Dennis Jones
eclectic artwork & other random things
Category: SketchBook
Mello Yellow
One of the smaller sized characters I created for the board game I’m currently working on. As this project moves closer to a publishing date, I can share more information about it.
Sea Monkeys
When I was a kid I loved comic books and those old comic books had some pretty interesting ads in them. You could buy a 7 foot long Polaris submarine that fired rockets and torpedoes for only $6.98, real x-ray vision glasses for $1.98,… Continue Reading “Sea Monkeys”
Big Brother
Another creature from the board game I’m working on. This is one of my big guys. I think gamers refer to fellows like this as “tanks”.
Little Red Robbing Hood
Another one of the animals I came up with for the board game I’m working on. There will be four little teams of varmints with three characters on each team. I decided there should be a small, medium and large creature on each team. Here is one… Continue Reading “Little Red Robbing Hood”
Frequent Fryer Flier
Here is another one of the characters I came up with for the board game I’m working on. Kind of a flying chicken I guess…
Green Jumper
I am currently working on a really fun project. It is a boxed board game and part of the project calls for me to developing twelve wacky looking animals. My client has graciously said that I could share some of this work here on… Continue Reading “Green Jumper”
Crowd Control
Color can be a tricky thing to work with. Lots of out of control color can confuse what you are trying to achieve in an illustration. This is a simple technique to keep order when you have a lot going on in a picture. Render the… Continue Reading “Crowd Control”
Animal House
I haven’t really done very much drawing in my sketchbook over the last several months, but I did manage to kick out this page of animals yesterday as a summer storm blew through our area.
My Somewhat Unconventional Pencilling Process
Over the course of the last several years, I have worked with a lot of high quality art materials; expensive watercolor papers, high end illustration boards, hot and cold press bristols, you name it, I’ve worked on it… so it was a bit of… Continue Reading “My Somewhat Unconventional Pencilling Process”
My Creative Process
My creative process is a fairly simple one. I start with a fairly loose pencil sketch to incorporate some energy into the picture. I put that on a light table, do a tighter pencil drawing over the top of it, scan that into Photoshop and add… Continue Reading “My Creative Process”
Drawing Yoda
For those that have asked to see me actually DRAW a picture, this is for you. I started with a piece of Georgia-Pacific Card Stock (available at WalMart), knocked out initial shapes with a Prismacolor Col-Erase blue pencil, erased that with a kneaded eraser, added a… Continue Reading “Drawing Yoda”
2010 Video SketchBook
It’s 2011 and I’m just now getting my 2010 Video Sketchbook posted up onto the almighty YouTube. So much for the start getting things done in a prompt and timely manner New Year’s resolution. I wanted to use a Steven Delopoulos song for this so… Continue Reading “2010 Video SketchBook”
Reading eBooks
I’ve been reading e-books lately on my iPad and iPod Touch. I like reading on the iPod Touch best because it’s small, I can carry it in my pocket, and I can fire it up on a moments notice. It’s great to travel with…… Continue Reading “Reading eBooks”
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