tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71262143139527359822024-03-05T10:39:53.789-08:00Sketchy old BlairShowcasing the illustration and art of Blair Sayer (aka Mr Rocks)Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17174911779227399396noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126214313952735982.post-46545526916812045702019-09-15T20:54:00.000-07:002019-09-15T20:54:15.894-07:00T SHIRT BORDELLO..the UNDEAD!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's a small selection of designs I did for the (sadly no longer
operating) website T-SHIRT BORDELLO. These 4 have an un-dead theme.<br />
(..and I'll be sharing more in the lead up to Halloween.)Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17174911779227399396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126214313952735982.post-67745418537279899832019-08-01T16:48:00.001-07:002019-08-01T16:48:57.243-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Route to <a href="http://beervana.co.nz/">BEERVANA</a>..as is this beer from <a href="https://www.boneface-brewing.com/">BONEFACE BREWING</a>. I can not wait to wet my whistle.<br /><br />Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17174911779227399396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126214313952735982.post-75788214848098018262019-07-17T18:02:00.003-07:002019-07-17T18:02:58.615-07:00NEBULA AND SASQUATCH TOUR POSTER<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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More gig poster work, this time for the Nebula and Sasquacth USA tour poster.Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17174911779227399396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126214313952735982.post-47934997920243717512019-03-21T18:35:00.002-07:002019-03-21T18:36:15.992-07:00SASQUATCH in Australia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am very honoured to share my latest gig poster, this time for <a href="http://www.sasquatchrock.us/">SASQUATCH's</a> Australia tour. The boys wanted some thing Mad Max inspired, and the helmet pays homage to their latest album.<br />
<br />Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17174911779227399396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126214313952735982.post-13331989206056840382018-08-23T19:08:00.001-07:002018-08-23T19:10:06.872-07:00QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was super lucky enough to do last nights <a href="http://www.qotsa.com/">Queens of the Stone Age</a> poster for their Auckland gig. This was so much fun to do..i hope you like it.<br />
I'll also be selling some of these very soon. Keep an eye on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Blair-Sayer-Illustrator-623199054402868/">my Facebook page</a> for details.<br />
<br />Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17174911779227399396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126214313952735982.post-82040679255957033212018-08-16T17:50:00.003-07:002018-08-16T17:50:45.388-07:00NEW HOME BREW LABEL<br />
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Here's the final label to my latest home brew. I was inspired by vintage
illustrations and old 1950's cartoons, so I'm going to get some googly
eyes and stick them on each label.Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17174911779227399396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126214313952735982.post-79979757692460852772018-06-24T20:59:00.001-07:002018-06-24T20:59:24.474-07:00UNPUBLISHED WEIRDNESS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Something that never got the green light. Has some cool colours and a healthy amount of weirdness to it.<br /><br />Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17174911779227399396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126214313952735982.post-24738349660567097762017-12-14T15:21:00.000-08:002017-12-14T15:21:29.634-08:00QT for CHARITY.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My first <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/inktober?source=feed_text&story_id=10154822018425933"><span class="_5afx"><span class="_58cl _5afz">#</span><span class="_58cm">inktober</span></span></a>
sketch ever. There is to be 31 drawings for the 31 days of October, all
with a daily theme, the 1st theme being 'Swift'. I'm playing catch up
so stay tuned for more soon.<br /> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/inktober2017?source=feed_text&story_id=10154822018425933"><span class="_5afx"><span class="_58cl _5afz">#</span><span class="_58cm">inktober2017</span></span></a><br />Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17174911779227399396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126214313952735982.post-21986392772517518702017-09-18T17:25:00.002-07:002017-09-18T17:25:19.230-07:00ANOTHER RE-SUB AT THREADLESS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A new..but old...sub at Threadless. An older collaboration with the very talented <a href="https://www.behance.net/hafaell">Rafael Pereira.</a><br /><br />Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17174911779227399396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126214313952735982.post-89949299354475151152017-07-13T18:07:00.001-07:002017-07-13T18:07:17.760-07:00MORE MAMBO...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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More <a href="http://www.mambo-world.com/">MAMBO</a> sketch-to-finished-art. They dropped a couple of coulours, but still looks good don't you think? <br /><br />Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17174911779227399396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126214313952735982.post-88057538099500763022017-06-25T16:58:00.001-07:002017-06-25T16:58:04.956-07:00THROWBACK 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Throwback to 2012 <a href="http://www.mambo-world.com/">MAMBO</a> tee shirt design, with rough sketched idea next to finished art. I loved pouring some love into this tonal pencil drawing, and balancing details and characters. <br /><br />Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17174911779227399396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126214313952735982.post-63351762024582963672017-03-26T15:24:00.001-07:002017-03-26T15:24:11.758-07:00BONEFACE BREWING BEERS!