JJ Conway's Blog!

2011-04-22

2011-06-05T10:24:00.000-07:00

This page has a drawing I did instead of watching Stations of the Cross at my church on Good Friday. I dont do enough environment drawings, but this one came out pretty well, methinks!

And the devil guy is my interpretation of someone that works at the church. I dont think too highly of him...

These are straight ink drawings. They came out pretty well, I think!
-JJ

2011-04-21

2011-06-05T10:21:00.000-07:00

Here's some more Azbats. There's a lot of him because I used him in a board. I didnt finish it yet, but it looks pretty snazzy!

These dudes are inspired by some hardcore Russian guys I saw on EnglishRussia.com
Here's a little more development art from the superhero anthology piece. Getting VERY close now.
-JJ

2011-04-20

2011-06-05T10:18:00.000-07:00

Some random doodles....
These are from my good friend's senior recital. It rocked REALLY hard.

-JJ

2011-04-19

2011-06-05T10:13:00.001-07:00

Here's some more Azbats. I think I'm going to color this one up....
Another idea I've been batting around is Batman meets Sweeney Todd. So here's Joker as Todd, and Penguin as the Beadle:
-JJ

2011-04-15

2011-06-05T10:11:00.001-07:00

Here's some schematic work for a project I've been batting around. Whenever I have a big project I thing it through in my sketchbook. Maybe I'll post some pages of schematics from my Yoshi Halloween costume some day...

-JJ

2011-04-14

2011-06-05T10:08:00.000-07:00

These pages are from Rad Sechrist's class, when his friend Anthony Holden substituted for him. It was great! He's a ton of energy and he's really inspiring! You'll see a lot of notes from his lecture and a few drawings of classmates.

-JJ

2011-04-13

2011-06-05T10:07:00.000-07:00

More Batman pages!
-JJ

2011-04-12

2011-06-05T10:00:00.000-07:00

A picture of Azbats:-JJ

2011-04-08

2011-06-05T09:59:00.001-07:00

Fun page of faces:
-JJ

2011-04-05

2011-06-05T09:54:00.000-07:00

Up first is some pose practice.

More art from the anthology piece I'm working on. Getting closer to the roommate's design!

More work on the hero's art!
-JJ

2011-04-07

2011-06-05T09:53:00.001-07:00

More "Titan" fan art. Also some Goku on this page. -JJ

2011-04-04

2011-06-05T09:51:00.000-07:00

Page 200!!!! Woo!!!! I think that's way behind, but that also doesnt figure in the storyboard pages i did in this period. I'll post those once I get through some revisions/clean up. Maybe I'll post a thumbnail version of each board and figure in a page total.

Anyhoo, on with the arts!

-JJ

2011-04-01

2011-06-01T22:49:00.000-07:00

Here's a lot of art from the anthology piece. This is pretty close to what the hero will look like:
The gimp guy is actually the main character, not the villain. He desperate wants to be a superhero, like his roommate.

-JJ

2011-03-31

2011-06-01T22:46:00.001-07:00

Here's a page with Gunter hanging out there in the center:More art for the anthology. Getting closer to the design for the hero...
-JJ

2011-03-29

2011-06-01T22:44:00.001-07:00

This top page is some design ideas for Emily, from the Fearbot project I've been tinkering with.This is Goku.

-JJ

2011-03-25

2011-06-01T22:40:00.001-07:00

So these are fun pages. This first one is unrelated to the rest...These are from a convention I went to where they had dancers doing their thing.
The bottom faces are an attempt to capture the dead eyes these girls had. Kinda blank, soulless stares...

-JJ

2011-03-23

2011-06-01T22:38:00.002-07:00

Some WWF studies of the most electrifying man in sports entertainment!
And this is me learning how people actually hold a gun...
-JJ

2011-03-22

2011-06-01T22:38:00.001-07:00

Hey, some more Miss Martian!-JJ

2011-03-21

2011-06-01T22:36:00.001-07:00

More Two Face...
Some doodles for another project about some imaginative kids...
-JJ

2011-03-19

2011-06-01T22:34:00.000-07:00

Two face:-JJ

2011-03-18

2011-06-01T22:26:00.001-07:00

Some meh Harvey Dent drawings...-JJ

2011-03-17

2011-06-01T22:22:00.001-07:00

Here are some doodles from Rad Sechrist's class
-JJ

2011-03-16

2011-06-01T22:18:00.000-07:00

Random doodles...More Miss Martian/Barsoom crossover...
-JJ

2011-03-14

2011-06-01T22:16:00.001-07:00

Up first, some David Hammerfist. There's some Hammerfist work coming up! I can say that since I'm actually posting these 2 months after I drew them, so I know how it plays out....

