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@vanswarpedtour 2007 13TH ANNIVERSARY . With @chiodos @thealmostofficial @paramore, @killswitchengage @redjumpsuit Official poster designed for the 13th Anniversary of the #WarpedTour . Did anyone go to this?! . In late 2006, I was hired by an agency to design 6 posters for this tour but the agency kept getting in their own way (and mine) and blew all the deadlines. Ugh… Buy me a beer and I'll tell you the whole story. I learned so many valuable lessons from this project. Everyone at the Warped Tour was great!!! It was the agency that dropped the ball, big time. . At least the main poster got used! . I was looking at the sketches for the 6 posters. Some of them weren’t bad and some made me cringe haha. I made sure that EVERY year I would bust my ass to improve as an artist. I look back at the previous #vanswarpedtour artwork and I can see I sucked less. . Swipe to see what could have been for @PARAMORE & @thealmostofficial . The #PARAMORE poster was based on the music video for their song #miserybusiness I think it was about being bullied in high school. I hope it was or I sound really stupid right now! Cut me some slack, it was 13 years ago! Buy me another beer and I’ll tell you the story about how I ended up at a dinner with the band in San Francisco. . #THEALMOST poster was a lot of fun to do. Again the theme was #tattoos and I was looking at a lot of #traditionaltattoo designs for inspiration. I was supposed to illustrate their song #saythissooner I think it was about time travel. It was 13 years ago!!! Rachel -the wife of my friend (and #metacrypt biz partner) Justin - posed for this one. I was living in San Francisco at the time and took the train to Sacramento where they lived and she was cool enough to let me take some photo reference for the project. . Also attached is a 2007 write up from @altpress Thanks again @mike_shea96 for the shout out! . Sadly, these and the other 4 never got printed. . . . . . #chiodos #thealmost #paramore #killswitchengage #redjumpsuitapparatus . #illustration #detail #brianewing #darkart #inking #design #rockposter #gigposter #brianewingfiendclub #skulls @capsulesbook #gigposter #darkartists #lineart #KevinLyman #WarpedTour (at Warped Tour) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCCDCrCpiza/?igshid=x03nyqoj7wh5

You know you want this sexy beast to come into your home and terrify your cats. Act now and you get the added bonus of having him/it/them on your shirt with some freaky writing on the sleeve, too. Only at meta-crypt.com. 👁⚫️👁 #crypt #shubzeroth #metacrypt #sofubi (at Sacramento, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqX-RQQnHm5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5s0i1vcb7zms

Howard Phillips Lovecraft died 82 years ago today. March 15th, 1937. It’s impossible for me to deny his influence on my imagination, taste and style. Because of #JohnCarpenter #BerniWrightson #Metallica #MichaelWhelan and #MikeMignola I started to make an effort and read more #Lovecraft. Check out their work - and you’ll see what I mean. . As a human being - he sucked. Can’t deny that. . My favorite story has and will always be “The Shadow Over Innsmouth”. The idea of a town of fish people and an inescapable destiny had me “hooked”! . Which story is your favorite? . Included are some of examples of the pieces I’ve done where I was blatantly influenced by #HPLovecraft. I even got to design a toy with Justin Jewett once we started @meta.crypt #ShubZeroth was/is our “love letter” to Lovecraft. . I’m currently working on a #gigposter for one of my favorite bands and they gave me the green light to have it center around Lovecraft! Doing my best to keep it R’lyeh! . “Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!” . Hope you dig! . #illustration #bigbusiness #Melvins #MurderCityDevils #innsmouth #shadowoverinnsmouth #cthulu #MetaCrypt #deadCTHULHUwaitsdreaming #design #detail #inking #lineart #goth #macabre #horror #cosmichorror #Ktulu (at Providence, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvCfZigFuMn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pjolz4150pvh

FINAL #inks for the new #metacrypt long sleeve #shirt! . We are doing a pre-order for the shirts over at @meta.crypt meta-crypt.com ALL infos over there! Link in MC bio . We are only printing as many as ordered. It's a TIMED EDITION. . I kinda went nuts on the textures. I felt that feathering everything with a brush wasn’t going to help me express the different surfaces on the #wargoat. As I mentioned in the last post - I used a black colored pencil on cold press Bristol board for the chrome/metal and dry brush to achieve the dirty lived in look of the chains. Everything else was #inked with a #winsornewton series 7 size 0 #brush. I forgot to mention that I used a #pittpen size 5 and #frenchcurves #oohlala for all the non-organic surfaces. Buy a set - they’ll make your life easier (and sexier). I also used the pen to #stipple. Man…I haven’t stippled anything in years. Not since I was in high school and dreamt of being the next #Pushead! One of my art heroes. That was a blast to do on the tongue and nose. They seemed pretty spongey so that technique fit best. . The end goal was to make the image print like #tshirts used to look back in the 80’s. Technology sucked back then when color seps were done by hand and everything was photographed. Using the #drybrush and colored pencil techniques helped me achieve that. When scanned and converted to bitmap the subtle shading turns harsh - like it was copied on a xerox machine. Nobody is even reading this far are they…? . The toughest part was to not go apeshit on textures. Oh and the horns! I counted every line in the feathering and made sure I did the same amount on the other side. Crap that nobody cares about. Symmetry is not my friend and I obsess over making sure everything is mirrored. Why do you think I draw everything in 3/4 view?! So much easier!!! . Hit me up if you’re interested in the original. . So yeah - go to @meta.crypt META-CRYPT.com to pick up the shirt and a Shub. We aren’t doing any holiday sales so don’t get puritanical on this! . . . . . #Metacrypt #illustration #design #detail #inking #lineart #screenprinting #tshirtgraphics #skulls #killedbydeath #lemmy #molemolemole #ink #baphomet #beelzebub https://www.instagram.com/p/BqpnWvpFEFZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=oy05tp7vzusn

