Pearl Jam: The “Just Breathe” Art Print Project

I was recently asked to be part of a really beautiful project to help keep live music in mind, and in our hearts. The curator of this Pearl Jam themed art show emailed the following description for the show: “In a time where live music and the art associated with the experience has shuttered, we…

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Jeff Tweedy, San Francisco Poster

We’re excited to share our latest poster for Jeff Tweedy for his recent (SOLD OUT) show in one of our favorite cities – San Francisco, California. Based on the rough sketch below (originally created for Wilco), we got approval from management to move forward with finalizing artwork + design. From the beginning we wanted this…

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Win a Free Wilcanoe Poster!

Over at our Instagram feed, we are GIVING AWAY one FREE limited edition screen print of our “Wilcanoe” poster created for Wilco. Contest rules: Show us your coloring skills by posting your color version of our page out of the brand new @wilco coloring book (available in the Wilco Store) – Tag us and two…

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Wilco Has a New Ride, “The Detroit Arrow”

It’s always a pleasure to work with Wilco and management on creative projects. In this particular case we wanted something bike-centric because… well, because bikes are awesome. A study conducted back in 2007 showed that exercise boosts brainpower and that cycling is also great for your heart, helps lose fat, helps prevent cancer, reduces stress,…

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Alabama Shakes Poster Process

Here’s a sneak peek at the process to print the official poster for Alabama Shakes sold out night in Vancouver, BC. Printed masterfully by Fairweather Press in Oregon. Can’t say enough about Justin and his amazing ability with inks, paper and making details matter! The overprints came out beautifully. Our good buddies Speedball Inks were…

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Poster 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,…

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Wilco 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…

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Lots of Work, Little of Blog.

The Silent P has been… a bit TOO silent. The reason for the lack of updates is a great one though: WE ARE BUSIER THAN A ONE-ARMED MAN AT A HIGH FIVING CONTEST (clap sounds). So, to bring you up to speed (of sorts), here’s a partial list of some of the projects that have…

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The Gateway Arch, Water and Wilco.

We recently finished up a poster design for Wilco’s October 4th show in St. Louis, MO. One of those little birdies to the right of the arch told us that these sold out at the show. Below are some of the process shots, details and even the initial idea as we sketched it out. Sometimes…

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