Paper Arms Redux

My favorite Australian band, Paper Arms, just sent me some swag. It's pretty cool to actually have the final product in my hands only a few weeks after completing the design. So thanks again guys for great assignment, and be sure to check out the music here.

Time Out New York

Earlier this week, Adam Fulrath, the Art Director, for Time Out New York, e-mailed me a crazy job description for a half page piece. Basically it read: stripper, upside down, sizzling steak, Tex Avery, hungry guy, bulging eyes/unreeled tongue. Sounds great, right? Anyways, 24 hours later the final was in his hands, and below is the process from sketch to final. Thanks again Adam.


Head on over to my website at http://www.aschmidtstudio.com/ for a larger image of this piece, plus an all new typography section.

Paper Arms T-Shirt

Just finished a challenging project, creating a shirt for the South Australian rock band Paper Arms. I say challenging because working with just 2 or maybe 3 colors is a little bit of a departure from my recent work, but it was nice to get back into the mindset of screen printing. Tom Crosby (drums and vocals) was a real prince throughout the whole project, so be sure to check out their music at http://www.myspace.com/paperarms . Below are some process photos, plus a few different versions of the 2 color design.

Masters of Ink Interview

Jason Thibault and the excellent crew over at optimumwound.com were nice enough to include me in their artist interview series, "Masters of Ink". Which is pretty nifty, as I have always been a big fan of their website. Previous artists interrogated include Lee Bermejo, Nathan Fox, Jim Mahfood, and a lot of other guys and gals who I really look up to. So, if you ever wanted to know more about my tools, techniques, and process, just click the link below for 14 fun filled questions and answers.

http://www.optimumwound.com/artist-adam-schmidt-talks-illustration-tools-and-technique.htm

NOBROW MAGAZINE

A few weeks ago the charming Alex Spiro from NOBROW Magazine invited me to contribute to the second issue of his publication. NOBROW, is a biannual textless art magazine on sale at all good design bookshops in the UK + Europe and available worldwide at http://www.nobrow.net/. What makes the magazine even cooler is the incredible color and paper quality, individually numbered limited edition printing, and a roster chock full of the best illustrators in the business. Artists contributing to their first issue include: A. Ricard Allen, Blex Bolex, Paul Blow, Jordan Crane, McBess, and Emiliano Ponzi.

Obviously, the upcoming second issue will undoubtedly feature some serious talent, and I am honored to be part of this project. So start getting excited, because the new issue drops sometime in the Fall. Included below are some pictures of the first issue that Alex was kind enough to send me, and to be honest I have never handled a higher quality publication.

Cover art by Stuart Kolakovic, interior piece by the fantastic Paul Blow, and thanks again Alex for all the swag.

Fun with Typography

Since coming back to freelancing after my stint at Rolling Stone, I having been spending much of my time playing around with hand drawn type. After making some new things, which will soon be appearing in a new type section on my site, I decided to go back and complete a set of letters that I created around a year ago for promotional purposes. Enjoy, and keep your eyes peeled for more weird type.

Mastodon - Crack the Skye

When I was interning at Rolling Stone, I was privileged to have an unreal vantage point of many amazing different illustrators at work. Every two weeks there is a new issue, and every issue I was lucky enough to see all of the concepts, sketches, revisions, and everything else that goes into a finished piece. And if that wasn't cool enough, I would get to work on my own pieces along side them. Below is a process detail from the Mastodon Rolling Stone record review piece I worked on while interning. For the whole image, visit my portfolio here.