Saturday, 16 July 2016

Jowybean shenanigans 16/7/16


Ever since I made my Middle east 2050 project back in 2014 I have grown to like the idea of having a high tech mecha inspired world coexisting with our diverse cultures and life styles.

This is me returning to that theme but in South Africa, No plans to make more pieces like this, I still want to work on my anatomy and drawing realism before I attempt something big like Middle East 2050 again, 

But even with that said I am happy with the outcome of the image.

I love seeing life from another country I have no real experience of and I will even go out of my way to hunt for videos, photos even music of these unique towns /places so I can see the cultures for what they really are and not what mass media or entrainment tends to label them as, which are usually negative stereotypes. 

Wip below 

























Until next post Laters 

Tuesday, 5 July 2016

Jowybean shenanigans 5/7/16

OK Not done this in a long while but last week I may have just come up with an interesting idea for a future show/ comic series.that is separate from my other cartoon world.

I initially just wanted to design some different maid designs with a armour look to them but when I drew the green maid I called Minti because of the green fresh looking colour . A whole new world opened up in my imagination, and here I am two days later with the idea you see before you in its current state.
Its a real encouragement to see me starting to take an interest in the characters and story then just making my character designs look visually stimulating, I do tend to think of character troupes/ stereotypes that exist and then juxtapose them with something completely different to give my art a personality thats individual to me as a artist ,and incorporates my many influences in the process.

Minti
The best way I can describe the tone of this series/ comic would be like if you mixed the zaniness of Excel Saga / Freakazoid with some of the serious story telling of Batman / Game of Thrones.
Thats a really weird way to describe the concept but thats how I see it as of right now. ^^;
Story/ Backstory
In an alternative world, Maids for centuries were known as the domestic servants that aided in keeping the dirt and filth out of ones home. However in the far future they are now more then just a service for the pubic to use or a symbol of sexy. They are a respected conglomerate of soldiers, celebrities, law enforcers and heroines acting under the universal name of M.K.O Maid Knights Order. Their duty as part of this order is to clean up the worlds worst metropolises that are riddled with alarming rates of crime.
One maid known as Minti is one of a few special maids that operates under her families premium cleaning service. This advantage gives her the freedom to enjoy her past time, Which is hunting down the cities biggest criminals and cleaning up their act for good ,and I mean that literally.
This type of Maid Knight is known as a House Rider, This is because in the outside world Minti and other House Riders are representing their Families and any actions they perform as a vigilante or employer could effect their reputation and the name of M.K.O. Although The M.K.O are all united as one, some are not against backstabbing or using greed to raise in their ranks. Minti should know this as many M.K.families are in constant competition with her and each other, eventually these silent tensions could boil over and create unforeseen chaos to the city and the world at large.

Obviously I do not plan to start working on this idea as intensely as my current projects. But I will keep it in mind as I see a lot of Fun to be had with this concept both story and art wise.




Until next post Laters ;)






Saturday, 25 June 2016

Jowybean shenanigans 25/6/16

Some new quick music doodles I made today based on two different songs.

Aphex Twin  


been mostly listening to his stuff all day and decided to create a manifestation of his music in to one odd creature.




Hard Knocks - Dirty Cop named Harry

Another good rap album from the early 90s 



until next post Laters :)

Thursday, 23 June 2016

Humanization.com comic update 2/23/16

So the reason why I posted nothing on here last week was because I have been going through the pages of issue 2 of my ongoing comic project Humanisation.com.  Want to make sure it reads well and the speech bubbles are positioned in a good position with the art. that is all being drawn in traditional media minus the front cover. 





The front cover of issue/ level 2 has just been finalised and I will be in the process of getting it printed in the next week or so. 


I will try and get back in to the swing of things on this blog ASAP.

until next post Laters.:) 



Thursday, 9 June 2016

Jowybean shenanigans 9/6/16

Spent most of this week on the prints for nine worlds but I did end up doing some character sketches that I may add to my other oc characters roster.

  


until next post Laters ;)

Thursday, 2 June 2016

Jowybean / Humanization.com comic update 2/6/16

Its been Needed in a good while but heres both an update on me and my Humanization.com project, Its all positive news as well. 


Humanization dot com comic update / Preview.
Get ready to get hyped guys cause as of today I have just finished inking in the last two pages of Humanization dot com issue/level 2. Its taken longer then it really should have to get to this stage but YES its finally done phew.

I must say I am very happy with the outcome of this both in art and story.
The last two things we have to do before I upload / print it. Is proof read the pages and edit the script.
I am going to take a few weeks off from this project to focus on my Nine World prints and other commissions. But rest assured I plan to get back in to the routine I had for issue 2 with issue 3 and hopefully get that finished even sooner then 2.
hope you are as excited as I am for this, its going to get a lot more interesting from here. And I am going to be spreading it around the web a lot more often so get used to that XD. 
read issue one  if you are curious about the comic or go to the website for more background and behind the scenes content. 
Next thing 
Conventions.


If you are familiar with my blog or work you may now that I have vendored at exclusively Brony fan conventions like Ponycon UK Bronycon and BUCK and its no surprise I  will be there again this year. 



However I do have another con I am  vendoring at and the best part is its not brony related at all .This con is called Nine Worlds and its on in London from the 12-14th august.



For the best part of may I have been working hard to produce some high quality art prints based on all manor of geek stuff to do with games, Movies, Animation, etc (maybe you can guess from these WIP snapshots what they are .
I still have a few more ideas in mind but these are the current print ideas I have almost finished. I will most likely keep the process of these updated on here as well as my other online profiles. This is a big opportunity for me to branch out in to the more mainstream side of geekdom And I want to put out the best work I can not just for my personal artistic development and craving for change but for the enjoyment of people and the fans who endeavor in this culture .  
Also this will be where I will be releasing the second  and first issue of my Humanization dot com comic.
If you are going to be going to Nine Worlds I look forward to meeting you there.

There are a few big projects I am currently involved in, but due to respecting my clients I can not say or mention anything about them sorry. But maybe in a couple of months I will be able to share them with you then.


The plans for the blog have changed some what I enjoy putting out my experimental music sketches and sketch dumps So I aim to upload something to do with that every week , if I can.

Obviously this may vary and will most likely not have a lot of consistency This entirely will depend on the amount of work and commissions I have on the go. I just started using People Per Hour and already have competed 3 jobs in the last four weeks  so I am going to be putting my focus on sites like that from now on.

Anyway Thats all I have to say for now .

To those who follow or stumble across this blog I hope you enjoy the work i post on here and it inspires you to create. 

Until next Post Laters. :)