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Magical Brew Animatic
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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Break Room Fun!
Just when you thought that working 2 blocks from the beach, a wheelbarrow of snacks and a beer fridge was enough distraction at work, we outdid ourselves…one day after a long team meeting we found two more fun additions to our break room! We work really hard to bring all of you fun eCards & kids storybooks, but now…
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Magical Brew-The Writing Process
The newest addition to our St. Patricks’s Day eCard collection, Magical Brew, is set to a very catchy Irish jingle! Our in-house writer, Scott, is the lyrical genius behind it, so we sat down with him to get the scoop on how he gets into his writing groove. Have you ever written a song like…
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GIF Off 3.0
Every once in a while, when we need a good laugh & a challenge, we hold a GIF contest. The ‘GIF OFF’ is a weeklong competition in which participants create daily themed animated images. Each day we all vote to see which one is our favorite and at the end of the week when all the…
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Super Bowl Sunday Snacks!
Superbowl Sunday involves a lot of snack eating and beer drinking for everybody, even if you don’t like football. As you already know, we love our snacks and beers here so we decided to ask the team what kind of fun snacks they will be enjoying this Sunday. Check out some fun recipes below… Buffalo…
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Putting Our Old Equipment Towards a Great Cause!
After our big office remodel in the beginning of the year, we realized we had a lot of unused computers and wanted to donate them. Luckily we found a fantastic local charity, Komputers 4 R Kids! The organization focuses on providing computers to children in the Southern California area and educating the kids on how to repair, refurbish…
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Inside JibJab: Cha-Cha-Changes in the Office!
The JibJab office has been going through a bit of a 2012 makeover. The company originally was divided in four separate rooms in our building. We wanted to feel more togetherness in one LARGE continuous room so walls needed to come down, desks needed to be moved and spring-cleaning started early. Check out the photos below of some…
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What are your New Year’s resolutions?
Now that we’ve said “2011, Buh-Bye!” …we wanted to get a glimpse of some the goals and resolutions for 2012 from the JibJab team! Check them out then let us know what you resolve to do this year in the comments below! Glennie: Eat more kale and use all my Groupons. Ashlyn: Document what clothes I…
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Behind the Scenes: Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
Did you send Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree this past holiday season? We saw a couple of famous names (Coldplay, Jillian Michaels) share their versions on Twitter! To take a closer look into the production of this popular video we chatted with Anthony our technical director to see what lengths he went to combining live…
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Making of Winter Wonderland
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
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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Inside JibJab: Production Meeting
JibJab’s hilarious eCards and enchanting children’s books take a lot of thought, time and planning. Not only do we have brainstorming meetings, draw storyboards and research for inspiration, we also have a weekly production meeting to keep the team up to speed on what is going on. We share breakfast, motivation and a few laughs.…
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Final Staches!
Today is the last day of Movember, a month dedicated to growing mustaches and raising money for men’s health. If you haven’t already donated, take this final opportunity before December begins! The guys here at JibJab did an awesome job spreading the word and fundraising for a great cause! Check out their progress from the beginning, middle and now the…
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Halfway Through Movember!
Our Movemeber men are looking quite dashing mid-way through Movember. Their mustaches have grown and so has the support for men’s cancer research and education! These guys are serious about awareness: Donate to team JibJab today!
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The Pilgrim Song – Early Designs
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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