Dennis Jones
eclectic artwork & other random things
Revolutionary
…still redoing some of my old artwork in order to experiment with different screen protector drawing tops on my iPad. This one was from the “extremely distorted, weird looking people“ phase I went through back in the 90’s…
Pondering The Good Book
Back in the 90’s, one of my favorite jobs to work on was a centerfold calendar/poster thing for E.C. Magazine. If it was a month like November you, of course, did Thanksgiving themed artwork… but if it was a month like August, they sometimes told me to just do whatever I wanted. I have no idea how this cowboy related to anything going on in August of ’96 but that’s what I came up with. I’m currently experimenting with my work process on the Procreate iPad App, so I took the opportunity to redo my old cowboy.
Redeemed
I ran across an old piece of artwork I did back in the 90’s. The idea was pretty good but the execution was, well… bizarre to say the least. I thought, hey, it’s been four decades since I originally did this… maybe I should give it another shot… so I did.
Below is a time lapse recording of my pencil work.
Night Watchman
Hour gongs were being struck all across the city and night watchmen were proclaiming that it was indeed midnight and also that, in the face of all evidence, all was well. Many of them got as far as the end of the sentence before being mugged.
The Librarian
The head librarian at Unseen University who was accidentally transformed into an orangutan, found the new body perfect for library work and refused to be transformed back. Students and faculty have come to accept this and the administration is happy to have a staff member they can literally pay in bananas.
Nijel The Destroyer
…a figure stepped forward into the pool of light… a tall young man. To say he was lean would be to miss a perfect opportunity to use the word emaciated. He was wearing the traditional garb of a barbarian hero, nothing unusual about that… except… he had never seen any other barbarian hero wearing… “I can’t help it’” the boy said. “I promised my mother.” …long woolly underwear.
“What’s your name lad?” – “Nijel“ – “Well, you see, Nijel…“ – “Nijel the Destroyer” he added. Rincewind looked down at the snake which was trying to keep out of everyones’s way. It had a good thing going in the pit and knew trouble when he saw it. It stared at Rincewind and shrugged, which is pretty clever for a reptile with no shoulders…
North Polling Booth
Election day in the U. S. of A.
E. J. Holubaloo
Several years ago I took a stop motion class at a local University and since that time about once a year I get the bug to create a fully articulated stop motion puppet. This year I made Kansas City Chiefs legend linebacker/center E. J. Holubaloo.
E. J. likes to hang out in my studio and keep an eye on things while I’m gone.
Meerkat
…well, it seems I’ve got drawing meerkats next up on my work schedule. Here’s a warmup I did to see what one of mine might look like.
World Baseball Academy
My buddy Caleb runs a really great baseball academy in Fort Wayne, Indiana called WORLD BASEBALL ACADEMY. If you have kids that you want involved in sports in a very positive way, check it out. Click HERE to take a look.
Comic Books Now Available
Back in 2016, I worked on a comic book series with Todd Sanders called THE FEW. It was a three year project that ultimately produced nine issues. Like most things that I work on, it was here one day and gone the next. Over the years, people have asked me where they could acquire hard copies of these comics. I finally have an answer for them… IndyPlanet.
IndyPlanet is a print on demand, online comic shop in Florida. I’ve used them on several projects and I think their quality is very good. When you order a comic book from them, they print it up fresh and ship it to you.
I have reworked all nine issues of THE FEW and condensed them into three volumes that contain the entire story. You can visit the Dennis Jones IndyPlanet Comic Book Store by clicking on THIS LINK.
My New “Faux” Store
I had an online store for about a year, but I closed it. As the old saying goes, the juice just wasn’t worth the squeeze… then people started emailing me and asking where the online store went. In an effort to accommodate those of you who still want to run down to Walmart and print my artwork up into a poster for a classroom, I’ve come up with this solution.
I have added a page to my website simply called BUY and I’ve explained there how you can still acquire digital downloads of my artwork. I hope that will work for some of you.
Pugster
My art process has changed significantly over the decades. Today, I start with an iPad where I figure everything out. I do a finished pencil drawing on a piece of typing paper and load that into Photoshop for coloring…
…but back in the day I worked gigantic! Huge sheets of watercolor paper, paint splattered all over my studio and I had to do all the headline text and graphics by hand.
Minsc and Boo
Sometimes a warrior can only trust his faithful hamster who has a brilliant mind and a brave heart.
Starfield
I’m one of approximately six kajillion people that are currently playing Starfield on Xbox. When I really enjoy a game I usually draw a picture of my character, so here’s my guy. His name is Weasel Rocketnaut, he’s a space scoundrel and he’s wearing his signature tin foil and leather space suit.
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