http://www.aaronlloydbarr.com Aaron Lloyd Barr Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:26:57 +0000 http://www.aaronlloydbarr.com en http://www.aaronlloydbarr.com/Fast-Company-ABBA-article http://www.aaronlloydbarr.com/following/aaronlloydbarr.com/Fast-Company-ABBA-article Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:26:57 +0000 Aaron Lloyd Barr 5428768 Super fun article for Fast Company called "ABBA Songs that Double as Money Making Inspiration" Here's the article online - http://www.fastcompany.com/3007819/abba-songs-double-money-making-inspiration Side note, I'm glad it works horizontally ! Here are the thumbnail sketches that I submitted for it. Really glad the art directors picked #5. Thanks Alice and Ted for this one! <img src="http://payload156.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5428768/abba_1.jpg" width="670" height="983" width_o="1285" height_o="1887" src_o="http://payload156.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5428768/abba_1_o.jpg" data-mid="29230560" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload156.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5428768/alb_fastco.png" width="406" height="627" width_o="406" height_o="627" src_o="http://payload156.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5428768/alb_fastco_o.png" data-mid="29230642" border="0" align="left"/> Super fun article for Fast Company called "ABBA Songs that Double as Money Making Inspiration" Here's the article online -... http://www.aaronlloydbarr.com/Mental-Floss-Magazine-Arts-on-Trial http://www.aaronlloydbarr.com/following/aaronlloydbarr.com/Mental-Floss-Magazine-Arts-on-Trial Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:54:59 +0000 Aaron Lloyd Barr 5393740 Recent one for Mental Floss magazine for an article titled "Arts on Trial". Basically the article went through 5 of the biggest trials throughout history, including the recent one involving Jello Biafra and the Dead Kennedy's album art work. We had initially thought that we should riff on the top of 'censorship' so i came up with these three thumbnail sketches. 1. Lady Justice as a nude with her privates blurred or censored in some fashion. <img src="http://payload154.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5393740/ladyjustice_sketch.jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="1936" height_o="1938" src_o="http://payload154.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5393740/ladyjustice_sketch_o.jpg" data-mid="29028405" border="0" align="left"/> 2. The artist's studio. The viewer is looking through a bookshelf into the artist's studio. He's painting a nude and the nude is blocked by a perfectly angled black book on censorship. <img src="http://payload154.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5393740/censoredartist.jpg" width="670" height="626" width_o="2024" height_o="1893" src_o="http://payload154.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5393740/censoredartist_o.jpg" data-mid="29028412" border="0" align="left"/> Side note, i actually finished this one up because I like it so much here 3. The scales idea. Lawyers on one side and the cases including a crazy looking Jello Biafra on the other. <img src="http://payload154.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5393740/scales.jpg" width="670" height="506" width_o="1868" height_o="1412" src_o="http://payload154.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5393740/scales_o.jpg" data-mid="29028417" border="0" align="left"/> We realized though that the article wasn't only about censorship and ended up going with a modified version of the lady justice but one that incorporated all the articles (the money robe, burning books, etc). Thanks Winslow for rocking with me on this one and for the art direction. Really happy with how it turned out. <img src="http://payload154.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5393740/lady_justice.jpeg" width="670" height="563" width_o="2048" height_o="1721" src_o="http://payload154.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5393740/lady_justice_o.jpeg" data-mid="29028587" border="0" align="left"/> Recent one for Mental Floss magazine for an article titled "Arts on Trial". Basically the article went through 5 of the biggest trials throughout history,... http://www.aaronlloydbarr.com/Allen-Fifth-designs http://www.aaronlloydbarr.com/following/aaronlloydbarr.com/Allen-Fifth-designs Sat, 06 Apr 2013 17:05:30 +0000 Aaron Lloyd Barr 5349725 Did these three designs for Allen & Fifth. Two are based on these really cool old Nigerian stamp designs. The third appeals to my nerdy math team days with the mathematical symbol for 'therefore'. Buy a shirt here - http://www.allenandfifth.com/ ! <img src="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5349725/ife_bronze.jpg" width="670" height="909" width_o="2048" height_o="2779" src_o="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5349725/ife_bronze_o.jpg" data-mid="28784281" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5349725/bornuhorse.