Rock Bottom

Well it certainly has been a while since an update and while I feel inclined to apologize, I won't. The hibernation was necessary. Seemingly hitting rock bottom, most of what I produced on my own was complete shit and not particularly worth showing. A few of the better pieces made appearances on my deviantart page (follow the link on the right towards the bottom if you're interested) but all in all the work was stifled and not particularly inspiring.

Alrighty, enough with the bitching, onto the fun stuff. The advantage of falling to rock bottom is the chance to bounce upward and upward I intend to soar. First, the Daily Burrito will return. Slated date: January 1, 2010. Second, working on an art book and a collection of short stories. Both are slated for next May or thereabouts.

I've decided to return to sequential along with the continued progression of pin-ups and single paged illustrations. Why? Because I'm a story-teller damnit.

Oops

I know I said I would get to those updates, and I will, but damn I'm busy, that and in a particularly productive rush of cleaning I packed away all the scketchbooks. Oops. Soon though this shit will pass and I'll be ready to get stuff back online.

Namaste

Jon Jones

Updates on the Stormfront

I have no idea what that title means, but it seems important and is thusly chosen.

Sorry for the long delay in updates. I've had some major life changing shit occurring, very little of it pleasant, and as such, have not been drawing nearly enough. I have been drawing, however, working with a team of people on an animated show set to pitch in January of 09. While the characters, scripts, etc. have been copyrighted, none of the artwork is, so I can't really show off some of the characters, doodles, and all around odd shit that I've been coming up with for the show. In lieu of the shittyness that has descened, this show, and of course my Saturday morning chittlins, stand out in what otherwise could be an extremely shitty day to day life.

I'm not supposed to talk like that, I'm supposed to be positive, but goddamnit it's really, really hard sometimes. A month of shittyness can really get to a guy sometimes.

As for the artwork, I do plan to do a bunch of sketchbook scanning before I pack it all up. Not sure how long I'm going to have to wait to get internet in my new place.

Namaste,

Jon Jones

Another Image Dump

Namaste

Jon Jones

Another Big Ass update

So, once again I've been busy busy and have forgotten to actually upload some stuff. Before the drawings however, bad news. Unfortunately, for now, the book is on hold. I do intend for it to come out at some point, bursting forth with a bounty of characters, I have, unfortunately, put it on hold.

In any case, drawings!!

Namaste,

Jon Jones

Sketchbook Update

So I've been busting it into high gear to get the sketchbook/ character book done by the second week of September. To elaborate further, my goal for the sketchbook, a rather lofty one, is as follows: 60 character pics (most in the style of the entries previously posted), at least 6 different black and white illustrations, 5-6 actual character designs (turn-arounds, heads, poses), and some illustrated pages from a fairy tale. As to whether or not I'll reach that goal is uncertain. As it stands, I have two of the illustrations started and roughly 40 characters, though several of these may be cut in regards to their quality. The ideas exist for the character turn-arounds, but no progress on those yet.

In any case, hopefully I'll be able to reach this goal, though only time will truly tell.

Namaste,

Jon Jones

New Sketchbook

Verily it has been a bit of time since the last text post and as such, here is the latest. With AWA approaching at seemingly rapid speed, I'm working on putting together a sketchbook of sorts, filled with some of the people and work on this site and a whole lot of other, unseen work that will make its home here some time in the future. Also to be included, aside from my random people, I'm including a bunch of conceptual art and sketches from the story "The Quest for Imaginus Dreamer," a children's tale that has been relegated to the back burner until, well, until I get a better job. Some of you may recognize some characters from it as it is the next evolution in the tale of Luci and her stuffed bear, re-named Imaginus, or Mags for short.

I'm hoping this book will help get some of my stuff out there and into the hands of some of the right people, he says with typing hands clasped in prayer, but if not, hopefully it will at least succeed in entertaining.

For now though, it's back to creating and working, getting this book together as best I can.

Namaste,

Jon Jones