11/1/12 – Nude Figure Studies in Pencil with Model- At Art Alliance of Central PA

November 7, 2012
Figure DrawingPencil Work
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Nude portrait drawings with pencil on 9×12 & 12×18 paper- studies range from 1 minute to 45 minutes. This closed out the recent set of sessions at the studio- great model to work with- however, on the one position, I cheated and made up a face since her hair hid her features totally from my place in the studio and I wanted to draw a face- so pick out the one that doesn’t fit!  The 45 minute piece was a really foreshortened pose that turned out great and was a real challenge, but I even got the tattoo on the foot- enjoy!

 

 

“Aizan” – Pinup; Final Inks

October 30, 2012
Pen & Ink
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The final inks for my Aizan: The Demo Pinup for Shawn Alleyne’s new project which you can find on Kickstarter.  I changed up the back wall to make go higher beyond the filed of view to accentuate the height of the fall or jump from Aizan onto the soldiers below.  The stark blank and whites really brought out the chiaroscuro effect I had been playing with on my experiment post the other week, this combined with the creative camera angle really plays well together.  I really loved Aizan’s anatomy with the old school euro style inking, which makes it look fast and fluid (like the character) but gave it almost wood printing block look that I started building on with the cover to Ugli Studios Presents #2 (the wrap around American flag cover) – which if anything I was inspired to do from the classic artwork in the old “Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks” from my childhood, which all featured some incredible British pen and ink artists- so thanks to all of them for the memories and inspiration for my current work! I’m really excited and proud for Shawne, so I really wanted to give him something that would take his character, Aizan, and my work to another level in layout, perspective, anatomy, shading and inking, I feel I met my personal goals on this pinup!

 

 

10/25/12 – Nude Figure Studies in Pencil with Model- At Art Alliance of Central PA

October 27, 2012
Figure DrawingPencil Work
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Nude portrait drawings with pencil on 9×12 & 12×18 paper- studies range from 1 minute to 45 minutes.  Training in real life to help my imaginary people look that much better, and as always a great exercise, especially when you are on a time limit!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Aizan” – Pinup; Pencils

October 23, 2012
Pencil Work
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This is a pinup that I am doing for Shawn Alleyne ‘s new project Aizan.  Right now he is doing a kickstarter to raise money for the project “Aizan the Demo”, so I am contributing this pinup of the main character- Aizan, described by Shawne as “Rebel. Anarchist. Superhero. Savior. “Aizan, The original hip-hop sci-fi ninja superhero.”  Shawne is a really cool guy that I have been lucky enough to meet at some of the conventions that I attend, and I am really honored to contribute to his project with this pinup.  Some notes- I struggled with what the layout would be, and I settled on the top down view with the soldiers lit in a spotlight with Aizan in freefall. Not only does this give the piece some movement for the eye, the image also tries  to tell a small narrative tale with this one image of the soliders discovering the vandalism on the wall, and the Aizan coming to attack them (simple, but something!) .  Some of my ink experiments (see prior post) gave me some ideas to be more creative with my and shading- so look for alot of black that fades to the small lit circle in this to move the eye! Right now, Im challenging myself to get more creative with my point of view on projects and to get away from the straight on POV that is a crutch of sorts sometimes and to move my “camera” to different points in the picture.  The genesis of this piece was doing one hyper extended leg (Aizan’s left leg) and I had that laying around for months, and when this project came up, I took the leg and built everything from it- sort of like Adam’s Rib creating Eve- I took the leg and built Aizan and her action environment in this pinup.  Enjoy!

Painted Ladies of San Quentin; Page 1- Pencils

October 23, 2012
Painted Ladies of San QuentinPencil WorkSequential WorkUGLI studios
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The first page of my next story with David Paul for UGLI STUDIOS PRESENTS #2- “The Painted Ladies of San Quentin”- our western grindhouse story… welcome to the mean streets of SQ and our main character Elijah Holman….

Ink Experiment

October 23, 2012
Pen & Ink
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 A small pen and ink experiment to work out some textures and shadowing ideas I’ve been thinking on… some Chiaroscuro… an Italian term which literally means ‘light-dark’ ,  and some negative space work on the feet to go with the cleaner texture on the animal skull.  We’ll see if I can use some of these tricks in my future pen and ink work.

 

S.C.A.R. Derby- Happy Valley Dolls vs. Crown City Rollers – Nov 10th, 2012 Bout Poster-Final Color Version

October 23, 2012
Colored WorkLogos/Promotional Work
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The final cleaned up and colored SCAR poster- colors by the infamous “Danni Savage” a/k/a http://danikaulakisart.com/– my color goddess.  Enjoy and catch the bout!  Look for this poster around Centre County!

OGLAF Tribute Artwork: “Mistress and Laser Falcon”

October 9, 2012
Pencil Work
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One of my new favorite comics to read is OGLAF which is published online weekly by Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne– I highly recommend it, thanks to my Color Goddess Dani Kaulakis for introducing it to me!  Trudy and Doug are super talented folks who are not only making a beautiful looking weekly web comic, but a really sharply written one as well that makes for a great read every time!  I did this piece originally as one of my nude figure studies on 10/4/12, but when asked to do a charity piece of artwork for an auction, I modified my nude study into one of my favorite characters from OGLAF, “THE MISTRESS”.  It was simple process to add one of her classic outfits from the comic strip to the nude figure model, then I added her Deadly “LASER FALCON” to complete the transformation into a complete OGLAF scene.  I thought it was a fun take on two great characters to do them in my style and make them both a bit more realistic than their normal stylized cartoon forms.  This original pencil piece will be at the ROCCON convention Ill be at later this month on 10/28/12, framed and on the selling block to raise money for Autism Research!   

 

 

Jason’s Take on Mistress and Laser Falcon…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Doug and Trudy’s First appearance of Laser Falcon with The Mistress! (with all credit and Love to OGLAF!)

“Death Goddess” – Final Inks

October 9, 2012
Pen & Ink
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The final inks on the long running Death Goddess poster/pinup.  If you are donating $30 to my Kickstarter for the ART OF JASON LENOX : COLLECTION #1- you will get an autographed print of this painstaking pen and ink illustration!

 

 

10/4/12 – Nude Figure Studies in Pencil with Model- At Art Alliance of Central PA

October 9, 2012
Figure DrawingPencil Work
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 Nude portrait drawings with pencil on 12×18 paper- studies range from 2 minutes to one hour.  A great way to catch up on a classic artistic exercise and study some real life anatomy up close.

  

 

 

 

 

 

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