Photos & Drawings Accepted into Festivals

OFFICIAL SELECTION 2011 FLYWAY FILM FESTIVAL
http://www.flywayfilmfestival.org

OFFICIAL SELECTION 2011 Carmel Art & Film Festival
http://carmelartandfilm.com

OFFICIAL SELECTION 2011 South Dakota Film Festival
http://www.southdakotafilmfest.org

Safari Sweet is released!!!

Clothworks Textiles is releasing Alyssa Thomas for Penguin & Fish's first fabric collection, Safari Sweet. Yippee! So tell your favorite quilt shop that you want some. :-) One of the neat things about it is that it's all organic.

Learn more at: http://penguinandfish.blogspot.com/

Jam Party : Remixed released


We are excited to announce the release of the multi-platform musical sandbox video game titled Jam Party: Remixed. Jon worked with developer Zivix as Creative Director for the game.

Art Made Daily

Check out Art Made Daily! This is a Studio Collective original. We created the website to help artists promote and sell their art work.

Dark Matter® content management platform

Studio Collective & Quantumweb have released the Dark Matter content management platform. Check out our recent website for Mindbridge Marketing which is powered by Dark Matter.

Phasma Ex Machina

We had a great festival run this summer with Phasma Ex Machina. Check out the events at: Phasma Ex Machina

No Monster Here

Alyssa just illustrated her first children's book No Monster Here. You can read the entire book and pre-order a copy today.

Phamsa Ex Machina

SC has signed on as a co-producer to Phasma Ex Machina. We are doing VFX Supervision and Titles and the website. Phasma Ex Machina

We're blogging!

Check out all of our blogs:
Penguin & Fish Blog: a place where Alyssa can show new work and what's currently inspiring her. DAILY!

Studio Collective Blog: Jon's place to share his projects and what's inspiring him.

Photos and Drawings Blog: Jon's making a movie! Check out his progress here.

Jon's making a film!

Photos & Drawings is a short film written and directed by Jon Thomas. It is about Helena and Joel, two creatively stuck artists who find inspiration through a chance meeting. Alyssa is blogging about the process here: http://photosanddrawings.blogspot.com/

Alyssa Blogs

She blogs a lot and often. Her blog is: "A fun place where I can show what I'm working on, and share what and who is inspiring me. DAILY!" See for yourself.

Makin' Movies

The movie Into Temptation is shooting this week in Minneapolis. Jon worked the set a couple of days. Great cast, director, production design, and production crew. We wish them the best of luck.

The Vicious Alive

Jon recently designed this poster for his The Vicious Alive. After a eight year hiatus Jon is back behind the drum kit. If you are in Msp you can get out TVA's next show, June 4th at the 7th Street Entry. Here is their website.

Stationary Show

Alyssa spent a couple days in NYC this past month trend shopping and touring the stationary show. Here is a shot of some lovely cups from the Pearl River Mart. You can read more about it on her blog.

Learning the business of film

Jon just finished up the "Making Your Own Dynamite: Producing Independent Film" workshop -
taught by the two nicest and smartest guys in the industry, Sean C. Covel and Chris Wyatt, producers of the international hit Napoleon Dynamite.

Jon immersed himself in the detailed process of creating an independent film and preparing it for international distribution. He learned the process of acquiring rights, developing screenplays; how-to secure investors, budget/schedule projects; as well as the producer's role throughout the production processes.

SC Creates Penguin & Fish

Studio Collective has recently initiated Penguin & Fish a product line and retail website. The project is spear headed by Alyssa Thomas and she regulary blogs about it's happenings.