August 3, 2005
Doug posted some shots of downtown Nashville on his site today. Here is a shot of the skyscrapers in downtown Huntington, Indiana where I live.
August 3, 2005
Doug posted some shots of downtown Nashville on his site today. Here is a shot of the skyscrapers in downtown Huntington, Indiana where I live.
February 28, 2008
I hated art history classes in college. There were just too many weird artists and creepy pictures to try to remember. I do remember one guy though… Alberto Giacometti. He did these bizarre sculptures of people with really skinny legs and arms. I always liked that look. I tend to gravitate toward that same sort of skinny little leg and arm thing on my people, too.
“Draw Comics the Marvel Way”…. in your case Dennis, that should also read “No Way”. Batman is pumped.
…he just drank a case of pop and is letting out a super hero belch…
remember popping beads from our childhood? Those plastic things that you stick together? That’s what I thought of as I was looking at this guy’s arm. You could sell a super hero model kit with lots of parts (shoulders, arms, bicepts, feet, etc.) that snap together. You could have fun snapping together super hero figures. Get the BrotherJones production department on this now! chop! chop!…
…oh, that’s right, popping beads… that was my inspiration… not Giacometti… what was I thinking?
Ah, there it is. YES. Swanky.. Thanks DJ. He looks like the Bizzaro Batman.
for some reason unknown to me, I really like that background color! I don’t think I would have come up with that, but it works great! I just noticed Batman’s rear molar has a cavity. Robin, fire up the Batmobile
April 2, 2008
In the afternoons I’ve been listening to Huntington’s Very Own, AM 1300, WBZQ. It is our hometown, 500 watt (19 watts at night) blow torch oldies station. Their slug line is, “we play the songs the other stations just won’t play”. Yesterday they played Disco Duck. Attention WBZQ… there might be a reason the other stations aren’t playing these songs anymore.
I’m diggin’ your illustrations and grunged backgrounds combination platters.
Talk about perfect teeth. Bats fall in love with Catwoman?
dentists could use this on a postcard to remind folks of their check ups. are those scratches in the background something you found somewhere or made?
…thats a photoshop brush Nick gave me years ago… when all else fails (and it usually does) go for the grunge look…
Dennis, I’m not one to complain, but simply putting hearts on the background doesn’t make this Valentine’s Day worthy. I was thinking the mouth could be re-worked to form the shape of a heart. It kinda does already. Thanks.—A concerned citizen
…ok, ok, you caught me… this was just a little 20 minute effort and I wanted to try out a new vector brush I found on the internet so I used it on the background and much to my surprise it had hearts on it but rather than spend another second on this picture I entitled it Happy Valentines Day in order to explain the hearts… I do like that heart shaped mouth idea, though…
Perfect! Can’t wait to see what you come up with for Arbor Day!
Wow, that is awesome and funny!
HAPPY SAINT PATRICKS DAY!
Let me know when you start taking requests!
Don’t let the real Batman see this – he just might do the same thing to your teeth.
LOL. Some days I fell like that.
I fall like that everyday.
Hee hee. He’s great.
Oh man, I meant to write “feel” and wrote “fell”. And Don, that was just funny when I read your post, I needed this laugh.
Dennis, I sent the email to you yesterday through your website, not this one. I just sent one on this site with my email address on it. Give me and shout and I’ll get back to you. See ya, Don
…done and done!
Got it and sent a long email back to you. See ya, Don
Happy Valentines Day? Hey, that reminds me of the guy that had chipmunks eat his car wiring.. That was weird! Don’t remember for sure who that was.. Your insurance paid to repair that didn’t it Dennis? ehehehhe. Don
…wow …I had forgotten all about that …we lived out in the middle of the woods and had no garage to park the car in… rodents decided to nest under the hood and chewed all the wiring out of our car… turns out, cars don’t work so good with no wiring… who’da thot?
Dennis, I emailed you the Keegan Jones new owner of “Wheat State Pizza” in Springfield, MO article. Since you’ve not heard anything about it…it must not be “THE” Keegan Jones but the article is in your “in-box”…Don
July 16, 2008
I still have not seen the new Iron Man movie that everyone says is so good… or the new Indiana Jones movie… or any of the other big summer movies for that matter. Come to think of it, I haven’t seen any movies this summer at all. Well… I did see Chicken Little on the airplane, but I don’t think that one counts.
Dittos on the movies. I have seen the first Batman movie a few hundred months ago. I now remember that the last flick I saw was Dr. Seuss’ Horton with a side order of butter and popcorn.
hey… you got a great feeling of shiny metal here! Noice! interesting you can make it to Aferka for two weeks but can’t go to a movie… isn’t life strange?
…I may not have seen any movies this year but I did get to see an anvil shoot over the fourth… that was almost as good as a movie… sorta…
An anvil shoot? I hope nobody got hurt. I love happy endings!
