Rob Jones Blog

2011-10-23T13:28:00.003-07:00

2011-09-10T18:53:00.002-07:00

2011-08-10T00:02:00.000-07:00

2011-07-16T15:51:00.000-07:00

Found an old one from 93'

2011-06-20T13:14:00.006-07:00

Been looking for examples of old photoshop alterations I've done in the past.
Here are a couple more fun ones whipped up for some ol' friends.
I wouldn't say they are perfect by any means,
but they do the trick in terms of hilarity.

2011-06-17T14:28:00.004-07:00

Mad Dog Jones

Enraged Van Fan Jones + Mad Dog Tannen = Mad Dog Jones

I've been playing with Photoshop ever since I discovered it in grade 8 typing class. A class I almost failed.
I mean, why learn to type fast when you can learn to photo alter your friends into questionable scenarios instead?! :)

I'm pretty sure this newest piece can be done better, but seeing as it's more for comical purposes, I think it does the trick fine. -Plus I can just mask my shoddy work with some cheap ass filters anyways. Thank you Photoshop.

25 minutes

2011-05-19T01:37:00.005-07:00

15 minute whopper of a Photoshop job for long lost Sedin Triplet,
and long time pal, Ryan Reid.

2011-05-11T19:24:00.000-07:00

This Blog has evolved into a Canucks Love Blog. But it's the playoffs, man!

2011-02-25T01:35:00.008-08:00

Twin Powers Activate!

2010-10-03T15:19:00.008-07:00

Here's a Dracula Castle I made last week.
I've been helping design assets for the super awesome facebook game, that has generated over
I've never been part of project with over a 1.5 million users!!!

Very grateful to all.

2010-08-10T16:32:00.001-07:00

For fun

2010-08-01T16:19:00.001-07:00

Best Day Yet

2010-07-21T01:02:00.005-07:00

The Awesome Guy Of the Year Award, goes to Stu "Man Chu" Hoffmann for being an excellent friend to all who know him.

Gonna get your skull shanked on a ferry boat? - Not if Stu can help it.

2010-05-19T14:18:00.002-07:00

Rex Murphy... Wow... That face.
Those Alien Reptiles in disguise just aren't trying anymore.

2010-03-01T16:47:00.000-08:00

2010-02-06T14:37:00.002-08:00

This was for Dave's B-Day card.
Shameful how much I draw them, I know.
I think every version get's a little closer.

2009-12-22T18:54:00.000-08:00

2009-11-01T19:41:00.001-08:00

2009-11-01T15:10:00.000-08:00

2009-10-06T00:03:00.004-07:00

Another still from the Police Cops pilot.

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2009-09-04T13:57:00.003-07:00

2009-07-31T03:52:00.004-07:00

2009-07-27T00:16:00.000-07:00

2009-07-06T03:29:00.002-07:00

Another small sequence from Episode 1

2009-06-23T10:27:00.003-07:00

A sneak peak of Scene 2 of Police Cops Animated.
Sequence Voiced and Co-written by Voice Talent, Ryan Nelson Reid.

2009-06-14T12:27:00.013-07:00

A web-commercial I finished for the good fellas at Projecho.com.
They were cool enough give me a great amount of creative space on a blank canvas.

I co-wrote, directed, designed, voiced, animated and noodled on my guitar to accomplish this, in what I think took about 2.5 weeks.

2009-06-09T16:47:00.008-07:00

Concept art for Armando and Virgil. Been working hard on The Police Cops Website as well as the Police Cops Animated stuff.

2009-05-21T00:31:00.001-07:00

2009-05-07T22:30:00.004-07:00

Canucks out in second round this year.
Still a great season though.

2009-04-17T12:32:00.002-07:00

Armando having second thoughts about the Police Cops infiltration strategies.

Uh oh.

2009-04-11T01:12:00.002-07:00

... I don't know what picture I was referencing. Coffee Shop drawing with Ali.

