Posts Tagged ‘Photoshop’
Friday, November 19th, 2010
Next Wednesday, Locals Only will be the place to be. Every Wednesday, Audio Recon holds RECON WEDNESDAYS at Locals Only bringing a wide array of talent to the stage ranging from hip hop to jazz to soul. For this week’s edition, Thanksgiving Eve Celebration, there will be some of the biggest names in local hip hop. Rusty Redenbacher of the MUDKIDS, Echomaker (consisting members of Twin Monster, MAD LAB), s.a.i.n.t. RECON (ACE ONE, Mr. Kinetik, Jesse Reddingtion), Id Obelus, and DJ Deadrisk.
I was asked to create a flyer for the show and gladly accepted the offer. I’m fairly new to making flyers, banners, etc. and I’m still learning my way around Photoshop as well. If you didn’t see them before, I also created some banners for Audio Recon’s website and bandcamp page. I had a lot of fun making the Thanksgiving Eve Celebration flyer. I replaced baskets of food with turntables and a crate of records. I also added the Indianapolis skyline in the background. I hope you enjoy it as well.
Half page flyer
Full page flyer
Oh yeah, and don’t forget. Some of my artwork is still hanging in Locals Only. Swing by and check it out. All of it is for sale. Think about supporting local art when purchasing holiday gifts. Think about.
Tags: Ace One, Audio Recon, DJ Deadrisk, Echomaker, flyer, hip hop, Id Obelus, Indianapolis, Indy Hip Hop, Ligyro, Local's Only, Lorax, Mr. Kinetik, Mudkids, Photoshop, Recon Wednesdays, Rusty Redenbacher, s.a.i.n.t. RECON, Thanksgiving Eve Celebration, Twin Monster
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Monday, October 11th, 2010
Flyer created by Nathan Monk
October 13, Audio Recon presents Recon Wednesdays at Locals Only featuring the very talented DJ Kyle Long. The guys over at Audio Recon have gathered a wide array of amazing musicians every Wednesday for your viewing/listening pleasure. This week is no different. Not only is there Recon Wednesday this week but they are also having a show at Locals Only on Saturday Oct. 16th for Broad Ripple Music Fest. The line up is stacked deep with the city’s best and brightest. You will not want to miss that show! So make sure you show Audio Recon some love and swing by every Wednesday to check out some great music to help yourself through the rest of your work week.
Flyer created by the mad talented NO Bonzo. Buy some amazing merchandise for yourself here.
Tags: Bonzo, Broad Ripple Music Fest, DJ Kyle Long, etsy, flyer, Id Obelus, Local's Only, Lorax, NO Bonzo, Photoshop, Recon Wednesdays, s.a.i.n.t. RECON, Street Leaves, TJ Reynolds and the Freehand Orchestra, WhoIsLouis
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Saturday, September 18th, 2010
For those of you that have never heard of Audio Recon before, you are in for a treat. Audio Reconnaissance is a “digital music distributor and record label.” They are also a “first call live event production and promotion company.” They have a ton of amazing artists on their team from Indianapolis to guest work from artists overseas. A.R. approaches music distribution with a new age mindset and knows what is most important: the music. Audio Recon is currently holding it down every Wednesday night at Local’s Only in Indianapolis for “Recon Wednesdays”. You should definitely swing by and check out what they are doing. TONS of amazing music is waiting for your ears at their Bandcamp page so ‘Keep Your Ears Peeled’ and go have a listen.
With that being said, I wanted to support them and figured I could help them out with creating some art for their site. Hopefully in the future, I’ll be able to hook them up with flyers for their shows. It lets me dive into a digital world that I previously didn’t use when creating art. I created three banners for their Audio Recon site and four banners for their Bandcamp page. I look forward to creating more of them. They were a blast to do. I want to give a shout out to Eric Brown and all the people behind Audio Recon for giving me the chance to help out. Bookmark Audio Recon and frequently check back because they are always adding new posts with new music from super talented artists.
