Avatars!!

So i decided to make avatars for all my fav-5 on my phone. great idea till i broke my phone. so i am back to my nokia from like 03'. joy no pictures music or any fun stuff but i did throw it as hard as i could on the tile and it still works. that piece of shit nokia 5300 would break if i set it on the table. why is it that t-mobile doesnt carry a phone that can stand up to a bit of water or a slight jar. crap. total crap.
so here are the avatars:






ok on a good note...Texas Custom Signs (as i mentioned in the last post) has opened the new shop in cedar park. i am working what i can and getting to build and paint. its so cool. here are some pics





yea!!! i built those tables and all!

i have some work that i think i can show now. seeing as the client has not fully paid for the project but have their final cut. so that will come soon.

New Looks and Drawn Dreams

Same great Joe. Same great art. New look. That's all, and with new looks I hope to follow with lots and lots of posts.

D: So, JR, whats been up? where have you been for so long?

JR: Well D, there has been sooo much going on the last few months I don't even know where to start. Most important, I have been dealing with health issues. You know the kind you get from huffing too many markers or eating paint chips, all those classic artist mistakes.

D: So where do you stand with your art right now. Will we be seeing any of the rumored new projects or any of the old ones come to rise again?

JR: That's a hard question to honestly answer. For a couple of reasons, first I never have nor never will stop drawing. Second, there are a lot of big things happening at the present. One of which is Texas Custom Signs, I have finally gotten my semi-own sign shop. Well, I am the new part time production manager in our new location in ceder park. So, in short yes there are a lot of big projects on the horizon some new some old some I don't even know of yet. But, I can bet you that you will want to stick around to see them.

D: OK, what are the other "big things" that are keeping us from the pleasure of your work? Is it true there maybe someone special in your life?

JR: Yea, well that is the other big distraction at the moment. And yes, she is someone very special and dear to me. She is a very big thinker and with what she brings to the table both in our personal life and my professional life I cant see the ground.

D: JR, is it safe to say? Ladies, sorry but you heard it here JR is finally off the market. You know, JR, this could be the saddest day for many young ladies out there.

JR: NO! NO! Not yet Mom, i still got five minute...huh oh shit. A Dream...Hey sweetie I had that dream again...

Jess: Hu..oh ah, the one about being interview by Drawn.ca again? It's just a dream go back to sleep. It is 2:00 in the morning and you gotta work soon.

Joe: *sigh* Maybe some day....

Miss BON BON

Dr. Sketchy! the greatest life drawing class ever. link to follow soon.
Our model this month was Miss Bon Bon Vivant great model great costumes and a beautiful girl to boot.

look for some of these in future posts. i plan to finish atleast 2 of them.

a little thing called procrastination

well after a long break i have returned to the live online. at least to make a few posts and show off a bit. these are for the ASS blog. go see it the link is there to your right. so here thay are

A Cyborg monkey emerges.....

figure

well its been a while since the last post. i really hope to be posting more soon. its also been a while since i have done any anatomy. so here is a quick sketch i did on my new computer.

07

well, this is the first post of the new year. and its only taken me till now to get some new work up. these were all done within the new year. most of them are from the sketch squad weekly blog. been having problems with my computer. and thus has limited my time and work on the net. as well as my time doing any work on my computer. tho i am currently and patiently waiting for the fedex guy to deliver my new macbook pro. yea! keep checking back for more updates. i have some really cool stuff coming up. and i can finally get started on stuff for STAPLE! anyway on with the art....

sketches galore!!!

its been a while since i posted any sketches.

Look out below!

did this for a lil drawing game on amateur illustrator. you can see it here

santa

here is todays flash illo.

Sleep

here is one for the sketch challenge. the topic this week is Sleep.

new

here is a piece i am working on. not quite happy with it yet but thought id post it any way.

fun with flash!

ok some flash illustrations. these are fun and fast. hope to do more.

Austin Sketch Society

Well, the newest project i have started is a sketch blog for the Austin Sketch Society. this should be an interesting look at how these very different artists depict the same subject. here is some of the headder and banner art i am throwing around.

the chair.

alright! i may just replace my sketchbook with flash. sorry the quality is crappy but i am trying to figure that out.

yea! new blog!

well despite my overall bad mood i anm happy to post an animation i did last night and today. its all original cept the style was inspired by pascal champion
http://www.pascalcampion.com/

Zombies!!!

Not much else to say other than ZOMBIES!!! two new mojis for your entertainment. so please go over and find ink at joes, and vote for me!!!

Huge sketch dump!

so here are a few pages of sketches. most from sitting at starbucks.
enjoy

Vulgar Display of Art

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release-------------------------
Vulgar Display of Art: the art of Heavy Metal
Opening Thurs., Nov. 2nd, 2006 7:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Running thru November 30, 2006

Continental Club Gallery
1315 South Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78704
(512)441-2444
www.continentalclub.com

Over the past 35 or 40 years Heavy Metal has seared
and pounded it's crunching, sonic shock-wave into our
collective conscience. Burning, churning and hammering
it's way into the hearts and minds of disaffected
youth all over the globe and scaring the hell out of
the establishment along the way. Vulgar Display of Art
is a visual manifestation of that onslaught.
Artwork inspired and influenced by metal, Vulgar
Display of Art: the art of Heavy Metal is a group show
opening Nov. 2nd, 7:00 p.m. and running through the
month of November at the Continental Club Gallery,
1315 S.Congress, Austin, TX.

zombie paintings

so i think that i have picked up paint and a brush once in the last 5 years...so i thought that i would do a few for the heavy metal show. i have a few done like 5. and i really enjoy doing them. so they are for sale if anyone is interested, just email me.




enjoy

first order of business, Vulgar Display of Art, The Art of Heavy Metal. An art show inspired by heavy metal. The opening is the first thursday of November. thats right Nov 2nd at 7:00pm. its upstairs at the continintal club on south congress. come out and support your local artists. it will be up all month, so even if you cant make the opening you can still come out any time through the month.

second, these are some examples of what i am putting in the show. not these exactly but signs like these. i can do custom signs as well, the are cut vinyl on mdo. they ar gaurenteed not to fade and have an outdoor life of atleast 7 years. so hang it in your home for ever. prices vary and i can do custom signs. just just drop me a line at inkatjoes atyahoodotcom.

thanks for looking!

sketcharoo

just remembered that i had scanned these a few days ago and never posted them.

Pumpkin!!

so today i decided to carve a pumpkin. wow it was way more difficult than i remember. of course i was attempting a more difficult design than just the normal face, tho i thought my design would be pretty simple. maybe 4.5 hrs




Yea halloween!

joe

portfolios.com

thanks to christopher jinnings i now have a portfolio site at www.portfolios.com. stop by and check it out. i should be cycling through new work as i create. tho it will be posted here as always. thanks for the link topher.

oooo, look how cool i am!

with my beta bloger and all. so yea, making some changes on here. hope they all work out. plus it works best with firefox, so i suppose that i am fortunate to have made the switch. i think everyone should. then again i think everyone should use mac products also. tho thats just me.