Some AJ fixes/updates...

Hey guys!

Sorry, been off the grid for a couple of weeks.

I recently changed hosting servers, hence that AJ's topic hasn't been showing up for the past couple of weeks - we'll have to recycle the topics that were missed (Week 238: Elijah Wood and Week 239: Captain America). So, sorry about that.

Along with fixing the topic, AJ looks slightly different - so, no the page isn't broken, just doing some house cleaning, removing ads, improving load time, etc.

Anyways, take care!

Mark
markgeyer.com

Welcome to Week 200!!!

Hey all:

Art Jumble is four years old!

So enjoy this week of posting your best pieces! We've got some exciting new things in the works for the Art Jumble Blog to be released in the next couple of weeks:

• A new site design (web and smart phone friendly)
• Monthly competitions (more details soon)
• Monthly newsletters
• Advertising with Art Jumble
• And other little improvements... 

Comic Jumble (found in the top banner), will be taken down soon for the time being. It's a great idea, but needs to be rethought - so enjoy that while it's up.

Just a couple of stats from the blog:

• We've gotten over 270,700 visits from 12,860 cities around the world
• Most traffic comes from Arizona, New york, Vancouver, Madrid, Toronto, etc.  
• Most of our referring traffic comes from Google images because Google owns Blogger. All images that get posted to Art Jumble will more than likely show up as Google image searches when people look for things. See for yourself, you might find one or two of your own posted images: http://www.google.com/images?q=art+jumble
• Over 1,000 people subscribe to our RSS feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ArtJumble

Looking forward to another four years, take care and have fun guys!

Attention Jumblers

Please be a considerate member of the Art Jumble community by posting in moderation. Other members would like to share their work as well without being pushed all the way down the page. Art Jumble is not for use as a personal portfolio so if you have an extensive portfolio of images that pertain to a particular weekly topic please post a couple of your favorites and then provide a link to your website for those that wish to view more.

Thank you.

AJ server move...

My apologies... again.

We had to move servers this time - the Topic Submit and the Join AJ forms at the top of the page have been down. They are now up and running on our new server, yay!

So, if you entered any info (or tried to enter) into these form fields, please re-enter your topic or to join up, if so inclined.

Thanks all,

Mark G.

Hey all prospective AJ members!

My apologies...

For a couple of weeks now, the "Join AJ" form at the top of the page has been broken - fail! We have been getting your requests but they would come through blank.

It's now fixed!

Please re-enter your submission to join up, if so inclined - thanks all,

Mark G.

Attention Jumblers

Please be a considerate member of the Art Jumble community by posting in moderation. Other members would like to share their work as well without being pushed all the way down the page. Art Jumble is not for use as a personal portfolio so if you have an extensive portfolio of images that pertain to a particular weekly topic please post a couple of your favorites and then provide a link to your website for those that wish to view more.

Thank you.

APE 2008 and Phoenix Comicon 2009 pictures...

APE 2008

This expo was awesome! One of the best shows we've ever been too - there is so must quality there, one must bring a diaper because you are guaranteed to crap your pants! Very nice peoples too.

From left to right:
Mark Geyer, David Jackson, Robert Islas and Charlie Bink


Phoenix Comicon 2009

This show was great and looked a lot like Comic Con 2008. Overall the crowd that attended was very unusual as in many con's. It was a great time though - moving product and all.

Tons of quality stuff!

Charlie acting goofy, ha.

From left to right, back to front:
Tom Columbus, Mark Geyer, Jim Mariano, Greg Ham, Charlie Bink, and Evan Geyer
Not pictured: Gary Ham

Art Jumble @ APE - San Francisco - November 1-2nd...

Hey all:

The 2008 Alternative Press Expo (APE) in San Francisco, CA is just around the corner. If your in the area or plan on going, stop by the Art Jumble table (table 531) where we'll have CAKE Volume One, various high-quality artist prints, sketchbooks, comics and plush dolls for sale!

If anything, come by and say hi and sign-up with Art Jumble if your not a member yet. Anyone else have a booth? Anyone going?

See you there!

Happy Birthday Art Jumble! (two years)

Art Jumble has almost 100,000 hits to date, averages 5,100 hits a month, with over 214,662 page views, viewed in 5,029 cities around the world!

All this wouldn't have been possible with out YOU (the member, the viewer, the person that does a random Google search that pertains to a past AJ topic). To think it all started with less than a dozen people has grown to 253 members from around the world and counting.

So thanks all!

See where you're at on the map...

Comic-Con 2008 (Art Jumble Booth)

San Diego Comic-con was a blast! Below is a video and some pictures taken during the duration of the 4 day event. We sold artist prints, sketchbooks and only 70 CAKE V1 books, we think it was due to crappy placement of the booth, maybe next year we'll be in a better section. Either way it as super fun, so plan next year to go! Enjoy the visuals...

Our postcard advertising.

Robert, Rory and myself ready to sell it up.


Jim, Greg and Charlie attending to our only customer.

