Dublin Pub

Kilty by Association is heading back to Dublin Pub!

We will be playing Friday, August 29th, from 9pm-12am. There is a $5 cover. If you live in the Portland area and like Celtic music with a rock edge, come on down to Dublin Pub and enjoy the show!

I have slightly reworked the poster from our last show, adding a wide shot of the city of Dublin. This poster has been added to DeviantArt.

Hope to see you at the show!

Deviant Logo

A selection of logo designs created over the last 15 years.

I have uploaded over 30 of my best logos over the years to my DeviantArt account. Following are a selection of my favorites.

The logos were commissioned while I was working as a Graphic Designer with Minuteman Press, iCON Presentations, and as a Freelancer.

Shameless Plug Here ==> If you are in the market for a new logo, or any type of graphic design work, drop me a line! :)

Cheers!

Character Illustrations Part 1

A selection of 25+ year old RPG character drawings.

Welcome to my Retro series, where I share creations from yesteryear. Click on the Retro label to peruse all the past articles.

Here are some of my fantasy character illustrations created in the mid to late 80s.  They were all drawn with technical pens, markers, and colored pencils. I used The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe as reference.

These images are also on my Deviant Art account.

Hope you enjoy!

Elfin John
Elf - Fighter/Magic-User/Thief
D&D

 

Arcoten
Human - Warrior
WHFRPG

Human - Fighter
D&D

Human - Ranger
D&D

Human - Magic-User
D&D

Halfling - Rogue
WHFRPG

Human - Thief (Posing as Magic-User)
D&D

Dublin Pub

Here is the poster for my band's next gig.

This was one of the most challenging posters to date! I knew I wanted a stylized "K", but had no idea what to do with the poster.

There is quite a bit of symbolism in the "K", some deliberate, some accidental--Music, growth, Celtic, aggression, luck, among others. I am pleased with the end result, but if I had more time, I would probably noodle it more.

The rest of the poster, is really simple. An oval vignette over a green/red tartan with simple Celtic text for the gig details.

I have uploaded this poster in addition to the rest of the collection of my band's posters to Deviant Art. To see the entire collection click here.

Thanks for lookin!

Alternate Band Logo

I worked on this over the weekend. Every time I look at it I add/change something... I have to call it done at this point.

At first, I was designing this orna-"metal" "K" (HA!) for our next band poster. But after seeing it on it's own, I think it works as a logo too.

I should be done with the poster tomorrow.

That's is for today.

March Gigs

My band has a new member! Our bassist left the band a few months a go, and a long time friend of mine has joined the Cletic cause a few weeks back.

We have 3 shows in 8 days coming up in honor of St. Patrick's Day. I reconfigured last years poster, grouping all three shows together.

Designed by John Hanan III

Hope you like it! If you want to know more about my band, you can check out our Facebook page.

Ardbeg Scotch Party

Well, my plans for 23 more posts by the end of the years have slipped by. They days have been a blur with the looming holidays and my wife going in and out of the hospital. She is home now, but has began the process of retiring and starting disability.

Enough of RL... on to why I am here!

My band has another gig. After our last show, we were offered a weekly spot at Paddy's Bar & Grill. We unfortunately had to turn down the offer due to scheduling. Kilty by Association only practices once a week, and collectively we simply don't have the time. However, we countered with a once a month gig and Paddy's liked the idea.

The event will be showcasing Ardbeg Scotch. There will be Scotch tastings and, well us! Here is the poster I created.

The concept and composition was my idea, but I turned to Lord Grimskull to draw the line art. I then dropped in the colors, the background and added the text.

Only 1 practice and 1-1/2 weeks until the show... can't wait!

Samhain

My band has a gig on November 2nd celebrating Samhain, a Celtic harvest festival. We are getting a lot of good buzz and hope to get a really good turnout!

I designed the poster. I started out laying everything out in CorelDraw (vector graphics), but as the design developed, it looked too "graphic". So I printed what I had out and traced it giving the art a more rustic feel. Then I scanned it back in, opened it in Photoshop, finished a few more details before coloring it.

Drinking by Association

My band has another gig, this time with another band opening for us! Drinking Birds will be opening for Kilty by Association on July 12th!

Poster by zorcon

We are returning to one of our favorite local spots--Velo Cult for [about] a 2 hour set.

Wanted Poster

Designed by John Hanan III

My band has 5 gigs coming up in the next 5 weeks, with 4 of them in a 4-day stretch, and 2 of those in the same day!! Here is a poster I created to promote all 5 shows.

We have learned 3 traditional songs, a cover, and finished an original specifically for the 3 St. Pattrick's Day shows, but all of the songs will be added to our rotation.

Our style is best described as Celtic Folk Punk, and our biggest influence is The Pouges. However, we are starting to branch out into other styles of traditional and original songs like polka, bluegrass, and other cultural influences.

Hope you like it! If you want to know more about my band, you can read this previous post and check out our Facebook page.