Back from a Bucking good time at BUCK pony con 5/9/13 (horrible pun and title for the post i know)

An exclusive A3 digital painting i made that sold out at BUCK very british 

 Howdy everyone

I am still recovering from the awesomeness that was BUCK pony con 2013 in Manchester's Bridgewater Hall two weeks ago. Goodness where do i begin you know i was tempted to just vblog about my experiences like i did in the old days when I was on YouTube I would rather not and talk about the highlights in brief detail. I have so many great memoires and people I meet to remember BUCK by. I am proud i stayed and survived for the entire thing from Friday nights Summer Sun Celebration (a rave music concert of fan favourite artists) to late Sunday nights closing ceremony which was entertaining to say the least.

Of course the big deal about this con and the reason I brought it up on this blog was because i was going to sell my pony art as a vendor and take commissions there. (no photos of table sorry). It went very well no complaining or issues with the organization of the venue. I never realized I had quite a fan base for my MLP title card series and most bronies recognized me from that I had couple hugs off them as well. 

one of the most popular cards in my series

I did not sell out like I thought I initially would but I most certainly broke even with the money I made from this event, which for a first time vendor is incredible.

But the business side was not my biggest highlight it was meeting other bronies from across Europe and the U.S (was not just UK fans) and show casing my ability in drawing and sketching. It was like the old days when I was 9 and 10 selling my art in galleries and I would be demonstrating my talents in front of crowds.

I even managed to meet some of the VIPs at the con including Michelle Creber a talented young VA and singer on friendship is magic. Gave her a personal drawing I did as an early birthday present she loved it, So that was just the icing on the cake to what was a floorless convention. My patents were helpers on the two days and they were surprised by how humble and pleasant our fandom is they did so well with managing my table.

 Only two downsides I can say that happened during the con.

 I almost destroyed my phone when it feels out of my pocket by mistake at the Summer Sun Celebration. 

 My hotel toilet flushing mechanism fell off while I was away on Sunday.

Right now I am in the middle of a pony commission haul since I was taking a lot of requests from fans there. Lineart / sketches were done during the weekend others I have been working on at home because of the requirements of my tablet and Photoshop.

samples of the many commissions i have done in the last week and a half 

if your a brony your get the inside jokes here ;)

It’s being a busy last week and a half but it’s been great practice for time management and balancing workload.

So much so that all my other passion projects have had to be put to one side for a while since I am making money off this venture and at the end of the day a creative has got to earn his income somehow folks. Look at the artists who draw and paint Marvel and DC characters for a living ponies could become pretty that for me if I keep going with the commissions a living .

Have no fear though the graphic novel project Humanise.com will still continue. I will try and post up a new submission for Illustration Friday each week to keep my crazy juxtaposing world of illustration going in my mind.   

For now this really is just a phase I am going through and I am going to enjoy it as much as I can and not worry about tomorrow.

Until next post Laters :)

What have i got to lose: new update 20/8/13

Hello all it’s been a while since i last updated. Ok it was three or four weeks ago but I feel as a creative there should be a coincident flow of blog updates, that’s why ASK tumblrs become so popular because the content creators keeps updating daily. I feel for myself this year after graduation is still about discovering who i am as a new freelance illustrator within the industry. So far I have done work experience within small animation studios as a storyboard/layout artist and accepted different commissions from small businesses to big companies. 

 

All good bronies need an OC pony mine is Jelly Holinder her design is inspired by a mix of my logo and Rally Vincent from the Gunsmith Cats manga.

And now i am going to be trying my hand or hoof in this case as a vendor at Buck the biggest European brony con apparently, starting this Friday. I cannot hide the fact i am a huge MLP Friendship is magic fan. When you type in Jowybean in to your web browser you will be bombarded by my brony art straight away before any of my other art. The reason I have become well known in the pony fandom and why I want to attend this ponycon. Is because of my 90s inspired cartoon title cards. Each has a unique design to fit that theme or tone of the said episode.

  

Here are examples of the title cards 

BUCK con is a huge step for me since it will be my first con where it is not a day trip like Thought bubble in Leeds last year. I will have the responsibility of the shared table in the vendor hall. Manage the money and sale of my prints. And finally the baggage I will have to carry around Manchester where BUCk is going to be.  

It’s all completely alien to me this whole thing but if I do not try it then i will never know what I missed out on

If I make bank and sell everything out then I will not be surprised if I aim for a bigger pony con IN THE US next year. If not then I can easily learn from this and apply it to another avenue I might try.