Wolfman Marilyn Killjoys #testprint 24x18 #screenprint edition of 1 http://bodega.brianewing.com/wolfman-test-print/ Found this while hammering away on a new #Wolfman #gigposter thing. This is another piece that I appreciate for its simplicity. It combines the #werewolfoflondon #artprint #MarilynMonroe and the #FabulousKilljoys artprint. Test prints are basically made from taking an existing #print and using it to test the #color and #registration of the next print. It’s always a surprise when my printer sends me one of these. There’s no rhyme or reason to them and they look awesome! Over time I see or at least I learn a bit more on how better I can combine colors or at least try to think differently in my approach to design and posters. ALL remaining ORDERS are shipping this weekend!!! ALL of #theKISS prints have shipped! If you’re one of the good friends of mine that got a #NickCave poster - do not post it online yet! The only way to get one at the show its if you bought into the VIP package. My copies will be available soon. #thoexthited I have a few more test prints that I posted up in my shop! The rest I’m saving for the #mysterytoob sale that’s not happening anytime soon. Too many deadlines to deal with first. Thanks to everyone who snagged the Elliott Smith posters. Oh… #theKISS art prints have sold out. Thanks everyone! I put aside a few copies to take to #SDCC I’ll be at booth 4604! Working on a bunch of stuff. Including some new #posters and #MetaCrypt releases with Justin. Can’t show ya just yet. Too many deadlines to deal with first. My #tattoo books will be closed this week so I can catch up on #freelance but will be back open next week. The SHOP is OPEN #andopenminded. So drop on by #CauldronTattoo @cauldron_tattoo and schedule something with me or hit me up via email Brian(at)brianewing.com Pulling some all nighters this week to catch up on work. #norestfortheretarded #escapefromtheplanetoftheapes Listening to lots of #CLUTCH right now! More on that later… #NOHOMEFORHATE #illustration #detail #nocureuncover #brutsubmission #detail #lineart #rockposter #design #darkart #rockposter #punkrock #lycanthropy #killjoys #wolfman

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Here are the inks for the NICK CAVE VIP #tourposter http://bodega.brianewing.com/nick-cave-the-bad-seeds-regular/ If you swipe right you can see a quick evolution from the pencils to inks. That’s my drawing process for posters. I also posted the original inks for the #NICKCAVE poster from 2014 You can see the difference in size. I used to work at 11x17 because that’s how it was normally done in the comic book industry. A few years back I got hit with a project that had a short deadline so I decided to cut the image size in half to save time. Since then I’ve tried to work at that size. Less stressful for me. Less nights of me with my head in my hands wishing I hadn’t pursued a career in art! Yet somehow the #selfdoubt didn’t get cut in half. Oy vey… You can see a bigger version of those inks here http://bodega.brianewing.com/nick-cave-original-art/ THANKS to EVERYONE that picked up the #nickcaveandthebadseeds VIP tour poster. The #FOIL variant is sold out! THANK YOU! Again MUCHAS GRACIAS to all the people that help spread the word and reblogged/reposted the print! It’s not easy when competing with so many rad artists out there. So HEY… Would you guys be willing to wait a few more weeks for your order if I decided to come up with a new piece of art and make a print exclusive to the NC poster and tipped it in with your order? Let me know. It’s something that I want to do but I also don’t want to piss anyone off if they’re expecting their order to ship already. I’m in full on #SanDiegoComicCon mode this week, last week and next week and for the rest of my life it seems. #wrathofcon I’ll be at BOOTH 4604!! Same spot new number. I will have some new and sold out prints I’ve been hoarding away for #ComicCon Also Justin and I will have some new @meta.crypt releases. Follow #MetaCrypt to see what I’m bragging about. Will also have some cool @thewalkingdead #theWalkingDead #SDCC thing to announce soon. After I kill myself this week with deadlines. #DeadlinesRuleEverythingAroundMe #illustration #detail #brutsubmission #design #darkart #lovelycreatures #boatmanscall #murderballads #gigposter #rockposter #creepmachine #inking

"THE KISS MURDER CITY DEVILS" TEST PRINT 24x18 #screenprint edition of 1 http://bodega.brianewing.com This is another piece that I appreciate for its simplicity. It combines the #starwars #thekiss #artptint and #murderCityDevils #gigposter. #Testprint s are basically made from taking an existing #print and using it to test the #color and #registration of the next print. It’s always a surprise when my printer sends me one of these. There’s no rhyme or reason to them and they look awesome! Over time I see or at least I learn a bit more on how better I can combine colors and try to think differently in my approach to design and posters. ALL remaining ORDERS are shipping FRIDAY!!! The KISS #artprint is sold out!!! Thanks everyone! I put aside a few copies to take to SDCC I’ll be at booth 4604! I’ll announce the #somelikeithoth color way soon. I have a few more test prints that I posted up in my shop! The rest I’m saving for the #mysterytoob sale that’s not happening anytime soon. Too many deadlines to deal with first. Working on a bunch of stuff. Including some new #posters and #MetaCrypt releases with Justin. Can’t show ya just yet. Too many deadlines to deal with first. Pulling some all nighters this week to catch up on work. Listening to lots of #dirtyheads right now! More on that later… #illustration #detail #nocureuncover #brutsubmission #detail #lineart #rockposter #design #darkart #rockposter #punkrock #silkscreen #rockposter #brokenbottlesemptyhearts #HanSolo #PrincessLeia