Wolfwalkers

 Robin meets the wolf-girl Mebh while searching for her bird, Merlin, in the forest.

Grandma busts Yokai!

For my Story Class feature film ‘YOKAi’ I did a scene where we see Grandma attacked by yokai in the corridor of her apartment block. The fight has more dynamic staging but for one shot I wanted to go flat and watch her dispatch the invaders with her improvised yokai-busting kit in a homage to the #Oldboy corridor fight. The tone of the film is a Japanese Gremlins meets geriatric Ghostbusters! I couldn't use the soundtrack from Park Chan-wook’s film but found a copyright-free track. See the version with sound effects on my Instagram

AM3RICA art book $20 for 4th July week!

Get your copy at my art store here

'My Life, Drawing' eBook preview

My latest book on drawing shows my path from learning classical life drawing techniques at art school then making the midi-set change to a gesture drawing approach at Californian animation studios. My digital e-books on painting and gesture drawing available here Check out my GESTURE DRAWING channel for 100s of vids of me drawing from a model in class. My original art & printed art books for sale here

Drawing CLEOPATRA

1-2 minute sketches of a costumed model on a 'Cleopatra' theme. Check out my GESTURE DRAWING channel for 100s of vids of me drawing from a model in class. My art & art books for sale here My digital e-books on painting and gesture drawing available here

Streaming Chess

 

The Streaming Wars have begun...

Mando- the ultimate cowboy dad. Disney finally figured out how to do Star Wars and it was in the long-form TV format!

Mother will protect us. #HBOMAX launched this year with big-budget, bizarre sci-fi #RaisedByWolves creatively led by Ridley Scott.

Joe Exotic- another twisted parental figure! The eponymous #TigerKing from the #Netflix show that dazzled us during the first weeks of the quarantine

Stop the clock! Grandmaster Scott Frank returned to #Netflix with a series that somehow made chess captivating! Beth Harmon reigns as queen of the limited streaming shows. Checkmate in the Streaming War

The Crown returned with an expert political chess-player; Margaret Thatcher. However season 4 saw her out-maneuvered and ousted which means the amazing Gillian Anderson departs the show.

Another king.... Iorek Byrnison, King of the bears! His Dark Materials returned to HBO with an even more visually impressive second season

Primal returned with season 2 on @adultswim The Frazetta/Creationist fantasy show is stunningly rendered in traditional 2-D animation. Spear and Fang from 'Primal' round off my ‘2020 streaming TV chess war’.

Drawing Chinatown LA

Pre-pandemic footage from Chinatown, Los Angeles when we could mingle freely! Plus some time-lapse process video of a couple of studies I made recently of Hop Louie's Seafood restaurant. An ink drawing and a color painting.If you're looking for Christmas gift ideas check out my original artwork and art books at my Etsy store https://www.etsy.com/shop/MattJonesOriginalArt

Holiday gifts

If you're struggling to think of Holiday gifts the 'AM3RICA' art book is available here plus original artwork; paintings and cartoon work. Store link

Also available (limited copies left) my first collection of paintings 'JONES PAINTS AMERICA'

Pandemic Sketchbook

Day 21: Pioneertown

Summoners War

I storyboarded the opening sequence of a 'Summoners War' short film. 'Friends and Rivals' was directed by Paul Furmiger for Skybound North and produced at Axis Animation.

Sketching animals CLOSE! Emus, monkeys, kangaroos & more.

SONIC MOVIE storyboard: Sonic Hides from Robotnik

SONIC MOVIE storyboard: Portal Chase

The book!

The 'Am3rica' art book is now available to order online at my Etsy store here

Am3rica

Group exhibition and art book by Matt Jones, Mike Dutton & Matt Cruickshank. January 10th-30th at Gallery 839, the Animation Guild, 1105 N Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA