OH GOOD GRIEF

Veggiepires! Yeeyikes..

2012-01-28T12:21:00.000-08:00

A thing I did for my friend Tim. Still need to print it.. but oh well.

Caricature? Nah, more like character.

2012-01-02T19:04:00.000-08:00

Not necessarily a caricature.. a self portrait or some shit. I was bored and felt like painting something :D

More Sam and Max

2011-09-07T10:23:00.001-07:00

BTTF Things

2011-09-07T10:13:00.001-07:00

Illustrations used in game.

The mall and some environments

Some illustrations for Marketing

Some Puzzle Agent Stuff

2011-09-07T09:56:00.001-07:00

Graham

2011-09-07T07:58:00.000-07:00

A caricature I did for a friendly.

Sam and Max

2011-09-06T22:57:00.000-07:00

Moar Monkey Island Stuff

2011-09-06T22:54:00.000-07:00

Goodbye my old friend

2011-06-17T09:34:00.000-07:00

My best friend Benjamin Jelter (jelterart.com) is leaving today to go find his way in the big Asshole NYC.. so, all of us here at Ryandavidjones.blogspot.com wish him the best! (but secretely not, because we want him back here) Anyways, I sent him away with this portrait to do with as he pleases. He's probably already used it as TP.

BTTF Extras

2011-05-19T17:16:00.000-07:00

Some in game textures and posters. This is usually the most fun I have on projects, where I can use my illustration degree and do some sort of stuff. Anyways, this stuff was a hoot!

You cut my cucumber lengthwise!

2011-03-22T14:33:00.000-07:00

A comic I did for use in Sam and Max: The Devil's Playhouse. Apparently in Egyptian funnies in the S&M universe, it is very funny to cut a cucumber lengthwise. Fun times!

Might as well-o-well

2011-02-10T16:14:00.002-08:00

Since this stuff is already out there in some form.. Check it! Some BTTF schtuff.

No inspiration = DEVIL ME!

2010-04-20T00:44:00.000-07:00

I really need to update all this blogginess. But for now, finally colored something on my own. Whew. Too bad it's just more hubris in the subject matter.. did i use that right?

More of the same

2009-11-26T13:14:00.001-08:00

Been purdy busy and lazy. Tekken 6 came out and it's been sucking me dry. Anyways, here's some stuff that i've seen published/released elsewhere, so it's safe to show.

LeChuckles!

2009-07-07T15:41:00.000-07:00

In celebration of "Tales of Monkey Island: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal," a nice, gooey version of pox filled LeChuck. Always fun to draw this character. Not the final design, but I got to do things here that I thought would be neat. Support my not really in need father! Buy our game!

We Three Demons

2009-06-28T09:41:00.001-07:00

Something for fun done for an invite thing to a party I had.. goooooood times.

Demon RAGE

2009-06-02T00:18:00.000-07:00

Man, akuma is great! SF4, good times.. a little too good.

Monkey Island?!

2009-06-01T12:55:00.000-07:00

Yes! Finally get to talk about it. Here's some designs (only the stuff thats already out there) we did and whoa, some environments? Crazy.. Monkey Island.

Guybrush Threepwood.. or is it Slythrust Freewood?

Sexy voodoo.

A mysterious lab.. of SCIENCE.

Wow, it's a shack.

Man, LeChuck is fun to draw.. not the final design of him, but neat.

Wrastlin'!

2009-03-30T13:43:00.000-07:00

Wow, has it really been that long since I updated? This actually is wrestling my demon(s) taken literally. I look just like that! I've been bored lately, so i'm trying a different approach to rendering, clean shapes and whatnot. It's fun, and slightly faster maybe. I'll find a happy medium sometime. Grrrrr!

Chiaki-chan

2009-01-06T23:45:00.001-08:00

My interpretation of Chiaki. Complete as an Oni-esque monster. Good luck in the Nippon, you'll kick a lot of anus, i know it.

DEMONS!

2008-11-17T21:26:00.001-08:00

Well, a demon. Been drawing demons. Going to try to do a demon a day.. not post a demon a day, mind you. Too much work. Tried under lighting because i suck balls at it. Trying to not to do the generic lighting i usually do.

greggers

2008-10-25T22:02:00.000-07:00

My friend-o Ben Jelter released his graphic novel The Tumor. Some fan art I did for him over at the Weekly Challengizes. Buy it!

Ogre crazy

2008-10-14T00:46:00.001-07:00

Yea, he's got some big arms. Jeez.

Save the dolphins!

2008-09-12T17:28:00.000-07:00

Some downtime at work and a random doodle. :D

Zombie Jim

2008-08-21T21:30:00.000-07:00

GROOVY! I liked this one, so I thought I would duplicate it from the Weekly Challengizes Blog. Oh snap.

