2. Richard Dowell
X-Pistols Typographic Show Poster
Adobe Ilustrator
X-Pistols/Typography
Show Poster For X-Pistols
Show poster for rap/punk ground
X-Pistols Done in traditional punk style
3. Richard Dowell
Mr. Unstable Pandora’s Toolbox
Adobe Photoshop
Mr. Unstable/ Tim Tackett
Album art for indie artist Mr.Unstable
Album cover art for a project by MR.
UNSTABLE for a album he has been
working on over the last few years.
From indie recording artist and viral
video star.
4. Richard Dowell
Where Ive Been
Adobe Photoshop
Faith / Tim Kemp-Cryptic Wisdom
Online single artwork for indie artist Faith
Online single artwork this was a
project that I helped produce for
the recording artist Faith feat.
Cryptic Wisdom. This was used on
Faith YouTube, and social media
pages for promoting the single.
5. Richard Dowell
Editoral Illustration
Testing Testing
Adobe Illustrator
Inter. Illustration
Editorial illustration for an
article in The Wall Street
Journal about the value and
collectability of vintage mi-
crophones.
CLASSIC TRACKS: Heroes
Artist: David Bowie; Producers: David Bowie, Tony Visconti; Studio: Hansa Ton, Berlin
It was after working with producer
Denny Cordell on a Georgie Fame
session that engineer, producer and
guitarist Tony Visconti relocated to
London in 1968. Soon after arriving, he
produced Tyrannosaurus Rex's My
People Were Fair... and Prophets, Seers
And Sages albums, followed by David
Bowie's 'Space Oddity' in 1969. The
work with Marc Bolan continued through
classic records such as Electric Warrior
and The Slider, while that with Bowie
took in the likes of The Man Who Sold
The World, Diamond Dogs, Young Amer-
icans, and the 'Berlin trilogy' of Low,
Heroes and Lodger (although Low was
actually recorded in France).
For a short time early on, Bowie and
Visconti had shared a flat in Beckenham,
Kent, with girlfriends and band mem-
bers, yet by the late '70s their friendship
had become, to quote the producer,
"more pragmatic than idealistic", while
their working relationship continued to
flourish. "David's way of thinking is
extremely different from most human
beings, while mine is very practical,"
Visconti remarks. "So, we got on really
great in the studio."
Nevertheless, after 1980's Scary Mon-
sters (And Super Creeps), Bowie and
Visconti didn't collaborate on another
major new album project for more than
two decades. They ended their hiatus
with Heathen in 2002, and joined forces
again for Bowie's most recent album
Reality, as described in SOS
October 2003 (read the arti-
cle on-line at www.soundon-
sound.com/sos/oct03/arti-
cles/reality.htm).
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A New Life In A New Town
1977 was a busy year for
David Bowie. He produced
Iggy Pop's records The Idiot
and Lust For Life, toured
anonymously as Iggy's key-
board player, made a film
appearance alongside Marlene
Dietrich and Kim Novak in
Just A Gigolo, and narrated
Eugene Ormandy's version of
Peter And The Wolf. After
relocating to Berlin following
the release of his avant-pop
opus Station To Station the
previous year, he began
straightening out from a coke
addiction, studying art and
immersing himself in
Euro-expressionist,
synth-based music. Accord-
ingly, early 1977 saw the
release of Low, Bowie's
experimental and highly
influential electronic album
which, courtesy of his collab-
oration with Brian Eno — an
acquaintance from Bowie's
Ziggy Stardust days, when
Roxy Music were his opening
act — fused mainstream pop
with the avant garde, and he
"Working with Bowie is much more
than going to a studio," asserts
Tony Visconti. "It's a social event,
too. We would eat together, go to
shows together, go to clubs togeth-
er, and really soak in the local
culture. That was always his way of
working, and Berlin was perfect for
him in terms of what he wanted at
that time. It was a stark, scary
place, yet it had a very exciting
nightlife, with exotic locales such
as the Turkish quarter, and it was
swarming with artists like Tanger-
ine Dream, who were friends of
ours. David was writing with Brian
Eno back then, and the three of us
got on really great.
classic heroes cd.s
"Since Station To Station, David
had been working with a rhythm
section consisting of Carlos Alomar
on guitar, George Murray on bass
and Dennis Davis on drums. All
three were amazing musicians.
You'd just throw a few chord
changes at them and they'd run
with it. Carlos, especially, could
whip up these little instant licks
that would gel the whole thing
together — he's a rhythm guitarist
extraordinaire, and his lead playing
ain't so bad either. Bowie and he
would bounce off each other bril-
liantly — Carlos might come up
with the germ of a part, and then
Bowie would help him elaborate,
but once the two of them began
7. Richard Dowell
Packaging Design
No Bull BBQ Sauce
Adobe Illustrator
Packaging Design
Package Design for No Bull
BBQ Sauce with carrier.
Packaging Design for No Bull
BBQ Sauce. 4 different varieties
of sauces. With a gift box carrier
and set.
8. Richard Dowell
T-Shirt Illustration
Asher Gemini
Adobe Illustrator
Josh Asher
T- Shirt Design for recording artist
Asher Gemini
T-Shirt Design for a recording
artist that he commissioned me to
do for him.
9. Richard Dowell
Poster Design
Cryptic Wisdom Spread The Illness
Adobe Illustrator
Cryptic Wisdom
Poster design for national recording
artist Cryptic WIsdom.
Commissioned poster illustration for record-
ing artist Cryptic Wisdom. This is going to
be part of his upcoming merchandise for his
new album.
Spread The Illness
2015 US TOUR
10. Richard Dowell
Advertising Design
web promotional
Holiday Sale Promo
Adobe Photoshop
Cryptic Wisdom
Holiday Sale for 2015 for online
promotion.
Online promotion material for
social media. Helping him promote
a sale for the holidays on tracks
featuring him.
11. Richard Dowell
Sticker Design / Product packaging
Adobe Illustrator
Downriver Meds
Sticker designs for packaging for Downriver
Meds in Detroit Michigan to help label the
strains and extracts in the medical marijua-
na industry.
13. Richard Dowell
Logo Design Adobe Illustrator
Richard Dowell
Logo redesign for myself. Plan on
using this to illustration signatures
for my own personal work.
Online promotion and design work.
Letter Head with logo
Business card
14. Richard DowellRichard Dowell
TTechicolor Visionse
Spray paint and acrylic
Painting
Commissioned painting
done for a friend she
wanted bright vivid
colors in a street art feel.
