Posts Tagged ‘Sarah Dodds’
Thursday, June 21st, 2012
Are you struggling to find the perfect shades of paint for your home or office? Not sure what color would look best on that new bookshelf? Well, wonder no longer. Sherwin Williams has rolled out a brilliant new Chip It feature at Sherwin-Williams.com. Simply install their handy Chip It button into your web browser’s toolbar, and you can find coordinating color pallets from image on the interwebs.
We’re gathering a collection of our favorite Backstage Design Studio inspired color sets on Pinterest, so you can color your home in the shades of the music that inspires us. These are some of our favorites, so far.

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Tags: Album Art Cover Art, Art Director, Austin, CD Art, Chip It, Color, Design, Graphic Design, Graphic Designers, Guy Clark, Paint Color, Pinterest, Record Packaging, Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds, Sherwin Williams, Texas, TX, Wade Bowen
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Friday, April 6th, 2012
Attention fellow Texans! TheĀ Good Luck & True Love record packaging design has been selected for The 2012 AIGA Texas Show’s Traveling Exhibit, which opens this weekend, here in Austin, at the Gallery Black Lagoon! This too-cool-for-school show will be trucking across the great Lone Star State this summer, making stops in San Antonio, Houston and DFW, before making the long trek to The Big Apple. Yes…THE Big Apple.
If you get the opportunity, between now and August, please plan a visit to one of these fabulous venues to check out the exhibit.
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Tags: AIGA, Album Art, Art Director, Austin, Award, CD Art, CD Cover, CD Design, Competition, Dallas, Design, Designers, Ft Worth, Gallery Black Lagoon, Good Luck & True Love, Good Luck And True Love, Graphic Design, Graphic Designer, Houston, Reckless Kelly, Record Packaging Design, San Antonio, Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds, Texas, Texas Show, The Big Apple, The Texas SHow, Traveling Exhibit, TX
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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

The AnnualĀ Lone Star Music Awards were held this past Sunday at the Texas Music Theater in San Marcus, and Reckless Kelly took home four of the coveted Armadillos: Song of The Year ( for “Good Luck & True Love”), Best Americana/Roots Rock Album, Best Album Art, and Cody nabbed Best Musician. Congratulations, guys. You deserve all of it, and then some. We’re just thrilled that you’ve allowed us to tag along for a while! (more…)
Tags: 2012, Armadillo, Best Album Artwork, CD Art, CD Cover, CD Design, CD Packaging, Chainsaw Carving, Cody Braun, Design, Doug Moreland, Good Luck & True Love, Graphic Design, Graphic Designer, Lone Star Music, Lone Star Music Award Nominee, Lone Star Music Award Winner, LoneStarMusic.com, Reckless Kelly, Recording Package, San Marcos, Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds, Texas Music Theater
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Saturday, March 31st, 2012

This Sunday, April 1st, marks the 1oth and final Tom Webb Benefit in Luling, Texas.
We’ve always felt a bit cheated that we never had the honor of meeting Tom Webb, IV, as he left long before we made our way to Austin. Though we never shook hands, nodded at an introduction or toasted to each other’s good fortune at a show, he feels like an old friend. His presence is one that is felt in the spirit of those who did know him, and who gather each spring to celebrate the memory of this bright and talented young man. (more…)
Tags: Austin, Celebration, Cory Morrow, Event Poster, Graphic Design, Graphic Designer, Luling, Poster Art, Poster Design, Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds, Texas, Tom Webb, TX
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

We’re rather proud to tattle that we have two pieces in the running for the 2012 Lone Star Music Award for Best Album Art: Reckless Kelly‘s “Good Luck & True Love,” and Ethan Messick’s “The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday.” Sarah and I are positively tickled pink to be considered for this award….especially for two designs! (more…)
Tags: Art Direction, Austin, Award, Best Album Art, CD Cover, Cover Art, Good Luck & True Love, Good Luck And True Love, Graphic Design, Lone Star Music Award Nominee, Mike Ethan Messick, Reckless Kelly, Record Packaging, Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds, Texas, The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday, TX
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