JOYENGINE: cause sharing is cool

If you happen to be up North, Step into PHOTOLICIOUS! Fort Collins has a thriving art scene, and tonight is no exception with the talented HARPER POINT photography studio throwing their inagural gallery show in conjunction with the RoundHouse Gallery, amongst others. Word on the street is that I was convinced to hang some work as well at the last minute….Check it out if you are in the ‘Fort. 116 N. College ave…

Figure now that it is finished I should put it up, right?Full pic up top and detail at the bottom… Maybe some prints available soon?

Since leaving Sid Factor Seven and going solo Brian Krezel has been a busy man.   He’s been doin’ some remodeling to his pad and getting his home studio all dialed in.  After a steady foray into woodworking and gettin’ gritty for a bit Krez seems to be ready to get back to his roots and start pushin’ out his signature illlustrations.  Here’s a sneak peek at what Brian is startin’ to get after… keep in mind that these little nasties were most likely done yesterday afternoon while jacked on coffee, in not much more time than it takes to run a load of laundry.  When you’re good… you’re just good.

I received a rather intriquing email from my buddy Lifter Baron this morning. He’d stumbled upon a graphic designers portfolio containing what seemed to be a sad and blatant ripoff of an illustration Brian Krezel created for a collaborative piece we worked on together for an opening I had at Installation Shoe Gallery. I went in for a closer look and stopped by http://downpour.identico.org, and yep sure enough homey totally ripped Krez’s storkmaster and integrated him into a snowboard design for Salomon? Perhaps even for Salomon’s design contest? Seems like he went one step further and stole a little Sam Flores steez for the torso. Drawing inspiration from someone, somewhere, or something is one thing, but straight up copying… well, that’s another.

Oh, for those of you that have yet to realize, in this Digital Age we’re living in, the “world wide web” really is worldwide - with eyes on the prize 24/7.

Note: (top image) Comparison of the Storkmaster piece and Downpour’s snowboard. (bottom image) A scan of Krezel’s original storkmaster sketch prior to adjustment.

Upon falling in love with his new iPhone, the illustrative force that is Brian Krezel couldn’t help but crank out some seriously righteous wallpaper and send it our way. Never one to shy from collaboration and steppin’ up to support his extended fam… We’re deeming Brian the official SPONSOR of what’s soon to be the new JoyEngine iPhone Wallpaper Gallery. Thanks for the inspiration Krez! Until the gallery is up and running(some time next week) we’re making Krezel’s wallpaper immediately available for download, so click away…

1. Your’re Doomed 2. The Clones 3. Audio Propaganda 4. JoyEngine Japan 5. The Puppet No More 6. Nike SB 7. The Samurai 8. The Geisha 9. Fangs

 Basic Instructions:
1. Save the image to your desktop
2. Drag the image into iPhoto
3. Create an iPhone album and put the wall paper there
4. Plug in your iPhone/iPod touch
5. In iTunes set your iPhone/iPod touch to sync to your iPhone album
6. On your iPhone/iPod touch go to your pictures and set it as your wallpaper.

Brian Krezel, formerly of Sid Factor Seven has gone rogue. He’s now runnin’ his own graphic and product design program, flyin’ solo. Seems like Krez needed a change. He’s startin’ his solo career off right with a recent request from our bro Jason Herzog, owner of Edifice Gallery, to obtain some cover art for the CO Springs alternative periodical, Newspeak. Herzog hooked it up and Krezel’s pink Trooper adorns the most recent issue. Krez is already busy and workin’ on some awesome projects. Keepsyour eyes peeled for Brian to get settled and start playing in the art world a bit more… uhhh-ohhh… scary!!!

Brian Krezel is at it again. And so is Todd Berger. We just got some pics of a dope new painting that they’ve been working on and from what it looks like, it just keeps getting better and better. Here are some working shots and we threw in a couple of detail pics just to wet your palatte until TB’s show tommorow night at Installation.

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We’re collabin’ with Krezel on some new t-shirts, well… not really. Krez just went for it - and handled some shit. For those of you that don’t know B.Krezel personally, Brian is a nasty, nasty artist/designer/product developer (check out: theblackheartproject - it’s not too terribly up to date, but Krez is a busy man) and has been spending a lot of time in Asia lately. He’s been over there developing all sorts of new gear, backpacks, jackets, who knows… (I guess we actually know, but whatever). Krez sent over a couple new Asia inspired designs and we all went nutty. Too Fresh. Oh, and based on Krezel’s latest update, current US economic inidcators, the fact that we’re a nation of sheep, run by pigs, and guarded by wolves - for those of you that didn’t see it coming - China is going to take over and rule the world. Buckle your seat belts and prepare for the ride.

WAIT - know this: You can trust in our little Engine. We’ll be fightin’ the good fight the whole way. Wordup. And, oh if it gets really bad, JoyEngine as an entity is toying with the idea of instilling our own little “draft”. That’s right, we may need recruits. If you’re young, hungry, ready to hustle, either super brilliant, really, really, really artistically/creatively talented, or even just extra-hot (ladies…) you could be next. The JE radicalrightwingcrisisometer just went yellow…
theblackheartproject

Brian Krezel, Sid Factor Seven’s art director and lead designer just returned from a brief design & manufacturing stint in China. Homey shot all sorts of graff while abroad. Here’s some Chinese “Joy” from the streets. We’ll drop more of B.K.’s pics over the next few days. Thanks Bri - see ya soon.

As it may seem, Krezel always has a way with words and can always find a way to provide an alternative look into the meaning of something like Groundhog’s Day. In my simple opinion he did just that this morning when he hooked it up with this entertaining look into the season soon to arrive. Dope work Krezel keep ‘em comin!!

KREZEL

One wall down, two to go. And yes, we are working New Years Eve, that’s how much we care. The ENGINE can’t run its self, much JOY required.

Come by and check out the latest new work from Brian Krezel, Markham Maes, Scot Lefavor, Josh Holland, Shannon Bontakis, Adri.n Robert [sAne.], and Ray Young Chu, yes, from Ray from the Yummies.