I’ve recently added a new design in my shop, available as a shirt or print! This is a digital design, inspired by medieval woodcuts. Print will be 8.5×11, limited to an signed edition of 25. I’m also creating a limited run of shirts, for which there is a current pre-sale for. Shirts are available in white (Fruit of the Loom Heavy Duty cotton), and during the presale only, black (Gildan), grey, green, and blue (Next Level). The presale ends Monday, March 12th at 10pm and after that, shirts will only be available in white. ORDER HERE
I recently created a print for the upcoming Dead and Company show at the Wells Fargo Center on 11/16/17. My print was inspired by an old print I came across of Ben Franklin and his son conducting his famous kite electricity experiment. The original is ink and watercolor, and prints are signed and numbered, limited to an edition of 75. I will have these on the lot at Wells Fargo, and the remaining prints are currently available in my shop! www.joseeen.etsy.com
I recently created a new shirt design, inspired by the Grateful Dead bears and the JRAD logo! I’m currently doing a presale in my shop for shirts and women’s tank tops, available in multiple colors (during the presale only!) After the presale period (which ends Friday, October 20th) a small amount will be available, in the the most popular color.
This show featured the Phish debuts of Tuesday and Crazy Sometimes and was webcast for free via LivePhish. DWD was unfinished. Trey quoted Waves at the end of Ghost and teased Oye Como Va in Wombat.
I’ve recently finished up 2 more linocuts inspired by Grateful Dead songs, the 9th and 10th in an ongoing series. Although I have previously done both illustrations and linocuts, I feel I’ll probably be doing more linocuts for future songs. These have been a challenge, but I’ve enjoyed both the process and the research involved in making these. I’m hoping to work larger, although it seems a printing press of some sort will be necessary to accomplish that.
Dire Wolf
A 9×12 Linocut inspired by the Song Dire Wolf . Printed on 11×14 98lb paper. Hand pulled and printed, limited to a signed edition of 50. Prints available in my shop
St. Stephen
One of my most ambitious prints to date, This linocut is inspired by the song St. Stephen. 11×14 print on 14×17 98lb white paper. I have 2 versions available in my shop: the original…
The 3rd in my Phish is Metal shirt series, Harry Hood! I’m currently doing a presale for this shirt that goes on til 12/16. Shirts are 100% heavy duty cotton, available in sizes S-3XL. Shirts will be limited, only the shirts ordered will be made. You can preorder in my Etsy shop, Joseeen.etsy.com.
I also created some variants of this illustrations:
Although I’ve been a fan of Grateful Dead, I had’t done much art related to them until recently. Last year I was asked to create posters for Without A Net, an all star lineup of musicians playing the music of the Dead. This led me to create a few other illustrations that took elements of my own artwork with a GD twist, which I used to create some posters for the Dead & Co. show in Philly in 2015. And most recently, I created a poster for Splintered Sunlight, an east coast Grateful Dead tribute band. I avoided illustrating songs as I do for Phish, although I had plenty of people suggesting I do…
I’ve recently created a new shirt inspired by the Phish song Petrichor. The second in my Phish is Metal series, I’m currently taking preorders until 11:59pm on 11/8 (this Tuesday) for a small run that I will be making of the shirt. Done in a death metal style, the shirt features images in the front and back, and will be printed on Fruit of the Loom Heavy Duty cotton shirts. Shirts are available S-XXL and will produced in very limited quantity. Shirts are $24, which includes shipping.
The song Petrichor is the last track off the newest album, Big Boat. A composed, mainly instrumental song, the track clocks in at over 13 minutes and is done in a style reminiscent of their early work. Even more amusing is the definition of petrichor: a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather. Of course this song was ripe for the metal treatment!
The first Phish metal logos (May 2015)
What started as a shower thought, (What would Phish songs sound like done by a metal band? Is there a Phish metal cover band?) turned into a couple illustrations I ended up doing.
Growing up, it was all punk/metal/hardcore for me. My best friend veered towards Phish in our junior year of high school, but I was reluctant to surrender to the flow. It wasn’t until the summer of 2000, when we both graduated, that I finally got it. Since then, Phish has been a constant in my life, but I haven’t forgotten my roots. To this day, I occasionally still attend a metal show, along with my wife. (The fact that she loves Phish and metal is probably why I married her!)
I’m not sure what inspired the initial sketches, but they happened. I actually find it very humorous, since Phish is often abhorred by many metal fans. (Not all though, as I have met some at quite a few shows).
I even made a Metal band shirt in a Grateful Dead style!
I enjoyed this project, since I’ve always had a fascination with the logos that metal bands use and the complexity that they employ. It was tricky, since most logos are often unreadable, and I wanted the “Phish” to be noticeable. With the final design, I felt that I managed to get as abstract as I could while making it readable. To the chagrin of most, I only made 3; one each for myself, my wife, and my friend, Jeff, who was the one that introduced me to Phish.
That one time we wore the same shirt out…how embarrassing !
I’ve since been working on a couple other songs that I want to draw in this style. I just finished the Harry Hood, and have been sketching out some other songs, so I definitely will continue working on these, although I have no immediate plans to make shirts (although its possible for the future). I look forward to exploring other styles of metal logos to create new songs, and figuring out which songs are most appropriate for the metal treatment (or least appropriate!) Stay tuned for more!
“Cosmic Charlie” Ink, watercolor, digital.
“West L.A. Fadeaway” ink and watercolor/digital
Not just reading the book, 