Jowybean shenaggins 24/11/14

Being @MCMExpo Birmingham this weekend looking forward to next years event. It was a lot fun and I did not spend as much as I usually do at these things. Meet a lot of really talented comic artists that I exchanged contacts with. Also did a bit of doodling during the lunch breaks 

Until next post LATERS :)

Jowys time at Ponycon UK 2014

back from UK ponycon2014.

It was a very relaxing and family friendly event. It was not as Brony centered which made a nice change. I did a lot of coloured OC commissions and sold a bit more of my old stock from Buck con  this year which is awesome.

samples of the coloured OC commissions I did

 I also made some new contacts with some of the other artists there. All in All this was a better experience then Buck 2014 and i will be going next year for sure.

                  Heres some photos I snapped during the two days 

Badges were very popular

This is another Brony artist / friend of mine Thomas or as he goes by online Misty Dash.  I meet him at my table at Buck a year ago but got to know him really well at his table this year. He even got awarded the best stall which is really cool considering this was his first time vendoring.

This was one of the best none Friendship is Magic cosplays at Ponycon UK Eille was also a vendor there (I do apologize if I got her name wrong). She is cosplaying Reeka one of the antagonists of the My Little Pony: The Movie from 1986 or as fans refer to it as the Smooze movie. honestly the bad guys are much more memorable and entertaining then the ponies are. Its worth watching just for the villains and their songs. 

I did a pony commission for her as well.

until next post LATERS ; )

Jowy pony shenaggins 5/10/14

I am going to be vendoring at another mlp convention next weekend called UK ponycon 

After Buck 2014 i have been making changes to my work pattern by creating a brief for a fake month long project. each month I will challenge my skills as an illustrator in new interesting ways giving me a better chance of being seen by the creative industry to do freelance work for it. while still being involved in the Brony community i want to continue to do Freelancing and conventions. 

Until next post LATERS :)

After Buck 2014 27/8/14

Hey everybody i have just recovered from the chaos filled weekend that was the UK Brony convention BUCK 2014.

I did rather well with my vendor table this year not as successful as last year . But I got to meet a lot of awesome fans, get a handful of commission to keep me busy for a while. And meet some of the quote "horse" famous people in the fandom.

One of the biggest highlights for me was getting to know the other vendors there on a personal level and exchange contacts with them. Mel from Geek Stitch who i was next too was super helpful at telling me about other conventions I could try selling my fan and original work to.

The times i did no vendoring I made silly signs to put on my table while I was away somebody wanted to buy this sketch XD. 

I had a lot of interest but no one really could afford it. :(

On the sunday I offered to do coloured pony OC commissions for £10. 

Here are some of the examples I had out on my table based on friends characters and the VIPs at BUCK. 

Living Tombstone : well known musician

G. M. Berrow : Writer of the Friendship Is Magic Chapter Books 

To conclude BUCK 2014 was a lot of fun. But i want to try some other conventions for next year as suggested by Geek Stitch. 

  Until next post LATERS :)

  

commissions 26/8/14

Commission I did a while back for The-L-Train Gitaroo Man song The Library Jam

The guitar Princess Twilight is holding is based on the main characters bass from the PS2 game. Also the soundtrack to Gitaroo Man is fantastic i suggest you all check it out (I thank L for introducing me to it.:) 

Jowy pony shenanigans 19/8/14 Buck con

This weekend I will be vendoring at Buck the UK's only Brony convention fort a second year in a row. I am most well known online for doing a lot of pony art. Specifically Title cards based on the episodes and will be selling prints of that series mostly along with A2 and A3 (limited addition) prints , postcards, phone cases, christmas cards badges and even original sketches.

looking forward to it. : )

samples of cards old and new

Much needed Jowy Shenanigans update 10/3/14

Now I feel is a good time as any to tell you the current situation Jowybean is in.

Bad news: first is last week I left my full time illustration job that i had briefly mentioned in my last post. But it was not because of malicious reasons or that there had been any complaints made about me it was just that the work I was producing was not playing to my visual strengths or what the company were ideally after and the time I was taking on the projects was slowing down their schedule. they were extremely nice human beings and the boss did give me some contacts to get in touch with to find a better job closer to my dream job as a storyboard character/background and concept artist for the creative industry. I will not lie in saying that I am a little sad it ended so quickly (the pay was unbelievably good) I assumed I was going to be there for a good year or so but this is the brutal world of business I live in nobody has time to slow down.

