 | No Doubt! |
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 | posted by KEVIN at 12:05 AM |
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A few months ago I was asked to do a poster for the summer No Doubt tour. It was one of those dream freelance gigs that's almost TOO easy. They had come up with the theme A Clockwork Orange for their tour, and wanted the band portrayed in a 60's suspense-movie poster based on the song Spiderwebs. Here's what I came up with:
The band was really happy with the poster, and I couldn't have been more thrilled. They were so happy, actually, that Elizabeth and I got to go to their "Friends & Family" show in Vegas over the weekend, which was basically a dress rehearsal for a small audience the night before the real show. The costumes, the set, and the video displays were all gorgeous. Gwen even had three outfit changes throughout the concert. We got to watch the whole thing from the front row. It was a pretty memorable night. For all the doubters out there, the band is as good as they ever were. And for all the No-Doubters out there, you won't be disappointed when you see them!
I'm not entirely sure what their marketing plan for my poster is, but I found these pictures on the No Doubt forums (courtesy of kerli-fries and beacon-street.net) showing it printed on a cool-looking tote bag. I read that it was sold out even before The Sounds came on! I'm hoping they eventually stick it on some other merchandise too.
The whole process went so smoothly that I thought I'd share some of my early work on the poster. These are some of the rough comps I first sent off:
The first one was turned down because it made Gwen overshadow the other band members too much, the second one is the approved thumbnail, and the last is the approved color study. After that I just went to work painting the final poster. Here's a GIF animation showing my progress:
I want to give a big thank you to Jolie Clemens who did an amazing job coordinating everything, getting concepts approved, and hooking us up with the concert tickets! Go check out the band on tour, it's totally worth it!
Finally, a shout out to another super cool band and a really addictive website - Phoenix on YooouuuTuuube. |
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liz
May 18, 2009 - 09:06 AM
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Awesome work. :) |
miles
May 18, 2009 - 09:12 AM
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totally col bro! nice one! |
miles again
May 18, 2009 - 09:13 AM
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col? ha! good morning - i clearly meant COOL...really COOOOL! i love your work |
Will Kane
May 18, 2009 - 10:15 AM
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Well done, I'd love a t-shirt of that poster, and i don't even like the band! |
Scott Warren
May 18, 2009 - 11:06 AM
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Jeez, Kevin. When are you going to ever do something boring and uncool? This is sooooo rad. |
Lucas
May 18, 2009 - 11:38 AM
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WOOOOOOW! |
Bobby P
May 18, 2009 - 11:59 AM
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Eff Man, this is sick!
Spiderwebs is still my favorite song of theirs. |
MARI
May 18, 2009 - 12:52 PM
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WOW!!!(>__<) |
tirui
May 18, 2009 - 02:24 PM
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super duper great!! |
Daniel C.
May 19, 2009 - 10:17 AM
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awesome Kevin! |
gavintiegirl
May 20, 2009 - 09:46 AM
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I want a poster to frame for my house!!!! |
NDfan
May 21, 2009 - 12:54 AM
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OMG I'm super fan of your work now. I was wondering who did that poster when I saw the tote bag. I'd totally love a t-shirt or a poster of it. Congrats and keep up the good work. |
Chris Battle
May 22, 2009 - 10:44 AM
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This would make a good double-feature with Portishead's "To Kill a Dead Man"! |
Jen
May 24, 2009 - 12:40 AM
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hope you like the wonderful comforter in the background of the pic I took of the tote bag (gotta love the Luxor lol)...love the bag, the artwork is awesome! |
xtian16
May 25, 2009 - 10:34 AM
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So googie! |
Kei Acedera
May 25, 2009 - 01:01 PM
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Super Cool gig!! Congrats!! |
martyn
May 25, 2009 - 05:20 PM
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nice :D
gz i like ND i love Gwen <3
have fun
from Argentina |
Lauren H.
May 29, 2009 - 04:24 PM
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Hi Kevin!!
I thought your work is amazing also! I went to the ND concert in Albuquerque last night and with only $40 in my pocket to invest in ONE souvineer, I quickly chose that tote-mainly because I thought it was stunning!!! If I had the money, I would have gotten 3 more--one as a backup(lol, yeah I'm nutty like that!) and 2 to give to my 2 daughters, because they love ND, purses, and because they let me borrow from their piggy bank to buy it! LOL!
Excellent work!!! Let us know if you get to design more for ND/Gwen....they are lucky to have found you! :) |
kevin
June 04, 2009 - 09:49 AM
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thanks everyone for your nice comments about this poster! it was really a lot of fun to work for No Doubt.
NDfan >> thanks for letting me know about that merch! I hadn't seen it yet |
Maureen
June 28, 2009 - 03:45 PM
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I went to the concert but I never went to the merch table... but I just bought the t-shirt with your design on it at the online store. You're amazing! |
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