MERCER ON A DATE

Daily Doodle 12/30/10

CONCEPT ART: ARCLIGHT

Drawing of a character created by Robert Fortney for a book he's writing called Arclight.



Bobby has posted more drawings on his blog.

Natalie Nourigat also drew a few for him.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS, 2010

MARVEL GIRL

JUBILEE

I sometimes post my daily warm-up doodle to my Twitter account. This one of Jubilee is more finished than some of the others.

TWO COMMISSIONS: Nimue and Death

A Madame Xanadu commission.




The brief here was "Death from Sandman in a scene from a Hayao Miyazaki movie," so here is Death in the Princess Mononoke forest.

art from a project I am working on

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #150

Today is the release of the 150th issue of Ultimate Spider-Man. In this anniversary comic, writer Brian Bendis asked three other artists to join series regulars David Lafuente and Sara Pichelli. Those three are Skottie Young, Jamie McKelvie, and myself. I've illustrated the 8-page Iron Man story.

Here is David LaFuente's awesome cover.

You can preview the work of the other artist's at Comic Book Resources, but here are two of my pages, colored by Sunny Gho. You can click through for larger versions.

Special thanks to iFanboy for picking the issue as one to check out this week.

"I can't think of a better way to celebrate 150 issues of one of the longest running, consistently great titles Marvel publishes than the artistic tour de force that Brian Bendis pulled together. Joining series regular artists LaFuente and Pichelli are two of my favorite artists: Jamie McKelvie and Skottie Young. Throw in a fantastic artist I would never have thought [I] would [see] on Spider-Man -- Joelle Jones -- and this extra huge issue is clearly one to pick up, even if you've never read an issue of Ultimate Spider-Man before."

Pages will be for sale, please enquire through the regular joellejonesart[a]gmail[dot]com address--though the page with Spidey above is already claimed.

DEAD RULE #1: No Staring at the New Girl

This is a promo piece done for Randy Russell's Young Adult novel, Dead Rules.




For more information on Randy's book, visit him online here:
ghostfolk.com/
randyrussell.livejournal.com/

KITTY PRYDE & LOCKHEED

One more drawing from NYCC 2010.

JAGAROTH FROM "DR. WHO: CITY OF DEATH"

Done in NY for Zack Smith's amazing Dr. Who sketchbook.

Details here and here.

A little something from a project I am working on for Vertigo

WONDER WOMAN X2

A couple of more commissions done on the way to NYCC...

HARLEY QUINN & POISON IVY

TWO MORE FROM NEW YORK

Drawn at the table for Chris Shields:

Supergirl



Molly Hayes from Runaways

A COUPLE FROM THE ALLRED CANON

U-Go Girl and Doop from X-Force/X-Statix, a commission done as a NYCC preorder.

A drawing of Madman and Joe done at the show, from Johnathan Zylberberg's collection.

ZATANNA

One of the NYCC commissions. Our table has been moved to D9, but it's still in the same area. Come by!

NYCC

So I have been trying all night to post some awesome pics of new commissions, but for some reason (probably it is that I am terrible with technology ((I had to check spelling on technology it is so bad))) I couldn't post anything. But I will probably ask for help tomorrow and get something up, I did a ton over the past two days and I want to share really bad. On another note I will be in NY this weekend and if you are able to I would love to see you, I guess I will be at D10, hope to see you there!

Joan

A little something I did to say thanks to Jamie S. Rich for dog sitting. Thanks Jamie!

OMAR from THE WIRE

Supergirl and Streaky

Just another drawing for tuesday

New Studio Space!

Instead of going to San Diego this year I decided to move to another studio and here are some pics. I can't wait to start drawing in it!

Queen Amidala

A con sketch from Emerald City a couple of months back.

OVER THE SURFACE pin-up

Here is a piece that was published in the second printing of the first issue of Natalie Nourigat's minicomic Over the Surface



Other artists to contribute pin-ups are Emi Lenox, Angie Wang, and Spell Checkers co-artist Nicolas Hitori de. Natalie posted them all at her blog.

Buy a copy of this comic, along with other stuff by Natalie at her Etsy store.

New commission

Super Secret Project!

Super Secret Project!

SPELL CHECKERS original art for sale

Most of the pages from Spell Checkers vol. 1 are available for sale.

Go to the book's gallery at Comic Art Fans and see what pages are available and for how much. Most cost $80-$90.

This one, for instance, is $90:

Send enquiries to joellejonesart [a] gmail-dot-com.

And, of course, buy the book! Spell Checkers Volume 1

Some Sketches from Stumptown

Below are some pieces drawn for Nicolas Hitori de while we were sharing a table at Stumptown.

First, a full-size drawing of the girls from Spell Checkers:

Strathmore was handing out samples of their 2 1/2" by 3 1/2" "artist trading cards," and Nico and I kept using them to sneak drawings to each other. I did this sketch portrait of him.

He did this one of me:

Nico also went home with these two. The first was done using ink and pastels, the second was in pencil.

Another commission

"HOW TO STEAL A MILLION" AUDREY HEPBURN

Drawn in Jamie's sketchbook at Stumptown. Part of his Audrey Hepburn collection.

THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE

Reminders:

* This weekend we will be at Stumptown in Portland promoting Spell Checkers vol. 1, which went on sale today. Geek Girl on the Street has one of several positive reviews out there.

Stumptown is located at the Doubletree in NE Portland, near Lloyd Center, and we will be located at table 16. Nicolas Hitori de will most likely be there. As of right now, his flight from France is a go. Here is more about Stumptown.

* And here is a drawing based on The Postman Always Rings Twice.

B&W PORTRAIT

This is based off a black-and-white photo provided by the client buying the commission. Been meaning to post this for a while.

Click through to see larger sizes

WIZARD MAGAZINE #224

The May 2010 Wizard Magazine, #224, has an very nice two-page article on my work and You Have Killed Me. Here are some scans (bigger sizes if you click through).

Also, Read About Comics has posted the first review of Spell Checkers, and it's super positive!