Like a rinestone cowboy.

2008-08-21T12:40:00.001-07:00

Actually finished this guy and got paid! Nice.

Slimey turds

2008-07-28T18:24:00.000-07:00

thats my inspiration for this little lass.

Rycraw the Sullied

2008-07-28T17:54:00.000-07:00

FOR THE HORDE! Weekly Challengizes submission. My incarnation as an orc shaman or something like it. Inspired by my recent stint with WoW.

oh SNAP

2008-07-09T13:32:00.000-07:00

It's been awhile.. sooo, here's some sweet sweet nectar of the gods. Ben and I have started up a weekly challenge thing. Should check it out! http://benjaminandryan.blogspot.com Loads of fun and others are encouraged to join.. although, we still are the ones coming up with the challenges, cause we're selfish like that. This is the entry that I didn't get in on time, but i finished later on. The mustached generic. Yay!

an ENVIRONMENT???!?!?!

2008-06-03T20:53:00.000-07:00

yep. a taste of gary :D

zombie..

2008-06-03T17:09:00.000-07:00

western zombies! with desert eagles... not my decision! a commission unfinished indefinately, maybe in the future or for practice, this will be done. Bang bang.

Happy Graduation!

2008-05-17T23:14:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to er' body who is graduating! Been a wet and wild ride.. messy. I'm going to a scifi class thing in Massachusettes in June, so i'm practicing my beasties. Fun windwaker smoke clouds.

I think I can..

2008-04-25T01:02:00.000-07:00

just reminiscing about growing up by listening to punk music and how I adored skaters. Thought they were so cool, still do. I was never coordinated enough to skate board and tried not to dress or act like them in school for fear of being called a poser. I was the interloper, neither jock, nerd, or skater. Something in between. Ah, highschool. Ok, dry these tears. It's weird, corel draw effs with the color. I'll post just the art and the quirky circle thing so you can see the vas deference. Night.

My turn!

2008-04-24T00:03:00.000-07:00

It's my turn to post the train museum drawrings! Not as dynamic as mr. jelter's, but i had fun. I like to slightly warp what i draw.. be it people or things. Exaggeration is the only way. Just look at the lady without knees. Kind. Alright, two posts in one night, i'm done for the rest of the month.

Why are you being so SELFLESS??!?

2008-04-23T23:26:00.000-07:00

Yay! Thought i might post the process shots, from character development to illustration.. not that extensive, just using more space on the server. Man, i just keep doing more and more cute illustrations. I'm a quiet guy, and one's work usually reflects whats going on inside. I guess must be the happiest person alive.. woe is me. Cute as a button!

Tree Huts

2008-04-11T22:39:00.000-07:00

Props!

2008-04-11T22:26:00.000-07:00

Some huts, props, and other jazz for an unnamed project I worked on.

Stucco buildings

2008-04-11T08:02:00.000-07:00

Bubbly

2008-04-10T22:52:00.000-07:00

Random fun. Mmmm.. who's in the mood for Carrows?? Wait wait.. this is Jeffrey. He is from the guture where he sells old wicker socks for maggots. One day, when he gets enough, he can barter for some new eyes. bah.

fairy dust

2008-04-01T02:19:00.000-07:00

Yea, I used it. Social commentary for honors.. oh goodness me, i'm tired. Night!

sketchie-chans!

2008-03-16T01:16:00.001-07:00

HANDS! errr.. geh.

Random croc dude on vay kay.

Holy cow.. quickstudies??

Little bunny foo foo and the power of drawing.

Groovy! Can't get enough of EWJ.. and the fact that i can draw him from memory now is kinda silly. On a lighter note, i recommend anybody who didn't like highschool to buy BULLY and relive your highschool career, but with the power to beat up anybody who gives you shite. Good times.

I will drink YOUR milkshake!

2008-03-06T00:45:00.000-08:00

Derrr.. sketch post. Random stuff and some repeats with the hellboy ripoff. Cyclops are tough to make look cool.

Flight of the Conchords!

2008-02-27T00:13:00.000-08:00

Some preliminary stuff for an assignment. Who better than the 4th most popular band in New Zealand? A sketch to a color comp. I never really post in progress stuff, but maybe i should start. Ginger balls. *Updated - with the finish*

THE CABRA!

