Nice poster by Brad, best of the four so far on this tour.
hey thanks! I was at pj 20 too
I met you when the Ames Brothers were signing their book, it was nice to meet you and continued success.
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bradklausen said: is it sunny or am I gonna walk around today like George Micheal on Arrested Development and collapse on the floor
"her?"
Way to plant!
In all seriousness though, love this print. Out of curiosity, do you get any sort of artistic direction, or is it purely a personal decision to make the print somewhat relevant to the locale (like with the desert theme of this print)?
there's usually a loose art direction to try and tie in the city somehow, but it's stated that that is not required.
If I can tie in the city / locale in someway, I try too, but I often don't want to be boxed in by trying to make an image that is a travel poster for a city... it's a poster for a band, for their live music, so I want to try and make it about the music / band first and foremost, what that music makes me feel or see in my head when I hear it, and if there's a way to incorporate the city or the history of the city or the geography or any folklore or myths about the city, and it works with a bigger concept then I like having that added aspect to the piece.
When it works well I think it really makes for a great gigposter... but when artists are just trying to reference a city just to reference it and the poster becomes more about a city and not a gigposter interpreting the music, then I find it less effective and interesting.
Plus gigposters are one of the areas where you just let an artist's and their imagination run wild... what wild and out there imagery that no one has ever seen can you come up when you listen to a band's music or see their live performance... sky is the limit and artists can really explore interesting out there concepts and ideas.... and making an image about a city is not as creatively riveting as the ideas swirling inside the mind's of artists.... when it's just about the city, it's kinda one dimensional to me... but if the reference to the city is just one component to a bigger concept then I think it's great.
This was fascinating to read. Such cool insight from the artist's perspective. Do most bands give you a lot of artistic leeway with show poster art? Or does it depend on the band?
really wanted to use some metallic inks, but years ago ev in passing once said he was not a fan of the "glitter"... and I want him to like the posters too! But the blue or the orange would have looked great in metallic on this one. I think ft. lauderdale 2016 was the last pj print I used metallics on, worked great too for the water... I like the shiney..... cue shiny song
Brad,
Not certain you will se this post as you are busy.
I am fortunate catching 5 of 9 shows on the west coast. So bummed I'm not at the show you did the print for. It is great.
Others have commented that potentially Glitter is "OK" as to Eddie finding the one person in audience that had a shiny coat and she ended up with a tambourine.
Apoligize for my rambling. With all this said appreciate that you have an account on the forum. Love your work. Will be going for the AP even though I won't be there tonight. Hoping everyone "at the show" has a wonderful experience. That is what life is. "PRESENT TENSE" I wrestle with it all the time. Anyone who says "shortened" sets are bad don't understand Pearl Jam.
Different conversation but go see every other LEGENDARY BAND that plays the same set.
I have never requested a song, but "Off He Goes" in Oakland 12 or 13 or Las Vegas would be amazing.
bradklausen said: is it sunny or am I gonna walk around today like George Micheal on Arrested Development and collapse on the floor
"her?"
Way to plant!
In all seriousness though, love this print. Out of curiosity, do you get any sort of artistic direction, or is it purely a personal decision to make the print somewhat relevant to the locale (like with the desert theme of this print)?
there's usually a loose art direction to try and tie in the city somehow, but it's stated that that is not required.
If I can tie in the city / locale in someway, I try too, but I often don't want to be boxed in by trying to make an image that is a travel poster for a city... it's a poster for a band, for their live music, so I want to try and make it about the music / band first and foremost, what that music makes me feel or see in my head when I hear it, and if there's a way to incorporate the city or the history of the city or the geography or any folklore or myths about the city, and it works with a bigger concept then I like having that added aspect to the piece.
When it works well I think it really makes for a great gigposter... but when artists are just trying to reference a city just to reference it and the poster becomes more about a city and not a gigposter interpreting the music, then I find it less effective and interesting.
Plus gigposters are one of the areas where you just let an artist's and their imagination run wild... what wild and out there imagery that no one has ever seen can you come up when you listen to a band's music or see their live performance... sky is the limit and artists can really explore interesting out there concepts and ideas.... and making an image about a city is not as creatively riveting as the ideas swirling inside the mind's of artists.... when it's just about the city, it's kinda one dimensional to me... but if the reference to the city is just one component to a bigger concept then I think it's great.