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was recently commissioned to draw a logo and design the labels for the new brewery in Upper Hutt, New Zealand. I'm really happy with these, and can't wait to taste them.Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17174911779227399396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126214313952735982.post-78635161678802452262016-11-09T17:00:00.003-08:002016-11-09T17:00:36.164-08:00Beer wins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Two more gold wins for packaging at the New Zealand Craft Beer Guild Awards. <br /><br />Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17174911779227399396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126214313952735982.post-75221393671815963742016-07-27T20:22:00.001-07:002016-07-27T20:22:21.166-07:00FROM THE ACHIEVES...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From back in the early naughties, something that never took off, but she was still a lot of fun to draw.<br /><br />Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17174911779227399396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126214313952735982.post-49943446546739917082016-06-15T21:24:00.001-07:002016-06-15T21:24:53.638-07:00ACC SNOW CAMPAIGN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Some cool ACC snow safety work through <a href="http://www.oceandesign.co.nz/index.html">OCEAN DESIGN. </a>I love limited colour work<br />
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For the Threadless + Heavy Metal magazine cover comp.<br /><br />Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17174911779227399396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126214313952735982.post-6320292956483816092016-03-14T21:42:00.002-07:002016-03-14T21:43:48.190-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm lucky enough to have been nominated for an award at the<a href="http://shirt.woot.com/"> Shirt Woot</a>
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More tee shirt comp stuff...giving Threadless another go.<br /><br />https://www.threadless.com/designs/fantastical<br />
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My brother wanted to give his mate an extra special wedding gift. They love going to the shooting gallery in Atlanta, and always choose the 'zombie' targets, so the brief was quite obvious from there. That's John the groom on the left, and my brother Dean on the right. <br /><br />Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17174911779227399396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126214313952735982.post-42618295993459465752015-06-16T20:36:00.001-07:002015-06-19T04:33:48.386-07:00HOME BREW LABELS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A selection of all my own home brew labels. I can my (amateur as) set up the BEER SLAYER BREWING CO.<br />
<span id="goog_1512157104"></span><span id="goog_1512157105"></span><br />Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17174911779227399396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126214313952735982.post-83768018850420942015-02-02T18:26:00.000-08:002015-02-02T18:26:30.782-08:00CRANIUM EXHIBITION<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Been a while.... Here's a work in progress of a piece I am doign for the annual CRANIUM exhibiton in Sydney. Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17174911779227399396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126214313952735982.post-32789155781119860532014-09-12T03:42:00.001-07:002014-09-12T07:45:18.471-07:0010 Years submitting to Threadless.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If
10 years ago someone had told me how much Threadless was going to
effect my life, i would have probably said 'what..this tee shirt comp
thing..naaahh.' But 2 things occur to me just now as I type this: how
quickly 10 years can fly by, and how much I could cover from the last 10
years at Threadless!<br />
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First, I'd have to say I am aware of how
much I owe Jake, all the Threadless staff (past and present), and the
Threadless website as a whole. I've written about it in magazines and
been interviewed more than once and have always said that Threadless
propelled my career as an illustrator into a new and exciting genre,
that of graphics for apparel. I had not really done tee shirts til I had
a stab at Threadless, and the website worked as a second portfolio for
me. For this I am eternally grateful, and I remind myself of it every
time I work on a new tee shirt commission. I truly feel if it wasn't for
Threadless, I wouldn't have as many tee shirt clients as I do today.<br />
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Secondly,
there's the unexpected side of effect of making life long friends. I
won't get into names, but there's too many to mention. But for me, true
friendship is solidified with meeting and being with those people, and I
have been very lucky in the last 10 years to travel a bit and to have
met so many folks who were just avatars and nicknames before sharing a
beer or a meal.<br />
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Third, another side effect of meeting folks
online was forming the Black Rock Collective (BRC). I won't get into
that so much, but it has to be mentioned as we all met via Threadless,
and all had a collective desire to work with other like minded designers
and illustrators.<br />
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There really is too much to get into, but above I've attached some pics that help convey a few of the highlights.<br />
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1--2007-the very first Meet Up (or Mish Mash I think it was called.)<br />
As
part of the opening of the first retail store, was the very first (now
called) Family Reunion. I changed some flights to the UK adding a 4 day
stopover in Chicago. It's where I first met Ross (who was my host, and a
relative stranger, even online) and so many others from Threadless and
the BRC. In the pic we gifted the Thread-staff this massive
collaborative giclee print. I do not know, but hope it is still within
the walls of Threadless HQ.<br />
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2--18 months later, Ross is giving
a talk about Threadless in Sydney. I was still living in New Zealand at
the time, and flew over and caught up with my friend. I also met Pascal
(aka eskimokiss) for the first time, and we are still friends today.
