Project Preview: Burgess Meredith Album Art.

Just sent the final artwork for Austin band Burgess Meredith’s debut album over to the printer! Here’s a sneak peak at the cover. The album will be out in April, y’all!

SXSW 2012 was super rad. At one point, I managed to snag a photo with Bill Murray while drunk at 24 Diner with my friend Cassandra. He was with three of the squarest looking chicks in town and apparently on the rebound. Looking back, I wish we’d stolen him from them and turned the party ship around.

my friend cassandra, me and bill murray at 24 diner. sxsw 2012.

New Logo Design for Frenchie Smith Records!

Find out more about FS Records here.

Album Art for some of Austin’s Finest (Austin Chronicle Best Of List)!

oh snap! austin chronicle’s music staff just released their top ten albums lists – i’ve had the pleasure of designing cover art for some of the killer albums on this list:

Suzanna Choffel’s ‘Steady Eye Shaky Bow’

Golden Bear’s ‘Alive’

Leatherbag’s ‘Yellow Television’

thanks so much for letting me be a part of your projects! ♥

Project Preview: The Boxing Lesson

here’s a little teaser snippet of the project i’m wrapping up for local rockers the boxing lesson. you can digitally download their new single from their website, or pick up the 7″ when it comes out in february!

happy new year!

Blog and Iced Chai Break!

four days later, i finally feel recovered from fff fest weekend. it was my first two days off in a row since january and it was so worth it! so many killer shows, including my first live m83 show – which i have waited years for. can i just say that anthony gonzalez is a super fox!

so for all of you austinites, get excited about barbarella’s 2-year anniversary later this month! it’s hard to believe it’s been two years – seems like yesterday i was dancing to rod stewart’s ‘young turks’ alone on the dance floor during their second week open. they’ve since moved into the much larger venue next door and partnered with east side showroom on creating the swan dive in the original location. here’s our gigposter for the event – i hope you all are off that night and can squeeze into the place. it’s gonna be bananas!

here’s a little something i put together for bright light social hour for their gig in lubbock (it’s tonight). this one is missing the details, but i prefer it with no info. defeats the purpose, i know – but i love the background texture.

one other thing, before i sign off – i’ve just started the ball rolling on an awesome line of merch (the line is called Tillman, after my dad). Get ready for some hip graphic duds a la one of your favourite rock and roll graphic artists. i’ll keep you posted lovies. muah muah!

Golden Bear’s ‘Alive’.

hey kids! get ready for the long-awaited release of golden bear‘s new album ‘alive’, which comes out this month. this little lady had the honor of putting together the album artwork for it (based on some photos they shot in zilker park). it was an inspiring process working with lead singer chris gregory to push the possibilities of the design – eschewing the standard photo treatment for something more graphic and iconic. i also want to mention that the album was produced by the mastermind danny reisch, who has worked with the likes of shearwater, white denim and the black and white years.

you can check out a review and a video of the band here. if you’re in the austin area, come by club deville on october 29th for the official cd release party. see you there, lovers!

alas, a new update!

so sorry, my doves, for the long space in between now and my last post. i’m in the process of a.) knocking out a huge chunk of work that is all under a nice, tight deadline b.) in the process of a rebrand – which includes a website renovation. my poor website is so, so museum-like in its sparsity. wink. time to bring it into the new decade, y’all.

until i get all of my ducks in a row, enjoy a few new posters i polished off recently and a teaser for an iphone app i’m putting together with my friend burton (my first app design!):

Joie de Vie gets a makeover.

Joie de Vie is in the business of rejuvenating their clients so it was due time they got a restoration of their own. They were eager to get rid of their tired pinup logo and turn heads with an edgier/downtown look.

Think I’m going swimming tomorrow…

I have been in the cave all day working on an invitation to a huge, highly anticipated annual summer party and I think I’m going to need a few hours of swim time tomorrow to bring me back to real life. A few weeks ago, Moonpie and I went to Emma Long Park in northwest Austin and it was a dream. I took a crappy photo with my phone but it disappeared into the nether regions of my memory card so here’s someone else’s photo for your viewing pleasure:

you totes need to go swim here. emma long park, austin, texas.

Anyway, here’s a preview of the invitation i’m working on, I’ll release the whole image after the party:

Speaking of invitations, I am totally available to put together an invitation|save the date card|thank you card for your next shindig. Below is an invitation I put together for the newly minted married couple Adrienne and Kenneth (of Black Bone Child). They are some of the sweetest people to grace the planet and I couldn’t be happier for them. Give me a shout at chase.maclaskey@gmail.com.

Why, yes, I also design wedding invitations!

New Logo: Honeycomb Hair Boutique

I recently had the pleasure of being introduced, through a mutual friend (thanks, Diamond!), to the luminous Georgia Bramhall who is in the process of opening her own hair salon here in town. The salon is called Honeycomb, so she wanted to stay within the bounds of the hexagonal shape while giving it some personality and femininity. We went with a mandala pattern for the design as she plans to incorporate Mediterranean and Middle Eastern elements to the interior design of the salon.

We collaborated and expanded on a few original ideas to come to this final version – I think it’s lovely! Be sure to check out her new place starting in about a month. Her website is on the way!