Indie Rock Poster Book

Andy J. Miller

• Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN: 9780811878180
• eBook ISBN: 9781452106885
• Topic: Art
• Subtopic: Art General

From the authors of the popular Indie Rock Coloring Book, this poster book is a colorful celebration of indie rock music and art. Showcasing original artwork by thirty of today's cutting-edge illustrators—including Mike Perry, Deanne Cheuk, Jeremyville, Andy J. Miller, and more—this poster collection is inspired by classic indie rock songs of each artist's choosing. Featuring such favorite indie rock acts as the Bon Iver, Devendra Banhart, and Iron & Wine, this book is a must-have for indie art and music fans. Plus, it's all for a good cause: royalties go to the host of admirable charities supported by Yellow Bird Project.

Table of Contents

Cover Page

Title Page

Introduction

ADRIAN JOHNSON

ANDY J. MILLER

BEN CHLAPEK

CHRIS GRAY

CHRISTOPHER EVERHART FOR THE SILENT GIANTS

CHRISSIE ABBOTT

DEANNE CHEUK

DYNAMO, MONTRÉAL QC

ELEANOR RUDGE

ESTUDIO BOSQUE

EVE DUHAMEL

FRANK CHIMERO

GEMMA CORRELL

GENEVIEVE GAUCKLER

GREEDY HEN

JEAN JULLIEN

JEFFREY BOWMAN

JEREMYVILLE

JIM STOTEN

JON BURGERMAN

JULIA ROTHMAN

MARCUS OAKLEY

MARK WEAVER

MERIJN HOS

MICAH LIDBERG

MIKE PERRY

TAD CARPENTER

TOBY TRIUMPH

WILL BRYANT

YEHTEH

Copyright

Introduction

Yellow Bird Project or (YBP) began in the summer of 2006, when Matthew Stotland and Casey Cohen shared a dream of collaborating with their favorite indie rock bands to raise money for charity. Each participating band created an original piece of artwork, which was then printed onto shirts to sell and raise money for the bands' charity of choice. A couple of shirt-glory-filled years later, Matthew and Casey collaborated with genius illustrator Andy J. Miller on another creative outlet for art, music, and charity, The Indie Rock Coloring Book. The book aims to raise public awareness of their charitable initiative and to pay tribute to bands which have supported them in the past. The collaboration between Andy, Casey, and Matt was extremely successful and inspiring, and the trio realized that a follow-up was necessary. This time though, they wanted to do something bigger, with more people, and more color! Ergo, The Indie Rock Poster Book began to take shape.

YBP assembled a list of their favorite seminal indie rock songs, and, under Andy's art direction, selected thirty illustrators from around the world. Each illustrator was asked to choose a song with personal resonance that would serve as inspiration for their illustration. What emerged is a little slice of artistic and musical heaven. The posters that are inspired by bands which have contributed to the YBP shirt project are indicated with a yellow crown.

Prepare your minds, prep your walls, fire your decorator, and flex you creative muscles, because this journey takes artwork to a whole other Yellow Bird dimension. Indie band charity shirts, The Indie Rock Coloring Book and The Indie Rock Posterbook are all available through the YBP website: www.yellowbirdproject.com

ADRIAN JOHNSON

www.adrianjohnson.org.uk

Band –
Joanna Newsom

Track –
Clam Crab Cockle Cowrie

“I chose this song because I love Joanna Newsom. However, one thing that I did not immediately take into account was how open to interpretation the lyrics are—the more I listened, the more I heard…I ultimately decided to take the linear option—literally illustrating the title of the song, trying to capture the emotional context and ambiance of these beautiful, often childlike lyrics.”

ANDY J. MILLER

www.designkoma.com

Band –
Sufjan Stevens

Track –
Chicago

“I chose ‘Chicago’ because it totally moves me unlike any other song. Also, I wanted a challenge—something I could really go all out on. This song comes from the album Illinoise, which was extremely inspiring to me. The album is obviously the finely tuned work of an extremely prolific and tirelessly hardworking artist, and it was a bit daunting to make a tribute to something so magnificent.

I hardly spent the time that Sufjan did creating such an intense masterpiece, but as far as any poster design I ...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• ADRIAN JOHNSON
• ANDY J. MILLER
• BEN CHLAPEK
• CHRIS GRAY
• CHRISTOPHER EVERHART FOR THE SILENT GIANTS
• CHRISSIE ABBOTT
• DEANNE CHEUK
• DYNAMO, MONTRÉAL QC
• ELEANOR RUDGE
• ESTUDIO BOSQUE
• EVE DUHAMEL
• FRANK CHIMERO
• GEMMA CORRELL
• GENEVIEVE GAUCKLER
• GREEDY HEN
• JEAN JULLIEN
• JEFFREY BOWMAN
• JEREMYVILLE
• JIM STOTEN
• JON BURGERMAN
• JULIA ROTHMAN
• MARCUS OAKLEY
• MARK WEAVER
• MERIJN HOS
• MICAH LIDBERG
• MIKE PERRY
• TAD CARPENTER
• TOBY TRIUMPH
• WILL BRYANT
• YEHTEH
• Copyright