poster artist, creating work for the legendary band Phish is an honor. Being asked to create our fifth poster for them was exciting enough. Making it for their annual New Year’s Eve Run, a four night concert series held at the legendary Madison Square Garden in New York City, was jaw dropping to say the least.

We created two color variants of the poster, each with an edition of 700. We will be selling a very limited amount of each poster in our online store starting on New Year’s Eve. Below is a process video for the design along with the original sketch and some close up shots of the actual print.

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Calling all artists! The Say Something Poster Project is accepting submissions to their season 2 poster design competition until midnight December 31st EST.

Will your poster be the dark horse submission to come through late in the game? Votes have started to accumulate but it’s never too late. The best posters always prevail and the best designers know how to make their work stand out.

We’re excited to see what you can do, but most importantly, kids at the Blue Hills Boys and Girls Club are rooting for you!

Happy Designing!

Wondering what this is all about? Check out our blog post explaining our affiliation with the project.

Watch artist Miguel Endara create an illustration of his dad composed entirely out of 3.2 million ink dots. Simply stunning.

Here’s a nice little video about love, milk and recycling.

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