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I just wrapped up the poster for the upcoming Tycho show in Toronto (shown above) which can also be purchased at the ISO50 Studio shop. I’m doing a solo art exhibition at Function 13 Gallery and then a live Tycho performance afterward at Nocturne on Friday, November 20th, 2009. I’ll be posting the gallery show poster tomorrow with all the info, for now you can find all the details for the Tycho (music) show here and details for the Function 13 Gallery Show here. This poster is sort of an alternate take on the gallery show poster (which will be released tomorrow), they are both based on the same subject but have very different aesthetics.

This is the first time I’ve worked directly with a live model for a project — I shot her against a light bouncer with a flood light coming from the back to get the silhouette. Although rather time consuming, it was a pretty fun process and I learned a lot. You may notice that this piece in similar to the Coastal Brake cover in it’s use of negative space. I’ve employed this concept in various ways throughout my career (the Past is Prologue cover [2004-2005], for example) but have only recently found the time to truly explore it to the extent that I have with these recent pieces as compositions in this style are the most time intensive of all my work. When creating these, I treat the process more like painting than graphic design and so things can become much more complex. This particular piece is not quite as complex as some of the others, it’s a composite of about 20 image layers overlayed using various blending modes and masked by the silhouette image, the negative space was then filled with photographed paper which was colored using color balance. It will be on display at the Function 13 ISO50 Gallery show on the 20th.

1976 Shirt on Tri-Blend Heather Blue Out Now
I've printed up a new Tri-Blend version of the 1976 shirt and it's up now at the shop. The shirt is on American Apparel Tri-Blend Heather Blue (50 Poly / 25 Cotton / 25 Rayon) and is perfect for the hot months ahead. I posted a little bit on the process of creating the shirt over at the blog.They're ready to go but this first printing is limited so they'll go fast, get yours now exclusively at The ISO50 Shop.

Along with the new 1976 shirt, we've re-printed several of the new shirt designsincluding 77 black, 77 blue, and the new Tycho Avian shirts After a while being sold out, the Madrone print (pictured above, left) has also been reprinted along with a few other selected prints. All are available at The ISO50 Shop.




I'm hard at work on the next Tycho album so there won't be many dates planned for a while. I will however be in New York April 16-17th for the F5 Fest and a Tycho set is tentatively planned. I'll also be back in Tampa, FL for the Back in Black 2 T-Shirt exhibit where I'll be playing a set as well. Both events are tentative and the set dates / times are not yet final. Keep an eye on the events page for more info.



ISO50 Blog Compact
It's been a while since the last newsletter and a there's been a lot of action on the blog since. Jakub dropped his first Aarnio DJ mix in 3 years and the blog got a music playlist.The following are the most talked about posts from the past month:

ISO50 Playlist - I had been planning this for ages but finally made it past a few technical hurdles and got it released. The ISO50 playlist is a flash audio player stocked choice selections from past posts on the blog. You can check it out at the blog, it's in the middle column at the top (just push play..) or you can read up a little more on it here.

SSD+RAID=Photoshop Performance - An in depth look at the advantages of using multiple scratch disks with Photoshop (and other media software). RAID0 and swap general disk strategies are discussed.

Jack in the Box Rebrand: Success - People are serious about their 80's brands! We discuss the success (or failure) of the new Jack in the Box branding.

Where The Wild Things Are Trailer - All of our hopes seem all but confirmed now that the long awaited trailer for the upcoming Spike Jonez film is here.

Head on over to the ISO50 Blog for much more or subscribe to stay up to date.




ISO50 "Vuela" PrintFeatured Print: Vuela
Among the reprinted posters is the "Vuela" print. I created this print for the OFFF festival in Spain a few years back and now it's been reprinted on the 12x18" thermal press on natural tone stock. This new run is limited and they won't last long, get yours here

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3 New ISO50 Shirts
I've released 3 new t-shirt designs over at the ISO50 Shop.
First up is "77" cream on royal, the other two are redesigns of the original (and now out of print) Tycho Avian shirt (black pictured, cream available). All are printed on American Apparel and ready to ship.
Check them out at the ISO50 Shop.






ISO50 / Forum Snowboard Giveaway
I'm giving away an ISO50-designed Forum ROOST Devun Walsh 161 snowboard on the blog.
Purchase anything from the ISO50 Shop between now and January 31st and you're entered to win. The winner has the choice of either the ROOST 161 or a women's size K2 Solace (also designed by ISO50).
All the details are here.