Here's a page of Harvey Dents!
-JJ

2011-03-13

2011-06-01T22:11:00.000-07:00

The inked image is more concept art for the anthology piece I'm working on. Those will be coming up a lot now.

-JJ

2011-03-12

2011-05-31T22:56:00.001-07:00

Here's a change of pace: Batman!And Aang, for some reason...
-JJ

2011-03-11

2011-05-31T22:29:00.000-07:00

More "Titan" fanart!
-JJ

2011-03-10

2011-05-31T22:21:00.000-07:00

This first one is of the King from "Sym-Bionic Titan." He gets super epic in episode 16. I can't recommend that show enough. One of the best cartoons of the past 20 years. The rest of this post is pretty much Titan fanart.

-JJ

2011-03-09

2011-05-31T22:16:00.000-07:00

So, here's a really scattered assortment of doodles.

This page has the first concept art I did for a comic I'm about to start drawing. The big guy on the couch is the main character of this anthology piece, and he wants to be a superhero like his roommate. Sym-Bionic Titan is in the corner.

Here's a Batman doodles of mine. It amuses the heck out of me! I crack myself up.
This is take one at a Sym-Bionic Titan/Megazord team up. I re-drew it below.

-JJ

2011-03-07

2011-05-31T22:14:00.001-07:00

Random doodles:I've been working out a piece I want to call "My Favorite Martians" with Tars Tarkas and Miss Martian. Here's one take:
-JJ

2011-03-05

2011-05-31T22:04:00.000-07:00

I went sketching with Rad Sechrist and a few other friends in Little Tokyo. There were quite a few characters there!

This page has my favorite. There was this fat boy/girl(?) that pretty much embodied all of the bad preteen/teen anime fan stereotypes. It's on the right.

-JJ

2011-03-04

2011-05-23T23:11:00.001-07:00

Here's some "ReBoot" fanart! Definitely one of my favorite cartoons, especially once you get past Season 1!Here's some Azbats. You'll see more of him later!
And Batman, of course!
-JJ

2011-03-02

2011-05-23T22:49:00.000-07:00

Superhero day! Oh, and random old man. Who is that...? I think it's supposed to be Carl Sagan.

-JJ

2011-02-28

2011-05-23T22:39:00.000-07:00

Last day of February!

Just some quick pen drawings. No real theme. I was probably looking at Jay Baker's artwork. He's an amazing artist, and I've learned a lot from looking at his storyboards.

-JJ

2011-02-25

2011-05-22T19:29:00.000-07:00

Joker stuffs!

And Two Face!
-JJ

2011-02-24

2011-05-22T18:12:00.000-07:00

Here's a lot more DKR style Batman! Also some Miss Martian!

A page of DKR style Joker

And I have no idea what this is...

-JJ

2011-02-23

2011-05-22T18:11:00.000-07:00

More DKR style Batman! Man that comic is awesome.

-JJ

2011-02-21

2011-05-22T18:07:00.000-07:00

More Batman! I had been using the DKR style model from BTAS. These were done after looking more at the DKR comic, but still trying to use the BTAS style.

-JJ

2011-02-17

2011-05-22T18:04:00.000-07:00

More Batman!

-JJ

2011-02-16

2011-05-22T18:00:00.001-07:00

Today is the start of a few Batman days! We had to use Batman models for a storyboarding homework assignment, so this is me getting used to the models!

-JJ

2011-02-14

2011-05-22T17:57:00.000-07:00

Ah, another single day... This one has some Fearbot on it!

2011-02-13

2011-05-22T17:52:00.000-07:00

Only one from the 13th. I dont even know what I was watching. Maybe an old episode of SNL? I think this was an old musical guest....

2011-02-12 part 2

2011-05-22T17:45:00.000-07:00

Here's the start of sketchbook 2!

I forgot that there were some more sketches from the 12th of Feb, so here they are! I had been doing "Avatar" studies for a storyboarding homework assignment, so I felt the urge to try out the characters!

The Long Holidays' "Through Two Lenses"

2011-05-21T17:55:00.001-07:00

Hello friends!

I recently did an album cover for the amazing band "The Long Holidays," my long-time friend Jim Holmquist's band.

http://thelongholidays.bandcamp.com/

Give 'em a listen!

