Jowy Shenanigans 21/4/13

I believe that one can have a lot more to discuss in an update if its weekly rather then daily so unless anything major happens I will update my blog at least weekly so I do not have this guilty thought in my head about updating everyday as I do not work every single hour.

The biggest news is as of this Monday I have signed off the job centre and start a four-week internship at a local animation company in Birmingham called Second Homes. Doing mostly storyboard work but getting to explore other media within the four weeks. I am looking forward to working with the director there and it should be a fulfilling insightful experience in to one of the industries I would adore to work in later on down the line.

I do want to upload the development of the paid jobs I have being doing in the last few weeks but I do not want to spoil the surprise of what they are and I need to respect my client’s wishes. All part of being a professional

Updates on other projects

Jowy Web comic

sneak preview of page 6 in sketch form 

No new pages have been done yet maybe today. Last week I concentrated more on developing the world of Jowy and the many characters I have. I can share some of these ideas with you here.

Ramsusville is Jowys home city and its going to be a very muti cultural and spices mixed metropolis so every street and area will be unique I am planning out the entire city in my mind as I write this so expect more craziness on this and my other characters very soon. The insanity does not stop here folks it just grows. 

i recently have wanted to include the era of classic black and white cartoons in to my Jowy world and thought up a name for this borough in Ramsusville which will be the hub for the classic hijinks and style of the early 1930s and 40s and it would be in black and white.

I thought that Little Nicky could be the name of a character that founded the place and was a big star back in the day.

Playland kingdom is home to essentially the food music and toy universe. It’s a gorgeous hub of fun and happy people ruled by the kind hearted teenage princess Elea. But on the far south side of the empire is the iron metal plains a harsh wasteland of bikers and mechanical monstrosities ruled under the influence of the notorious Gunman and his gambling weapon operated city of Guntopia. (Yeah he is a big head naming his city after himself).
Only one thing scares gunman and that’s the trio of princess Eleas friends Roy and Kiwi who aid her in her ongoing battle to stop the iron metal wastelands spreading across the Playland kingdom.

So your not confused Roy is the protagonist not Elea 

The Pandaora Empire is an ancient continent and civilisation (Chinese Japanese inspired). Thousands of years ago they fought a furious war with the mighty snow people over the land. The Pandaora army was victorious over the snow people. And the empires fearless leader (as of now unnamed) killed the snow peoples king leaving them powerless against the expanding empire and were forced to live in the mountains. Thousands of years later the new king of the snow people who is the son of the beloved first king Ferdwick wants to claim back what was rightfully his peoples. Meanwhile the Pandaora Empire has become a thriving developed city with a royal monarch who controls the armed forces. The empire gets in to conflict with neighbouring tribes related to the snow people. Its now only a matter of time before a fierce war breaks out between the two divisions.

Boxer the ninja flea is a skilled teenage ninja from a long line of warriors who relied on odd unique weapons to fight their opponents. His unique weapon is a boxing glove gun (hence his name). Apart from being one of the modern day heroes to the Pandaora Empire and being close friends with princess molanda his a normal rebellious teenager.

Princess Molanda is the respected Princess of the royal family swamped in family tradition and overly productive parents she wants to get more out of life and secretly accomplices Boxer on his adventures throughout the land. Molanda believes that one day both sides will join together in peace and the fighting will stop.

Jr Hammer is Boxers younger brother A feisty short tempered kid with the unique power of flying hammers. He tends to iterate boxer wherever they go but his a strong ninja for his age group and a reliable sidekick.

Ferdwick is the second King to the snow people and also a teenage dritbag. Although he will stop at nothing to bring down the Pandaroa Empire and its army he always makes excuses to play a couple more games and listen to metal music and be a regular slob, this annoys his advisers a lot.


