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Doing Poster Art the Cowboy Way
Music City is full of fun opportunities and wonderful people. Recently, we found ourselves working on a dream project for one of our favorite bands—Riders In The Sky. The band's manager asked us to help the two-time Grammy winning group celebrate their 40th Anniversary. So we created an illustration that was used for their Anniversary poster, CD and tour book. ADG staff artist Aaron Johnson took the lead on the illustration, using reference from some of his Monument Valley posters. When the Riders played a show in Franklin, TN, Creative Director and ADG founder Joel Anderson adapted Aaron's art by adding it to a classic Franklin Theatre...
One Man's Trash is Another Man's Treasure!
When Joel Anderson is not working on poster art, he likes to tinker in his home studio making art from found objects. He quips: "I spend a lot of time in front of a computer at the office studio, so sometimes, I want to play with power tools, toys and paint brushes. When I need to get out of the digital world and get my hands dirty, I often end up in my garage or basement, rummaging through bins of objects that I have been collecting over the years. I separate the curious things I find into groups of wood, metal, glass,...
Illustrated Guide to Great Smoky Mountains National Park: The Gap Is Where It's At (Part 3)
It's the end of July and we just sent the files for our Illustrated Guide to Great Smoky Mountains National Park book over to the press. Months of research/writing/editing are finally over and now we get to see what all of our labor will look like in hardback. It's like the child we've been raising for the last 8 months is about to start their first day of school. We've fed it, cleaned it up, put it in "time out" once or twice, and tried to give it enough self-confidence to stand on its own. Now it's time to let it out into...
Designing Your Space: Living Room Edition
The living room is where stories are told. One of our favorite spots to express ourselves through classic wall decor is right here. We want guests in our homes to know where we're from, where we've been, and what we enjoy. With framed prints, metal signs, canvases, throw pillows, coasters and coffee table books, you've got lots and lots of opportunities to own your space with our artwork. Let's do this. On this week's edition of Designing Your Space, we indulged in a little joie de vivre at 506 Lofts located on historic Church Street in downtown Nashville. We also chatted up interior decorator...
Illustrated Guide to Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Creeks and Geeks (Part 2)
"Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you." -- John Muir It was cold. And quiet. We stretched our legs after a 3.5 hour trip from Nashville to exit 451 (Waterville Road) off I-40. Only a couple of cars loitered in the sunshine by the trailhead to Big Creek. This region is in the extreme northeast of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, an area that was once the stomping grounds of moonshiner / TV personality Popcorn Sutton. Upon visiting on a weekday in March, you feel...