-JJ

A little out-of-order update

2011-05-15T09:01:00.001-07:00

I'm trying to post things in the order I do them, but if I keep to that then this piece wouldn't get posted for a looong time. So when I eventually do get to May 14th's posting, you'll see the page with all the studies and color tests. In the mean time, check out this marker piece I did last night!

This started as a doodle, but then I decided it sucked so I actually broke out the anatomy book and really worked the design. The result is, I think, pretty awesome!

This guy is from "Katana Gunslinger" issue 01, which I originally drew in the winder of 2009. The basic concept is that a dude is infected by some alien organism that gives him super strength and causes him to lose all his skin. I figured it'd look rad if it caused bone mutations, too.

In case you never saw the comics I drew for my friend, this is the original version of this monster. I think the newer drawing is a little cooler.

Just a little...

-JJ

2011-02-12

2011-05-14T12:34:00.000-07:00

I think this is the last update for today. This post marks the last page from my first sketchbook of the year! I'm almost through my second sketchbook, and I probably will be finished with it by the time I'm done scanning it!

Here's a hodge podge page. Superman TAS fanart, and some doodles of the villain from my girlfriend Lis's thesis film:

Another random, random page. Avatar, STAS, and Batman... And is that a Jedi...?

And as a bonus, here's a page from the back of the sketchbook. I was waiting for dinner with my friend Christie, and we did some scribble drawing. One person scribbles, and the other tries to turn it into something. Her drawings are the awesome looking ones!

And thus marks the end of Sketchbook #01 for 2011!

Hopefully I'll be uploading more in the very near future!

-JJ

2011-02-10

2011-05-14T12:31:00.000-07:00

Another single upload day. Some kind of soldier. Not sure what the inspiration was! I think I drew it in Rad Sechrist's class:

-JJ

2011-02-09

2011-05-14T12:26:00.000-07:00

The girls of "Young Justice," Artemis and Miss Martian!

More more more to come!

-JJ

2011-02-08

2011-05-14T12:09:00.000-07:00

More more more... Sorry there's not much commentary. I'm dumping a lot of art in an afternoon...

Anyhoo! More "Sym-Bionic Titan" featuring one of the best villains ever, General Modula:

Shameless Superboy knockoff, but with a gun! When I inked it, the ink bled really badly so I just did the reverse on the other side of the page!

Aqualad from "Young Justice." He's a great character!
Superboy from YJ, and a Superman re-design. It's widely believed that Superman is iconic enough that you can't really re-design him too dramatically. After trying a re-design, I kinda agree!

More to come, more to come!

-JJ

2011-02-07

2011-05-14T12:00:00.000-07:00

More!

Some "Sym-Bionic Titan" doodles:

More exploration/development for "Fearbot." Geez, I gotta make an "evolution" image showing all the different iterations/ideas for these characters:

This is from a project I developed with a few friends in a class. I cant remember if I already explained it, but it's called "The Haunting of Science Falls," and it's about a science-minded kid that discovers ghosts actually exist.
More to come!

-JJ

2011-02-06

2011-05-14T11:48:00.000-07:00

More!

Here's some more YJ!

Here's some doodles of the character's in my girlfriend's thesis film! Her blog is here.
Here's some Mega Man fanart. I was inspired by the since-cancelled Megaman Universe project.
More to come!

-JJ

2011-02-04

2011-05-14T11:36:00.001-07:00

More!

This page has some "Sym-Bionic Titan" doodles. hands down one of my favorite cartoons ever.

Here's some "Fearbot." There are some pretty radical re-designs coming up!

Some more "Young Justice" doodles!

And more "Fearbot" stuff! That's a pretty cool arm, I'd forgotten about that...

More to come!

-JJ

2011-02-03

2011-05-14T11:25:00.000-07:00

So it's been an embarrassingly long time since I update this. Work has been busy and I was in a pretty work-heavy storyboarding class, so I fell behind in updates. I've been keeping up with my drawing as best as I can, though! Over the next days... weeks... etc... I'll be updating and getting current!

Sorry for the lack of commentary. I barely remember doing these! I see some Artemis from "Young Justice," which airs on Friday nights on Cartoon Network!

I'll also post some of the boards I did for class in the coming weeks!

-JJ

2011-02-02

2011-02-02T22:43:00.000-08:00

Finally! Today I'm posting art that was done TODAY! I'll also update my tally. I'm way ahead with sketchbook drawings, but way behind with studies. Those should start creeping up, though.

Anyhoo, picture time!

Up first are some wrestling studies. I wanted some action reference so I threw on some 'rasslin!

