BENJAMIN A. HARPER'S FANTOME

The second of three new EPs from The Comfies is now up for download. I've been a rotating member of The Comfies for over five years, and Benjamin A. Harper, the man behind The Comfies, is one of my favorite songwriters and singers in the world. Needless to say, I highly recommend you check it out and give it a download. This is a 100% independent release, with a limited-edition CD on the way for collectors. I created the artwork for these EPs, the covers of which will connect in a panoramic landscape. I also played piano on one of the tracks, "Christmas Eve Eve." I'm always happy and proud to be involved with anything Ben Harper and The Comfies put out, and to help spread the word about his music. Enjoy!

Download The Comfies present Benjamin A. Harper's Fantome at Bandcamp.

MIKE DAVIS

Alright, first things first: I will be regularly posting about artists I love and showing off some of their work that I admire, and there's no better person to start with than Mike Davis-- Nashville native, Minneapolis DJ superstar, and member of the design collective Burlesque of North America.

Mike was an upperclassman when I was just entering high school in 1995, and on a daily basis I would study and observe Mike's picnic table graffiti in an effort to absorb as much as I could of his natural gifts with lettering, penmanship and color. These days, branded as Twelve Car Pileup, he's a nationally recognized poster artist and core member of Minneapolis' print shop and gallery Burlesque--having created not just yearly posters for Bonnaroo but their stage identities too-- and author of the stellar retro-design blog So Much Pileup, a must-bookmark for any lover of late-60's to early-80's design ephemera, logos, book covers, album art, and international stamp design. Just last year, my unparalleled love for Mike combined with my unparalleled love for tiny vinyl toys when KidRobot issued a keychain series based on an ABC's print that Mike designed for his baby cousin (Getcha one here!)

Without further ado, here are some designs of Mike's that I love, and I know you will too:

HELLO AGAIN

Hello internet. I've resurrected this blog and am re-purposing it as a companion to my new site at samsmyth.net. On this blog I plan on posting new artwork, ideas, drafts, sketches, processes, and inspirations, as well as works of other artists and designers I love, plus who knows what else.

To the right you'll find links to my other spots on the net: my aforementioned portfolio site, plus my Twitter page and my Flickr page. Just below that, a hallway of doors to other internet worlds: art and design blogs, film resources, and people and things I like. I promise you will find each of these paths to be interesting and entertaining... have a click and see what you can see.

Thanks for reading, and please come back soon for more...

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