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See the art work of our upcoming book app

April 12th, 2012

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Jim Jamkins

Today I’m super excited to present the iPad menu screen image for my upcoming book app titled, Jim Jamkins: The most awesome wreath on the planet.” The book won’t be available until November of this year, but completing the menu image early was important in order to do some per-release marketing. In this zany story, Jim Jamkins arrives at the veterinarian clinic to pick up his dog Chim Chim from a check up and toenail clipping. What Jim didn’t expect was to encounter the most awesome wreath he had ever seen. The story unfolds from there with a series of events that even the most intuitive reader wouldn’t be able to predict.

So far I have 3 full color backgrounds completed including this one and if you’ve been following the daily posts here at Thinkpierce.com then you know that Josh Dunbar is currently working on the coloring for the vehicle Jim will be driving around in, which happens to be a 1991 Mercury Grand Marquis. More work is ahead as I move on to completing the character development for the veterinarian in the story, Dr. Elington. But I’m definitely past the up hill portion of this project. I will also be recording a short opening “Jim Jamkins jingle” that will serve as an intro to the book. It has taken extra attention to detail on the drawings because the entire book will feature light animation throughout the entire story. You will get to see Jim walk, move and react as you read the story or have it read to you. There will also be an auto play option that will allow you to watch the story like a movie.

Of all of the Thinkpierce products, I’m positioning Jim Jamkins to be our “quarter back” product and will continue to produce a line of Jim Jamkins adventures long in to the future. I believe this character and storyline are truly unique and although it has been a big undertaking to create this book app, it’s also been a rewarding process. Stay tuned to Thinkpierce.com and watch the development of the new Jim Jamkins book app unfold with a new post every day! See you tomorrow for another Thinkpierce post, right here at Thinkpierce.com, and if you like what you’re seeing, share us with your favorite friend or enemy on Facebook or Twitter! Thinkpierce, something new every day.

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Tags: Behind the scenes, Books, business, entertainment, Stories

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The New logo for Thinkpierce Art

February 16th, 2012

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Thinkpierce Original Art Logo

This week we’re rolling out the new logo for Thinkpierce Original Art. Along with this new logo comes an updated look in both the Thinkpierce Art and Mug store. In addition to updating the store, we’ve spent a lot of time this week making detailed changes and updates on all the content in our Thinkpierce Art page. Now that Thinkpierce Art has grown to five pieces with two more on the way, we wanted to make all the content in the category more uniform. Also each illustration now includes a mini comical story about each piece. Click through the individual art images to read each one. Each image also now bears the new Thinkpierce Original Art Logo. There are more changes that we spent time with, but probably that only we will notice! The results of making a clean sweep through this category might appear minor, but wow, it took a fair amount of organizing and editing to get it all done! Big shout out to Rhona my wife for diving in with me! Although she is humble in taking credit, my wife Rhona is a huge contributor to making Thinkpierce happen each week. it’s an accurate statement to say that I couldn’t keep up with it without her. Love you babe, you rock!

Two more original illustrations are on their way that will be introduced in upcoming Thinkpierce postings. What is most exciting about this, is that the last of the two will be the front cover of a new book app we are working on. This new book app will be the start of something big for Thinkpierce. It will represent the beginning of a new character and a new book app series that we think will be very exciting. For now, enjoy the updated experience with Thinkpierce Original Art and we’ll see you next Friday! Thinkpierce, Something New Every Friday.

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Tags: Books, drawings, entertainment, original art, website

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“Eye Crispies Cereal” by Jonathan Pierce

November 24th, 2011

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Eye Crispies

Imagine cleaning a clogged garbage disposal and in one wrong move, a huge wad of sludge drops in to your hair, matting it down horribly. Well that’s basically the kind of inspiration Jonathan Pierce pulls from when creating portrayals like “Mealtime” and “Karl vs. LaDonna”. Jonathan first draws each illustration in pen, passes it along for coloring and then dips a final version in a vat of insecticide for authentication. The best way to enjoy Thinkpierce Art is to order a custom sized print at the Thinkpierce Store. But if that’s not possible, you can actually make your own in three easy steps: 1. First, dislodge a huge clump of sludge from under your refrigerator 2. Next, mix it in a bowl of mayonnaise until “gloppy” 3. Finally, use a butter knife to spread the mixture on the hood of any running car and let it “bake” overnight. If you can manage to scrape it off in one piece the next morning and glue it to your wall, you’re all set.

