Jason Lenox

The final inked Jessica and last piece of the Painted Ladies 2012-2013 era.

Points of interest- the corset and lace- wow, what a huge pain in the ass, and what a cool payoff, they look great. The pillows and sheets are my first foray into better cloth and clothing, I got a great book about rendering fabrics, so Ill try to keep putting that to good use!

Not much else to say, but enjoy that sexy pinup, my inner Joseph Linsner has been released! My 1992 hands pinup story has been exorcised (ask me if you dont know my Dawn fan art Convention Smack Down story as a 17 year old!!)

Speaking of fan art…. Look out for some awesome pinups coming your way soon!!

Violent Pinup- Final Inks

August 29, 2013 jlenox

Pen & Ink

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Aggressive, Violent and in motion, this pinup is done and being colored this week. I’ll keep everyone posted if anything comes of it- enjoy, there is about 30 hours of work in this one. In this case, a picture is worth a thousand words, so if you recognize the property this is based on, awesome – otherwise, enjoy anyway!

Painted Ladies of San Quentin- Alternate Cover- Final Pencils

August 23, 2013 jlenox

Painted Ladies of San Quentin Pencil Work

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The updated pencils for Jessica Belmont for the alternate cover to “Painted Ladies of San Quentin- the Black and White Edition” changes to the bust, arms, hands, detail to the clothing, hair and pillows and sheets of her environment. Very happy with the progress on this piece- more to come with the inks next. Ive been reading and studying more on clothing and folds in cloth and better renderings of fabrics, so this is my first attempt to use some of that information to make that a stronger point in my pieces with fabrics and cloth.

Painted Ladies of San Quentin- Alternate Cover- Pencils – First Draft

August 15, 2013 jlenox

Painted Ladies of San Quentin Pencil Work

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Using some of my figure drawing art as a basis, Im working on an alternate cover for “PAINTED LADIES OF SAN QUENTIN” for the Black and White edition of the book that I will be coming out with shortly. The sequential pages are done, so a cover is all that is needed. And don’t we all need more Jessica Belmont in our lives, and here she is being seductive in her boudoir! Enjoy, and a last Hurrah for my favorite Painted Lady!

This piece has a way to go, but I wanted to share it with everyone!

Jaru Marketing Art

August 15, 2013 jlenox

Logos/Promotional Work Pen & Ink Pencil Work

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Just a small piece I made for my printers at JARU PRINTING in State College for an artist colalge project they are doing. Hit them up here to learn more about their store and services!

The “SKINNY BLACK PROJECT” – Pencils and Layouts

July 27, 2013 jlenox

Pencil Work

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So- these are some cropped pieces (to prevent identifcation of the project) of a pencil layout, figure study and final pencils of a project I have dubbed “SKINNY BLACK” after the rapper from the amazing film from Director Craig Brewer, “Hustle and Flow”, which as a relative unknown creator is one of those films I watch to get inspired and fired up to create. So this post is more about how I feel like “D-Jay” from that film, so click on the link, watch D-Jay, and to take one his quotes and change it a bit to suit my artistic endeavours…. “if you can feel my art, you can feel me”.

Pull up a chair for a minute…..

FUBAR Press Pinup – Medieval Zombie Soldier; Final Inks

July 8, 2013 jlenox

FUBAR Pen & Ink

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I was pleased with the final rendering on this pinup- the inks really brought out the gore and anatomy across the bodily destruction I heaped on this poor lout!

Of special interest was bloodstained cloth effect I got with stippling and the organic looks with the contouring on the torn face and entrails. The blood effect on the spear tip also turned out really well.

However, no more chainmail, for the love of god!

Keep an eye out for this piece from FUBAR PRESS!

FUBAR Press Pinup – Medieval Zombie Soldier

July 4, 2013 jlenox

FUBAR Pencil Work

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So my very cool friend I met at NYCC 2012, Jeff McComsey is one of the leaders of a small press outfit that makes comics about the Zombie World Wars, alternative cool history stuff with loads of violence. This company is called FUBAR PRESS , and we talked for a long time about me making a pinup for them- well that time is now!

