Another day, another mind-blowing complex silkscreen art print! This 20 color silkscreen print is by Diana Sudyka, a Chicago-area artist. This is the 11th installment in the Decoder Ring Design Concern artist print series, and a fine addition to the collection of impressive artworks created for the series thus far!

The print is an 18″x24″ image on a 22″x30″ sheet of Coventry Rag Archival Paper. All prints are signed, numbered from an edition of 100, and embossed with the DRDC logo. As usual for the prints in this series, the cost is $250 shipped. If you’d like to get one for yourself, you can pick this up at the Decoder Ring website. (more…)

We’d like to introduce our newest sponsor Tone Ink. Tone Ink is a graphic design / silkscreen studio that creates some really nifty gigposters and art prints. Their brand new website has a nice selection of affordable goods available. Be sure to check them out and get on their mailing list for updates! Thanks Tone Ink for supporting FlightPattern!

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Another gem from the Contribute Box!

Craze One is the illustration / design portfolio of Adam White, a talented creative from Lincoln, Nebraska. He has a nice portfolio of work seen here and currently has a new art print available for purchase. This print was printed by Eric Nyffeler of Doe-Eyed (who we featured a while back). The print is an 18″x24″ 3-color silkscreen on 100lb paper in an edition of only 100. The best thing is this print only costs $25. Get yourself one at Craze One.

View the full print image at a large size after the break (more…)

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Behold Rock Paper Show: Flatstock Volume 1, the physical documentation of Flatstock, the gigposter show that is held worldwide at various music festivals. Volume One represents Flatstock 1-20 with introductions and various articles written by artists represented in the book. Rock Paper Show is a 312 page hardcover book featuring 566 color images of poster designs by some of the greatest artists working today. You can currently PREORDER the book in the standard hardcover version, or the deluxe version which comes with a BUNCH of extra goodies to justify the price. The site claims preorders will be shipping early May, which is right around now.

You can get a lot more information about this release at the Rock Paper Show’s official website.

Thanks to Strawberryluna for submitting this to us! More about the book after the break (more…)

Anthony from Snowblinded just tipped us about his newest print release. “Kickflip” is a 24″ x 18″ screen print in an edition of 57 on 100lb stock. The design seems to have 4 colors utilizing a split fountain / rainbow roll (not sushi-related unfortunately, but cool nonetheless!). The price for this gem is $40 plus shipping. You can pick one up at Snowblinded. While you’re there, check out the rest of the truly fantastic art prints available for purchase.

Dan McCarthy is a fantastic artist who I’ve been a fan of for quite some time. He has a new art print available for purchase on his website entitled “All Alone Is All We Are”. This gloomy print is a 5-color silkscreen which measures 18″x18″ and costs $40 shipped ($45 international). Limit of 2 per person.

View the full image after the break or at McCarthy’s Website (more…)

Guy Burwell is an artist out of Portland that creates some really fantastic illustrations. His work full of life and colorful characters. Currently, he has a gallery show at the Screaming Sky Gallery in Portland, Oregon running April 29th through May 23. “Folks 1,2,3” features new works by the artist and primarily focuses on “wood prints” (small prints on wood panels).

Guy Burwell Update: Pieces from his “Folks 1,2,3” show are now available for purchase online at Screaming Sky Gallery

Joe Rose was at the opening last night and has been gracious enough to share his photos of the event with us! Tons of awesome pictures after the break (more…)

John Dyer Baizley is a painter and musician working out of Savannah, Georgia. He provided the artwork for the latest Flight of the Conchords album. He also does work for other independent bands. He produces art, plays guitar, and sings in his own band Baroness. Recently, he has started to provide artwork for the magazine Guitar World. His style draws mostly from the heavy music scene but don’t go into it thinking it’s all going to be skulls and upside down crosses. This guy has some genuine skills and some really elegant work.

Baizley frequently releases silkscreen prints so we’ll begin to update you about them as they drop.

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Aaron Horkey and Jay Ryan have teamed up to create what is probably the most important art print release in recent memory. “Versus” is a 25 color screenprint hand crafted by the artists over a span of 12 days at Jay Ryan’s Bird Machine studio. The most fascinating thing is the documentary of the print creation. You can follow all of the steps posted by Jay Ryan at gigposters.com’s forum. Behind the scenes photos of the process are abundant, as well as commentary by Ryan and the gigposter community. Full detail shots of this incredible print are included after the break.

The details of the release are as follows:

Available for purchase TODAY – Monday, April 26, at 12:00 noon, CST.

Poster measures approximately 30″ x 13″

Regular Edition:
130 Pieces (120 available)
Signed by both artists and numbered #/130
$300.00

Remarque Edition:
This edition is the same print as above, but on a different shade of paper and has a hand drawn title and numbering by Aaron Horkey and drawings by Jay Ryan on either side of the title.
20 Pieces (12 available)
Signed by both artists and numbered #/20
$600.00

Limit of 1 print per person. Buy it today at 12:00pm at The Bird Machine

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Shepard Fairey has a new gallery exhibition opening May 1 at Deitch Projects in NY. With this new show we are presented with a great deal of new art prints for purchase on May 1. Above, you can see the May Day Flag offset print available at a random time May 1. The print measures 18″x24″ and is a signed and numbered edition of 600 for $35. On May 1st, get yourself over to obeygiant.com and pound your refresh button to snag one.

After the break you can check out the 6 new portrait prints that will be available for purchase at the show opening. Remaining stock will be sold on obeygiant.com at a later date. The portraits are some of the best he’s done in a while and among them we are presented with a second Muhammad Ali and Debbie Harry rendition by the artist. The Iggy Pop and Debbie Harry prints will be signed by the musicians as well as Shepard Fairey.

If you’re lucky enough to live in or near NYC and can make it to this opening, we’d love to have photos of the event. Get in touch with us if you can provide coverage of the event.

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