JOLBY SITE COMING SOON!

Hello everyone I know we have been lagging on updates but we have great news. Jolby & Friends will be launching in the next couple of weeks and we are super stoked about what our great friend Chris Forrette did with the site. We'll still have the blog but now we will be able to show our Jolby work a little more professional. Oh and the & image above is our new logo, we hope you like =).

The artwork for the show is going great and we will be showing alot of sneak peeks of the pieces in the coming weeks. Please keep coming back, commenting and telling your friends about Jolby. Thanks!

New Sanna Annuka Prints!

An illustrator we admire, Sanna Annukka, has some new prints up for sale on her site. We've been waiting a while for her to post some new goodies.

Artists We Love: Mike Perry

Mike Perry just launched mikeperrystudio.com filled with new personal and commercial works. I love how free-form his style is and how he buttons-it-up for his clients. Enjoy it and happy Friday.

Tangible Worldwide Launches Store

Most of you who read our blog know that Josh and I work during the day as an Art Director team for Tangible Worldwide. Tangible just launched its online store where you can order some of our tees, prints, goccos, and even holiday cards. Many of the products have been Jolby-fied. All orders are shipping by December 24th. Get it on.

"Home Is Where You Make It" Jolby's First Solo Art Show Announcement

"Home Is Where You Make It" New Works by Jolby (Josh Kenyon & Colby Nichols)

February 21st - March 22nd Opening Reception: Saturday, February 21st, 6-10pm at Subtext Gallery in San Diego, CA.

In their first solo show, Jolby’s work takes us on the journey of a boy named William who, after suffering a great loss, leaves his familiar town of Seaside to discover what “home” really means inside the depths of an aging forest. Throughout this story we are introduced to a detailed world filled with odd characters, illustrious patterns, vibrant colors, and hand-rendered type. The show tells this imaginative story using a variety of mediums including screen prints, paintings, drawings, and even detailed handmade plush dolls contributed by Jill and Erin Lynch’s (Dolls for Friends). Reflecting on their recent life experiences, the “Home is Where You Make it” story has been inspired by the artists’ pasts and deals with love, hope, depression, faith, isolation, acceptance, and re-birth.

Josh Kenyon and Colby Nichols have been labeled “the illustrative monster that is Jolby” and have been working together on various projects since their first collaboration in 2005. The two combine their talents through Colby’s obsession with drawing creatures and shapes while adding Josh’s love for pattern and texture to create a look that is purely “Jolby.”

Above is our first piece tentatively-titled "Once More". More info on Subtext's blog. We will be posting updates of this show until it opens in Feb and we are very excited to be sharing this with you.

Jolby's Top 10 Albums of 2008

We thought it would be fun for the month of December to re-cap some of our favorite things of 2008 before the New Year begins. This installment is our favorite albums that were released in 2008.

Josh's Favorites:
1. Thrice - "The Alchemy Index"
2. Kings of Leon - "Only By The Night"
3. Anathallo - "Canopy Glow"
4. Colour Revolt - "Plunder, Beg and Curse"
5. Coldplay - "Viva La Vida"
6. Emery - "While Broken Hearts Prevail"
7. Mock Orange - "Captain Love"
8. Underoath - "Lost In The Sound of Separation"
9. Bayside - "Shudder"
10. Copeland - "You Are My Sunshine"

Colby's Favorites:
1. Anathallo - "Canopy Glow"
2. Transfer - "Sunken Eyes EP"
3. Kings Of Leon - "Only By The Night"
4. The Mars Volta - "The Bedlam in Goliath"
5. Protest the Hero - "Fortress"
6. Bullets in Madison - "If I Were A Neutron Star"
7. Black Mountain - "In the Future"
8. Maps & Atlases - "You and Me and the Mountain"
9. Colour Revolt - "Plunder, Beg, And Curse"
10. Emery - "While Broken Hearts Prevail EP"

Pics from House Industries Show @ Subliminal

See them here & here. Make sure you button your pants before you design-gasm over this fontastic show. We hope you all had a great Turkey Day.

