Illustration Friday submission: Drink please Kathy

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amongst the chaos of starting my new job and commissions (which will be talked about in a big update this coming weekend).  I have Missed a few of the illustration Friday challenges  but i managed to get another one done this week and it’s a cartoony speed painting. 

If it’s not obvious this weeks Theme was : Moustache! lol

until this weekends blog post LATERS 

Jowybean ;)  

Jowy Shenanigans 24/9/13

Hey everybody in blog land I have been a busy bee with pony commissions popping up every few days since Buck. And its occupied a lot of my free time, then the whole GTA 5 thing happened last Tuesday and I was gone for two and half days with breaks in between of course its worth the money in my opinion Rockstar you have done it again.

now I am back with a reason to update not just to rant.

lame joke i know

I started livesteraming recently and I plan to do more in the coming weeks. My first experience was very positive , did not shut up for a whole three hours I love to talk sometimes folks if you know this blog you understand what I mean.

Last Wednesday i attended a small showcase event run by a company called Sweda to show my art to other potential clients and networks and as you can see the local press took an interest in my art and Brony stuff.   

I have applied for a possible full time job at a graphics and print company in Birmingham. Had my interview yesterday it went quite smoothly, despite my lack of commercial graphic design experience. The director seemed interested in using my artistic talents for some of his upcoming projects. If I get this job I will get some actual income.

In an ideal world I would love to make a living off my commissions and own illustration but I know the market constantly changes and you need to be realistic with your goals in today’s world folks.

I have fallen behind on illustration Friday’s submissions but I will make sure I get back on track with that.

Passion project Humanise.com graphic novel has stopped for a while but please still support and check out the project on my DA account we will return to it soon its not dead.

Ponies just on the brain

Until next Post LATERS ;)   

Illustration Friday submission: Lush is his name...i think

Because of all of the brony commissions i have been getting since coming back from BUCK 2013. i have not really thought up a good enough idea for this weeks submission  that i could do to a high quality so heres a tonal sketch of the idea i had instead. 

this weeks theme was LUSH i don't know either  what this has to do with that word but its something at least.

next week i will do much better 

LATERS 

Jowybean ;) 

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)