I am not giving up on my Humanise.com comic or my crazy world of Jowy illustration before any of you ask. I just need to focus my mind on this event so it can run as smoothly as possible and make the most out of it.

  Besides its not just about the business side of BUCK it’s also about the fun for me.

I enjoy the freedom and creative juices the brony fandom gives me and I want to share that with other fans .

check out my brony art and all other jazz at my Deviantart 

May not look like much but its my entire stock and stuff i am taking up to the con

    Until next Post Laters and wish me luck at BUCK

Illustration Friday Submission: Fresh Walk

This weeks theme : FRESH: 

decided to try some digital painting for this challenge :)

and got it submitted on time.

until next Post Laters ;)  

Illustration Friday Submission Hybrid bus stop

Yeah i am a liar i know i said i would update last weekend and that did not happen understand that i have been super busy with this event i am attending in two weeks time. i have had to spend a great deal of time prepping for it as it’s a big step for my career and the jowy brand all will be explained very soon.

Other annoying thing was I had a really awesome idea for this week’s illustration Friday submission but due to pressure and time limits I have cheaped out and submitted an older piece of mine that fits this week’s theme, which is....     

HYBRID 

until next post LATERS  

update i missed the submission DANG IT (grumble)

Illustration Friday Submission jungle underpass

 

I have wanted to start submitting and joining in illustration Friday since I discovered it a year ago

IF is where you get a theme they set for you to design and you have to illustrate it in any way you want good news its open to any illustrator or artist.

 I feel that this weekly challenge will keep me engaged in my wacky juxtaposing world more. Been quite satire with it last 2 months and i will explain the reasons why over the weekend there’s a lot to say which is nothing new on this blogs record  

This week’s theme: JUNGLE 

not my best effort i wanted to colour it but its a good start :)

until next post LATERS  

Jowy Shenanigans 11/7/13

 General commissions and art I have forgotten to post up on my blog from the last few months sorry I am lazy and forgetful sometimes.

Yesterday was like any other normal productive day for Jowy. The penciling for the next page of humanise.com is almost done  and will be uploaded on here soon. I am also applying to a couple of art competitions this month to expose my work to the public and hopefully gain recognition with my quirky art style.

Recently I have been listening to a wide range of music while working on things. For me the band called Mr. Bungle has stood out from the bands I have listened to, with their crazy experimental Avant-garde funk metal jazz sound  , which is, and unlike anything I have ever herd before . The last studio album they released called California  has this one song on it that i would not stop playing yesterday called Sweet Charity its got an Hawaiian eerie tone to it. The title of the song intrigued me and after listening to it a couple more of times. In my quirky juxtapose style I choose to digitally illustrate it based purely on the title not the content of the song.

Its not finished yet This is just how far I got with it I just want to archive my process of my work from now on for you guys.

Check out Mr. bungle folks they are worth a listen to even if their music in the early days was unstructured and fusions of weird.

process

Recently I have wanted to study more from the real world in order to achieve this effect  and decided today to do some value studies of two screenshots from two of my time-lapse travel videos. I wanted to see which elements I take time on and which ones I skip when studying from an existing reference  (how close I can get to the real thing).

The boy with the stick is from one of the first videos I found within this weird genre of film and I find myself rewatching it almost every month its such an interesting look at a cities population I had no idea existed I believe its in the Caribbean.

I am not looking for an accurate photo realistic portrayal just a close enough interpretation of the light and tones in the images. 

I have a recording of these studies been done on my YouTube channel so you can see the whole thing from start to finish with some music in the BG  [link]

Clapping is contagious according to scientists in a recent article I read two days ago decided in my spare time to sketch out an idea for an illustration describing the article with my quirky diverse style obviously.

commissions 

A couple approached me a while back to create a card design depicting them as Lois Lane and superman in a 60s inspired style hence the Roy Roy Lichtenstein dots and some what dramatic worms eye view the caption had to be included in with the old school comic style

how did i get there

Logo design for a new craft business the client wanted a female dragon with  a lot of colour and a real look of feminine about the character it also had to warp around the company's title i choose the font.

Humanise.com comic project update 11/7/13

Humanise.com is an Epically ambitious comic/graphic novel of mine that is been written by my dad. And drawn by yours truly.

 If you like what you see head over to my DA account to see more development of the project and bigger scans of finished inked pages.    

Penciling for the next page of Humanise.com is underway plenty of action to take in we will aim to get a mock up of a finished page soon

Made a few improvements to the bottom of the two page splash page that will introduce the viewer to the world of interest as a packed thriving metropolis 

until next blog post Laters ;)