Weasels Unusual

Here are the updated versions of the Weasels Unusual drawing I posted a little while ago.

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Movember at the Apostles final design

Having finished the Movember poster for the Apostles Bar, I did a few variations with colour and text, ending up with the final design below.

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Movember!

You may have noticed a certain hirsute similarity in the sketches I posted last time, and here is the reason: A Movember party at the Apostles! For those that don't know, Movember is a chance for guys to grow a sponsored moustache for prostate cancer charity, and a few of our patrons are taking part. Here are the early stages of the design, with finished versions hopefully being up tomorrow.

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Redone Jazzy Sunday Poster

So, yesterday I posted the first version of this poster, but here it is with a much better rendition of Marisa's face. If I do say so myself, that was some good photoshopping.

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First version of Jazzy Sundays poster

One of my focuses doing this was the chance to experiment with colours, and do some different things in Photoshop - semi-transparent layers and stuff. The idea was to be reminiscent of old 50s style Jazz record covers, Blue Note and that kind of thing. Callan's been doing fantastic work at the bar, not the least of which is the regular karaoke and music nights, and the poster shows the people that are the real faces of the Apostles, Callan, my Dad (Clete), and my 'sister' Marisa.

One thing I discovered doing this was that Marisa somehow has a face that it is difficult to capture properly in sketches, so after some feedback, and the fact that I was not 100% happy with it myself, I decided to have another go at her face, and photoshop a superior version in.

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Karaoke!

OK, who doesn't like Karaoke? Only people who haven't tried it at The Apostles, that's who! So, a silly bit of fun deserves a silly, fun poster. Naturally, I updated this poster, with myself and a few of the staff of The Apostles.

Also, while I did not video my amazing rendition of All These Things That I've Done, I did get the other 3 people in the poster, so here they are for your enjoyment (and also one of our patrons, who was just amazing:

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Rediscovered pieces

It's amazing how good computers are at making it hard to find stuff. My first night back from Australia, I found a few things that I believed had been lost for good, so here they are. Ikeabot returns, on a design that was meant to be folded in four as a leaflet. Looking at it does make me realise how far I've come since then, as I can see about a hundred things I'd like to redo in it. I also found a better quality version of the page I had to scan in the original post.

This is  another response to an editorial brief on the idea of holidays in hot and cold places. I prefer this to the first idea I had (the first image on this entry).

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Apostles Cocktail night poster

So, here is the poster design I was researching, and here is Sheldon from The Apostles bar, doing his classy best to introduce the bar's cocktail nights.

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Callan Maloney final designs

Here are the coloured and final designs for Callan's posters and business cards (plus a Warhol-style poster design for fun).

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Callan Maloney

Research and black and white stages for a commission for singer Callan Maloney, who is doing his next show at the Apostles on the 4th of August.

Callan's really impressed at the bar, and can be reached at bookings.cal@gmail.com.

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More research sketches

Here are more research sketches I did for another Apostles bar  poster which is in the owrks at the moment. After a few starring my Dad, I thought it was about time some of the other staff got a shout out, so here's Sheldon (don't worry John and Marisa, you'll be in future ones, maybe I will too!).

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Final Apostles Music Night poster

Here's the final version of that poster I put up a couple of days ago, with some crafty photoshopping to maake it a portrait, rather than landscape, and to better reflect the style of music that the bar has.

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Apostles Music Night poster

So, this is what those research sketches from a couple of days ago were for. The Apostles are planning to take advantage of their music licence to start doing live music, and here's the first version of my promotional poster. There were some changes before the final version, which I'll put up tomorrow.

Oh, and I also wanted to include this poster which the boy I work with did, as I really like his interpretation of the brief.

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