2009-02-26T20:21:00.009-08:00

Police Cops Animated!

2nd Place for Best 2 Minute Short at the ILaugh Short Fest.
Enjoy :)

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2009-02-26T20:05:00.002-08:00

Here's a run cycle test for Hunter.
Gonna animate my way through this wretched recession.

2009-02-24T19:12:00.007-08:00

The Captain, giving First Mate, Mr Dangleberry instructions for the big plan.
And yes, that's a peanut for a peg leg.

(Characters by Ali and I)

2009-02-02T11:01:00.002-08:00

2009-01-07T01:47:00.001-08:00

Hunter having some difficulty ordering a drink

2009-01-01T14:00:00.002-08:00

Some stills from the live action PC Stuff.
AJ Board as Dr Brokowski.

2008-12-23T03:23:00.001-08:00

Here we go again.

2008-10-23T14:52:00.004-07:00

Halloween - Bob Sran, Gordy Scutt from 97-98

2008-10-15T16:58:00.010-07:00

Design based upon character created by Mr. Ryan Reid

2008-10-13T03:38:00.008-07:00

Inspired by the late Robbie Dopierala.

2008-09-22T17:29:00.009-07:00

An abundance of free furniture in my community results in this rare photo op of some sugar charged hooligans with a plan.

2008-07-30T03:41:00.013-07:00

Police Cops Animated continues it's sluggish but determined production.

Design by Me.
Characters created by Ryan Reid, Dave Walsh, Stu Hoffmann, Andy Board, Bobby Sran and I.

2008-06-17T17:26:00.003-07:00

Travelling hobo. Complete with, as Sir Snoop of Dog might call it, bird shiznit.

Carved for Father's Day.

2008-06-07T18:01:00.002-07:00

Some coffee shop sketches I liked.

2008-05-28T01:58:00.007-07:00

I was going through my files when I came across a screenshot I took from when I worked at Carbunkle Studio.
I still look at this and wonder: Of all the animators names to muck it on, they choose "Jones".
Don't matter though. That was one of the best jobs ever.

2008-03-30T00:32:00.001-07:00

2008-03-26T23:00:00.006-07:00

Photoshopped version

Wizard statue won at staff party.

2008-03-26T21:01:00.005-07:00

"Read into this however you like."

2008-03-26T16:37:00.007-07:00

My new Lighthouse Lamp. I love it.
Apparently used to belong to my Gramps who was a submarine engineer during the first world war.
It's made of heavy lead, and the shade is made of deer hide, I'm pretty sure.
I replaced all the doohickies so it would light up again. -Worth every penny.
I freakin' love looking at it on my desk, and have thus dubbed it,
'My Favorite Lamp Ever'.

2008-01-22T00:03:00.002-08:00

2008-01-21T22:39:00.004-08:00

Capt Jones

This is pretty much how my pops looks if you see him on one of his many walks around the city.
Notice the excellent retiree attire. (say that ten times fast)
The practicality of this attire is easily explained.

-The parka is to shield him from the cool ocean air that can sweep into the coastal city.
-The RCMP hat is there in case he runs into trouble with the cops. -They'd spot the hat, and figure he's a retired cop. To which they'll give him a break if he's caught pissing off parking ticket commissionaires by walking a block ahead and plugging all the timed-out meters with quarters.
-The golf club serves as protection against aggressive, unleashed k-9's which he occasionally comes across on his walking adventures around the city.
-And finally, the socks are there, too add a more multi-seasonal aspect to what he considers the worlds most excellent footwear..."Birkenstock's"

So at first glance, this may appear to be just a good natured senior of whom possesses no fashion sense or awareness...

...But alas, dig a little deeper, and one may just see that he actually makes more sense than most things do in a world that's stripped of simple well being and practicality, only to be replaced by flashy, head up your own ass, designer clothes that wreak of materialism. I'm pretty sure I'll be exchanging the ipod for the golf club one day as well.