2008-02-10T22:18:00.000-08:00

First Illustration for class.. "In the deepest darkness, the strangest things are becoming possible." I suppose in my world that would be Tiny (bigfoot) versus the 'Cabra (chupacabra).. damn cabra is sucking all the wildlife dry and Tiny needs to put a stop to it! Grrrar! Oh yea, on a lighter note, i've been watching a lot of odd japanese movies, like 2LDK, Battle Royale, and Tokyo Zombie. God bless the nippon.

oh ABOUT TIME

2008-01-31T23:45:00.000-08:00

goodness me, it's been awhile. Some sketchies and an updated avatar. Who are those two good lookin' fellows in the bottom right?? Pretty orange.

oh Greetings from Japan

2008-01-01T01:08:00.000-08:00

Ultra Kawaii! Just a card I made for the new year. Cute is always appreciated here in Japan. I'm checking out all of the sights and the otaku. The electric city in Akihabra (sp) is quite a spectacle.. and I've been frequenting the arcades that are on every block here in Tokyo and played a good amount of Tekken 6 before it's out in the US (jealous Christopher?). I've been getting my anus handed to me, but it's so much fun! Everyone here apparently studies how to juggle their opponent in school.. and i think it's a required subject. Japan is really an amazing country and I highly recommend everyone to visit at least once in their life.. like a visit to the Mecca. I know I am strongly considering living here for at least a year later on. Anyways, Rychan out.

oh FINALLY

2007-12-22T11:10:00.001-08:00

Done with Boris and all of his cute glory. Yay, now i can move onto other cute things.

oh GET 'EM

2007-12-15T16:16:00.000-08:00

The evil assignment for creature design!!.... and I still couldn't make evil boris not look cutesy. Evil versions of both characters look kind of cute. I suppose this is becoming my style. Yay for me! I'm actually having a lot more fun making things look stylized much much more than realistic. It's so freeing, like the sweet sweet release after eating an overabundance of indian spicy curry. I'll leave you with that.

oh

2007-11-29T23:46:00.000-08:00

felt i should post a little something.. been lazy/lacking inspiration lately. Bleg, this is the family of dragons for creature design. Colorful, like a juicy package of starburst. Nummers!

oh Weekly posting

2007-11-18T23:13:00.000-08:00

FUN! My highschool yearbook photo i came across.. thank god my acne has cleared up, i was was so hideous! You've got to admit, i have a cute smile though.. glad i still have all my teeth. . a clown walks into a bar and asks the bartender, "Bartender, give me a treefort!" The bartender says, "well, what's in a treefort?" To which the clown replies "Porno mags and ceegars." wheeeeeeeeee...

oh Sign Guys

2007-11-12T11:00:00.000-08:00

I'm extremely bored here at work, so what better way to pass the time then to blog? Well, probably do homework.. anyways, me and my coworker, Euan, comprise the sign department here at Horizon Beverage, so like any super hero duo, we need to have a saying.. not very OG... ok, bye!

oh JELTER'S INSPIRATION

2007-11-11T00:02:00.000-08:00

How does he get all of his zany ideas? I think we all know.. he gets them from going to sausage parties. I know this because we're BFF and have tagteamed on occasion! I'm just kidding. We're not BFF. I heart you mr. jelter.

oh Boris

2007-11-07T23:50:00.000-08:00

Creature design is very misleading.. not much design in the "creature" realm.. more like existing wildlife, plus the fantastic realm of cutesy dragons. Geh, anyways, here's an illustration we had to do with the 4 characters we've been working on for the semester. The monkey doesn't really fit into the story, but who cares? I don't, do you?

oh Rocky

2007-10-31T18:50:00.000-07:00

Some magmar being, reminds me of a ninja turtle villain.. maybe it's the colors. Blarg! Does it read?

oh EVIL!

2007-10-29T01:02:00.001-07:00

Going post crazy.. no idea why. That cute little dragon i posted earlier? Well, do to pressure, we got to create an evil version of him! Well, here's my evil.. but cute version. With a background.. i kind of like it without better, but shores of lava are cool. thats tets, bra.

oh sketchies

2007-10-28T00:09:00.000-07:00

Heads! Mostly dudes.. just ignore my lude comments in these. My drawings like to berate me. Trying to add some interest to sketch posts.. instead of the plain line. Does it work?

some stuff from the good ol' "COSPLAY" carnival. Cool costumes this year.. although frankenstein gets real old. The Baron was really rocking a nice Nosferatu and fredward kruger was really good too! Too bad the guy who dressed up as him was buff.. we all know fred was a skinny ween, not that i ever try to make my drawings look like the model. TURDS!

Oh you cute little creme pan

2007-10-17T08:49:00.000-07:00

Colored this tubby wittew guy for a portfolio label. Yay!

oh major dumps

2007-10-13T20:21:00.000-07:00

Just dumping a lot.. because i can. Mostly sketches.

Creature design... F@#$ Boris..

oh sno bros.

