Friday, January 31, 2025

A Second Look at Older Work - The Rollbots Attack Derby Poster

This coming June will mark twenty years for me in the gaming industry, and this is also my twenty-fifth year as a working artist. I have made a lot of work over these years, and as I focus on larger projects with multi-year timelines, it is hard to keep this blog updated regularly. I have kept this thing going since 2009, and I would like for it to continue. To that end, I thought I would look back at works I particularly liked, enjoyed making, or seemed to fall through the cracks and went unnoticed.

Today, I have for you one of the roller derby posters that I made fifteen years ago. This is easily my favorite and the one that was also a fan favorite. It is hard to imagine that fifteen years ago, I had enough time in my schedule to allow me the freedom to take on projects like this to help out the local team. The local team has changed a lot over the years, and they neither do posters like this nor play locally due to a lack of venues. That said, we love roller derby in our house, and it was great to support our friends and the team when we could. You can read all about the work that went into the poster, shirt, and the process of it here on the blog.

Rollbots Attack poster (11 x 17)
Title only
© 2010 Christopher Burdett

Rollbots Attack poster (11 x 17)
Clean art
© 2010 Christopher Burdett

Rollbots Attack poster (11 x 17)
Final with text
© 2010 Christopher Burdett

Rollbots Attack handout (8.5 x 11)
Final with text
© 2010 Christopher Burdett

Rollbots Attack handout (8.5 x 11)
Final with text
© 2010 Christopher Burdett

It took a significant amount of reference, work, and more work to get this one across the finish line. Everything was in my wheelhouse save for the Rollbot - which is the main focus of this piece. But thanks to some really good reference thanks to my wife, we have this image.  

That's all for another exciting week on the blog. See you back here next week! Until then...

For more samples of my work or to contact me regarding my availability, head over to my website: www.christopherburdett.com

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