Our Brand New Etsy Shop!
Happy September! Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth at the People’s Arts Festival this weekend. Dennis took a whole bunch of pictures, and a recap is coming soon. In the meantime, we’re happy to announce that all of our products are finally available online in our new Etsy shop!
For the first week our shop is open, we’re offering 20% off of the print of your choice. If you see something you like, don’t wait, because our inventory is pretty low now that summer craft fair season is over. We only have single digits left in Octotree, Moth, Clara, Tea Leaves, and Unrequited Love.
Thanks very much to K. Redmond Photography for taking all of the pictures you see above, as well as many more in our shop.
Get a Clue Design
I really like the gig posters from North Carolina’s Get A Clue Design. Founded in 2003, Get a Clue Design consists of Matt Pfahlert and his wife. They run their studio out of the upper floor of their home. Photos of which can be seen at This Ain’t No Disco.



As for their philosophy as stated in their Communication Arts profile: “Taking that leap is totally worth it—even if you twist your ankle.” Awesome!
Chad Davis
I had the pleasuree of meeting Garden City’s Chad Davis this past weekend at the People’s Art Festival. Chad was exhibiting his found wood sculptures along with his acrylic transfer mixed media pieces. Both of which are excellent. I was impressed with how clean his work was, and at first glance I thought that they were silkscreen. Much more of his work can be viewed in his Flickr Photostream.

Hole In the Earth
Mixed Media Collage

It’s All In Your Head
Mixed Media Collage

Acrylic Transfers on Wood

Inner Circle
Found Wood Sculpture
Third Alert Designs
I’m not sure how Third Alert Designs has slipped under the radar. Hank Hanewinkle’s graphic design company out of Tulsa has produced some great posters for pretty big name acts. I really love the stark, vintage looking photography that he employs in his designs.
I don’t think Third Alert is going to be an unknown name for long, so you might want to raid the shop while it’s still stocked up.
Mark Goss
Ask and you shall receive. We asked for submissions while we were on vacation, and we got a great one. Mark Goss is an illustrator and graphic designer from Antwerp. His fantastic portfolio has a little bit of everything: tattoo inspired illustrations, paintings, graffiti, hand lettering and zines.
Most recently, Mark was part of a show called Dirty Fingers that just opened at Artspace Leguit in Antwerp. Behind the cut, you can check out a video of his step by step installation of one of the pieces for that show.
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ABOUT PERFECT LAUGHTER
Perfect Laughter is Dennis and Christina Jacobs of Detroit, Michigan. In addition to blogging about artists that we love, we design, screenprint and letterpress paper goods. If you're looking for a graphic designer or illustrator, commissions are always welcome! (more about us...)
FEATURED: LAUREN MOYER
We interviewed painter, illustrator and CCS grad Lauren Moyer. She tells us about how she fell in love with painting, her travels to Alaska, and what’s next for her. She was also kind enough to show us her newest paintings and screenprints. (Read the interview...)
SUBMISSIONS
If you'd like your work featured on Perfect Laughter, email us at heyyouguys (at) perfectlaughter.com.
HIRE US!
We'd love to work with you on your graphic design or illustration project. A portfolio of client work is available upon request (and will be online soon!) In the meantime, visit our shop to see what we can do.














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