Posts by The Silent P
New Stars of the Lid Poster design
What a great band name, right? These guys play some pretty unique music, some describe it as “drone-based ambient music”. According to one of the founding members, the band’s name refers to “your own personal cinema, located between your eye and eyelid”, suggesting the colors and patterns one can see with closed eyes. We had…
Read MoreNew Minus The Bear Poster design
We just finished this new poster design/print for the band Minus the Bear. The design includes a large cropped halftone photo of my sister-in-law, used with her very kind permission. The silver was run as a metallic and looks great in person (thanks Nick at The Half and Half!). Black ink overprints nicely. Paper is…
Read MoreBand hires Get a Clue Design for tour merchandise
We were very excited to be asked to help the band Everest with some of their merchandising design recently. Everest is touring with Neil Young, Wilco and Death Cab for Cutie through December. Yeah, pretty good company right? Everest singer, guitarist, and chief songwriter Russell Pollard, along with Everest’s management, contacted us to help create…
Read MoreGet a Clue Design part of Toledo Poster show
The fine folks at Madhouse graphic design in Toledo, OH invited us to be part of their latest poster design exhibit “Rock Paper Scissors”. The gallery space is located in downtown on the corner of Jackson Street and 13th. Here’s a quote from the gallery page online: “Rock show and gig posters have communicated the…
Read MoreBand hires Get a Clue Design for logo/tee shirt
A local band has hired us to design their logo and tee shirts. As you’ve likely gathered, the band’s name is 20/20, so the “vision” we had (sorry) was to keep it simple and at the same time, create a tasteful nod to John Lennon. They loved it. For the tee shirt merchandise we went…
Read MoreCharleston City Paper features Poster Art show
Charleston’s City Paper has written a nice feature in the Visual Arts section on poster art. In particular, the “GIG!” exhibition at 52.5 records running through October. Read the article here.The writer was apparently moved by the poster we created for Wilco, the folk’s favorite: Tumbleweed Stache! Here’s a nice quote: “A realistic portrait of…
Read MorePoster designed for The Black Keys
We just finished work on a new poster design for the band The Black Keys.These fellow Ohio boys are super talented, make sure to hear them live or otherwise. The new album “Attack and Release” with producer Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley) has been getting very positive reviews from folks like Billboard to The New York…
Read MoreOriginal button designs commisioned!
The fine folks at Olio artists & workers cooperative asked Get a Clue Design to submit several button designs to help support the “Live!stock pin & poster show” in beautiful Victoria, B.C. Live!Stock is a 3 days posters, buttons, crafts, textiles, artists and rock art exhibition. Here’s some shots from the event and close-ups of…
Read MoreNEW “Audrey” Skate Deck added to shop!
We just released the new “Audrey” skate deck today. It’s a 8″ x 32″ deck, 7-Ply 100% Canadian Maple. Delicious. And it features Audrey Hepburn’s striking eyes…yup. Get it here!GETACLUEDESIGNBOARDPUSHER
Read MorePhoto’s from “GIG!” poster design show
We are adding just a few pix taken by Chuck Keppler from the opening of the GIG! poster design show in downtown Charleston, SC. Enjoy. Get a Clue Design’s posters are in these shots, can you find ’em?Hint: Galactic, Wilco and The Black Keys.
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