John Muir

Everyone's favorite naturalist John Muir!

Monument Valley

Here's a quick study of some cool rock formations in Monument Valley, Utah.

--Justin

New Big Foot vs. Yeti T-Shirt

This new Big Foot vs. Yeti shirt design is now available on etsy. Check it out here!

--Justin

Now for Sale!

All my new shirts and prints are now available in the old shop!

San Diego Comic Con!

If you’re attending Comic Con this week and want to swing by the booth to say hello then this is your lucky day because here’s a map that can help you with your journey! I have a ton of new prints and cool monster shirts available, so I guarantee the journey will be a fruitful one.

See you soon!

--Justin

Comic Con 2011

Here’s a piece I made for the Trickster event taking place across the street from Comic Con this year! The print is an edition of 10, so you can also snag a copy at my Comic Con booth. You can find me at booth 2206 near DC Comics!

--Justin

Comic Con 2011

Here’s a few of the new t-shirt designs I’ll be selling at this week’s San Diego Comic Con!

Large Marge and Yuki 7!

I had the pleasure of participating in two really cool gallery shows’ coming up this month. The first is the Pee Wee Herman show at Gallery 1988 opening on July 29th. A smaller print of my Large Marge piece will be available at Comic Con!

The second show this month is my good friend Kevin Dart’s Yuki 7 show at the Q-Pop gallery opening on July 16th! I posted the piece on my blog a few months back.

Billy Bones

Billy Bones is the newest monster in my series of Customizing Monster Kit Prints and will be available for purchase at next months Comic Con! You can check out the entire series of characters below which of course are all for purchase in my etsy store.

Happy Monday all!

--Justin

Tiny Werewolf

Soon I'll be showing you guys a bunch of new stuff for next months comic con, but until then here's a tiny werewolf.

--Justin

appalachian waterfall and desert mesa

Here's another round of Landscapes.

Forest and Desert Evening

I'm having a major dry spell with my work lately...everyone has a week or two like that I'm sure, so I drew these landscapes in an attempt to break free. Lets hope it works.

--Justin

Monsterpalooza

Last weekend Trish and I went to Monsterpalooza in Burbank. Haruo Nakajima was there, the actor who portrayed Godzilla (among many other famous monsters) and was signing autographs for anxious fans. However, at 82, one can't really be expected to have the same kind of energy as a bunch of 20 years olds, so I found the scene pretty hilarious. Enjoy!

Bigfoot Birthday Party

As a special treat, last week at work we got to do a new event called "The JibJab: Lab" where you get two work days to basically do whatever you want. It can be for the company, it can just be for yourself, but it should be something that inspires you.

As many of you know, I love cryptozoology, especially Bigfoot, and I've always wanted to try my hand at comics. So I decided to combine these two loves in a birthday eCard starring my favorite furry friends (and perhaps a ruggedly bearded version of myself?) By the way, the 16mm Patterson film is amazing, if you haven't seen it.

Mark Twain

Here's an illustration I did of Mark Twain- one of my favorite authors, and one of my favorite rides at Disneyland, the Mark Twain Riverboat.

Fun fact: A recording on the other ship that sails the Rivers of America, the sailing ship Columbia, explains that they shout "Mark Twain" to let the crewman know that the water is deep enough to sail through. Anyway, enjoy!

Robot Summer

I've been working on and off on this sketch whenever I had some time, but now it's finally done. I was inspired by Terrence Malicks' Days of Heaven poster.



In other news, I'm working on some new pieces for a few shows, including Edward Scissorhands and The Coen Brothers show, along with finishing up some freelance work, so I'm very busy, but in a good way. Hope all of you are doing well, and Happy St. Patrick's Day!

So Long to Ya, 2010

This post has been a long time coming, but here's my work for the Year in Review short "So Long to Ya, 2010." This was a really awesome short to work on because it was collaborative and we really got to work with our hands a lot. Puppets, sculptures, set building, lots and lots of visual development... I worked on a little bit of everything for this one, which was great.

Our former Governator himself- Arnold!

Some sculptures I made for one of the scenes- General McCrystal and Hamid Karzai, who was holding a big sack of money.

Rahm Emanual, our former White House Chief of Staff, in concept and final puppet form. (Puppet by Mr. Mike Chiechi.)



The Incorrigible Glenn Beck.

A scene concept for when they sing about Immigration.

Some concept for the Healthcare Repeal.


Some character concept work on Vice President Joe Biden.



I also painted the JibJab logo to go with Mike's JibJab guys puppets.


This was some of the most fun I've had working on a short. I'm currently working with Mike on a new project, too, so prepare for more awesome puppet madness soon. Here's the short in it's entirety!

Mike has a Blog!

So, my good buddy and coworker, Mr. Mike Chiechi, has started a blog for all his puppet-making mastery! I've worked with him on a few shorts, if you remember Cave Worms, and the most recent JibJab Year in Review ("So Long To Ya, 2010!"). Here's a few behind-the-scenes photos. (My hoodie blended right into the green screen.)

Yuki 7

Here's my contribution to my good friend Kevin Dart's latest book, Yuki 7 Looks That Kill. This time around the amazingly talented Elizabeth Ito penned a terrific story to accompany Kevin's illustrations, and I have to say it's going to be a fantastic book! It's due out July 16th with a release party at the Q Pop Gallery in China Town, so be sure to show your support!

Justin

Valentine's Day 2011

Here's some recent BG work I did on a valentine production at JibJab.

This is a color script for some of the key scenes.

Here's a story sketch for something I've been writing lately.

Justin

I'll be working on my piece for this show all weekend. It might be a late night tonight!

Justin