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Explosions in the Sky

Sean Tucker — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 01:43:40 +0000

And here's our poster for the incredible Explosions in the Sky. We had a blast collaborating with Collin Simula on this one, and it was expertly printed by The Half and Half. You can pick one up right now in the shop!

Cold War Kids

Sean Tucker — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:35:17 +0000

Here's our poster for Cold War Kids' recent show in Columbus. We've got a few for your consumption in the shop – get 'em while they're hot!

Weapons of Mass Creation Fest

Sean Tucker — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:26:06 +0000

We're pretty stoked to be attending WMC Fest this year. Here's what they have to say:

Now in its 2nd year, WMC Fest is quickly becoming a must-attend event for creatives in the Midwest. Its goal is to inspire and enable the creative mind and will feature 20 speakers, 20 designers, and 20 bands over the weekend. Put on by the Cleveland based creative agency Go Media and a host of volunteers, it’s got that homegrown, indie vibe that sets it apart from other major conferences. Come to WMC Fest to network, collaborate, get inspired, learn new tricks, and meet new friends! At the cost of only $15 or less, you can’t miss it!

Not only will it be a great opportunity to meet some great local (and national) talent and hear some great local (and national) music, but this guy will be there to drop some knowledge:

That, dear readers, is Aaron (MF-ing) Draplin. For those of you who don't know, Mr. Draplin runs a studio out of Portland, Oregon. He loves Futura Bold, the color Orange, and hard work. His philosophy is simple. “Work hard. Do good work. For good people.” He got some press a few years ago for a surly little video interview with/about him. We're pretty pumped to hear him talk and maybe meet him. I bet he's got a firm handshake.

But wait, there's more! In addition to great music and speakers, WMC Fest is holding a design show. A bunch of super-talented folks (including Draplin) will be showing their goods and pushing their wares. Most of the spots have been taken, but there's a vote going on to decide the last remaining folks to display their work. We're going for it! Vote for us!

Hope to see you there...

(The Original) Café 11

Sean Tucker — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:24:34 +0000

If you're in St. Augustine Beach, be sure to visit The Original Café 11. The food is incredible, Ryan brings in some pretty amazing shows, and the Dettra family runs the place with honesty and integrity. Not to mention, (most of) our posters line the walls.

We can't say enough nice things about this place.

Time to make the donuts.

Sean Tucker — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:10:34 +0000

Welp, it's been over a year. Yeesh.

Whether you're here for the first time, or if you've been wondering where the heck we've been, we're happy you're here.

So here are some things you should know. Bear with us, it's been over a year:

• As you can probably tell, we have a new website. We moved everything over from the old site, changed our email addresses, and basically started over. Hopefully, this will help with updating the site more frequently and keeping you, dear reader, informed on our goings-on. We also re-photographed our work and made sure you knew who helped on everything – we're lucky to work with some crazy talented people. Poke around a bit.

• Sean moved to Columbus, Ohio last year. Most of the new poster work will be for shows in Columbus, but we're still talking with Ryan Dettra, who's in the midst of reviving Café Eleven. Can't wait.

• Dog & Pony will function in much the same way, just from different parts of the country. The biggest difference in the way we work is that we're taking a break from printing our actual posters. After taking a year off and moving across the country, we're not afraid to admit that we've gotten a little rusty. But that's OK with us. For the forseeable future, we'll be handing our files off to the capable hands of The Half and Half. They make a beautiful print and are amazing to work with. Hopefully you'll be as happy as we are with them. This isn't to say we're hanging up our aprons and squeegees for good. Smaller runs and art prints (and maybe the occasional wedding invite) will probably still be printed in our own blood, sweat and tears.

• We went through our inventory and loaded up a brand new shop. We love your support!

• We're on Twitter and Facebook now. Follow/like us! Keep an eye out over there for sneak peeks on stuff we're working on and other goodies.

Alright, that's enough for this. You can count on us to get back on a regular schedule of new posters, other fun projects, music recommendations and anything else we think that you need to know. Thanks again for sticking around. Keep Moving Forward!

Sean & Tim
Dog & Pony Showprints

P.S. That photo above is a quick camera phone shot of our latest poster...more to come

We're back!

Sean Tucker — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:19:16 +0000

image by Natalie Dee.

