An appreciation of Comics,
aesthetic pleasantries,
and typography


Virtual Colophon

fresh brewed illustration is:


powered by coffee, Adobe CS4,
iMac Intel Core2 Duo Extreme/2.8GHz 24",
OSX 10.5.7

Typefaces:
fresh brewed logo: House Industries’ Neutra Display Medium/Bold,
and House Industries’
Las Vegas Jackpot font,
website: Georgia, Verdana, Trebuchet, Arial, Lucida Sans.

Art Directors:
V. Van Gogh, Jack Kirby

Mascots:
Gnomes, Clarus the Dogcow

fresh brewed illustration logo

 

First Cup Canada Day

Went for a long walk today and took a lot of pics. Unfortunately I accidentally messed with the settings on my camera and they all came out looking washed out except for this one. It was the best shot too.
photo: Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Nikon D60.

found type



Random Art for today

I think I'll draw another cat.

Image title: tie cat.

Josue Menjivar: tie cat



First Cup

I always love starting out an entry with a coffee cup pic. This pic was taken in a really cool coffee bar in El Salvador, Central America. It was by far, the best cup of the trip.
photo: Ataco, El Salvador. Nikon D60.

ataco el salvador



Welcome Back

It's been quite a while since I updated the site. This is my ninth re-design. I'm always trying to improve on it and learn along the way. Let me know what you think. Comments are always welcomed.

Below is an image I drew and a photo I took. I merged them together and used a Photoshop plug-in called Permanent Press. It 's a fun plug-in that makes my art look it was printed. Very cool.

Permanent Press



Three Strikes

Recently went to see the artwork of my good friend Scott Malin. The show was great and his artwork was stunning. You can check it out for yourself at his website.

photo: Vancouver, BC, Canada. Nikon D60.

Scott Malin Gallery 1

Scott Malin Gallery 2

Scott Malin Gallery 3



Everyday Things year Two.

This strip was originally published in the local free paper here in Vancouver. This is week one of the second year. Everyday Things volume 2 #1.

Everyday Things



Air Mail

Anyone who knows me can tell you that I love type. Any reason to use it is always fun. Here I have created something I call digital scrapbooking. A combo of things I scan and images I draw.

Image title: Air Mail42.

Josue Menjivar Air Mail type



Tough Gentleman

The NBA season is over until October. One of the highlights was the excellent play of Shane Battier of the Houston Rockets. Here is my tribute to this tough player. He is a scrapper.

Image title: Shane Battier09.

Josue Menjivar: Shane Battier



Mystery eater

This is a sketch for an upcoming project titled: People Who Eat Alone. It's a small art booklet with images of, well... people eating alone.

Image title: Mystery girl sketch. Pentel Brush pen.

People Who Eat Alone



Inspired by the dead

On a recent trip to Montreal, I was reading the paper and was inspired by the pictures of regular folks in the Obituary page. The images in the background are from my trip to Central America.

Image title: Remember Where You Came From. Pencil scan and Adobe Photoshop.

Remember Where You Came From