Tumblr (3.0; @joncontino)http://blog.joncontino.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4150pHPRA1qavw76o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Over the course of this summer I will be slowly releasing a handful of band oriented prints, most of which have been hard to find for a while. Keep an eye on the shop! The first one up is the <a href="http://society6.com/JonContino/The-National-tpt_Print" target="_blank">tour poster design for The National</a> from 2010.</span></p>http://blog.joncontino.com/post/23111693238http://blog.joncontino.com/post/23111693238Tue, 15 May 2012 13:41:41 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3tnahtwgi1qavw76o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>My lettering illustration for Every Day with Rachel Ray was chosen as one a winner of this year’s American Illustration 31 competition!!! You can <a href="http://www.ai-ap.com/slideshow/AI/31/#139" target="_blank">view my illustration here</a>.</span></p>http://blog.joncontino.com/post/22791193542http://blog.joncontino.com/post/22791193542Thu, 10 May 2012 15:25:29 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3tmtob0HD1qavw76o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I teamed up with <a href="http://www.unitedpixelworkers.com/" target="_blank">United Pixelworkers</a> to create this brand new shirt for my good friends over at <a href="http://blog.dribbble.com/post/22788692732/contino-up" target="_blank">Dribbble</a>. <a href="http://www.unitedpixelworkers.com/products/dribbble" target="_blank">Available for pre-order now</a>!!!</p>http://blog.joncontino.com/post/22790672338http://blog.joncontino.com/post/22790672338Thu, 10 May 2012 15:15:24 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3td5zjSs81qavw76o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Poster design for <a href="http://www.thrice.net/post/18197187716/farewell-tour-details-tickets-song-poll" target="_blank">Thrice Farewell Tour</a>.</p>http://blog.joncontino.com/post/22782034489http://blog.joncontino.com/post/22782034489Thu, 10 May 2012 11:46:46 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3cxw8mStP1qavw76o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Bobby from <a href="http://www.thefoxisblack.com/2012/05/01/the-brooklyn-nets-dropped-the-ball-on-their-new-logo/" target="_blank">The Fox is Black</a> asked me to do a quick redesign of the Brooklyn Nets branding for an upcoming post dealing with the controversy over the logo and what may or may not be wrong with it. I detailed an explanation in the post, so make sure you read all the way through!</p>http://blog.joncontino.com/post/22204812199http://blog.joncontino.com/post/22204812199Tue, 01 May 2012 14:55:20 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2y1x8tZVQ1qavw76o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’ll be a featured designer at <a href="http://wmcfest.com" target="_blank">WMC Fest</a> this June, but until then you can pre-order the shirt I designed for the event! <a href="http://store.gomedia.us/product/wmc-fest-2012-shirt-pre-order" target="_blank">Get it now</a> and wear it when you get there so you look like you knew about it before everyone else!!!</p>http://blog.joncontino.com/post/21655291731http://blog.joncontino.com/post/21655291731Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:58:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2fmxmQaXj1qavw76o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.couvertureandthegarbstore.com/product/?p=5063" target="_blank">CXXVI Flash Bandana</a> available at The Garbstore! This is one of my favorite bandana designs I’ve done in a while.</p>http://blog.joncontino.com/post/21035742488http://blog.joncontino.com/post/21035742488Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:17:45 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m27xppou021qavw76o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.megabolt.org/product/jon-contino-megabolt" target="_blank">Megabolt</a> is a foundation started in 2009 to help terminally ill kids through art. As part of their cause,<a href="http://www.megabolt.org/product/jon-contino-megabolt" target="_blank"> I collaborated with them to produce a t-shirt</a> in which its sales will go directly to the support of these kids and art workshops held in the hospitals they’re unfortunately and unfairly stuck in. Every little bit helps and hopefully this project will contribute a little joy into the tough lives they lead. </p>http://blog.joncontino.com/post/20781006445http://blog.joncontino.com/post/20781006445Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:29:49 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1pwo95q5d1qavw76o1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://usshop.gestalten.com/visual-identities.html" target="_blank">Introducing: Visual Identities for Small Businesses</a> from Gestalten — Really awesome book about creative ways to brand small businesses. I highly recommend it…and I have a few projects in it as well. Can’t hurt to mention that either!</p>http://blog.joncontino.com/post/20188496408http://blog.joncontino.com/post/20188496408Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:51:54 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1ntl9e7Ix1qavw76o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On April 4th and 5th I will be guest lecturing at Parsons NYC and Pratt Brooklyn, respectively, to talk about the trials and tribulations of being a designer and the failures and victories along the way.