Faces

Here are faces.

I love your faces.

- J.

Work Process - Rose City Con Portfolio Book

This is the level of preparation which goes into most of my work.

Countless print samples, color tests, and quality checks.

This is about half of the material I have left from the preparation for the 2015 Rose City Comic Con Print Portfolios which I handed out.

It's this level of processing which gives me pride.

- J.

 

Work Today

This piece is a landmark piece for the day I began work in my new studio space.

I awoke with a severe sense of knowledge that it was time to get to work, but I was paralyzed with physical and emotional fatigue... and an irrational fear of motivation to work.  This is not normal for me, and it was not okay.

So, with clarity that it was time to "get moving" I promptly jumped to my drawing table and captured the moment of that fear.

I felt it was powerful and true enough to turn it into my fall and winter business card, use it as the cover for my 2015 Rose City Portfolio cover, and as web banners.

All good things which are true can be used as powerful motivation.

- J.

Jonothan's Father

This is a commissioned portrait for a man in Boulder.  It's a portrait of his father.

- J.

Inward Violence & Outward Violence

Here are two illustrations which came as a pair!

These depict inward violence and outward violence, and were commissioned for a Medical Center as part of a larger display regarding "workplace safety."

So, we have (for instance) the woman who was just told that she owes $10,000 as part of her preventative checkup, or (on the other hand) the man who was recently informed that he will certainly not have much longer to live.

You know, uplifting, beautiful, and serene!

This was digital color over hand illustration.  It was my goal to simulate watercolors.

- J.

RTG Stegosaurus

Red Team Go! is a Colorado-based collaborate group of artists who share their experience, strengths, and enjoy working together.  One of the first collaborative books out is called Dinopocalypse! and has a variety of artists and writers putting together this collection.

You can read more about this booklet HERE.

This is my single page contribution.

The theme is basically "post-apocalyptic dinosaurs and motorbikes."  I thought it would be fun to explore the idea of the back-to-the-earth, simple man.  A farm boy walking his stegosaurus.

- J.

G.I. Joe Filecard Biography

Here is an idea I've been wanting to put together for some time.

A few pals brought up the concept, and I just went ahead and did it.  Huzzah!

Simple little biography.  Perhaps it will look good on my table at future shows.

(Since I couldn't settle on which figure portraits to place on the cardback above... I made four versions, so the print versions will be varied like a stack of REAL filecards).

- J.