Hello chums

All is going full-pelt up our way and we have a load of poster shows and a couple of new prints available to prove it. I don't know why i said 'we', it's just me here, and i'm cold and scared. But never mind that...

First up i can finally reveal my new poster for The Black Keys. Designed for the Edinburgh show on 4th March 2012, this is now available along with my recent comic influenced poster for The Local's 'SHHH' Festival, an all-day celebration of quiet music, art and film. Both can be bought at the online shop HERE.

Now for the upcoming shows. Over the next few months, as well as staring at my posters on mass on the compurenator on your desk, you will be able to go and look at them on mass in physically physical spaces where you can talk to other humans about why someone would bother. Where? I will tell you where:

1. Prints & Tunes, Aarau, Switzerland. The first of this years overseas jaunts will take me to the unfamiliar terrains of Switzerland. Looks like a great show, put together by the folks at Laborartix, alongside some wonderful poster fellows including friends Furturtle and Damien Tran. Come meet us all at the opening on 2nd March 2012. More information available HERE.

2. Flyposting, Leeds, UK. A poster show in the city where I began designing posters and taking place at The Gallery at Flannels, 68-78 Vicar Lane  Leeds, LS1 7JH from March 6th - May 6th 2012. Sadly I won't be there for the opening but there's a great selection of poster talent in the show including Mara Piccione, Jacknife and Nick Rhodes aka Switchopen.

3. Flatstock 33, SXSW, Austin TX, USA. Last but by no means least the UKPA will return to Flatstock at SXSW with some of the best in UK poster artists including Graham Pilling, Telegramme Studio, Cameron Steward aka Twoducksdisco and Scrawled Design. If you find yourself there, just follow the babbling British nonsense at it should lead you right to the UKPA booth. More info on the show exists HERE and on the UKPA HERE.

Finally in case you wondered what was rattling around in my head, the Crewkoos lot have put together a wee interview with me about my posters. If you have time to waste it lives in this bit of the internet HITHER.

That's it for now, better be off

best, Luke

Hello all

January has proved rather busy so far with five new screenprinted posters, an art print and other gubbins all going on at once. The latest to go off to the printers are this set of promotional posters for FIM - International Federation of Musicians (or Fédération Internationale des Musiciens in French hence FIM). These will be available at SXSW and also given out as postcards to encourage musicians to join their local musicans unions. Have a gander:

As the tag line 'Dangerous Bands In Safe Hands' suggests, FIM were interested in evoking a sort of propaganda/Home Front style poster. They wanted it bold and quick to read with a bit of humour in there for good measue. I've tried to blend a mix of Constructivist styles and the British wartime government warning posters and hope that comes across along with the message.

I will have copies of these available at Flatstock at SXSW as well as in my online shop mid March

Best

Luke

Ok so this post has nothing to do with penguins, the biscuits or birds. I do however really need to pick up the posters from round my studio. Anyway, to the point...

So i am now back in UK following the US jaunt and finally returned to my normal mental state. There are a few new projects on the go, including a Moondog print for a show in Edinburgh, a show myself and Eva Rowson are putting togther with Five Years in London and a Queens of the Stone Age poster at the printers as we speak.

But more about all those things in the near future. For now i just wanted to let all the lovely folks in interweb-world know about the new prints that are now up in the big cartel 'o' fun at lukedrozd.com. There's not one, not two, not three...no wait, there is exactly three new prints up.

First up is the lovely risograph print i produced for Biteproof zine and printed by the good folks at Ditto Press. Totally spazzy goodness to seer those retinas, these little babies are 3 colours and A3 in size.

Second we have the promotion poster/art print designed for my good friends at British Undrground where i'm sort of artist in residence at the moment. 3 colour sheddy loveliness.

Finally we have the art print version of my recent Three Trapped Tigers poster printed live before the people of the Untitled Shifts of the America at Flatstock in Austin, TX by Andy MacDougall of Squeegeeville. Factually accurate as well as good to look at so you cant really complain about that.

If you fancy any of those fellas pop over to the shop here. If not that's fine, its your choice, i wont be affended...or will I? No,I  won't.

Speak to you soon internet!

 

Hello all

Well my bags are indeed packed and i am ready to go...to the United Places of Americas!

The lovely folk over at the UKTI have awarded a grant to 6 UK poster artists to offer them the opportunity of traveling over to Austin, Texas and representing the UK at Flatstock during SXSW under the guise of the UKPA (UK Poster Association). Here's the full line-up for the UKPA mega booth:
Luke Drozd, Scrawled, Telegramme, WeThreeClub, BRAG/Rhys Wootton and Army of Cats.

If that weren't enough we have also put together a mini newspaper style poster journal called 'FLOOD' which will be available for free at the UKPA stand. Left over ones will probably surface at Poster Roast at Camden Crawl but should you miss both of these there is a download-able PDF of it on http://ukposterart.com/

On a personal note i will also have some new prints available for the first time including a lovely shed themed print for British Underground and a Flatstock demo print, which will be printed before peoples disbelieving eyes at the convention by Andy MacDougall - http://www.squeegeeville.com/

Finally i will also have a few of British Underground's Mod Map which i provided the illustration/map for to accompany an interview with The Who's Pete Townshend. Images of all these are at the top of this post.

Here’s all the information you will need in order to find us at SXSW:

Last but not least I'd like to extend a huge thanks to Pip McEvoy all at British Underground for their ongoing support with this and other ventures, without which this would not have happened.