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Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl…and Owls.
In case we haven’t made it clear, The Silent P loves designing vinyl albums for music clients. How fortunate we are to be doing music industry related design work when people have come back strong for the warm quality of VINYL. Here’s our latest effort: Album design for the band Autumn Owls. These guys were…
Read MoreOur Wilco Calendar Design for 2013.
Wilco recently tapped us to help them design this year’s calendar. There were several attempts to create a photo mosaic out of every single poster from last year, but it never seemed to gel to a point where everything worked well together…maybe next year. The style that won out features a 17″ x 28″ hanging…
Read MoreHand Lettering Always Wins.
For the entire process of this amazing work, go to HERE. The link has close-up examples of this amazing hand lettered experiment. -The Silent P Bob Dylan Subterranean Homesick Blues – A HAND LETTERING EXPERIENCE from Leandro Senna on Vimeo.
Read MoreNew Poster for Eric Church, “Lightning”.
A local hero around these parts, Eric Church had a recent concert in Columbia, SC, and we were asked to design the poster for the event. Eric wrote a song called “Lightning”, some of the lyrics go as follows: “They strap me in this chair I hope she forgives me For leavin’ her this way…
Read MoreNew Book Design for Mike Hall.
Bullying, success and leadership strategist Mike Hall hired us to design his latest book for the youth market, entitled “The Only 2 Words Young Leaders Must Know”. We presented three concepts, each with a bridge visual (there’s a running bridge theme throughout the book) and what you see pictured below was the final. From his…
Read More“Hey Tenacious D, That Was Fruity Fun.”
You just never know what work you’ll get to end up helping with in this crazy business. Our pals Kung Fu, Inc. over in Raleighwood asked us to create some merch designs for the infamous duo, Tenacious D. You may have heard of them, comprised of Kyle Glass and Jack Black, they are THE biggest…
Read MoreNew Work for Dave Douglas’ “Be Still”
Dave Douglas Quintet just released a beautiful album, and we were asked to design an accompanying poster for the tour supporting “Be Still”. We ended up creating two color variants, one blue, one red. Read a great review and back story to this very personal album in The New York Times. Enjoy the gallery below,…
Read MoreWilco in Desert Palms, California.
We are always happy to work with clients that “GET IT”. And by “get it”, we mean they get why a client allows a designer/artist to pretty much do what they do best: CREATE/DESIGN without a lot of static from the client. Here’s what was produced from a healthy client relationship as described…We can all…
Read MoreBefore and After with Wilco.
It’s interesting to see the rough thumbnails that eventually become actual printed merchandise. BEFORE: Here’s our pencil (very) rough thumbnail concept for Wilco‘s recent show poster at Big Sky Brewery in Montana: AFTER:…and here’s the finished art/design: Some background on the locale: Obvious ones, like Montana being known for “Big Skies”, we knew the sky…
Read MoreLogo Design On Kick Drum, Boom-Boom, Da-Boom.
Bands seem to like our logo design work enough to keep making these great kick drum stencils and prints. The latest is for our fave Dublin lads STAND.
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