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“Reunion” by Jonathan Pierce

November 9th, 2011

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Reunion

Imagine cleaning a clogged garbage disposal and in one wrong move, a huge wad of sludge drops in to your hair, matting it down horribly. Well that’s basically the kind of inspiration Jonathan Pierce pulls from when creating portrayals like “Mealtime” and “Karl vs. LaDonna”. Jonathan first draws each illustration in pen, passes it along for coloring and then dips a final version in a vat of insecticide for authentication. The best way to enjoy Thinkpierce Art is to order a custom sized print at the Thinkpierce Store. But if that’s not possible, you can actually make your own in three easy steps: 1. First, dislodge a huge clump of sludge from under your refrigerator 2. Next, mix it in a bowl of mayonnaise until “gloppy” 3. Finally, use a butter knife to spread the mixture on the hood of any running car and let it “bake” overnight. If you can manage to scrape it off in one piece the next morning and glue it to your wall, you’re all set.

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“Mraub” by Jonathan Pierce

September 28th, 2011

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Mraub

Imagine cleaning a clogged garbage disposal and in one wrong move, a huge wad of sludge drops in to your hair, matting it down horribly. Well that’s basically the kind of inspiration Jonathan Pierce pulls from when creating portrayals like “Mealtime” and “Karl vs. LaDonna”. Jonathan first draws each illustration in pen, passes it along for coloring and then dips a final version in a vat of insecticide for authentication. The best way to enjoy Thinkpierce Art is to order a custom sized print at the Thinkpierce Store. But if that’s not possible, you can actually make your own in three easy steps: 1. First, dislodge a huge clump of sludge from under your refrigerator 2. Next, mix it in a bowl of mayonnaise until “gloppy” 3. Finally, use a butter knife to spread the mixture on the hood of any running car and let it “bake” overnight. If you can manage to scrape it off in one piece the next morning and glue it to your wall, you’re all set.

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Abandoned VHS Tapes? Not on my Shift… #9

August 9th, 2011

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Jonathan

When’s the last time you rented a VHS copy of “The Mask of Zorro” that had a custom totally non-authentic poorly hand drawn cover on it? Well if you frequented the Reasor’s video rental store in Jenks, Oklahoma around 1998 you might be able to say about 13 years ago. That’s about the time Reasor’s video and I teamed up together for an employment experience like no other. That’s also where I met Justin Vanscoy for the first time. Justin starred in a short film I made about 9 years later, a super unique comedy that touches on such jolting subjects as “snack time”, “nap time”, and “the plans”. That movie is currently on the chopping block and will be offered on www.thinkpierce.com some time next year.

Zorro

But back to our story. If you worked in a Reasor’s video store in 1998, certain things were bound to happen. Every Easter you were going to be encouraged to sell a lot of Peeps, you were going to be pressured by customers to recommend a good movie, and then be held responsible the next day when the customer decided they “hated” it and occasionally customers were going to loose the VHS case and return the video tape without it. Fortunately for Reasor’s video, I managed to come up with a solution for that last one. When a video came back without the cover, I took the initiative to draw a new one. But if I was going to a draw a new cover, that’s what it needed to be: New, with a fresh perspective. Or possibly a completely different one all together. In total, I drew about 5 different VHS covers in Reasor’s video that replaced lost covers on anything from “Rugrats” to “The Mask of Zorro”. The hilarious thing about all this was that my manager at the time actually allowed it and got a kick out it. The other thing that cracked me up was experiencing people bring these ridiculous poorly hand drawn VHS tapes up to the counter for me to rent out to them. I got so many laughs out of people just picking these things up and being like, “What the !$*# is this?”

But VHS tapes don’t last in a rental store forever. Eventually they reach the end of their rental days and get put out for sale in the “bargain bin”. When “The Mask of Zorro” came up for purchase, I knew I had to get it. I wish I had bought all of them. But I guess one is enough to keep the memory alive. It’s so hilarious for me to think about all the different times those crazy looking VHS tapes were rented out. Once one made it back to the customers house, I can imagine a family member picking up the VHS and asking, “What is this?…you rented this from the video store? Uh, what the $%*#?” So here’s a salute to my manager at the time for allowing crazy VHS tapes in her store. Special thanks to photographer Sara Christian.