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The ball is rolling on a new lineup of merch for Texas’ favourite son, Hayes Carll! I’m thrilled to share the first piece from the batch, it’s a funky little feather/portrait illustration and you can get it now on his website! It comes as a silver/grey tshirt or you can step it up and get the cool baseball tshirt version. Stay tuned for more!
  
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It’s incredible how much the city gives back to the musicians in this city. Between supporting local nonprofit organizations like HAAM and the SIMS Foundation to the often behind-the-scenes projects and sponsorships that I’ve seen firsthand, it thrills me to be able to take part in the collaboration. My most recent project with the City of Austin Music Division was to create the invitation and program for this year’s annual Austin Music Memorial Induction Ceremony. What an inspiring group of souls that devoted their lives to music and the support of it. I hope to see some of you at the ceremony!
I love when I have a chance to collaborate on a project with my boyfriend Mike and his band Mike and the Moonpies. We’ve been working for months now getting promotions together for his upcoming album ‘The Hard Way’ (which goes live October 26 with a kickoff at The Rattle Inn). The Moonpies music is heavily influenced by honky tonk outlaws of the 70′s: Doug Sahm, Willie, Waylon, et al. We both knew they needed a really classic, curved piece that would pay tribute to the path walked by the legends before them. I can honestly say this was the most difficult logo I’ve ever worked on (Mike wanted a few more curves in there but it wasn’t happening – ha!). After hours of late night sketching and retracing, I’m really happy with the result!
For those of you who are fans of Mike and the Moonpies, get ready for a serious merch overdose. Mike and I ordered a hat and shirt press a few weeks ago. Expect trucker caps, baseball tees, t-shirts, vintage style two-tone yoke football shirts, ladies’ football shirts, koozies, stickers and so much more at the merch booth (which I’ll be working at the cd release party!). Labor of love, indeed.
I was so excited to hear that the incomparable Jason Hicks of The Electric Company was signed on to steer the derailed Austin Music Hall back to success a few months ago. If anyone is capable of recreating the magic space I remember from my first visit to Austin Music Hall, it’s Jason! He recently tasked me with two incredible poster projects. Both of these posters (one for Obama’s recent visit with Jerry Jeff Walker opening, the other for Tenacious D) will be archived and adorn the walls of Austin Music Hall. Stay tuned for more exciting projects for this venue. Yeow!
I love doing work for Harvey and theGlitoris over at Barbarella / Swan Dive. They always have the best damn theme night ideas and I’ve been lucky enough to give visual representation to a majority of them almost since the beginning. Here are two of the newest pieces: On my 13th birthday, my mom took me to the mall to get the pair of silver holographic Doc Martens I’d had my eye on for weeks. When we got to the store, we were told the boots had just been discontinued – as in two days prior to my birthday. After crying in the food court, my shattered preteen heart was awarded a consolation prize: a pair of shiny navy blue pleather pants (the first of several pairs of windex-able pants I would own in the coming years). As much as I loved those pants and how much they informed my fashion devotion, I still get misty thinking about those Docs that were never meant to be. God bless the 90′s. |
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