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We joke and say that business cards are the "gateway" creative job for us and prospective clients. In this case for Sound Orchard Recording studio it was. With the order of business cards came the order for a logo and the vintage/earthy tones throughout their brand image. This is something we mocked up for the boys to take to concerts or trade show events. Somewhere there's a guy who turns vintage cig packs into pocket amplifiers that you can actually rock-n-roll with. I've seen 'em. Here you can see some different stages of the design. The poster. Created by stealing washable markers from Dan's kids. We did this project so the beer-drinkin' hell-raisin' men in Rooster Suicide would get out of our shop and stay out. They are worse than goats when it comes to leaving a room trashed. We saw this packaging design in a book and thought we'd give it a try. A illustrated poster to be off-set printed on one side, lyrics on the other, that folds into the cd packaging. All hand lettered and drawn. What can I say we got a working light table and Dan went to town. Posters, handbills and bookmarks. Bookmarks were a 4 color process on the ol' A.B. Dick. Fun stuff! That's right. That's a sexy bookmark doin' its thing. This was a wedding present for Dan's old guitar player Alex and his better half Dilara. Jeff Truth design. Two color screen print on 80# laid black cover. Dan's better half went back to work. But now she had to tell clients where she was. Four color process cards on Chipboard through the A.B. Dick. Business cards and push-cards. Dan's tattoo artist friend Mark Von Diehl of Classic Tattoo in San Marcos, TX saw Chelle's cards and wanted some of his own. 3 color process on chipboard through the... you guessed it. Our ol' friend Dick. Gabe illustrated this poster for the super group made of Dusty Grin and Omniii. Then he typed copy in illustrator, word! Legendary rappers Dusty Grin and Omniii present the latest edition of their musical masterpieces through a double disc digi-pak. It took Gabe a while to finally place two more "i"s in OMNIII. Gotta love, hip-hop!

Pancho Villa! One of the many charachters inked and watercolored for the Classictattootx.com flash site. Charachters inked and watercolored for the Classictattootx.com flash site. Charachters inked and watercolored for the Classictattootx.com flash site. Charachters inked and watercolored for the Classictattootx.com flash site. Charachters inked and watercolored for the Classictattootx.com flash site. Lollapalooza.com - Along with borders, arrows, social media icons and more, C3 Productions and Perry were presented with our vision of a traveling sideshow for the 20th Anniversary. They dug it. Here are different positions of the Ring Master. Lollapalooza.com - These days you can't even go see Charlie Daniels with out seeing a hipster. And you can't have a sideshow without an organ grinder. Lollapalooza.com - These are a couple sign guys that help "carry" the content of the site.

We get creative when we're bored during the summer. Our photography friend Eric Morales had a show in which we printed and mounted his selection on high-gloss photo paper and foamboard. Naturally, Gabe and Dan thought they looked good 'nough to be photographed and posed for a picture. They didn't like they're faces so they drew some new ones. Here's the cut out that stood at Wake the Dead coffeehouse while Eric's pictures hung. It's beat-up but still stands. This was a charity event in which 1836 produced a water-based back drop with sponsor logos on it. Then we made a bunch of masks on sticks for people to take photos with. The gig: Eric Morales, photographer, would shoot your photo. You pay 10 bux and 1836 prints you an 8x10 glossy. San Marcos River Foundation got the proceeds. Photo by Eric Morales Here are some of the masks for the SMRF event. Photo by Eric Morales

Lollapalooza.com We were approached by C3 to create the visual world on Lollapalooza.com Being the 20th anniversary, we thought back of the years we had experienced Lollapalooza or expected of it over time. The first thought was a fantastic vagabond sideshow that used to rove from town to town. Boom, there you have it. Working with DialogueStudio in Austin we created the world of Lollapalooza.com Slingshotzdesigns.com. Super fun site to work on. Stylized from an era of offset printing and hand-lettering we tried to stick with duo-tone coloring on a chipboard background. This ex-funny car driver comes in every day bearing gifts and reminding us that we are "Bad to the Bone!" Grande Communications Enterprise- Satellite Sales presentation built with Flash. Salonmink.com Owners Corey and Ray approached us with creating a website as fun and cutting edge as their salon in San Marcos, Tx. The theme: Moulin Rouge. Classictattootx.com We have worked with this talented bunch for many years now, always wanting to revamp their website's style. As always with the help of Lunnson.com we created a western paper shooting gallery. The images that float in the background were inked then water-colored. Puresalvageliving.com | TinyTexasHouses.com We know its not cool to show what is not finished, but after a wonderful journey with Brad and Bryl of Tiny Texas Houses it seems they are moving to other endeavors. This was the brain-child of 1836 and Bryl from Tiny Texas Houses to procure the sustainable movement as well as classical 19th century style. We fashioned this experience after an old world newspaper. balancebookkeeping.com Eastwest3.com We'll work with these gals any time. Fun project with a group of event marketing production gals from both coasts. They said hand-drawn and we ran. The layout was drawn on carbon paper and transfered to graph paper. A handy picture of Dan's desk and some drafting tools, there you go. Gabe's illustration at the beginning of the site is quite awesome, as well. markoffshauntedforest.com cornertubes.com A "Hot Wheels" inspired work in progress. Soundorchard.com- Incorporating their equipment into the design as well as some wall paper filigree.

Fun with the pen tool in Illustrator. Rooster Suicide, 2011. 11"x17" Good ol' two-color design. Inspired by letterpress. If you have one, give it to us. Please! 16.5"x33" Don't ever give a graphic designer a thumbnail 65px x 65px and ask them to make a poster out of it. You'll get duct tape and marker. This worked out 'cause the album ol' Gurf was promoting had to do with duct-tape. 11"x17" Inspired by an old Howlin' Wolf poster (who was featured in this art show). The artist didn't have a name for the show. Wikipedia informed dan that the term "the blues" comes from the old myth of the Blue Devils that tend to haunt a person in sorrow. 11"x17" Hand lettering and porn. It's scary, right? 11"x17" Two Posters for San Marcos, TX's BNI group: Corridor Platinum Connection. 18"x24" Illustrated burglar for Bankrupt and the Borrowers. 11"x17"