Fantastic printed gig posters from Dutch illustration student Douwe Dijkstra

Date
6 October 2014

It’s comforting to see the resurgence in the physical aspects of music. There was a moment a few years back when gig posters and witty, well-crafted promotional material seemed to be confined solely to the world wide web, which made every poster that was actually printed on paper something of a novelty. Not any more though: we’re receiving and finding so many illustrators now whose portfolios are chock full of variations on the humble gig poster and they are brilliant. Today we thought we’d champion this theme with Dutch illustration student Douwe Dijkstra. His visual interpretations of bands such as The Growlers and Losers are taking the stylistic qualities of early 1990s gig posters and infusing them with a modern style to make some seriously nick-able printed matter. Keep up the great work, Douwe!

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Douwe Dijkstra: Poster for Losers

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Douwe Dijkstra: Poster for Delain

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Douwe Dijkstra: Poster for Helmet.

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Douwe Dijkstra: Poster for The Growlers, printed at noorderzon 2014.

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Douwe Dijkstra: Untitled

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Douwe Dijkstra: Poster for Vera

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Douwe Dijkstra: Illustration for an exhibition about battle

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Douwe Dijkstra: My entry for the VPRO Gids cover competition. The theme was “Do it yourself.”

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Liv Siddall

Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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