Sonic Youth Dallas 09 Slater

automator · Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:54 am

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Imatruck · Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:54 am

well now alright.......this is a killer poster. nice job todd.

ricv64 · Sat Jul 11, 2009 9:06 am

best of the bunch

Imatruck · Sat Jul 11, 2009 9:09 am

agreed

Codeblue · Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:45 pm

Imatruck wrote:agreed

ChefFerrari · Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:00 pm

Yeah that is pretty cool, but what is the figure ?

rssesq · Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:32 pm

ChefFerrari wrote:Yeah that is pretty cool, but what is the figure ?

I think it's an illustration from Dante's Inferno but not 100%.

ChefFerrari · Sat Jul 11, 2009 2:05 pm

rssesq wrote:
ChefFerrari wrote:Yeah that is pretty cool, but what is the figure ?

I think it's an illustration from Dante's Inferno but not 100%.

Kept looking at it and thought fireman, arab person or skull figure thingy. thanks for the clarification

freaksmeout · Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:46 pm

This is a sweet gigposter. The lettering is recognizable as it looks like the lettering on some SY records. The image, to me, looks like a monk.

It conjured up that famous image of the monk who set himself on fire in a protest years ago.

Sun Jul 12, 2009 5:09 pm

Slater usually incorporates lyrics into his posters ... this one reminded me of the song "Incinerate" from the last alum (Rather Ripped)... could be off though (the person does look rather monk like) ...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I ripped your heart out from your chest
Replaced it with a grenade blast

Incinerate
Incinerate
Incinerate
Incinerate

The firefighters hose me down
I don't care, I'll burn out anyhow
It's four-alarm girl, nothing to see
Hear the sirens come for me
You doused my soul with gasoline
You flicked a match into my brain

Incinerate
Incinerate
Incinerate
Incinerate

The firefighters are so nice
I remember you so cold as ice
The flames are licking at your feet
The sirens come to put me me out of misery
You wave your torch into my eyes
Flamethrower lover burning mind

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Song for reference ....

sasquatch · Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:28 pm

This is sweet.
Nicely done, Todd.
Can't wait to see Jay Ryan's contribution to the SY series.

cyadude · Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:19 pm

Straight up Todd Nailed it!

piomba · Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:43 am

"That is a cool poster" - quote of my first thought upon my first view

GreenMt · Sun Aug 16, 2009 1:06 pm

rssesq wrote:
ChefFerrari wrote:Yeah that is pretty cool, but what is the figure ?

I think it's an illustration from Dante's Inferno but not 100%.

I'm not a Dante expert, but this doesn't appear to me to be in Dante's style. If so, I think it's been significantly re-worked

(One of these days must get a copy of Dante--anyone know which editions are considered to have the best images?)

dancingbear · Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:18 pm

from Todd …via OMG

I wanted Depeche Mode to have the vibe of a film noir in space. The silhouette is actually Dave Gahan’s. The variant of this print is quite striking as it features violet ink instead of silver. I was really happy with the way it turned out.
The Green Day print was our best selling print at Seattle Flatstock. The print depicts a child leading a revolution. The background imagery deals with themes featured on 21st Century Breakdown ranging from Nixon to Bush along with religious imagery and influential bands and people. The variant of this print features gold ink instead of black and goes out for free to the first ten people to buy the print. The first 10 are determined in the order we receive the paypal transactions.
And finally one of my favorites, the Sonic Youth print. The colors and the image of the monk looking out over the fire is more of a feeling invoked by their music. Sonic Youth is often playing in my studio, so I had a lot of feelings/images to choose from for this print. It was a close second at Flatstock.