Month O' Monsters 2016 - The Ninth Post

Happy Halloween and Día de los Muertos, amigos! Here are some final pieces to leave you with. A screen printed gig poster, and two doodles from my sketchbook. I hope you had a great spooky season, and got real weird with it!

If anyone is interested, here are the Halloween movies I finished out the month with:

9. The Fog (1980)

10. Creature from the Black Lagoon

11. Ernest Scared Stupid

12. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

13. Creepshow

Month O' Monsters 2016 - The Seventh Post

Here are the remaining three (of six total) prints from the my Scewby Dewd series. Like I wrote before, these pieces are mashup screen prints, created by layering images, patterns and colors. When going through the imagery that I would be using for these prints, I was inspired by the juxtaposition of retro monsters combined with pretty ladies modeling mid-century hair and clothing. These combinations reminded me of the fun of the old Scooby Doo cartoons. I tried to choose a color palette that matched the zaniness and spookiness of the series, and the rest is history! - Kyle Blair

Month O' Monsters 2016 - The Fifth Post

Last summer, I attended Frogman's Print Workshops in South Dakota, where I had the unique opportunity to learn under some of the best printmakers currently working in the country. One of the classes I took was under screen printer, Carlos Hernandez. One of the many screen printing techniques that Carlos enjoys using is creating mashup prints. Part borrowed imagery, part chaos, and part collage, these techniques were such a therapeutic mix of going with the flow and  being deliberate at the same time. I especially wanted to take his class to help me learn to loosen up again and abstract a little more.

During this class, I created a series of six prints that I titled the Skewby Dewd series. Using imagery of retro monsters and women modeling mid-century hair and clothes, I tried to use a palette of colors that were both spooky and fun.

- Kyle Blair

Below are the first three in the series:

Sup-Tember #7 Fresh Prints of Blair

Heyo, guys! Here are a few prints I did in the last year by means of several different methods. I'm not entirely, 100%, totally sure, but I think these are all prints that were never posted on the Jeb site. So here they are now! xoxo

"Not a Digital Print"

Lithograph

"Cock of the Walk"

Lithograph

"Fine Art: To Eat!"

Etching and Water Color

"Critic's Choice"

Lithograph and Water Color

"Dirty Rat Print"

Lithograph

"Martini Mix"

Lithograph

 "Tiki Head"

Etching

Mariachi de la Muerte

Ladies & Jebs Guest Art #2

This weekend brings us our second guest illustration for "Ladies and Jebs", by the super talented, Becca Masters!

Becca is a current, and soon to be graduating, senior at John Brown University. Last night I attended the JBU Art Department's "Senior Portfolio Review", and visited Becca's table, where she had some amazing artwork. Her work included the above screen print, digital 3-D art, a flip book, a very impressive sketchbook, and much more. It was really refreshing to see some great work coming from the place all of us Jeb guys met, and we are proud to share Becca's work with you guys. 

You can see more of Becca's work, and learn more about her, at her website, becca-masters.com.