CCAD LECTURE 3/12/12

Hey If you live in Columbus, OH…I’m doing a LECTURE on my career as an Artist/Rock Poster Dork at CCAD on March 12th

You don’t hafta be a student to attend. I’ll be giving away a bunch of prints and merch at the end of the lecture! And please repost!

llustrator and graphic designer
Monday, March 12, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Canzani Center Auditorium (map it)
Free & Open to the Public

Brian Ewing is one of the most prolific, iconic image-makers in rock music and pop art. Like his heroes and mentors—Frank Kozik, Coop, and Tara McPherson, among others—he has built his success in poster art into a career that spans illustration, album covers, original art prints, skate decks, and shirt designs. Informed by art nouveau, ukiyo-e woodblock printing, SoCal “kustom” car culture, and the comics, Ewing’s work fuses his explorations of perspective, color, and space with classic imagery from American youth culture. His clients have ranged from Metallica and the Warped Tour to the Strokes and Death Cab for Cutie (not to mention The New Yorker and a number of advertising agencies).

Currently a resident of New York City, Ewing attended the American Academy of Art Chicago for Illustration and the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design for Fine Arts. His first monograph, Don’t Hold Your Breath: The Art of Brian Ewing, was published by Dark Horse in 2010.
www.brianewing.com

ROYAL Contest You'll Be STOKED about

I teamed up with SPANKYSTOKES.com to have a contest to win a set of 6 King and Queen of Hearts greeting cards. The set contains 3 Kings and 3 Queens.

All you hafta do is sign up for the contest mailing list... which can be found in the top left hand column OF THE SPANKYSTOKES SITE. Just enter your name and email addy, and even if you have signed up before on that site, do it again, as this is how we are counting your entries. Spanky and I both promise not to spam you... but we will send out RAD news every now and again.

This contest will end Sunday night 2/05/2012 at 10:00pm so you only have a few days get your entries in, after all is said and done, 1 lucky winner will be chosen at random and will have this awesome gift sent out their way! Big thanks goes out to Spanky for hosting the contest and to Kelly S. for making this happen!

The most AWESOME Valentine's Day cards...EVER!

Valentine's Day is coming up isn't it? You need a rad card, don't you?
Then check it out brothas and sistas...
King and Queen of Hearts blank greeting cards.
These cards are perfect for friends, relatives, landlords and that sexy someone who lives in another state. I personally think these would make cool wedding announcement cards. But hey that's just me.
Choose either the King or Queen!
Or get both. I mean c'mon seriously. One to rock and one to stock.

KING
QUEEN
5.5" x 8.5"
Printed on heavy cardstock
Comes with a printable white A9 envelope

Hit me up if you want to get packs of 5 or 10. Mix-n-match is totally doable.

Suicide King art print pics

Detail pics of the “Suicide King” art print
18x24
7 Color Screen Print
Signed & Numbered edition of 115 (each)

NOW Available exclusively at the show and online at the gallery shop Monday January 9th*.

*These will not be available on my site for many months…that is…if there are any left from the show. So pick them up at the gallery.

A special foil variant was produced exclusively for me hombres - the subscribers.

Hope ya dig!







Also check out the time-lapse video I made while I worked on these prints!

King & Queen Art Prints

 

"Suicide King" and "Suicide Queen" art prints
18x24
7 Color Screen Print
Signed & Numbered edition of 115 each
Available exclusively at the show and online at the gallery shop Monday January 9th*.

*These will not be available on my site for many months...that is...if there are any left from the show. So pick them up at the gallery.

A special foil variant was produced exclusively for me hombres - the subscribers. Hope ya dig!
 

SHOW: The Royal Couple At Get Up Gallery
OPENING RECEPTION: January 6th, 2012 In conjunction with the Las Vegas First Friday Art Festival
DURATION: January 6th – February 19, 2012
LOCATION: Emergency Arts c/o Get Up Gallery 520 Fremont Street Las Vegas, NV, 89101

Artists Involved:
KING AND QUEEN ARTISTS
Ewing, Brian
Lumbang, Phil III
Random, Kenny
Todoran, Michael

JOKER ARTIST
McCroy, Justin

 

DEFTONES Poster

Poster for the Deftones

18"x24"
Screen Print
Edition of 150
Signed & Numbered
More info HERE

I really pushed myself on this project with setting up the colors for printing. There is a lot of over-printing on this one as well as experimenting with texture. Plus owls aren't that easy to draw! Jush shayin'...
Some printers shy away from jobs like this because the project demands extra care when mixing the colors and printing. My printer killed it on this job. And by "killed" I mean he went above and beyond with the printing and color matching. And when I say "stupid" I mean "stupid fresh".

This was inspired by their song "Minerva" and the album art for their latest release "Diamond Eyes". Minerva was the virgin goddess of poetry, medicine, wisdom, commerce, weaving, crafts, magic. She is often depicted with her sacred creature, an owl, which symbolizes her ties to wisdom. The owl is chewing on a rat that is biting down on a banner that reads "cuando el cofre se sacude y la aguja se parte vienen con migo rápidamente." There's a 20% DISCOUNT for any of you scholars that can translate it and figure out which Deftones song it's from. (Just type in the song title in the promo code box when placing your order.) The snake is there because I wanted to draw a snake - transforming from a tattoo into the real thing. And I drew the girl with the side of her head shaved cuz ladies like that make me swoon. A boy can dream, right?

Check out the photos of the actual print to see what I'm talking about.

New LOVECRAFT Print

I’m stoked to announce my new giclee print “DREAM OF THE ELDER GODS”. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and done completely in pencil - conjuring up all the cosmic radness of the deities from space who once ruled the Earth and who have since fallen into a death-like sleep.

Giclee print
5”x7” in an 8”x10” frame
On German Etch Watercolor Paper (it’s sexy)
S&N edition of 20 More info HERE

Use the promo code “squishy” to receive 10% off your order.