</p>http://blog.joncontino.com/post/20125070594http://blog.joncontino.com/post/20125070594Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:48:45 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1kxhkxZcB1qavw76o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>New print and iPhone cases up in <a href="http://society6.com/JonContino/Poison-F0k_Print" target="_blank">the shop</a>!!!</p>http://blog.joncontino.com/post/20065284661http://blog.joncontino.com/post/20065284661Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:07:25 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m18pq9h7g01qavw76o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>For those interested, the La Marzocco book I worked on with the awesomely talented <a href="http://www.svenhoffmann.me/project/la-marzocco-year-book-2011/" target="_blank">Sven Hoffmann</a> (<a href="http://joncontino.com/La-Marzocco" target="_blank">seen here</a>) is available for sale now on the <a href="http://www.lamarzocco.it/lmeshop/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=56&category_id=3&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=5&vmcchk=1&Itemid=5" target="_blank">La Marzocco website</a>! Get it while you still can!</p>http://blog.joncontino.com/post/19680411293http://blog.joncontino.com/post/19680411293Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:01:20 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0uxck3Zaj1qa2ip2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="Apple-style-span">Thanks so much to the ADC, and thanks to this fine art-lover for picking up my drawing for the YGX show this past week!</span></p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://motherfugger.tumblr.com/post/19276836553/i-got-this-lovely-poster-by-jon-contino-today">motherfugger</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I got this lovely poster by <a href="http://joncontino.com/">Jon Contino</a> today!</p> </blockquote>http://blog.joncontino.com/post/19419065346http://blog.joncontino.com/post/19419065346Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:12:25 -0400<p>At this point it’s just experience. I’ve made a lot of really bland drawings in the past and wondered what exactly made them look so flat and boring. As I experimented and researched over the years, I found illustrations that I admired and began studied the non-obvious details. That’s the stuff that really brings character into any work and as soon as you figure out what’s missing in your work, you can hop that hurdle and bring it to the next level. </p>http://blog.joncontino.com/post/19282251695http://blog.joncontino.com/post/19282251695Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:10:37 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0nollFi0T1qavw76o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>New project! <a href="http://joncontino.com/Waterloo-Gin" target="_blank">Waterloo Gin flags</a>. Serious.</p>http://blog.joncontino.com/post/19066696892http://blog.joncontino.com/post/19066696892Sat, 10 Mar 2012 13:00:06 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0eit3lYNd1qavw76o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://joncontino.com" target="_blank">New site with new work</a> and a whole bunch more to be added! Extra special thanks to <a href="http://www.cestbondesign.com/" target="_blank">Trevor Ramage</a> and <a href="http://www.justinpitcher.com/" target="_blank">Justin Pitcher</a> for the coding help!</p>http://blog.joncontino.com/post/18849627811http://blog.joncontino.com/post/18849627811Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:12:56 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ds2kTC0K1qavw76o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Caught in the act!</p>http://blog.joncontino.com/post/18751670942http://blog.joncontino.com/post/18751670942Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:06:19 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzvus3JP4D1qavw76o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>By popular demand, some of my classics <a href="http://society6.com/JonContino/cases" target="_blank">available now</a> in iPhone case form! </p>http://blog.joncontino.com/post/18203833899http://blog.joncontino.com/post/18203833899Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:47:44 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz79ecP55a1qbo9ygo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I approve: <a href="http://www.freemanbrand.com/journal/winter-kit-n8-evening-flight.html">Winter Kit Nº8 – Evening Flight</a></p>http://blog.joncontino.com/post/17646264554http://blog.joncontino.com/post/17646264554Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:36:48 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzco3tF5271qavw76o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Our new high end line for CXXVI called <a href="http://barnabyblack.com/">Barnaby Black</a> is live now!</p>http://blog.joncontino.com/post/17566453906http://blog.joncontino.com/post/17566453906Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:09:29 -0500