DennisJones
eclectic artwork & other random things
Gourdness Gracious
I was digging around on the back porch and found this old gourd with a hole in it hidden away on the bottom shelf of a cabinet. I turned it over and found an interesting design I had apparently carved into it at some point in time.
I put the missing leg back on, gave it a fresh coat of paint and added leather lacing around the top.
I tossed in some dirt and tah-dahhh… a new flower pot is born!
This process inspired me to build a gourd page over on Facebook. It’s currently under construction but you can take a sneak peak if you want at BrotherJones Gourd Farm.
House For Rent
Spring is right around the corner so I’m building wren birdhouses. Now I’m not sure if any self respecting wren is going to want to nest in one of my birdhouses… but that’s their call not mine.
I hinge all my birdhouses so housekeeping can come in after checkout and clean the rooms.
Gourds weigh next to nothing and it’s really windy here in Northeastern Indiana so I add rocks to keep them from blowing out of the trees.
Jean Gunnhildr
Sometimes I play a game called Genshin Impact. I decided it was time for me to draw my main character, Jean Gunnhildr. This game is done in an anime style, so the Dennis Jones Jean looks pretty different than the Xbox game Jean.
Here’s my short little drawing video with a punchy soundtrack.
Bear With Me
One last “then and now” before I get back to doing real work. I did this illustration back in the ’90’s. I can’t remember now what this bear was supposed to be… he’s wearing some sort of samurai outfit, has a viking braid, a European shield and some sort of Celtic wizard staff? I guess I was just trying to cover all the bases? …anyway, here’s my 2025 redo of this old piece of artwork.
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.
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