Scream for me brixton

Here is a couple of shots of Haunts playing at brixton accademy with my logo used as the stencil on all the backline. on the kick drum and all flightcases and cabs.I think it looks great. dead chuffed!

merch merch merch

So more on the outer sleeve part, after getting fed up waiting around for vinyl duplication people to give me a yes or no on the laser cutting, so i went to my uncles printing company prism digital in luton and asked. they said they would run the print for the outer sleeve just to help me out and he likes the band....(its all about who you know) but after speaking to the people he out sources his laser cutting to... they also declined the job, so basically im going to have to rejig cutting idea to a more cuttable shape.

In other news the t-shirts came back from the printers, did a small run of 50 of each t shirt in small medium and large. i managed to take a few photos before they were taken out on the road to the shows where 45 of the black shirt sold and 38 white, so all in all thats a bit of a result, so we're looking at getting a repressing, which is cool. also have been working on a pitch to make designer bags to enrich the experience of shopping with haunts compared to another band. Treating the band as almost a designer clothes label and brand. The management company like the concept but they're hopeing to hold out a little while and see how the band takes off as it might be a bit much to be doing at a early stage in the bands development.

AAALLLSSOOO

Ok there has been a load of argie bargie about the Single artwork packaging, and alot of people from management changing their minds and people in production working out whether or not they can do the outer sleeve. We're holding fast and demanding it be done at all expense and luckily our manager is backing this decision which is cool. So fingers crossed its gonna be ok. The only changes that will defiantly be making is to the back image for the artwork, its been pointed out that for a first release its a bit much to have our faces so massive. whilst the concept is to kind of mimic our heads like mount rushmore, in a way that our head are the reflection of the city. anyway im gonna tone it down a little bit and make the heads smaller cause i don't want it to be arrogant so im gonna give that some attention. I have two weeks till i go to press......... good times.

sooooo yeah.. sorry to keep you in the dark

so yeah, im now floating about the country with my video camera and the band on tour, trying my best to discover the secret world of youtube and subversive media. I hate a whole lot of work to do, which im now having a chance to explor and has opened up a nice new dimension for my work, which seems to be taking a bit of a turn in a few places. As the project is a live project its not just graphics but also an exploration in to the world of marketting, and seeing as im actually in the band, how we are marketed is a very particular thing to me. so first off i designed two runs of tshirts to be taken out on the tour. Didnt really want them to look too much like band shirts, because lets face it, band t shirts arent very cool these days. So to stick a logo on a tshirt not only would make a naff tshirt, but also would make the wearer look not cool, and we dont want association with things that arent cool.... harsh, but true. So yeah these are the two designs we went for


I think thought they looked pretty cool, so we went ahead with them, but didn't get stock samples from the printers back in time so went for a pressing of just 50 of each shirt spread across small medium and large and printed on the basic fruit of the loom shirts. had a whole bunch of similar designs on the same theme and these were the best... so yeah.. sent them off they will arrive at the venue in Wolverhampton, and we will see which one sells best.

A winter jacket maybe?

I've been messing about with the idea of making a slip case for the proper vinyl packaging to go in but i wanted to make it in a slightly contractitory style to the old englsih feel, i wanted to include a eliment that highlighted the bands dancy more current discoy edge aswell. so i thought a slip cover would be the best way to do this. I also want to use some different print finishes. on the front i want the lowslungcityskyline bit to be in a spot varnish (not black like shown) so its more visible and readble when it catches the light. then on the front and back where it says HAUNTS i want them to be cut out of the paper so it just shows through to the packaging undernieth......... capiesche? All this will be pinted on a very silky matt finished stock, thats very tactile and soft so it should set off the spot varnish nicely. But yeah if i could get anyones feed back on any of this it would be grand cause it all has to go to print really soon...... like yesterday. so anny amendment would be rad! cheers people keep it breezey.xxx

Single Art Work

yo so i gotta do some work on the pantone colour selection for the red but at the moment the vinyl cover is lookling like so.......