Kyle Baker Umphrey's McGee Tour Poster Release

As Umphrey's McGee "Wax On, Wax Off" tour winds down, Kyle Baker has released the poster he did for them.

The Lava Foil variant is an edition of 16 and the Pillars Foil is an edition of 35. The Rainbow Foil is larger edition at 74 and there are 93 of the main artist edition. All the posters do come signed & numbered from him of course.

On sale now at http://bakerprints.com/

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New Posters from Kyle Baker Studio Open House and Sale

Lots is happening at Baker Prints in Chicago this week.

Their annual Open House is happening Saturday 12/8;
Kyle released five new posters; and announce their BIGGEST SALE OF THE YEAR—25%-off absolutely everything from now til Friday 12/7/2018.

Regarding the Open House Holiday Party Thing, here are the details. It's always a blast:

Saturday December 8th from 6–10pm
4045 N Rockwell St, Chicago IL 60618
Studio tours, drinks, snacks, cool neighbor artists, great hangs
Posters, art prints, tees etc. available for purchase, great gift shopping
Lots of free parking on Rockwell. More info at http://bakerprints.com/events/open-house-holiday-party-2018/

All Baker Prints posters and serigraphs are about 25% off when purchased at their shop or at a festival; for the next week you can get the same great savings from their web store by using coupon code INKSNIFFER at checkout!

As for the new limited edition poster releases, head over for more pics and info at Bakerprints.com and to buy them.

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Kyle Baker Umphrey’s McGee Tour Poster Release

To celebrate 20 years of facemelting fun with their pals Umphrey’s McGee, Kyle Baker went ham on tour poster variants this year—each in a small edition of 20, besides the O.G. Artist Edition of which there are 120. In total there are 12 different color variants.

All prints measure 18″ x 24″, are signed & numbered by Kyle Baker, and they are limited editions—once they sell out, they’re gone!

Buy them at BakerPrints.com

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Kyle Baker Avett Brothers and Mavericks Posters

Kyle Baker has a pair of new posters to release belatedly. The first is for a favorite client of his over the years: The Avett Brothers. Their fans seem to dig the landmark-themed posters he's done for them so he stuck with that direction for their Orlando gig late last month.

The second is for a new client of Baker Prints, The Mavericks. If you've never heard them, check 'em out, they're great. Sort of like Elvis crooning over an electric mariachi band with a Bakersfield vibe, big songs with great hooks.

In keeping with the landmark theme of previous posters for the Avett Brothers in Chicago and Wichita, this poster for the Bros Orlando gig in May 2017 depicts "The Eye", an enormous Ferris Wheel built just a couple years back.

Edition Size Artist Edition 53, Rainbow Foil Variant 23
Paper 18 x 24 inches, printed on Cougar Natural cover and Rainbow Foil cardstock
Screens & Ink

Kyle became a fan of the Mavericks in the last couple years while listening to Outlaw Country on Sirius XM radio, so he was thrilled when they called and asked if he'd design and print a poster for their gig at the legendary Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.

Edition Size Artist Edition (Green paper) 43, Orange Variant 14, Sparkle Variant 12
Paper 18 x 24 inches, Neenah Astrobrights green cover stock, Neenah Astrobrights orange cover stock, 10pt Sparkle Foil holographic board.

Buy them at http://bakerprints.com/

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Kyle Baker Umphrey's McGee Winter Tour Poster Release

Kyle Bakers 2017 Winter Tour poster for Umphrey's McGee are selling lot hotcakes on the road so the band has given him the go-ahead to release his artist edition and variants.

Kyle’s latest print is his fourth straight Winter Tour poster for longtime client Umphrey’s McGee.

In addition to the artist edition which matches the band’s tour merch poster closely, there are three variant editions on super cool foil, as well as and two art print edition titled “Pythoness” which have the text layer omitted.

Each of the tour posters was printed with six inks / screens, with the foil variant inks mixed separately for maximum effect.

All prints measure 18″ x 24″, are signed & numbered, and they are limited editions—once they sell out, they’re gone!

They're now available for purchase: http://bakerprints.com/umphreys-2017-winter-tour-poster/

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Kyle Baker Umphrey's McGee, Wood Brothers & String Cheese Incident Posters Release

The Kyle Baker's print shop has been busier than ever this year and he has released 3 posters people have really been looking forward to getting.

