Glory Hound

Check out this rad music video for Electric Dusk by Glory Hound!

Directed/Composited by Jack Brayer!
Illustrated by me!

It's part of the 10X10 competition here in Halifax for this year's film fest.
If you watch it be sure to 'like' it!
The competition is based on highest number of user 'likes'!
So be sure to like it and spread the word!

This is the second video from Mouthpiece Studios this year!
Which is what Brayer and I are working under for any commercial projects we score!


xo.
j

Commercial!

Check this out!
It's my first directed commercial!

The commercial came as a commission from Alex Leguerrier at Saint Thomas University for a non profit organization called DotsNB.
The organization raises money for kids' mental health.

I had the amazing team of: Jonathan Brayer as the after effects compositor and Ryan Gainer who composed the music.

Everything turned out great and exactly what the client asked for.
Can't complain about that!
Great experience for my first major commercial directing gig!

Thanks to all involved!


xo.
j

Roller Town!

I was commissioned by an industry buddy of mine, the fantastical director/workaholic Jay Dahl, to make a poster for Roller Town's premiere.
Roller Town is a film by Picnicface, a local comedy troupe who are doin some rad rad stuff lately!


xo.
j

Fuckin Buttons!

First wave of buttons from Fuckin Buttons! is being launched this weekend when I paint at Saint Thomas University!
Gonna sell em as merchandise while we paint!

The irony behind the whole thing though is that because of the ideals the school adheres to, I was asked to censor my brand...
which means
Fuckin Buttons! official debut is as the less impressive "effin buttons!"

huzzah!


xo.
j

Hopscotch!

Hopscotch is a yearly hiphop festival here in Hali!
So this year I was asked to do a piece for an art show and this is my entry!

Dug deep for some old standby images!
haven't drawn a stereo in some time so I figured 'why the hell not'
and killed this piece today


xo.
j

Frankenstein!

piece Nick Brunt and myself live painted last night at Elephant and Castle!

great night!



xo.
j

St Thomas University Event Part 2!

Final poster commission for Saint Thomas University.
not the most successful thing i've ever done
but hey
thats what i get for leaving this one until the last minute!
and other excuses!

Nick and myself are live painting at STU on Sat. Sept 10 though!
Gonna be awesome!



xo.
j

St Thomas University Event

St Thomas commissioned 2 posters for some events coming up in the next 2 weeks. One of which I'm involved in with some live painting action.

This is the first poster.

I'm apparently going through some sort of 'draw a lot of water' phase.




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j

The Rural Alberta Advantage!

The Rural Alberta Advantage are playing the Halifax Pop Explosion this year and I've been commissioned to do the show poster!

These cats are high on my 'all time' list so I'm beyond stoked to be able to do their show poster for this year!

Show isn't until October so it'll be awhile before any art is shown
but it's rad news anyway!


xo.
j

Business Card!

An insane amount of art stuff is coming down the pipes in the next few months.
Booked up almost to January!

Need a new business card
so this is what I settled on!

keen!

note: the website and email contacts haven't been added yet because i'm still finalizing domain and email stuff!

xo.
j

New Fuckin Buttons! Packaging

New pass of packaging for my buttons!
Last one was too dated in terms of design.
Felt rushed and.....crappy.

Website in the coming months once brand design has been finished!


xo.
j

Commercial!

A good friend of mine and fantastic After Effects wizard, Jonathan Brayer, and I are working on a commercial for a company in New Brunswick

This is a design test that they company approved!

keen!

Final commercial will be complete by Sept. 1
will post it then!


xo.
j

The Coast!

I was recently contacted to do the cover of this week's issue of The Coast!
The cover story was about urban chickens!
Here's what I came up with

Disclaimer: I didn't do any font layout. This is the cover after I sent it in for the deadline.

This is what I submitted!


xo.
j

Really Old Sketches!

found some old sketches and paintings!


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j

New Skate Deck!

MFest concert was yesterday!
had a tent setup with some rad folks and merch!
great time, tons of sales and painted this deck while rad bands killed it in the background.

Solid summer concert experience!


xo.
j

Whale Trumpet!

Nick Brunt and myself painted this live last night at Tribeca in Halifax!

Fun!

xo.
j

Fuckin Buttons. First Button!

Just waiting on my new button press to ship from Seattle
so i did a mockup of the first button i'll be putting through the press!


sidenote: the grey circles are area cutoffs NOT design related. smallest grey circle is actual button size

here's the packaging mockup!

website with an order form and catalogue is about 2 months away.

tons more to come!


xo.
j

Fuckin Buttons Debut!

I present to you the first round of packaging for my hand painted button company:

"Fuckin Buttons."


this specific packaging is for single big buttons

Here it is with no placeholder:

Here's how it'll look with the big button:

more info and photos to come in the next few days!!


xo.
j

Short Film Screen Shot!

teaser shot for my upcoming film!
still a lot of work to do, but hopefully by end of August it'll be complete!

it's about a guy stuck on an island.
who also has that stick apparently.


xo.
j

Somethin!

