Once again we’re spreading the love with The Wishlist Foundation. This year we were flattered to be asked to create the gig poster for the Flight To Mars show at The Showbox. The best part is that Mike McCready totally got the little reference we put in the poster that we didn’t think anyone would get. We’ve got numbers 1-25 in the series and plan to make some of them available for purchase so make sure you’re on our mailing list!

Showing off our hometown pride, these shirts aim to make even the most fashion illiterate folks seem hip. Just so long as you don’t cut the sleeves off or wear it with your “muffin-top” jeans. Spokane is about to get a whole lot cooler.

Our work on the F.A.V.E.S. logo and Reel Spokane Poster garnered us some interest from the folks behind the Spokane International Film Festival. We were honored when we were asked to make a poster for them but unfortunately there just wasn’t time to do it justice and not have it rushed so we all decided to forego a collaboration this year. We’re looking forward to making it happen next time. We do love what we came up with so, here they are!

adamant, balky, bullheaded, determined,dogged, firm, fixed, headstrong, persevering, persistent, relentless, rigid, set in one’s ways, single-minded, steadfast, tenacious, unbending, unshakable, willful.

Les Nessman may have been traumatized, but down at the Satellite Diner in downtown Spokane they’ve been welcoming them turkeys! Working with Campus Kitchen at Gonzaga, the Satellite has been collecting donated turkeys to help feed everyone this holiday season. These posters have been making their way around town to help raise awareness and to get folks to drop-off those turkeys!

“Oh, the horror, the horror. They are hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement!”

WKRP Turkey Drop

Check out our recently completed poster and logos for Film and Video Enthusiasts of Spokane (F.A.V.E.S.) and Reel Spokane, their first annual film festival.

Look for the poster around town and visit www.favesblog.com for more information.

Back when Living With the Living came out I had an idea for a set of posters inspired by the song Bomb.Repeat.Bomb. I wanted to have stamps made for “Bomb” and “Repeat” and then hand stamp the designs for the poster masters. Then each poster would have “Ted Leo and the Pharmacists” hand stamped to make each one unique. I envisioned what a military order would look like when the order to attack was given and came up with the aggressive and repetitive idea of the order being stamped numerous times across the paper.

These are rough comps I stumbled across recently and I still love the concept. Now that the album has come and gone, it’s time to dream up some brand new ideas for Mr. Leo. I’d love to be able to work on some art for him!

Ted Leo: Bomb.Repeat.Bomb

The poster is also very cool in a retro kind of way but mainly for it’s simplicity and portrayal of this lone man on the moon. The score, which you’ll hear snippets of in the trailer, is from Clint Mansell, who I regret I’m not terribly familiar with but he has scored some great films. I will be investigating his work further…

Click here to watch the trailer!

P.S. Don’t worry, your photos won’t be upside down using this method.

P.S.S. Yeah I obviously did some Photoshop stuff to these pics but they were taken on the iPhone so there…

The concept basically started out as a goof on the term “space-suit” and how fun it would be to see an astronaut in a jacket and tie. Once I got the sketch done and started playing around with it the idea became a little more profound given the cause it’s for. The idea grew into this guy delivering the fundraising proceeds in his briefcase to Mars (hence the red/yellow glow from entering the atmosphere). Of course nobody wants the love and compassion to escape out of the briefcase, but it make for a more interesting picture. Rest assured all that goodwill does get where it’s supposed to go!