Posted by Don Clark | Filed under Music, Posters, Seattle
We’re excited to have a table at the upcoming Flatstock 27 at Bumbershoot Festival next weekend, Sept. 4-6th. It’s always a great hang with fellow poster peeps and an excuse to publicly drool over so much great art. Oh, and just to get this out of the way before it starts: No, we don’t have any Phish or Southern Culture On The Skids posters. Hope to see you all out there!
Posted by Don Clark | Filed under Illustration, Music, New Work, Posters, Seattle
Here’s a fun project we recently wrapped with the fine folks at Creature and JanSport. Catch the bus to see The Cave Singers – performing at an undisclosed location. A quick synopsis of the event:
‘This summer, JanSport presents the first installment of the Bonfire Sessions, a free concert series celebrating the epic memories that can only be made outdoors. Here’s how it works. The hidden location of the concert is kept secret until the day of the show. All August long, check in here at Unzipped , as well as Facebook and Twitter , to get clues about the band and where to hitch a ride on the 28th. We’re taking a mere two busloads of people, so you’ll want to stay on top of the bus stop spot. And get your best lining-up/dancing shoes on.’
The poster was designed in 2 sizes: 24″ x 36″ and 18″ x 24″. 8 colors, screen-printed.
Posted by Ryan Clark | Filed under Design, Editorial, Metal, Music, New Work, Photo-Illustration
Check out your local newsstands now for the new issue of Revolver Magazine, featuring Zakk Wylde. We did the photo-illustration work for the cover and the feature, which meant many hours of cutting out little demon people to create the elaborate scenes. The cover image itself pays homage to recently deceased Frank Frazetta’s classic artwork.
Posted by Ryan Clark | Filed under Music, New Work
Just wrapped up the artwork for the new Monster Magnet album “Mastermind”. The cover features the band’s mascot, the Bullgod (which graces several of the band’s covers) in a surrealistic painted style. See a short press release here.
Posted by Don Clark | Filed under Music, New Work, Posters, Seattle
Here’s our new poster for The National show at Marymoor Park on 9/11/10.
Posted by Ryan Clark | Filed under Design, Music, New Work, Packaging
Just wrapped up the artwork for Starflyer 59’s 12th album, “The Changing Of The Guard.” The music, as always, is incredible… and it’s always refreshing to work with Jason Martin, a guy who truly “gets it.”
Posted by Ryan Clark | Filed under Illustration, Music, New Work, Posters, Seattle
Just finished this poster for Vampire Weekend… couldn’t help but go the literal route for this one. Just too fun. Vampire meets piranha- a match made in Heaven.
Posted by Don Clark | Filed under Illustration, Music, New Work, Posters, Seattle
Here’s our new (and early) poster for The XX show at The Paramount in September.
Posted by Ryan Clark | Filed under Design, Metal, Music, New Work
Check out the cover we recently finished for our buddies The Showdown. The new record, Blood In The Gears, has a very gritty, Southern, biker sound to it, so that’s exactly what we went for. That’s me in the jacket, and there’s no Photoshop magic here- we had the back patch made just for the cover. Ride to live…
Posted by Ryan Clark | Filed under Design, Illustration, Metal, Music, New Work
Here’s the cover for new Solid State band, To Speak Of Wolves’ debut release. Hands are still tough for me. I probably drew 15 pairs of hands before I felt like I got it right…
Posted by Ryan Clark | Filed under Illustration, Music, New Store Goodies, New Work, Posters, Seattle
Here’s a look at our poster for The National, who will be performing at this year’s Sasquatch! Festival. These guys are a personal favorite of ours here at the office, and we anxiously await their new album later this year. Poster available soon-ish!
Posted by Don Clark | Filed under Design, Music, New Work, Packaging
We just wrapped up the cover for ‘Cohesion’, the new album from Perth’s own Gyroscope. Listen to the album and pre-order here.
Posted by Ryan Clark | Filed under Metal, Music, New Work, Packaging
We just launched a pre-order for the new Demon Hunter record, The World Is A Thorn. Go here to see the different bundles being offered. The deluxe edition box is filled with goodies and there are some extra odds and ends that you can add for dirt cheap. Oh, and the music’s not too shabby either.
Posted by Don Clark | Filed under Music, New Work
Well, the new decade has officially started and we’re ramping up the iCal with some fun projects. We’re excited to be working with some great bands/artists this month. First up is our new cover for the upcoming Young The Giant (formerly The Jakes) album on Roadrunner Records. Great band. Check ‘em out here.