The ever-evolving design of Fearbot goes off in a slightly new direction, yet again.

Aaand a boring page of poses I studies from a book.

-JJ

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2011-02-01

2011-02-02T22:42:00.000-08:00

So close to current....

-JJ

2011-01-31

2011-02-02T22:39:00.000-08:00

Through the month of January!

-JJ

2011-01-30

2011-02-02T22:38:00.001-08:00

Slacker day...

2011-01-29

2011-02-02T22:33:00.000-08:00

I drew a lot of these during the LMU Animation Panel.

This is a re-design of the Olympus Mons-ter from my Fearbot storyboard.

-JJ

2011-01-28

2011-02-02T22:29:00.000-08:00

Ech, off model "Young Justice" art. Fail.

But on the bright side, it's a cool Captain Planet!

-JJ

2011-01-27

2011-02-02T22:28:00.001-08:00

Lame day. One drawing? What the hell was I doing???

-JJ

2011-01-26

2011-02-02T22:26:00.001-08:00

Moar, MOAR!!!

-JJ

2011-01-25

2011-02-02T22:24:00.001-08:00

Here are some more!

-JJ

2011-01-24

2011-02-02T22:21:00.000-08:00

Here are some more!

-JJ

2011-01-23

2011-02-02T22:17:00.000-08:00

Hey all!
Where'd we leave off? Ah yes, my birthday!

-JJ

2011-01-22

2011-02-02T00:04:00.000-08:00

Ah, Sketch Crawl and the day before my 25th birthday. Good times hanging out with Christie, Jen, Davin, Rad, and Jojo!

-JJ

2011-01-21

2011-02-02T00:02:00.001-08:00

Eh, what an embarrassing day:

I was going to end tonight on this note, but screw that, these pages suck!

-JJ

2011-01-20

2011-02-02T00:00:00.000-08:00

2011-01-19

2011-02-01T23:58:00.001-08:00

Slacker! I missed a day! I think I was filling out paperwork for WB and stressing out, imagining the many ways I'd get myself fired on day one. Obviously I've survived so far!

-JJ

2011-01-17

2011-02-01T23:55:00.000-08:00

I'm keeping this short so I can catch up on the updates! Here is my work form the 17th:

-JJ

2011-01-16

2011-02-01T23:52:00.000-08:00

I'm keeping this short, but here are my drawings from the 16th!

I guess I slacked a bit on the 16th...

-JJ

Update!

2011-02-01T23:40:00.000-08:00

Hey all!

I know I'm behind on my updates, but not on my drawings (well, studies are another story...) As of today, Feb 1, I have drawn 100 pages from my head (and VERY few are bare)! I'll be updating over the next few days, because it's over 40 pages that I need to post.

But I hinted in my last post that there's a good reason I've slacked on posting. About 2 1/2 weeks ago I was hired at Warner Bros., so I've been adjusting to a full day of work and a 2+ hour round trip commute. I think I've found my groove, though, so I should be more consistent!

Anyway, on with the posting!

-JJ

UPDATE

2011-01-19T23:53:00.000-08:00

Hey hey!

So I dropped a little behind these past few days because I've been up to two things:

1. Helping my girlfriend sort out some issues with her thesis (I'll post some more panels soon!)

2. Prepping for my first day of work, which was today!

Expect a big update tomorrow or the next day! But I gotta get some sleep now!

-JJ

2011-01-16

2011-01-17T01:33:00.000-08:00

Hello all five of you that follow this blog!
I didnt get to any pages today. I was helping my girlfriend with her thesis, bouncing around ideas on how to shorten/streamline the project so it's as tight as possible.

I still want to post every day, so here are some panels I drew for her!

See ya tomorrow!

-JJ

2011-01-15

2011-01-16T02:40:00.000-08:00

Hey hey!
So plans to people watch in Hollywood fell through. Instead I drew in a Starbucks for a while.

Then, I did some design work for a buddy that's putting a web series together.

And just when I should have been going to bed (i.e. 1:30am), I threw on one of my favorite wrestling matches of all time. Bad move, considering it's well over an hour long...

Now it's bed time!

-JJ

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2011-01-14 (UPDATE 01-15)

2011-01-15T02:42:00.000-08:00

Hey guys!
I got a little more done today! One page is kind of so so, but there's a bonus page to make up for it! I plan to finish the scratchy fight pic, I just need some distance from it.
I refined it a little more today (01-15)

Expect Hollywood people watching tomorrow!

