David Lynch quote from an interview I listened to this morning.
Vintage Brewer: Clean Up In Booth B
Craig Brewer commissioned me to do a limited edition screen printed run of posters for the long-awaited release of his 2000 short film Clean Up in Booth B.
When Craig was getting his start, he didn't have the capital to release his first films on DVD. Now thirteen years later, he's doing it!
Drew Binkley at Grand Palace printing in Nashville printed these perfectly!
I Branded A Whole Film Festival and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt
Just kidding! It was a total blast getting to take over the branding for the On Location: Memphis International Film & Music Festival. This local film fest is in its 14th year, and I updated their graphics a bit for this year's campaign.
shirt design (above); spreads from festival program (below)
various sized ads for local publications (above); a cohesive set of passes, each still easily identifiable from afar (below)
For Ronnie (Both Lewis + James Dio)
Collaboration with Joshy B. (ERF/Electric Beef) for Ronnie’s birthday show at the Hi-Tone on February 21st!
Oops, I Accidentally Art Directed a Massive Volunteer Rebrand
Spent my whole Saturday at AIGA Memphis' Creatathon at Simple Focus working with designers & copywriters on identity/branding/web/print for the Mid-South Food Bank’s Miles for Meals 5K in September. And it was awesome!
I was scheduled to help with shirt design for a couple hours in the middle of the event, but when I arrived, art directors were still sitting around a conference table tossing around Pantone swatches and concepts. And without a logo, there was a room full of professionals being unused! My experience branding 5K events on the fly at Bluff City Sports came in handy, and I created this branding system in about an hour. I quickly prepped files and packaged fonts, and within no time, an entire team of talented creatives were working with my assets to create a website, merchandise design, and promotional materials. It was pretty goddamn exhilarating!
It didn't take long to create the branding, and the team took it from there!
My Close Personal Friend Unknown Hinson
Unknown Hinson signed the poster with my illustration! He was a nice guy and put on a hell of a show.
Pugs, Puns, and Punk: This Is Somehow My Job
I often will spend a lot of time on a piece really perfecting it. Sometimes I look at the finished product and think, How the hell is this your job? Luckily, it's in the best possible way one could wonder such a thing.
I did this shirt design for Fat Sandwich Records in Birmingham, Alabama. They are a badass label/store with a stage and full-service barber shop inside.
This shirt design was art directed by the owner, Daniel Drinkard. It's a parody of Minor Threat’s Out of Step album art. You can buy the shirt here!
I Painted a Memphis Flyer Box!
Sugar skull jumpsuit Elvis, sugar skull BBQ chef releasing flying barbecue sammiches, and Memphis Grizzlies sugar skull dunking. These are panels from the Memphis Flyer box I painted as a part of a contest. Check out the cover story.
Holtermonster x Live From Memphis
My first t-shirt for Live From Memphis! These bad boys are discharge printed (bleached & dyed into the fabric rather than printed with ink on top) and EDITIONED! That's right, there's only 100 and each one is numbered.
Source: http://livefrommemphis.com
Full Circle—Farm To Table To Poster!
I had the pleasure of branding Full Circle, a farm to table chef's dinner event hosted by the Cooper-Young Community Farmers Market, featuring Chef Ryan Trimm of Sweet Grass.
Katie Benjamin took some lovely photos of the printed materials!
Put That In Your Cup and Drink It
This design I did for Memphis College of Art t-shirts ended up printed on coffee mugs instead, and they don’t look half bad, if I do say so myself.
Lauren Rae Holtermann—Featured Artist on The Electric Beef
I’m this week’s featured artist on The Electric Beef! Check it & follow.
THIS POSTER IS GAY
My submission to the This Poster Is Gay exhibition at Harvest tomorrow night presented by Memphis Loves Gays.
gay — /ɡā/
adjective
1. (of a person, especially a man) homosexual.
2. lighthearted and carefree.
fruit·y — ˈfro͞odē/
adjective
1. (especially of food or drink) resembling or containing fruit.
2. sexually suggestive in content or style.
3. informal, offensive: relating to or associated with homosexuals.
4. eccentric or crazy.
#133/365 Memphians
I was featured on the I Love Memphis Blog today as one of the 365 Memphians project!
“Lauren Rae Holterman is an illustrator, designer and generally awesome lady. She’s the intern at Combustion, and part of the Rozelle Artists Guild, where she helps organize events like Project Sketchbook.”
A Sobering Look at the Drunkest Street in Memphis
I’ve been working on a series of pen & ink illustrations of Beale Street—a tourist trap where I bartend. Specifically focusing on bartenders and musicians that work on the street, and their perspectives.
Branding the 61st Annual Holiday Bazaar
My design was chosen for Memphis College of Art’s Holiday Bazaar promotion. Fiddling with simplified vectored illos, paper texture, & drop shadows. This is my first big sign!