I'm going to be moving my blog

All future blog posts I'll make will be at this site: http://joshuakemble.com/?page_id=51
If you still wish to follow my posts and updates, please follow me there: http://joshuakemble.com/?page_id=51 Thanks!

Two Stories MFA Thesis Show!

For anyone into my work in the LA or OC area, I've got my solo MFA exhibition coming up on November 11th. Here're the details:

Two Stories

by Joshua Kemble

in partial fulfillment of the MFA Studio Art Degree

Reception   November 11th

                   5-7pm

Hours         M T Th 12-5pm

                  W 12-7pm

Gallery        Marilyn Werby

                   School of Art

                   California State University,

                   Long Beach

Directions   www.art.csulb.edu

Parking       park in lots 7,8, or 8a

                   via permit or meters

More           www.joshuakemble.com

                   www.joshuakemble.blogspot.com

You can RSVP, and get more info at the facebook event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/458151900894597/

Bigfoot, Villains, and Klostermen!

 Above is the cover/back cover artwork I did for Bruce Phillip Hood's startling, funny, witty, and sometimes highly disturbing tale of Bigfoot, "Bigfoot Down." It's a good read, and it's now up for sale on Amazon's Kindle Store. And features cover artwork by me. Definitely not one for the kids, but a really exhilarating and strange tale. Pick up a copy by clicking here.

Next, the kind folks at Threadless Reprinted an oldie, but goodie created by me, called "the League of Cliché Evil Super-Villains" which you can purchase, and should purchase, here: http://www.threadless.com/product/1107/The_League_of_Cliche_Evil_Super_Villains

It's now available as an Iphone case as well!

Lastly, my buddies at Devastator Quarterly have posted a really great preview of the Invasion of the Klostermen! Story, for which I created the cover (back cover artwork) for. If you're into satire, and down for a laugh, check that out here:
http://www.devastatorquarterly.com/2012/09/invasion-of-the-klostermen/

That's it for now... My graduate thesis project is well underway, and I'll be updating with more awesome stuff, and frequency then!
-Josh

New Illustration in the Devastator Quarterly!

The awesomely kind folks at the Devastator Quarterly, a quarterly comedy magazine, keeping up the good old fashioned style of older comic filled mags like Mad, and the later Cracked, invited me to do a piece for their last issue on Fantasy, but time didn't permit it. I was super sad about it, since I absolutely love what they are doing in the comics industry. Luckily, this time, I was able to rock an illustration based on the backwards issue (yes, every issue has a fake parody book in reverse). Anyhow, pick up your copy to see my back cover illustration titled "Invasion of the Klostermen" in issue #6. You can pick up a copy here:
http://www.devastatorquarterly.com/issues/issue-6/
All your purchases go to keep this awesome magazine going forward in the future, and it's well worth it. They're doing great comedy, which is a rare thing in comics these days. Support them, and pick up a copy!

Captain Obvious REPRINTED Again!

Hey, my design with Nathan Stillie titled "Captain Obvious!" was reprinted again by Threadless. If you haven't picked up a copy yet, you should go get one, as the shirt sells out pretty quickly!
http://www.threadless.com/product/2537/Captain_Obvious/tab,guys/style,shirt

New Shirt Design that Needs YOUR VOTE!

I recently completed this illustration of Mitt Romney, continuing my silly pun portrait designs, playing off of the fact that Romney sounds like Zombie, as well as the mis-spelling of America (Amercia) his campaign made. If you can, please click the link below to vote for the shirt by giving it a score of 1 to 5 (5 being the best, 1 being the worst). Any of my success with Threadless has depended heavily on the support of you guys who take the time to leave a vote/ comment. If you can, please go there and vote for this to win and get PRINTED as a shirt:
 

Be Street Magazine Interview-Full

I posted before some poor quality pictures of the magazine interview I did for issue #17 of the French Urban art magazine called "Be Street," courtesy of the magazine, I'm now posting the nice version of the files from the magazine. You can, and I suggest should, pick up a copy here: http://bestreet.bigcartel.com/category/magazines 

It's the Poelice!