This was fascinating to read. Such cool insight from the artist's perspective. Do most bands give you a lot of artistic leeway with show poster art? Or does it depend on the band?
mostly yes, you get contacted by a band's merch company and they say "you wanna do a poster for such and such date?" and you say "YES!"... you usually submit a concept sketch first and get the green light to proceed (some artists are great at concept sketches, mine are like bad napkin sketches and loose and messy), which is how pj operates (but only once tsurt took over, for years you just did whatever and the band saw it the night of)... but lots of times you just make something and maybe once it's finished there might be a small note here or there on something to alter or change
but for the most part, I think they want artists to do what they do. I know for bands like Primus, they will maybe have a theme they want the artists to work in...I can remember seeing a tour where every poster had rainbow trolls in it... I think Fantomas had a tour where they wanted things to be in the color pink but whatever you wanted to do so long as it was pink. For the 2020 pj tour, there was an art direction to speak to the environment / climate.
still not out mowing the lawn yet...working on seeing if I can't have the site ready to roll for a sale tomorrow... stay tuned
bradklausen said: is it sunny or am I gonna walk around today like George Micheal on Arrested Development and collapse on the floor
"her?"
Way to plant!
In all seriousness though, love this print. Out of curiosity, do you get any sort of artistic direction, or is it purely a personal decision to make the print somewhat relevant to the locale (like with the desert theme of this print)?
there's usually a loose art direction to try and tie in the city somehow, but it's stated that that is not required.
If I can tie in the city / locale in someway, I try too, but I often don't want to be boxed in by trying to make an image that is a travel poster for a city... it's a poster for a band, for their live music, so I want to try and make it about the music / band first and foremost, what that music makes me feel or see in my head when I hear it, and if there's a way to incorporate the city or the history of the city or the geography or any folklore or myths about the city, and it works with a bigger concept then I like having that added aspect to the piece.
When it works well I think it really makes for a great gigposter... but when artists are just trying to reference a city just to reference it and the poster becomes more about a city and not a gigposter interpreting the music, then I find it less effective and interesting.
Plus gigposters are one of the areas where you just let an artist's and their imagination run wild... what wild and out there imagery that no one has ever seen can you come up when you listen to a band's music or see their live performance... sky is the limit and artists can really explore interesting out there concepts and ideas.... and making an image about a city is not as creatively riveting as the ideas swirling inside the mind's of artists.... when it's just about the city, it's kinda one dimensional to me... but if the reference to the city is just one component to a bigger concept then I think it's great.
This was fascinating to read. Such cool insight from the artist's perspective. Do most bands give you a lot of artistic leeway with show poster art? Or does it depend on the band?
mostly yes, you get contacted by a band's merch company and they say "you wanna do a poster for such and such date?" and you say "YES!"... you usually submit a concept sketch first and get the green light to proceed (some artists are great at concept sketches, mine are like bad napkin sketches and loose and messy), which is how pj operates (but only once tsurt took over, for years you just did whatever and the band saw it the night of)... but lots of times you just make something and maybe once it's finished there might be a small note here or there on something to alter or change
but for the most part, I think they want artists to do what they do. I know for bands like Primus, they will maybe have a theme they want the artists to work in...I can remember seeing a tour where every poster had rainbow trolls in it... I think Fantomas had a tour where they wanted things to be in the color pink but whatever you wanted to do so long as it was pink. For the 2020 pj tour, there was an art direction to speak to the environment / climate.
still not out mowing the lawn yet...working on seeing if I can't have the site ready to roll for a sale tomorrow... stay tuned
Bradical.
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bradklausen said: is it sunny or am I gonna walk around today like George Micheal on Arrested Development and collapse on the floor
"her?"
Way to plant!
In all seriousness though, love this print. Out of curiosity, do you get any sort of artistic direction, or is it purely a personal decision to make the print somewhat relevant to the locale (like with the desert theme of this print)?
there's usually a loose art direction to try and tie in the city somehow, but it's stated that that is not required.
If I can tie in the city / locale in someway, I try too, but I often don't want to be boxed in by trying to make an image that is a travel poster for a city... it's a poster for a band, for their live music, so I want to try and make it about the music / band first and foremost, what that music makes me feel or see in my head when I hear it, and if there's a way to incorporate the city or the history of the city or the geography or any folklore or myths about the city, and it works with a bigger concept then I like having that added aspect to the piece.
When it works well I think it really makes for a great gigposter... but when artists are just trying to reference a city just to reference it and the poster becomes more about a city and not a gigposter interpreting the music, then I find it less effective and interesting.
Plus gigposters are one of the areas where you just let an artist's and their imagination run wild... what wild and out there imagery that no one has ever seen can you come up when you listen to a band's music or see their live performance... sky is the limit and artists can really explore interesting out there concepts and ideas.... and making an image about a city is not as creatively riveting as the ideas swirling inside the mind's of artists.... when it's just about the city, it's kinda one dimensional to me... but if the reference to the city is just one component to a bigger concept then I think it's great.
