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

Just realised that although this lauched a bit ago i haven't actually posted a blog thing about it so here goes...

Hail internet companions! I trust you are all of sound digital health?

The super chaps at Poster Roast have teamed up with the awesome folks at Awesome Merchandise to put togther a super awesome collaborative print and tee project. Six designers were selected and each will have there work included in print form with every order that Awesome Merch send out for a month long period. Each designer was asked to come up with something they think is awesome. I came up with a town called Awesome, population...YOU! Here it is: 

And as if that weren't enough you can also buy the design in t-shirt format to wear over your bodies here. Awesome!

The other awesome designers in the series are Drew Millward, WeThreeClub, Graham Pilling, Telegramme Studio & Twoducksdisco. Awesome. Right i have typed the word awesome enough now

Bye all

Awesome

Luke

So yes, as the title clearly suggests, Poster Roast does indeed return. For those of you not familiar with Poster Roast, it's a series of exhibitions and events created by WeThreeClub that aims to showcase the best of the bestest of UK poster art....and my work. The events tend to feature live printing and music and a slew of affordable screenprints for the public to take home in their sweaty paws. Sounds good right? Well the next one is nearly upon us, bearing down on us like...a bear. 

I will now attempt to pre-empt some of the questions racing through your collective minds. You will be represented in bold.

When and where will this 'Poster Roast' be? 

Good question, it will be at this years Camden Crawl, in Camden, London at the Camden Arms pub in, err, Camden. This will take place on Saturday 30th April and Sunday 1st May from 11.30am - 7pm, straddling the two months and truly beckoning in Spring.

Do I need a ticket to Camden Crawl to get into Poster Roast?

Yes you do. Information about this can be read with your eyes at on the Camden Crawl website. 

So which popular beat combos will be getting the kids jiving at this shindig (who's playing)?

We have the wonderful Sauna Youth and Great Ancestors on the Saturday and the splendid Blacklisters and These Monsters on the Sunday. 'Strong', as the youth might say.

Can I read more about this and other Poster Roast events on the Internet Information Super Web-way (IISWW)?

Yes.

Where?

Here.

Thanks, I think you've answered all my questions.

Ok maybe see you there then?

Maybe, i'm not sure, I'm quite busy at the moment....

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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.