They are doing a book about Medieval Zombie warfare, so that was my task to complete- so this is the process of my research into a 3rd Crusade (1189–1192) Christian Knight, and the anatomy I pulled on the large and small intestines. My goal was to really have some large scale physical damage. This included an impalement, torn off face, distended ripped in half jaw and a full disembowelment- along with historically accurate gear and clothing. I think I am on the right path! Enjoy the carnage, inks coming soon!

I’ll post links to get the comic this will appear in when I have more information!

6/27/13 – Nude Figure Studies in Pencil with Model- At Art Alliance of Central PA

July 4, 2013 jlenox

Figure Drawing Pencil Work

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Back at the tables for figure drawing, and it was good to be back again in training! We had a really good model for this session, he had amazing muscletone and definition, some really creative poses, and wasnt afraid to hold out until his arms and legs fell asleep! I was really pleased with the last three longer poses, I didnt move, and just drew from whatever angle presented itself, which is always a challenge to go from non traditional POV’s.

Painted Ladies of San Quentin; Page 22- Final Inks- FINAL PAGE & Two Versions!

June 19, 2013 jlenox

Painted Ladies of San Quentin Pen & Ink Sequential Work UGLI studios

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The hangman’s noose ominously over the head of Jessica Belmont before her execution in 1852… Governor John Bigler later signs over the land the murders were committed over… later in 1852 constructions begins and then ends in 1854 on a new state sponsored construction project… THE SAN QUENTIN STATE PRISON- California’s oldest State Prison- which stands til this day in 2013- hello historical fiction at it’s finest and most violent- thanks to Boardwalk Empire and Gangs of New York for the inspiration for this tale of what MIGHT have been the true story of the San Quentin Prison’s murky origins! Thanks to Elijah Holman, Jessica Belmont, The Chinaman- Xi Chou Long, El Alacran & Company and Sheriff Clyde for being such fun characters to, well… kill off violently!

From a layout standpoint, this page was totally changed from pencils #1 at the bottom that I made in January into a totally new page pencils #2. Superstar Artist Tommy Castillo commented to me a critique I asked for at Philadelphia Wizard World a few weeks ago that the hanging was too super-hero-ish. This combined with a comment from another friend about “Where are the crooked politicians?” led to a new layout- less superhero hanging, more ALFRED HITCHCOCK suggested violence without showing so much in panel #1…. The third Governor of California JOHN BIGLER makes his first comic book appearance ever (as near as I can tell) …then I went to prison construction mode (with prisoners working like in the history books!) in the new panel #3. I end with the modern prison shot in panel #4…now from the land side in version #2, not the water side like in version #1- since we never really address or look at that water/peninsula geography in the whole comic- so why now? Exactly! So that is a totally different shot of the jail, and that is the new and revised page 22 version #2!

This comic wasn’t going down easy at the end was it? The last page took the longest and had two different versions, so if you have been following my posts, none of this is a surprise!

From a technical standpoint, this was a nice portrait of Gov. Bigler signing a paper, a study in rope and two very annoying architectural renderings, so the page was less organic than the rest of the story, but very hard to pull off nonetheless. Panel three looks like an old testament bible engraving, and I hated doing that panel, but it really worked in the end so I am glad I suffered through it. I did less inking in the final modern page so Joe Freistuhler had more freedom to run with his only modern colored panel to pull a “Wizard of Oz” and go from sepia to full color at the last minute to show the “modern world” of 2013.

As usual- I’ve included the pencils, line work and final inked rendered page for review and analysis below.

ON A FINAL NOTE…..

The project on my end is done, all 22 pages for a full length comic with a wrap around 2 page cover! I cant believe I’ve been drawing this for over a year now, the end of a mini era for me! Personally, this comic stands as my PhD Thesis in comics creation, but of course, I want to keep getting better. Ill be taking a break from sequentials for a bit to do some pinups and freelance work, but of course, I’ll be back at it before you know it doing something totally different, and no doubt better than this project as I have learned SO MUCH from this process- from storytelling, to anatomy to general art skills! Thanks to everyone who made this project possible- especially my wife Crystal Lenox and Son, Blaine Lenox, who let me have the time I needed to complete all of this work!

Thanks, and I hope everyone checks this story out when it is 100% done and included in my next anthology- UGLI STUDIOS PRESENTS #2 later this summer!