2007-10-01T18:53:00.001-07:00

Remember that game? Pack guys into tight snowballs and roll them at the other guys.. snowballs. Just colored a sketch i did. Le shit.

oh these are no soldiers

2007-10-01T00:03:00.001-07:00

I'll probably color some of these later for practice and speed. Fun to exaggerate and characterize from reference. Semi easier too.. although, i start to get hung up on folds.. blast it all.

oh sketchy poo

2007-09-26T02:03:00.000-07:00

ok.. not much to it, but here's my PROcess.. because all pro's have one, HA! I R dumb.
First I get some vicious line going, or not, doesn't really matter. Just something.

Then, I put some value on it using multiply layer(s). Doesn't have to have local value yet, just has to have a basic feel of lighting. The tighter the value, the faster the color goes down. This is just for this lame drawing, but for something bigger, i would do the value of the entire illustration using various brushes and whatnot. Generally, for basic rendering I painter 9.5, with the fine point pen tool (to lay flat value) then blend as needed with the just add water blender. Kind of boring, but it works for me. Easy to delineate between cast and form shadow with sharp edges, so not everything is soft. I'm sure other brushes are faster, but there's always time for experimentation later. This gets my job done.

Next is the fun part, I use a combination of overlay layers and default. With the basic value and light pattern set, you can really just go crazy with trying different colors and whatnot. I put down a basic fill of a color, to get an idea of mood or color. That way, when you put other colors down, you can use a smooth brush or just add water to blend it if needed. The local value can be done in this step because overlays change the overall value range, which i like. Funny fun fun.

Then, tada, you add a background around them if you want to bring em out. Some little temperature changes to highlights, blah blah blah academy teachings, blah. Airbrush works nice and i like the splatter air brush for adding pimples and whatnot. That's it! I should try to find a simpler process..

oh fan art

2007-09-23T21:21:00.000-07:00

Maxx - Illustration 3, Earthworm Jim - practice practice practice.. two influential artist, sam kieth and doug tenapel. Bleh.. i'm so slow.

oh thats cute

2007-09-22T15:24:00.000-07:00

some caricatures. HA

oh More more more

2007-09-22T15:20:00.000-07:00

characters.. prison football, wouldn't that be a great game? Ultra violent cartoony characters.. f@#$ BLITZ the league.

oh you draconian devil

2007-09-22T14:53:00.000-07:00

some characters done over the last semester.. some mutated carnies, undead thugs, and a generic alien with a power glove. Damn you originality, come back to me.

oh MMO, geh..

2007-09-22T12:32:00.001-07:00

Commissions for MMOART. Massively Multiplayer Online.. this was for City of Heroes. I R Nerd.

oh first post

2007-09-22T12:29:00.000-07:00

figured i'd get on the blog bandwagon, everyone's doing it!

Resume-tastic!

2007-01-01T20:31:00.000-08:00

I'm a concept artist working in the video game industry for the last 3 years. My specialties are character design, stylization, environment/prop design, and illustration.

Education

Academy of Art University
San Francisco, California September 2003 - May 2008
Degree: BFA in Illustration (character design)

SUNY Potsdam
Potsdam, New York September 2001 - May 2003
Major: Art Studio

Professional Experience

Telltale Games
San Rafael, California September 2008 - present
Full-time position as lead concept artist on several TTG’s games. In charge of character/prop/environment design, in-game illustrative assets, traditional animation, building concept packages for outsourcing, marketing assets and merchandise.

MOLI Kids LLC
West Palm Beach, Florida May 2008 - present
Freelance work in children’s book illustrations, character/prop/environment design, flash games assets and backgrounds.

MMOART
Houston, Texas May 2007 - September 2008
Freelance work making illustrations of clients’ characters in popular MMOs.

Horizon Beverage Co.
Oakland, CA August 2005 - May 2008
Lead graphic designer for the sign department.

Caricature and Portrait Artist
Oakland, CA August 2003 - present
Freelance work for individual clients.

Shipped Titles

Telltale Games

Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures (Ep. 1-4)

Tales of Monkey Island (Ep. 1-5)
Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse (Ep. 1-5)
Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent
Back to the Future: The Game (Ep. 1-5)
Puzzle Agent 2

Achievements and Awards

Accepted into Academy of Art Spring Show 2008

Best in Category Award for character design

Accepted into Academy of Art Spring Show 2005, 2006, 2007

Accepted into 2008 Society of Illustrators Student Competition

John Klammer Award/The Master Class Award

Accepted into 2007 Society of Illustrators Student Competition

Skills

-Character/Environment/Prop Design

-Illustration and graphic Design

-2d texture creation

-Traditional Art (Drawing, Sketching, Painting)

Software

Corel Painter

Corel Draw

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Portfolio http://ryandavidjones.blogspot.com/

References Available upon request.

Contact teenytinyryan[@]gmail.com