Kool. Ironman is one of the best. Indiana Jones was not up to par. All I can say is BATMAN Friday…
3 cheers for Ironman. 1 for the anvil shoot. 4 for Batman.
…so …you’re saying the Iron Man movie is better than the anvil shoot? hmmm…
3 for a quarter 2 for one 1 for all … and does anyone have any theories on them LOST numbers?
He looks like hes about to cry.
he’s about to cry because… ONE is the loneliest number that you’ll ever doooo…
Hey…heroes don’t cry. Well, not while they’re getting their picture taken. However, the slight tilt of I-man here makes him look as though he just stepped into the picture. Glory hog.
Ironman has had it rough. I think he knows Batman is going to take home the money…
July 31, 2008
After being called out yesterday for my somewhat questionable commitment to Brother Jones Shark Week, I thought I better grab the magic tablet and whip out a new shark for my page.
I wanted it to be really good so I put a lot of time and thought into it… ok, I put no time or thought into it. I drew a shark and it was kinda boring. What could it be doing? Maybe eating people? That’s probably not a good idea. Maybe a pair of glasses on his beady little eyes. Maybe goggles would be better. What could I have him doing?
I then remember this is for Brother Jones and the two minutes I have already spent on this have been two minutes too long. I scan my sketch into the computer and start slopping color on it. Then Karen brings a slice of fresh, hot chocolate pound cake and a glass of milk to my studio and I take a break to eat that.
All in all, I spend more time eating the chocolate cake than I do on the shark picture, but this does not mean I am anything less than 110% committed to Brother Jones Shark Week. In fact, I’ve included process shots and typed a whole bunch on this page in order to indicate my total commitment…
…viva la shark week, I say…
WOO HOO! Now we’re talkin! a Steampunk shark dashed out in mere minutes with NO thought involved… and THEN some lengthy copy that goes NOwhere! THIS is what BrotherJones is all about! good jorb! Reminds me of the phrase I hear on CarTalk a lot… we could use the same motto.. BrotherJones… unencumbered by the thought process….
Yes, I second that no brainer blog from Den and would like to get a piece of the chocolate pound cake… please.
…thank you, thank you… I will email that slice of cake, Don…
Hey Dennis if I send a self address stamped envelope could I also have Karens special Jones-o-late pound cake that way I could learn to draw like you, Pleeeeasse. The shark looks great dude even if you spent more time eating than drawing. You have a way with that magic tablet OH GREAT ONE.
…James, don’t worry about all that self-addressed stamped envelope nonsense… I’ll just email you a slice when I send Don his…
What type of milk goes with this digital cake? 2%? WHoLe? Skim? Should I even say it?…. SOY?
Shark week! Nice… I say that 2% milk is best. I could use some chacolate now also. Where is Willy Wonka?
Good man…. looks like Mr. Steampunked Shark had a few pieces of Karens famous chocolate pound cake as well, that bad boy looks pleasantly plump and his goggles were a great choice, it protects his eye from small flying pieces of this delicious cake when he ripped into it.
Well, now as a former foot-in-the-mouth victim myself, I have to say: Are you really committed to bringing it ( eastside Shark jargon ) the rest of the week? And, unless I’m an AOL provider I only count 2 Shark pieces of art here and it’s already Thursday? Now, before you label me an ungrateful steampunk, punk, I just want you to know that it’s fine by me if you just stick a fork in whatever’s left of Karen’s Pound cake and post that up here for tomorrow. By the way how much of that pound cake have you eaten? Maybe you should just take a photo of yourself AFTER you eat the rest of it…you know for ___ week. You Three Jones Bros. need to get on Viddler! You would make millions.
I always thought sharks preferred yellow tinted goggles… guess I was wrong… again…
Doug, Just like an old Steampunk leathersmith…Dennis only has GREEN lens for all his goggle creations.
…I’m still trying to figure out who the Viddler is… didn’t Jim Carrey play him in one of the Batman movies?
…I’m not takin’ the bait! Anyone that can go from reverse to 100 miles an hour using a digital pen ( not to mention your new Cintiq ) and whose family tree knocks out state-of-art blogs like this one has to know exactly what ‘Viddler” is. If I sound course/cranky here outside the Jones Bros. Digital window…I guess I am! I once used this site to consul my pitiful digital insecurities while reading your frustrations on going digital. Now, the transformation is complete. Dennis has truly graduated onto Tie-Cong-Pen and is now one of them…the Digital Dogs who can do steampunked sharks while eating poundcake and without thinking. Where’s that leave an old pencil dog like me, trying to draw to the right while I look left? Well, ? Whats-a-matter….does that freaky cat got your mouse? Whew, I gotta get some help here….I know, I’ll go over to Doug and Don’s blog and see if they care?
It’s safe to say the DISCOVERY CHANNEL doesn’t have sharks like this!