-JJ

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2011-01-13

2011-01-15T02:34:00.000-08:00

I fell a drawing short for the 13th, and I'll hopefully be able to explain why next week. Good news though!

Anyhoo, here's what I got done!

Here are some characters from a project called "the Condiment Caper"

And random monsters

Until next post!

-JJ

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2011-01-12

2011-01-13T03:35:00.000-08:00

Hey hey!
So today I drew some pretty rad drawings (at least I think so...).

The key focus today was learning folds. My friends Sherwin and April were kind enough to give me some advice on the Facebook, so I really dug in and took a look at how/why they work, and how artists utilize them in their work! Take a look at some of my older drawings, and you'll DEFINITELY see that I learned a little something today!

First up, here is some more "Katana Gunslinger" doodling. Not strictly development art, just me noodling with style/design. Most importantly, working with folds!

I told you that "Bucky O'Hare" fanart would start showing up. I've always wanted to redesign Bucky as slightly more rabbity than Michael Golden drew him, so here's yet ANOTHER attempt. I swear, I have "real Bucky" drawings going back to 2003.

I dunno... alien dude? Again, folds!

Just when I thought I was done for the night, I got really inspired and hammered out another Bucky page. I REALLY like how that full body shot came out!

Anyhoo, that was my day! See ya'll tomorrow!

-JJ

PS: Yup. I just said ya'll.

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2011-01-11

2011-01-11T20:22:00.000-08:00

Woah! I'm actually posting today's work BEFORE MIDNIGHT! Woot!

Today is a lot of "Katana Gunslinger" work. In the near future (hopefully) I'll get the script for issue 2 and start drawing, so I wanted to explore some of the upcoming characters. This is the main character, Grey, lounging after a night of work.

This is some exploration of his buddy Art. Joe hasnt provided me with much info on him yet, so I said "what if he's a fat video game nerd" and drew the pic on the right.
On the bottom right is an idea I've been trying to sell Joe on. Basically, a magic book becomes important down the line, and I told Joe that it should talk to Grey and be his sidekick. He thought it was a stupid idea but I think its an AWESOME idea.

Last we've got some penguins! I'm just playing with how many different ways you can draw a penguin and still have it look like a penguin.

Until tomorrow!

-JJ

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2011-01-10

2011-01-11T02:33:00.000-08:00

Hey folks!
I'm pretty excited about today's drawings. They're mostly of original characters from "David Hammerfist" and from "Fearbot."

First up, some more explorations of the character Fearbot.

Next up is a page of Emily. Well, except for that long haired dude toward the upper right...
The basic idea behind "Fearbot" is that our main character, the Fearbot J03, falls for his gearhead mechanic Emily in a future Jetsons-meets-Blade-Runner world that constantly falls under Kaiju attack.

Last is David Hammerfist in a "Young Justice" style...
Oh yeah, Batman's in that one too!

Until tomorrow!

-JJ

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2011-01-09

2011-01-10T02:31:00.000-08:00

Hey hey.
Here are a lot of drawings from a project I've been working with my friends called "Fearbot."

But first, A COLORED PIECE! HOLY BALLS! I'm going to try to do one of these each week. I'd much rather draw, then on to the next one, but I know it's good practice!

I wanted to do a graphic-ish Mega Man piece in his classic jumping pose. I'm pretty darn happy with it!

But here are my drawings! A lot are from a project I'm working on with some friends called "Fearbot."

More "Fearbot," but this time of Fearbot. I drew these after discovering Ashley Wood. I'm probably the last of my friends to discover this guy's work, but WOW.

Until tomorrow!

-JJ

PS: Any suggestions/requests on what to draw? If I dont get any you'll be seeing a loooooot of "Bucky O'Hare" fanart and "Fearbot" drawings...

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2011-01-08

2011-01-09T00:07:00.000-08:00

Hey hey!
Today I went people watching with Christie, Jen, and Rafael. It was great! The 3rd Street Promenade has so many different kinds of people, from all walks of life, so there's a huge variety of people to draw.

Hopefully we'll be people watching next weekend too! Drawing with friends is way more fun than drawing alone...

Until tomorrow!

-JJ

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2011-01-07

2011-01-08T04:32:00.000-08:00

So tonight I was at this awesome party thrown by the Animation Guild, and some friends and I decided to go people watching tomorrow. So that's what to expect for Saturday!

But today I've got a really random bunch of drawings.

This is a John Carter page. The spider-fellow is Ghek, super-psychic and emotionless until he meets Tara of Helium. On the right is an unfinished Tars Tarkas. I expect to finish this one down the line.

