IF: "Pattern" by JNESS

My take on the word "pattern", inspired in part by Christine Karron's fabulous entry for this week's illustration friday entry.

IF- Energy by JNESS

Illustration Friday challenge. "Energy". Also my ode to those Pop Lockers on Soul Train. Always fun to watch and always full of pure energy.

IF: HIGHLIGHT by JNESS

It's been a while since I have submitted anything to IF, it feels good. Two minutes two late is starting to feel like an early submission. Thanks for crashing on me Mozilla Firefox!

IF: LAYER by JNESS

IF: SWARM by JNESS

The rap group Wutang Clan is known as the Killer Bees...

On The SWARM!!!

IF: SWEATER by JNESS

IF: SURRENDER by JNESS

Never surrender!

CHICKEN : BALLOON by JNESS

This is a late combo entry for Illustration Friday's "CHICKEN" challenge and the willowing.ning.com "BALLOON" challenge. The two worked well together, visiting the concept of how chicken's would fly long distances. 

IF: DEJA-VU by JNESS

Not only is this illustration a reoccuring incident in the life of every illustrator, I drew something very like this two years ago, Deja-vu...

IF: RESOLUTIONS by JNESS

As much as I love it one of my New Years resolutions is to drink less coffee...

IF: WINTER by JNESS

This Illustration Friday Challenge is the word "WINTER", the first thing that came to my mind was the quote, "Call me Winter..." from the Christmas animated special "Santa Claus is Coming to Town". Here is my version ofthe Winter Warlock, it's a late post due to the holiday...

IF: Phenomenon by JNESS

 

 

The Bat Phenomenon!

IF: SAVOUR by JNESS

This week's word was SAVOUR, I reached for the first thing that came to mind... Fast food. The food item that calls me back no matter how deeply I thread into the world of good eating and Weight Watcher's victories of days gone by. So my etchings reflect the moments before surrender, savouring the last glimpse before the first bite.

IF: SNEAKY by JNESS

IF: SPENT by JNESS

IF: RACE by JNESS

  

This was one of those "life gets in the way" weeks, I just refused to not show up for "Illustration friday" this week, inspite of the challenges I faced. So here is a rough concept (above) from this previous commission. (below)

The RACE sketch was one of the runner-ups for the art that would appear in the painting behind the guy sitting on the bed in this book cover for Sharon D. Moore. Sharon had me create two illustrations for this cover, as you remember the one she chose is featured in this blog post ... Six of One Half A Dozen of Another

Thank you for stopping by. As always HUGELY appreciated! Comments are welcomed.

IF/ SKETCHBOOK 2010: SPOOKY by JNESS

Hopefully this reads as "Spooky" sometimes my attempts to creep the viewer recieve a review of "cute". I wanted to show a torrmented soul surrounded by his tormentors. I tried to show graphic impact and movement.

Any thoughts?

IF: BENEATH by JNESS

IF: OLD-FASHIONED by JNESS

IF: PROVERB by JNESS

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Your comments are welcomed. Any thoughts?