He's got three new pieces of poster art, and there are multiple versions of each, including serigraph editions (art prints without the poster text). All come from tour and gig posters for Umphrey's McGee, The String Cheese Incident, and the Wood Brothers, three awesome bands to start his first release of the year out right. There are regular editions, killer foils and even different colorways of some of them.

Click these links to buy them

Umphrey's McGee 2016 Winter Tour Poster Variants and Matching "Vortex" Serigraphs.

The String Cheese Incident Brooklyn Bowl 2016 gig poster and foil variant.

The Wood Brothers tour poster, foil variant, and matching "Dreamgirl" serigraphs.

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Kyler Baker Counting Crows, Grateful Dead & New Print

Kyle Baker has just released a bunch of great work.

His Grateful Dead 50 Chicago Tribute Print

The Meltdown series comes in a couple of fairly big editions (403 for the 'primary' coloway, 223 for the 'red gold' variant) plus tiny rainbow-foil editions for the diehard poster geeks out there.

 Last summer Kyle designed and printed over 4,000 posters for the Counting Crows' US (summer) and European (fall) tours, and now they're finally getting around to selling the very limited artist editions that they've only sold previously in-person at art festivals, etc. He channeled Wes Wilson for this extremely challenging but rewarding typographical puzzle.

See all the new work at BakerPrints.com

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Winner of the Windy City Chicago Print by Baker Prints

Seems like everyone loves Wrigley Field, the Cubs and the food when it comes to Chicago. Now if Chicago could just do something about the Dan Ryan expressway it just might be perfect, I don't like that freeway at all.

But there is one person that is really going to love Chicago just a little more and that is Brian Yi who had comment #90 and he is the winner of this fantastic Windy City print by Kyle Baker and his father. Brian email me your address and I will be sending you the print.

Much love and THANK YOU again to Kyle Baker of Baker Prints for providing this incredible print and making this giveaway that much better. He still has some of these available along with a bunch of gigposters and other prints over at the Baker Prints website so go check them out.

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Baker Prints The Windy City Chicago Free Friday Poster Giveaway

I have been doing giveaways on the blog for over 4 years now and those of you that have been fans for all these years know I have given away some really good stuff. Today's giveaway ranks in the top 5 of the best ever. I had been talking with Kyle Baker of Baker Prints off and on for a while at Flatstock in Chicago a couple of weeks back and got around to asking him hey would you like to do a giveaway on the blog. He said sure how about The Windy City print of Chicago. Kyle created the print in collaboration with his father Terry Baker, it's a painstakingly-crafted illustration of Chicago icons and architecture being playfully blown away. The effort, from start to finish, was easily the largest art project either of them have ever undertaken. My mouth hit the ground when he offered it and I think I said 3 or 4 times "are you sure ?". The reason I was so surprised, is that he sells these for $220 a piece and this is one serious piece of art.

The Windy City print is a massive 36 x 24 inch 16 color screen print with a signed and numbered edition of 456. It also comes with a legend that let's you know what all the places, people and things are on the print. Click the image above to enlarge it and see all the detail.

Now go to the top of the post above the picture and click on comments or scroll down (depends on how you see this post) to leave a comment what you like about Chicago to have a chance at winning the poster. Don't worry if your comment does not appear immediately I have to approve them before they are published. I will use the Random Number Generator to pick a winner. Entries are limited to ONE PER PERSON PER HOUSEHOLD. Please leave your name with the comment, comments without names will not be accepted. Entries will be accepted until 11:59 PM PDT Saturday August 2 with the winner announced on Sunday.

BIG TIME THANK YOU to Kyle Baker for providing this print for the giveaway this week. Be sure to check out all the other posters and prints he has at BakerPrints.com

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Umphrey's McGee Spring Tour Poster by Baker Prints

Kyle Baker of Baker Prints in Chicago has released his Umphrey's McGee 2014 Tour Poster. Ever been on tour? You’ll know each of these characters well if so. This artist edition has a few differences with the main edition (sold on the tour). Printed on Ivory paper instead of Natural White. Edition of 42 (main edition is 1,000). Has a layer of semi-gloss varnish over the keyline (black) giving it a bit of sheen. Printed as separate run with tweaked separations and ink mixes 5 screens; light blue, fluorescent yellow, fluorescent hot pink, black, semi-gloss clear varnish.

Buy it at BakerPrints.com

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