This was fascinating to read. Such cool insight from the artist's perspective. Do most bands give you a lot of artistic leeway with show poster art? Or does it depend on the band?
mostly yes, you get contacted by a band's merch company and they say "you wanna do a poster for such and such date?" and you say "YES!"... you usually submit a concept sketch first and get the green light to proceed (some artists are great at concept sketches, mine are like bad napkin sketches and loose and messy), which is how pj operates (but only once tsurt took over, for years you just did whatever and the band saw it the night of)... but lots of times you just make something and maybe once it's finished there might be a small note here or there on something to alter or change
but for the most part, I think they want artists to do what they do. I know for bands like Primus, they will maybe have a theme they want the artists to work in...I can remember seeing a tour where every poster had rainbow trolls in it... I think Fantomas had a tour where they wanted things to be in the color pink but whatever you wanted to do so long as it was pink. For the 2020 pj tour, there was an art direction to speak to the environment / climate.
still not out mowing the lawn yet...working on seeing if I can't have the site ready to roll for a sale tomorrow... stay tuned
"Bad napkin sketches" 😂😂I would have anxiety attacks in art class when the teachers asked to see our sketchbooks. Oh, the horror! Re: the potential sale tomorrow:
really wanted to use some metallic inks, but years ago ev in passing once said he was not a fan of the "glitter"... and I want him to like the posters too! But the blue or the orange would have looked great in metallic on this one. I think ft. lauderdale 2016 was the last pj print I used metallics on, worked great too for the water... I like the shiney..... cue shiny song
What a legend, dropping in on his poster day. You should have seen Ed's jacket from this 2nd LA show, he might have changed his mind about the glitter.
oh yeah, my sis was at that show and told me he said to some lady "you can't out sparkle the lead singer" then put on a sparkly jacket...you might be right!
I don't know if it's a legendary move to stop by and read the reviews! mostly the move of an insecure artist sticking his head out the window to see what the weather is like....is it sunny or am I gonna walk around today like George Micheal on Arrested Development and collapse on the floor
Nice poster by Brad, best of the four so far on this tour.
hey thanks! I was at pj 20 too
Done in Illustrator or something else? Always curious on other artists workflows. I love illustrator (using since 2001) but have been using ProCreate on the iPad a lot more lately. I’m fast in AI, but love the tablet sketch workflow.
okay... site seems hopefully ready to roll tomorrow!!
10 AM Pacific... signed and numbered out of 200. 18x24, 7 colors. $85 plus shipping. www.artillerydesign.com
Thinking of cutting my 26" tubes down to 22" and see if we can't save on some of the crazy shipping costs for tubes these days. Can't guarantee it, but doing my best to figure out a way to get the lowest shipping cost I can.
bradklausen said: is it sunny or am I gonna walk around today like George Micheal on Arrested Development and collapse on the floor
"her?"
Way to plant!
In all seriousness though, love this print. Out of curiosity, do you get any sort of artistic direction, or is it purely a personal decision to make the print somewhat relevant to the locale (like with the desert theme of this print)?
there's usually a loose art direction to try and tie in the city somehow, but it's stated that that is not required.
If I can tie in the city / locale in someway, I try too, but I often don't want to be boxed in by trying to make an image that is a travel poster for a city... it's a poster for a band, for their live music, so I want to try and make it about the music / band first and foremost, what that music makes me feel or see in my head when I hear it, and if there's a way to incorporate the city or the history of the city or the geography or any folklore or myths about the city, and it works with a bigger concept then I like having that added aspect to the piece.
When it works well I think it really makes for a great gigposter... but when artists are just trying to reference a city just to reference it and the poster becomes more about a city and not a gigposter interpreting the music, then I find it less effective and interesting.
Plus gigposters are one of the areas where you just let an artist's and their imagination run wild... what wild and out there imagery that no one has ever seen can you come up when you listen to a band's music or see their live performance... sky is the limit and artists can really explore interesting out there concepts and ideas.... and making an image about a city is not as creatively riveting as the ideas swirling inside the mind's of artists.... when it's just about the city, it's kinda one dimensional to me... but if the reference to the city is just one component to a bigger concept then I think it's great.
This was fascinating to read. Such cool insight from the artist's perspective. Do most bands give you a lot of artistic leeway with show poster art? Or does it depend on the band?
mostly yes, you get contacted by a band's merch company and they say "you wanna do a poster for such and such date?" and you say "YES!"... you usually submit a concept sketch first and get the green light to proceed (some artists are great at concept sketches, mine are like bad napkin sketches and loose and messy), which is how pj operates (but only once tsurt took over, for years you just did whatever and the band saw it the night of)... but lots of times you just make something and maybe once it's finished there might be a small note here or there on something to alter or change
but for the most part, I think they want artists to do what they do. I know for bands like Primus, they will maybe have a theme they want the artists to work in...I can remember seeing a tour where every poster had rainbow trolls in it... I think Fantomas had a tour where they wanted things to be in the color pink but whatever you wanted to do so long as it was pink. For the 2020 pj tour, there was an art direction to speak to the environment / climate.
still not out mowing the lawn yet...working on seeing if I can't have the site ready to roll for a sale tomorrow... stay tuned
"Bad napkin sketches" 😂😂I would have anxiety attacks in art class when the teachers asked to see our sketchbooks. Oh, the horror! Re: the potential sale tomorrow:
speaking of showing sketchbooks.... let me ask you all something....