More news this weekend.
-Sean & Tim, Dog & Pony Showprints

Help Haiti Rise

Sean Tucker — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:30:45 +0000

Dear Friends,

By now you're hopefully all aware of the devastation that has occurred in Haiti in the past couple of weeks. In an effort to help, we've teamed up with the incredible Mike Fretto (who also happens to run ROSA LOVES) for a little project. He created an amazing fundraiser t-shirt, and we've printed a poster inspired by that shirt. Both are available through Fretto's Merchline storefront.

100% of the proceeds from the shirt and print will be donated to a hard-working group in Haiti called Partners In Health. PIH’s mission is to provide a preferential option for the poor in health care. Since the earthquake on January 12th, PIH has begun treating the injured and continue to be a powerful force in the fight to save lives in the affected areas.

BIG thanks to Mr. Fretto for setting all this up, and the generous folks at Merchline for generously donating free online storefront space, shipping, and other sale fees!

If you'd like to donate more to support PIH's efforts and contribute to much needed resources, they could really use our help! Donate here.

– Sean & Tim, Dog & Pony Showprints

Designers in Toyland!

Sean Tucker — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:55:33 +0000

AIGA Jacksonville and our good buddy Karen are organizing another killer event. This time at a sweet new space in Downtown Jacksonville during ArtWalk! Killer music, live painting, booze and toys! It honestly doesn't get much better. We've created a series of custom toys for the show, too! It's going to be epic. Click to enlarge the flyer below.

For more info, go here! We'll see you at the show!

Lucero's up!

Sean Tucker — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:37:16 +0000

Lucero posters are up in the shop!

Print Regional Design Annual 2009

Sean Tucker — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:26:53 +0000

Awhile back, we told you about our inclusion in Print magazine's 2009 Regional Design Annual. Well, we got our copy in the mail the other day, and my oh my does it look awesome! It's a HUGE honor to share pages with our heroes over at Methane and the awesome design team at Disney's Yellow Shoes, among others.

As a special bonus we didn't expect, they included some words about our work, too! The lovely people at Print asked us a series of questions and said that if it was interesting enough and if they had room, they'd include some of the answers. They did...So awesome!

Anyway, check out a few photos down below, but it's way better in print. Not sure when the annual actually hits stands, but pick one up when you can – there's some seriously inspiring work in there.

AIGA's Always Summer '09

Sean Tucker — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:15:17 +0000

AIGA Jacksonville puts on some seriously awesome events. I was lucky enough to help organize and set up this year's membership drive, Always Summer, a poster show celebrating summer jams. The idea was to have local designers and artists select songs that represented summer to them and then design a poster based on that. We set up shop in an old retail space in the Jacksonville Landing, complete with 50 some odd posters, a pair of DJ's spinning the tunes, delicious beer from Bold City Brewery, food from Native Sun, and a cast of characters talking about the benefits of AIGA membership.

The event was a huge success and was a fantastic way to end the summer. You'll see posters that Tim & I created in the photos below (taken by Tiffany Manning), but we'll get around to taking photos of the posters up close sooner or later.

Extra kudos to Patrick Carter (pictured above) and AIGA Jax president Varick Rosete for taking the lead on getting the show together and making sure everything ran smoothly. Great job, dudes.

-Sean
Dog & Pony

Doogan McGugan & the future

Sean Tucker — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:05:42 +0000

Check out that little guy! Say hello to the yet-to-be-named-or-even-born child of Tim & Jen McGugan! I'm calling him Doogan for now.

Holy cow, right? Due early next year, this will be the McGugan's first child. Tim claims that he (the kid) will be the first man on mars or end up figuring out how many licks it really does take to get to center of a tootsie pop. We'll keep you posted on those things.

So let's give a round of applause to Tim, he's finally a real boy!

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On that note, now's a good time to enlighten you all on our plans for the future of Dog & Pony. With Tim's reduced role (you know...getting married, buying a house, remodeling said house from the ground up, having a kid, etc.), you may have noticed more and more collaborations on the latest posters. All of this has really made us re-evaluate the spirit of Dog & Pony and what the future means.

Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of people doing these posters (or screen printing for fun) in North Florida, and yet I still find myself surrounded by incredibly talented people that WANT to do just that. I don't want to hog – and frankly can't handle – all of the awesome work that Dog & Pony has allowed me to work on, so I've tapped these talented folks to contribute in their own individual ways. From Karen Kurycki's amazing watercolors to Eric Blair, Kendrick Kidd and Caitlin Robinson's ridiculous illustrations, and Crystal Floyd's beautiful photos. These people are so so amazing at what they do, and working them is a true honor. Every poster becomes a whole new experience.

Sure Tim & I will take on our own poster designs, but from here on out we'd like to approach every project as a possible opportunity to work with friends...or someone that may just be a great fit for that project.

If you don't mind my rambling, I'd like to give you a quick example. I was recently given the task of designing a poster for a very special Halloween screening of the 1922 silent Dutch film Häxan by my dear friend Tim Massett – who runs a small independent theatre in Duluth, Minnesota. This is an insane film about witchcraft/witch hunting/the devil. I highly recommend watching it sometime, or at least reading about it. Now, I love witchcraft as much as the next guy (...right...?), but someone who may be able to give me a little more insight and visual inspiration would be the extremely talented Clay Doran and his monsterly persona, Squid Dust. His work speaks for itself, he's perfect for it! And for as long as we've been friends, we've never collaborated. So now's the time. You'll see the poster soon. It's as insane as (if not a little bit more insane than) the film.

I guess the long-short of all of this is that Dog & Pony is naturally evolving into a collective of sorts. A very loosely organized group of incredibly talented creative folks creating awesome printed goods for awesome people.

And that's that.
Keep Moving Forward.
–Sean Tucker/Dog & Pony Showprints

The Decemberists

Sean Tucker — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:37:39 +0000

We teamed up with the always amazing Eric Blair to create a poster for The Decemberists recent appearance at the beautiful St. Augustine Amphitheatre. It was loosely inspired by the song "The Rake" from their newest album The Hazards of Love. It was an interesting and time-consuming experience dissecting the very complex album with Eric and deciding what the focus of the poster should be.

It ended up being a 4-color print with some blue house paint, magenta ink, transparent black ink and a lovely flat black house paint. Printing went off without a hitch.

The show itself was fantastic. The band played through The Hazards of Love in full before going into some older fan favorites. They also threw in a ridiculous rendition of Heart's "Crazy on You" with Shara Wordon and Becky Stark on lead vocals. The ladies stole the show throughout the evening. All in all a great experience, as usual.

Required Listening: My Morning Jacket

Sean Tucker — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:31:30 +0000

My Morning Jacket released their critically acclaimed album "Z" in 2005. I have to admit, I slept on this one. Maybe it was the other incredible music that came out that summer...or maybe the album was a grower that I couldn't wrap my head around at the time. Either way, it took 4 years, but I finally get it.

Jim James and Co. made a ridiculously amazing record with catchy hooks, tight melodies, all out guitar jams, and a few slow burners in there for good measure. The band doesn't take themselves too seriously, and everything on the album feels completely natural. Not to mention it has a pretty stellar album cover.

Have a listen to "Lay Low" – a fantastic 6-minute tune that highlights everything I love about the album. James' reverbed near-falsetto voice over the minimalistic opening, a super tight rhythm section, dueling guitars, and a full-bodied and sprawling last-half of the track.

Lay Low

I always seem to point out that you need to listen to these records in their entirety to get the full effect of awesomeness that I'm talking about, and it holds true with this one too. So do it, and do it now.

My Morning Jacket's Z on iTunes and Amazon.

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In Dog & Pony news, we're sorry about the lack of updates. Stuff has been happening, we just need to get around to documenting it for yous guys. Here's the short list of what's to come:

• The Decemberists
• Tim's future
• Always Summer poster show
• Häxan

Lucero

Sean Tucker — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:02:46 +0000

A few months back, we were contacted by Lucero's management to create a poster for a stop of their upcoming tour. We were honored to make something for these alt/country/punk legends. How convenient that their closest stop to us was Café Eleven! Considering our dear relationship with folks at the Café, we jumped at the opportunity.

We passed the Tallahassee date over to our good buddies at Halftone Def. You should see the poster they did, its awesome...oh here it is! It's always fun to see how different designers approach the same band's music, but it's especially fun when the other designers are your best good friends.

