Feature artwork for Consequence of Sound’s review of Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memories”. This was a collaborative piece featuring illustrations of Daft Punk by Justin Hopkins, Virginia McCarthy, Matthew Vidalisa and myself. I also did the final layout and design.
Check out the alternate, full-color version.
Also, check out my previous Daft Punk piece for CoS, here.
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My feature art for the Consequence of Sound review of the new Vampire Weekend record, Modern Vampires of the City. I’m back to my old love/ adversary ballpoint pen. I love drawing in ballpoint and seldom have done pieces in it this big. I still haven’t made up my mind if it was a good choice or not. I love how the blood turned out though.
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Read the review here
Artwork by Cap Blackard
Review by Chris Bosman
I’ve got a secret I’ve been sitting on since high school… I solved Pink Floyd’s Pulbius Enigma. (Or at least I think I did.) And it involves Return to Oz.
The hell is a Publius? Glad you asked.
Check out the last page (16) in the Consequence of Sound article The Best Hoaxes in Music History, where I’ve got a summary of the Enigma.
Well heck, I’ll cut to the chase – I think Floyd saw “Dark Side of the Rainbow” and thought to themselves, “gee, what if we actually tried to do that?” And they did it with the ultimate Oz movie, Return to Oz.
For more on the enigma, check out the articles’ links. It’s far more complicated than my allotted wordcount could handle. Read the article, check out the synch above, and let me know if you think I’m crazy.
THE BEST HOAXES IN MUSIC HISTORY
In our new article we take a look at 15 strange and sometimes unbelievable hoaxes revolving around some of the biggest bands and artists. Paul being dead was only the tip of the iceberg. Read More.
Poster for Mark Mulcahy! He’s the frontman for Miracle Legion and Polaris (the band from Pete & Pete). I did the portrait and CD drawings and Drew Litowitz did the text and layout.
It’s in Chicago! You should go! Details.
Also, my Mulcahy portrait is on sale at Society 6 - prints, pillows, phone cases, & more! Get it!
My feature artwork for Consequence of Sound’s review of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ 2013 album Push the Sky Away. This piece is based on a quote by Cave regarding the album, “”if I were to use that threadbare metaphor of albums being like children, then Push The Sky Away is the ghost-baby in the incubator and Warren’s loops are its tiny, trembling heart-beat.” Watercolor.
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Recent art for Consequence of Sound
Top: The Postal Service - Give Up
This piece is the feature art for CoS’s first installment of “The Continuing Tales Of…”. This series features a story for every song on a particular album, a different album every month. The debut focuses on The Postal Service’s 2003 album Give Up. For the feature art I re-imagined the bedroom from the album cover having been left since then, vines crawling in the window, the castle in the clouds drawing closer, and the strange man from within the album’s booklet lurking ominously.
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http://society6.com/ConsequenceofSound/The-Postal-Service-Give-Up-by-Cap-Blackard_PrintBottom: Feature artwork for CoS’ review of Joy Formidable’s 2013 album Wolf’s Law.
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http://society6.com/ConsequenceofSound/Joy-Formidable-Wolfs-Law-by-Cap-Blackard_Print
