Jay Ryan is your favourite band’s favourite poster artist. Since his start in the 90s, Jay’s art style has been mimic’d by the best of the best. Jay discusses the early days of poster design, screen printing, gigposters.com, flatstock, handmade lettering, working for his favourite bands, and a ton more. When it comes to music poster design there is no one more knowledgable or experienced than Jay Ryan – he’s also incredibly funny and we had an amazing time talking shop with him.
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46:30 – Gigposters.com was a site created by Clayton Hayes to showcase his collection of posters and quickly became the main global source and meeting spot for posters artists from all corners of the planet. For many years it was the central hub of all things to do with this business. Then one day it went away, never to return.
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