BenKocinski @Gmail.com Illustration and Design Hardcore

26th May 2012

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Illustration I finished up for a friends band recently.

Illustration I finished up for a friends band recently.

2nd May 2012

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Illustration I recently did for Hardside for both a shirt and their album release show poster.

Illustration I recently did for Hardside for both a shirt and their album release show poster.

17th March 2012

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Quick sketch I did and threw into Illustrator. Haven’t done anything unrelated to hardcore in a while so this was a fun little project.

Quick sketch I did and threw into Illustrator. Haven’t done anything unrelated to hardcore in a while so this was a fun little project.

24th February 2012

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Client: Adam DegrossTechnique: Hand drawn and inked, then brought into photoshop for cleaning up and color.
My band is breaking up after being together since 2006. It is a bummer to me, but excited to start a new chapter of life. Here is the flyer I drew up for the show. I haven’t been doing much color lately, so I decided I would color this one. I love how it turned out.
Mobb Deep is by far my favorite hip hop group, and there is that song Cold World has where they reference Mobb Deep’s “Survival of the Fittest.” The line is “There’s a war going on outside no man is safe from.” I wanted to use that line for the concept for this flyer. I am not usually politically fueled, but lately it seems like there is unrest between the police and the public, and so that is the war going on outside I wanted to portray.

Client: Adam Degross
Technique: Hand drawn and inked, then brought into photoshop for cleaning up and color.

My band is breaking up after being together since 2006. It is a bummer to me, but excited to start a new chapter of life. Here is the flyer I drew up for the show. I haven’t been doing much color lately, so I decided I would color this one. I love how it turned out.

Mobb Deep is by far my favorite hip hop group, and there is that song Cold World has where they reference Mobb Deep’s “Survival of the Fittest.” The line is “There’s a war going on outside no man is safe from.” I wanted to use that line for the concept for this flyer. I am not usually politically fueled, but lately it seems like there is unrest between the police and the public, and so that is the war going on outside I wanted to portray.

4th February 2012

Question

willrudlin asked: what programs do you use ?

For my artwork? I do the vast majority of my projects with a pen and a piece of paper, then when I am done drawing the illustrations by hand, I bring them into my computer to do clean up work in Photoshop.

2nd February 2012

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Client: Venia, Bent Life, Ill Intent, The Beautiful OnesTechnique: Hand drawn and inked, then brought into photoshop for cleaning up.
Really upset that my band had to drop off this tour. Losing members is always a really difficult thing, but we are still working on our new LP, and the material is coming out better than I expected. On another note, this tour is still happening without us, and all the bands have new material out that is undeniably incredible. Be sure to hit up one of these gigs.

Client: Venia, Bent Life, Ill Intent, The Beautiful Ones
Technique: Hand drawn and inked, then brought into photoshop for cleaning up.

Really upset that my band had to drop off this tour. Losing members is always a really difficult thing, but we are still working on our new LP, and the material is coming out better than I expected. On another note, this tour is still happening without us, and all the bands have new material out that is undeniably incredible. Be sure to hit up one of these gigs.

2nd February 2012

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Client: Hardside (San Antonio Hardcore on 6131 Records) Technique: Hand drawn and inked, then brought into photoshop for cleaning up.
Made this design for the back of a windbreaker. Be sure to check out Hardside’s upcoming LP when it drops on 6131 Records later this year. I got a chance to hear a track, and it’s really good. Made a lot of progress since their 7” dropped a while back.

Client: Hardside (San Antonio Hardcore on 6131 Records)
Technique: Hand drawn and inked, then brought into photoshop for cleaning up.

Made this design for the back of a windbreaker. Be sure to check out Hardside’s upcoming LP when it drops on 6131 Records later this year. I got a chance to hear a track, and it’s really good. Made a lot of progress since their 7” dropped a while back.

2nd February 2012

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Client: FocusedxMinds, Out Of Time, Another MistakeTechnique: Hand drawn and inked, then brought into photoshop for cleaning up.
FocusedxMinds approached me about doing this cover a few months ago. The cover features every member of the three bands on the split bugging out at a FocusedxMinds show. This piece was challenging because I had to try my best to make the people look like themselves, and I only personally know a handful of the members in these bands. Really happy with how this came out though. I did the layout as well for the release. Be sure to check it out as soon as it drops on 6131 Records later this year.

Client: FocusedxMinds, Out Of Time, Another Mistake
Technique: Hand drawn and inked, then brought into photoshop for cleaning up.

FocusedxMinds approached me about doing this cover a few months ago. The cover features every member of the three bands on the split bugging out at a FocusedxMinds show. This piece was challenging because I had to try my best to make the people look like themselves, and I only personally know a handful of the members in these bands. Really happy with how this came out though. I did the layout as well for the release. Be sure to check it out as soon as it drops on 6131 Records later this year.

23rd October 2011

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focusedxminds - edgeman

Client: FocusedxMinds (Milwaukee Hardcore on 6131 Records)
Technique: Hand drawn illustration. Cleaned up slightly in PS before being sent for print.

13th June 2011

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Venia - Skull

Client: Venia (Minneapolis Hardcore)
Technique: Hand drawn illustration. Cleaned up slightly in PS before being sent for print. Will be printed on limited edition jerseys and windbreakers for this years Cornerstone Fest.