Got some work done last night

Nic from Uptown Tattoo in Minneapolis did a little work on me last night.




It may look familiar. It's from a poster I did for the Soviettes CD release show. However, Nic reworked it a bit, and added in the shading, something that I could never do as well. Great job Nic, and thanks so much!

Cityscape Postcards for sale!

I just made up some postcards. Gold Medal, Grain Belt, and Pillsbury were the first of the cityscapes to get chosen.

Check it out. I have them for sale in my "Other Stuff" section of my Web site. They go for 18 for $15.

Why 18? Well, I don't think it's worth $5 for shipping unless you get a bunch of postcards. So you'd get 6 sets. How's that sound?

Here's close-ups of each card.



Gold Medal



Grain Belt



Pillsbury

Pssst... I've got 3 other postcards in the works. I'm sending them to the printer today, so look for them soon.

City Pages - A-List Dragon

City Pages emailed me about doing an illustration for my Birthday week (July 11) issue. Umm, yeah, totally cool. I got to draw a dragon for the Dragon Festival in Minneapolis. Awesome.



Here's the piece in the paper.

Here's a close up.

Fur Love of the Game

I just finished another movie poster for Greg Carlson of Southpawfilmworks.

This one was quite a bit of work... 6 colors for a funny little short comedy about a campus olympics. Campus security guards vs. a bunch of furries. As you can tell from the final pic (below) there's a romantic encounter.

The piece was inspired by Drew Struzen's style, and the Gone with the Wind and Muppet Movie posters.

Here's the process of the colors:


Color 1 - light blue



Color 2 - dark blue



Color 3 - orange



Color 4 - yellow



Color 5 - a skin tone I had to tone down quite a bit from a fake-bake tan to a sort of fake-bake tan



Color 6 - black

This is my second 6-color piece, and I've gotta say it was much easier than the first. I actually got some darn good registration out of it.

Installation Piece at Urban Outfitters in Uptown, MPLS, MN

Back in May, a woman from Urban Outfitters emailed me. She had seen some of my work at a craft fair that I had been in.

Anyway, she asked if I would be interested in creating an in-store installation piece for their Uptown location. Um, duh. Yeah!

So I got in contact with the manager, and we went from there. Apparently the Uptown store is starting to feature local artists and musicians for art and performances in their store. June of 2007 was the first month they started persuing this mission, and I got the July spot. I'm super pleased with that.

The following is the process of painting the piece that would go up in the Urban Outfitters space.



I missed the very first steps, such as buying the plywood, and cutting it down, and sanding it, and all that crap. After the prep work, I flooded each piece with teal paint. I busted out the opaque projector and sketched out the outlines on each panel (there's a total of 6 panels) in pink.

What you see here is all the panels layed out on the garage floor with some of the final paint color being applied. I had to sort of realign all the panels cause the opaque projector wasn't exactly lined up for each piece, close, but not dead on.



Ada helping out.



More paint and spraypaint being applied.



Some white base, and some black base.



The girl's face after some outline and spraypaint shading was added.



Almost done.



Here's the final piece as it hangs in the store. The space is immediately to your right as you walk into the store. The wall is about 12'x12' and I've got 5 artprints hanging on top of the panels. The 6th frame is an information sheet about how to order prints and also buy the wall or parts of the wall.

If you are interested in purchasing the wall or any section of it, please contact me at adam(at)adamturman(dot)com.

The pieces will hang throughout July, check 'em out and tell the staff you like to see local art in their store, The plan is to promote the arts in the Twin Cities, and the more they know you like it, hopefully the more artists they will get in there.

A Big Stone Arch Festival THANK YOU!!!

I had a blast over Father's Day weekend at the Stone Arch Festival of the Arts.

I didn't get out much past my booth to check out the other artists at the event. I heard there was lots of great work. So anyway, here's some pics of the booth:




The amazing and beautiful Miss Letta Wren. Letta was a huge help on Sunday. She filled in for my wife and helped me get rid of a ton of prints and posters. She's good stuff. Thanks again Letta!


I got third place in something. One of the staff girls stopped by the booth on Sunday and said I won 3rd place. I asked her "for what? What did I do?" She said it was a ribbon for getting third in my category. I'm assuming that's printmaking or something like that. So yay. Totally unexpected.


This is Reverborama, he's a fellow bike lover and totes around little flasks with a MPLSBikeLove.com sticker on them. I was stoked to see him again (I'd seen him at Craftstravaganza before), and especially when he's bringing gifts along. Thanks so much Bob! Great to see you. Nice shirt too.

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Festival. And special thanks to everyone who bought some stuff, and also to the event staff, and Sara Collins who organized the event, and asked me to participate. I had a great time, and hope to do it again next year.

Brick by Brick 2007

Brick by Brick is an event designed to revitalize the creative energy of the Warehouse District and bring back the spirit that defined it as the creative center of Minneapolis. Just as this community was built, brick by brick, the stories continue to grow and the influence on the local arts scene is embedded forever. (Lifted straight from Brick by Brick's homepage) ;)

Here's my submission:


Here's how it looks on the street. Mine is hanging on 1st Avenue and 4th Street.


And closer: