I've wanted to do a Point Break print for years! Growing up my friends and I watched this movie a lot. I think being from Canada, Surfing movies were a little extra awesome to us because it was a lifestyle we couldn't really experience or live.
The colors are a bit of a homage to the Endless Summer poster. (except I used red instead of Pink) I was also going for the early 90's surf colors.
A little tribute to Patrick Swayze and his character Bodhi.
Photography by Ed Perlstein, www.MusicImages.com
Shepard Fairey on his piece:Iggy is one of my favorite rockers of all time and is undoubtedly the godfather of punk. Iggy grew up outside of Detroit and got the name “Iggy” because he played drums in a high school band called The Iguanas. Iggy formed the Stooges around 1967 and released 2 great records, their self-titled 1969 debut, and Funhouse in 1970, on Elektra Records, who had recently seen great success with The Doors, and were eager to sign high energy rock acts. The two Elektra albums were commercial failures but attracted a small but passionate following including burgeoning Glam star David Bowie. When the Stooges were dropped, Bowie helped get them signed to Sony Records for whom they put out Raw Power adapting their name to “Iggy and the Stooges” because Bowie was primarily interested in Iggy. Though now seen as an influential classic, Raw Power was a commercial failure as well, and the band imploded around 1974. Iggy dealt with drug addiction issues for the next few years, but maintained his friendship with Bowie. In 1977 Iggy and Bowie collaborated in Berlin on a pair of Iggy’s albums, The Idiot and Lust For Life, yielding songs like “Nightclubbing”, “China Girl”, “Lust For Life”, and “The Passenger”. To me, these two albums represent a creative high point for Iggy, and though I love Iggy’s Stooges material, I think the Berlin albums don’t get the love they deserve because they don’t fit a genre archetype the way the Stooges records set the template for punk. This poster was created from the canvas I painted of Iggy based on a Berlin era 1977 photo taken by Ed Perlstein. I think the image captures Iggy’s intensity, which has remained undiminished, and his trademark, even as he has matured. Iggy has done great material since 77/78 including collabs with Steve Jones, and the Teddybears, but I think this poster may reflect Iggy at the peak of his powers. For a good career overview get the two disc “A Million in Prizes” or just pick up all the Stooges records and the two Berlin records.Check out this interview between myself and Iggy Pop for Interview magazine. It highlights our conversation that lasted about an hour and a half. http://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/shepard-fairey/
Bride of Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein Variant
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| Poster by Ken Taylor. 18"x24" screen print. Hand numbered. Printed by D&L Screen Printing. Edition of 160. | |
It's been a loooong time since I've posted anything. The combination of a massive project at work and completely changing up your art style for a project outside of work will do that. This is the piece I where I attempted a different style than I'm used to. It's a bit subtle, but it's a tribute poster for one of my favorite films of all time, Back to the Future. Being a huge fan of Mad Men-type retro advertising, I thought it'd be fun to create my very own magazine ad promoting the town of Hill Valley, circa 1955. I wanted to make it as convincing as possible while still hinting at the influence of Marty's visit to his future home town of the past. I'm not sure that even makes sense, but you kinda get the picture. The Delorean is pretty obvious sign, but there's also one subtle hint that Marty was there. Can anyone guess what it is?
Having collected a bunch of ads from that era, the only way I could really sell the idea was to paint the scene just like they did way back then. Since I'm used to vectors, and pen tools, and pathfinders, it really was a challenge to get this to look the way I wanted. I haven't painted anything like this since high school so I definitely was rusty and it took about 5 times as long than the usual poster takes me. But I'm glad I went through it. Although it was an arduous experience with tons of mistakes, it really became a relaxing process and a new challenge.
When my friends saw this laying on my desk, their initial reaction was "where the heck did you find that?", which was exactly the reaction I was looking for. It was good to try something new and not to rely on all the things that are automatic or predictable. As a great man once said: If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything! I hope you dig it as much as I enjoyed making it!
The poster is limited to 150, signed and numbered, is 24" wide by 18" high, and will be available at the Crazy for Cult show starting July 9th at Gallery1988.
This latest print is based on R.Crumb's Head Comix, a collection originally published in 1970 by Ballantine Books. (Robert bought his first house up in Potter Valley with the advance for the book.) The famous cover was released as a serigraph edition (200 prints) in 2001. It's been sold out for years, but now they're giving anyone who wants this image the opportunity to buy a new giclee version for only $80.
The giclee edition, again limited to 200 prints, is printed on Somerset Velvet archival paper, using Epson archival Ultrachrome inks. Paper size is 18 inches wide, 24 inches tall. Image size is 15 inches wide by 20 inches tall. All of their prints have a guarantee for your satisfaction or your money back.
Buy it HERE
Limited edition panoramic poster. Signed and numbered edition of 1200 offset prints on 80lb cover stock with matte coating.
39 x 8 inches
The customers here don't know what the "special ingredient" is that makes this kaiten sushi so delicious, they only know that they CAN'T get enough!
Go to their portfolio to see detail pics!
Buy it HERE
The BLDG Gallery is pleased to announce the opening exhibition of New York artist Matt Haber, this Friday, 8pm - 11pm at 30 West Pike Street Covington, Kentucky.
Matt and his crew have been hard at work putting the finishing touches on the show. Along with his new work, the BLDG will also be unveiling a very limited edition of 30 giclee prints by Matt. They hope to see everyone out at the show. For more information visit www.BLDGrefuge.com
David Welker has a bunch of new posters up for sale. The Flatstock poster above along with the Les Claypool and Umphreys McGee tour posters I showed you before.
At about 2PM Eastern (that's 11AM Pacific / 18:00:00 UTC) Friday, June 25th, the link to buy with PayPal, Visa, Mastercard or Discover will appear here:
ABOUT THE PRINT:
Justin Hampton was commissioned by WEEN to create a print for their performance at the 2010 Sasquatch Music Festival in George, Washington. Look what he pulled from his hat! It's the one and only Boognish and he is ready to rock. The NOWhere Limited edition of this print is a six color serigraph on a reflective foil paper in a tiny edition of only 30. Be on time for this one, or POOF! they'll be gone. It's a signed and numbered limited edition of only 30 and becomes available exclusively through NOWhere Limited's web site this Friday.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Justin Hampton decided at an early age that he wanted to be an artist. "I was a true Marvelite in the 70's and 80's as a kid. I practiced drawing and inking over and over as a teenager and came to ink my first comic for a underground comic book called 'Billy Nguyen' at age 18." Since then, Hampton has garnered much acclaim as an illustrator, rock poster artist and for his comic books "Twitch" and "Rat." Pop culture ignites his inspiration - anything from album art and skatepunk to contemporary comic book artists like Jack Kirby and Mike Mignola serves as an influence. Today, he lives and works in the Portland, Oregon.
For more information about Justin Hampton, please consult his website at: http://www.justinhampton.com/
