UCB posters

Just finished these two posters to celebrate my wife's new UCB Harold team: DunkTank!  Performing the Harold (Improv form) at UCB Franklin on Mondays and Fridays weekly.  Super proud of her, I've seen the team perform a couple times already and they are great!  If you live in LA, come check em out!  https://ucbtheatre.com/

oil, watercolor, ink, tea

ink

Secret stuff

Promo piece for a friends secret project!

I always like when artists post their process, so i added here my initial layout as well as the final piece.  Im not usually this loose with my layouts, but ive been enjoying the freedom of not having any underdrawing. Just block out shapes, and go right in with the ink.  I think you get a much more expressive and natural line quality this way. I just need the confidence to work like this all the time!

 

Been a while!

But i'm still here!

Just a quick post with some recent commissions.  First, another Vet-Tix sketch cover, this time for the 20th anniversary of Billy Tucci's Shi

Like the Lady Death series from earlier in the year, these are limited to 50 copies, 50 artists.  There are some real heavy hitters on the list and i cant wait to see what some of the other people do!

Check out the facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/events/1408637942743782/

I also just finished this oversized (19''x22'') Wolverine commission for a high-school friend's Husband. 

More announcements coming soon, in the meantime, check out some preview pages for my Wolverine Annual http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=53230  and follow me on instagram @jonathanmarksart

The Royal Bermuda Whiskey Club

My wife performs on a UCB Theatre house team, the 'Royal Bermuda Whiskey Club', and I just finished this image for a poster for their May show.  Still have to add the text though.

If you're in LA, come see them perform this coming Thurday, April 17th, at 8pm!  Tickets are sold out, but there will be a wait-list, so come early and cross your fingers.

Actually really happy with how it turned out, would love to do a whole comic like this, mixed media and messy.

Oil and ink on watercolor paper

places

all of these places really exist!

 

(even this one, the magical corner of Riverside and Cahuenga...although, at the actual intersection all four corners of the road do actually connect with each other...

more sketchbook stuff

More pages from my current sketchbook, been enjoying myself with this one...

brushpen

pens and copics

pens, brushes, copics, screens

Baba Yaga

Pens and copics in my sketchbook

Sketch dump!

Black Panther Pages

Finished this six-page Black Panther story as a sample to submit to Marvel at the end of last year.

CAPS auction fo benefit Stan Sakai

My contribution to CAPS upcoming auction to benefit Stan Sakai.

For nearly 30 years, Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo has set a high water-mark for creator-owned comics. Stan's wife Sharon has been battling a debilitating illness for some time; after an extended hospital stay and convalescence, she is now back home, but her condition requires 24-hour care and medicines that cost more than their insurance covers. 100% of the proceeds from the CAPS auction will go to the Sakai's to help pay these medical expenses - and if you don't want to bid on any of the art, you can also simply donate money at https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=B1tJ0a8V4injUgxbstAaGczWMwIMDYP2SrXX3k1zkHOrYRm-cNrKcjN4z_8&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8def8934b92a630e40b7fef61ab7e9fe63

Ill post the details of the auction as soon as i get them

you can actually see a much larger version of this piece at http://jonathanmarksart.tumblr.com/post/71372849978/this-one-you-can-make-bigger-to-actually-see-the or http://jonomarks.deviantart.com/art/Usagi-Yojimbo-422723224

Massive Black workshop

Went to the Massive Black (http://massiveblack.com/mbwp/MbwhiteSplash.html) workshop over the weekend - what an intimidating and inspiring few days!
Though there is a real emphasis on digital art (about which I know next to nothing...), all of the instructors and students are more than proficient with traditional techniques, and it was great speaking with, learning from, and painting/drawing with all of them!
Here are a few sketches from the weekend:

just a sketch

Swamp Thing: Closure

A 5-page Swamp Thing story just finished for fun.  A book I would love to work on!

Snow Scenes...

Two (totally unrelated) pin-ups i just finished, each involving snow and animal mash-ups!

This one i can't really talk about yet, but its for project that's slated for next year:

And Korra from Avatar: The Legend of Korra (the best american cartoon out there right now) for 'Women of Wonder Day' (October 20th), an

 HEROIC CHARITY EVENT raising money for Domestic Violence charity programs by auctioning Artwork, Collectibles, and Autographed Items featuring many "Women of Wonder"!

Check out the facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/womenofwonderday for more details.

More Animals

More animals in my little brown book (5''x8'').  These were all done pretty quickly (30 min to an hour) with brushes.  Maybe a little too loose? I like the look of watercolour but i dont think i understand the medium enough yet to achieve a texture that really makes a rhino or hippo believable...

Animals

These are actually from earlier this year, I just found this book again. Gonna get back into it, working on tinted paper always adds a cool dimension to the drawing.

Artist Proofs Shrugged Covers

Some examples of the AP sketch covers i've finished from Shrugged no.1.  These are a lot of fun to do, i get to be a little more loose than when im doing pages, and get to experiment with different tools.  These are a mix of sumi and dr. martins white with brushes, nibs, brushpens, and copics.  There are a few more left, email me if you're interested!