jonrob5000

Spatchcock!

2011-12-29T06:46:00.003+08:00

grilla sophiste

2011-12-29T06:45:00.001+08:00

wilde chimp

2011-12-29T06:44:00.002+08:00

hmph

2011-12-29T06:43:00.000+08:00

2011-12-29T06:42:00.000+08:00

Col Gentleman

2011-12-29T06:41:00.002+08:00

Thor guin

2011-12-29T06:33:00.002+08:00

I want a toffee

2011-12-29T06:30:00.003+08:00

Moo

2011-12-29T06:28:00.001+08:00

Garfunkel X

2011-12-29T06:26:00.000+08:00

Cap America Jr & red skull

2011-12-29T06:24:00.003+08:00

Obi Wan

2011-12-29T06:22:00.002+08:00

booby fett

2011-12-29T06:20:00.001+08:00

grillapple

2011-12-29T06:17:00.000+08:00

2011-12-29T06:12:00.000+08:00

Posh chimp

2011-12-29T06:09:00.002+08:00

great pressie

2011-12-29T06:08:00.002+08:00

CAPTAIN CAESAR

2011-08-25T02:40:00.004+08:00

Another bookmark. Always a compliment when someone asks where the finished card was bought.

Dr Sketchy's Melbourne 31st July feat. Mikelangelo & St Clare

2011-08-25T02:14:00.003+08:00

Got to go to the Melbourne Dr Sketchy. Different to the SIngapore version, but v good none the less.

THE ONION PEOPLE

2011-08-25T02:02:00.006+08:00

Something for my dad's bithday card, as you can tell there. Used Abe Lincoln as a basis for the face.

Dr Sketchy's Singapore with Violet Jade Grey

2011-08-25T01:26:00.005+08:00

A new ape

2011-07-23T12:03:00.002+08:00

Harry Potter Years 1-4

2011-07-07T02:55:00.002+08:00

Ann offshoot from work. An icon for each instalment.
I'll really miss this series. No spoilers please, I only watch the movies

Beaty Bear Folly

2011-07-04T07:08:00.001+08:00

Wise words there, Beauty Bear

Me and My Girl

2011-07-04T01:43:00.001+08:00

Never been a better visual description of the difference between me and my girlfriend. I'm the one on the left

Devil & Spacegirl

2011-07-03T05:09:00.001+08:00

Attention

2011-07-03T05:07:00.000+08:00

Jimmy Davros

2011-07-03T01:33:00.004+08:00

Another mash of Jimmy and a Dalek

Bowtie Yoda

2011-06-27T02:25:00.000+08:00

Digital scribble

2011-06-25T01:11:00.001+08:00

The Hellfire Club (with borrowed helmet)

2011-06-06T02:12:00.003+08:00

An amalgam of bits from last week's dayjob piece on X-Men: First Class.
Excellent film. The campaign to get Matthew Vaughn directing Wolverine starts here.
Borrowed the helmet

something from the sketch book, put into blart

2011-05-28T05:42:00.002+08:00

THE DAILY BLART

Champions League Final - Gladiator Style

2011-05-28T01:48:00.005+08:00

Main Man Black Dynamite

2011-05-20T00:37:00.001+08:00

Something for the Daily Blart

Posh Propaganda Gorillas B & C

2011-05-17T04:11:00.002+08:00

Do not ask about A.
Obviously C is the better, but then B was drawn in half light.
That is why C became the birthday card.

Confused Daniel Craig

2011-05-17T04:04:00.002+08:00

An old. abandoned ai file rejuved

Zaius prelim

2011-05-15T10:10:00.003+08:00

KENOBI

2011-05-08T06:18:00.000+08:00

RON F-in' SWANSON

2011-05-08T06:14:00.003+08:00

from THE DAILY BLART

funky yoda

2011-04-19T23:25:00.007+08:00

Head over to THE DAILY BLART to see the shaved version
As a slight addition, back when he was even funkier

ALSO Justin Page has made a v cool gif of the bearded/unbearded yoda.
Head over to RAMPAGED REALITY to see it in action. Cheers, Justin

Daily Blart Marvel Monday

2011-04-18T23:59:00.004+08:00

Me and Kel from Rocketraygun have started a new blog.
Some of our other art pals will be joining soon.
For now, here's a rushed Hulk thing
Go over to THE DAILY BLART

Bad eyes

2011-04-04T01:34:00.000+08:00

Something I should have been doing before

It's Mother's Day (in the UK)

2011-04-03T23:06:00.002+08:00

Especially for my dear mother. Even without signing it, I figure she'll know it's from me.