So here I am monday and back to square one hunting for a new job and hoping to find one really soon. I already have contacted some old industry friends of mine for guidance.

Good news is with this free time I can get back on track with all the abandoned projects I put on hold like the MLP title cards http://jowybean.deviantart.com/gallery/40636445 and the ambitious graphic novel Humanised.com.http://jowybean.deviantart.com/gallery/43419780

Other important things to know regarding cons and stuff for the rest of the year

Sadly due to time and job hunting American pony cons look to be less likely this year. :doh:

On the other hoof BUCK 2014 you can bet your sweet flank I will be going there :headbang: :nod: vendoring .With a whole lot of new prints postcards and lots of exclusives that you will not want to miss trust me there going to be big. ;)

the other trip I would love to do is to take a trip to Japan with the travel agency www.japanjourneys.co.uk. I am eager to go on their manga tour in august the trip would all be focused around the areas pop culture and anime of the nation. I so dearly love Japan =D :love: and will move there at some point in the future its a big long term goal of mine ^^;. I have become a bit of an Otaku over the last month and half watching a lot of different anime and documentaries on its history.

As I type this I have two cute Lucky Star figures of Kiagmi and Tsukasa In their winter uniforms sitting on my desk  so I am in the zone as it were with japan Plus I really enjoy the simplicity and fun of Lucky Star.

Now taking in account this trip is going to be 8 days before Buck I would be asking a lot of myself and my body to travel that far and back :faint:. but I feel its something I want to achieve this year getting to japan. though now i think about it america would be much cheaper.

Just have too see but BUCK 2014 is a EEYEP :woohoo:

what does the future hold for the blog well for now i am going to continue to upload illustration Friday pieces on here and once i start working on humanise.com i will be posting WIP and information on here.

if you want too see my really rough sketches my tumblr is the best place for that. i don,t really have a clear idea what i want to do with my blog. it been very much an experiment 

I am in the process of creating an online Jowybean website to expose my art to more people and future clients online. that should be up in the next two months 

Until next post Laters 

Links to Jowybeans other profiles

DA: http://jowybean.deviantart.com (main hub for everything jowybean)

Tumblr http://jowybean.tumblr.com/

Youtube:http://www.youtube.com/user/Jowybean

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JowyBean

Livestream http://www.livestream.com/jowybean?t=251618 (i will do some more in the near future or sooner) 

FB: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000152916188

Balance http://www.behance.net/jowybean (needs updating really badly)

Illustration Friday Prehistoric submission 14/2/14

Wow i have not done any Illustration Friday pieces in a while. But starting this week i want to make it a regular thing no matter what the quality is. for the time being Its more about the visual ideas i imagine from the words rather then creating stunning finished illustrations. 

not enough time 

This weeks theme was ...prehistoric

until next post and update Laters  :)

Initial character sketches  

Great News for Jowybean 19/1/14

Hello all a lot has happened this month alone.

Today as i post this will be my Last day of proper freedom for a while because i have got a brand new full time job. 

I had to leave my current job as a graphic designer at this small graphics and signage company because i found out about this great opportunity to work for a silverware company that have been looking to employ an illustrator/art worker to help them create presentations for clients and create illustrations for the range of objects they make. I went for a chat /interview last Monday and my enthusiastic response to their company and desire to get a real job rather then stay online doing my brony commissions. Helped convince them i was the best person for the role.

I had a nice send off from my old boss on Tuesday with chocolates and a mlp toy wishing me luck in this new job i am about to start tomorrow morning at 8-5. Much longer hours and less breaks then the other job but that’s a sacrifice i am happy to make. I can still attend my annual brony meetups on Friday night so i am not losing out on my social life either. 

Naturally i am little nervous about the job hoping it does not get boring or stressful. But from what i saw from Mondays visit its  going to be very engaging and creative, cannot wait.

Content may be sparse on the blog for a while i will try and make updating the blog a regular thing so the hiatus between posts is not huge.

you can check out my DA where i submit a lot more stuff

http://jowybean.deviantart.com

 Right now I will enjoy the freedom I have for the rest of today

Until next Post LATERS ;)

    

2014 Plans and updates its Jowy Shenanigans for the 21/12/13

Christmas Is approaching ever faster guys: faint: and I tend to slow down a little to take it nice and easy before I get back in too my busy routine.  Last weekends journal was pointless if I am honest but enough about the past lets look forward to the future

Biggest Update of this month I have finished my job for the holidays. The boss has been very pleasant to work with and the skills I have gained in indesign and illustrator give my business more leeway in future work.. I am going to research In to other creative job or opportunity so when I have to leave the job I have another place to go
Its not going to be a cake walk and does mean spending a few hours looking online for paid work over the break but I am willing to sacrifice some of my much earned free time in order to achieve this goal and be generally more happy about professional working environments. 

