Fantastic Mr. Fox/ The Swing Mashup

Hey fans,

I recently finished my entry for the Epic Summer Night Roald Dahl/ Shel Silverstein Tribute Show at Fanalley in Anaheim.  It's my most detailed pop up painting to date.

CHUBICORN!!!

My latest print, a Chubicorn/ Jaws mashup, will be available at this year's Anime Expo.

Developments!

Hi fans!  Sorry if I've been a bit low profile lately.  I've been busy with writing the next four chapters/ seasons of Shelby and the Blooms!  Why so many chapters ahead, you might be thinking?  Well...because...

uh...

Hey!  Look over there!  It's a barbarian-looking Shelby hugging Chubicorn and looking to be in some type of danger!

(whew, that was close.  I almost revealed too much!)

My Wizards Visit Atlanta!

I traded my zines with another zine maker a few months ago, and she recently told me how she taught a lesson to 7th graders about how to make zines.  She brought a bunch of examples to show the students (including mine), and took a picture of them.  I love the expression of the student looking at my Wizard Stat Zine (he's the one on the very left side) .  He's like, "Uh...what the *#%&$ am I looking at right now?"

 

Breakfast Club Mashup!

I just played around with the iconic poster.  The challenge was keeping my characters' proportions in in check while staying as close as I could to the reference image.  What do you think?

Follow me on Tapastic!

Hey fans,
If you want to get a weekly dose of web comic-y goodness, then mosey on over to my Tapastic site right NOW!  It's totally free and colorful!  Just look at the latest update below!  OOoooooohhhh!

Page 4 Now on Tapastic!

If you haven't already done so, subscribe to my comic on Tapastic!  Click here! I plan on posting every comic page in full COLOR!!!  It's free to subscribe (you just need to create an account) and there are HUNDREDS, maybe even THOUSANDS of different comics on that site!



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Now on Tapastic!!

Hey friends!  I have committed to a web comic hosting site called Tapastic!  It's a great site to discover and subscribe to a wide variety of web comics for free!  My series is found here:  http://tapastic.com/series/Shelbyandtheblooms

I plan on posting colored pages of my self-published comics!  Click the above link to subscribe!

Let There Be COLOR!!!

Photoshop progress on page one.  The Fragonard painting on the right is used
for color reference.

Since completing the first chapter of the Shelby story and making it into a zine, I have decided I want to begin posting each page in full color on a web comic site.  As I pursue the next goal of writing the second chapter, I am also looking into getting the series professionally published.  In the meantime, I am considering using a webcomic site called Tapastic.com, because I really like their intuitive, simple design and dedicated community.  If you like comics, check it out.

23 new buttons almost ready!!!

I am finishing up 23 brand-spanking new button designs for my
students (and maybe etsy shoppers)!  They will be divided into two
sets.  (above, l to r: Breanna, Cupcake Wizard, Powerpuff Sophie,
and Wizard 6)

Anime Expohhh

I thought I would post some of the highlights of my first artist alley booth at Anime Expo!  Despite being one of the few fan art-free tables in the artist alley, I received a lot of support, and even some interest from animation industry people!  I offered mashup commissions of either Bubbr or Chubicorn, cosplaying as any character.  I also stopped some of my favorite cosplayers to snap a photo of them.  It was exhausting, but a lot of fun!

By the way, if you haven't already done so, follow me on Instagram @Chubicorn, and on Tumblr @jonsaintamant.  I post on those sites on a weekly, sometimes daily basis.  On this site, my posts are few and far between.

The Shelby origin comic is here!

After months of hard work and late nights, it's FINALLY ready!  This comic tells the story of how Shelby formed her band.  It is 21 pages long, and each page is highly detailed, and shaded with screen tones and grayscale.  I will debut it at this year's Anime Expo (July 3rd- 6th), then feature it on my etsy page.  

Cupcake Wizard's Lament

I tried a collage experiment showing Cupcake Wizard's inner thoughts.  I used cut paper, colored pencils, watercolors, markers, pencils and a pen.

Gender Flip! Now in Technicolor!

Starting clockwise with the drummer, we have Marly, Rollie, Mikey, Shane, and Breanna! 

Shelby and the Blooms Gender Flip!

I've been working on a few things lately.  I will soon have three full-color posters available for purchase on my etsy shop!  They include: the original Blooms playing their instruments, this gender-flipped version, and a mashup of Cupcake Wizard and Sophie as Jabba the Hutt and Princess Leia, respectively.  Of course, the Shelby origin comic is still a work in progress.

This Year's Valentine Gram

Here is a Valentine card I made for my school's ASB/ Leadership program.  I might sell them on my etsy shop soon.

Shelby's High School Bully

This is Margaret, the arrogant and mean girl at Shelby's school.  She is shown next to Shelby for height comparison.  She plays a pivotal role in starting the Blooms band.  The Shelby origin comic is still a work in progress.

Shelby Origin Comic in the Works!

I'm working on a new zine/ comic that tells the story of how Shelby recruited the Blooms.  It takes place at a high school for bugs.  Stay tuned! 

New K Pop band!

Since my show and festival booth, I've been catching up on video games (Skyrim), reading, and t.v. shows.  I have managed to find a little time to come up with a band for the bug side of the Shelby series.  They are a 3-member K-pop group, and they're bees.  Their group name is 3B.  Note how each of the girls' rooms matches their overall look and posture.

Possum Wizard, Chubicorn, and Valeria

Here are three of the five latest pieces I made for the Hive Gallery's Master Blasters show.  The other one was previously posted (Cupcake Wizard and Sophie), and the 5th one is a dead female ninja, which belongs here, on my Nowhereland blog.