Wednesday, February 18, 2009

3 Days: Finishing the Paintings


Josh and I arrived in San Diego yesterday and after stopping by Subtext we got right to work. We've got a lot of paintings to finish in the next few days and above is Josh smelling it up.
Today we're speaking at the Art Institute here in San Diego as well as seeing some old friends. More soon!

Monday, February 16, 2009

5 Days: Jolby Arrival & Gallery Preview


Most of you reading the updates know that Josh and I live pretty far from each other, but still manage to work together seamlessly through the wonders of the iPhone and the interwebs. We arrive in San Diego tomorrow and have plenty to do today in preparation. However, everything seems to be falling in place quite nicely.

Subtext has posted a short preview of the prints with a first look at pricing for the show. We definitely wanted the art to be accessible to everyone. Remember to check back all week for our posts 'til the show opens on Saturday.

Friday, February 13, 2009

8 Days: We Are Blogging Every Day Next Week!


Starting Monday February 16th, we are going to be blogging every day until the show opens the following Saturday bringing you updates from Subtext Gallery, our insanity trying to finish everything for the show, and even more sneak peaks. We've just begun to scratch the surface of the art of the show and we're expecting over 40 piece there, yet we've only previewed about 20! Sit tight kids!

Thursday, February 12, 2009

9 Days Remain: Dolls For Friends Sneak Peak


We got these awesome shots in the e-mails today from our collabers Dolls for Friends of the dolls they are creating for "Home is Where You Make it." This is just a peak at only three of the dolls they are hand-crafting based on our characters we use to tell the show's story. We are so excited to see the characters in plush form and to see them come to life!

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

11 Days Left: Sneak Peaks on JolbyandFriends.com


This one will be short and sweet! We just launched jolbyandfriends.com with a whole slew of preview goodness!


Don't worry though; this blog will still be very active. The site is just to catalog our work. Make sure you check back next week as we blog every day in prep for the opening next Saturday!

Monday, February 9, 2009

12 Days Left: Screen Printing with Keegan



Only 12 days left and we're updating this week with the screen prints for the show that are awaiting your eyeballs. The dude with the glasses above (who is ever-so-carefully registering the screen) is Keegan Onefoot who is 1/2 of Keegan Meegan Press & Bindery in Portland, OR. I got to spend a few hours this week with the pressman himself talking art, color, some politics, and coffee. He is an awesome guy and a great artist as well. I would recommend you contact him for any screen print or letterpress needs if you are in the area. Enjoy the process shots above and keep an eye out for a sneak peak link that should be going up soon with even more eyeball-teasers. Cheers kids!

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

18 Days Left: Dolls For Friends

We are collaborating with the amazingly talented team that is Erin & Jill Lynch who are better known as Dolls for Friends. They are a husband and wife design team who work as collaborators on a wide variety of art-based projects and have joined us to sew some custom dolls of our characters and objects as one-off art pieces for the show. They are two of the nicest people I've met in the NW and they are a blast to work with. Check out their awesome work and don't forget to visit their Etsy store.

(Note: the dolls below are not from our show, but are Erin & Jill's original creations).

Monday, February 2, 2009

19 Days Until the Show: Welcome to The Forest


We are two days away from finishing all 21 prints. It feels really good to see the story come to life and we are pretty excited to start on the paintings but nervous too. This weekend myself and a good friend Andy Roush were hard at work creating music for the show. Andy is an amazing composer and has been incredibly generous to make a 3 part song that follows the artwork from the show. Once it is done and we put up the preview of the show we will make the song downloadable so you can follow the story with the music. We should be getting some shots of the plush dolls very soon so look out for that.

This week's sneak peek are from the tree top forest. This is were William comes to find out home means to him. Enjoy and keep checking back. Also if you have a blog and will post anything about our show that would be amazing.

Monday, January 26, 2009

4 Weeks Until the Show: Creeping Out


Last time we sneak-peaked you William was in the Outskirts, a scary and dark part of the forest that he must brave through. We really reached deep and got creepy with this section of the show. Don't forget to RSVP!

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Heyo

Hey everyone. Just wanted to let you know that Josh and I are insanely busy working on the show, so posts here are going to be pretty bare besides the weekly sneak peak. We hope you guys are enjoying those posts and keep counting down with us. The show is just around the corner.