Lots on the go!
couldn't let a month go by without at least a post though!

xo.
j

MFest Poster Voting!

Voting has begun!

Reminder: you need to 'like' the main Halifax Pop Explosion page first before you can cast votes!


http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150294089900645.384598.12324630644




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j

These hands.....they body slam!

another collab between myself and Peter Farmer.
killed this live at The Tribeca last week.


xo.
j

Halifax Pop Explosion MFest Poster Entry!

Here's my entry for the MFest Pop Explosion poster contest!



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j

Background Noise Pod Cast Interview!!

Our buddies over at backgroundnoise.ca interviewed myself and Nick Brunt for their podcast on May 26th and it was pretty much amazing.

episode 87: crazy rainbow

check it out!!




DISCLAIMER:

it's insanely offensive.
you have been warned.

BACKGROUND NOISE!!!!!!





xo.
j

Halifax Pop Explosion!!

Great news!

I'm one of 10 artists selected in Halifax to participate in creating a poster for the MFest main stage show during the pop explosion this year!
There was a city wide call out for artists and I found out yesterday I was shortlisted!

The idea is that 10 artists create a poster each and then facebook members vote for their favorite

All the participants get an MFest exhibit AND are included in a group poster exhibit too!

The MFest lineup is: Broken Social Scene, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Surfer Blood, Diamond Rings, In Flight Safety, Hey Rosetta!, Carmen Townsend and Glory Glory

Gonna be an awesome show this year!
Not to mention how badass this poster exhibit is going to be!

Time to sketch!!



xo.
j

Me and Nick!

Nick Brunt and myself from the art show last night!

great turnout!

image credit goes to Jono Doiron.
he grabbed my camera and was all 'im gonna take a picture'
and nailed this one.

nice.


xo.
j

Some Stuff!

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j

Art Show!

BE THERE!


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j

C-C-C-COMBO!

Live piece done by myself and Peter Farmer at The Bitter End some days ago

xo.
j

Moonshine Ramblers Poster!

 

Another show poster I did for the Moonshine Ramblers.
It's their monster tour van.....who can fly......and spit rainbows.

i know,
i know.

OVERDONE.
but i just love rainbow spitting monster vans
who knew they'd be so cliche by now.


xo.
j

An Open Letter to Tim Hortons.

xo.
j

Live Painting!

painted this with Nick and Peter last night at Tribeca.
Turned out rad.
Love that Pete used the show poster of ice cube's face in the painting.

also
check out this video of me staring down Jonathan Brayer's camera
and then at the end
i apparently really agree with something.

http://vimeo.com/20920761


xo.
j

Here. I found this for you!

 

your space kite.

here it is.


xo.
j

Asparagus!

dear costco,
pickled asparagus are the best snack ever.
i pretty much eat them all the time always.

also
they're crazy small now.
what the hell happened to big asparagus costco?

big asparagus.


xo.
j

Surprise Documentary!

Sunday morning I get a phone call from my friend John Dunsworth and he says:
"I'm bringin by Mike Swain. He's a filmmaker. We wanna do a small documentary about your work."

So I said sure, threw on some pants and then opened the door.
It was pretty much that fast.
Within about 10 minutes of that phone call they knocked on my door.
The whole thing was pretty unexpected so I'm a little frazzled in the video I think.
But it was fun!
and turned out rad.

A great Sunday surprise.

neat!

xo.
j

blast off!

originally
i was going to write:

"...but can we still be in love?"

but bailed.

i dig the composition too much to screw with it.

xo.
j

Weekend Offerings.

some pieces from the weekend.
nothin special, just stayin productive.

and for those of you keeping track, and i'm sure there's at least one of you, both of these pieces are boombox and mixtape-less

go team progression!


xo.
j

well today can pretty much fuck right off.

Today was one of those 'hey universe....why you gotta fuck with me like that' days.

so why not paint that shit.

so apparently
a small child in a green snow suit thinks today should fuck off.

agreed, small child.

agreed.

*small side note:
the teeny little mix tape is glued on.
i liked the doodle from another drawing
so i wheatpasted that shit.


xo.
j

Art Trade!

So a buddy of mine, Andrew Wiseman, recorded the audio for my short animated film. As payment for the amazing work done, I offered up a commission.
This is the result:

microphone octopus man!
2 feet wide by 4 feet
acrylic on masonite

xo.
j

SKELETOR VS HE-MAN!

Nick Brunt and I went to the bar.
painted this.
I did Skeletor.

fuck yeah.

xo.
j

Daft Punk!

last night Luchador Proper painted at a Scientists of Sound show
they were doin covers of Deadmau5 and Daft Punk.
SO
thats what we painted.

I was responsible for Daft Punk

xo.
j