I am thinking of starting a youtube art channel... where I will do a few things... do like a deep dive on past posters, explain the inspiration, design elements, show the sketches and parts and just talk about each poster what I was thinking when I made it and what I think of it now.
Also have segments where I go through different packaging processes, do talks about album artwork and dvd packaging I worked on, pull out old Ten Club newsletters and go through the design process / thoughts on those
As well as go through books of artists I am inspired by
At some point I would like to have time lapse vids on works in progress... and then I might do livestreams where people can watch me work on things... one idea being working on more elaborate doodles on posters using posca paint pens / colored pencils then sell or auction them to whoever might want them, stuff like that.
A channel for design students and artists as well as all you PJ and music fans... just me talking about my process of past and present projects....
would you guys be into that? Think it would be cool? It would be kinda like what the Always Sunny dudes are doing with their podcast where they are going through each episode of their tv show and talking about what they thought about making each episode when they were making it and how they feel about it today, years later.
That sounds like a cool idea and I’d guess there’s a decent market for it. Could also do some talks with other artists to compare processes/styles/etc…
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Nice poster by Brad, best of the four so far on this tour.
hey thanks! I was at pj 20 too
Done in Illustrator or something else? Always curious on other artists workflows. I love illustrator (using since 2001) but have been using ProCreate on the iPad a lot more lately. I’m fast in AI, but love the tablet sketch workflow.
this poster? was done mostly with just pencil and paper... then brought into photoshop and cleaned up a little and colored. I used to work in AI a lot more when I was younger, I still use it for doing custom lettering if I want really crisp lines, or if I ned some crazy geometric patterns or shapes to be all even and mathematical.
But mostly, I draw with pencil, then maybe ink it, then bring it into photoshop to clean and color things and rearrange and adjust things and tie it all together.
I am of the desktop era...never even had a lap top, so I am sure there's great new tech on tablets... but I just never left my desktop.. my wacom cintque is my desktop tech art tool. And I love that... for the longest time I was apprehensive about the tech to "draw" on a screen with a stylus, I used a wacom stylus for years, but just never the ones that go on the screen. And I am getting a little more drawing in photoshop, but I always want to start with pencil on paper, even with how amazing photoshop is with all the pencil brushes... it's still kinda weird for me to start a drawing on a computer screen as opposed to on actual paper
@bradklausen just popping in to say great job with the Phoenix poster and big fan of all of your work since your early days with PJ! Would love the YouTube channel with insight on past works.
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bradklausen said: is it sunny or am I gonna walk around today like George Micheal on Arrested Development and collapse on the floor
"her?"
Way to plant!
In all seriousness though, love this print. Out of curiosity, do you get any sort of artistic direction, or is it purely a personal decision to make the print somewhat relevant to the locale (like with the desert theme of this print)?
there's usually a loose art direction to try and tie in the city somehow, but it's stated that that is not required.
If I can tie in the city / locale in someway, I try too, but I often don't want to be boxed in by trying to make an image that is a travel poster for a city... it's a poster for a band, for their live music, so I want to try and make it about the music / band first and foremost, what that music makes me feel or see in my head when I hear it, and if there's a way to incorporate the city or the history of the city or the geography or any folklore or myths about the city, and it works with a bigger concept then I like having that added aspect to the piece.
When it works well I think it really makes for a great gigposter... but when artists are just trying to reference a city just to reference it and the poster becomes more about a city and not a gigposter interpreting the music, then I find it less effective and interesting.
Plus gigposters are one of the areas where you just let an artist's and their imagination run wild... what wild and out there imagery that no one has ever seen can you come up when you listen to a band's music or see their live performance... sky is the limit and artists can really explore interesting out there concepts and ideas.... and making an image about a city is not as creatively riveting as the ideas swirling inside the mind's of artists.... when it's just about the city, it's kinda one dimensional to me... but if the reference to the city is just one component to a bigger concept then I think it's great.
This was fascinating to read. Such cool insight from the artist's perspective. Do most bands give you a lot of artistic leeway with show poster art? Or does it depend on the band?
mostly yes, you get contacted by a band's merch company and they say "you wanna do a poster for such and such date?" and you say "YES!"... you usually submit a concept sketch first and get the green light to proceed (some artists are great at concept sketches, mine are like bad napkin sketches and loose and messy), which is how pj operates (but only once tsurt took over, for years you just did whatever and the band saw it the night of)... but lots of times you just make something and maybe once it's finished there might be a small note here or there on something to alter or change
but for the most part, I think they want artists to do what they do. I know for bands like Primus, they will maybe have a theme they want the artists to work in...I can remember seeing a tour where every poster had rainbow trolls in it... I think Fantomas had a tour where they wanted things to be in the color pink but whatever you wanted to do so long as it was pink. For the 2020 pj tour, there was an art direction to speak to the environment / climate.
still not out mowing the lawn yet...working on seeing if I can't have the site ready to roll for a sale tomorrow... stay tuned
"Bad napkin sketches" 😂😂I would have anxiety attacks in art class when the teachers asked to see our sketchbooks. Oh, the horror! Re: the potential sale tomorrow:
speaking of showing sketchbooks.... let me ask you all something....
