Hello all

2012 is upon us already and with the potential end-of-the-world firmly in sight we charge forward into its open jaws...or something like that.

Right the first of the years posts is here and its all about the next installment of the Local's excellent 'SHHH' events which will take place on Feb 4th at Gallery Cafe, London. 'SHHH' is an all day celebration of quiet music and for the first time alongside the great music, which includes the likes of Steven Adams, Anna Meredith, Tom Rogerson (Three Trapped Tigers) and many more, it will also feature a few bits and bats of art and film that relate to quietness curated by me. This will include audio-visual sculptures by Rita Evans, some improvised soundtracks to silent films and a screening of the first part of the new film about David Thomas Broughton. Exciting stuff indeed.

As if that weren't enough I have designed a new poster/print for the day which will be available at a special discounted price on the day alongside a host of other merch and goodies. Look at it now:

All in all it should be a great day so i suggest you go get yourself a ticket HERE 

More things soon

Why so sad indeed. After much waiting and deliberating the posters I designed for the Circa Survive show in Denver last year are finally in my sweaty hands and ready to be pushed into yours...hopefully free from sweat stains of course.

These 3 colour, screen-printed, A2 posters feature a monkey king on a throne of building blocks, lost deep in his own Quixotic senility. Silly monkey. Anyway, you can grab a copy at my online tat emporium here.

And while we're here, here's a pic of a recent print set I designed for a clients twins christening featuring imagery inspired by their names, Liberty and Gabriel. I'm rather happy with so lets hope the wee ones are too.

More info soon about upcoming exploits and exploitations. Ta ra!

Hello online comrades

First off, a huge thanks to all who came down to Screenadelica in Liverpool. It was a great weekend filled with much fun, booze and hi-jinks. We hope to see you all same time next year.

Second off, I have a couple of new prints available for the rather wonderful Hurray For The Riff Raff, a folk/americana/rootsy bunch from New Orleans. If you've not heard them I recommend checking them out inside one of their virtual lairs here or here. The prints are currently available on their UK tour but if you can't/won't get to a show then they can also be obtained via my online purchasing palace here.

They come as individual prints, each with either a voodoo/mardi gras priest or priestess, or if you can't/won't choose, as a set. Enjoy!

Finally, a quick reminder that the opening for Posters Fo' Sho' is on Friday at Five Years in East London so hopefully see some of you virtual people in the actual flesh there. More info here

Bye!

Hello all,

Just a quick blog post to mainly say that my Queens of the Stone Age poster is now available in my Online Capitalism Booth aka Dr. Drozd's Emporium of Paper Picture Sheets aka The Shop. There are precious few of these available from me so if you want one don't dilly-dally or dawdle before these doodles dwindle:

They are 3 colour screenprints, 63 x 45cm on good heavy stock and hand-printed by the wonderful Mark Pavey whom saved these at the eleventh hour from not being printed at all. Internet high-fives for Mark everyone. Ok, that's enough...

While you're here i'll also allow your peepers to gaze across a sample tee print i did a while back for the wholesome and wonderful folk at Monster Press. They now exist in the real world and not just inside my brain. If only that were true of the rest of the stuff in here. Here it is:

Keep your eyes on the prize!

Luke

 

Ahoy travellers of the turbulent interwaves,

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....

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 peoples!

I have finally got around to adding a few of the new prints to my websites shop as so they can now be purchased in time for Christmas/birthdays/weddings/funerals.

First up is the poster I designed for the recent Leeds, UK show by The Black Keys. I couldn't go but here it was blinding. Thought two runaway steers hurtling downhill out of control seemed to be a good visual metaphor for the bands sound. Hope you like it.

Also available are the two prints i produced for this years Flatstock Europe poster convention and Reeperbahn Festival. One is a Flatstock print of a sausage dressed as a chef riding a mustard bottle making it spurt all over the bloody shop, the other is a print for the amazing Silje Nes. The latter was a fantastic show and i suggest if you aren’t already aware of her music you become acquainted now: http://www.myspace.com/siljenes

All of these are available here: http://lukedrozd.bigcartel.com/

Also don’t forget that these and many other artists poster prints will be available at the Constellations Festival this Sunday in Leeds: http://posterroast.com/site/2010/09/13/constellations-festival/

Ta ta for now