Phonofestivalen teaser poster

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Jacob

Finally! I’ve been waiting a while to be able to show you this, the teaser poster for this years Phonofestivalen. Designed by me, yippi-yey!

The starting point for the poster was the same as for the festival; discovery. The festival is all about discovering new bands and musical stuff, so my work becomes all about finding new details and things in there to look at. You should be able to see this thing quite a few times, and still find something new!

A detailed account of the whole design (both the poster, and the festival as a whole) should find its way to behance before long. The festival folks are having their own release party at the website.

Chart for april

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Jacob

Just wanted to hip you to this chart I made a couple of weeks ago, if any of you DJs are listening and want to know what’s on my turntables this week. Some bass music to jump start your short skirt season, that’s all.

Truth #1

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Jacob

In the midst of everything else going on, I’ve put out this print as part of one of my pet projects; The Truth In Hard Places. This is the first print in that series, aptly named Truth #1.

The series is, in very short terms, about finding answers through struggle. Proper knowledge never comes easy. I could go on about how this motif makes sense and yada yada, but I fear it only makes sense to me.

This first print is available as a giclee print through Society6, here. You can even get it as a phone cover or a laptop thingy, if you’re into that jazz.

My other big project, for the phono festival, is going peachy. After two full weeks of drawing non stop and making my hands look like broken twigs, the composition finally makes sense. Can’t wait to show you the whole thing! (It even shares elements with this print, actually). Sneak peeks at facebook!

When in doubt, make fudge.

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Jacob

Moebius + Myazaki + Nemo

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Jacob

This was a bit of a bombshell for me. I just learned that my favourite artist of all time, Moebius (R.I.P) was approached to make some concept designs for an animated feature film based on one of my all-time favourite childrens books, Nemo in slumberland, back in 1985.

Oh, and my number three guy, Hayao Miyazaki, was heavily involved in production early on, even making a test film, but left citing difficulties years before Moebius came on board.

Wow.

We Were Wanderers On A Prehistoric Earth

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Jacob

Transfixed by this short video from Malaysia, by James W Griffiths, among others.

Phono festival design launch!

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Jacob

Hooray! The first part of the design work for this years Phono festival in Bergen is done, namely the website and other digital goods. The feedback so far has been just great, so I hope it will still look awesome in a few months time, at the festival itself.

The biggest part of this first launch is probably the logotype revelation. I had a pretty heavy process to arrive at this tape-inspired thing you see up top, and expect to see a lot more of the outlying graphical elements in the upcoming posters.

Go check out their website, which I based on a layout from WPshower, and tweaked to fit. They also have a facebook page that you should click like really hard on.

More parts of the design will be visible as the posters and everything start rolling out.

New song: Mace of Molag Bal

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Jacob

To take my mind off everything else going on right now, last night I started and finished a new track, called Mace of Molag Bal, for good measure. It started as an attempt to simulate a modular syth rack in software, and ended with saxophones. Have a listen, it’s free after all.

Fun fact: this is the fifth song I have made that starts with an M. If the player gives you trouble, here’s a direct link.

Last texture for now

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Jacob

All right, I’ll move on from the feather leafy stuff now. This last original is also available to adorn your wall from my shop, and since it’s smaller than the previous ones, it’s way cheaper, too.

The design for the Phono festival is coming along nicely! Around the 10th of April there will be an official release of the first designs. Stay tuned.

A new day, a new texture study

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Jacob

Here’s today’s produce, another study for the Phono design. Ready for your wall!

Jacob Lysgaard

Visual communications