I am thinking of starting a youtube art channel... where I will do a few things... do like a deep dive on past posters, explain the inspiration, design elements, show the sketches and parts and just talk about each poster what I was thinking when I made it and what I think of it now.
Also have segments where I go through different packaging processes, do talks about album artwork and dvd packaging I worked on, pull out old Ten Club newsletters and go through the design process / thoughts on those
As well as go through books of artists I am inspired by
At some point I would like to have time lapse vids on works in progress... and then I might do livestreams where people can watch me work on things... one idea being working on more elaborate doodles on posters using posca paint pens / colored pencils then sell or auction them to whoever might want them, stuff like that.
A channel for design students and artists as well as all you PJ and music fans... just me talking about my process of past and present projects....
would you guys be into that? Think it would be cool? It would be kinda like what the Always Sunny dudes are doing with their podcast where they are going through each episode of their tv show and talking about what they thought about making each episode when they were making it and how they feel about it today, years later.
I would tune in to this and find it very interesting. Keep us posted if you definitely decide to do it. Also, I still kick myself for not getting your Gorge poster years ago…but I was too worried I’d ruin it during the show. Anyway, great work!
I died. I died and you just stood there. I died and you watched. I died and you walked by and said no. I'm dead.
PJ - 09/23/98: West Palm Beach II, 08/12/00: Tampa, 04/12/03: Orlando, 04/13/03: Tampa, 06/12/08: Tampa, 06/27/08: Hartford, 09/22/09: Seattle II, 04/11/16: Tampa, 05/01 &05/02/16: MSG I & II, 09/18/21: Sea Hear Now, 10/01& 10/02/21: Ohana Encore I & II, 05/06 & 05/07/22: Los Angeles I & II, 09/11/22: MSG, 09/16/22: Nashville, 09/02/23: St. Paul II, 09/07/23: Chicago II, 09/18& 09/19/23: Austin I & II
EV - 08/04 & 08/05/08: (Eddie solo, w/Liam Finn) NYC I & II, 11/27 & 11/28/12: (Eddie solo, w/Glen Hansard) Orlando I & II, 02/09 & 02/10/22: (Eddie & the Earthlings) Chicago I & II, 09/30/23: (Eddie & the Earthlings) Ohana Festival
Song Wishlist: Oceans, Brother, Alone, Let Me Sleep, full W.M.A., Hold On, all of Vitalogy or Satan's Bed, Gremmie Out Of Control, Mankind, Around The Bend (full band), Don't Gimme No Lip, Pilate, Push Me Pull Me, All Those Yesterdays, Rival, Parting Ways (full band), You Are, Bu$hleaguer, Inside Job, low octave Driftin', Strangest Tribe, Other Side, Undone, Of The Earth, Love Reign O'er Me, Comfortably Numb, and the Mamasan Trilogy.
Wanted Posters: WPB '98, Tampa/WPB '00, Tampa '03, EV Batmobile '08 ISO: any picks, or setlists from any of my shows!
Nice poster by Brad, best of the four so far on this tour.
hey thanks! I was at pj 20 too
I met you when the Ames Brothers were signing their book, it was nice to meet you and continued success.
I bet if I saw you i'd remember... maybe... never met so many folks in two days before ever!! It was crazy.. it was cool to put so many faces to names I'd seen on poster orders over the years and actually get to chat for a minute or so. I would go back to my hotel room though and just pass out each night... funny how just talking and hanging out can be so trying! Plus any chance to see the Queens play is a great day
@bradklausen - the you tube channel sounds like a great idea 😊
2009 - Manchester. 2010 - Dublin, Belfast, London, Berlin, Arras, Werchter. 2011 - PJ20 i & ii, Montreal, Toronto i & ii, Ottawa, Hamilton. 2012 - Manchester i & ii, Berlin i & ii, Stockholm. 2014 - Amsterdam i & ii, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin, Leeds, Milton Keynes. 2016 - Boston Fenway i & ii, 2018 - Amsterdam i & ii, Pinkpop, London i & ii, Padova, Krakow, Barcelona, Seattle i & ii.
bradklausen said: is it sunny or am I gonna walk around today like George Micheal on Arrested Development and collapse on the floor
"her?"
Way to plant!
