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For more information on the making of this video go here

For another amazing work inspired by Rube Goldberg go here

The Appleseed Cast posters have arrived! Here are the details:

• 18″x24″ 5 color silkscreen print (3 of which are used in a split fountain)

• Printed on 100lb Cougar “Natural” at Monolith Press

• Signed and numbered limited editions of 50 Appleseed Cast posters and 50 art prints.

These will be available in our store beginning March 7. Below are the poster and art print, along with a video showing the process of illustrating the octopus and some close up photos of the physical poster.

About a year ago we created an art series entitled “BESO,” which fused the idea of the Kiss Army with Mexican Wrestling or “Lucha Libre.” The goal behind the series was to be subliminal, making a statement on pop culture through the eyes of two distinct national cultures.

We found that the series got a lot of positive attention, and since we printed such a small original series we decided to release a new one. The new series will be printed on 22″x28″ Cougar “Natural” cover. Half of these will be cut into quarters to create four individual 11″x14″ prints. So in case you really like only one of the “Luchadors” you have the option of buying just one.

What also makes this series unique is the incorporation of Mexican newspaper graphics used as a pattern within each mask. For those hardcore DKNG fans… we’ve hidden a “DKNG” in each mask.

The new BESO series will be available in the next week or so. Stay tuned.

Some fantastic poster design by Alex Varanese. I really enjoy the complexity of his 3D illustrations paired with such a limited color scheme.

Via Behance

These shoes are RAD. They’re part of a new collaborative collection for RYZ shoes. Daren Newman explains more about the project here.

Co-presented by the American Poster Institute (API) and SXSW, Flatstock 24 will display the works of more than 100 artists from across North America and the globe. Posters representing decades of styles, colors and techniques will be on display and for sale as well as additional merchandise. Show up early and be ready to be overwhelmed with amazing posters. (You might want to bring some dough since you won’t want to leave empty handed!) The exhibition is free and open to the public.

This year will be DKNG’s first time exhibiting their work in a large 20′x10′ booth. There will be plenty of new posters and art prints to feast your eyes on.

For more information on Flatstock at SXSW go here

While browsing Behance.net, I ran across these beautiful images. I wasn’t sure at first what I was looking at, but it reminded me of a snap shot of very condensed smoke. In fact, these are simply photographs of varnish dropping into a fish bowl. Enjoy.

via Alberto Seveso’s portfolio on Behance.net

See more videos by Bonsajo here

Ibraheem Youssef is a graphic designer based in Toronto. Below is one of his most recent creations, a Quintin Tarantino graphic movie poster series.

Click here to see Ibraheem’s entire portfolio.

Check out our good friend Seven Saturdays‘ new music video featuring the first song off their new EP “The Shallow End” by Katie West

DKNG is proud to announce the launching of our most recent web design project, KinaGrannis.com!

DKNG is proud to be a featured artist on Poster Cabaret.  Poster Cabaret sells limited edition gig posters from some of the best poster artists in the world.  Their site currently features over 2000 posters.  Check out the wares at www.postercabaret.com.

via seripop

Check out the entire series here

From December 4 to January 8 DKNG’s work will be shown at POST THIS!, an exhibition of rock posters from the 90’s to present, held at Boston’s SPACE 242.

To celebrate, SPACE 242 hosts 3 events in December:

- Public Preview, Friday, December 4, 6-8pm
- Opening Reception, Friday, December 11, 6-8pm
- Artist Talk, Friday, December 18, 7-8pm

Mini exhibitions by:

Lindsey Kuhn, Pete Cardoso, Joey Mars, Enemy Ink, Mike King, Brian Methe and Ben Wilson

Posters by:

Michael Babcock, Allison Bamcat, Jeffrey Bartel, Dan Blakeslee, JP Boneyard, Fiona Bruce, Brian Butler, Keenan Cassidy, Derrek Coss, Alison Cowell, Jon Craine, Michael Dacey, Rich DeSemone, Adric Giles, Raul Gonzalez, Andy Fish, Peter Gueth, Veronica Hebard, Bret Herholz, Mart Infanger, Nicholas Keeney, DKNG, Pamela Maguire, Bob Maloney, Pete McDonough, Jeremy Montoya, Chris Muccioli, Martin Pavlinic, Paul Pavlovich, Doug Poole, Jilian Pulford, Mister Reusch, Miles Stegall, Jason Taylor, Tom Torrey, Chad Walker, Dan Webb, James Weinberg, Bob Wilson, Shayna Yasuhara, and Andrew Zizik

For more information go to space242.com

Liu Bolin, a young Beijing based artist, is known as the “Invisible Man” for painting himself into his surroundings. The images below are from his series “Camouflage,” an exploration of human nature and animal instincts.

To read more about his work go to Galerie Bertin-Toublanc

On December 5th and 6th DKNG will be participating at Unique LA, the largest independent design show on the West Coast. This is only the second year of the event and it is growing exponentially popular. The show will be at the California Market Center (110 East 9th Street – Map It). Come by our booth and check us out!

Visit the Unique LA site for more information

I just discovered the incredible Japanese illustrator Shusei Nagaoka. His work ranges from album covers to movie posters to magazine graphics, all made in the 1970’s and 80’s. I hope to someday have the patience to reach this quality of rendering and detail. Below is a sample of his work.

Earth, Wind & Fire: “I Am” (album cover inside), 1979

Conceive

Deep Purple: “When We Rock, We Rock…” (album cover), 1977

Munich Machine (album cover), 1977

Via Pink Tenticle

Check out GrooveSession, an out of this world jam band from the Inland Empire. These HQ videos are from the Claremont Forum where they played an instrumental version of The Beatles’ “She’s So Heavy (I Want You)” and an original called “Chillin on Benson.” Enjoy.

Click here to see the album art.