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bradklausen · May 2022

opsopcopolis said:

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.

bradklausen · May 2022

bradklausen said:

opsopcopolis said:

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.

for example, i think Zeb's poster is a great way to incorporate the city... LA and the tar pits, it speaks to ideas about the environment, about paternal relationships (with the mom and bear cub) so it not only references LA, but also gigaton ideas and themes.. so it ties in the city and the music / band

lastexitlondon · May 2022

iwasatpj20 said:

Nice poster by Brad, best of the four so far on this tour.

True by far.

bradklausen · May 2022

iwasatpj20 said:

Nice poster by Brad, best of the four so far on this tour.

hey thanks! I was at pj 20 too

bradklausen · May 2022

KM73780 said:

There are probably not any 10 Years fans in here but the singer came out in a fur vest and he said “I bet y’all weren’t ready for me to come out in a fucking fur vest.” So forget sparkles, can we get a poster with some fur?

I like it! Like those books for little kids that have little swathes of things to touch, like fur or something.... the printers would hate it!

okay.... I prolly should go deal with the day here...proklaustinating on tending to the lawn that needs mowing and many other things that require my attention... oh internet.....you're the worst / best?

opsopcopolis · May 2022

bradklausen said:

bradklausen said:

opsopcopolis said:

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.

for example, i think Zeb's poster is a great way to incorporate the city... LA and the tar pits, it speaks to ideas about the environment, about paternal relationships (with the mom and bear cub) so it not only references LA, but also gigaton ideas and themes.. so it ties in the city and the music / band

Makes sense, thanks!

KM73780 · May 2022

Brad Klausen: releases Pearl Jam poster, mows lawn.

Artists are people too.

lastexitlondon · May 2022

Proklaustinating 👏👏

bradklausen · May 2022

lastexitlondon said:

Proklaustinating 👏👏

not sure if myself or one of my close friends came up with that one... I think i did but it was many moons ago and can't say

I also like to say "I put the PRO in procrastination"

it is the irritant that produces the pearl though...or the dandelions that produce the mow

pledgeagrievance · May 2022

Phx best poster of the tour so far followed by LA2

bradklausen · May 2022

pledgeagrievance said:

Phx best poster of the tour so far followed by LA2

Grievance needs more love and more setlist spots...champagne brefix for everyone!

iwasatpj20 · May 2022

bradklausen said:

iwasatpj20 said:

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.

RP112579 · May 2022

Love me a BK poster. It's a beauty.

100 Pacer · May 2022

AZ license plate?

Red Mosqito · May 2022

Did the LA2 poster sell out or were people able to pick up inside the venue?

Imcoffeegirl · May 2022

bradklausen said:

opsopcopolis said:

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?

potnik · May 2022

bradklausen said:

Kearn5y said:

lastexitlondon said:

KM73780 said:

We have a winner. I love this. This will sell out

I'd say this would be stunning in hand

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.

Jeremy

bradklausen · May 2022

Imcoffeegirl said:

bradklausen said:

opsopcopolis said:

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

100 Pacer · May 2022

bradklausen said:

Imcoffeegirl said:

bradklausen said:

opsopcopolis said:

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.

demetrios · May 2022

100 Pacer said:

AZ license plate?

Nope.

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