>>>The Art & Design of Charlie Wagers<<< » Fantastic http://www.charliewagers.com     Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:53:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Josh Ritter – New Years http://www.charliewagers.com/2012/01/josh-ritter-new-years/ http://www.charliewagers.com/2012/01/josh-ritter-new-years/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:39:17 +0000 Charlie Wagers http://www.charliewagers.com/?p=2685 Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band played a special show on New Years Eve this year, and I was contacted to submit artwork for the projected back-drop for the song Wolves. Josh’s manager asked that I send them the moon from the shirt I designed for them last year. The first photo is from soundcheck (by Brian) and the second from the performance (by Rich), and lastly is a little peak into the actual imagery I sent.



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Merry Christmas Eve, everyone. With everyone putting together their favorite albums-of-the-year lists, I had to put mine together. As always, I’m sure plenty will disagree with this, (“where’s the new Beyoncé?!”) but these are what I found myself listening to the most that came out this year. That being said, Beyoncé’s Countdown is definitely one of the best songs to come out this year.

15. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
14. 13 & God – Own Your Ghost
13. Washed Out – Within & Without
12. Maserati – Pyramid of the Sun
11. Petrels - Haeligewielle
10. Low in the Sky – A Shared Rainbow
9. This Will Destroy You - Tunnel Blanket
8. Touché Amoré – Parting the Sea Between Brightness & Me
7. Bonnie Prince Billy – Wolfroy Goes to Town
6. Talons’ – Songs for Boats
5. Hauschka – Salon Des Amateurs
4. Destroyer – Kaputt
3. Trouble Books & Mark McGuire
2. Bill Callahan – Apocalypse
1. Tycho – Dive

]]> http://www.charliewagers.com/2011/12/top-albums-of-2011/feed/ 0 TONIGHT! Square Records 8th Anniversary Party http://www.charliewagers.com/2011/08/tonight-square-records-8th-anniversary-party/ http://www.charliewagers.com/2011/08/tonight-square-records-8th-anniversary-party/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 21:31:52 +0000 Charlie Wagers http://www.charliewagers.com/?p=2010 If you’re in the northeast Ohio area, you won’t want to miss this event tonight. Square Records is celebrating their 8th anniversary, and have arranged for an evening of free music. Come see Trouble Books‘ first Akron show in over a year, alongside Bellows (Low in the Sky) and QIX. Facebook event, here.

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]]> http://www.charliewagers.com/2011/07/new-website-2/feed/ 2 Administering my first tattoo http://www.charliewagers.com/2010/10/administering-my-first-tattoo/ http://www.charliewagers.com/2010/10/administering-my-first-tattoo/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 05:34:35 +0000 Charlie Wagers http://www.charliewagers.com/?p=804 I’m starting to consider taking my art career a different direction. …Okay, not really, but this really happened. Thanks to my new friend John Rippey, who is guest artist’ing at Good Life this week.

]]> http://www.charliewagers.com/2010/10/administering-my-first-tattoo/feed/ 7 New Three Bears Design dot com http://www.charliewagers.com/2010/08/new-three-bears-design-dot-com/ http://www.charliewagers.com/2010/08/new-three-bears-design-dot-com/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:32:14 +0000 Charlie Wagers http://www.charliewagers.com/?p=699 Just figured I’d let everyone know that today we finally launched the all new threebearsdesign.com. This new site has been in the making for quite some time. Big thanks to Steve for helping me get it up and running.

]]> http://www.charliewagers.com/2010/08/new-three-bears-design-dot-com/feed/ 0 Personal Studio Space http://www.charliewagers.com/2010/04/personal-studio-space/ http://www.charliewagers.com/2010/04/personal-studio-space/#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:36:50 +0000 Charlie Wagers http://www.ashesanddust.info/?p=485 It’s pretty common in the creative field to have a personalized work environment to assist in filling the creative juices. I’ve been working a lot for the last few months to create such a space for myself since I moved back to Northeast Ohio. I figured I’d share some photos of my personal studio office. All of the printed pieces which are on the walls are work that I have done, but the packrat in me definitely shows in the way that all empty space on the shelves is covered in either books, or pretty things that are visually compelling to me. The most recent addition is the portable record player. I’ve stuck to only buying the “dead format,” but with the workload I haven’t spent time out of the studio, so my 1500+ records weren’t getting enough play time. Additionally, keep checking in, as I should have a good amount of new work to show this week and next.

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Well, I was getting tired of the lack of cohesiveness between my blog and my portfolio website. So today, finally, after months of it annoying me, I went through and made some serious changes. Welcome to my new website. I can’t believe I was able to get it all done in a day, well – it’s all I did ALL day. Now everything all flows together. As you can see, to the right, is the full menu for my website. I haven’t posted any new work to the Portfolio section recently. This week, and next, I will be photographing new pieces, and prepping both this website, and the Three Bears website, for a really intense update of new work. We’ve been working out butts off for the last few months, and I am excited to upload all of the new work.

Also, Revivalist re-printed our collaborative Ohio shirt. We now have them in Both Girls and Guy sizes! Girls S-L and Unisex XS-XL. Get your orders in, before they’re gone!

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Two days ago, I mentioned that I had a new wheel-set coming in for my Fixie. Well, they came. I had my friend Chris at Thick Bikes order them for me, and I can’t believe how fast they came in. Look at these babies; 700 Deep V’s in Celeste Green, with 32 Black Spokes and Black Hubs. Sexy. Flip Flop hub was actually made to hold two Cogs with lock rings, but we were able to thread a Free-Wheel onto the other side, in case I fee like coasting. The rims match my bar-tape and Brake Lever perfectly. If the celeste combined with the brown of my frame didn’t scream, “Mint Chocolate Chip,” before… well, it does now.

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