A non-screenprinted poster design for this amazing “doom jazz surf” band. As soon as I started doing the artwork I checked out their music and was hooked. Maybe you should check it out too?

Thing is, I’ve definitely checked out their music before because they played ATP. So one of the questions I’ve been asking myself before is how not to miss buying music from bands I’m going to love later. Especially bands that, on first listen, don’t seem to turn on that lightbulb in my head. Especially because, I’ve discovered that bands I don’t think I’m going to like and pass up initially, can turn out to be amongst some of my favourite when they’ve had time to grow slowly in the subconscious of my mind!

This is my new gig poster for Dick Dale at the Luminaire on 2nd April. It might be interesting to screenprint it – I will see how I get on with the Geoff Farina & Chris Brokaw one first! It would look lovely though, screenprinted onto this brown card.

For more details of the gig please go to DAMNABLY.

Here’s a new gig poster design I’ve done for Geoff Farina and Chris Brokaw. The poster will be screenprinted and digitally printed. I will be screenprinting the poster and will let you know how I get on!

For more info about the shows please visit damnably.

I’ve recently done this artwork for a Japanese only release for the band The Carletons, called “Out of Your Control”. You might want to check out the band – they are really very good. Hopefully I’ll do more for them in the near future (and maybe even get to see them play).

In the meantime, do please continue to contact me for FREE artwork commissions for gig posters, album/single artwork.

So here are the first two gig posters I was asked to create, for Tom Williams and the Boat, Jose Vanders and others. I am pleased with them but I think it’s just a start and I have much more to come. I’m hoping to screen print at least one of these posters.

In the meantime, I’m still looking for more gig posters and album artworks, t-shirts…any music related artwork. Still undertaken for FREE, so get in contact!

It’s been occurring to me more and more recently that I should actively seek to combine my love of music with my illustration and design work.

Maybe I should get a creative job in the music industry but what I’d really love to do is run a record label with someone, because it combines a great mix of disciplines: publishing, design, marketing, music, organising gigs.

In the meantime, however, I would like to continue to push my print design by undertaking creative work for bands in the form of gig posters, album artwork etc. So I’m after any commissions for bands for FREE (for the time being).

I am able to create all manner of special packaging for CDs and LPs, custom shaped cutters, special inks and finishes (my day job has been packaging design for the last 16 months) plus I use illustration, photography, 3D and type. Plus I’m doing screen printing now. I have created a set of covers/illustrations/printing on Flickr to give an idea of what I’ve done so far.

So get in contact and let me know what you need!