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.
