Meet the Ticket Designer
Burning Man 2011 Ticket
If you were among those who purchased Burning Man tickets since they went on sale on January 19th, you’ve likely gotten your ticket to paradise in the mail already, or are about to.
We thought you’d be interested to know a little about this year’s ticket designer. Andrew Jones is a long-time Burner, professional artist and cultural instigator from the Bay Area who constantly innovates his craft and pushes the boundaries between technology and art. He’s passionate about sharing his gifts with his community.
Unlike some digital artists, Andrew uses technology as an accelerator for his visions, rather than a crutch for his limitations. He uses Photoshop, Painter and a Wacom tablet as effortlessly as the rest of us use our hands, and he uses them to incredible effect, manifesting stunning compositions of visual stream-of-consciousness, seamlessly mixing sweeping gestures with intensive detail and powerful imagery.
Andrew chose to have this year’s ticket image tell the story of Burning Man as a rite of passage. It’s the story each of us experiences as Burning Man makes its indelible mark on our lives. When you get your ticket, take a close look at the detail therein … it’s pretty amazing.
To see more of Andrew’s work, and to learn about his incredible Phadroid live painting performances, visit his website.
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February 8th, 2011 at 5:06 pm
I was totally admiring the details in the cars on the ticket this year. I think the coolest thing on this years ticket is the embossed 25 year anniversary element and it is a nice safety feature too. My only question is about the city and the line. I hope we don’t have a huge line still when the city is already that established. Then again, the way tickets sold out we might be in that very situation.
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February 8th, 2011 at 5:37 pm
thanks for revealing the artist! enjoyed admiring them with the fireball in my mouth :)
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February 8th, 2011 at 6:54 pm
Coolest ticket ever. Truly awesome design.
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February 8th, 2011 at 7:41 pm
so many of us have been talking about how cool it is this year! Really love it, and thank you for that! Something about that fireball now ain’t there!?
Thanks also for sharing this insite to the design with us.
See you on the funway!
Stop by and fly a kite with us if you will. . .
Tell ‘em Paper sent you!
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February 9th, 2011 at 6:02 pm
Looks great, but wish there was a higher res version to appreciate.
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February 10th, 2011 at 11:51 am
Yes, I agree with John Peck. I hi res version would be great.
I LOVE this ticket design.
The transformation of shadow to light is beautifully illustrated.
This describes EVERY year on the playa for me.
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February 14th, 2011 at 10:48 am
I second John Peck’s request. The ticket art would be wonderful to appreciate in detail and would be a great iPhone Wallpaper to remind us how lucky we are, and going to be, for the next six months. We look forward to the post. Thanks
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February 15th, 2011 at 8:35 pm
I don’t know if I broke any rules, but I scanned the ticket to post to Flickr as the first in a Burning Man set.
I will happily email anyone who wants a high-res version for a wall paper or Tumblr/blog post.
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February 18th, 2011 at 5:04 pm
When our tickets arrived,,, we were just in awe of the detail in the artwork. Looking outside now as it snows,,, this website warms me up a little. See you on the playa.
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March 17th, 2011 at 8:53 pm
I was wondering if there’s a gallery of past tickets that anyone has heard of, I’d love to see some of the older designs too
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May 30th, 2011 at 11:56 am
Burning men tickets is always famous among all of us, we love the ticket. I want to see some older tickets too.
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September 28th, 2011 at 7:23 am
Burning men tickets is always famous among all of us, we love the ticket.was wondering if there’s a gallery of past tickets that anyone has heard of, I’d love to see some of the older designs too
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