bears and hip-hop

So lately this blog has had a lot of band posters up on it, but I guess this makes a fair amount of sense given the number of shows we've been playing lately. Here's another! It was initially going to be for chopping into thirds, but I think it works pretty well intact. I got my ink out again, so brush and inking yielded this bear which goofily presents a hip-hop show happening tomorrow night. This will be the first show Flock headlines, and it's with a bunch of other hip-hop kids, which I am excited about.

the album is done

Hey everybody,
This is brief: the Flock album is now released (as of Friday) and I am trying to fix the myspace (more like crapspace) for it. To that end, I have a wallpaper here that I redid from an earlier post, and I am posting the cover for it here, too.
the wallpaper:
as a png:

and as a .jpg:

and the cover!

Here's what the desktop looks like all tiled out (if you have all the same stuff on your desktop as I do).

don't let the haters get you down.
Oh and some of our music can be found here.
mega

An Adorned Shell is a Symptom of Bourgeois Turtle Decadence that Must be Struggled Against

[cross-posted from moink.net]

Megacat was recently approached by Kusikia to create a poster to advertise the release concert for their new album, "TURTLE WARS". Megacat got on that, and produced awesome turtles of doom. The project was then referred (sub-contracted?) to me, and I produced the text and layout, vectorized the graphics, did the colors, etc.

I have to admit that working with color is absolutely terrifying. I've only touched color in an art medium (other than as a single tone on white or black) once before, and it was a disaster. It still does not seem "just right" to me, and that's mostly because of the colors. If I was limited to black, white, and even two tones, it would be easier to comprehend. The high-contrast and simplicity of monotone work makes it extremely high-impact without the need to struggle with a color palette.

All this to say: color freaks me out, black and white are hella awesome. Hope you like the poster.

Also! Come to the show! Starting at Shakabra's (6th Ave & Oakes, in Tacoma) at 7:30pm, starring Teeath, Palo Verde, The Nextdoor Neighbors and, of course, Kusikia! Free! All ages! !!! !!!!!!!!! !

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