In all seriousness though, love this print. Out of curiosity, do you get any sort of artistic direction, or is it purely a personal decision to make the print somewhat relevant to the locale (like with the desert theme of this print)?
there's usually a loose art direction to try and tie in the city somehow, but it's stated that that is not required.
If I can tie in the city / locale in someway, I try too, but I often don't want to be boxed in by trying to make an image that is a travel poster for a city... it's a poster for a band, for their live music, so I want to try and make it about the music / band first and foremost, what that music makes me feel or see in my head when I hear it, and if there's a way to incorporate the city or the history of the city or the geography or any folklore or myths about the city, and it works with a bigger concept then I like having that added aspect to the piece.
When it works well I think it really makes for a great gigposter... but when artists are just trying to reference a city just to reference it and the poster becomes more about a city and not a gigposter interpreting the music, then I find it less effective and interesting.
Plus gigposters are one of the areas where you just let an artist's and their imagination run wild... what wild and out there imagery that no one has ever seen can you come up when you listen to a band's music or see their live performance... sky is the limit and artists can really explore interesting out there concepts and ideas.... and making an image about a city is not as creatively riveting as the ideas swirling inside the mind's of artists.... when it's just about the city, it's kinda one dimensional to me... but if the reference to the city is just one component to a bigger concept then I think it's great.
This was fascinating to read. Such cool insight from the artist's perspective. Do most bands give you a lot of artistic leeway with show poster art? Or does it depend on the band?
mostly yes, you get contacted by a band's merch company and they say "you wanna do a poster for such and such date?" and you say "YES!"... you usually submit a concept sketch first and get the green light to proceed (some artists are great at concept sketches, mine are like bad napkin sketches and loose and messy), which is how pj operates (but only once tsurt took over, for years you just did whatever and the band saw it the night of)... but lots of times you just make something and maybe once it's finished there might be a small note here or there on something to alter or change
but for the most part, I think they want artists to do what they do. I know for bands like Primus, they will maybe have a theme they want the artists to work in...I can remember seeing a tour where every poster had rainbow trolls in it... I think Fantomas had a tour where they wanted things to be in the color pink but whatever you wanted to do so long as it was pink. For the 2020 pj tour, there was an art direction to speak to the environment / climate.
still not out mowing the lawn yet...working on seeing if I can't have the site ready to roll for a sale tomorrow... stay tuned
"Bad napkin sketches" 😂😂I would have anxiety attacks in art class when the teachers asked to see our sketchbooks. Oh, the horror! Re: the potential sale tomorrow:
speaking of showing sketchbooks.... let me ask you all something....
I am thinking of starting a youtube art channel... where I will do a few things... do like a deep dive on past posters, explain the inspiration, design elements, show the sketches and parts and just talk about each poster what I was thinking when I made it and what I think of it now.
Also have segments where I go through different packaging processes, do talks about album artwork and dvd packaging I worked on, pull out old Ten Club newsletters and go through the design process / thoughts on those
As well as go through books of artists I am inspired by
At some point I would like to have time lapse vids on works in progress... and then I might do livestreams where people can watch me work on things... one idea being working on more elaborate doodles on posters using posca paint pens / colored pencils then sell or auction them to whoever might want them, stuff like that.
A channel for design students and artists as well as all you PJ and music fans... just me talking about my process of past and present projects....
would you guys be into that? Think it would be cool? It would be kinda like what the Always Sunny dudes are doing with their podcast where they are going through each episode of their tv show and talking about what they thought about making each episode when they were making it and how they feel about it today, years later.
100% interested in that.
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ISO one of these signs if someone going to PHX tonight can grab me one. 🙏🏻
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@bradklausen - the you tube channel sounds like a great idea 😊
I feel like people might get something out of it.. plus i tend to ramble... if these thread posts are not evident enough of that! So I feel like if I sit down to talk about this or that poster or project I will probably have more to talk about then just the nuts and bolts of the design.
@bradklausen, I would definitely tune in to see the behind the scenes of your art. Seeing who inspires you would also be interesting, and might introduce viewers to artists they hadn't heard of. I think it would definitely be intriguing for music fans, but also art students and teachers. Great idea!