As he would quote from his Buddhist studies... "Ask not of 'WHY' things are, ...but 'WHAT' of the reasons are behind them.

2008-01-04T12:40:00.001-08:00

...excellent

2007-10-22T00:07:00.001-07:00

Been trying some new things these days as far as my character design goes.
I like these two dudes.

2007-08-25T01:42:00.001-07:00

Drawn for one of the best foosballers I know.

2007-07-25T21:53:00.000-07:00

2007-07-25T21:49:00.000-07:00

This is Liam, our tour guide in Kilkenny Ireland.
... he was an awesome ol fella.

2007-07-12T18:29:00.000-07:00

BOOYAKA!
Time to buy that Solid Gold Toilet I've always wanted.

2007-06-06T21:12:00.001-07:00

One of my favorite moments on "Hockey Night in Canada."

Scott Oake: Ya know Snoop, I mentioned to you earlier that we have one of Canada's most legendary sportscasters up in the booth. Would you mind doing the honors?

Snoop: Fo shiizle bizzle Mister Bixon whizzle tha D-O Double Gizzle to my man Bob Cole take it away!!

Bob Cole: That's some kinda guy eh.

2007-05-23T01:23:00.001-07:00

...wtf, her arm's look too short.

2007-05-02T15:18:00.001-07:00

2007-04-20T16:01:00.000-07:00

So it looks like the deadline for the festival I'm entering has moved to May 1st. Which is nice, because now I can include all the things I thought I would have to cut.
I crashed hard as soon as I found out the news. I can sure have some shotty work ethic, but I like working under the gun. Makes me move my ass faster than Shakira.

Here's a picture taken by Ali. BG painted by her as well. A talented girl indeedie.

2007-04-09T14:37:00.000-07:00

More Screenshots.
Got a week left to pull this off.
Goodbye bathroom breaks and sleep. Hello Diapers and Baggy eyes

2007-03-21T20:24:00.000-07:00

2007-03-20T19:07:00.000-07:00

This is my big brother, Phil. He teaches in Korea.
In this classic photo, he's dressed up in his "Balsac The Destroyer" Halloween Costume.

Considering they usually don't celebrate Hallows Eve over there, he probably scared a few clients away that day. But big props to him for creativity, though.
Go big or go home.

2007-03-15T01:41:00.000-07:00

I don't know what's going on here.
Looks like I ripped off the blob character from Fosters.
What a hack.

2007-03-09T14:53:00.000-08:00

Voice over performed by the lovely Alison Denton.

2007-02-27T23:21:00.000-08:00

Stick em' up!

2007-02-27T21:32:00.000-08:00

Ali brought this picture back from Taiwan.
It's pretty much my favorite picture ever.
Apparently, you can find this fella chillin' out on the
main strip in the town of Kenting.

...I think he looks like a bounty hunter.

2007-02-07T16:47:00.000-08:00

Virgil chats with enthused henchman.

2007-02-01T01:53:00.000-08:00

Ted, The Nova Scotia Fisherman says:
"Yubay carful outtin dat dare crazy warld, now eh."

2007-02-01T01:47:00.000-08:00

Ali and I paint sometimes. Always good fun.
-Paintings actually pretty small. Photo makes it look pretty epic, though.

2007-01-22T01:41:00.000-08:00

2007-01-22T01:40:00.000-08:00

2007-01-22T01:28:00.000-08:00

Here's another.

2007-01-10T14:04:00.000-08:00

Something from a personal project I'm working on with me pals.

2006-12-05T14:23:00.000-08:00

Here's a sketch I did at the request of my girlfirend. It's for one of her
nursing instructors.
...I like nurses.

When one of my good pals hangs out with us, he gets wasted and does this
freakish pervert voice to make people feel sick.
He also tries to poke you with his thumb. It's quite disturbing, but at the same time extremely funny
... as long as it's not happening to you.
So I drew this sketch up in hopes that he could see how messed up he looks when he does it.
I think he was disturbed by it.
It honestly happens just the way I have it there.