Posted by Don Clark | Filed under Just Plain Bad Ass, Music
So, our dad is pretty cool. Cool for many reasons, but right now especially because he just launched Curtis Clark Guitars, his new blog showcasing his amazing (if we may say so ourselves) hand-crafted acoustic guitars. Dad’s an incredibly gifted woodworker, so naturally we were pretty excited when he decided to become a luthier. We’re proud of you, pops! Oh, you can also follow him on Twitter.
Posted by Don Clark | Filed under Music
Love ‘em or hate ‘em … our 2009 Top Tens have arrived.
Don:
1. Imogen Heap Ellipse
2. Coalesce OX
3. John Mayer Battle Studies
4. Miike Snow Miike Snow
5. Jay-Z The Blueprint 3
6. Wilco The Album
7. Paper Route Absence
8. Mute Math Armistice
9. Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
10. Mindy Smith Stupid Love
Top Ten “Honorable Mention”
1. Throwdown Deathless
2. Mastodon Crack The Skye
3. Switchfoot Hello Hurricane
4. Metric Fantasies
5. U2 No Line On The Horizon
6. The Boxer Rebellion Union
7. Blacklist Midnight Of The Century
8. I Am X Kingdom Of Welcome Addiction
9. Editors In This Light And On This Evening
10. Hot Leg Red Light Fever
Ryan:
1. White Lies To Lose My Life
2. Bat For Lashes Two Suns
3. Alice In Chains Black Gives Way To Blue
4. Metric Fantasies
5. Living Things Habeas Corpus
6. I Am X Kingdom Of Welcome Addiction
7. Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
8. Miike Snow Miike Snow
9. Dredg The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion
10. Depeche Mode Sounds Of The Universe
Top Ten “Honorable Mention”
1. Doves Kingdom Of Rust
2. Paper Route Absence
3. Temper Trap Conditions
4. Blacklist Midnight Of The Century
5. Biffy Clyro Only Revolutions
6. Editors In This Light And On This Evening
7. Imogen Heap Ellipse
8. Grammatics Grammatics
9. Silversun Pickups Swoon
10. Prodigy Invaders Must Die
Ryan’s Top Ten Metal:
1. Throwdown Deathless
2. Bury Your Dead It’s Nothing Personal
3. Coalesce OX
4. Mastodon Crack The Skye
5. The Ascendicate To Die As Kings
6. Napalm Death Time Waits For No Slave
7. Karnivool Sound Awake
8. Unholy New Life Behind Closed Eyes
9. Scar Symmetry Dark Matter Dimensions
10. Devil Driver Pray For Villains
Posted by Ryan Clark | Filed under Design, Illustration, Music, New Work, Packaging, Photography
Here are 3 recently finished album covers. Had a lot of fun with all of these. All great records too!
Posted by Ryan Clark | Filed under Design, Illustration, Metal, Music, New Work, Packaging
Just wrapped up both (regular & special edition) packages for the new DevilDriver record. I’m a big fan of the band, so it was an honor to work with Dez and the guys.
Posted by Ryan Clark | Filed under Illustration, Music, New Work
Just finished this shirt design for my good friend Will and his killer rock band, American Princes. If you’re going to Bonnaroo this year, be sure to check them out!
Posted by Don Clark | Filed under Design, Illustration, Music, New Stuff, New Work, Packaging, Posters
Spring has hit Seattle (well, a little) so we thought it’d be a good time to update you on what’s happening in IC world … and of course shamelessly plug ourselves all at the same time. We’re having a ton of fun at the shop lately, so why not share in the joy a little bit?
The Takeover interview – Short and sweet.
RBTL podcast – This was a lot of fun to do, but maybe I shouldn’t have had so much coffee before recording.
IC on Twitter – Sign up! Updated regularly with IC happenings and random pretentious garbage no one needs to know about. Oh, and this may soon take the place of ‘5 Things We’re Digging’. I wish it wasn’t so addictive, but it is.
Sasquatch! Festival - It’s coming up hot. Thankfully, we have a new set of limited edition screen-printed posters available to help celebrate its arrival. Coming soon.
Coalesce ‘OX’ – This project was a blast in many ways, but I had no clue the band would want to feature the art on so many stinking cool pieces of merchandise. Icing on the cake. Limited edition (signed) art prints, a flask (with super cool box), quality hoodies and shirts, etc. Take that, Fugazi.
Having fun with new projects from Nike, Target, Wired, Devildriver, August Burns Red, Coalesce, The Not-It’s, KEXP, Brother Ali + Rhymesayers, etc. We’ll be showcasing these new projects (and much more) on our new website and store towards the end of August. Very excited to be working with the masterminds at Gridplane & Instrument.
There is much more to talk about, but not enough time to do so. Thanks to everyone who has made the IC blog a part of their daily RSS feeds. 6,500 and counting!
Oh, and special thanks to Cale Glendening for the above photo.