Jimmy C vs a Dalek

2011-04-03T01:07:00.005+08:00

and then the halftone thing

Deeply Sexual: Trying out iPhone app Halftone

2011-03-31T10:29:00.002+08:00

99¢ at the itunes app shop thing

Something Tracing paper this way comes

2011-03-31T01:08:00.001+08:00

Nope, I do not know what's going on here

A comic strip scribbled on old receipts

2011-03-28T01:49:00.003+08:00

This project has been in my head for a while. Here's the plot roughly scribbled out on the back of two receipts from Botak Jones

SuperApe

2011-03-27T03:10:00.004+08:00

Ape de Romance

2011-03-14T12:56:00.006+08:00

I don't know why it turned out like this. I guess that what happens doodling while watching Fringe

A new drug

2011-03-08T00:55:00.001+08:00

yeah yeah yeah. Everyone's at it

2011 has Sequelitis

2011-03-04T23:31:00.008+08:00

Some more of the day job rearranged.
I wrote a piece about the record number of sequels coming from Hollywood this year.
There's good sequelitis and bad sequelitis. Here's a bunch of characters from bth, not saying which is which.
Sherlock Hokmes and Watson, Optimus Prime, Big Momma, Ghostface, Tome Cruise, Zack Glifianakis and Captian Jack.

STORMTROOPER OF LOVE

2011-03-03T23:35:00.002+08:00

GENERAL URKO'S IN LOVE (or is it Ursus?)

2011-02-28T00:55:00.005+08:00

It's just scribble but it wasn't gong great (still adjusting to using copic markers. SO I made it a bit more romantic. Because deep down, behind that gruff, speciesist, moulded leather armour exterior, General Ursus/Urko was all bout the luuuuurve.

Possibly

Okay. It's Ursus in the film, Urko in the TV show

Eyes on the Black Swan

2011-02-24T00:33:00.003+08:00

Just to say it's the best film I've seen in an age and it better win big at The Oscars

The obvious reaction to Transformers 3

2011-02-21T18:23:00.006+08:00

Sometimes they make it just too easy

Soldier tests

2011-02-20T21:19:00.002+08:00

SOmething for a project.
I'm scribbling soldiers

Birthday Birds (Angry, wide eyed and fluffy)

2011-02-20T20:39:00.003+08:00

CNY rabbit frenzy

2011-02-04T00:52:00.003+08:00

Gong Xi Fa Cai and all that.
Been drawing some cards, the hammer rabbit coming from Jan 1st.
But really like the cards with holes. Looking forward to using them more.

FiRST FILM FEST

2011-02-02T04:45:00.007+08:00

Advertising the day job here.
Excellent opportunity for any young-ish film-maker in Singapore.
Just make a 3-minute film. Simple really.
Go to tnp.sg/fff

Nicolas Cage is NUTS

2011-01-14T23:59:00.002+08:00

2011-01-11T12:22:00.000+08:00

Hello 2011

2011-01-05T02:16:00.004+08:00

Been watching some early Harry Potter for the first time.

And here's some rabbit stuff

WHY I HATE ROBOTS

2010-12-23T02:17:00.003+08:00

In the spirit of Christmas, I discovered some old scribble on the subject of the title. Worth a rescue.

1. THIS ROBOTS MADE ME BUY DRINKS...WITH A GUN!

2. THIS ROBOT DUPED ME INTO EATING MUD

3. THIS ROBOT WOULDN'T LET ME WATCH TV

4. THIS ROBOT STOOD ON MY FOOT

5. THIS ROBOT MADE FUN OF MY "TINY FEET"

BAD LION

2010-12-16T02:05:00.004+08:00

A quick offshoot of tonight's project.
Had this random character (sort of me, or at least the horn-rimmed specs character I appear as in the paper) and a Lion.
SO here they are together in a new situation.
May change the lion's experssion to more of a scowl.
I wouldn't like a rap on the snout for bad behaviour.

TRON: LEGACY vs THE MATRIX

2010-12-16T01:30:00.006+08:00

What i says on the tin. Well, not a proper vs, but you get what I mean
Had to do these pretty sharpish due to the original concept going down the toilet so some goofy vector cartooning saved the day. Blah Blah Blah

Flattering if self regarding nonsense

2010-12-14T00:52:00.006+08:00

Well what do you expect. It's a blog after all.

