The Art of Colby Jones
I was cleaning out some files and came across this old cartoon I did way back in 1990 that was published in The Dallas Morning News. I scanned it from the faded newspaper.
Sadly, it still applies today.
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This isn’t very good. But I’m posting it anyway because it’s my first attempt to use graphite putty. It was harder to use than I expected. I’ll try again some day.
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Graphite putty and wash on paper, 11″ x 16″
In the olden days I would draw, ink and color a cartoon on a single piece of paper. Technology, since then, has allowed me to draw sketches on a piece of scratch paper, scan them into my computer and do all the “inking” and coloring digitally. I just bought myself a new iPad Pro. This was my very first attempt at doing the entire thing digitally.
I drew the individual frames in Adobe Sketch and used Creative Cloud to send them from my iPad to my desktop iMac. It worked. I did only minor tweaking to the drawings and arranged them in Photoshop. There is still a learning curve but overall I’m happy with my initial drawing.
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This is the choir director at Central Lutheran Church in Dallas. His talent constantly amazes me. He has taken a guy like me, who doesn’t know anything about music, to a guy who is now well aware how much he doesn’t know about music.
This drawing was based on a photo taken during the dedication of my wife’s memorial garden and labyrinth.
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Color pencil on gray charcoal paper, 10″ x 12″
Here’s another one of those posters I did with Marks-A-Lot to advertise the movies we showed the kids at the recreation center. The black ink is faded and the poster board is yellowing and stained.
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Felt tip marker on poster board, 22″ x 28″
Back in my previous life we would show movies to the kids at the recreation center. This was before tapes and DVDs. Before Blockbuster, Netflix, etc. We’d use a biggo projector and actual 16mm film and show them on the wall until we built a homemade canvas screen. The kids would sit on tumbling mats we spread around on the floor.
I would make posters to let them know what movie was coming up. I managed to save a couple of them. Here’s one. The colors have faded and the poster board is turning yellow.
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Felt tip markers on poster board, 22″ x 28″
A quick sketch, and rather small.
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Colored pencil on mat board, 5″ x 7″
Mother’s Day, 2008. It’s been nine years since I suddenly lost my beautiful wife of over 40 years. The pain is still very real. She is gone forever and always with me. The link takes you to a song I wrote for her. Hug those special to you and tell them you love them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZrLZEnwka0
I recently re-discovered this drawing from way back. I assumed I had already posted it but couldn’t find it. So, I’ll do it now.
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Colored pencil on paper, 10 ½” x 10 ½”
