IMSC Ep 63 - Cover by Monique Booker

Monique Booker is a native Iowa artist from Indianola. She let us use stretched out version of her wonderful painting for our cover.

Original version of the painting

Labels: artwork, cover, covers, Des Moines area, IMSC Ep 063, Indianola, Monique Booker, painting

Ep 61 and 62 - Covers by Stutterin Jimmy

Most people know Stutterin Jimmy for the music he does with The Goosebumps. But Jimmy also does a lot of the flyers for his band. And since I, Dan OlderMusicGeek, liked his flyers, I asked him if he'd be interested in doing a cover for our podcasts. And he happily did both covers for our Sump Pump Records podcasts and has volunteered to do more. And we're happy to have him do so.

The original cover
before we stretched it out
to make it a square

Jimmy doesn't have any website for his artwork, but you can check out his music at the following sites...

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/StutterinJimmyandtheGoosebumps/

ReverbNation:

https://www.reverbnation.com/theGoosebumps

Labels: artwork, cover, covers, drawing, Ep 061, Ep 062, Stuttering Jimmy

IMSC Eps 52, 53, 54, and 55 - Covers by Dean Sturtevant

"Local Des Moines artist that works in sharpie. Artist, Owner, Public Speaker at Green Unicorn Art. Come see me at my shows and cons."
- from his Twitter page

"Central Iowa native Dean Sturtevant is a self taught artist who has been drawing as long as he can remember. He always seeks to encourage and inspire others with his art, his own inspiration stemming from his love of comic books, movies and super-heroes. He does all his work with Sharpie markers, using a displacement style to fill in the colors. "Dean loves to delight others and make people laugh with his whimsical, fun drawings, often gifting custom work to people who need a pick-me-up or encouragement. He has been featured in many local art shows and cons over the last year..."
- from Green Unicorn Art's Facebook page

Original version of the cover of Episode 52

Cover of Episode 53

Cover for Episode 54

Cover for Episode 55

Home page
http://greenunicornart.com/

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/GreenUnicornArt/

Deviant Art:
https://greenunicornart.deviantart.com/

Labels: artwork, covers, Dean Sturtevant (artist), Des Moines, Des Moines area, drawing, Ep 052, Green Unicorn Art, Halloween, Halloween 2017

Ep 44 - Cover by Robert Braune

“ There is this desire that I have, to want to paint people the way that they are seen. The way that I see them. But if I am honest with myself, I find that I lack a talent that is needed to achieve such an image. So while still attempting to do so, part way through I am reminded of the difficulty that is involved with this task. So I find this medium ground where I can still portray human without it being pure representational. They become these monster like humans, but retain human qualities. Thus becoming less monstrous and more humanly relatable. Or I would like to think so. I’m not other people so I cannot speak for them.

"More so, I am ultimately trying to create memorable images. Ones that people will one day want to put in some college students art history book. So, the images I paint, I try to make them as representative of my work and the way that I plan to continue to work...

“I would say my work is abstracted realism. Often I paint from something that is real but it becomes abstracted through the quality of my work. By definition I would be abstract. But abstract is an abstracted word. It’s been simplified to the point that it’s to easily applied to things... Honestly, when people ask me what I paint, I usually just say still lifes and portraits. Then I just show them some photos of work. People can make up their own minds on what my paintings are.”
- from an interview with Jon from the Art Beacon website

Original version of artwork
in its original proportions and form

Home page:

https://robertbraune.wordpress.com/

Deviant Art page:

http://mostmodernism.deviantart.com/

An old website of his:

http://most-modern.blogspot.com/

Labels: artwork, covers, Ep 044, painting, Robert Braune

Ep 42 - Cover by Matt Smith

This is NOT the Matt Smith of "Doctor Who" fame!

This is a business schooled Iowan who raps under a secret identity, but still apparently dabbles in graphic design.

And he made this wonderful poster for our live show on Sat, Feb 4, at Lefty's Live Music! - https://www.facebook.com/events/756507931165093/

So go to the show! Check out the bands! Prove that Matt Smith knows how to make an awesome poster!

Poster by Matt Smith
in its original proportions and form

Labels: artwork, covers, Iowa Music Showcase Live, Matt Smith, photoshop Ep 042, posters

Ep 41 - Cover by Monique Booker

"We capture the essence of rural Iowa through nature /wildlife prints, keepsakes such as keychains and magnets w/ image, and photo to wood transfers."
- from the Native Iowa Keepsakes Facebook page

: I provide nature/wildlife/barn and photo to wood transfer. I also DO CUSTOM ARTWORK AS WELL IF YOU WOULD LIKE A PICTURE MADE JUST SHOOT ME A MESSAGE AND I WILL DO MY BEST FOR YOU :)"
- from the Native Iowa Photography Etsy page

Original painting

Facebook page for Spiritual Fantasy Artworks:

https://www.facebook.com/spiritualartworkdesigns/

Facebook page for Native Iowa Keepsakes:

https://www.facebook.com/nativeiowakeepsakes/

Etsy page for Native Iowa Photography:

https://www.etsy.com/people/moniquebooker

Labels: artwork, covers, Des Moines area, Ep 041, Indianola, Monique Booker, painting