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="2048" height_o="1362" src_o="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5349725/bornuhorse_o.jpg" data-mid="28784327" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5349725/therefore3.png" width="670" height="667" width_o="925" height_o="922" src_o="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5349725/therefore3_o.png" data-mid="28784345" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5349725/bornuhorsemen-300x300.png" width="300" height="300" width_o="300" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5349725/bornuhorsemen-300x300_o.png" data-mid="28784467" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5349725/ife_bronze-300x300.png" width="300" height="300" width_o="300" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5349725/ife_bronze-300x300_o.png" data-mid="28784477" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5349725/therefore-black-300x300.png" width="300" height="300" width_o="300" height_o="300" src_o="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5349725/therefore-black-300x300_o.png" data-mid="28784479" border="0" align="left"/> Did these three designs for Allen & Fifth. Two are based on these really cool old Nigerian stamp designs. The third appeals to my nerdy math team days with the... http://www.aaronlloydbarr.com/Enjoy-the-April-Showers http://www.aaronlloydbarr.com/following/aaronlloydbarr.com/Enjoy-the-April-Showers Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:44:11 +0000 Aaron Lloyd Barr 5349603 This is a quick one for the Adora project. Basically this little girl's dad is commissioning tons of artists to do conceptual portraits of his daughter. I thought it was a pretty cool thing so said why not ! Concept is this little girl in the city finding wonder in the gloomy rain while adults slog by around her. Read more about it here - http://growabrain.tumblr.com/post/47093009006/todays-delightful-illustration-depicts-adora In lieu of payment, I asked for a donation to the awesome William King Art Center in Abingdon Va. <img src="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5349603/enjoy_the_april_showers.jpg" width="670" height="867" width_o="2048" height_o="2650" src_o="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5349603/enjoy_the_april_showers_o.jpg" data-mid="28783888" border="0" align="left"/> This is a quick one for the Adora project. Basically this little girl's dad is commissioning tons of artists to do conceptual portraits of his daughter. I thought... http://www.aaronlloydbarr.com/2013-Summer-Concert-Series-Poster http://www.aaronlloydbarr.com/following/aaronlloydbarr.com/2013-Summer-Concert-Series-Poster Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:36:59 +0000 Aaron Lloyd Barr 5349574 Poster for the upcoming Summer Concert Series in Marion Va. If you're in the area, go support it ! <img src="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5349574/MARION_summer_concerts_2013-lores.jpg" width="670" height="1025" width_o="2048" height_o="3135" src_o="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5349574/MARION_summer_concerts_2013-lores_o.jpg" data-mid="28783669" border="0" align="left"/> Poster for the upcoming Summer Concert Series in Marion Va. If you're in the area, go support it ! http://www.aaronlloydbarr.com/Mikal-Cronin-and-the-KABBs-rock-poster http://www.aaronlloydbarr.com/following/aaronlloydbarr.com/Mikal-Cronin-and-the-KABBs-rock-poster Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:31:15 +0000 Aaron Lloyd Barr 5349525 Just did this one for my dude Brian. If you're in the San Diego area, go check this show out ! <img src="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5349525/KABBS_casbah_lores.jpg" width="670" height="1035" width_o="2048" height_o="3165" src_o="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5349525/KABBS_casbah_lores_o.jpg" data-mid="28783462" border="0" align="left"/> Just did this one for my dude Brian. If you're in the San Diego area, go check this show out ! http://www.aaronlloydbarr.com/American-Icons-Tulare-County-Orchestra http://www.aaronlloydbarr.com/following/aaronlloydbarr.com/American-Icons-Tulare-County-Orchestra Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:20:18 +0000 Aaron Lloyd Barr 5349485 Really excited about this one. I was invited by the Tulare Country symphony to do an illustration for their upcoming season. The concept was basically 'vienna to america' so the art director and I had a pretty wide open brief. I knew that i wanted to do the thick acrylic style for this to give it a nice tactile / old school vibe and these are the two concepts that made it: a violin with stars in lieu of f-holes and a stark black piano with a little bit of americana under the hood. I snapped a couple of work in progress shots for the violin so I'll put those here too. Thanks Larry for letting me take a crack at this one !