This page has some costume doodles, mostly troubleshooting my halloween costume from 2 Halloweens ago, Tars Tarkas!

This is a "Superman" page! This styles is from me fusing some "Young Justice" studies with the "Gargoyles" studies.

Until tomorrow!

-JJ

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2011-01-06

2011-01-07T03:15:00.001-08:00

So tonight I did a ton of studies from "Gargoyles," and I think something really clicked.

You can kind of see it on this first page with the David Hammerfist heads.

It really starts to show up here with the Jokers, though.

And definitely on this last page with the Katana Gunslingers. I'm diggin that fusion of the "Avatar" and the "Gargoyles" styles.

Looking back at it, the "Gargoyles" characters are VERY solidly drawn. Their features are exaggerated too, since they're very human-like monsters. I think this makes the "tricks" that create a solid drawing more obvious, so that when you look at a more subtle human character you able to say "hey, that's the same thing they did with Goliath, only very subtle because it's a woman and not a giant purple monster."

Forgive the rant. It helps me sort out what I got from my studies.

So until tomorrow (or later today...)

-JJ

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2011-01-05 (a day and change late)

2011-01-07T01:52:00.001-08:00

Hey hey,
These are from the 5th but I didnt get around to posting them earlier.

I was doing a lot of "Avatar the Last Airbender" studies. Man, that's a great lookin show! I love it when I can pop on a DVD and the drawings are good enough that I can pause any frame and work from that. Not all are that good looking...

Anyhoo!

Not my best page... Joker and David Hammerfist here, and tonight's studies have already given me some insight as to what doesnt work with these...

I drew these while at dinner with my girlfriend Lis and my friend Sotta.

You can see some of the "Avatar" influence in these guys.

I'm right on track with the drawings from my head, but I'm a bit behind with the studies. I'll catch up though!

Until later today when I post YESTERDAY'S pictures!

-JJ

PS: I know there's only a tiny trickle of people that actually look at this blog, but if any of you happen to say "I KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT DRAWING" and you feel like doing a draw over, I'd REALLY REALLY appreciate it! The whole point of this undertaking is to level up my art and to learn every single day!

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2011-01-04 (a day late...)

2011-01-05T11:38:00.001-08:00

I was tired last night so I didnt post until now, but I think I got some pretty cool drawings in!

Here are some re-design doodles of "David Hammerfist," from my film "David Hammerfist: Hammerfists of Fury." On day Matt and I will do another Hammerfist adventure...

Random doodles...

This last page is another attempt at my favorite DC character, the Joker.

Until later tonight!

-JJ

990/1,005 drawings left
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2011-01-03

2011-01-04T02:55:00.000-08:00

Hey folks!
So this is a random bunch of drawings.

This is a page of (mostly) Katana Gunslingers, a type of hero from a comic I drew last year.

This is a redesign attempt at the Storm Toads from "Bucky O'Hare," one of my favorite retro-properties. There will probably be a TON from BOH up here.

My friendwas telling me about a project he's working on and I asked if I could draw some pics of the main character. This is All (pronounced "Al"). It's kind of a philosophical dissection of god and the spiritual realm.

Anyhoo, see ya tomorrow!

-JJ

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2011-01-02

2011-01-02T22:50:00.001-08:00

Hey guys,
Today I was watching "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" while drawing, so I think all the main guys appear in these pages. The best is definitely the drawing of Frank on the last page.

Quick note, this next page has some character designs for a project my friend and I have been tinkering with for years now. The girl's name is Emily, and she's one of the main characters for "Fearbot"

More to come!

-JJ

996/1,005 drawings left
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New Year's Resolution: 2,011 in 2011

2011-01-01T23:17:00.000-08:00

So, I'll start this by saying that by many standards I'm a pretty good artist. But more than 2 1/2 years after graduation I'm not getting any work, so I guess I need to be better! I came up with a New Year's Resolution that should fix that situation.

In 2011 I will do 2,011 pages of drawing, and I'll be keeping myself honest right here on this blog.

"HOLY SHIT, THAT'S A LOT," you may say. That's what I said, that's what my girlfriend said. It's really not though. If I do 6 pages each day, I'll be more than fine. The one "catch" is that half of the 2,011 pages must be studies. The idea is that not only will I force myself to draw more often, but I'll force myself to study and learn from the masters.

Anyway, here are the rules I've set forth:

1. I must do at least 1,005 pages of drawings from my head or from real life.

2. I must do at least 1,006 pages of studies.

3. Since I do a lot of storyboards for my portfolio, those count. They will be added to the 2,011 once the board is finished.