Frozen pyjamas is the name of a place in the empire where giants thousands of years ago lived not associated with the war. They lived in peace until the fighting moved towards their territory and they fleed in panic. Only their pyjamas and night dress frozen in huge blocks of ice are what remains of their harmonious existence its become a popular tourist attraction in the empire great for the economy.

another preview of some other OCs i am developing  

Humanise.com graphic novel project

we have an idea for the logo :)

My Writer (Dad) is still coming up with new ideas for the world and characters and he has even thought ahead to the climax and twists in the story its all getting very exciting and mysterious.

I need to do my part now and visually jolt down some of these ideas before I forget them. And start work on drafting out the first few pages so I can achieve my deadline of before November for finished pages to show at Leeds Thought Bubble this year.

Humanises process has slowed down recently but I hope to pick up the pace with it soon and show the development once I have got an A3 working scanner.

This project has too much going for it to just let it die.

Warley Woods’s greeting card print project

Still had no word on the sells of the greeting cards I sold to my local woods shop two weeks ago. But I am confident i should get a response back soon enough, they seemed extremely interested in the designs.

Random Doodles time

All other projects outside my blog can be found updated on my DA account I want to keep this blog limited to my personal and professional work then fanart stuff though my brony art is giving me a lot of traction.

Anyway Until next Update which WILL be soon LATERS  ;)

And wish me luck on my internship 

Jowy Shenanigans 21/4/13

photo of my working desk to make up for the late updates ^^; 

Last week has been a feel good week so many happy things happened and I am going to talk about them now.

Two weeks ago I registered my sole trader name as Jowybean and received the printed versions of my new business cards and greeting cards that I have been designing for the last two months or so.

I planed to sell these pieces at the local shop in my woods for a reasonable price. Not only to show case my art but also to advertise the beauty and fun of the woods community trust to the general public. Wednesday morning I went in had my interview with the manger and left behind samples of the cards for them to show to the other staff and customers. They brought them so I technically in a long time got my first sale. Now all I can do for this project is sit back and wait and for the response from the sales and customers. If its popular then I am on to a winner if not I can try a different avenue to sell them.

Moo.com is where i got my cards and business cards printed very good service and prices well worth a look at. 

I am doing multiple jobs right now but I am not allowed to show development of any of them due to the client’s wishes. This is a little annoying as theirs so much content to share from these commissions, but I have to respect the clients I am working for they are paying me after all.

Humanise.com graphic novel project

Started work on the rough pencils for the first few pages while my writer (Dad) bombarded me with a load of new ideas and jokes to put in to the final product I aim to have these pages done by august and also hope to get a bigger scanner so I can archive the process on the blog better.

Jowy comic

The Jowy comic has become a web comic and I started it last Thursday its been going smoothly so far and I will try with all my might to make it a coincident series. You can find it on DA but I might as well post it on here.

Last item on the agenda of today’s blog update is internships

I had inquired an internship at a local animation studio called Second homes. The director last Tuesday confirmed that my start date would be the 29^th of this month, which is only a week away. It will be for four weeks so obviously there may not be that much updating on the blog. But I will do my best to keep you updated with development on everything I do I hope that this internship will actually mature my thinking and approach to the way I work. I think my style of work is sloppy at the best of times.

random doodles of last week excluding ponies 

All other projects outside my blog can be found updated on my DA account I want to keep this blog limited to my personal and professional work then fanart stuff though my brony art is giving me a lot of traction.

Until next Update which WILL be soon LATERS  ;)

Jowy Shenanigans 13/4/13

one of the fastest Jowy doodles yet less then a minute to do

My heart has just not being in the right place last few weeks. Though I have done extremely well to catch up with my then ongoing paid jobs (that stay unnamed) outside the web, I have lost time and some penitence with my own ideas and work which has slowed my creativity done a little bit. And getting back in to cartoon,anime watching mode has not helped the matter either.

Its natural for any creative too feel this way especially when they’re gaining an audience and following for the projects they do. I get a little bit paranoid if I have not updated anything on the web after 3 days because it makes me look like I have a lazy attitude to my practise.

I feel I am returning to my senses and getting my mind back. To continue with the graphic novel projects and my illustrations.