Monday, January 19, 2009

5 Weeks Until the Jolby Show: Our Process


5 weeks! Time is ticking away and here's another update. The sneak-peeks from this post are in the Outskirts of the forest. The Ouskirts are a sort of "limbo" area between William's birth place of Seaside and his destination of the lush, beautiful forest that his grandfather Danny has told him about since he was a little boy. This part of the story will be very dark and a nice departure for us stylistically.

A lot of people are asking about how we are collaborating on each piece and what our process has been like for the show. Well, since Josh and I are both in different States, working mostly digitally on the show was a must (there are paintings but they are coming later). The ideas for each piece come from both of us and usually one will start the idea and we'll both work on it until its there. Then we both sketch our parts of the piece. I have been drawing the characters/objects/towns and Josh has been drawing all of the patterns and the dream pieces and we both have been doing our share of the type (which is all hand-drawn). We then scan everything in, bring it into Photoshop to keep the quality of the line (no live-tracing), and start coloring. Josh finishes it all up by adding these insane textures that he makes by hand to everything that really completes each piece. So there you have it; A little insight into our process. 

Thursday, January 15, 2009

5.5 Weeks Till Jolby Show: Postcards



Being a mid-week post, I thought I'd add a half to the countdown. Above is the front and back flyer for our show featuring a better look at William's town of Seaside and a dream sequence (right half of the front of the flyer) of William and Danny's instruments dancing in the leaves of the forest.

If any of you's are on Facebook, you can find Josh and myself on there as well as join our group "Jolby & Friends." Add us as friends, sign up to attend the show, spread the love. Have a great weekend!

Monday, January 12, 2009

Jolby report: 6 weeks



6 weeks to go and we got a ton of stuff to do. We just finished the first of three sections of the story/show. Here's the breakdown: part 1 Seaside, part 2 the Outskirts and part 3 Tree Tops. We are super stoked with how the stuff is coming out and are excited to keep showing sneak peeks. Here are a couple; the first is from William's grandfather, Danny's, home. It's a wall of clocks that tell the tale of Danny. The second is from a dream piece when William is in the Outskirts. Through the show we will have dream pieces that will have this border effect around it. Enjoy and keep coming back.

Saturday, January 10, 2009

For Sale: "Shelf Life" Lettering


I just got these letters and small objects back that i painted for the "Shelf Life" show at Together Gallery in Portland, OR and they're up for sale. Everything you see in the pics is for sale either in a set or individually (but not the wood they are resting on). Each piece is hand-cut from 1/8th-inch thick illustration board and painted with acrylic and some silver pen details. Send me an email if you're interested. More pics on my site!

Thursday, January 8, 2009



Sorry it's been so long it's I have posted anything. I have had my hands full with a new member to my wife and I family. Meet Archie our new dog that we adopted last week. We have wanted a dog for a long time and I decided to get my wife a dog for xmas. Archie is amazing and we are having a blast training him except for the waking up at 6 am to walk him =). Why did we name him Archie you ask? Well I wanted to name him Archer after my favorite typeface but since it was my wife's gift we decided Archie was a cute version. I am sure I will be posting funny pics has he grows with our family but for now here are a couple.

Monday, January 5, 2009

Jolby Show Report: 7 Weeks


Hey kids. We'll be doing these weekly updates on our first solo show, "Home is Where You Make it." With each of these show reports we'll show some crops of the art as we're making it as well as a look into the story that we are telling. The boy in the owl suit is the main character of our story named William. The crop is from a piece showing us the town of Seaside, William's place of birth and where he has lived his whole life.

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Happy New Year


Happy New Year from Jolby! We are so excited moving into 2009 with what we're working on and where we are headed. Thanks to everyone for keeping up with our shenanigans and for all of your support.

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Rad Letterpress: Studio On Fire



Happy holidays everybody! Josh and I will both be with our families for the next few weeks and we hope all of you will be as well! See you in the new year!

Sunday, December 21, 2008

New Paintings: For Erik


I haven't done any chipboard paintings in a while, but I just finished this set this morning for a friend as an Xmas gift. They were fun and based off of an old idea he had that I decided to flush out. Click the image to see it much bigger.