Working with Lionsgate Films\u2019 marketing chief Tim Palen, that Evans describes as \u201can amazingly creative guy who comes up with ideas that make work fun,\u201d Evans\/TAZ is responsible for designing a series of 200 limited edition collectible posters for SAW and SAW II.\u00a0 Silkscreened by Rolo Castillo, this particular creative venture, beginning in 2004, actually brought together the original TAZ team. \u00a0Implementing Palen\u2019s concept of designing a special limited edition collection of silkscreen prints using iconic imagery from SAW and SAW II, and dispersing the prints to filmmakers, distributors, et al, these original signed posters have become rare and cherished bits of design and film ephemera.<\/p>\n Though Evans\u2019s digital design company Division 13 worked on the marketing for many of the SAW films, This past October, in honor of Halloween and a decade after the first poster\u2019s inception, Evans\/TAZ and Palen revisited their original SAW revelation. \u00a0Available for just one week only, the film\u2019s theatrical re-release obviously needed a new collectible horror poster to honor the SAW 10th<\/sup> Anniversary event.\u00a0 A number of artists were commissioned to recreate the original SAW poster in any style they chose, and Jim Evans\/TAZ<\/p>\n and Palen, working together again, reinterpreted the classic SAW head clamp, known as \u201cThe Death Mask\u201d or \u201cVenus Fly Trap,\u201d a recognizable torture device not unlike the medieval \u201cIron Maiden.\u201d (See this SAW 10th<\/sup> Anniversary TAZ poster below.)<\/p>\n The SAW series isn\u2019t over yet \u2013 more gore\u2019s to come in 2015, in the way of the \u201cSAW VIII.\u201d\u00a0 More gore and, perhaps, more fantastic, unforgettable TAZ designs along with it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jim Evans, founder of the T.A.Z. collaboration, which created hundreds of rock gig posters, record sleeves, and rock ephemera,\u00a0has been working on new posters including his recent double sided Limited Edition signed and numbered T.A.Z. Pearl Jam poster.<\/p>\n But Jim and T.A.Z. have been working behind the scenes creating unique posters for a number of film studios. \u00a0Here are a few that stand out:<\/span><\/p>\n The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/strong> The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have always been a cool comic myth, and represent the kind of characters that an artist loves to have a chance at interpreting. When Paramount called and told me about their idea for the Legend of the Yokai, I got pretty excited. They wanted a number of different artists to visualize one of the more nobel aspects of the Turtles. \u00a0I choose brotherhood, and took the opportunity to pay homage to my favorite pop poster artist Tadanori Yokoo with a wild psychedelic design.<\/p>\n Saw<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0Lionsgate 10th anniversary release of the film Saw as designed by T.A.Z. \u00a0If you like Saw or if you’re a fan of horror films, try these<\/a><\/p>\n T.A.Z. works with Beck and L7<\/strong> click here<\/a>\u00a0to see the complete collection of T.A.Z. work<\/p>\n Continue to follow this blog for updates on TAZ.<\/p>\n Sign-up for our\u00a0newsletter<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>and get\u00a0news, updates and special offers<\/p>\n Limited Runs, the premier destination for discovering and buying the best in original vintage posters, print art and fine art photography, continues to add new items to the site every day and each week we feature some of our latest additions of original vintage film, advertising and rock posters, art prints and photography.<\/p>\n Follow Limited Runs on:<\/p>\n \u00a0The SAW and TAZ adventure is one that goes a decade deep. \u00a0For this famously gruesome horror film, Jim Evans\/TAZ brought the iconic, devilishly cruel clown puppet to life in his chilling poster interpretation for the film\u2019s initial release back in 2004.\u00a0 From that day onward, this familiar, rather terrifying image of the SAW clown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3025"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3025"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8976,"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3025\/revisions\/8976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/clown_saw4-sm1.jpg\" "\\"SAW")
<\/a>\u00a0For this famously gruesome horror film, Jim Evans\/TAZ brought the iconic, devilishly cruel clown puppet to life in his chilling poster interpretation for the film\u2019s initial release back in 2004.\u00a0 From that day onward, this familiar, rather terrifying image of the SAW clown became enmeshed in pop culture – emblazoned across t-shirts, hoodies, tanks, and, of course, posters.<\/p>\n<\/a>including websites, ads, and viral marketing, he did not produce any artwork for SAW III and SAW IV. \u00a0He did, however, create a couple images for SAW V, which ran as limited edition giclee prints rather than silkscreens.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0November 24, 2014<\/em><\/h4>\n
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