J.Ho Originals

Textural Healing

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(Posting early.)

Today, a momentary respite from the recent deluge of He-Man related sketches. I was working on this one a few months ago, but put it on the backburner as other things came up. I sketched and ‘inked’ this piece in Photoshop (in addition to coloring in Photoshop, as usual), so the result is 100% digital. The subject matter was pretty random. I started sketching a girl, which became a go-go girl, and then I just threw in a ray gun for the heck of it. This is what happens when I let my mind wander. Really.

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I decided to stretch my wings a bit and experment with some textures for this piece–the blue and purple pattern on her dress was created by me, using pressure-sensitive opacity brushes in Photoshop; the other textures were taken from free texture sites (this one and this one). The texture for her hair is a sunset, and the texture for the boots and purse is stained glass. All in all, I’m pretty happy with the results.

Pardon Our Dust…

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(Posting early)

Today’s post is still under construction! Or, at least what was today’s post is still under construction. So instead, you get this quickie:

Two manifestations of my raging ego in one week. WHAT A TREAT.

I Know How To Party.

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(Posting early, why not?)

This is how the weekend was spent. For those who don’t live in the ‘States, 1040’s, W-2’s, and 1099’s are various super-fun tax forms.

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Flashback Friday!!! (AKA I am a slacker)

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Here’s an illustration of a fox spirit ronin that I did a number of years ago (2004 to be precise), for a now-defunct art challenge:

On the one hand, posting old artwork makes me a lazy and horrible person. On the other hand, I think this piece holds up pretty decently, and since only a handful of people ever saw this anyways, I thought it was worth sharing. Your mileage may vary.

‘Hawk and Croc

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I did get a mohawk this past weekend. I did not get a pet crocodile. Which is fortunate… for my enemies.

I’ve been lazy/tired/whatevs, so this was a last minute deal. I’m happy with it, which I guess means that I should work under pressure more often.

Brainsketball

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Another quick one; Vinny suggested a “zombie baller”:


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I’m surprisingly pleased with how this one turned out. It sure ain’t perfect, but overall, I think it ‘works.’ I purposely made the shading on this one more ‘contrast-y’ for a slightly more dramatic look. Incidentally, I don’t watch sports (at all) and he’s not supposed to resemble anybody or be from any particular team.

GRAAR… BRAINS… REBOUND! GRAAARRRRR!!!

Contents Of Blog Are Self Explanatory:

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A conversation between myself and Kevin of BeaucoupKevin…

6:59:20 AM me: i need a quick subject! (past quick subjects include: sasquatch, viking, platypus)
6:59:32 AM Kevin: Baby With Knife
6:59:36 AM me: NICE

Moments later, I am self congratulatory…

7:30:51 AM me: this baby is awesome
7:31:01 AM me: i’ll show you as soon as i scan it
7:31:13 AM Kevin: AWESOME BABY TIME
7:31:16 AM Kevin: IT’S AWESOME BABY TIME
7:31:18 AM Kevin: WHAT TIME IS IT
7:31:20 AM Kevin: AWESOME BABY TIME
7:31:25 AM Kevin: (that’s the theme to my new show.)

But Kevin could not contain his excitement…

7:45:38 AM Kevin: WHERE MY KNIFEBABY AT
7:46:00 AM me: the question america is asking itself
7:46:19 AM Kevin: WE ALL LOVE YOU KNIFEBABY
7:47:42 AM me: lol… you sir, are on crack

He’s on the east coast, but WTF was I doing up so early??? Oh right, and the result of our conversation:

KNIFEBABY is trademark and copyright Kevin Church and Jason Ho 2007.

BONUS POST: ‘Tis The Season

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I had absolutely no plans for a Halloween post, but Charles first insisted (which had no effect), and then challenged me. I don’t usually take the bait in such scenarios, but I also happen to be a fan of one Frankenstein’s Monster, and thus today’s l’il treat:

Timing me over IM, Charles challenged me to draw Frankenstein’s Monster in 5 minutes, and ink it in another 5. The plan was to color it in another 5, but I didn’t run into him again on IM, so I just went as fast as I could. It took me about 40 minutes to color and typeset this, because apparently, I am a sloth on downers. Oh well, under an hour is still pretty fast… for me.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, CHARLIE BROWN!

Some Days I Would Rather…

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I was hard up for a post today, so I asked Hammers to suggest a subject for a quick sketch. He came up with “badger,” though I’m pretty sure this is not what he had in mind:

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A few people have requested more pics of my noodly cartoon persona. Since my noodly real-life persona is wildly ego-centric, I’m glad to comply. I actually had the “I would rather jump into a pit full of [BLANK]” idea last week, but I couldn’t think of a fitting animal to plug in. Badgers seemed a good fit. However, dear reader, I don’t want you to think that the sentiment is any less sincere this week rather than last–right now, I would definitely rather jump in a pit full of badgers than deal with… anything.

But I’m all out of badgers.

Quick and Dirty

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(Very busy, posted early, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera)

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Supplies used: blue pencil, black Sharpies (fine and extra fine tip), red Magic Marker, two shades of grey Tombo brush pens. Touched up in Photoshop.

That Guy

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I was hanging out with my old crony Jacob, and was struck by inspiration. Here’s a sketch of Jacob himself, saying something that he would say:

This is a straight up pen sketch, with verrry little touch-up. Colored in Photoshop, naturally. I’m not much for drawing portraits or caricatures usually, but every now and then I get an uncharacteristic flash of inspiration–those of you who know Jacob in “RL“, will, I hope, find this to be a pretty decent likeness.

Check out Jacob’s Blog, but only if you like awesome art.