Sooooo, an old friend recently posted on Facebook totally out of the blue, that he was after 14 years, going to put some postcards I painted for his 21st into a frame.
And he posted the link to the pics he had scanned at hi-res.
I was genuinely honoured and flattered. Not only that he kept them, but to frame them as well.
It was also great to see them again, not only because two of them I disctincly remember creating but time and my crap memory put paid to knowing what av=ctually happened t them.So great to see them again.
I think the theme going off the tag on the bottom left of the frame was a riff on an advert that was on at the time. The ad was for lord know what, but was definitley serious pofaced and probably soundtracked by something like the awful M-Peoples "Search For The Hero Inside Yourself". (Okay, having just written that I just searched youtube and it is indeed that song and the ad that inspired my cards.Click here for evidence)

Anyway. Here's the art. And thank you Ben. It was and is a pleasure.

Singapore Toys, Games & Comic Con

2010-12-12T11:29:00.005+08:00

Go over to the EXCELLENT parka blogs for his reportage from this year's STGCC
http://parkablogs.com/content/artist-alley-sgtcc-2010
Particularly good is Wendy Chew and Maureen Seng aka http://kittifiedmeow under the banner PinUp Girls

Loved their stylised take on "good girl" art. Easily my favourite other than my good friend, well, good colleague anyway, Rocketraygun who had an excellent first time cherry breaking con.

Go over to his site http://rocketraygun.deviantart.com/ or rocketraygun.blogspot.com to see his work or check out how to buy his packed-to-the-seams-with-art goodness-at-an-astonishingly-good-price-artbook

Box brownie via iphone

2010-12-08T01:03:00.001+08:00

It's a drawing of a man with an old style of camera taken by a modern phone camera using a function that makes pictures look old.Yes, I'm trying to make the universe collapse

The Movember results are in

2010-12-04T02:54:00.002+08:00

RED Bruce Willis

2010-11-13T00:31:00.003+08:00

Yeah. Gone for ages and all I come back with is a so so carictature

Torres needs his old hair back

2010-09-20T22:54:00.001+08:00

The Expendables are LOVE

2010-08-19T03:39:00.002+08:00

Scribble sitting at food republic

2010-07-24T23:05:00.004+08:00

Posh Alien vs Predator

2010-07-20T13:35:00.001+08:00

Study for the Jimmy That Played with Fire

2010-07-18T01:40:00.000+08:00

DeadCowboy scribble

2010-07-17T11:48:00.005+08:00

Tried scribble some stuff for Covered. Couldn't quite get the fear in his eyes and it's all a bit too stiff. But I think I'll go for some science super gorilla instead.

I'm keeping the comic title for later though. Dead Cowboy comics. I like it.

From The Dusty Files: MEGA BLOWOUT

2010-07-17T03:48:00.015+08:00

A wholebunch of cards and scribble over the past few years mostly to or for my other half. though very little of is of a traditionally romantic flavour.

From the Dusty Files: Viking Jimmy

2010-07-16T22:32:00.002+08:00

(WORLD CUP) ZOMBIE NATION

2010-07-11T11:27:00.003+08:00

And so here it is. One day to go and all the pretty versions of player I did for work, are now zombified into completeness. Or something. Best thing of the tournament for me:)

V2 Sneijder

2010-07-08T20:38:00.005+08:00

Its more World cup art. This time, unlikely (in my book) finalist Wesley Sneijder.The baldy hobbit faced wunderkind of Holland/Netherlands. I begrudgingly admire Holland. The are made up of misfits and misfirers.Well, here's to a unique final. All I will say is 'Go on, Torres. Stun the world with that El Nino skill'

As an addition, I finally used some things (eg, not making all shadow black) I picked up from Adam Hughes excellent book, Cover Run.
Highly recommended. Get it here

KLOSE (to the edit)

2010-07-07T21:00:00.008+08:00

Yep, another World Cup artwork. This time of the man I'm hoping not only gets a Winners medal but also breaks the record for most goals scored in the World Cup.
They play Spain tonight, and despite my love for Torres, Villa and Sexual Ramos, Germany just deserve the title this time. Their football has been truly world class all the way through.

and here's the black and white version

EDIT: To say BUGGER. Genuinely gutted Germany didn't get through. And now Klose's chance to break records is semi-gone

Bookmarks on the 5th

2010-07-06T13:46:00.003+08:00

Drew some bookmarks for my girlfriend last night.
The Ubiquitous Jimmy, a mountain gorilla from the DVD I was watching earlier in the day (albeit with an Inception suit and gun, and then Leo DiCaprio himself. He's joined by Bender because old Futurama was on the TV

Scribble on the TV feat Angelina Jolie

2010-07-06T13:35:00.005+08:00

Sat in front of the telly, a pack of postcards, 4b pencil and a marker.

