It’s finally arrived!
“The Sea Also Rises: Incident 19- the 14th St. Station Squid” is up for sale right now in the Art Prints section of the Nakatomi store.
This 18×24 4 color print is signed and numbered in an edition of 140. Line art by Tim Doyle, Color art by Kevin Tong, and printed by Clint Wilson at Nakatomi Print Labs. Also available in a LINE ART only edition, limited to 30 and signed by Doyle w/ a doodle in the bottom margin of each print!
Kevin Tong is literally a pair of cat’s pajamas.
A few weeks ago, between projects, Doyle started drawing the first in a new series depicting the unconsidered awesome results of Global Warming called “The Sea Also Rises”. And when faced with the Herculean task of coloring and separating the print, Kevin Tong stepped up, out of the darkness, and let his stunning color sense wash over the line art like a technicolor tide made from newly melted icebergs. From Kevin’s site, TragicSunshine, come these very informative process pics! (And seriously, go there and check out Kevin’s great work…he’s a real wiz with the art stuff!)
From Tragic Sunshine-
“Below, I have included a step by step process that details each hour I spent on it. I used Adobe Photoshop to color in Tim’s scanned artwork. Tim will be printing it at his studio in Austin.
“The Sea Also Rises: the Subway Squid” Will be available sometime next week! Dont worry I'll let you know.Hi friends, I have been super busy since Mogwai, working on a project that is super special to me. I am a huge Jenny Lewis (and Rilo Kiley) fan and like doing whatever I can to help her out. I have done a poster for her before, but this time, I got to work with her (indirectly, she was on tour) to make a poster that she and I both love.
You can buy a poster here.
This is the first time I have printed on black paper, so if any of you were wondering, I included notes about the issues I had to deal with as a printer. Best of all, there’s video of me slam dunking a basketball.
Check out the photo set on my flickr. It is as detailed as the Mogwai, but this time it shows drawing, videos of printing, and pictures from the show where I was front row to watch Jenny’s awesomeness. I have family that lives in San Francisco, so I decided to deliver the posters in person, making the 400 mile trip. Along the way and while in town, I had lots of adventures that include shooting pool, the Small Stakes, and a three pronged fork.
I also created an art print series called the Vacant Lot Series.
Each poster is 16 x 25 inches, with a one color image hand screen printed on black astro-bright paper. I drew individually on each one, so each one is totally unique from the other. There are 15 in this set. Click the image to see them all or go to my etsy to own one. They are $60 each. The regular Jenny Lewis posters are available on the etsy page as well if you want both and want to save on shipping.
