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Akua Line of Inks Rebranding Complete.
We can finally show you some of the process from the rebrand project for Speedball Art Products. Akua® inks are professional quality, water-based inks created by two professional printmakers who were motivated to create safe, fume free inks. Once the unique product line was purchased by Speedball, it needed a major upgrade from where the…
Read More10 Year Anniversary Goes to 10 States…and Worldwide.
This year marks our 10th year in business! As a small token of our appreciation, we sent out a bunch of little packets full of some goodies, including a free USB drive, some sweet new mini-business cards with 10 different background images (details taken from several design projects) and HUGE thank YOU to our clients.…
Read More…And The Professors Project.
Here’s a great clip from the recording sessions for And The Professors upcoming album “Postmortem”. This is one very unique band that describes their music as “Orchestral Pop Rock. We were hired to help shape the band’s album art + design and were fortunate to get to hear the album as we worked on it. Keep…
Read MoreGreat Portrait Series “The Portrait Show”
Love this series by artist Mike Mitchell! Check it out, good art deserves attention. THE PORTRAIT SHOW
Read MorePoster Design for The National – Fillmore Performance
The National is a pretty impressive band. We were excited to finally see them live, and since we like The Fillmore in Charlotte, we opted to do a special edition ‘venue-only’ (and gift to the band) edition of posters to commemorate the special event. These were printed by Ink Floyd on super nice black stock,…
Read MoreBrand Spanking New Brand for Brand Spanking New Whiskey Bar.
We are fortunate to get to work on some pretty fun accounts, but some days are even better than others. Case in point: Creating the logo and branding design for a new local whiskey bar? Yes please. Bootleggers’ is soon to open in Hickory. The owner, Matt Miller, has some great plans to carry a…
Read MoreBand Logo Design Completed for As-Is Ensemble.
We recently worked along with Michael Bellar and the As-Is Ensemble to create the band’s new logo design. These guys create some amazing soundscapes, and turn their creations into something yet more innovative. From the band’s biography page: “This highly excitable, alt-jazz group has opened for John Scofield, Tea Leaf Green, Medeski Martin and Wood,…
Read MoreNovel Cover Color Test
We are presently working out how colors will effect mood, feel and communication of this novel’s theme, “Lost Cause”. Which one would YOU pick up off the shelf?
Read MoreAlbum Design Work Featured in New Book.
We love the cats over at Noiseland Industries. We also love being in their new book, “Album Cover Art”, which features over what feels like thousands of covers that they’ve done a great job printing and also designing in some cases. Below is the work we did for Kevin Bowe, photography by Mr. Darin Back.…
Read MoreIce Skating with a Fender Amp: New Poster Art for Trey Anastasio.
Here’s the latest poster art done for Phish’s Trey Anastasio. Having the location and time of year in mind, we thought a proper hat sporting gentlemen smoking a pipe whilst ice skating across a frozen pond with his Fender amp was appropriate. Six color edition run by the highly skilled Crosshair of Chicago, we ran…
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