The Pale

I just found this poster from 2011. The Pale in Sin é.

Almost...

I'm clearing up some space on my mac and just found a load of posters that didn't make it for some reason. Here are just three from my Sin é folder. Looking back on these alternate posters can be interesting because sometimes they're better than the one that make it to print.

Hot Colossus

Poster for Hot Colossus (doi: I'm playing guitar). The idea being that the band is like five Rockies, fighters, triers etc. So I sourced five shots of Rocky in training (more or less), crudely cut them out and put them together. The background is supposed to look like Rocky's sweaty hoody, topped with a "sporty" font, City Bold. It's fun, I like it.

Movie Madness

Listings poster for music films on Monday nights in Sin é.

The Cujo Family

Another one for Sin é in Dublin. Poster for The Cujo Family. It doesn't look like it but there was quite a bit of work involved in this one. I took their album cover The Hate In My Heart and removed all the text from that and recreated the canvas texture for the whole thing. Lastly I wanted to use a font that I'd never usually use but that still fit with The Cujo Family's style. 

Halloween

Here's a Halloween Party poster in Sin é, Dublin. Here's the story with this one. The whole layout is based on a lovely vintage Brylcream ad. The man is classic dancing Elvis. I put a knife from the film Halloween in his right hand and in case that was too subtle I replaced Elvis' face with a skull and put some blood in the background. The addition of the skull could have done with an extra hour or so and Elvis's positioning is a bit off but you've gotta do what you've gotta do.

Bionic Rats (2012)

The Bionic Rats take up a residency in Sin é this month. Here's an updated poster for their Reggae, Ska and Rocksteady night.

P45s

Poster for a band called the P45s playing in Sin é, Dublin, the other day. You'd be surprised how many bands there are called the P45s, well actually you probably wouldn't be. Anyway this was a quick job and erm... I like it.

The Pale

One for The Pale playing in Sin é this Saturday. Inspired by their Proper Order album cover. They have a new album out soon called I Woke Up And I Was Gone. Still doing it.

The Bionic Rats in Sin É later this month. Fiddled around with loads of thing before ending up with this.

Sin é

Popular Dublin bar Sin É reopened recently. Here's something I put together for an invite.