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2003 - Champaign, IL
2006 - Chicago, IL 1 & 2
2007 - Chicago, IL Lollapalooza
2009 - Chicago, IL 1 & 2
2010 - St. Louis, MO
2011 - East Troy, WI 1 & 2 (PJ20 Destination Weekend)
2012 - Atlanta, GA, Missoula, MT
2013 - Chicago, IL (Wrigley Field), Dallas, TX, Oklahoma City, OK
2014 - St. Louis, MO, Tulsa, OK, Moline, IL (No Code, IL), Saint Paul, MN, Milwaukee, WI (Yield, WI)
2016 - Greenville, SC (Vs, SC), Raleigh, NC, Columbia, SC, Boston, MA (Fenway Park 1), Chicago, IL (Wrigley Field 1 & 2)
2022 - Nashville, TN, St. Louis, MO, Oklahoma City, OK, Phoenix, AZ, Las Vegas, NV
2023 - St. Paul, MN 2, Fort Worth, TX 2, Austin, TX 1, and Austin, TX 2
2014 - Soundgarden Tinley Park, IL (with Nine Inch Nails)
2017 - Soundgarden Dallas (cancelled) RIP Chris Cornell
2023 - Jerry Cantrell Milwaukee, WI
6/18/03 Chicago-United Center
5/17/06 Chicago-United Center
7/19/13 Chicago-Wrigley Field
10/11/13 Pittsburgh-Consol Energy Center
10/17/14 Moline-IWireless Center (No Code)
10/20/14 Milwaukee-Bradley center (Yield)
4/26/16 Lexington-Rupp Arena
8/20/16 Chicago-Wrigley Field
8/22/16 Chicago-Wrigley Field
8/18/18 Chicago-Wrigley Field
8/20/18 Chicago-Wrigley Field
9/5/23 Chicago-United Center
9/7/23 Chicago-United Center
"Me knowing the truth, I can not concur."
1996: Toronto - 1998: Chicago, Montreal, Barrie - 2000: Montreal, Toronto - 2002: Seattle X2 (Key Arena) - 2003: Cleveland, Buffalo, Toronto, Montreal, Seattle (Benaroya Hall) - 2004: Reading, Toledo, Grand Rapids - 2005: Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Quebec City - 2006: Toronto X2, Albany, Hartford, Grand Rapids, Cleveland - 2007: Chicago (Vic Theatre) - 2008: NYC X2, Hartford, Mansfield X2 - 2009: Toronto, Chicago X2, Seattle X2, Philadelphia X4 - 2010: Columbus, Noblesville, Cleveland, Buffalo, Hartford - 2011: Montreal, Toronto X2, Ottawa, Hamilton - 2012: Missoula - 2013: London, Chicago, Buffalo, Hartford - 2014: Detroit, Moline - 2015: NYC (Global Citizen Festival) - 2016: Greenville, Toronto X2, Chicago 1 - 2017: Brooklyn (RRHOF Induction) - 2018: Chicago 1, Boston 1 - 2022: Fresno, Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto, NYC, Camden - 2023: St. Paul X2, Austin X2 - 2024: Vancouver X2, Portland, Sacramento, Noblesville, Philadelphia X2, Baltimore
Not certain you will se this post as you are busy.
I am fortunate catching 5 of 9 shows on the west coast. So bummed I'm not at the show you did the print for. It is great.
Others have commented that potentially Glitter is "OK" as to Eddie finding the one person in audience that had a shiny coat and she ended up with a tambourine.
Apoligize for my rambling. With all this said appreciate that you have an account on the forum. Love your work. Will be going for the AP even though I won't be there tonight. Hoping everyone "at the show" has a wonderful experience. That is what life is. "PRESENT TENSE" I wrestle with it all the time. Anyone who says "shortened" sets are bad don't understand Pearl Jam.
Different conversation but go see every other LEGENDARY BAND that plays the same set.
I have never requested a song, but "Off He Goes" in Oakland 12 or 13 or Las Vegas would be amazing.
Jeremy
but for the most part, I think they want artists to do what they do. I know for bands like Primus, they will maybe have a theme they want the artists to work in...I can remember seeing a tour where every poster had rainbow trolls in it... I think Fantomas had a tour where they wanted things to be in the color pink but whatever you wanted to do so long as it was pink. For the 2020 pj tour, there was an art direction to speak to the environment / climate.
still not out mowing the lawn yet...working on seeing if I can't have the site ready to roll for a sale tomorrow... stay tuned
"Me knowing the truth, I can not concur."
1996: Toronto - 1998: Chicago, Montreal, Barrie - 2000: Montreal, Toronto - 2002: Seattle X2 (Key Arena) - 2003: Cleveland, Buffalo, Toronto, Montreal, Seattle (Benaroya Hall) - 2004: Reading, Toledo, Grand Rapids - 2005: Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Quebec City - 2006: Toronto X2, Albany, Hartford, Grand Rapids, Cleveland - 2007: Chicago (Vic Theatre) - 2008: NYC X2, Hartford, Mansfield X2 - 2009: Toronto, Chicago X2, Seattle X2, Philadelphia X4 - 2010: Columbus, Noblesville, Cleveland, Buffalo, Hartford - 2011: Montreal, Toronto X2, Ottawa, Hamilton - 2012: Missoula - 2013: London, Chicago, Buffalo, Hartford - 2014: Detroit, Moline - 2015: NYC (Global Citizen Festival) - 2016: Greenville, Toronto X2, Chicago 1 - 2017: Brooklyn (RRHOF Induction) - 2018: Chicago 1, Boston 1 - 2022: Fresno, Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto, NYC, Camden - 2023: St. Paul X2, Austin X2 - 2024: Vancouver X2, Portland, Sacramento, Noblesville, Philadelphia X2, Baltimore
Nope.
