E-WASTED.NET Fan ART GALLERY!!

Barfcan, Dino Hip & Eavis and Butthead by Pat

No Fatties by John

I Like Turtles!!! by Ian

I know this flyer doesn’t note the year so by the looks of it you might think it was made in the 80s but no, it was made last week by me for a show happening this summer. It’s a black and white design but here’s what it would look like printed on neon green paper. I’m going for sure. Buy tickets here!

Originally the two-headed skeleton baseball player was going to be taking BP with this:

… but it’s an 18+ show so there may be some kids there whose parents wouldn’t approve of flying cans of soda pop. Beyond that it was already getting pretty crowded on that there sheet of paper.

Here’s another thing I did for Direct Hit! It’s an Interpunk-exclusive T-shirt, which is awesome for more than one reason. Many of the reasons are obvious, but the best part to me is the fact that I spent a lot of my teenage years browsing and buying stuff on that website. It feels pretty sweet to now have something I made up for sale on there. Profits don’t go to me, but I still think you should BUY ONE NOW.

We’re playing another show at the Ultra Lounge. Third time’s a charm! It’s an “early” show, meaning that even though we’re headlining we’ll be going on around 10 and done by 11. I think there will be some rapping after us in a separate show. Sorry about the flyer. Also sorry I haven’t been updating anything. Basically stuff’s going well but when I’m busy blogging seems like the biggest waste of time imaginable.

Direct Hit! is a punk band from Milwaukee. They are cool and I’m going to be doing some art for them in the future. And, it turns out, in the past:

This is a brand new (2012) cover for their 2010 split 7″ with the band Mixtapes from Ohio. DH! had just a few copies of the record left and they happened to not have covers. Instead of re-printing the original, however, they asked me to design a new one.

For the sake of continuity I employed the same color palette as was used before (the pink also matches the bubblegum-colored vinyl). I took the photo in my shower and then illustrated the rest:

Now, when I say just a few, I mean it — they had fewer than 20 copies of this record left — but it was still a nice surprise to hear that they sold out less than half an hour after they were posted to the DH! store (earlier today). Surely that’s more a credit to the bands involved than the artist, but then again, don’t call me Shirley.

E-WASTED.NET bonus trivia: Direct Hit! was one of the bands we went and saw at The Hell Hole just over a year ago.

Indie Burger just opened last week here in Chicago. It’s an independent burger restaurant (if you didn’t figure that out) serving animal-friendly animals in an eco-conscious space. The owners are big music fans too, so there’s an “indie rock” vibe to the whole place, too. I haven’t eaten there yet but I imagine it’s delicious. Liz and I worked on a bunch of stuff for them including their business cards, paper menus, the website, and the big sign above the restaurant. (No credit where it is not due: we had nothing to do with the creation of their logos.)

I designed a couple T-shirts for them too, one of which now belongs to the highest ranking female in U.S. political history:

More like Liberal Machine Burger, am I right people?! Yes, Nancy P stopped by Indie B a couple weeks ago for a little fundraising event. Not sure how it went but I know she at least walked home with a full stomach and a sweet new T (estimated value: $25).