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Kvelertak and Skeletonwitch live in Berlin - November 2016
I have been a big fan of Kvelertak since I first heard about them, back in 2010. Their first album is quite a unique mixture of hardcore and black metal, and I was hooked at the first sounds of those loud guitars.
They came to Berlin in 2016 with Skeletonwitch and their concert was beyond amazing. As soon as I got home, I decided to explore some of the visuals that the band uses like the owl. My first idea was to use in a creepy looking way but the sketch was bad and I went into a different direction. With a human using an owl mask.
Below you can see the last drawing I did of this theme.
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After defining the imagery, I wanted to try some different lettering since I just got new tools and I wanted to try it. So I got my new ruling pen and some ink and wrote the name of these bands more than I should. In the end, I liked some of them and decided to scan the papers and bring them to Illustrator.
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The lettering was done, and the imagery was ready. Now it's time to try to put them together in a way that makes sense. After a few hours and some tests with different colors, the poster below was done.
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If you like what you saw here, you can get a poster or more on Society6. If you don't know Kvelertak and wants to see how they sound like, go for the video below.