&1 Jolby Zine Preview

Here is one of the first pages we finished for our zine. You may be asking "Why does it say Sickle with a pickle under it?" Well, Sickle Pickle is something Colby and I have been saying for a long time, it's our way of saying "that's cool/awesome/rad/tubular". Keep checking back for more previews and news.

Tone Matrix

So I think I have found something that I would be happy to waste all my time doing. Tone Matrix might be the coolest thing I have ever seen on the internet. Andre Michelle is the genius behind this and should win an award for the funniest game/music maker. If you want to send something make to a friend, right click over the squares with the tones you made and copy and then all they have to do is paste over the squares. Have fun.

Comment on the Blog and Get Free Jolby Art!

Hey kids! We are really glad that there's a frequent amount of traffic on our blog and we enjoy keeping you all updated with the latest from us and the art world in general. To spice things up a bit, we're rolling out something new:

Every month we're gonna be giving one lucky commenter a piece of Jolby art. It could be a print, something from our Etsy store, or even an original inking that's been lying around, who knows! All you have to do is comment on a post within the month and we'll enter you in that month's raffle. The more you comment, the more chances you have to get some free arts.

Get your comments-on and thanks for reading!

Coming Soon: &1

Josh and I are working on the first Jolby zine which will be titled "&1: Jolby all the Time" and has no release date as of yet, but we wanted to show you a sneak peak at the cover. The zine will be filled with all of the wackiness that makes Jolby what it is. Some ideas we have include fighting bananas, a truly Sickle Pickle, and killer boomerangs.

Jolby Goods?

We are excited to announce that our Etsy store is up and running. We put up the remaining work from the "Home is Where You Make it" show and a new set of prints as well. We will be trying to put as much new products as we can so keep checking back for more updates. Spread the Jolby butter around the world! Thanks

Steven Harrington mix free download

Steven Harrington, Incase, and Arkitip have teamed up once again to release an exclusive mix for your ears. Featuring hand picked tracks from Steven's personal collection, Bang-Ga-Wrong is a 45-minute mix of early Jamaican dancehall, dub and roots reggae reworked and mixed with help from Andrew Miller. While we're not the biggest fans of this style of music, its really cool to see this team up and we love the graphic on the vinyl. Check it out here.

New Work: the Graduate Tee & Tote

We just finished this tee & tote design for our good pals the Graduate that will soon be sold on their merch site and at select shows. There will be both guys and girls-colored tees as well as a the tote (black). We've been experimenting with this style of composition that's new for us. Trip out!

Artists We Love: Mark Warren Jacques

A good friend of ours, Mark Warren Jacques is currently blowing minds in between some West Coast shows, but hails from Portland, OR. He is part owner of Together Gallery (and is one of Together's amazing artists) and we really enjoy his work. Check it out. He also makes one hell of a coffee.

Mark Warren Jacques Solo Exhibition
Little Bird Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Opening Reception Friday, April 11th, 2009.

Jen Stark Will Blow Your MIND

I'm sure many of you have heard of Jen Stark and her amazing vision to see beyond a piece of paper and create a visual eyegasm of paper sculptures. Well we just found out about her and can't believe that she can do this out of paper. We are officially in love with her work. Enjoy

Alberto Cerriteño @ Artful Goods 4/3

Local Portland artist Alberto Cerriteño will be unveiling his latest works at Artful Goods this week and we are excited for it. I don't think the above vinyl is part of his show, but who ever owns it is a lucky chap.

Artful Goods

Date: Friday, April 3, 2009

Time: 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Artful Goods, 1233 SW 10th Ave. Portland, OR

Preview of Josh's Bali Inspired Zine

My wife and I went to Bali this past October and while we were there I pretty much fell in love with the island and the culture. I decided when I got back to make a zine about what I was search for and what I found and now 6 months later still isn't done =). But I decided to put up a mini preview of the work on my site. Thanks

The Graduate TShirt Design Contest

Our awesome friends The Graduate are having a tshirt design contest and want to create some new tees designed by you. They are going to select 2 winners and will put the tees up for purchase when their merch store goes live. There's no real deadline for the contest, but once they get the designs they want they'll start printin'. You'll also win some cool prizes if your design gets picked. Who doesn't love cool prizes? Click here for more info and how to submit. 

The Damnwells, Free and Amazing

The Damnwells have been one of my favorite bands for many years. Their debut album "Air Stereo" is still my favorite album to drive to and I could sit and listen to it for hours. As I was listening to a song yesterday while spring cleaning =( I wondered when they were touring again and discovered they just released a new album online for FREE.

The new album is titled "One Last Century" and you can download it free here. The new album stays on the same track as their last effort and is equally as good if not in ways better. I would describe them as a rock/folk/awesome but I don't really know if that is the best description. It's free so download and take a listen and then go see them live then email them and say"hey you should have Jolby do some design work for you guys". Have a good Monday.

Powell's Books now selling "Wolf Am I"

It feels pretty good to announce that Powell's Books is now selling my "Wolf Am I" zine at their Burnside location in Portland, OR. For those unfamiliar with the awesomeness of Powell's, it is the largest independent new and used bookstore in the world and occupies a full city block. Being a Portland-er myself, it's great to have this zine being carried at such a well-known book store. In other zine news, Josh is working on one right now that is sure to blow your mind and make you want to purchase a penis car. Have a good weekend.

Work in Progress: Tangible PDX Mural

For Tangible's new Portland office, Jolby is painting this mural that spans four pretty gigantic walls. In the comp (the above is just a digital comp) we wanted to include Portland things in a subtle way (like coffee, lumberjacks, flannel, trees, beer, rain, bikes, and donuts). Josh will have to get his ass to Portland from Chicago so we can paint this and rumor has it he will be riding his land-shark to get here. Go Silver Birds!

Vote Earth - Earth Hour March 28th, 2009

We don't really ever post about any politics or news on our blog (unless it's about a new typeface or something) but we felt this was something important to us and we wanted to make sure you knew and take part. This Saturday March 28th at 8:30pm local time will be Earth Hour. Put together by the WWF(not the wrestling federation) with the goal to have 1 billion households and business around the world switch off their lights for one hour to help fight global warming."Earth Hour began in Sydney in 2007, when 2.2 million homes and businesses switched off their lights for one hour. In 2008 the message had grown into a global sustainability movement, with 50 million people switching off their lights."

It's an hour come on switch off the lights and play wigi board or something. You know if Captain Planet were still around he would punch you in the jeans if you did help out.

"Where the Wild Things Are" trailer

Holy poops this is going to be amazing!

New Work, New Site

So last week we started putting content in our new website and it's starting to look like a website finally. Take a look around, send us emails, buy us flowers, you know have some fun. We are also getting ready to launch our etsy store so look out for that.

Home is Where You Make it closes Sunday!

Our show at Subtext ends this Sunday March 22nd to make way for our good friend Andy Holder's show, so make sure you catch "Home is Where You Make it" if you haven't stopped by. We have a few great pieces left, including the amazing plushs' by DFF, so snatch them up while you can. Click here for info on the show and a list of what pieces are left. If you did purchase something, you can pick it up starting Monday. We will be doing more shows in the future, possibly including a sequel to this show... 

We are Obsessed with: Ffffound

I think Josh and I spend way too much time on ffffound, and by that I mean it's an endless pit of inspiration and is constantly giving. It's interesting to watch these image bookmarking sites turn into the new hot shit. It's replaced my urge to open something like Print's Design Annual when in need of some quick stimuli. Definitely a trend to watch. Now if we could just get an invite...

Ffffound.com