Jamie Browne design story
Jamie Browne design story
If there’s one artist who’s in the heart of surf and skate culture, it’s Jamie Browne. He’s well known throughout these laid-back communities for his awesome and funny illustrations. You might know them from Volcom tees as Jamie is part of their design team. His images are usually in black and white, combined with a witty pun. For Face This Browne combined forces with 12 year old Gia and we’re happy to announce that you can buy this exclusive design at our webshop and aid those in need in Indonesia.
How Jamie Browne and other artists collab with Indonesian school kids
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Why Jamie Browne wanted to design a Face This T-shirt
Jamie Browne: “What motivated me to work with Face This is that I thought it was a really ingenious way to work with the community you’re helping at the same time. It’s not a hand-out, the kids get involved and have some fun and get a sense of the world and what’s possible for them. Maybe they can be an artist too. It’s a really inspired way of making things together, to help something. I’m not always in a position to help out in the world as much as I’d like to, but having a skill, or having this art style that can be a vehicle for that help, kinda make me feel like I can do stuff, I can help out to do some fun stuff that is good. So that’s really why I was motivated to participate.”
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Jamie Browne about the Gia's (12) drawings
Jamie Browne: “Something about Gia’s drawing that I found really interesting was her little characters in there. I just thought they were really fun. Obviously I loved the image of her and her brother paddling out together, as something that they love doing. That was really cool. Not many girls surf in Indonesia, so I’m told, and that’s something that they enjoy together and it’s just special. When I started out the collab with Gia, it was tricky, I didn’t want to do the wrong thing. I wanted to do her art justice and show it respect. I wanted to be respectful but also bring some of my own flavor in there. Her ideas are just as valid, so I did a lot of thinking about it.”
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Jamie Browne x Jack Black
The T-shirt designed by Gia (12) and Jamie Browne got viral after actor and musician Jack Black shared a picture of himself on his socials, wearing the awesome T-shirt the creatives had made. Within no-time tee got ordered hundreds of times by people from all over the world.
