Video: TFK! Time Lapse: Deafheaven/Pallbearer/Wreck & Reference Show Poster

It’s been a long while since I shared any sort of post related to gig poster art so why not remedy that with a ten minute time lapse video exploring the process behind TFK! Illustration, aka Mike Wohlberg’s , 6/09/2014  Philly showcase with Deafheaven, Pallbearer and Wreck & Reference.  The final piece isn’t necessarily my favorite work from the artist but it does a good job in presenting the viewer with what us graphic designers/illustrators  do when called upon, enjoy...

Onomatopoeia celebrates 1000 Posts with a Giveaway!

Onomatopoeia reached 1000 posts! I can hardly believe this little experiment has made it this far, and we did it just under our 1 year anniversary which hit’s in June.  Myself and the other collaborators would like to give thanks to our loyal readers so we set up a friendly competition. We have two signed and numbered metallic inked screen prints of Mr. Lif, the  Coup and Blue Scholars, at the Independent in San Francisco. These were designed by myself and Scraped Knee and could be yours. All you have to do is introduce us to something we might not know and will enjoy. Maybe it’s an artist or a band, maybe it’s a recipe for your secret peanut butter and bacon sandwich, maybe it’s a standup comedian that deserves our attention  or maybe it’s your own raw talent that we need to know about and you draw us something or record a tune. The choice is yours really. We ask you to leave your suggestions in the comments section of this post or email us at onomatopoeiaone@gmail.com, we will review them and our favorite two will each get one print. We will announce the winners on our one year anniversary June 3^rd. Thanks for all the support and we look forward to another year of sights, sounds, smells and laughs. 

The Poster Art of Mike Joyce

This is some really cool stuff right here. Swissted is an ongoing project by graphic designer Mike Joyce, owner of stereotype design in new york city. Drawing from his love of punk rock and swiss modernism, two movements that have absolutely nothing to do with one another, mike has redesigned vintage punk, hardcore, and indie rock show flyers into international typographic style posters. Each poster is sized to the standard swiss kiosk dimensions of 35.5 inches wide by 50 inches high and set in berthold akzidenz grotesk medium, all lowercase. There are over a hundred in the collection currently covering all your favorite bands from high school including, Bad Religion, The Descendents, ALL, Nirvana, Sound Garden, Gorilla Biscuits, Helmet, PIL, The Dead Kennedys, Sick of It All, Naked Raygun, 88 Fingers Louie, Bikini Kill, Pennywise, Rich Kids On LSD, Slapshot, Pegboy and many many more.  Every single one of these shows actually happened.

Mike Joyce Posters - picture slideshow

Video: DKNG Explosions in the Sky print process

Below is a pretty sweet video of the design of the new Explosions in the Sky poster done by DKNG Studios in LA. A lot of these videos tend to be pretty boring but I found this interesting because as a guy who is somewhat knowledgeable in Photoshop, this makes me feel like a clueless imbecile yet. Lots of interesting techniques going on here.

Prints as well as art print versions of this are available here

Black Keys Gig Poster

Been sitting on this one for a while now, couldn’t release the details until after the show. Onomatopoeia’s very own Scraped Knee has just released his poster for The Black Keys at the "Ottawa Bluesfest” - Ottawa, ON. The print details are  18' x 24'... 4-color screen, edition of 130. The print will go on sale tonight midnight and the store will close on Tues. July 12th... until... Aug 12th.  Any order placed after will be sent in late August. 

Poster Documentary In The Works

Producer Johanna Goldstein and director Scout Shannon have been on the road filming an upcoming documentary about the poster world, and they’d like a little bit of help. The footage is looking awesome, check out the promo reel below. You can donate at a bunch of different levels with some very enticing gifts in return.  help them out at IndieGogo.com.


INDIEGOGO PROMO FINAL from Johanna Goldstein on Vimeo.