Hey guys!
This blog post is a bit "long in the tooth"!
Very EXCITED to FINALLY make available the TWO collaborations I did with KIRK HAMMETT (of METALLICA)!!! It's safe to assume EVERYONE knows of Metallica. So for me this was a very important job. The project nearly killed me because I pushed myself to go above and beyond and do the best professional work I could at this point! It definitely changed me and has lit a huge fire under my ass to push even further on future pieces. Hope you dig!!!
• DESIGNER CON - I'll be at BOOTH 2317!
• GHOST BONER - I collab'd with UVD TOYS yet again to do a special holiday themed release! Available at my BOOTH 2317 and at the UVD booth - 2300!
• LOCAL PICK UP! If anyone (in Columbus, OH) is interested in picking up your orders locally instead of paying postage and waiting for your items to be shipped to you -
email me!
KIRK HAMMETT - IT'S ALIVE! - PRINTS FINALLY AVAILABLE
A few months back I was commissioned by Kirk Hammett and his management to design the poster for his current exhibit with the ROM - Royal Ontario Museum! The project went from one piece to two pieces after a few excited discussions. (My 15 year old self has been freaking out these past couple of months!!)
It was fun to imagine Kirk in the anatomical style. After some back and forth with management we found a great photo that came across as dark (but not cheesy). After designing the Emma Ruth Rundle poster I wanted to bring more illustration to the foreground on pieces like this. I was able to do that with the rats and bats. Since there were vampire bats in the NOSFERATU poster - I wanted to bring them into the this piece. And since rats are iconic in depicting Nosferatu I thought it would be cool to include them as well. I tried to imagine the subject was awakening from a long sleep in their crypt.
I also designed the “IT’S ALIVE” logo!
Creating the collage was a lot of fun too. There might be a few easter eggs hidden in the details!
So stoked that this was made available at the ROM!!! I (sorta) made it into a MUSEUM!!!!
These are printed using a special metallic ink combo, this print actually changes as you walk around it for an optical illusion that’s not to be missed!
IT'S ALIVE - REGULAR
18”x24"
Screen Print
Artist Edition of 50
Signed & Numbered
MORE INFO HERE
IT'S ALIVE - REGULAR SIGNED BY KIRK HAMMETT!
18”x24"
Screen Print
Artist Edition of 5
Signed
Comes with 1 IT'S ALIVE Guitar Pick!!!!
MORE INFO HERE
IT'S ALIVE - FOIL VARIANT
18”x24"
Screen Print
Artist Edition of 15
Signed & Numbered
MORE INFO HERE
IT'S ALIVE - FOIL SIGNED BY KIRK HAMMETT!
18”x24"
Screen Print
Artist Edition of 5
Signed
MORE INFO HERE
The original art has already sold!
GUITAR PICKS!!!
So besides designing the logo for the IT'S ALIVE prints I was also asked to design guitar picks for Kirk to give out at shows. I'm still blown away!!! I never thought I'd get to do so many cool things for one project!
I wish I could do more stuff like this for bands! nudgenudgewinkwink
As a BONUS if you "pick" up one of the prints (signed by Kirk) you will also get one of these guitar picks!!!!
These are not available separately. Nor can I send extras. I only got a handful and I wanted to share the love with you guys!!!
KIRK HAMMETT - NOSFERATU
Here's the second print collaboration - NOSFERATU. This was created specifically for Kirk's side project - "The Wedding Band". Which consists of METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo, Ugly Kid Joe singer Whitfield Crane, ex Queens of the Stone Age/Danzig drummer Joey Castillo and guitarist Doc Coyle of Bad Wolves (ex God Forbid).
They played a private show at Cosmo Music in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, on July 26, 2019. The only way you could get a copy was if you were at the show (or for a million dollars on ebay).
It wasn't difficult to get this idea approved. Kirk is a big fan of Nosferatu and so am I. I've done a few pieces already with that character. So it was fun to take it further on this print.
The idea I presented to him was that Nosferatu was looming over the Royal Ontario Museum - as if finally awakened after hundreds of years of sleep. And since the ROM has a well known exhibit on bats I thought it would be cool to have vampire bat's escaping - ready to wreak havoc and do thy master's bidding.
The best part for me was the coloring (oh and drawing his finger nails). I don't use photoshop often - so this was an interesting journey to learn more about the program.
NOSFERATU
18”x24"
Litho Print
Artist Edition of 30
Signed & Numbered
MORE INFO HERE
NOSFERATU - SIGNED BY KIRK HAMMETT!
18”x24"
Litho Print
Artist Edition of 5
Signed
BONUS - Comes with 1 IT'S ALIVE Guitar Pick!!!!
MORE INFO HERE
The original art has already sold!
