The Submarines poster on display at the "Sasquatch! Posters!" show.

A few months back I was among the lucky designers invited to create a poster for an artist playing at the 2009 Sasquatch! Music Festival. Through a controlled lottery I ended up with The Submarines, an indie-pop group with female vocalist and a lighthearted, sunshiny sound. Because this was a labor of love (read: no compensation) and I was paying for the printing, I pretty much had total creative control. Which was somewhat intimidating at first, but I’m really happy with the result.

Although the show organizer requested only 12 posters from each designer, I printed a total of fifty, with a few extras thrown in by the printer. The remaining posters are now for sale at gigposters.com.