Burrito's Abode

Rock Bottom

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Jones) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:35:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Jones) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:01:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Jones) — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:59:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Jones) — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 06:07:00 +0000

Namaste

Jon Jones

Another Big Ass update

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Jones) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:19:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Jones) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:18:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Jones) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:27:00 +0000

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

Grendel Baby

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Jones) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:31:00 +0000

So I've been reading Grendel and I really enjoyed the sections of Grendel as a baby Grendel, hence the image.

Just some random stuff

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Jones) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:26:00 +0000

Thanks to Mosh from deviantart and Drawingboard.org for the Jam.

Too Long in comin'

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Jones) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:40:00 +0000

Wow. Now, it may just be me, but I think it's been a bit too long since I posted last. What, two months? Oh nevermind then, that's quite acceptable.

Namaste
Jon Jones

Early Morning Entry

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Jones) — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:29:00 +0000

Well, it's early for me.

So I realized it's been a bit of time since my last update, but have no fear, I'm still here and still kickin it. Lately, I've been working on a couple of stories, part of a collection that I hope to push forward, and since I'm trying to be more private with my stories, in case they don't work out or I kill them or whatever and I am forced to explain why I didn't complete them all the while looking like a slacker, I haven't posted any of the stuff from the stories on here. I suppose it wouldn't be a bad idea, I'll have to think about it today at work. Before I went, however, I wanted to pop in and let everyone know that I'm still chugging along. With any luck, of which I will need plenty, I'll have the pitch packet for the stories completed in June.

Oh, and I will get the DB on a regular schedule. Promise. Look for it next week and the weeks after. 5 days a week, X number of weeks a year, and fuck you for laughing at me for not knowing how many weeks are in a year. . .I'm tired. . .52 maybe. . .zzzzzzzzz

Namaste
Jon Jones

Some Updates of Sorts

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Jones) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:06:00 +0000

First, since I had a couple of students not make it to my last class, I inked their pictures for a little practice.

Second, some of the sketches I doodled up during the slow minutes at work.

I look forward to posting more soon and at sooner intervals.

Namaste,
Jon Jones

Sorry for the wait. . .

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Jones) — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:43:00 +0000

But I am finally back with another update, and this one's a doozy.

First off, I completed all the drawings for the chittlins in my class. Our last class is tomorrow and, while it does sadden me, I'm happy that I apparently did a good enough job to get re-enlisted to teach the class in the spring. Woo!

Beginning, I've got my second attempt at Ang from Avatar, this time looking much younger and much less intense.

Second, Timmy Turner riding a dinosaur because, well, that's what I would wish for.

Third, Danny Phantom.

Fourth, Sasha from Bratz, specifically the Pixie Power edition. Or something. I dunno.

Fifth, Chowder. . .because he's just fucking rad.

Sixth, one of my student's own characters, SuperPup!

And finally, my most random request, the Virgin Mary? I dunno. . .again.

Next, I have three characters I conjured up for my previous class.

A little wizard girl, sorry for the odd cropping, I didn't much feel like doing a piece together operation with the scanner.

A very bored girl with long hair.

And finally, a crazed chef.

To finish up this update, a quick little thing I did for Drawingboard.org for their public domain Jam. I present, The Blue Bolt.

Namaste,

Jon Jones

After Class Aftermath

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Jones) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:22:00 +0000

The title makes this sound far more serious than it is. Class was a success today, whoop whoop, with the idea of giving the kids a basic frame and having them fill in the details keeping all those adorable rapscallions under control. While they worked, I spent most of my time answering individual questions, such as how one goes about drawing eyes, or ears, or angry faces. I'm definitely looking forward to trying this out again next week.

During my time of wandering around the classroom, giving feedback and answering questions, I took it upon myself to doodle on the dry erase board. And guess what. . .you get to see it!! Isn't that a treat!!!. . . .yeah I know, not really.

First off, my desert cat in search of the mighty moon worm.

Second, after one of the chittlins asked how to draw angry eyes, I gave him the whole shebang, angry eyes, angry mouth, angry fist of destruction!

And finally, a girl whose expression captures my emotions about the absurdity behind the idea of one of the little girls in my class: What if America's Next Top Model featured Cats and not Catty bitches (my words not her's) ?

Odd yes, but the true oddity was this girl walking back and forth across the classroom, sassing it up as a runway model and meowing like a cat. I know. Aren't children precious?

Namaste,
Jon Jones

CTW. . .Class Time Fun!!

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Jones) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:44:00 +0000

So for my class tomorrow, or later today rather, I decided to follow up on the advice from my boss and give an exercise that's light on the lecture and heavy on the process. Though I still intend to give a lecture about cartoon hands to my older students, I created three different images for my students to work from or to be inspired by. The basic idea is that I give them a photocopy of a basic figure and from that they add the details and make their own figure from it. Hopefully they enjoy. As for the figures I did for them:

Fancy Prancing Patsy

Standard:

With figure overlay:

Ms. Flightree

Standard:

With figure overlay:

Pickles

Standard:

With figure overlay:

Along with creating these characters and the ever-depressing hunt for a job (sorry for the whine but it really is just downright depressing at times), I also finished page two of my sample pages pulled from All I Want is a Brother.

