Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Golden State Warrior Curry Shirt

 You know the Warriors never make the playoffs, so I decided to take advantage of this blue moon event and channel my inner fashion.  Check out my design with Stephen Curry's number laced in between the warriors font.  You can buy your own hoodie or shirt at Society 6.

GO WARRIORS!!! 





http://society6.com/jdstibies/Golden-State-Warrior-Curry-design_T-shirt#11=49&4=134

Monday, March 18, 2013

Rampage in San Francisco


America's Got Talent add


Some more work.

Some recent work

 Some work I did a while back for Pom8.  Co-Branding work for you tube and google.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Brandon and Cat's Wedding


A photo I doctored up in photoshop to look like a late 1800's post card.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Commission Oil Painting


It was sure nice to take a break the norm of digital art and really get my hands dirty. I felt like I was in school again. I really missed Control Z!! It was fun though!

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Robot Fight!


The Terminator Vs. Johnny 5. Who could of scripted it better! I've been working on this piece in my personal time over the past months. The idea sprouted from a screen print I did at Art Center in 2005 and thought it is due time to make it come to life.

My humorous attitude is conveyed in this illustration of Johnny 5 fighting the Terminator with Robo-cop as the ref. The background is packed with other famous robots such as C3p0, bender, I-Robot, Murbot, Spaceballs robots, transformers, and much more oh my!

I chuckled when I saw the preview for the movie "Real Steel". They must of been looking over my shoulder or something. I can't hate though, I'll just take it as complement of good taste.




Here are the steps I took to complete this. All done in Photoshop, no 3D








Tuesday, April 26, 2011

3 Stooges


Old school black and white charcoal drawing I did as a self portrait. Theme word that best describes me "Mischievous".

Thursday, April 14, 2011


A package design I did for an up coming product that should hit the shelves at the end of this year before the rainy season. I created the logo and header card.

Monday, March 7, 2011

DJ Logo



I've been working on quite a few logos these days. People always think because most of the logos they see are so simple that they take no time to create. Well, the old saying "less is more" is actually true in logo making. In fact logos take quite a bit of time to design because a lot goes into them the naked eye does not see.
A logo has to be easily readable from far distances, whether your driving 70 MPH past a Mercedes Benz emblem or it's a scaled down version on the back of a business card. They have to be simple in order for people to associate and recognize the brand in split second intervals.
This logo I created is for DJ Donovan. He is coming out with his own clothing line and I was asked to design his logo which is called Donovan Patrick (DP).
I first start out by sketching rough thumbnails by hand then take them into photoshop to refine my ideas. After showing them to the client we make a decision to move forward on one of them. I create the final image in Illustrator where I can give the client variations of the logo such as color and line weight.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Valentines Day Painting


It's been a while. I've been busy with work, but got a chance to paint this one out for my lady.

Friday, February 11, 2011

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Jewelry Logo Design




I've been doing quite a few graphic design projects lately. This one was for the House of Jewelry. I first did thumbnails by hand and got feedback. They wanted a more famine style so made my designs more rounded rather then angular. Next I took some of the better logos and modified them in Photoshop(which is seen above). The final logo Incorporated the ring acting as a roof for the house, while the H's negative space provided a door.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010







Finished a CD cover for Bay Area hip hop artist B. Nobil. We worked on this back and forth for the last few weeks trying to find an idea that worked. "Organic Hip Hop" is the title of the album so I incorporated lots of vegetation, roots, and dirt. Should be a hit!

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Wicked




I went to the musical "Wicked" the other night with my girlfriend and got inspired to do a character out of the play. Dr. Dillamond was a teacher at the univeristiy where the wicked witch of the west went. I really don't like musicals, but I must say I would have to give this play two thumbs up. I used mostly photo's and textures to create this effect.

Monday, August 30, 2010

Gypsy's Edge




A video game concept for a mind sharping board game that involves answering questions from rock formations on the side of dangerous cliffs. Answer it correctly and move on till you reach your totem of zen. Answer it wrong and your stable path will give way beneath your feet. Questions get progressively harder as the game moves on. Live on the edge in Antarctica, Hawaii, Big Sur, Everest, and many more.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

For the past few days I've been working on a CD cover for a local hip hop artist. The CD is called "Organic Hip-Hip". I started by sitting down with the artist and brainstorming some ideas
of where he wanted to take the album cover. I then did some thumbnails sketches and got Internet reference on the subject. A photo shoot was scheduled to take a picture of his hand holding the mic. There's nothing better than taking your own photo's not only for copyright purposes, but you also get exactly what your looking for. This is the first pass at this cover. I hope he likes it.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

I-Phone Game






I can't but help to feel stressed out at times, and this is a tribute to that. There are good feelings though, but they always seem to be layered inbetween all the bad emotions.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Hayes










Floating of the Hayes




These Images were done for Darrell Woodard an assistant director for the Movie "Ray" with Jamie Fox. This was his screen play about a son who lost his father. Can't tell you much more until the movie gets ok'ed.




Enjoy!


Thursday, March 4, 2010

B.Nobil


I've been doing some freelance work for a music artist named B.Nobil. His music falls into the genre of underground hip hop. I had the idea of creating a city scape that formed his name while also combining the equilibrium balance of a boom box. He seems to like!

Monday, December 7, 2009

Used Car Sales Man

I took a class with Steven Silver.  Very cool class.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Monday, May 25, 2009










Interior lobby of Carlyle before and after I touched it up.

Projects from Work



The Carlyle in Los Angeles.

Started with 3-D model and added
landscape and effects.






Projects from Work



3-D Rendering done by a modeler. I finished it in photoshop by adding photo's, using levels, color balance, and some magic.








Monday, May 11, 2009

Friends



I have a weird sense of humor (as my friends tell me). You almost have to be weird to be an artist, or how else would we come up with new ideas. As a Designer you have to court social discomfort and stare awkward moments back in there face.


I tend to make up nicknames for all my friends and here a few images I did of them. Done on 3 by 3 inch wood cuts using acrylic and mixed media.

Thursday, April 30, 2009



Quick Sargent Study of Almina. About an hour and a half.