The Dodos San Francisco Poster by Gumball Designs

Ben Wittholz of Gumball Design has new poster coming out this week for the San Francisco based indie band The Dodos. The gig poster is for Wednesday 16th October 2013 at The Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA

SIZE: 12 x 24"
COLORS: 4 including Metallic Gold Layer
EDITION SIZE: 100 (25 numbered only with 75 being artist signed & numbered)
STOCK: French Papers "True White Speckle Tone" 100lb
PRINTED BY: Monolith Press - Alameda, CA

Only 25 numbered copies will be available at the show on Wednesday the 16th October which is their final show for the current US tour before heading over to Europe.

With the remaining artist signed copies becoming available from Ben's store http://www.gumballdesigns.net/STORE_FRONT.html  in a couple of weeks time he has to wait for them to arrive from the printer. But he is offering 30 prints as a pre-order for those who are keen until they drop in his store later in the month....

shoot Ben an email if you want to preorder one posters@gumballdesigns.net

I asked Ben about the design of the poster:

There are several reasons for why I illustrated the clock design for the poster

Firstly it is used as a symbolic metaphor for one of their personal favourite albums of mine "Time To Die" released back 2009, as well as it being an image which my mind conjures whilst listening to their very metronomically soothing & melancholy style of music which at times will rapidly turn into a frantic & sporadic syncopated rhythm to eventually only return & restore a sense of peace.....

Almost like calming waiting in a room watching time dwindling away with occasional burst of anxiety and panic only to return to a warm comfort whilst been taken on a psychological journey....  I feel that the sense of time or lack of has this effect on as all at one time or another and feel that the Dodos truly pull on this emotion....

And finally I was also influenced by the decor and feel of the Venue "The Great American Music Hall" with all of its ornate furnishings with it's elegantly decorated high- tiered balconies and golden filigree which is absolutely an amazing beautiful venue & a sight to be seen!

Here is a link to their latest single "Confidence" live on the David Letterman show a couple of weeks ago and hopefully will make some sense out of why the clock and what influenced me.

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