1 page of 3 panels = 1 page of the 2,011

So follow along on this blog, or follow along at home with your own 2,011 drawings!

Oh, one last note. Since the studies are not my own work, I wont be posting each individual page of them. I dont want ANY confusion as to what's my work and what's not, and I dont want anybody thinking that I'm taking credit for the master's work. Instead I'll probably post a photo of all the pages and list who I was looking at that particular day.

Anyway, here are my first 6 pages. I went people watching in Santa Monica today.

So this fellow was interesting. He was Middle Eastern, and he had one leg and a three legged dog. He also does not like being drawn. See how the paper is dirty and wrinkled? That's from when he yelled at me and tore the page out of my sketch book!

Rule 4. of 2,011 in 2011: be more sly.

These aren't from Santa Monica. I was watching "Magnum Force" with my dad. Clint Eastwood's a badass. Oh, and those are Tharks at the bottom.

Anyhoo, I'll try to update this daily, but I might not be able to. I WILL be keeping up on the pages, and I WILL post everything, if not every day.

999/1,005 drawings left
1,006/1,006 studies left

-JJ

PS: Anybody have suggestions on who to do master copies from?

He knows if you've been bad or good...

2010-12-25T04:07:00.001-08:00

...so you'd better be good, punk.

Merry Christmas!

-JJ

NOT Holiday Doodles

2010-12-24T14:08:00.000-08:00

Hey all!
The last post was holiday related. This is not. I've had this Batman project stewing for years now. My friend and I basically re-invent the Batman universe as a TV show, adapting comic stories for seasonal arcs, plotting long term character arcs, and reworking characters to create an interconnected and believable world. Most of our discussions start with "How in the hell would we make ____ a cool character?

For example, Poison Ivy is kind of lame. She's a botanist who turns evil when she gets plant powers. The only thing she's got going for her, honestly, is how freekin hot she is.

But we though "Ok, she basically becomes an eco-terrorist, right? What if she's a low level operative of the League of Shadows, a major eco-terrorist group in the Batman Mythology?" We do that kind of thing for pretty much every character. If we ever get to tell this story, you'll be amazed at how awesome Killer Moth's 9 season story arc is.

Anyhoo, from time to time I draw characters from this universe, trying to figure out exactly what it'd look like. I've been on a graphic-style kick lately, so here's what Killer Croc might look like in this world.

Next post will probably be art I've done for Christmas gifts. We'll see. I havent really started any of it...

-JJ

Holiday Doodles

2010-12-24T12:45:00.001-08:00

Hey all!
My friends Ben and Carolyn had a holiday party last week, so I drew some pictures of my friends!

Sadly nobody was trashed. That would have been fun to draw!

-JJ

Re-purposing!

2010-12-23T02:12:00.000-08:00

Hello my three followers and those who somehow find your way here!

For years this has been specifically storyboards, acting as an online portfolio. But then I said "wait, you HAVE one of those on daportfolio.com!" So I'm re-purposing this blog to showcase my awesome artwork! And only the AWESOME STUFF. Check my DA for the other...

Anyway, here's some of what I've been up to lately:

And since I want to storyboard, here is a little board sample I did:

Anyhoo, I hope to be updating this at least once a week, hopefully more!

Until next time!

-JJ

Alien Barfight

2010-08-30T15:09:00.001-07:00

Hey guys! I'm still working out the best way to present my storyboard work. Here are some deviantART links to high res "strips" of panels. They're WIP, but I wanted to share what I've got until they're done! Feedback is always welcome!

http://jjconway.deviantart.com/art/Conway-Final-Project-Page01-174093332?q=gallery%3AJJConway%2F8929860&qo=10

http://jjconway.deviantart.com/art/Conway-Final-Project-Page02-174093416?q=gallery%3AJJConway%2F8929860&qo=9

http://jjconway.deviantart.com/art/Conway-Final-Project-Page03-174093493?q=gallery%3AJJConway%2F8929860&qo=8

http://jjconway.deviantart.com/art/Conway-Final-Project-Page04-174093551?q=gallery%3AJJConway%2F8929860&qo=4

http://jjconway.deviantart.com/art/Conway-Final-Project-Page05-174093613?q=gallery%3AJJConway%2F8929860&qo=5

http://jjconway.deviantart.com/art/Conway-Final-Project-Page06-174093672?q=gallery%3AJJConway%2F8929860&qo=7