New Work: "Thank You, Ashley"

This is a piece I just finished for Ashley Forrette for all of her excellent work on the photos she shot for my portfolio a bajillion years ago (yea I know I lag). Her and her husband, Chris were out in Portland over the weekend and we had a good time. Cheers guys. The piece is a 12"x12" inkjet print. 

Buy the Jolby "Shelf Life" Art Online

Our art from the "Shelf Life" show @ Together Gallery is now up for sale on the gallery's site. Go snag them arts and shred your face!

Music That Will Blow Your Mind: Anathallo "Canopy Glow"

Yesterday, Anathallo released their latest album titled Canopy Glow. It seems that every album these talented musicians create one-ups their previous efforts which is nothing short of amazing. Canopy Glow is brilliant story-telling through an eclectic mix of sounds and instruments that will truly blow your mind. If we were going to recommend to you something new to do this week, we would recommend spending some time with this album.

SISA Zine

So I have been working really hard on finishing my zine so I can start on Jolby's first show. Here is the cover of the zine which is called SISA. Sisa is Balinese for "balance" and is the theme for the zine. It's illustrations(by me) and words(by my wife) about the inspiration of finding balance in Bali.

Daytum: Organize Your Data

We are definite fans of Nicholas Felton (Feltron) and when we saw he was allowing the rest of us to organize our daily consumptions and doings online via his inspired look we peed a little. I've been messing around a bit with Daytum and it's proven to be a lot of fun and well put together. They are currently giving out beta invites to those interested.

New Graduate Tracks

Our great friends The Graduate have just put up 2 new songs for you to download and enjoy free of charge. They are re-visits of 2 tracks off of their last release, Anhedonia. Download and enjoy the gnar.

Nov 7: Ashley Forrette Photo Show

A great friend of ours, Ashley Forrette is showing some of her beautiful photography work November 7th at The Surface Gallery in Bakersfield, CA.  Ashley did a killer job shooting my portfolio a few months back and she has an incredible eye. She's currently slammed with photography work, so book her while you can. More show info here.

!BARACK OBAMA!

Last night was one of the greatest nights of my life. My wife has been a full time intern for Obama's campaign and I got to go to the HQ before the rally and let me say to see the people that have worked so hard for this campaign be rewarded was an amazing sight that will always stick with me. And I go to see Spike Lee which was rad haha. We then went to Grant Park along with 125,000 others to see OBAMA WIN!!!! Amazing night ever more amazing future.

"Shelf Life" Opening

Shelf Life at Together Gallery opened last night and it's an awesome show. Thanks to the Together family for the invite and for letting me do the window display for the show. More pics here. Happy Halloween kids. Anyone doing anything redick?

We are also searching for a San Diego videographer for a top-secret-you-dont-have-the-security-clearance-on-a-need-to-know-basis-gnar project. Email us if you know a dude or girly that fits the description.

"Shelf Life" tonight at Together Gallery in Portland

Just a reminder kids! "Shelf Life" opens tonight at Together Gallery in Portland, OR. Visit their site for the address. A must-see show if you're in town. Work from Josh and I, Andy Mueller, Matt Stephens, Mark Warren Jaques, Jean Jullien, and much more. See you there!

!VOTE!VOTE!VOTE!

BANDS THAT WILL ROCK YOUR FACE: Emery's New EP

I believe this is the first time we have posted about a band twice, but it's is worth it I promise. Emery is a rock band that has a little bit of everything. Colby and I have been fans of this band for many years and we both agree that what we have heard from there new EP "While Broken Hearts Prevail" sounds like that best album yet. You can listen to two new songs on their purevolume page. I would suggest listening to "The Smile, The Face" first, it's a great representation of the bands sound and the screaming in it is amazing. Buy the cd don't steal it.

Parra X Incase X Arkitip

Parra, Amsterdam-based illustrator of awesomeness, shows off his new collab with Arkitip and Incase where they produced a iPhone case and 15" MacBook case with his art. Check the video for a nice dose of Monday inspiration. Always great to get inside the heads of other artists.