JEAN SIMMONS A WONDERFUL BEAUTIFUL ACTRESS R.I.P

Just read the sad news on the net that Jean Simmons has died aged 80 from lung cancer a very sad loss to the world of cinema ,i have always enjoyed her films especially Great Expectations and Spartacus .

she had true grace and beauty on the sliver screen a true English rose god bless Jean.

THE AGE OF HAWROKK: DRAGONIUS REX DRAGON OF THE FIRST RACE

Dragonius Rex was fun to draw , just wish i could draw Dragons like Todd Lockwood

ALL CHARACTERS AND ART FOR AGE OF HAWROKK COPYRIGHT JON HAWARD 2006 NOT TO BE REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM OR MEDIA UNLESS LICENSED FROM JON HAWARD

THE AGE OF HAWROKK: TIR-RI ELF OF THE SHADOW LEAF

I've always liked the concept of mystical being being one with the woods and forests so I've always loved Elf's ,I'm very pleased with this mug design at the time i was drawing it i wanted it to a.) look beautiful and b.)have a Japanese feel to it , for me it's one of the best things I've ever drawn, bold statement i know but sometimes magic happens.

ALL CHARACTERS AND ART FOR AGE OF HAWROKK COPYRIGHT JON HAWARD 2006 NOT TO BE REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM OR MEDIA UNLESS LICENSED FROM JON HAWARD

THE AGE OF HAWROKK : HARRICON THE WISE WIZARD ELDER OF HAWROKK KEEP

The Age of Hawrokk was a fantasy project designed for plates and mugs drawn in pencil in 2006 a friend of mine Cliff had his own ceramics business and we tried to get these ideas out there to the public ,there where sadly big problems ahead lack of funds for marketing and no shop would sale them unless they where packaged in a box so it was doomed we produced proto-types which i showed at the first B.I.C's con in Birmingham.

any way here's my art for the Wizard mug Harricon the wise

ALL CHARACTERS AND ART FOR AGE OF HAWROKK COPYRIGHT JON HAWARD 2006 NOT TO BE REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM OR MEDIA UNLESS LICENSED FROM JON HAWARD

THE LOOK OF LOVE PLATE DESIGN

I drew this in 2006 again for a plate design that never got passed prototype stage it's a Troll and Fairy from the AGE OF HAWROKK collection created by me , quite a few of my friends like this image it was fun to draw just in pencil grey tones.

ALL CHARACTERS AND ART FOR AGE OF HAWROKK COPYRIGHT JON HAWARD 2006 NOT TO BE REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM OR MEDIA UNLESS LICENSED

GOTH ANGELS

Jericho and Jezebel where designed for plates for a local company in the U.K sadly the project never happened due to lack of funds for marketing and packaging some prototypes where produced but not sold ,I've always like the idea of Angels and i love the style of Frank Miller's Sin City so i decided i would draw some Goth like characters in that style be interested to see if they could be used for other media.

GOTH ANGELS JERICHO AND JEZEBEL COPYRIGHT 2006 JON HAWARD

BATMAN SKETCH FOR COMICSXAFRICA

I was asked by Roberto Riccio of COMICSXAFRICA if i would donate some art work and sketches for the charity to help raise funds for children in Tanzania
so i drew this Batman sketch and a wonder woman sketch plus donated a Spider-man page of comic art that was published in a issue of Spectacular Spider-man Adventures i hope they raise some money.

http://www.comicsxafrica.org

MORE FAVE SPIDEY COVERS

Some more favourite Spider-man covers penciled by me for Panini /Marvel U.K
drawn in classic 60'S Marvel house style (John Romita Sr)for MARVEL POCKET BOOKS published by Panini U.K Ltd
ART COPYRIGHT MARVEL CHARACTERS INC/PANINI UK LTD

Gazette image from Canada Superman /Shakespeare

this image is from a Canadian newspaper called the Gazette
funny mix Superman meets Shakespeare
http://www.uwogazette.ca/2010/01/08/comic-books-why-they-arent-just-for-your-kid-brother/

DIFFERENT SPIDER-MAN STYLES FROM 2001-2008

When i worked for Panini /Marvel U.K I was asked over the years to change styles drawing Spidey so here's a selection of Spidey covers drawn in different styles we have animated style clean line coloured by Alan Craddock ,we have Classic Spidey inked by David Roach and coloured by Junior Tomlin and Manga Spidey inked by Lee Townsend and coloured by John Charles ,i guess i enjoyed each style and it's nice to compare the images.

ARTWORK COPYRIGHT MARVEL CHARACTERS INC/ PANINI UK LTD 2010

LOOKING FORWARD TO 2010

First off i would like to say thanks to all the regular viewers of my blog and to wish you all a very happy and successful new year.

what will this year bring me? who knows? but i do know issue 3 of WASTED will be out in Feb with more ''Tales of the Buddha'' before he got enlightened written by Alan Grant and drawn by me.

then there's my Judge Dredd art for 2000A.D to be published some time this year

i have three more months working on Hamlet for Classical Comics as the art director on the book drawing the layouts and character designs then that's it , so I'm starting to put out feelers for work projects now.

I would like to get more production work for either TV or movies and I'm also looking to draw other stuff than Shakespeare after three successful years with Classical i need a change and new challenge what that will be and who I'll be working for is up to who ever reads this blog and what offers i receive, I'll keep you posted...