Art Challenge from Class

In Character Design class we were assigned to develop two characters based on a theme in a pre-established animated universe. Out of a hat, I drew the "Knight and Squire" theme. I actually wanted to stay away from the animated Star Wars universes because that's way too easy. So I chose the He-Man 2002 universe.

All of the masters are dudes except for Teela. Lol. 

There's gotta be another wonder -ahem- warrior woman around there somewhere. Haha.

The challenge isn't finished yet. There's 3 action poses to do along with 4 expressions for each character. Gotta get to work!

Some exercises from class

Here are some foreshortened exercises from my storyboarding class.

Ideally, you should be able to tell the foreshortened drawing from the realistic version. If not, I failed.

It was an experiment on how far we could push perspective until we break it or the figure, avoiding the unbelievable. A lot of times you'll have to change the pose around because humans just don't bend that way. And that's perfectly fine. 

I challenge you, take a pose then draw both a realistic and exaggerated version!

You can find the male figure on characterdesigns.com and the female somewhere on DeviantArt. I didn't keep track of that at the time. I know both probably can be found here: Pixel Lovely

Cathy Running

Cathy with some fists of fire. 

Or energy fists, whatever you wanna call 'em.

Just playing around in Manga Studio 5. 

I'm loving the tones and the pen. Working with Anti-Aliasing off is so refreshing. Anti-aliasing is the grainy edge you get when you use the brush tool in Photoshop. When it's turned off, or you're working without it, coloring your art is so much easier. 

Punky Doodle Dandy - Available Now!!

Hey everyone!!!

Punky Doodle Dandy is now available online! 
It features the awesome work of the talented Chris Brunner, our editor Sage Coffey, Brian Prince, Chris Schweizer and soooo many more. There's about 60 pages of goodness there. I was able to get in a quick 3 page Cathy Catastrophe special in!!

Plus, the digital edition is only $3.00

We're using the money to get a second printing of the physical copy. There was barely enough to give to the limited pre-orders we had.

Dopeasaurus Rex: Gets a Job

Yes, that's a house sized T-Rex, on a New York subway car, looking at a poster of the T-Rex Space Force.

Dopeasaurus Rex was an idea I came up with for the 24 hr comic challenge last year. I only made one page and a cover during the challenge. So for my scripting class' final project, I chose to bring that idea to life. It's not perfect, but it was fun. I plan on giving it a tune-up before I do a print run.

The mini-comic will be available for sale whenever I do a show or convention, so this comic in its entirety will only be available until Tuesday (12/3/13). Until then, enjoy!

"Dopeasaurus Rex" is © Jamel Jones, 2013

   

(Update on 12/3/13: I took down pages 3-6. I'll have the mini-comic up again another time!)

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

I'm still alive. Finals at SCAD was trying to take me out! But I made it through with high grades and no damage to my GPA. lol

Since it's Thanksgiving, I'd like to post a few things about what I'm thankful for.
God, life, family, a good girlfriend, jobs. And mini-comics! The last two items I condensed into a mini-comic about a house sized T-rex getting a job.

Ain't he cute? 

The web-comic will be available this Saturday via this site. I don't have my web-comic space up yet.

Happy Thanksgiving folks!!

Hitchcock

Hey folks!

A little update on Punky Doodle Dandy. Pre-orders were done a while back. I secured a few. Haha. So I'll have to ask a few folks on how to set up the store. The cover is done and we're just waiting for the press release.

In the meantime, SCAD Atlanta classes started this week. So check out my inking assignment:

Alfered Hitchcock. Film Mastermind.

The first image is the 11 x 17 under drawing, and the second is an 8" test. My task is to not over work the image. Hahaha. I'll end up doing too much.

I have a review of the HTC 8X Windows Phone coming up early next month (you fellow artists will want to pay attention) along with an update for Cathy Catastrophe fans!