ALAN HYNES

JACK WHITE FRANKFURT ’14 CONCERT POSTER

Graphic Design, Music, Posters, Printmaking

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I’m not going to say too much about this poster as I think the image speaks for Itself but I did snap the photo and can honestly say there were no photoshop shenanigans of any sort involved…

Jack’s “3” obsession continues with the addition of barbed wire as Roman numeral but if you’re a sucker for conceptual design then I’ll happily tell you it’s also a graphic representation of the physical and metaphysical boundaries between life and death…deep stuff right?

Jack White Frankfurt ’14 is an 18″ x 24″ screenprint in a limited run of 195, signed and numbered by Alan Hynes.

Copies go on sale Wednesday November 19th at 10.00am (PST) in  my webstore

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MOONLIGHTING AT THE SFMOMA ARTISTS GALLERY

Exhibits, Film posters, Graphic Design, Posters, skateboards

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I’m honoured to have been invited to show my work at the SFMOMA Artists Gallery in San Francisco. Moonlighting – Designers, photographers, illustrators and their art runs till December 18th and includes a collection of my skateboard designs alongside some of my movie and music posters. More info on the exhibition can be found here

A full gallery of photographs from the opening reception can be found here

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LORDE AT THE GREEK THEATRE – CONCERT POSTER

Graphic Design, Music, Posters, Printmaking, typography

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Poster design for New Zealand teen songwriting sensation Lorde’s recent 2 nighter at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley CA.

The visual metaphor of the single fish swimming the wrong way in the shoal refers to Lorde‘s notoriety in often challenging the popular and the mainstream. The raised fin (which doubles as a crown) also signifies the extra strength often necessary to go against the accepted. The hook to begin the name ties in with the fish motif but it also works to visually hint at the little barbs that are often prevalent in her lyrical themes.

The style and simplicity of the poster were primarily inspired by the repeat patterns Lorde often favors in her outfits and I think the flow of the shapes subtly suggests her trademark hairstyle. The fish themselves are just simple paper cutouts, created with an economy of means I think suits the stripped down nature of her music.

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BATMAN 75TH ANNIVERSARY COMIC-CON EXCLUSIVE

Graphic Design, Music

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To celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Batman, Mondo in partnership with DC comicswill be issuing Batman: The Animated Series‘s main title and end credits themes, both by Danny Elfman, on 7-inch record with five different sleeves by five different Mondo artists. Available beginning starting on San Diego Comic-Con Preview Night at booth #835.You can check out the DC all access video below:

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JACK WHITE DUBLIN & EUROPEAN TOUR POSTERS 2014

Graphic Design, Music, Posters, Printmaking, typography

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A couple of new posters for Jack White as he kicks off his 2014 European Tour this summer with a date at the historic Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin. One of the finest 17th-century buildings in Ireland it was a home to retired soldiers for over 250 years, a lot of dying went on here I would think, so it’s prime banshee territory.   The banshee comb reference comes from a centuries-old Irish story that, if you ever see a comb lying on the ground in Ireland you must never pick it up, or the banshees having placed it there to lure unsuspecting humans, will spirit such gullible souls away. I can easily imagine walking acrosss the poorly lit courtyard late one night and spotting this on the ground in front of me. The JACK WHITE lettering is based on the Gill Sans typeface, and I must admit experiencing just a small amount of glee in “Irishing Up” something so quintessentially British.

Both posters are 18″ x 24″ screen prints and are available here

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It can often be difficult to incorporate all the extra information necessary to a tour poster in an interesting or imaginative way. For Jack’s 2014 European Tour poster I’ve tried to do it by disguising the dates and venue information as business cards alongside an icon of americana, the 50’s style pay phone. The mismatched wallpaper  as background sets the location whilst the handset held by a single wire sets up the storyline.

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THE KNIFE AT THE FOX

Graphic Design, Music, Posters, Printmaking, typography

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I havn’t posted any new work this year but i’ve been busy making it, some of it is starting to show up finally.

A concert poster for The Knife at the Fox theater in Oakland CA. A Swedish brother/sister electronic music duo noted for being uncooperative with the media and hiding their faces during promotional appearances. I may or may not have carried this idea over to the poster and used a photograph of entirely different people, the ultimate disguise. The typography runs vertically and is ‘mirrored’ much like the siblings musical collaborations, I was amazed to have been given an enthusiastic approval for such a hard to decipher type treatment.

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS !

Graphic Design, Interesting Things, Original Artwork

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This years Christmas card. Kandinsky would be proud, if a little baffled.

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“DEVOURED BY DECAY” THE WALKING DEAD

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Poster for AMC’S The Walking Dead exhibition at  Hero Complex Gallery. It can be purchased exclusively right here

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HCG & AMC CELEBRATE THE WALKING DEAD

Exhibits, Graphic Design, Posters, Printmaking

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HCG logoHero Complex Gallery has been hoarding for the zombie apocalypse as they prepare to announce their biggest exhibition of the year….invading Los Angeles on Friday, October 11th, from 7-10pm, on the eve of the Season 4 premiere, Hero Complex Gallery celebrates: AMC’S The Walking Dead.

Opening Reception: Friday, October 11th, 7-10pm   Additional Hours – W-Sun, 11am-6pm

Hero Complex Gallery  2020 South Robertson Blvd., Studio D, Los Angeles, CA 90034

Stay tuned here or follow me on twitter @alan_hynes for previews of my art coming this week.

 

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THE STUFF OF NIGHTMARES

Graphic Design, Interesting Things, Posters, Printmaking

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Gathering objects for a new poster…

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