Posts Tagged ‘The Force’

Medusa & the origins of Jolly Roger pt. 20

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These are the last pictures I have of Decorative Flags I did for several parties. Some of them you’ll see again on this site.

 

Lion Head  Decorative Flag  Ca. 2004

Lion Head Decorative Flag Ca. 2004

 

Gargoyle 1   Decorative Flag   Ca. 2003

Gargoyle 1 Decorative Flag Ca. 2003

 

Devil 3   Flag   03-2002.

Devil 3 Flag 03-2002.

 

Decorative Flag for Cafe Legendz Amsterdam    Ca. 2003

Decorative Flag for Cafe Legendz Amsterdam Ca. 2003

 

Medusa Head   Decorative Flag   02-2002

Medusa Head Decorative Flag 02-2002

Medusa & the origins of Jolly Roger pt. 19

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When I stopped with ‘Jolly Roger’, I decided to end organizing parties completely. I still liked the name of that party and the Logo Design I did for it though. Since the ‘Jolie Rouge’ was the old name of the Pirate flag, it became the name for my Logo Design, Flags & Backdrop department.

www.fiendartlab.com  "Custom & Handprinted Flags & Backdrops"

www.fiendartlab.com "Custom & Handprinted Flags & Backdrops"

 

Buccaneer   Illustration   30-11-2005

Buccaneer Illustration 30-11-2005

Logo Design Hexen Elixir

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Another Logo I designed was for a product of a friend of mine. It was a Vodka drink and it was called ‘Hexen Elixir’. Of course at Medusa it was a popular beverage.

Hexen Elixir Logo Design   Label   ca. 2003

Hexen Elixir Logo Design Label ca. 2003

 

Hexen Elixir Logo Design   Label-sheet   ca. 2003

Hexen Elixir Logo Design Label-sheet ca. 2003

 

Hexen Elixir Logo Design   ca. 2003

Hexen Elixir Logo Design ca. 2003

Medusa & the origins of Jolly Roger pt. 14

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Here you see the big Medusa Logo Backdrop. After Medusa was beheaded, there was another gothic party called Mordor.  I also designed this Logo.

 

Medusa Logo Backdrop  02-2002

Medusa Logo Backdrop 02-2002

 

Mordor Logo Backdrop  ca. 2004

Mordor Logo Backdrop ca. 2004

 

Mordor Logo Backdrop  ca. 2004

Mordor Logo Backdrop ca. 2004

Medusa & the origins of Jolly Roger pt. 13

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These are really the last Medusa Flags I’ve recently photographed. These Flags decorated the walls of the venue. Remember smells take you back in time?  The smell of these flags really did take me back to the Force!

 

Nosferatu Coffin Flag   2003

Nosferatu Coffin Flag 2003

 

Carwreck   Decorative Flag   2003

Carwreck Decorative Flag 2003

 

Bombs Away!   Decorative Flag   2003

Bombs Away! Decorative Flag 2003

 

Corpse portrait   Decorative Flag   ca. 2003

Corpse portrait Decorative Flag ca. 2003

 

Corpse Portrait   Decorative Flag   2003

Corpse Portrait Decorative Flag 2003

Medusa & the origins of Jolly Roger pt. 11

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These pictures were taken at Cear Gwydion, a gothic party in Belgium. This was the first art-exhibition of my work at that time. This must have been in 2002.
Expo Flags & Backdrops at Cear Gwydion Belgium   Ca. 2002

Expo Flags & Backdrops at Cear Gwydion Belgium Ca. 2002

Expo Flags & Backdrops at Cear Gwydion Belgium  Ca. 2002

Expo Flags & Backdrops at Cear Gwydion Belgium Ca. 2002

Medusa & the origins of Jolly Roger pt. 5

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These Flags were the first with blacklight paint.  I’ ve been using it ever since. These were about the last flags I did for Medusa. Eventually we pulled the plug out of more than two years of Medusa events.

Dog Gargoyle    Decorative Flag   Ca. 2003

Dog Gargoyle Decorative Flag Ca. 2003

Dog Gargoyle   Decorative Flag   Ca. 2003

Dog Gargoyle Decorative Flag Ca. 2003

Illustrations

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I will continue with more Wildkat art later.  I wanted to show you more illustrations. I think the first Illustration will bring back memories to a lot of people who attended the Medusa parties. The Gothic Ankh design was and still is a flag that used to hang on the wall at the venue. The Oseberg 1 Design is based on a helmhead-carving found with the Oseberg vikingship. The Oseberg 2 Design is a fragment taken from an ornament of a Norwegian stavkirke.

 

Gothic Ankh   Illustration   18-04-2002

Gothic Ankh Illustration 18-04-2002

Oseberg 1   Illustration   05-11-2001

Oseberg 1 Illustration 05-11-2001

Oseberg 2   Black n' White Illustration   04-11-2001

Oseberg 2 Black n' White Illustration 04-11-2001

Medusa & the origins of Jolly Roger pt. 2

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Original Medusa Logo Design   01-2002

Original Medusa Logo Design 01-2002

These were actually the first Logo Backdrops and the original Logo Design.
The Logo Design was done in a very short time. It needed to be finished quickly for the flyer.
There still is a flag with Medusa’ s head underneath her name.
The Medusa flag you see here was smaller because it was always inside.
The big one we used to hang outside above the entrance of the venue, for all to see!
The head is just a detail of that flag. I will post the full picture another time.
The original drawing of the Medusa head is on black paper.
I did that to see how I could translate the lighting of the face to a black background, like the textile I was going to use to make the backdrop.
 
Medusa Head 1st drawing     02-2002
Medusa Head 1st drawing 02-2002
 
Medusa Backdrop (detail)    02-02-2002

Medusa Backdrop (detail) 02-02-2002

Medusa Logo backdrop  02-02-2002
Medusa Logo backdrop 02-02-2002

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
 
 

Medusa & the origins of Jolly Roger pt. 1

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This party flag was one of the first I did.
At the time, I was involved with a small group of people in
setting up a big monthly gothic-industrial party in Amsterdam.
It was to be called Medusa.
We wanted to decorate the venues, but the decorations had to be
easily transported and stored as well. 
And also to promote the party there had to be a logo and that logo
had to be on flyers and a big backdrop on the front of the building.
A big part of that building still stands and has been renovated,
but sadly that brilliant part is gone! That’s why I’ve put the Memento Mori
Flag here first.   Actually this flag was the first try-out of a new technique I had to invent to produce these decorations. The flag is entirely hand made and hand printed.
Memento Mori Decorative Flag  02-02-2002
Memento Mori Decorative Flag 02-02-2002