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Graphic Design | Custom Illustration
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We also run @_rockrollrepeat_

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2 months ago

It’s not every day you get to pour your coffee into your design but it’s about to be.

Just received our milk glass mugs from @ridinhighproductions featuring our @colterwall design and they are amazing!

Thanks yall!

#tryhardcandy #colterwall by @tryhardcandy

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7 months ago

The beating that these items take played a huge part in the design. 1 color prints on basic materials keeps it iconic and affordable and shows the wear and tear that means a human touched them.

Custom mailer and tape, shop bag, and bumper sticker branding for our longtime friends @1234gorecords

#tryhardcandy #1234gorecords #graphicdesign #branding by @tryhardcandy

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5 months ago

Our sister co, Rock Roll Repeat, just launched an insane new and official Cramps collection earlier this month.

Some of this stuff practically designs itself! So rad. Here’s our promo designs from the announcement and through the run-up, to the launch.

Stick around for more later when we post a more focused look at the line itself.

#tryhardcandy #rockrollrepeat #thecramps by @tryhardcandy

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7 days ago

This has gotta be our fastest poster design ever, turned around in a morning day-of.

@officialjackwhite once again proves he doesn’t just have a finger on the pulse of what’s good, he’s got it by the throat by tapping SF’s @falseflagsf to open tonight at @thefillmore 💙

#tryhardcandy #jackwhite #falseflag by @tryhardcandy

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14 days ago

Another garage rock banger for Rock Roll Repeat’s Trashwomen collection! We were informed that tees are all sold out but will be back soon, and that there are a few of the kiss-cut decals still available.

This one is a custom illustration inspired by their first EP and Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, who, if you surf far enough out on the web, you can find in a photo with the Trashwomen!

#tryhardcandy #thetrashwomen #rockrollrepeat by @tryhardcandy

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3 months ago

Super stoked on this hat build we developed with @happyjackcapco for @ryanbinghamofficial

We did a shirt as well based on this type treatment we did but hadn’t had a chance to post about it yet. This is so much better than any mock-up we could share. Happy Jack’s out here making us all look good.
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#tryhardcandy #merchdesign #tourmerch #productdevelopment by @tryhardcandy

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5 months ago

Fresh out of art school, landing in Oakland, I answered a wanted ad. @rasputinmusicberkeley was looking for designs featuring Rasputin in a modern context. They’d already portrayed him as a DJ, for instance.

That was 20 something years ago and I just found the original illustration for one of my subs! (There were CD listening stations in the aisles back then)

I got notes back on a surfing Rasputin, but they wanted it ‘drawn like the dollar bill’ and I only had basic crosshatching skills and there were no photoshop actions for it back then. Sorry @rasputinmusicberkeley !

#tryhardcandy #customillustration

Bonus points if you can spot the @comicsdestroyer reference by @tryhardcandy

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5 months ago

I actually had dinner with ID’s original lineup when the merch company I worked for was courting them. They played a very very small outdoor venue in SF that night but Dan Reynolds performed as if he was in a stadium. A true showman, the crowd audibly swooned.  It’s one of those little quarks in life to meet a band just starting out and over a decade later to be able to design for them at the top. This time for our friends at @rowdysprout . Available now.

#tryhardcandy #imaginedragons #rowdysprout by @tryhardcandy

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5 months ago

In the corner of RRR headquarters is @tryhardcandy our ‘design studio’ and we just finished our latest RSD posters and totes for our buddies at @1234gorecords !

I hear appointments already gone for RSD, whoa!

#recordstoreday #tryhardcandy #1234gorecords by @tryhardcandy

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6 months ago

New Metallica for Rowdy Sprout!

Getting a chance to design for big legacy bands can be paralyzing, so stoked on how this turned out. 🥵

#tryhardcandy #metallica #bandmerch by @tryhardcandy

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6 months ago