Red Hot Robot pictures (7-11-08 - Art Jumble Show)

It's been a month, but better late then never to post these pictures. We hung pieces on the walls for sale, sold 30 books (but we signed like 50 total, people brought books to be signed) and sold various prints - but most of all we had fun. Enjoy!

Around 7:30-9pm it was busy like the two photos show above.

Greg, Mark, Jim and Rory ready to sell and sign & sketch some CAKE.

Robert scared of the camera.

Robert and Tom signing some books.

These are the authors of CAKE Volume One!

(top row - left to right): Robert Islas, Nik Charette, Greg Ham, Mark Geyer, Rory Hensley and Jim Mariano
(sitting - left to right): Charlie Bink, Tom Columbus and Jake Yago
(not pictured but super imposed face on girl): David Jackson

CAKE @ San Diego Comic-Con!

The 2008 San Diego Comic-Con is here (July 23-26). These are very exciting times for anyone who's been to one; it's the mother of all Comic-Con's. If you haven't been to one, you're totally missing out - so go, before it's too late (it gets more expensive the longer you wait with hotel stays and whatnots).

If you are going, stop by the Art Jumble exhibitor table A9 to pick up CAKE, Volume One (for the special Comic-Con price of $10) and meet some of the artists involved in the making of the anthology. We'll have tons of individual artist prints for sale too!

If anything, come by and say hi - see you there! Anyone else have a booth? Anyone going? Please reply to this post if you do/are going...

CAKE in Arizona Republic!

Hey all - The Arizona Republic is one of the biggest newspapers for local Arizona news and such and CAKE is in it! Click on the article above from last Saturday to read it.

Just a reminder about tonight @ Red Hot Robot --- it's going to be amazing!

CAKE Release Party @ Red Hot Robot this Friday...

Red Hot Robot
14 W. Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ

Well it's almost here folks, the CAKE release party and signing on July 11th @ Red Hot Robot located in downtown Phoenix, AZ! There will be CAKE books (that can be signed by all the artists) and various art jumble artwork on the wall and prints of those particular pieces all for sale.

Also - there will be food, drinks and people just hanging out. Red Hot Robot is filled with great designer vinyl toys, plush toys, books, tees, gifts, etc. So if your in the area, come on out, it'll be fun!

See you there.

Below are some posters created for the CAKE release party:

Poster by Greg Ham

Poster by Mark Geyer

Poster by Tom Columbus

CAKE, Volume One is here!

Hey all:

It's finally here - CAKE, Volume One! Thanks to everyone that pre-ordered the book and showing your support, it is very much appreciated.

For those of you who would like a little more info about CAKE and to see a 30 page sample or would like to order a copy, please go to the web site, located here: the-cake-anthology.com

$12.95 + shipping

Art Jumble presents CAKE, Volume One!

CAKE features a wide variety of stories, characters and art styles that derive from the personal experiences and imaginations of fellow Art Jumble members.

Visit the web site for a 30 page sample & pre-order your copy today (books ship May 17th)!

the-cake-anthology.com

AJ Art Show pictures (12-7-07)

We had a great turnout despite the rainy evening (raining in Arizona, go figure). Framed pieces and prints were sold - overall very positive feedback from everyone, artists included. All framed pieces will remain in the gallery for the next First Friday art walk in January. Even newer pieces will be up by then too.

Enjoy the pictures – there’s still more to come!

AJ Art Show...

Hello ladies and gents!

Please make plans to come to the AJ Art Show on December 7, 2007. We know many of you are not in the Phoenix, AZ area - but if you are or just happened to be, please stop on by! We'll have many fine lookin' printed AJ pieces for sale from the featured artists and an ongoing slide show of many AJ pieces that are not being hung up in the gallery.

If you are not able to attend, but still wanted to know how it all went down - pictures will be posted soon after the show.

When:
December 7, 2007 6-10pm

Located at:
Karmic Calamity Gallery
610 E Roosevelt St.
Phoenix, AZ 85004

Thanks and see you there!!!

Art Jumble on MySpace...

Hello fellow Jumbler's!

This is just an FYI for all you MySpace users out there.

Art Jumble's MySpace account was recently hacked and deleted. Since then, the account has been reopened - so we currently have no friends to update about special upcoming events :'(

So if you used to be a friend of the Art Jumble Blog on MySpace, click the MySpace logo on the header of this page and Add a Friend. Please also be aware of the Facebook logo to the right of it, Facebook is like MySpace but BETTER! It has a lot less garbage ads and is very cool.

If this happens again (the MySpace account delete) for whatever reason, we'll have to keep it closed - because apparently people have a lot of time on their hands, lol.

See ya.

illosaurus

We wanted to thank illosaurus.com for linking us under their Inspiration -> Blogs -> Community Blogs section of their web site.

For those of you wondering, illosaurus is a comprehensive listing and information service for illustrators and image makers. They focus on providing illustrators with the practical tools and resources they need to run their business.

So again, thank you illosaurus for linking!