Tycho News
Big news on the Tycho front... Wrapped up a brand new single that's due to be released in January.
All the info and a small peek at the artwork are over at the blog.




ISO50 Blog Compact
It was a pretty exciting month, I finally scored a Mac, Jakub needs a new watch, and sports teams continue to be confused for Mountain Dew.


Have a look at the most commented recent topics on the ISO50 Blog:

Macbook Pro - Future Artifact - Gotta love the new MBP
Logo Redesign Fail Vol. 1 - Old school logos aren't to be messed with
Void Watches vs. Nooka Watches - Decide for yourself
Lance Wyman For Obama - An original master brings new work

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I'll be playing a live Tycho show this weekend in Seattle (Sat. Sep. 27) as part of Decibel Festival. I'll be doing full live ISO50 visuals along with the music. Here are the details, hope to see you all out.

GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL LABEL SHOWCASE

Tycho (San Francisco) : Seattle Debut Live A/V Set - Ghostly International, Merck
Deru (Los Angeles) : Live - Ghostly International, Merck
Lusine (Seattle) : Live - Ghostly International, Hymen
The Sight Below (Seattle) : Debut Live A/V Set, Ghostly International

Venue: The Baltic Room - $12 presale / $15 at the door - Doors open Venue: 8pm / 21+

BUY TICKETS

Hosted By: Tycho
When: Sunday Sep 14, 2008
at 5:30 PM
Where L.A. County Arboretum
301 N. Baldwin Ave
Arcadia, California|5 91007
United States
Description:
Tycho

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New ISO50 Print Now Available
The OFFF AP print is now available at The ISO50 Shop.

This was the poster I created for the 2007 OFFF Festival party in Barcelona. Very few were originally produced and these are the only copies now available. They're printed on 100 lb.

natural tone cover stock and ready to ship at The ISO50 Shop, get them while they last!





Prints Restocked
Many of the sold out ISO50 prints have been restocked and are now once again available.

If you've been waiting on purchasing some prints now's the time, all should be stocked up and ready to go.







The Making Of The Obama Print
After a slight delay I posted the "Making Of" for the Obama poster. The article details the process of creating the piece from start to finish.

You can read it at the ISO50 Blog.





Tycho Info / Shows
I've been laying low recently trying to get work done on a new album; almost completed a new single that will be released in the coming months on Ghostly. As a result not many Tycho live shows are planned in the near future, but you can expect touring to resume once work on the album is complete.

I have confirmed one date coming up:
September 27th, Seattle @ Decibel Fest
See you up there



ISO50 Blog Compact
It's been a couple months since the last newsletter so a lot has happened at the blog.

Have a look at the most active recent topics on the ISO50 Blog:

Most Commented Recent Posts
Making Of The Obama Print
Orange, Black, And Gothic All Over
Studio Work
Three G'z
Student Project: Alex Cornell

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Tycho / ISO50 Live - Saturday June 30th - San Francisco

Sat Jun 30 - (8pm-2am)
Faction Volume 3+4

111 Minna Gallery
111 Minna Street - San Francisco, CA 94105 map
cross street: between New Montgomery & 2nd

Description
Featuring: Tycho, Mochipet, Kid Kameleon, build_128, Preshish Moments, bloodysnowman, Anon Day, equivicleft, The Spit Brothers and Patrice Scanlon.
21+ - $5 cover
Public info: www.myspace.com/psfaction
Contact: Patrice Scanlon @ 510.325.7973 or ps_faction@hotmail.com

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Tycho / ISO50 Live - Saturday June 30th - San Francisco

Sat Jun 30 - (8pm-2am)
Faction Volume 3+4

111 Minna Gallery
111 Minna Street - San Francisco, CA 94105 map
cross street: between New Montgomery & 2nd

Description
Featuring: Tycho, Mochipet, Kid Kameleon, build_128, Preshish Moments, bloodysnowman, Anon Day, equivicleft, The Spit Brothers and Patrice Scanlon.
21+ - $5 cover
Public info: www.myspace.com/psfaction
Contact: Patrice Scanlon @ 510.325.7973 or ps_faction@hotmail.com

Click Here for Full Details >