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Party Your Arrr’s Off

June 12, 2012 – 11:11 am

Pirates seem to be the summer theme at JibJab. Not only do we call our office a Pirate Ship, but our new Birthday card this week features pirates celebrating in Party Your Arrr’s Off. The artist behind this eCard, Eddie, had a great time preparing for it by drinking rum, watching pirate movies and scouring the beaches. […]

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ATTENTION!! Drill Sergeant Mom

May 10, 2012 – 11:10 am

With Mother’s Day quickly approaching this Sunday we are in no shortage of fun cards to make Mom feel special on her day. In our newest Mother’s Day eCard, Drill Sergeant Mom, we see a cartoon mom singing her way through a day of keeping her house together. It is animated, but did you know we actually photograph […]

Magical Brew Animatic

March 15, 2012 – 1:03 pm

Now that you learned more about the song writer for our new St. Patrick’s Day Starring You video, Magical Brew, take a look at the animatic used in the early creation process. In case you are unfamiliar an animatic is where we take the visual gags and ideas and start to lay them out into a timeline […]

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Year in Review Puppet Charity Auction

January 18, 2012 – 6:16 pm

After creating awesome Starring You and Year in Review videos both the office and studio tend to accumulate lots of art and props. This year we wanted to share our creations with you, our fans, and raise money for a great cause, so we decided to auction the famous puppets from our 2011 Year in Review video “2011, […]

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Making of Winter Wonderland

December 15, 2011 – 1:33 pm

JibJab’s rocking version of the Christmas classic, Winter Wonderland, is sure to get even Scrooge on his feet dancing. But figuring out how to imagine the penguin’s band and their stage was tough. We spoke with character and background designer, Justin, who gave us the inside scoop of how he picked these waddling rock stars […]

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Behind The Scenes of The Buttcracker

December 8, 2011 – 1:39 pm

We broke wind with our new holiday card, The Buttcracker. Ours though was not choreographed on a stage at all, but instead all the characters were molded, shaped and positioned by hand, bringing it to life! We got a chance to talk with Jeff, the lead artist on the project. Here is what he had to say… […]

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The Pilgrim Song – Early Designs

November 11, 2011 – 12:24 pm

Our new Starring You video for Thanksgiving is a wacky rendition of the story of how the Pilgrims first discovered America. We were really impressed by some of the funny concept art that was used so we decided to check in with one of our artists, Romney, the director of the video, to see some […]

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Super Freak Wallpaper

October 20, 2011 – 1:01 pm

The backgrounds that Justin painted for our Super Freak video gave it that extra spooky feeling we needed to tie everything together. Now we’d like to share them with you! Get your computer in the Halloween spirit with these one-of-a-kind wallpapers. Just click on the image and it will take you to a new window. […]

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M-L-B-eautiful Designs!

June 2, 2011 – 11:33 am

Let’s take a moment to touch base with our artists (pun intended). In order to make sure they had the right look for each of our 30 Major League Baseball teams, they had to spend weeks poring over logo designs, team colors and uniforms. The next step was sketching a first draft of the main […]

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A JibJab for the 21st Century

March 31, 2011 – 6:05 pm

Earlier this week we updated our eCard landing pages to include a more modern, sleek design. In a continued effort to bring a cleaner, sleeker look to the site we are finally doing away with the old-timey mustaches for a more modern look. As the JibJab team continues to work to bring you a cutting […]

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You Want Wallpaper, Babe?

February 10, 2011 – 6:47 pm

The response we got after posting our Facebook photo album full of I Got You, Babe art was fantastic, so to you we present high-res versions of our backgrounds, for you to make as your desktop background! Just click any image to reveal a much larger version, drag/save that to your desktop and do your […]

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Widescreen, Wigged Valentines

February 9, 2011 – 4:43 pm

Along with our new Samba Dance and I Got You Babe music video, keen eyes may notice that our fare from years previous have received makeovers! First up, widescreen. 14 videos were retrofitted in dimension from 4×3 to 16×9 to give you a cinematic JibJab experience. We’ve also added wigs and hats to the Starring […]

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The Mouth on that Monster

October 27, 2010 – 3:16 pm

Frankenstein’s script called for the monster to convey some real emotion, which is a challenge when you don’t know what the expression of your characters (ie; your uploaded faces) will be. This lead us to our first experiments with animated Starring You mouths, allowing you to have a big toothy grin, show sadness, fear or […]

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Frankenstein B&W Backgrounds

October 27, 2010 – 2:27 pm

Our artists came up with sweeping landscapes, black and white rainbows, noirish corridors, evil labs and spooky nights to bring Frankenstein in a Minute to life. Have a better look at some of the scenery below and check out more in our Facebook album!

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Monster Rap Wallpapers

October 12, 2010 – 2:00 pm

As we are oft to do when we’ve got a bunch of neat backgrounds to show off, here are a select few in wallpaper form. Click any of the photos here and on page 2, right click and set as your desktop background! Check out the rest of our art on our new Facebook album […]