Wednesday, March 30, 2011

MONT BLANC





I love working with a band committed to sticking to
a concept and Montpelier is the best example of
this with their commitment to stick with my concept of
the sky being the ocean ( a childhood notion that i now use)
i look forward to exploring this even further when we
work on their upcoming album

the bottoms are torn by the way to leave blank room for
the band to write what and where the gig is being played..

across the universe

The artworks were done many many moons
ago for the maquarie university compilation
cd known as universe city ..i did this the previous
year and its great fun as its finding a theme
for the whole album then running with it..this
year i was compelled to play with textures and
the notion of outer space..the original idea of the
observatory head was actually a biodome head but
as with everything it evolved and became this..









it was also an exercise in doing something out of
my usual colour palette comfort zone
so im glad its out now and has some great bands
such as my peeps boy and bear and tin sparrow..

Saturday, March 26, 2011

if you build it ..they will come



here's the single cover for Georgia
fairs song Marianne ..its a great track and the
still is taken from the recent video shoot

ode to joy





This current crop of poster art is full of
odes and references..ranging from the obvious
playing with the iconic image from 2001 to the
cheeky tip of the hat to the famous Woodstock
poster..added into the mix is the reworking of a
photo i took of a fake bison in the museum of
natural history in new york..honestly i took
so many i could use them for an entire years work..

Saturday, March 19, 2011

bringing an avalanche to the ocean



had a great time over the weekend shooting
baxter from new zealand band avalanche city ,
who this week have the number one song in their
home country with love love love..we shot
the follow up video along the great ocean road
in victoria ...i was inspired to shoot it there
as thats where some of where the wild things was filmed
added to that it had an amazing coastline and lighthouse

anyways the clip will be up in the next few weeks or so
but just wanted to share a taste


this pic is what it looks like after
you film a shot like the one at the top
of the post



heres a few more shots



Thursday, March 10, 2011

let the lights guide you home







above is the tour artwork for boy and bears
autumn tour ,the top on is the main tour poster
( with even more dates to be added!!!) and the others
are for the street presses in each state..

the art work is a teaser , if you will , for a much larger
concept that will be applied to the band over the next
few months..im so excited about this..its a concept i love
and have nurtured for year and to apply it to a band like
this is a pure joy...

the production of these images was kinda funny as i had
the very nice Andrew Finnegan play the explorer dressed
in costume hired garb and then we went to the local mall
and in their carpark is a large green wall that we used for
our own make shift sfx studio..i must say we got some pretty
strange looks

new video coming soon






coming very soon is the new video for
Georgia fair..the track is called Marianne
and heres a sneak peek..

we shot it on a very hot January day down
on the coast..we shot it to look like old
photography and i joked we were shooting
it on hipstavision after the iphone app
called hipstamatic..an app that ages photos..

anyways clip and single will be released
very soon

east side stories




here are some recent posters i
have done for the lovely peoples at
eastside radio..
i kinda took that jazz feel and ran
with it like a kid with his pants full
of bee's