Back in the early ninties Coeur d’Alene, Idaho based band Black Happy took the Northwest by storm with their albums Friendly Dog Salad and Peghead but disbanded around 1995. My friend Mike Hasseries who played trombone in the band let me know after 15 years they’re gettin’ the band back together for a few reunion dates in August.
I’m completely stoked to see them play again as well as creating a poster for the shows. I wanted to keep it b/w because of the band name. I thought a smiling goat with human teeth would look pretty funky out on the street. Below is the poster for the August 20th show at the Crocodile in Seattle.
Back before digital, photographers used to intentionally process film in the wrong chemical solution to give the photo’s color a different look. This cross processing produced varying results, sometimes adding more yellow or blue or other colors to a photo. A lot of designers have different ways to recreate this look digitally in Photoshop. I decided to record my version as a Photoshop Action, so hit download and give it a go on your photos.
I worked with the good folks over at Sodophoto on their new logo and brand identity system. I kept it simple by just using metallic silver ink on white uncoated paper with an embossed SP. Jim Mannino is a lighting magician and I highly recommend him for any studio photography work.
Here’s a few more simple black and white posters I did for the all ages music venue called the Slab down in Georgetown.
Georgetown has a new all ages music venue called the Slab that is a part of the Seattle Drum School on South Michigan Street. I did the b/w opening night poster featuring the two headed fish of the Duwamish river. The Lonely Forest is playing along with New Faces so make sure you check it out on June 27th. I will also have some new art up on the walls as well.
I was chosen by Printing Control to design 3 months of their yearly promotional calendar. I had the Fall months so I subtly put the themes of back to school, Halloween and Thanksgiving in the design. I also created a typeface, Fracture, for this project.
I did a poster for my friend Aaron’s band, Little Hand of the City. They were playing with Dolour, the Pale, & the Senate Arcade at Graceland. All robots love balloons!