So, I created these designs a while ago, and finally thought I'd try out society 6 clothing because they can now print on dark fabrics! Pick up your shirt today!
1. It's the POE lice: http://society6.com/joshuakemble/Its-the-POElice_T-shirt#11=50&4=75

2. WOLFgang Amadeus: http://society6.com/joshuakemble/Wolf-Amadeus-Mozart_T-shirt#11=50&4=89
Also, I'll be adding more shirts for sale when I have the time, so be sure to check out the shirt section here:
http://society6.com/joshuakemble/tshirts

Crimson and Clover

I did a typographic design, inspired by the song "Crimson and Clover," that's been covered multiple times, gets stuck in your head, and is even referenced to in a Jimmy Eat World song. It also manages to make for a great typographic exercise when you're creating custom type. I have the artwork available as a print, t-shirt, and iphone case, as well as some other goodies in my society 6 shop here: http://society6.com/joshuakemble/Crimson-and-Clover-Over-and-Over_Print

Be Street Magazine Interview

 

 A few months ago I was approached by the amazing French urban art magazine "Be Street." They asked to do an interview about my artwork, which mostly focussed on questions about cartooning. I was flattered to be asked to be a part of this amazing magazine, am honestly dumbfounded as to why they decided to feature me among such other much more amazing talent, then even more impressed by the fantastic, and insightful questions they asked. Here are some preview images, which I took very quickly on my camera from issue 17 which has my interview in it. I kept the images from being too quality, so that you will hopefully purchase a copy for yourself here:
http://shop.be-street.com/

New Shirt/Print Available!

Every once in a while, as an illustrator, you'll do a rough version of a design that winds up getting rejected, which you yourself fall in love with. So, this time, I asked the client for permission to sell it myself, which they agreed to. Which I'm happy about.
Here's my new shirt design, inspired by obamas forward campaign:

You can purchase a print, shirt, or laptop skin of it here:
http://society6.com/joshuakemble/Forward-G8R_Print

Just glad to have this see the light of day!

ATTACK OF LITERACY! Reprinted Again!

One of the more popular shirt designs I've created "Attack of Literacy!" has been reprinted again at Threadless, and is on sale for a whopping low $9.99. 

You can purchase a copy here:

http://www.threadless.com/product/1235/Attack_of_Literacy

I also have prints available on my society 6 store here:

http://society6.com/joshuakemble/Attack-of-Literacy_Print

I will have more updates soon. I'm hoping to post a bit of progress to my graduate project, once I've got time to either photograph or scan the pages.

New Book featuring my Illustrations Released!

I've been busy with completing my graduate work for my MFA, teaching, and making refining revisions to Jacob's Apartment, my graphic novel, so haven't had the chance to update much lately. However, this book looks amazing, and since I have 4 illustrations featured in it, I thought I should mention it.

It's titled "Modern Vintage Illustrations" and features the work of about 100 different illustrators who use Vintage artwork and advertising as a launching board to create modern illustrations which bring something new to the palette. I highly recommend pre-ordering it, from this link:

http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Vintage-Illustration-Martin-Dawber/dp/1849940320/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332190638&sr=1-1

New Society 6 Prints Added

I've added about 15 new prints to my society 6 page, check it out!
http://society6.com/joshuakemble

Every Once In a While...

Every once in a while, a job comes along, pays well, but the art director ends up not moving forward with making your design into a product. This was one of those jobs, which never wound up going through, but I was extremely proud of.

The client had the licensing rights for the Beatles, and let me pick a song to create a type based design on. I was really happy with the results, and saddened when they didn't move forward with it. I can't sell it or print it unless I get licensing, but at least this design can be posted on line:

The Park, A Poster Sized Comic

I've recently finished a one shot comic that functions as both a single image, as well as 20 separate moments in time, each time the characters age 5 years.
Here are the details from the poster:

The final poster:

All of this comic are included in the poster, which is available for sale at Society 6. I highly suggest purchasing the extra large poster print, however, have included smaller sized options for folks like me who can't quite pay the full price. The prints are available here:

http://society6.com/joshuakemble/The-Park-bv7_Print