Hackers, still a great teen movie, a great intro to the sheer hotness of Angelina Jolie.
The computer effects do date it terribly. More than the 3.5" floppy discs and dial up modems. But hey, Angelina Jolie...

Bad Day at Black Rock. Not seen it for years, and for the first time in widescreen. It is something spectacular. Really. Its a short film but so perfectly realised. A solid start, middle and finish. A powerful mix of Noir, western, what would now be called Lynchian take on small town values, exploitation and of course, the first western hero to use martial arts in a film.
Very, very cool and highly recommended

and finally, a cross between Mickey Mouse and Batman for no reason.

Zombie Villa

2010-07-02T20:53:00.004+08:00

Not comment on David Villa the man or the player. I'm a fan and wished he had come to Liverpool in 08.
Its just that when I was adding colour to the skin, a colleague said he looked like a zombie so
I started messing about and here he is...Zombie Villa

And heres a side by side comparison. Zombie all the way?

David Villa

2010-07-02T20:49:00.002+08:00

More World cup art. Tried for a more Frank Quitely style for the Spanish maestro.
(Shame Torres isn't scoring)

And here it is in grey, before the colourising started

KAKA (AKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKA)

2010-06-27T14:51:00.002+08:00

Another day, another go at a possibly great footballer. Well no. Kaka is amazing. Nice guy too. Very little of the theatrics you'd associate with S American football.
Below is the line work. This was all done in Photoshop. The inking style was initially going to be ALex Maleev style but ended up going for more of a Lark or Epting. Something that really doesn't come out once the colour is done underneath.
After the success my portrait of Landon Donovan gave the US, I'm sorry if its an early exit for you Brazil.

JimmyZilla, Jimmy With the Dragon Tattoo

2010-06-26T19:57:00.005+08:00

More of my favourite muse for bookmarks for the missus' library

Take a wild guess which book the first one was for...

ALIAS merchandise?

2010-06-26T19:48:00.004+08:00

Rewatching JJ Abrams excellent Alias at the moment, but won't venture into season 5 because it utterly superfluous to requirement*.
Anyway, my favourie character is Jack Bristow, the nice guy more than willing to kill, maim or whatever in cold blood. My girlfriend asked for a bookmark, something with a bear just as I was scribbling a cartoon of Jack.
She didn't like it. Ah well.

*I have always held a theory that They set everything to wrap up for S4, being told after low ratings for the slower S3, 4 would be it.
But then S4 put the jets back on, more people watched and they found themselves lumped with an extra season, no story left to tell, and the two leads having messily broken up after a romance, plus Jennifer Garner pregnant and unable to do much. In all, an inglorious mess, and a poor way to end.

Doctor Who birthday card

2010-06-26T19:07:00.003+08:00

Just did this for my brother. Been meaning to draw the excellent Matt Smith as the Doctor for ages. Just scribbled in pencil, then a dash of colourishness in pshop

Oh yeah. Finale tonight
Here's the B/W version

Landon Calling

2010-06-26T11:12:00.007+08:00

Have to confess, it's more of a work thing than a hope the USA go through. When the profiles were being chosen, had to choose Donovan because of the uniform. Just had this idea to play with the sash and make him into some superbeing.

Here it is in full without text

World Cup Bouncers

2010-06-19T09:45:00.006+08:00

A quickie illustration that was published today. The story was something about how the South American teams were being less strict about wives, girlfriends and booze than the European teams.
From the evidence of the match against Algeria, England need to get hammered and laid ASAP

World Cup Torres

2010-06-18T09:43:00.001+08:00

Part of an exclusive poster for The World Cup
. This was joined by many other better illustrations by my colleagues

OH I'm so clever and political

2010-06-06T00:39:00.000+08:00

DR Sketchy 13

2010-06-05T23:00:00.005+08:00

Dr Sketchy's via Hipstamatic

2010-05-02T16:01:00.002+08:00

Six Million Dollar DJ

2010-04-08T23:32:00.000+08:00

The Floating heads of Confucius

2010-03-18T10:17:00.000+08:00

BEWARE OF THE DRACKLEUR

2010-03-10T01:00:00.001+08:00

ANGLRBO

2010-02-16T05:24:00.001+08:00

Extra sketchy

2010-02-07T13:27:00.001+08:00

Via the hipstermatic function on the iphone