Dennis Jones

My Omnibus Book Proposal

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Dennis

I just ran across this old piece of art tucked away in a folder on my computer. It was the cover to a book proposal I pitched to a big publisher about six years ago. Manga (art plus pictures, basically a comic book) was just starting to become popular in the states. I decided that I wanted to do the entire Bible in this fashion or some portion of it. The publisher liked the idea, but decided it was just too big to be feasible. I believe they were probably right on that, because if they would have agreed to my book proposal I would probably still be trying to get Genesis done today, six years later.

Crossroads

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Dennis

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It was becoming more and more obvious that Thorgrim had taken a wrong turn at the crossroads and that he and his brothers would now surely miss the casting call for George R.R. Martin’s new movie…

PhotoShop Digital Painting Tutorial 37

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Dennis

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Paint the things in back first and the stuff up front last.

Good Snackin’

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Dennis

NativeAmeriCanana

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Dennis

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I heard Dennis Miller taking political-correctness to task the other day and he referred to Indiana as NativeAmeriCanana. As I am currently a Hoosier, I found that pretty funny…

HODOR

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Dennis

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“Hoooodor,” said Hodor, swaying. Hooooooodor, hoooooodor, hoDOR, hoDOR, hoDOR.”

Sometimes he liked to do this, just say his name different ways, over and over and over and over. Other times, he would stay so quiet you forgot he was there. There was never any knowing with Hodor.

“HODOR, HODOR, HODOR!” he shouted.

Weekend Pickup Hockey

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Dennis

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Our youngest son Pete flew home for the weekend and somehow we ended up in a pickup hockey game in Fort Wayne on Saturday night. There was a point in time when both my sons and I played on the same forward line for the infamous Midwest Hurricanes and wreaked havoc on opposing teams… well… the boys scored goals, I wreaked havoc… but that’s only because I have this little problem with stopping when I’m going real fast…

Winter Is Coming

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Dennis

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The ranging had lasted much longer than Sir Rhender LeafSlayer of Weaselfell had expected, and he was beginning to think that perhaps the trail had gone cold…

Sir Rhender LeafSlayer Of Weaselfell

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Dennis

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It was pointed out to me that stop motion films were becoming popular again, so I decided to try to make a fully articulated character that could be posed, shot and animated. I put this guy together and made a really, REALLY rough experimental video with him that you can see below.

Guardian Of The Provisions

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Dennis

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It was not exactly the exotic duty Purcival Fatback had hoped for when he signed his X to the recruiting papers, but it was better than life on the farm…

My Hockey Season Is Over

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Dennis

New Stuff In My ImageKind Shop

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Dennis

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A Children’s Minister contacted me this week, said he had some 16X20 frames and wanted to put my artwork in them for the children’s area of his church. I loaded 14 images up for him to chose from… so… uhm… I guess what I’m saying is there are 14 new things in my ImageKind Shop. If there is anything of mine you want, I can probably load it up for you, too. (Does this sound like a desperate man at tax time?)

Click here to go to my ImageKind Shop.

Rowing The Catacombs

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Dennis

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Sir Oric DirtSweeper would have felt so much better about this whole situation if only his two companions had finished basic training and received their life guard certification certificates…

Monday Morning Hockey Report

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Dennis

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In last nights hockey game one of the referees got caught in a melee, his hand was sliced open on a skate and he left a trail of blood up and down the ice before he finally had to leave and get it bandaged up. One of our forward skaters snapped an ankle and after a thirty minute delay had to be hauled off the ice on a stretcher by paramedics. I on the other hand escaped with all my tiger blood intact …duh, winning!