Wednesday 13 2011 Gig Poster By luvataciousskull Watch

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When I heard Wednesday 13 was coming to town, I knew I HAD to do a gig poster for it! He's one of my favorite musicians, and his mix of horror, punk, and metal is just awesome! He has a sense of humor to his music that gives it a large amount of appeal, and his later work has taken on a more sinister tone that has given it a different life!



I wanted to do something that was a mix of classic horror fun and great illustration. I knew I wanted to do one of the "classic" horror movie monsters, you know, the Universal Studios monsters, and I knew I wanted to do them as women. I wound up going with The Bride of Frankenstein, which also happens to be one of my favorite songs written by Wednesday 13!



I decided to do this as fast as possible because I wanted to capture a mix of the old-style movie posters and the grindhouse ideal as well which were both heavily present in his music. I'm pretty happy with the end result!





WEDNESDAY 13 will be playing The Trocadero October 30th at 7PM!



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Art-wise, this thing was insane! I had wanted to do it since August, but I never had a solid idea. With less than a week before the show, I knew I wanted to do something, so I came up with an idea Monday and Tuesday after I got home from work I went ahead and tried to do it full-tilt!



I wound up laying out everything twice, the second time just ignoring any of the rules I knew and having fun with it! That wound up being exactly what I needed, and I think there's a good feel to the illustration that makes it come alive! I also did a live-blogging of it while working on it.



The hardest part, just like all of my posters, isn't the illustration itself, it's designing the actual poster. I got to it around 11:30AM and thought it would only be 30 minutes. How wrong I was! The design was the single hardest part of this piece!



I wound up using a bunch of grunge textures on it because I definitely wanted the piece to look a little old, but at the same time I wanted to make sure the colors still popped.



More than anything, though, I've wanted to do a great Bride of Frankenstein drawing for about 3 years now. I never really tried until I had an idea I loved, and I hope you enjoy it! She'll be used in another piece soon!

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Published : Oct 26, 2011