The second poster I submitted for AIGA Jacksonville’s Always Summer Poster show was for the song “Destruction of a Statue” by the band Suicide Silence. I felt like the mixtape part of the show could use some metal…. and blood 
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On September 25th, the AIGA Jacksonville Chapter successfully held their second annual ‘Always Summer’ Poster Show & Mixtape. The idea is to pick a song(s) that remind you of summer and turn it into a poster. Last year I chose a song by Soulfly (check out my 2009 entry).
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What if Publix and Winn-Dixie merged? Since Winn-Dixie’s “fresh checked everyday” marketing has become so strong, my prediction would be dropping the Winn-Dixie name and keeping the ‘check’ in the brandmark. What are your thoughts?
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A couple weeks back, the AIGA Aijax Student Group got together and held a screenprinting workshop. Some of us previously participated in past workshops with screenprinting beast, Sean Tucker (http://dogandponyshowprints.wordpress.com/). This time around, we used what we learned from Sean, as well as help from screenprinting gurus Mitch Kelly and Ryan Newhouser, and conducted the workshop ourselves. The event became a fun, all-day hangout/work session. Below is the T-Rex design I printed on a shirt and zip-up (the yellow print was a test-print on cardboard).
p.s. Check out the Flickr photo set from the event – http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/aijaxgroup/sets/72157624777291036/
The Art Institute of Jacksonville’s Gallery Group put together the Dish-It-Out Plate Show at the AiJax Gallery. The AIGA AiJax Student Group help facilitate the event. Participants submitted plate designs on a round paper template and were limited to Crayola washable markers. The templates were sent out to be adhered to dishwasher safe blank plates.
I executed my piece using the ink from the markers and a spray bottle. It was inspired by a spray painting I did a few months back. It doesn’t have an official name, but I refer to it as the “Rainbow Planet” lol. Check out some pics from my friend Stephanie Burt’s blog http://ht.ly/2oAgO The exhibit will run through September 2010. Stop in and check em out!
Jesse Sison © 2010
Jesse Sison © 2010
Jesse Sison © 2010
Jesse Sison © 2010
Jesse Sison © 2010
Jesse Sison © 2010
Old printing houses used to add their ‘mark’ to documents they printed. This would be mine in modern times. XMS stands for my birthday (x-mas), outward radiating orthogonal lines represent energy, the eight-pointed star stands for my family and the three dots represent the trinity. In essence, it’s a personally branded logo.
Jesse Sison © 2010
This is a movie poster in the style of an illuminated manuscript. It has a slight Byzantium style with the gold leafing, textura-style calligraphic type, decorated drop-cap, with some colophon copy and a tiny printer’s mark. All styles inspired from the historical period of the German Illuminated Manuscript.
India Ink, Crayola Markers, Gold Leaf
11×14 Canson paper
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Jesse Sison © 2010
Jesse Sison © 2010
Jesse Sison © 2010
Last quarter I took a bookmaking class taught by Graham Young. Learning to hand bind books is a big plus. The learning process definitely took some time but now I can add this to my skillset.
Jesse Sison © 2009
Jesse Sison © 2009
Jesse Sison © 2009
Jesse Sison © 2009
Jesse Sison © 2009
Jesse Sison © 2009
Jesse Sison © 2009
Jesse Sison © 2009
Jesse Sison © 2009
This book was made in Print Production class. The body copy was formatted in InDesign and the cover was designed in Photoshop. It was on display at the Art Institute’s gallery. The cover shows signs of some wear but the binding is still intact.
Jesse Sison © 2009
Jesse Sison © 2009
Jesse Sison © 2009
Jesse Sison © 2009
Jesse Sison © 2009
I remember! Your book was fantastic!
In our Idea Generation class, taught by Tonya Lee, we had a bunch of wood tiles left over from a mosaic installation. I snagged one and started drawing on it. Used some charcoal and pastels.
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This is a very nice art – Irene Suwarno
Thanks!
This guitar was a featured piece at the September 09 Artwalk at Printing.com. I love tattoos and I’ve got a couple myself. If you’re a tattoo enthusiast, you might recognize the imagery. I used Ed Hardy flash as reference and used black paint pens.
Jesse Sison © 2009
Jesse Sison © 2009
Jesse Sison © 2009
That is A M A Z I N G!! I love it!!! Fantastic job!!
Thanks!
Jesse and 
Irene Suwarno are discussing. 
I used the Japanese Stab Bind for my portfolio book. It turned out really well and created a sturdy but beautiful book that didn’t fall apart of multiple reviews. When I have more time, I’d like to do more books like that…so much fun.