http://jjconway.deviantart.com/art/Conway-Final-Project-Page07-174093716?q=gallery%3AJJConway%2F8929860&qo=6

http://jjconway.deviantart.com/art/Conway-Final-Project-Page08-174681637?q=gallery%3AJJConway%2F8929860&qo=3

http://jjconway.deviantart.com/art/Conway-Final-Project-Page09-175092095?q=gallery%3AJJConway%2F8929860&qo=1

http://jjconway.deviantart.com/art/Conway-Final-Project-Page10-175092277?q=gallery%3AJJConway%2F8929860&qo=0

http://jjconway.deviantart.com/art/Conway-Final-Project-endthumbs-174681816?q=gallery%3AJJConway%2F8929860&qo=2

-JJ

My (incomplete) scene from Rad Sechrist's class

2010-06-04T11:59:00.001-07:00

Hey guys!
Here's part of the scene I did for Rad Sechrist's storyboarding class. At the time I assembled these pages (I applied to Dreamworks) I had not finished the scene. I'll post the rest when I assemble the pages.

A side note, I've been assured that the scene reads and makes sense when each panel is viewed full screen, but I'm worried that some of the subtleties that hold it together will be lost at this size, so please look at the pages as big as possible.

So, here's some setup, since my scene is scene 04.

The project is called "The Haunting of Science Falls." The story is about Max, who has been raised believing that science can explain all, and that there is nothing more important that advancement of technology. His journey forces him to reconsider these teachings and to find the value in all life.

He lives in a stuck up, science oriented town that's just about reached their energy producing capacity and must find a new power source. Max is the son of the head-hancho of the scientific community, and he very much wants to live up to that name.

The town denies anything and everything that can't be explained by science, but early on we meet a group of curious ghosts from a town deep in the forest.

In this scene Max is working late in to the night, trying to figure out why his power-source machine doesnt work.

From here, Max basically tries to capture the ghost, and chases her around the room. She escapes from the room by bursting out the window, but she leaves behind some ectoplasm. When it's discovered, it sends the plot hurling forward.

I hope you enjoyed, and dont hesitate to give me feedback!

-JJ

"Fearbot" fight from Advanced Storyboarding final

2009-04-08T15:02:00.000-07:00

This is the fight scene from my Advanced Storyboarding final project. Setup:

Fearbot (the robot) is trying to patch things up with his girlfriend Emily, but is disrupted when the Olympus Mons-ter attacks.

-JJ

"Avatar" storyboard from "Seinfeld"

2009-02-20T23:22:00.000-08:00

This is a storyboard/animatic I did from a class assignment. We were given an audio clip from "Seinfeld" and told to storyboard it using Aang and Ty Lee from "Avatar: the Last Airbender."

Feedback is welcome!

-JJ

"Avatar" Blade Fight

2009-02-20T02:27:00.000-08:00

Hey there! This is a storyboard/animatic I did for Jay's storyboarding class in the fall of 2008. The assignment was to board a fight between two characters from the series "Avatar: the Last Airbender," and it had to be a blade fight.

So, without actually seeing any episodes of the show, I boarded this fight between Iroh and Aang:

As always, feedback is welcome!

-JJ

2008-11-20T02:08:00.000-08:00

So here's a fight scene that I did. Sorry for the small size, I had to get it under 100mb for Blogger.

This is the fight that precedes the storyboard a few posts below. The fight is something like 300 pages long, so I just uploaded the animatic.

So, I guess the lead in would be Fearbot, the robot, needs to fight the monster, who came crashing down from Mars and has lava powers.

Enjoy!

-JJ

Act III of my Advanced Storyboarading project

2008-11-11T01:01:00.000-08:00

This is from Act III of my Advanced Storyboarding project. The project was completed in the Spring of 2007. It is an original story and the only criteria was that we needed to use three songs for the animatic. So, leading up to this scene, Fearbot (the robot) defeated the baddie from the project. The girl is Emily, his girlfriend. They'd been arguing, but she helped him win the fight.

The board goes on for another 60 pages or so, but this is just a sampling of my work so I probably wont post the rest. If I do, it'll be on this blog!

Comments, feedback, critique welcomed!

-JJ

"Seinfeld" with "Avatar" characters

2008-11-10T22:52:00.000-08:00

This is the second assignment from the storyboarding class I'm in. We were given a minute of audio from "Seinfeld" and had to storyboard it with characters from "Avatar: the Last Airbender." Aang is Jerry, and Ty-Lee is his girlfriend.