Filed under: Middlebrow Comics | Tags: Comedy, comic strip, Middlebrow, Middlebrow Comics, online comic
Part 1 of our Halloween episodes came out today and I thought I’d make a post to spread the haunted cheer.
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Filed under: Colleague Call-Out | Tags: Brandon Schaefer design, movie poster remakes, Poster Design
You may recall a recent blog post in which I took issue with the similarity of a poster by designer Brandon Schaefer and one of my own. As it turns out, it was an unconscious decision on his behalf, and he’s since written a sincere apology and withdrawn his poster from his body of work. A gesture that I now humbly accept. A few of his supporters commented that I should have contacted him first before rushing to make a post about it. Well, I can admit when I’m wrong, and I’m wrong. That is exactly what I should have done, so let me offer up an apology to Brandon in return. After all, he’s a talented and congenial guy who doesn’t deserve that kind of a reputation.
As a show of good faith, I figured I’d take a little time to link to some of his work, since it really is very good. He specializes in vintage-style movie poster re-designs for a Friday night movie series. Here are a few of my favorites and be sure to click through for high-res.
This last one is especially nice, since it says pretty much everything without the use of any literal objects.
Brandon Schaefer’s flickr.
Brandon Schaefer’s homepage.
Filed under: Poster Design, Typography, Works | Tags: Graphic Design, Graphics, Jordan Gray, Jordan Gray Creative, Jordan Michael Gray, JordanMichaelGray, Poster, Poster Design, Typography
Here’s some new work I’ve done in the last few weeks. Hope you like them. Click through for high-res.
Filed under: Colleague Call-Out | Tags: Colorful design, Funky Design, Graphic Design, James White, Poster Design, Signalnoise
I’ve recently come into awareness/contact with designer and artist James White and his work.
He was also kind enough to post some of my work, and since I dig his work a great deal I see nothing wrong with returning the favor. He currently resides in Nova Scotia, which is a terrific place in my opinion. Common played at the Atlantic Film Festival a couple of years ago and I had a blast meeting and hanging out with all the locals.
So here’s a sample of some of his work, but his stuff is pretty detailed so, head over to his website and get a closer look at the rest of his colorful retro/funky style. You can also vote for him as Halifax’s best visual artist here.
Enjoy.
Filed under: Graphic Design, Poster Design, Typography, Works | Tags: Bernstein-Rein Advertising, Design, Graphic Design, Hidden Pictures, Hidden Pictures Lawrence Kansas, Jordan Gray, Jordan Gray Creative, Jordan Michael Gray, JordanMichaelGray, Microscope, Poster, Poster Design, Typography, Vintage Typography
I just finished a poster for a band called hidden pictures that pairs up pretty well with one I did for them a couple of months ago. I hope you like them. Click through for Hi-Res.
Filed under: Colleague Call-Out, Poster Design | Tags: Austin Gray, Graphic Design, Poster Design, The Entire World
My brother recently launched his website of personal projects called The Entire World. It’s all really quite good, so check it out. He’s not good at very many things, so I find you really need to cheer these types of people on whenever they manage to succeed at something.
Filed under: Graphic Design, Middlebrow Comics, Works | Tags: Comic, Comic Strips, Jordan Gray, Jordan Gray Creative, Jordan Michael Gray, JordanGrayCreative.com, Middlebrow, Middlebrow Comics, Serial Comic
So I’ve been working with my trusty co-worker Brent Anderson on a new project called Middlebrow. It’s an online serial comic that hopefully breaks the mold of what you traditionally know of comic strips. I know, I know… how could we possibly mess with the brilliant template put forth by the Family Circus and Rex Morgan, MD.
I also wrote a post about it on our inaugural day during my week-long residency at Ofifteen Magazine.
So if you’re into that sort of thing, or you just like to do things because you’re told to, go check it out at Middlebrow-Comics.com
Filed under: On the Web, Poster Design | Tags: Graphic Design, Jordan Gray, Jordan Gray Creative, Poster, Poster Design, Typography
I thought I would take a second or to and let everyone know that all this week I’m going to be the visiting blogger at Ofifteen Magazine, a cool little lifestyle magazine. They cover all sorts of great food, fashion, design, gardening, etc. I’ll be talking a little about some of my projects, as well as my outlook/philosophy. stay tuned.
Filed under: Middlebrow Comics, Works | Tags: Design, Jordan Gray, Jordan Gray Creative, Middlebrow, Middlebrow Comics
So apparently the MyFonts.com article on me was part of a series regarding poster designers.
They’ve posted another and I was surprised to learn it was another Kansas-based designer by the name of Micah Smith. His stuff is already rather famous in circles, so you might have already seen some of it. Either way you should go check out the article and read a little insight into the way he works. There’s also a lot of great stuff posted at his official webpage. Enjoy.
