Dennis Jones
eclectic artwork & other random things
Category: Animals
French Flies
The bell rang in the diner. I sat my spatula down, wiped my greasy hands on my apron and picked up the servers ticket… it was for an order of my world famous, piping hot french flies. I filled the order, shoved it into the kitchen window and out… Continue Reading “French Flies”
Another Sketch On The Go
We flew to Kansas City over Easter and that means I was drawing on the Surface Pro 4 again to kill travel time.
Surface Pro 4 Pen
I just spent a great week with my Oklahoma kids helping them move into a fabulous new house. I flew out last Thursday (which was my birthday) and I killed time on the flight once again with my Surface Pro 4 tablet. This happy little redheaded birthday cat magically… Continue Reading “Surface Pro 4 Pen”
RATS!
We flew out to see our Denver kids last weekend. I fired up my Surface Pro 4 on the plane and painted a picture of the stewardess. JUST KIDDING… that was a JOKE… really… well, kinda… anyway… that tablet is a really legitimate option for digital painting on the… Continue Reading “RATS!”
My Surface Pro 4 Review
Several years ago I did a job for Mission Hockey and as part of the payment process I received a bunch of their latest hockey gear. For some reason my wife is not fond of this sort of compensation package (she seems to be a big fan of hard… Continue Reading “My Surface Pro 4 Review”
Groundhogs Day
Do you remember Highlights Magazine? Seventy years in publication and still going strong. Groundhogs Day is February 2 and the groundhog and I are making an appearance on the Highlights cover this month.
Concept To Finish
I just finished up a job that was chocked full of black and white illustration. I took one of the small spots, added some color to it, and here you can see my process from start to finish.
Running With The Big Dogs
Concept work is always fun. This is a project I worked on a couple of years ago… a crazy little pack of finger dog puppets. In concept work my role is not to create finished color artwork, but to develop characters and then show them in front, side, three… Continue Reading “Running With The Big Dogs”
Custom Church Wall Art
I recently had the opportunity to create illustrations for the walls of a really great church down in Memphis, Tennessee. They sent me photographs that mapped out all the appropriate wall dimensions. I imported those pictures into photoshop and roughly figured out what the different components would be for each illustration. After the… Continue Reading “Custom Church Wall Art”
Turn Based Strategy Games
When I have time to kill, I will occasionally fire up the iPad and play a game or two… and my favorite kind are turn based strategy. The developers of the game I am playing right now ( HeavenStrike Rivals ) are currently running a promotion and awarding game bonus to… Continue Reading “Turn Based Strategy Games”
Snow Fence Down
The air hurts my face… why do I live in a place where the air hurts my face? We Northern Indiana Hoosiers are all really looking forward to Thursday when our high temperature is supposed to reach 3… yea. Last Saturday I hopped into my car… Continue Reading “Snow Fence Down”
Snow Fence
Rarely (if ever) does something live up to expectation… but the snow fence kinda did. Our driveway runs perpendicular to the winter winds and snow drifts over it every night, but the snow fence is magically making the snow drift next to it instead and leaving… Continue Reading “Snow Fence”
Music City Bowl 2014
My son Nick (a Notre Dame fan) and his wife Rachel (an LSU fan) will be here over the holidays. While here, their two teams will be playing in the Music City Tackle Football Bowl and I can hardly wait to watch that game… Continue Reading “Music City Bowl 2014”
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