There’s going to be a lot of planning before the New Year kicks in as well

The biggest things I want to aim for next year is to go to two or at least one of the big brony conventions in the U.S. EVERFREE OR BRONYCON (maybe even get to vendor there which would be awesome).

Other big goals on my list include expanding the jowbean brand with joining sites like WLF welovefine and working for IDW as I did do a comic cover that appeared in the art galley special of MLP two months ago. 

On top of this I want to return to my own projects that I have put on hiatus since BUCKcon this year. One being the ambitious graphic novel that my dads writing called Humanise.com and my Jowy web comic that is in collab with a friend not on DA. this means that this blog will get used much more next year if i keep to my word.

I am aiming very high for 2014 folks but I believe that with my unique diverse talent anything is possible now, even animation. Got to keep going up not down.

 have a very Merry Christmas and happy awesome new year

heres an amazing musical artist who,s getting me in to the festive mood =D

LATERS :)

u only had one

I am still here just over on tumblr and DA short update 14/12/13

Its been a good week and a half since I last update on this blog which I apologise for but I recently discovered the fun of tumblr and being uploading a lot of my roughs and sketches to there as a sort of archive for my ideas pony and non pony related of Crouse.

I am still in my graphic design job, which has become a little bit more enjoyably but come New Year or before then I am looking for a better-paid creative job

 I should be thankful to the director at the company  for keeping me on for this long but for the long-term of jowybean as a business I need to find a better-secured position if I want to aim higher.

I still have a lot of commissions on my DA to crack on with.

Christmas Is approaching ever faster and I tend to slow down a little to take it nice and easy before I get back in too my busy routine again. That’s why there’s been no Illustration Friday or sketch dumps on here for this month because I am getting used to tumblr and I want to be a lazy man.

That’s why I am ending this post now before I yap on and end typing for another hour or something

checkout my sketch tumblr http://jowybean.tumblr.com/

If there’s not another post before Christmas I wish you all a merry Christmas and a cheer to an awesome new year which I have a feeling next year for Jowy will be awesome ....I CAN FEEL IT.   

LATERS

Jowy Shenanigans updates 28/11/13

Been a good couple of days since the last update but making time for it tonight.

Hello everybody last Saturday was a busy and productive day because it was the Crafty Muthas i had mentioned once or twice about. Un like the UK pony con Buck I did not make a lot of money but still broke even with the equipment and tools i needed to sell my various works but i exchanged contacts with a lot of people (some I knew from years ago old friends really) who were interested in my caricature cartoon work i started doing recently. And i sold off a lot of my old art from when i was 9 and 10 as that was received really well. I was utterly surprised at how many young adorable kids were bronies too i had one young girl there throw a lot of 1p coins on my table for a pinkie Pie and Princess Luna print which just made my day. And just talking to them about Best pony was marvellous and made me realize that there are lots of kids who love ponies as well as us crazy obsessed adult fans. Couple other things to say about the event, I have been invited to three other potential events this December to show case and sell my art, which is exciting. Some of it is for charity. I still have quite a few commissions to do online but I hope a lot of the people who took my cards will come back for a cartoon I want to keep myself as busy as possible over Christmas I tend to get lazy near the end of the year.

As promised here are the 6 Christmas card designs I was selling art crafty Muthas
and will be selling this christmas online.

 SEASON 4 OF FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC STARTED and it did not disappoint) I joined in on a live stream of the two parter episode as it was such a big deal for a lot of fans including me i had a little interview on the stream near the end of it which in UK time was about 2:55 I think. It was called Brony Bash and you can check it out on you tube (if you really want to). It was a long long stream and I joined the tail end of it. I competed my title card for the part 1the next day (Sunday) and managed to get a recording of the process.

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I started a Tumblr right now I use it to archive my sketches, ideas and anything else.

Its got a silly name as well I always think way too big when I start new online profiles but I know that’s not how online creasrtivty works in this day and age. I have so many ideas to bring to life that I have lost my ability to get bored or lazy.

Until Next Post Laters