Without any other long stupid delays lets begin with the updating.....

Moo.com is where i got my cards and business cards done very good service and prices 

The first thing you need to know is i have registered my sole trader name  so Jowybean is mine now and forever. I have got some new business cards printed and my greeting card series I plan to sell at my local woods have been finished. I got these done in the last two weeks as next week will be the big moment to advertise this project to the woods trust too see if they would want to use the cartoons as a marketing tool to attract new visitors.

Second important thing to note is I may be having an internship at an animation company in my city next month, which will be very beneficial and helpful in understanding my industry and its contributors

I am doing a few new paid jobs right now, which all link to my chosen fields of illustration and animation so everything is ago but I cannot talk about them, yet.

Humanise.com graphic novel project

I have discussed in length with my writer (my Father) about what we must do and the first major step is to get an A3 scanner to make the task of editing and colouring easier then manually scanning in each section separately and getting bored. I know I have spoken about deadlines for projects before but I will work hard in my spare time to get pages done before August for the preview of the first comic.

Jowy comic development

The jowy comic is in a concept art development stage because I just want to be picky about details and characters in the story.

All other projects outside my blog can be found updated on my DA account I want to keep this blog limited to my professional work then fanart stuff though my brony art is giving me a lot of traction.

Until next Update which WILL be soon LATERS  ;)

Jowys blog world is slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww dude

Man Why do i secretly get worked up over keeping my blog super updated its not like the megaliths from Stonehenge are going to be dropped on top of me if i do not update within a few days or hours i guess its the feeling of losing something or someone if i just leave it for long periods of time.

Anyway i will have a big update tomorrow seeing as i am too busy thinking right now to cerate one. 

Until tomorrow LATERS ;) 

Jowy Shenanigans 28/3/13

Hmmm...My last update was on the 18^th and today is the 28^th this is posted how’s that for a coincidence.

I felt lazy with the blog last week but I had good sound reasons for this. One being I was sick mostly.

Two I got accepted on a scheme called BSEEN Its a 6 month Crouse in the fundamentals of business run by my old university. I went along to the first two meetings last weekend and it was not only insightful and helpful but also encouraging because I meet a lot of potential new clients and contacts that could give me jobs to help my freelance career.

Some sketchpad doodles i did during the BSEEN workshop breaks.

I continued my new Friday series of illustrations that reference videos and jokes from surfing the web and real life in the week.

Tried to be a little more inventive by looking at an interior I would like to make this a weekly thing because I have found doing these pen illustrations to reignite my passion for my craft when I start to lose that momentum to draw.

List of some of the References mostly animation related

The TV monitor with the scrunched up face is reference to talented youtuber Jacksflims Your Grammar Sucks series . A hilarious look at the bad comments the web comes out with he even sings and raps in some of them.

The three characters in the middle next to the anthro lion women are references to two cute Russian cartoons I found on YouTube the week before

In the back row

Vovk in tridevyatom kingdom

(I may have gotten the translation wrong I do apologize if I did Russians)

The butter sword my be familiar to fans of youtuber and awsome minecrafter skydoesminecraft lol

And finally the weird looking character in the bottom right is a reference to a Brother Mcleod animated short called Isle of Spagg

They are one of my favourite independent animation studios they do a lot of weird animation but its bound to catch your eye with its bizarreness . 

More like Beatmeup.com

No updates for the comic Humanise.com sadly I need to get a bigger scanner because I have started drawing in bigger drawing pads and I would rather not use my kodak camera to capture the development of the rough pencils. I need to discuss the story with my writer (dad) as well before we move on with the project no use just rushing in to it for the sake of it.

There has been a lot of character development and world building done for my Jowy character and other ocs that will link to the recent news about a Jowy Web comic being made that my friend Cameron and I are working on in between our important jobs.

The best and easiest way to describe the concept for Super Cream Pie Robot Space Pirate Guy is if you mashed up Darkwing Duck, Freakazoid, Hong Kong Phooey and the anime Ranma 1/2 in to one crazy cartoon.

