GarciaLive Vol. 13 poster & animation

I recently had the pleasure to work again w/ the Jerry Garcia Estate to create artwork for the release of the new GarciaLive vol. 13 which is a double-disc re-release of a live concert (Hoffman Estates 1989 featuring Clarence Clemons). Much like I had done a couple years ago with GarciaLive vol. 6, I was tasked to create a shirt & a poster for the big release.

The concept of the alley cat moonlight jam band came pretty easily and was a reference to the theme of “Cats” that pop up a lot in Garcia imagery & lyrics, including the famous Cats Down Under the Stars track (featured on this album).

Another part of the project was turning the artwork from the poster into a little looping animation to be used during a live stream of the album on Facebook as well as for social media. I have been messing with little animations lately and enlisted the help of my buddy Corey Ellis for the task.

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The final poster is a 5-color screenprint printed by the folks at Baker Prints. I will have my Artist Edition copies (Signed & Numbered… run of 25) available on April 27th @ 11am (EST).