Hello. I’m Jeremy Carrus, “Jerm,” a St. Louis–based artist specializing in hand-drawn poster art and illustration. You can call me Poster Man for The People!

I’ve created personal posters inspired by artists like Alice Cooper, Collective Soul, Lady Gaga, GWAR, Viagra Boys, and many others. At the core, I just love making hand-drawn art that feels alive. Ink, paper, and intention. Once the drawing is inked and colored, I scan it and use Photoshop for the final tweaks before sending it off to print. Through it all, I try to keep the hand-drawn aspect front and center.

I’ve been drawing stuff by hand since I was a kid. Filling pages, chasing ideas, figuring things out line by line, piece by piece. That path eventually led me into design, where I spent numerous years building digital experiences. Over time, though, I felt the pull back toward something more tactile and honest, so I returned to pen and paper.

Now, every mark matters. Every line and every color is deliberate. There’s no undo button, only decisions in that moment. Accidents happen, but they become part of the story. I make the call, I stand by it, and it becomes part of the work. There’s no red tape between the art and the music. No one to question every aspect of the artist’s vision. Just raw intent and forward motion.

One of the questions I get asked most is whether my posters are “official.” As a music fan myself, I completely understand that mindset. We all want to know we’re getting something connected to or created by the band and the experience we care about. Shit, I still stand in line two hours beforehand to get a poster. I get it. But that’s not my goal. My goal is to make something no one sees coming. Something that connects with other fans who love music and art.

The truth is, sometimes the work becomes official for a show and sometimes it doesn’t. Either way, I approach every piece with the same level of care and professionalism. Instead of trying to create what I think the band would want, I focus on making artwork from my own interpretation of the music and the cultural atmosphere surrounding it. Every poster becomes a way for me to translate what I hope that live show feels like through my own creative lens.

So why give away 10 posters at every show? Because I love the connection it creates with other fans. There’s something special about surprising someone with a piece of art they weren’t expecting. I love that small moment becoming part of their memory from that night. It turns the poster into something more than merchandise. It becomes part of what they remember from that night.

I’m a lot of things, and maybe someday I’ll share the full list. For now, I’ll leave you with this: I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.

If something here resonates with you, whether you’ve got a question or a project in mind, I’m always up for a conversation.

-Jerm 🤘