Feeling inspired by the new year and unusually warm winter (here in LA, anyway), I threw together two posters for the upcoming Strikeforce event on January 30th in Sunrise, FL. Before MMA took over my life, I frequented music clubs and followed all manner of sounds, collecting vinyl, posters, and dancing my ass off with a Guinness in hand. I always admired a well-made band flyer and wished I’d been musical enough to play gigs. Hidden in piles around our headquarters are various amazing poster prints for Isis, Converge, The Misfits, Fucked Up, Radiohead, and Patsy Cline.
When I worked for that company that folded, I dreamt of making a fight poster without tons of sponsor logos and too many fighter images, and layers of crap.
And now I get to do that. For myself. I have to say, it was a ton of fun to sit around designing for one client. Even with only myself to please, I couldn’t stop fiddling and making changes. But hey! It’s a start.
Casey E.
I like the black and white, more …. Strikeforce’e looking
Jan 10, 2010 @ 10:44 am
Phil
These are sweet.. The second one would make a great tshirt too
Jan 10, 2010 @ 12:35 pm
Kristopher Hartrum
Really impressive design on these posters. I wish to Christ this sort of perspective could be taken up by the folks who dish out the actual (nauseating) posters for such events.
-K. Hartrum
Jan 10, 2010 @ 10:32 pm
Paul
Better be careful. Your not allowed to be creative in MMA.
Jan 15, 2010 @ 5:52 pm
Esther
haha Paul. I’ll just keep rebelling, I guess!
Jan 15, 2010 @ 6:22 pm
William
where can i buy these?!?!?!?!
Jan 25, 2010 @ 6:54 pm
William
ps i love converge. j bannon never disappoints
Jan 25, 2010 @ 7:07 pm
jonesy
I like the first one. And I’m using halftone for the next Strikeforce poster. ;p
Jan 26, 2010 @ 12:08 pm