Man, this blog is seeing some heavy duty pontification. Makes my head spin or maybe it’s the pound cake?
Word up: Pontification It has been a long day in here.
…don’t forget to turn the lights off when you leave…
The great one has spoken…hit the door gang.
I think shark week has been a rousing success. I don’t think I’ve seen this much posting around here since some other day a while back.
…that’s because there’s nothing more exciting than talkin’ sharks ‘n seein’ sharks… especially if they’re in close proximity to you…
I am quite amazed with the quantity of posts from Doug and Dennis given the shark infested deadlines that they are battling. I am not amazed with the quality of posts from Doug and Dennis given their consumption of coffee, milk and chocolate pound cake.
When it all comes down… I suppose quality is better than quantity, unless you’re eating. LOL
September 22, 2008
Malcom, (the “chaos theory” guy) from the Jurassic Park movie said, ”…life will find a way”. That seems to be the situation taking place in front of my garage door right now.
MAN! I’ve been trying for years to get a flower to grow in front of my garage and it just never takes. What is your secret? Any special plant food? What kind of flower is it? What direction does your garage face? Do you limit opening your garage door? And do you credit your Cintiq in your success in growing this flower in any way? 🙂
You must be using the new and improved Concrete Miracle Grow. I say, get on the Craftsman mower and show that rebel type flowery sort who’s boss.
That is quite amazing! Who knew concrete would work so well?
…Dan, all I can say is, flowers didn’t grow in the concrete at my house BEFORE I got a Cintiq… so… you can do the math for yourself… seems pretty obvious to me…
…Don, no need to show the flower who’s boss… Karen apparently did not think this was quite as unique as I did because all traces of the flower are now gone… glad I snapped a picture of it before it was too late! …flower killer!
interesting… not long ago I was watching Batman Begins on TV. At one point Alfred is talking to Bruce and says… “Took quite a fall, didn’t we, Master Bruce? And why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves up.” I thought hey… that’s good! I gotta remember that. I find it interesting that the deep philosophical insights that the Brothers Jones have come from Dinosaur movies and Batman…
Who would win in a fight: Batman or Dinosaurs?
Maybe Karen has it pressed flat as a memento inside some photo book. Maybe not…
Bats would win. He would just use his “Bat-Dino Repelant”.
Did you paint that arrow on your garage door for this photo? Nice clean tape job.
…yes, yes I did… and my wife wasn’t so happy about that, either…
maybe if the arrow matched the house color more she would go for it. I would try that.
Do I see the Knight Rider mower? Does it talk and everything? LOL.
You can’t tug on Superman’s cape… You can’t spit in the wind… You can’t pull the mask off the ol’ Lone Ranger… And you don’t mess around with Den.
I think that flower has lived longer on this page than it did in real life!
Dennis must be blogstipated.
I see everyone has a lot of time on there hands…OK boys, Time to grab the round up and move on. Dennis, paint your garage door and make Karen happy again, and lets get back to the wonderful world of Jones Brothers Art…we miss you man!
…man. I am just swamped with work right now… if I get a break, I’ll dig around and try to find something new to put up here…
Not to worry, it’s a good thing to be busy it means you’re needed…No pressure Dennis and remember, the big guy only give us so much that we can handle. God Bless dude, and have a make it a great weekend.
The Comments
Don Jones
Alright the building looks like it has Aztec markings of some sort. It’s a friendly enough looking place… Are those parking meters?
Roberto
Nice picture Dennis – what’s the feature movie showing?
Dennis Jones
I think we just got a new one… “Gone with the Wind”…
Dennis Jones
Don… unfortunately, those are not Aztec markings… I fear they are UFO markings… go here for the rest of the story…
Doug Jones
I zoomed in on that marquee and saw that it’s a double feature. The second film is Billy Jack. I’m on my way. Buy me some popcorn… I’ll be there ASAP.
Dennis Jones
YEEAHHIKES
Doug Jones
Thats a fun little game. It took me a while to ever start hitting anything. I finally used the FORCE and got 10 of those pesky aliens. How many can you hit?
Billy Jack
I’m gonna take my right foot, and hit you on the right side of your face, and there ain’t a thing you can do about it…
Roberto
I’m terrible at this game, but it’s fun – beats work anyway. Sounds like the Galactic Empire is surveying Huntington for its next invasion site. You guys should probably call Mel Gibson; he’s been through this before.
Doug Jones
If you get any unusual lightning storms… run for cover… the aliens are coming. At least that’s how War of the Worlds started.
Dennis Jones
I am wearing my aluminum foil anti-alien hat as we speak…
Doug Jones
Good thinking, Den… I think wearing SocMo pants would also help repel them… you KNOW they are after your Krispy Kremes…
Dennis Jones
…unfortunately, Mary did not send me a pair of Socmo anti-alien pants…
Don Jones
I’m in the middle of a thunderstorm here in Denver yeow. The end is near