John Reynolds RIP

There has been far too many RIP posts on this page. It's awful to post another one. John was the man behind most of the posts on this site. I worked with him and company from 2001 to 2017. So much work. Massive hole in the Irish music scene. Very sad.

On Google maps

A couple of my posters in Street View. Toots and Laura Izibor. These are from 2009 I think.

BVSC

An old one from 2010. This is an example of where I got the details for the show and did some research and put together a poster, then a template comes in from the agent or whoever. Doesn't happen that often, but does happen. 

Sean Kingston

Noticed that this guy was trending on Twitter yesterday and reminded me of this. No idea why he was trending.

The Skatalites

Legends The Skatalites from 2007. I have another one from 2008, but it's not up to much.

Gareth Emery / Marco V

More dance music. This is for Dublin dance promoters Letrik. They had a good idea about what they wanted. A no fuss DJ shot poster but the show is a double header so some basic 'shopping was required.

The Rubberbandits

Super-quicky. Another hour would have done wonders for this, sometimes you just don't have it. This won't be seen anywhere except in the venue, on the night. It's this weekend.

Alabama 3

I was searching for Alabama 3 stuff today today and an image search found this photo in some guy's Picasa Web Album. It's a billboard I put together in 2008. I think the owner of the photo was on holiday in Ireland at the time. The band sent over tight specs for this show.

En Vogue

Really simple poster for En Vogue. A quick look at their site tells you everything you need to know. A little bit of work on the photo, then it designed itself.

Porcupine Tree

NewProg band Porcupine Tree are on tour and visit Dublin this month. Here are two posters I have prepared for the gig. One is a poster I did after some PT research and another is one that I did after getting the agent guidelines. Oh well.

Joris Voorn

Had to knock out a few last minute jobs before I go on holiday at the end of the week. Here's a quick one for Joris Voorn that turned out well.

Toots & the Maytals

Toots is back in Dublin this summer. I do believe he's using the same promo shots as 3 or 4 years ago! No harm.

Boyz II Men (2)

Boyz II Men are doing their thing in Dublin again later this month. This is the photo their people sent over, I simply tried to make it look smoooooth.

Brendan Perry

Just finished off this for a Brendan Perry of Dead Can Dance gig this month. It's a simple mix of elements from his new album (Ark), his website with a few promoter's requests in there.

Beirut

A Beirut poster from 2007, they're back here in August.

Gil Scot-Heron

Another current one. Everyone was going mad about Gil Scott-Heron's latest album, I thought it had a cool cover. The one on the left is the poster but when I was uploading it here I thought I'd try out another layout, one more like the album cover.

Deus

Deus poster from 2008. This is just the album cover they were touring at the time. Thing is 'deus' is done in this really thin scratch on the cover. Not ideal for a poster that sometimes needs to be seen from a distance. So I took it into illustrator and bulked it out. I hope it retained some of the spirit of the original, erm, not so sure about that. So anyway, I decided to hand draw the other text too.

The Fall (Part 4)

The Fall are back in Dublin in April and here's an early poster for the gig. I took some time out and did this drawing of Mark, I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it. Er, very little as it turns out. I gave him a nice white shirt and drew 'The Fall' in Clarendon and that's about it. The gig is still a bit away and this poster may change yet but a few of then did go up at this week's Seasick Steve gigs so it is out there.

Lee Scratch Perry

Poster for a triple header happening next month. Lee Perry, The Congos and Max Romeo. If you think this poster resembles this that's because it does. Nice poster, it works better in some of the other formats I've done it but that's fine.

Asian Dub Foundation (again)

Brand new poster today. This is for Asian Dub Foundation's Dublin gig this month. A quick look at their website gave me plenty to go on. None of the elements in the poster actually came from their site, I rebuilt it with images from various sources and drawn stuff. The halftone on the photo of the band didn't really survive the resize for this blog but is fine in print.