Bear Claw - another poster inspired by 'Holy Mountain'

This band is not metal - they fall into another genre of music I would closely associate with the likes of Fugazi and Shellac. They're good - anyway, they hired me to do a poster last minute and, although I didn't have much time, I think it's alright!

Museum of Design, Zurich

With the kind help of Sonnenzimmer, two of my posters along with those of many of my Chicago Printers Guild friends will be featured in the poster archives of the Museum of Design in Zurich. The posters of mine are those for Torche and for Black Cobra!

http://www.museum-gestaltung.ch/collections/poster.html

Erin Page
Kill Hatsumomo Prints
www.killhatsumomoprints.com
kill.hatsumomo@gmail.com

Jay Ryan talk - Chicago

I am selling some stuff on gigposters and on etsy - please help me save money for my trip to Istanbul!

Also, come hear Jay Ryan speak!


Message from Jay:
hi everyone -

as some of you know, i have a new book out, collecting my favorite
poster work from the last four years. i'm currently promo-touring the
west coast with my friend, chicago graphic novelist paul
hornschemeier. i'm writing from a motel somewhere north of sacramento,
on our way to portland.

monday night, we're flying into ohare and going straight to the hungry
brain to give our two 20 minute slideshow/lectures, and i'd love it if
you could come by. we'll each cover our respective processes, tell a
bit about how we got into our fields (poster making and comic books),
tell some poop jokes, and provide you with hi-fives. the info is
below. please feel free to share this invitation with others.

ahoy -

jay

-

"101 Lecture Show" featuring Jay Ryan and Paul Hornschemeier
Copies of Jay's new book, "Animals and Objects in and out of Water,"
and Paul's new book "All and Sundry: Uncollected Work, 2004-2009" will
be available for signing.

Organized by Homeroom in collaboration with youmethemeverybody.com
Tiny Cover Band karaoke will wrap up the evening

9:00 PM, $5 suggested donation
The Hungry Brain, located at 2319 W Belmont

Priestess/EarlyMan/Rabid Rabbit at the Empty Bottle poster!

5 colors on purple paper

Black Cobra - Empty Bottle poster

First off, I want to congratulate my friend and fellow artist, Kathleen Judge, for her nomination for a grammy for the art work she did for Neko Case's record, 'Middle Cyclone'. Judge is an amazing artist and a great person - I also want to thank her for her input into the poster that this blog is about!

So, here is my process post for the Black Cobra poster I did via the band and Secret Serpents.
I began by drawing the image on clayboard
I always do everything by hand, including the separations
The first color was a white to red split for the body and the dress of the figure which was done with rubylith




I tried something new for the next two steps. I decided to try to paint onto mylar plastic film, which we use for registration at the shop, with acrylic paint and a horsehair flat brush to create waves. The results were amazing! I was able to burn the screen using the painted transparency and the detail with the brush strokes is gorgeous - I printed it with a gold - golden orange split



I repeated this process with another set of waves using a metallic teal to a silver split.







The gold in the hair and the dress of the figure was hand-drawn onto tracing paper and burned directly onto a screen

Finally, the line-work was printed in a dark red to finish it off. A beautiful poster if I don't say myself!