Friday, February 20, 2009



My pal Kevin Dart is putting together a book for his project about a spy girl named Yuki and he let me do a thing for it. Spy stories always make me think of old pulp books that have those chapter illustrations with a caption from the last page underneath, so thats what i went for. There was supposed to be another panel with whats inside the cave, but it came out TERRIBLE and i hate it, so this is the only one there is. Thanks Kevin!

31 comments:

kevin said...

i'm so in love with this piece! yuki's motorcycle looks super badass!

RAWLS said...

BEAUTIFUL! Nice work my friend! I'm sure the other one was fine... but I hear where yer comin from! Great stuff.

Anonymous said...

Man this is wonderful. simple. Love it.

Bernard Joaquin said...

Hey Jon

Looks awesome! Coraline turned out nicely, saw it in 3D... I really like the development you did for it....They should make another "art of coraline" that features more artist work.

Unknown said...

Really gorgeous piece! I love the narrative quality of it, the textures are just beautiful and I love how the scale figure is emphasized by the verticalness of the composition. Since discovering your work I feel like I have to work a lot harder on my own stuff, which I welcome.

Jason Scheier said...

nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dave 'Diamond' Merritt said...

Your work is very unique Jon.

gilbertglee said...

I've been following your blog for a while now. This is so cool. Great work, Jon! Truly inspiring.

Seo Kim said...

I am inspired by your gorgeous work.

Timothy J Lamb said...
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Timothy J Lamb said...

this is so great it makes me mad.

manuela montero said...

Hi, just wanted to congratulate you for all the magnificent work, on your blog and website. All of it, truly amazing and very inspiring. It must be wonderful to make a living out of what you do, and to be part of such great projects.

regards,
M.

Nate said...

Great work John, you continue to amaze and inspire.

Jon Han said...

a beaut.

robobop said...

wow I just discovered your art, your website, your blog, and man it blows me away! I love this picture with all the big shapes and then that little bike to hold it all together.

Anonymous said...

is that typography exhibition in ny already over. you know, the one where you contributed 'storming the capital'. i'd love to see it!

OV! said...

JK!

nice work here man, i havent been around in a while, but what a nice surprise!

>oVi

Kei Acedera said...

This one is great! I love the story-telling..and your use of contrast is super awesome....ps.I loved your work ever since I saw 'An eye for Annai' back in school! Cant wait to see more :)

EL Gato Negro said...

its all just so beautiful I dig your work a lot....

Laura Catalán said...

Your work is amazing, you're the magician of textures!

Unknown said...

man i really fell in love with this work, especially on coraline! thanx for posting! i'd like to invite you over to my blog as well ;) bye

Thierry Cattant said...

Very beautiful picture, I love really your art!

(I put your blog on mine as "blog of the week"! ;-) )

lorelay bove said...

beautiful work!!! very elegant and bold!

suxiebue said...

good work !
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Ty Carter said...

Your work rocks!

Bret Treasure said...

That is just wonderful story-telling.

mr.ed said...

genial!

Josh Gay said...

Very cool stuff. Love the textures...really, really inspiring.

Marcos Mateu said...

Wow, there definitely is a lot going on in this illustration.
Very nice.

Anonymous said...

this is a very poetic piece.

we could grow up 2gether said...

i have fallen in love
with your work