Anyway, check out what we came up with:

And some details:

It's a spiffy 4-color print: white & orange inks, brown house paint, and transparent ghosty white ink. The photo was taken by the lovely Crystal Floyd. We've been looking for a way to use one of her incredible shots from her many visits to creepy abandoned buildings, airplane graveyards, salvage yards and the beautiful great outdoors. We were thrilled when she said we could use this awesome shot of a Nash Rambler becoming one with the earth.

Half of the edition went to Lucero, and the other half will be sold at the show in November. Whatever's left after that will be up in our shop.

More exciting stuff coming up!

Inspiration: 826 National

Sean Tucker — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:10:26 +0000

In 2002, Dave Eggers, his wife Vendela Vida and educator Nínive Clements Calegari founded a writing/tutoring center in San Francisco. They named it the address of the building: 826 Valencia. Unfortunately, the city ordinances in the area only allowed for retail space. Interestingly enough, as building renovations continuted, it began to almost look like the hull of a ship. So it was cleverly decided that the storefront would become "San Francisco's only independent Pirate Supply Store." The store is in the front of the space, the writing center in the middle, and offices in the back.

It really is a brilliant idea that was only made better by some of the most clever writing and packaging that went along with the pirate supplies. What follows are some of those products, beautifully designed by Office.

It didn't stop there. When it was time to expand the 826 writing centers around the country, each center determined what their storefront would be. Boston: The Greater Boston Bigfoot Research Institute; Chicago: The Boring Store (a secret agent shop), Los Angeles: The Echo Park Time Travel Mart, Michigan: The Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair, New York City: The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co., Seattle: The Greenwood Space Travel Supply Co.

Every store has been meticulously designed from the inside-out and each product they carry is so cleverly written and beautifully designed by local artists and designers. Below is just a small taste of the national products.

A wonderful little catalog was released not too long ago by 826 National. It gives a thorough description of the organization (which Dave Eggers also hilariously explains in his recent TED talk) as well as fully describing each product and the program they support.

This is truly brilliant and inspiring stuff. We are strong believers in creative thinking from a very young age, and everything about the 826 National organization is a true testament to the power of creativity and design.

All images from The Dieline.

Support the Movement pt. 2

Sean Tucker — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:10:42 +0000

A few weeks ago, we showed you a shirt we created for Tim to wear to the Jaguars' training camp.

The idea stemmed from a press conference and subsequent tweets by the Jaguars' star running back, Maurice Jones-Drew.

Needless to say, the movement (and our shirts) picked up pretty quick. Pretty much all of our friends were asking us to print shirts up for them and we were happy to oblige. We started growing our beards for the team and printed up a solid batch of shirts

Then it got around the office. If you know anything about us, you know that our day job involves doing some actual advertising for the Jaguars. We'd been working on strategies to help sell tickets for the team this year when the big guy upstairs – Jim Dalton, that is – saw Tim's shirt. He loved the idea and saw tons of opportunity for the Jags. He also had a meeting with them that afternoon. Long story short, it was presented to the team and they loved it. We passed along a shirt just in case Mr. Jones-Drew would be interested in wearing it.

Then came the real fun. First MoJo showed up online wearing the shirt to announce a new Facebook contest.

Then BeardCam shows up at the game. A moving beard shows up on the Jumbotron over people's faces.

Then the man himself is wearing our shirt in all it's glory in the gameday program.

And finally, the big one. The Jags took our logo and had it printed in full color on t-shirts to sell at the game!

That took a little of the burden off our backs of hand-screening our image onto shirts for random people we don't know, and it helps the Jags make the money they need. The shirts look super nice, and we couldn't be more proud. We've printed a lot of shirts ourselves to get the idea out there and for all those that wanted to Support the Movement, but seeing the concept and design embraced by our team and the fans is so much more rewarding. It really just goes to show that a good idea and a solid execution can really go places.

And yes, we're still printing shirts.

Support the Movement.
Dog & Pony Showprints

Gil & Amy pt. 2

Sean Tucker — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:16:05 +0000

As promised, here are some more detail shots of Gil & Amy's wedding invitations. This is how the whole package came together. Simply stunning. Design by Varick Rosete/Russel Quadros. Printing by Dog & Pony Showprints.

Lightboxing

Sean Tucker — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:53:05 +0000

Last Thursday, I participated in a crazy live design battle called Lightboxing. I won't go into the details of the event – the AIGA blog has taken care of that – but these photos by the wonderful Tiffany Manning seemed to sum up the evening pretty well.