Since the start of this year I have wanted to send more time developing my OCS and their world. Since its consistently evolving in my mind to new exciting wacky concepts that are defining my unique sense of humor and cartooning everyday.

I imagine my world right now as being like a Tiny Toons and the Animaniacs cartoon where there is a huge cast of interesting characters who all exist in the same universe/environment but have their own separate stories and adventures. That’s the format I am basing my Jowy characters around and it seems to be working for what I have planed for each of them. Ramsusville is the city most of my main characters will come from

Fact time

SCPs special weapon is custard pies and he wears under wear under his nappy because he has some ounce of dignity.

Prince Odd Ball: is the loyal friend to SCP and his weapon is clockwork monkeys that drop bouncy bombs. 

Eugene: rhino/raccoon hybrid is a smart individual and communicates by signs as a humorous reference to the panda in Ranma ½ he tends to get his master out of trouble as well (Hong Kong Phooey style) 

Scales and Jenny Frost: are two elemental girls that conflict with each other all the time and SCP has full responsibility of them as their uncle.

The toast kingdom is a fairly new idea I came up with just to make my world that much more weirder folks. Its Inspired by the ancient Egyptians and knaaren from Rayman 3 .

The as of now unnamed Queen of the Toast Kingdom  is a powerful monarch and dictator but she is madly in love with the king and listens to his advice even if he is just an old jam jar.

Wow this update was not as long winded as I thought it was going to be 

i have other thing to talk about but i need to ask some of my clients if its ok with them to make these public. 

Well i am glad i was able to update you once again. i am going to go off now and watch some more of Bioshock Infinite playthroughs because that game from a visual and writing perspective is interesting  until next post  folks LATERS ; )

Jowy Shenanigans 18/3/13

Your Drawing Sucks
i only discovered youtuber Jacksfilms your grammar sucks yesterday night but it was too funny not to parody.

Hey guess what ... its Monday night and I am feeling good so much so that i wanted to bring you all up to speed on what is going on.

Right now most of my projects are all under control and going at a nice steady pace for me to plan ahead and keep focused on certain important tasks. Still looking at going down the self-employed avenue and taking courses that specialize in this area of work. The daily hunt for jobs has paid off as well with many different people interested in using my skills for their work. I need to ask my newest client if it’s all right for me to post up the development for his project I am currently helping on.  No spoilers but I will say for now is it’s a bit more challenging then what I usually have done but its not an impossible thing.

Lets dive in to tonight’s updates then

Two weeks ago I thought to myself I need to start archiving or referencing media and shenanigans I see in a week because its very frustrating if you forget a funny joke or artist you randomly came across and I always want to be about the random and referencing so I started doing illustrations combining these memories with my wacky roger rabbit Todd schorr inspired world of juxtaposition.

I would have done one last Friday but I had my graduation ceremony.

10YearItch travel site banner illustration job

Since last update I have been designing more colourful banners for them because these banners are being used for very specific subjects that I could not really illustrate the client decided on a similar design to the first illustration where it showed off the icons of architecture in India and its wildlife.

Drawing buildings with that amount of detail and shapes is very difficult to get right. 

I got the two pieces done in the spam of 4 days even though I extended the time frame because I thought I would become super involved in my own personal goals.

Jowy comic development

I want to make a bio page for the characters in the story but first i need some good illustrations to show off their personality best. 

A while back I had hinted at this possible jowy comic that me and my musical friend Cameron are creating but never did any more development of it until today. I decided to redo my surviving thumbnails as bigger cleaner drafts of the final product .

 Thinking of making it a web comic series as it would be less time consuming then inking it in on paper more practical with a tablet.   

Humanise.Com comic  and Warley Woods trust cartoons will have their own update later this week.

Random doodles to extend the life of this post 

hmmm i wonder what i have been reading AGAIN XD

until next update post LATERS ;)