Audio Recon Banners
Audio Recon Bandcamp Banners
Tags: Audio Recon, Bandcamp, Defame, digital collage, Eric Brown, Id Obelus, Indianapolis, Ligyro, Local's Only, Lorax, Photoshop, s.a.i.n.t. RECON, TJ Renolds, WhoIsLouis, Yeti-One
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
I recently acquired some pretty big sheets of peel-n-stick sticker paper from work. (Thanks Stephen) I was throwing a couple ideas around like printing on the entire sticker as just one print but finally decided to print multiples of one design on a full sheet. I haven’t done the math just yet (it is too late in the evening) but I can fit a decent amount of smaller stickers on these huge sheets. I wanted to get them printed in time for the Holiday Art Sale at the Artsgarden on Dec. 11.
I am usually working with found objects, tools, etc. and not sitting behind the computer illustrating designs and such. Although I am usually happy with the end result, the process almost feels like homework sometimes. Maybe that’s because I have to sit still and be painfully tedious.
The design I came up with was based on a sketch I drew up for my forearm tattoo. Nick McNulty ended up adapting it and it looks even better on my arm with his changes. His design is more organic while mine is very static and symmetrical. I tweaked the levels on PS and added some text. I tried to have it a little rough around the edges so it would look cohesive with the rest of my art.
I am looking forward to seeing how they turn out. Hopefully they can get printed soon. We shall see. I will let you know when the final product is available.
Tags: Arstgarden, Arts Council of Indianapolis, Be Indypendent, Photoshop, tattoo, teeth, tentacles
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Saturday, October 17th, 2009
Well, last night I thought I would take some time away from working on my 8-track tape collages and ‘fool around’ with Photoshop. I was never really a big fan of Photoshop and I think that stems from the assignments from college at Herron. I don’t think it was the assignments but my attitude towards them at the time. I kind of just blew them off and didn’t really spend the necessary HOURS in took to create something half way decent. I now wish I would have cared a little more and spent every waking hour trying to digest more art and culture.
![template-2panel revised [Converted]](http://nathanmonkart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/S.R.Cover.jpg "template-2panel revised [Converted]")
s.a.i.n.t. RECON’s EP album art “Psalm Before The Storm”- Mixed Media .2009.
Fast forward to today. I still don’t use Photoshop a lot except for cropping and resizing images for the website. What actually got me back into using it creatively was working on the s.a.i.n.t. RECON EP album art. My contribution was all ‘analog’ but when Jesse added the digital lettering it came together so well and I could not be more pleased about the final product.
I then took on the task on designing Defame’s album art for his upcoming release “GORILLAPHANT!”. There was a lot of brainstorming and back-and-forth with this one. I actually started out sketching the album cover but wasn’t happy with the result. I was looking for more of a ‘collage look’ similar to the s.a.i.n.t. RECON EP art. I then decided to try a digital collage with images of other art I had already created in combination with a scan of the gorilla image. Once again, I am super siked about the way it turned out.
Defame’s album art “GORILLAPHANT!” – Digital Collage .2009.
So, making a short story long…..I am trying to spend more time discovering Photoshop’s abilities while keeping my style present in the digital medium. Here is the light-hearted digital collage that was created last night. It is entitled “Versus”.
“Versus” – Digital Collage .2009.
Tags: collage, Defame, Photoshop, s.a.i.n.t. RECON
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
I come bearing good news. The s.a.i.n.t. RECON EP album art is officially done and ready to go. It was an amazing experience and my first opportunity to create art for an album. I was super inspired just talking with Jesse and Kinetik of s.R. and the art almost seemed to pour out of me effortlessly. Jesse Reddington (Bass, Beats, Etc.) of s.a.i.n.t. RECON contributed all the text on the front and back cover as well as the design and text elements on the CD itself. The title of the EP is “The Psalm Before The Storm”.
![template-2panel revised [Converted]](http://nathanmonkart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/S.R.Cover1.jpg "template-2panel revised [Converted]")
Front Cover Art
CD Art
![template-2panel revised [Converted]](http://nathanmonkart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/S.R.Back.jpg "template-2panel revised [Converted]")
Back Cover Art
s.a.i.n.t RECON are in the process of getting the details taken care of on the printing process. I will let you know as soon as I know when you can pick up one of these killer EPs! Don’t forget to check out s.a.i.n.t. RECON’s MySpace page, http://www.myspace.com/saintrecon. Also, be sure to come and see them live on Friday, Aug. 28 @ Bently’s in Fishers with PG, Oreo Jones, Brad Real, and last but definitely not least, MUDKIDS! See ya there!
Tags: collage, Photoshop, s.a.i.n.t. RECON
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