Congratulations and continued respect to the impeccable Mr. Russel Quadros. Many thanks to AIGA Jacksonville, ReFresh Jacksonville and Paul Figura for giving us the arena in which to battle. And a HUGE thanks to Veer for the awesome photos, typeface and free swag! It was a hugely successful event and I can't wait to see who steps into the Lightboxing ring next time.

-Sean – Dog & Pony –

Screen Printing Workshop

Sean Tucker — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:18:15 +0000

A few weekends ago, Sean and Tonya Lee conducted their third screen printing demo with students at the Art Institute of Jacksonville. It was held at the school from 10am-4pm on a lovely Saturday. This particular session revolved around Andy Warhol and his portrait work. Each student sat in front of some harsh studio lights while another student photographed them. They were left to completely decide how their portrait would look. Some went straight-faced, some went crazy.

They brought their portraits into Photoshop, adjusted the brightness and contrast (and in some cases, the size of their eyes) and we burned the images onto screens. While the screens were burning (2 at a time) each student, using printouts of their portraits for reference, created stencils through which they hand-painted colors and patterns onto paper. This would make each print unique, much like Warhol's portraits. Sean did a horrible job documenting the whole affair, but thankfully several of the students took plenty of photos. See below.

Gil Samson & Amy Ploss

Sean Tucker — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:22:41 +0000

Photo: Laura Evans

Gil and Amy are probably the coolest people you could ever meet. They have impeccable taste and style, and I (Sean) have been fortunate enough to become friends through mutual friends and events/drinking sessions. So when Varick approached me about screen printing the invites for their upcoming wedding, I jumped at the opportunity. Quick sidenote, Russel absolutely killed it on their website, right? Sheesh.

Anyway, these wedding invites wouldn't be your regular ink on paper invites...why would they? The couple had the brilliant idea of transferring Varick's beautiful design onto quaint little pieces of balsa wood. I'm game for a challenge, but this one seemed kind of ridiculous, especially with 6 colors. Nevertheless, over a period of 2-or-so weeks, Varick, Jenille and I spent several sleepless nights cranking 120 of these things out. Gil eloquently tells his version of the story here. The finished piece is pretty stunning and totally different than any wedding invite you'll get for the rest of your life.

Below are a couple sneak peeks of the invites. Since most of the invitees haven't received them yet, I'll wait until later to show the rest.

Support the Movement

Sean Tucker — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:36:32 +0000

We made a shirt for Tim to wear to Jags training camp. Story here and here.

More on this soon...
D&P

Required Listening: Consolers of the Lonely

Sean Tucker — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:54:27 +0000

Well, Jack White is at it again. As you probably know, he's formed yet another band: The Dead Weather. They really are fantastic, and we strongly recommend a listen. Upon listening to this newest effort, I couldn't help but revisit Mr. White's last "new band," The Raconteurs.

They easily convinced me that they knew what they were doing at a pretty mindblowing performance at Bonnaroo a few years back, but I had never really spent the proper time with either of their albums. Their debut, Broken Boy Soldiers, was solid at best — but the sophomore effort, Consolers of the Lonely, truly floored me. I think that's all there really is to say about it, so have a listen to 2 songs from the album. The rocking album opener, "Consoler of the Lonely," and the lush and beautifully brilliant "Old Enough."

Raconteurs

This also gives us a great opportunity to throw in a little of our personal inspiration. Rob Jones has been working with Jack White for several years now, creating posters for damn near every one of his shows for every one of his bands. His style and limited color palette suit the Jack White aesthetic so beautifully. Have a look see at some of our favorite Raconteurs posters by Mr. Jones and check out his site to see the other wonderful posters.

D&P

Inspiration: Hatch Show Print

Sean Tucker — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 09:40:29 +0000

This video just about sums it up.

Anyone got a letterpress we can play with?
D&P

Test-tees

Sean Tucker — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:44:21 +0000

Our best good friends Tron & Grease over at Halftone Def Studios have done it once again. A new poster, you ask? Nay! For this time they bring it huge with a rad new t-shirt — for all us nerds that like dots and lines and screen printing.