Namaste,
Jon Jones

Trick love da kids Pt.2

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Jones) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:59:00 +0000

Bringing up the second post of drawings for the chittlins, I have a second Naruto:

and my take on Kakashi from the same show (for those not in the know):

Also, after drawing a gesture that was way too bulky for Danny Phantom (another request), I made a super angry, super huge Freakazoid:

Namaste,

Jon Jones

Caricatures

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Jones) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:14:00 +0000

Fun times today at the Mable house as I had the students work on caricaturing today in class. For warm-up I gave them this charming self-portrait.

Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to upload some more of the drawings for the chittlins.

Namaste,

Jon Jones

Trick Love da Kids!

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Jones) — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:18:00 +0000

So as an end of class special for the little chittlins I teach up at the Mable House, I had them all give me a character they wanted me to draw for them and have thus begun to create all the characters. Today, I have the first two, or at least the pencils for them. Though I'd like to ink them before I get them to the kiddies, I may leave them in graphite, try that whole coloring over the pencils thing with the photochops.

First, my take on Ang from Avatar. Though he's way too old in the pic (oops) I'm still pretty happy with it.

Second, my first take on Naruto (I've gotten two requests for him, the other to come soon).

Namaste
Jon Jones

Revisiting Brother

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Jones) — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:25:00 +0000

In lieu of the upcoming SCAD comic art's forum, I've begun working on redoing some of the pencils from my senior final for All I want is a brother. Here's page three with more to come in the next couple of days.

Previous page:

New Page:

Namaste,

Jon Jones

A Variety of Content

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Jones) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:18:00 +0000

Just a variety of updates for today. First, some stuff I've been getting together for a webpage and second, some random, business images. Third, just some people. Enjoy!

Namaste,

Jon Jones

The time has come my little friends,

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Jones) — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:17:00 +0000

to talk of many things.

So, after a few days on the grind, I have a few new things to show you guys. First, while I enjoyed my foray into digital inking, the purist in me would not let me be and as such, I have gone back to the faithful brush and nib.

For the Stardust pages, I'm trying something very much difficult for me, something I played around with in college. . .hmmm that didn't sound right, nonetheless, I'm working with very, very quick and loose pencils with the majority of the work being done with ink. And here are the results:
sloppy messy, but a joy to do for sure. Slowly I'm working to combine my anal retentive nature of hatching and minute detail with much more free-flowing line work. Will it work? Who knows!!

Namaste,
Jon Jones

Something New

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Jones) — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 11:49:00 +0000

So recently, in an effort to speed up my production time for producing sequential work, I looked towards the Wacom and Painter to see if if could help me out a little. The idea, of course, is to combine penciling and inking into one step.

Here are the results of page one. The inks, while not complete, do give an idea of the final product. Overall, I'm fairly happy with how it's coming out, though due to some outside concerns, I'm not sure I'll make it by the Feb. 8 deadline. Here's hoping.

Namaste
Jon Jones

Back to the Stone of Grinding

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Jones) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:43:00 +0000

As the title states, I'm back to the grindstone. After a weekend off, well most of it, I'm back to work on the Stardust story. I started the pencils today, only to be confronted by how difficult it actually is to keep ones self working without the pressure of deadlines. Oh well, no bother. I should be able to get this thing done within early February, which makes me happy and excited.

Other news, nothing major. I did get a small, part-time gig teaching 8-13 year olds how to draw cartoons at a nearby arts center, which should be pretty damn fun. Starting next Thursday I get to teach the little chittlins the basics of figure drawing and figure construction.

No new content to put up today, though I encourage everyone to check in on the Daily Burrito tomorrow for it's grand re-opening. Hope to see everyone there.

Namaste
Jon Jones

Locked and Loaded

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Jones) — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:11:00 +0000

The web page, well, re-done web page is up and running. Finally. I do hope you all enjoy it and from here on out, I intend to do smaller, more timely updates. In any case, today, being my birthday, is a break day.

Namaste,

Jon Jones

Nothing Much

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Jones) — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:19:00 +0000

While not necessarily accurate to relate to my current progress, the title pretty much sums up this blog entry. Work on the web page is moving along at a slow, but at least progressive pace as I attempt to implement some of the ideas into the page.

I finished the first draft of Justice, though the title of the story is certain to change.

Otherwise, nothing much. Hunting for money-makings outside of the realm of comics eats up some time, but given that I only started today, not much of an excuse.

In lighter news, I do at least have an illustration, inspired by the idea of getting a roommate for Ramona the hamster. Hope everyone enjoys!

Namaste,
Jon Jones