Posted by lau on August 5, 2010 – 9:12 pm
Sorry for the radio-silence on ye’old blog — we’ve just upgraded WordPress making the whole process that much easier (and prettier). We’ve also got a new website in the works, so once that goes live, you can expect a lot more bloggery (Is that a word? We like to think so.) So for some fun blog-filler, here are a few of our recent poster designs to feast your eyes upon. Keep an eye out here, as we’ll be announcing our new fun Halloween party that’s currently in the works in the next few weeks as well.
Until then…
More can be seen at our Flickr.
Posted by lau on October 28, 2009 – 5:33 am
Dia de los Muertos is one of our favorite holidays, and for the second year in a row, we’ve carved a pumpkin depicting some skellington friends. This year we decided on making a skeleton lady (last year was the Duke), as inspired by a mural put up on 5th street downtown for the Dia de los Muertos festivites a few days ago. Sadly, I didn’t have our camera on hand, but the lovely Angeliska got a couple of beautiful shots:
(Another view)
These beautiful ladies made me want to make one of my own, and below are the results. A little rough, but this is only my second (!) pumpkin carving ever – with the help of Dave of course. We also found this wonderful Santisimia Muerta (The Holy Dead) candle that seemed all too fitting for the festivities. You can view the whole set on flickr here.
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Posted by lau on June 17, 2009 – 4:38 pm
The RECSPEC website is in the process of a large overhaul, and as such, this blog is painfully neglected. We’ll be back soon with all sorts of goodies and upcoming events, though, so stay tuned. In the meantime, we’re DJing this Friday at Rio Rita and playing some great music from some of our favourite producers. Starts around 10.
The posters we’ve been making for this monthly event have been designed to be displayed horizontally, and here’s how they all look next to each other so far. I can definitely see an improvement from the first one, which has resulted in an interesting progression. Click through to see it larger.
And on another note, you can now get to this website at recspec.org as well as recreationalspeculum.com, easier to remember and faster to type!
Posted by lau on January 25, 2009 – 2:27 pm
Recently we finished the artwork and design for Ume‘s new EP, Sunshower – working directly with the band from the very start to develop the conceptualization of the artwork through to the end product.
We also designs the t-shirt for the release, inspired by old samurai movies and printed by I Heart U Productions. You can view a detail shot of the final product here:
The EP release was this past Saturday at Mohawk where we also did video projections for their show, and was absolutely packed. Thanks to everyone that came out. Be sure to check out Ume’s music on their myspace.