<img src="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5349485/symphony_inprogress1.JPG" width="670" height="500" width_o="2048" height_o="1529" src_o="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5349485/symphony_inprogress1_o.JPG" data-mid="28783210" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5349485/symphony_inprogress2.JPG" width="670" height="500" width_o="2048" height_o="1529" src_o="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5349485/symphony_inprogress2_o.JPG" data-mid="28783227" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5349485/SymphonyCoverOptions2.jpg" width="670" height="1300" width_o="850" height_o="1650" src_o="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5349485/SymphonyCoverOptions2_o.jpg" data-mid="28783197" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5349485/SymphonyCoverOption.jpg" width="670" height="1300" width_o="850" height_o="1650" src_o="http://payload152.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5349485/SymphonyCoverOption_o.jpg" data-mid="28783188" border="0" align="left"/> Really excited about this one. I was invited by the Tulare Country symphony to do an illustration for their upcoming season. The concept was basically 'vienna to... http://www.aaronlloydbarr.com/Deb-s-Recipe-for-Runcible-Spoon http://www.aaronlloydbarr.com/following/aaronlloydbarr.com/Deb-s-Recipe-for-Runcible-Spoon Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:56:03 +0000 Aaron Lloyd Barr 5210518 Really stoked to be a part of the latest breakfast issue of the Runcible Spoon. Support those guys and buy the magazine here: http://www.etsy.com/listing/126359009/the-runcible-spoon-breakfast-issue?ref=pr_shop It's 26 pages of pure awesomeness. <img src="http://payload145.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5210518/debs_famous_newsize2.jpg" width="670" height="1019" width_o="1725" height_o="2625" src_o="http://payload145.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5210518/debs_famous_newsize2_o.jpg" data-mid="28019882" border="0" align="left"/> And, it looks way cooler in the magazine ! <img src="http://payload145.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5210518/magazine_photo.jpg" width="670" height="500" width_o="2048" height_o="1529" src_o="http://payload145.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5210518/magazine_photo_o.jpg" data-mid="28020224" border="0" align="left"/> Really stoked to be a part of the latest breakfast issue of the Runcible Spoon. Support those guys and buy the magazine here:... http://www.aaronlloydbarr.com/BOYTOY-rock-poster http://www.aaronlloydbarr.com/following/aaronlloydbarr.com/BOYTOY-rock-poster Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:11:39 +0000 Aaron Lloyd Barr 5168201 Just finished up a rock poster for BOYTOY. Thought i would post here because it was all hand drawn and is probably the most rock and roll piece that I've ever done ;) I might finish up the bone-phabet. Only a few letters left. Check out BOYTOY here - www.boytoy.bandcamp.com <img src="http://payload143.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5168201/boytoy_cakeshop_mar15.jpg" width="670" height="968" width_o="851" height_o="1230" src_o="http://payload143.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5168201/boytoy_cakeshop_mar15_o.jpg" data-mid="27772725" border="0" align="left"/> Just finished up a rock poster for BOYTOY. Thought i would post here because it was all hand drawn and is probably the most rock and roll piece that I've ever... http://www.aaronlloydbarr.com/Mikes-Bikes http://www.aaronlloydbarr.com/following/aaronlloydbarr.com/Mikes-Bikes Sat, 02 Mar 2013 13:01:02 +0000 Aaron Lloyd Barr 5095466 I am stoked for the addition of the citi bikes to the city this summer. After visiting amsterdam last year and seeing how a city dominated by bikes could actually thrive and seeing how londoners love their "boris bikes", it makes me proud that we're going to have our own, "mikes bikes" I had this thought that a portrait of bloomberg in a bike helmet sums things up nicely. I'm no portrait painter so you get what you get really. Maybe it's a little loose and Alice Neal-ish which i'm perfectly okay with. Also, the fact that there is a giant portrait of hizzoner in a bike helmet in our apartment further makes my fiance think that i'm a crazy person.. <img src="http://payload139.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5095466/mikes_bikes_lores.jpg" width="670" height="977" width_o="1500" height_o="2188" src_o="http://payload139.cargocollective.com/1/6/220524/5095466/mikes_bikes_lores_o.jpg" data-mid="27338971" border="0" align="left"/> I am stoked for the addition of the citi bikes to the city this summer. After visiting amsterdam last year and seeing how a city dominated by bikes could actually...