Re: the potential sale tomorrow:
10 AM Pacific... signed and numbered out of 200. 18x24, 7 colors. $85 plus shipping. www.artillerydesign.com
Thinking of cutting my 26" tubes down to 22" and see if we can't save on some of the crazy shipping costs for tubes these days. Can't guarantee it, but doing my best to figure out a way to get the lowest shipping cost I can.
I am thinking of starting a youtube art channel... where I will do a few things... do like a deep dive on past posters, explain the inspiration, design elements, show the sketches and parts and just talk about each poster what I was thinking when I made it and what I think of it now.
Also have segments where I go through different packaging processes, do talks about album artwork and dvd packaging I worked on, pull out old Ten Club newsletters and go through the design process / thoughts on those
As well as go through books of artists I am inspired by
At some point I would like to have time lapse vids on works in progress... and then I might do livestreams where people can watch me work on things... one idea being working on more elaborate doodles on posters using posca paint pens / colored pencils then sell or auction them to whoever might want them, stuff like that.
A channel for design students and artists as well as all you PJ and music fans... just me talking about my process of past and present projects....
would you guys be into that? Think it would be cool? It would be kinda like what the Always Sunny dudes are doing with their podcast where they are going through each episode of their tv show and talking about what they thought about making each episode when they were making it and how they feel about it today, years later.
2008: Camden 2, Hartford
2010: Hartford
2013: Wrigley, Worcester x2, Hartford
2015: NYC
2016: Philly 2, MSG x2, Boston 2, (TOTD Philly 2, MSG)
2018: Prague, Krakow, Berlin, Boston x2
2022: San Diego, Sacramento, Las Vegas
But mostly, I draw with pencil, then maybe ink it, then bring it into photoshop to clean and color things and rearrange and adjust things and tie it all together.
I am of the desktop era...never even had a lap top, so I am sure there's great new tech on tablets... but I just never left my desktop.. my wacom cintque is my desktop tech art tool. And I love that... for the longest time I was apprehensive about the tech to "draw" on a screen with a stylus, I used a wacom stylus for years, but just never the ones that go on the screen. And I am getting a little more drawing in photoshop, but I always want to start with pencil on paper, even with how amazing photoshop is with all the pencil brushes... it's still kinda weird for me to start a drawing on a computer screen as opposed to on actual paper
2005 - Sept 1 George, Sept 8 Winnipeg
2006 - May 9/10 Toronto, June 26/27 St. Paul, July 22/23 George, Oct 21/22 Mountain View
2007 - Aug 2/5 Chicago
2008 - June 22 Washington, June 24/25 New York
2009 - Aug 21 Toronto, Aug 23/24 Chicago, Sept 21/22 Seattle, Oct 27/28/30/31 Philadelphia
2010 - May 15 Hartford, May 17 Boston, Oct 23/24 Mountain View
2011 - Sept 3/4 Alpine Valley, Sept 11/12 Toronto, Sept 17 Winnipeg, Sept 19 Saskatoon
2012 - Sept 30 Missoula
2013 - July 16 London, July 19 Chicago, Oct 12 Buffalo, Dec 2 Calgary, Dec 4 Vancouver, Dec 6 Seattle
2014 - Oct 16 Detroit, Oct 19 St. Paul, Oct 20 Milwaukee
2015 - Sept 23 (Colbert)/Sept 26, New York
2016 - Apr 28/29 Philadelphia, May 10/12 Toronto, Aug 20/22 Chicago
Song Wishlist: Oceans, Brother, Alone, Let Me Sleep, full W.M.A., Hold On, all of Vitalogy or Satan's Bed, Gremmie Out Of Control, Mankind, Around The Bend (full band), Don't Gimme No Lip, Pilate, Push Me Pull Me, All Those Yesterdays, Rival, Parting Ways (full band), You Are, Bu$hleaguer, Inside Job, low octave Driftin', Strangest Tribe, Other Side, Undone, Of The Earth, Love Reign O'er Me, Comfortably Numb, and the Mamasan Trilogy.
2012 - Manchester i & ii, Berlin i & ii, Stockholm. 2014 - Amsterdam i & ii, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin, Leeds, Milton Keynes.
2016 - Boston Fenway i & ii, 2018 - Amsterdam i & ii, Pinkpop, London i & ii, Padova, Krakow, Barcelona, Seattle i & ii.
Pearl Jam play their Phoenix show tonight… Here’s one of the tee/sticker designs I worked on with @MrTsurt & IanWilliamsArt
I think it would definitely be intriguing for music fans, but also art students and teachers. Great idea!