Mirror Mirror

The Inlander's Volume Block Party is coming up June 1st. It should be a pretty crazy event. $5 ($10 at the door), 38 bands, 6 venues. They asked a bunch of local artists to design posters for their top 'Bands to Watch'. I love a new challenge.

My poster is for the kick ass local band, Mirror Mirror. Their music seems a mix of dark and romantic - with a lonesome feel. This is quite a change from my hearts and bumble bees. It was a nice excuse to try something different. What do you think - did I get it? I had the final poster printed professionally on metallic photography paper...like liquid diamonds my friends.
Spokanites - make sure and check out the poster show at Brew's on Washington during the month of June. I hear they look pretty fantastic all together!

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FFFFOUND!

Since getting my FFFFOUND account I've gotten a little obsessive with the photo collecting. I constently post (from all my favorite blogs and sites) whenever inspiration strikes. It has become an amazing tool for bookmarking my favorite images from all over - not to mention finding new ones.

Here are some of my recent favorites:

It's delightful discovering new artists and blogs too! I love the suggestions under the "New for you" button....they are pretty much spot on (...except for a week they thought I was a gay man. The pictures were amazing - just, ahem, a lot of men)!

pleasant surprise

This morning I got a pleasant surprise in my reading list! Big thanks to Flyer Design Goodness for the lovely words and sharing my posters under 'reader of the week'. They cover some pretty amazing artists...I have found much inspiration there. ♥

p.s. See you tomorrow at Lilac Fair (previous post), and have a lovely weekend!

Booze Day 2K10

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This is my newest poster project...Booze Day.

Every year Spokane has our beloved Bloomsday run. 'Bloomsday is one of the largest and most prestigious road races in the world, with over 50,000 entrants last year.' But Spokane also has its very own Booze Day Marathon Pub Run that happens the night before the big race. Hope you like her t-shirt because by entering Booze Day you get your very own. I am still working on illustrating the map for the Inlander. It is going to be amazing!

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Chick Magnet Boston Terrier Pancho Rivas

This is Pancho....Tonight should be fun!


Thank you to Genevieve of The Tragically Unhip for letting me use her photo for my flyer making pleasures! That little heart breaker...he might be the cutest dog I have ever seen. Lately I've been experimenting with photos and text instead of the purely illustration onlys. It seems I am developing a different style and liking it! But then again, I made this one the other day for the Empyrean and gosh darn it I drew the entire thing. I guess I am torn.