Portfolio Update / New Work

The portfolio has been updated with new work for Nitro Snowboards, Relient K, Light Years, Von Shakes, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Paper + Plastick Records, Bring Me Your Vultures, Strange Acres and more! Hopefully I'll get another decent sized update in before the end of the year.

BRMC 2013 Tour Posters

Posters for the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 2013 Specter At The Feast tour are now available in the webstore.  They were based off the concept of hidden evils lurking behind objects that we normally take comfort in.  The concept reminded me of the twisted morality tales found in EC comics from the 50's and that's the sort of feel I tried to emulate in the artwork.

Bring Me Your Vultures

The Mohawk Place was like a clubhouse for my group of friends as we were growing up (or not) and all of the other misfits in Buffalo for the last 20+ years. Last November when it was finally announced that the club was closing down for good, it was a pretty bigger shocker for everyone.  We crammed in as much fun as we could in the remaining months at the club, and my best friend (along with the help of my brother and a ton of our other friends) decided to document it's last days. Out of that footage came Bring Me Your Vultures; a documentary on the history, patrons and last days of The Mohawk.  I was happy to contribute what I could and aside from creating the film poster, I also created the branding and title sequences for the film. I'm really proud of all of the work that was put into the documentary by everyone (most of whom are my closest friends) and think something pretty rad came out of it. The official release day has been set for Jan 11th and more details will be released soon. You can follow the film at facebook.com/bringmeyourvultures There are more detail shots of the poster and some of the individual portraits up in the portfolio section.

New Work For Nitro Snowboards

Last year I worked with Nitro on three new boards for the 2014 season. This is a short promotional video on one of their new decks, The Uberspoon. Their art director Paul Brown and the company as a whole were awesome to collaborate with and I'm really proud of the work that came out of it. You can see close ups of the Uberspoon and the other two new boards in the portfolio section.  Keep an eye out for ten new boards for the 2015 season that will be premiering next year.

Portfolio Update

In trying to be better about updating the site more often, I've put up some new work in the portfolio section.  There is some new work for Paget Films, Quiet Country Audio, Mohawk Place, Paper + Plastick Records, The Rocket Summer and more. I've also added a new Print & Misc items section, where I'll be posting random print projects (book cover designs, posters, record packaging) from the past.

New Portfolio Updates

No matter how good my intentions are, it seems I only update the portfolio section of this site about once a year. Hopefully I will find more time to put up new work as it is actually being produced this year, but in all honesty it probably won't happen. So here is the yearly update: new work in the portfolio section for Nitro Snowboarding Co, The Kills, Flatfoot 56, The Rocket Summer, Paper + Plastick, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and more!  I'm hoping to have a misc Print / Packaging section up for past projects soon, but it is only half complete right now. Check back often for that. You can also follow me on Twitter and Facebook. Be good.

It's Getting Better All The Time

Slowly but surely the portfolio re-vamp is being completed, one section at a time. While it's not totally finished, I did get the Merch / Poster / Identity sections updated as well as some featured work. As I get more time in between projects I will hopefully have a more comprehensive Print section up in the portfolio shortly. There are some new projects in the works that I am pretty excited about, so I will post more information about those as it comes in.

BRMC Tour Posters Now For Sale!

All of Black Rebel Motorcycles Club's official 2010 tour posters are now for sale in the webstore. Due to the already low supply of the US first edition poster, only 5 complete sets will be made available. The set includes the US 1st edition, European Winter Tour, UK Winter Tour, and a copy of the gigposter commemorating the band's 1000th show in London.

Favorites of 2010

I know it's a bit late, but I just wanted to make sure I heard all of the records on my list of 2010 releases before making a "top" list. I really don't like doing that, so I'm just calling this a list of records that I liked from 2010 instead, in no particular order.
The National - High Violet
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
Stars - Five Ghosts
Jonsi - Go
Interpol - Interpol
Grinderman - Grinderman 2
Blonde Redhead - Penny Sparkle
Spoon - Transference
Ghost Shirt - Daniel
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Beat The Devil's Tattoo
How To Destroy Angels - How To Destroy Angels
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
The Black Keys - Brothers
My Jerusalem - Gone For Good

Ghost Shirt Merch

Ghost Shirt merch created for their 2011 Spring Tour, based off the artwork for their new record Daniel. Designed by myself and then printed by the awesome guys over at Wooden T Shirts, all in a break neck 19 hr turn time.

Ghost Shirt Daniel

I was really honored to be asked to create the artwork for the second great Ghost Shirt record to be released in 2010. Originally released in digital format only, the record will now see a physical release in 2011 by way of This is American Music Records. Look for the complete packaging in the Archived Portfolio in the next few weeks.

King of the World

Earlier this year I was asked to help create the logo and branding for King of the World : Elvis Tribute Artist World Championships in Memphis, TN by my friend John Paget, who I have worked with in the past on many projects for his two production companies Paget Films and First + Main Media. It's been great to work on and I look forward to showing more of the collateral we've created for it as it unfolds.

Less Than Jake

This is an admat that was created to promote Less Than Jakes Winter 2010 US Tour. Limited edition screen prints were also available as promos at the shows.

First + Main Media

First + Main Media is a bi-coastal media production studio formed by local documentarian John Paget and his partner Chris Elisara. I designed the logo for the company last summer and then with that in place we created some pretty serious business cards. These things are die-cut, perforated, letter pressed, debossed, and stamped with black foil. A crazy undertaking that is being brought to life by The Final Cut here in Buffalo. I'll have actual photos posted once they are in our hands.

Paper + Plastick Merch

Merch design created for Paper + Plastick Records online store, available now!

Jeff Wootton The Westbourne Sessions

Artwork and LP labels created for English musician Jeff Wootton. These were live sessions recorded with Mark Heaney (Gang of Four) and Si Jones (The Verve). A release date hasn't been set for this record yet due to Jeff's busy tour schedule as guitar player for Gorillaz and bass player for Beady Eye, but hopefully it will hit the shelves in the coming months.

Harvest Sum no.20

Here is the cover artwork for the Summer 2010 Harvest Sum Compilation. It is free and features all new songs from the current roster of Harvest Sum bands as a thank you for getting us to release no.20

BRMC Celebrates Their 1000th Show

This past December Black Rebel Motorcycle Club celebrated their 1000th show as a band in London at Brixton Academy and I was asked to design a commemorative print for the event. In addition to the posters, t shirts were also made and are available in BRMC's online store. There are also some special "band editions" that are in the works right now that I'll post pictures of as soon as they are finished.

The Black Keys

Here is the new Black Keys poster I designed for their show in Omaha, NE. The band was great to work with and the guys over at Vahalla did another flawless job on the printing. It was an edition of 100 and the remaining 35 copies are now available for purchase in the webstore.

Bearhunter Still Life Terrarium

Just finished up the packaging for the new Bearhunter record Still Life Terrarium, out May 22nd on Harvest Sum Recordings. The full artwork will be up in the archived portfolio this week.