We were super excited to be invited to contribute a poster to Yellow Bird Project's latest creative, charity-driven project headed up by the one and only Andy J. Miller. As a follow up to the Indie Rock Coloring Book, Andy and YBP have joined forces again to create The Indie Rock Poster Book which will include 30 different posters by 30 different artists, designers and illustrators. Each poster will be an interpretation of an indie rock song of the artist's choice...
Above is the design file for our final poster, inspired by Your Ex-Lover is Dead— by Stars. The song is one of my all time faves. It's the kind of song that stays with you, the one you tend to replay over and over and never get sick of. After lots of listening, thinking and sketching... we finally all agreed on the above concept and design. see original sketch tacked to my cube---> 
Below is our brief interpretation of the song and design rationale. Go download the song, have a listen and let us know if you think our poster does the job. (And as soon as the book is available for purchase, we'll let you know!)
For four minutes and eighteen seconds during Your Ex-Lover is Dead, the listener is inside the heads and hearts of two ex-lovers as they sit in silence. The song shifts from awkwardness to ease, from reality to the imaginary, from regret to satisfaction, all with zero words exchanged. These juxtaposing thoughts and emotions fire randomly, simultaneously, infinitely... and the infinite brain/heart illustration represents this subtle, internal chaos. The washed-out blue is in line with the melancholy tone of the song, while the style of illustration reflects the glimmers of forgiveness and optimism that penetrate the confusion. One truth we can all bring away from this haunting, thoughtful song is that admit it or don’t; no relationship is ever truly over.
Jenna Holcombe
- Dynamo's Senior Designer. Jenna is currently misplacing her glasses, laughing at Corey's jokes, making you an okay espresso, and massaging your retinas with her Wacom pen.