Ross is now one of my closest friends to this day, and surprisingly we
still get to have beers together ever few years.<br />
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3--I was very
lucky to have Jake invite me to speak with him, and 4 other
international artists, at the HOW design conference in 2010. Before
this, I stayed with Ross again, got to see Threadless HQ and the staff
again, and catch up with a whole bunch of friends in who were in Chicago
at the time. I never imagined seeing some of these folks again, so this
was a really great night for me.<br />
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4--The panel (Dave, Jake,
me, Al, Dan, and Terry) and associated Thread-staff at the booth in
Denver. It was also an honor to be invited to dinner at your (then) home
Jake, and meet the family and dogs.<br />
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5--Ross introduced me to
Eddie Zammit (editor of T-World Magazine, on the left) and he and I
organized a Threadless loves Aus+NZ exhibition, featuring a dozen
antipodean artists. A great night, and I got to return some love to Jake
by plying him with drinks all night (literally til 6am), which felt
great to do. (Eddie, Pascal, Jake, and myself.)<br />
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As much as I have said I will not be
submitting to Threadless anymore, I will always feel a part of Threadless,
whether I submit or not. I think it's safer for me to say 'never say
never'.<br />
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I
really miss being in regular contact with a lot of the faces in the
pictures above, staffers included, but I know that business's change,
and so do the people. Threadless has a new community to the one I came
to know over the last 10 years, and it's not a bad thing, I feel maybe
it's just the right time for me to let go. 10 years..I'm still amazed it
has been this long.<br />
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Thanks again Jake, Ross, Joe, Bob,
Colleen, Festa, Craig, Rachel, Kristin, Mig, Dustin, Alex, and all those
others at Threadless for helping me (and humoring me) along the way.<br />
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Best
of luck in the future 10 years, I hope to keep reading on Threadless's
success, and the success stories it creates on the way.Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17174911779227399396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126214313952735982.post-40452293001856489772014-06-22T22:12:00.000-07:002014-06-22T22:13:53.478-07:00DELICIOUS NECK...a vampire beer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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lately I have been working on a beer label/shirt design for the limited edition Tuatara Beer to coincide with the release of the movie <a href="http://www.whatwedointheshadows.com/">"What We Do in the Shadows."</a> I'm pleased to announce both the beer and movie are doing very well. Above is some of my process..from first sketches to final label and tee shirt.<br />
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I have seen the film, and it's very very funny.<br />
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I'm yet to try the beer yet though... :(<br />
<br />Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17174911779227399396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126214313952735982.post-40214705008269932942014-04-29T18:09:00.001-07:002014-04-29T18:09:12.528-07:00ALACRÁN TEQUILA BOTTLE.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="userContent">Some more competition work, this time for <a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=442438292462038" href="https://www.facebook.com/Alacran.Australia">Alacran Australia</a>. The rules were simple: buy a bottle of Alacrán and decorate the bottle!</span><span>After a friend showed me the Mexican film 'The Santa Claus', where
Santa tricks the Devil (El Diablo), I was very inspired by the imagery
of the devil within the<span class="text_exposed_show"> film. A terribly
cliché costume was so kitsch I found it very cool. So I loosely based
my devil on him, with my own twists. Other than that, I like drawing
skulls and chickens! I have included some pics of my process also. Cheers.</span></span>Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17174911779227399396noreply@blogger.com0