Hop on over to their store and pick one up.
Only $20 +shipping for a super comfy (and refreshingly sturdy) new shirt! I love mine and you'll love yours.

What are we up to? Oh nothing, just printing some INSANE wedding invites for some dear friends designed by the always awesome Mr. Varick Rosete. These are gunna be brutiful. We'll show them in due time my friends...in due time. Sean will also be co-conducting another screen printing demo with Tonya Lee at the Art Institute of Jacksonville. We've also lined up a few AMAZING poster opportunities for the coming months. Big news big news!

Anyway, buy a shirt, kthxbai.

D&P

Elvis is up!

Sean Tucker — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:31:41 +0000

Remember those awesome Elvis Perkins posters we collaborated with Karen on that we told you about?

They're up in our shop!
We've got 14 10 unique painting/prints for your purchasing pleasure.

Please and thank you!
xoxo
–D&P

Required Listening: Folksy Stevens'

Sean Tucker — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:20:16 +0000

Back atcha with another Required Listening. We're keeping it on the softer side once again with a couple folksters who happen to share the last name of Stevens (sort of). We'll come back strong next week to pick the tempo up a bit, but these 2 songs are simple acoustic beauties from artists whose catalogs you MUST investigate further.

Cat Stevens (err, Yusef Islam) brings us The Wind. Short and sweet.Then we've got SufJan Stevens and the banjo accented, Romulus.

Stevens

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In other news, Heather Gabel has those prints we talked about (and printed!) up in her shop. Buy 'em up!

I promise, we'll get back to showing you our pretty posters again real soon.
Fun stuff in the works.
D&P

Elvis Perkins in Dearland

Sean Tucker — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:08:34 +0000

In our most recent experiment we like to call "collaborating with Karen," we enlisted the help of the mighty Ms. Kurycki to jam out some serious watercoloring. And we've got to say, she's a trooper. Working through a growing sickness and coming off a week of partying in Portland, she killed it on 30 or so sheets of hearty 12"x18" watercolor paper. We then printed some thick black ink over top of the whole thing, resulting in 30 unique "prints." See below:

Elvis and his fantastic band Dearland were pretty amazing. While You Were Sleeping was hands down the highlight of the night. Beautiful, moving, powerful.

They had quite the spread of merch. Including a poster of their own. Yikes! At least the merch guy was relatively nice.

It was warm. Sweaty beers. Yum.

We've got a bunch of these left, so we'll be putting them up in the store soon...since they're all unique, we need to photograph each one. Keep an eye out.

Beards y'all

Sean Tucker — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:24:44 +0000

Our homie Sean (the bearded one), who founded that club for which we did a logo, is putting on an art show! Here's the call for entries:

BEARDS AND BRUSHES
A Facial Hair Art Show

• Art must have a facial hair theme (Beards, Mustaches, Sideburns, etc.)
• Art is due by Saturday, August 29
• Drop-off at Bogda Gallery (1253 McDuff Ave. South)
• Show opens at Bogda on Saturday, September 5
• Visit JaxBeard for more info (yeah not yet)

So that's it! Create!

We Printed: Heather Gabel

Sean Tucker — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:50:29 +0000

Ooooooooookay, another little series. Every now and then we're asked to print someone else's work. This whole We Printed series will act as our area to show off the other person's work and our sweet printing skillz.
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Photo credit: Chrissy Piper

Heather Gabel has been creating merchandise for one of our longtime favorite bands, Alkaline Trio, as well as tons of other bands for years now. Yes, she created that heart and skull icon that we all wanted tattood on ourselves at one point.

She's also an awesome fine artist in her own right! Long story short, she married Tom Gabel a little while ago and they recently moved to St. Augustine. When we did that poster for Tom's acoustic show at Café Eleven, we were lucky enough to meet Heather (as she did all of Tom's merch and was obviously hanging out to support her dude). She approached us not too long later to produce two prints for an upcoming print show she will be a part of. We were honored to give it a shot!

It was a totally surreal experience. Working with someone else's art (especially when already admire the work and they have a pretty established "style") is stressful. We were constantly battling the medium and limitations of screen printing versus matching the original art as closely as possible. Everything worked out and the final prints turned out awesome! I won't post them until the show goes up, but heres a little sneak peak.

Thanks Heather! And if you and Tom are reading this, we vote Baked Potato. Congrats!!!!