Usually my prolonged absence from this space means I’m busy. Luckily being busy usually is a boon for this space in the long run because most likely I’m busy with fun things that will eventually appear here. That is the case this time.
Over the past month I’ve designed and printed two posters. One, you’ve already seen, that I did for the Manifest Equality show in early march and the other is for ARTCRANK which will be hitting Minneapolis in a couple weeks. And then of course there have been the daily post-its that I have not been posting summaries of like I promised but I’ll do a big round up soon.
But today, I wanted to let you all know that prints of my poster, 100 Faces, is now available in my shop if you’d like one for your very own. Here’s what it looks like:
And also I wanted to give you all a sneak peak of my poster for ARTCRANK. I’m super happy with how it turned out. And yes, that dog in the basket does look suspiciously like Mr. Ziggy. What can I say? He’s my muse!
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If you’re in Minneapolis, you can see my poster in person on April 10 at Shelter Studios in NE otherwise I’ll have some available in my Shop after the opening.
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I’ve gotten a few emails from people who attended the Manifest Equality show and are looking for prints of 100 Faces. I just want to let everyone know that I do have some more prints available and I will be putting them up in my shop next week (when I return from SXSW). They’ll be $30 + shipping and I believe i have about 20-30 available. If you’d like to be alerted when they are available, send an email to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and I will put you on the list.
I’m absolutely giddy about how well my piece was received because I really enjoyed making it. So thank you so much to everyone who has contacted me about the piece already. You all make my day.
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It’s been awhile since I drew anything but post it notes and also since I participated in Illustration Friday so this morning I decided to fix that. This week’s theme was “Focused” so for whatever reason my mind immediately went to hypnotizing glasses. Seems like an obvious choice right? It’s fun and somewhat valentine’s day themed.
I’m happy with how it turned out so I decided to put it up for sale in the shop.
I totally ripped off this image from fellow rbb member Todd’s blog.
Two years ago some friends and I got together and decided to start a little design collective. We all worked in agencies around town and wanted to find an outlet for our creative energy outside of work. So redblackbrown was born. It’s been a fun road over the past couple years but my favorite thing by far that we do is our calendar. In the two years we’ve done it, we’ve always been rushed. Time has gotten away from us and we’ve had extremely high expectations for what we would do. It’s been challenging and I always learn a ton in the process of making it. Every year we say, “Maybe next year we’ll be more prepared”. Whether we are or we aren’t I look forward to seeing what next year brings because I love this process. It’s incredibly fulfilling and it’s an amazing experience to collaborate with such smart, talented, and different (we’re all designers but we approach things so differently, it’s interesting) people. I consider myself lucky to be a part of it.
So sentimental gushing aside, 2010’s calendar revisits our fortune cookie theme. Each month is inspired by a fortune from a fortune cookie consumed by one of us during the past year. It’s screen printed on paper by the best paper company ever, French Paper. This year we went from one color to two and printed in white and dark brown on kraft paper.
We’re all quite thrilled with how it turned out. You can see more photos here and there’s more info about the project on the redblackbrown site or if you love it so much you’d like one of your own, you can find them in our shop for $20 a piece.
bad photo compliments of my phone
If you’re in Minneapolis tomorrow and want to see sweet posters and support a good cause, then head on down to the SooVAC Gallery for the Toys In the Attic Show. We (redblackbrown) submitted two posters to the show. We decided to do a boys vs. girls theme so our three guys did their poster and I collaborated with the other two girls. We had a great time coming up with our poster (all of them are themed around toys) and spent a wonderful evening drawing girly barbie clothes. Which, for this girl who didn’t ever play with barbies, was a pretty interesting experience. So anyway, we’re thrilled with the way both of the posters turned out and are excited to see the rest of them tomorrow night!
Here are the details if you are in the area:
TOYS IN THE ATTIC 2009 will take place @ the Soo Visual Arts Center this year. The Soo is located @ 2640 Lyndale Avenue in South Minneapolis [Map]
Hours will be 6pm-9pm on Friday, December 4th* / Silent Auction ends @ 8:30pm, sharp. *Remaining prints available 11am-4pm on Saturday.
The event will feature limited edition / signed poster prints from local artists ($30) and custom toys from national artists (silent auction). All of the toys and door donations, plus 25% of print & custom toy sales, go to Toys for Tots.
THE TOY DRIVE
Guests are asked to help out children in need by bringing a new (unwrapped) toy* to the show. In return, you’ll get one** of the event official poster prints designed this year by Minneapolis artist Lonny Unitus.
*No military based toys such as guns, please / **While supplies last.
If you forget your toy, there is a suggested donation of $1-$5 at the door. All toys and door donations go directly to Toys for Tots. In addition, 25% of poster print and custom toys sales are also used to purchase new toys for the Toys for Tots program, which distributes the toys to children in need.
THE ART PRINTS
Local artists are invited to create a limited edition run of toy-inspired art prints for sale at the event – each print is numbered and signed. All poster prints are sold for $30 (unframed).
THE CUSTOM TOYS
Custom toy artists from around the world are invited to donate a unique toy for our silent auction. The minimum bid for each toy is $50.
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