This last pic is of me and serve's as more of a "shout out" to Mike Myre and the super cool comix he's making these days.

Space Jet's the shiznit.

2006-10-02T10:02:00.000-07:00

Here's a link to one of the first eps.
I didn't have a lot of time to do it in, so I have this ,"Awww shit, I shoulda done that instead" feeling whenever I watch it. The scripts I get for these are pretty dry, so any time you laugh even a bit, I think I'll take credit for it. The company I do these for is grateful enough to give me some creative control over what makes it into the script, so as long as I stick to the gist of the first draft, I can put in any gags I come up with along the way.
The term "Gags" I use loosely. -Pretty PG.
Anyways, not bad fer a first go if I may say so.

Orbit High

2006-09-20T14:31:00.000-07:00

The company I work for creates
online teaching tools, programs, and websites for teachers and students.
For the last month er so, I've been working on a series on mini animations for a website that's aim is to make learning math fun and entertaining.
When I was asked to create a little mini show that could support this site, I threw up in my mouth a little bit.
Reason being, I fuggin' hate math. I failed it numerous times in highschool. -Ironic I'd get to work so hard on something that contradicts my feelings towards what it teaches.
Anyways, somehow I managed to
pull something out of my hat thatI think might have a bit of potential.
So here's my creation.

Click the link

"5 weeks of staring at a monitor, pushing buttons and clicking a mouse shaped device"

2006-09-19T12:32:00.000-07:00

I drew this at a Starbucks last week.
I have this weird feeling I saw the image long ago on someone else's blog, though.
None the less, here it is.
Though he's drinking coffee, I've always thought of Skeletor to be more of a
tea drinker when it comes down to it.

2006-09-14T14:09:00.000-07:00

I composed this little ditty a few months back and wasn't gonna post it up
for worries that it might get stolen by internet space pirates, but I'm just so damn proud of it, that I'll step out of my neurotic shoes for just a moment to share.
This was 1 of 3 theme songs I wrote for a pilot I'm working on with my friends.
Without giving much detail away, I'll say it's just a fun lil Cop Show, that we've been pouring our time and energy into for the last year and a half.
This particular track was written in one long sitting, using my Mac and my trusty electric guitar.
Enjoy!
It's the most kick-ass thing I've ever written and I'm damn proud of it.

2006-09-12T13:44:00.000-07:00

This is a going away gift I did for a fella at work.
It's of the Super Cool, Ol' School WWF Superstar, "The Iron Shiek".
If you ever get the chance, Google up some radio interviews with the guy.
Or even better, Youtube him.
He's fuggin' crazy.

2006-08-22T14:05:00.000-07:00

I have often wondered what I might look like as a Platypuss,
drawing a self portrait on a Post-it note, while I should be working instead.

2006-08-14T16:22:00.000-07:00

Here's a character line up I designed for a new project at work.
Every now and then they give a little freedom to come up with concepts I think might be cool.
So far, I'm having a blast working on something that's 100% mine.
Well... 100% created by me, but unfortunately not 100% owned by me.
In a way, the idea that I'll never own it, always motivates me to work harder on my own personal projects.
But I won't get into that or else I'll start writing about my bitterness in
"working for the man" instead of myself.
No matter. It's nice when work is fun, so I'm grateful.

2006-08-04T18:37:00.000-07:00

This is my friends nephew, Dalen.
I love this picture. It makes me laugh every time I look at it.

It almost makes me laugh as much as I laughed while I was making this animation.

2006-07-02T02:57:00.000-07:00

I was in Vancouver last week and I got my hands on a few

copies of Space Jet, a comic done by Mike Myhre, and guests.
(I still owe ya some cash, Mike!)
I really liked them, so I did a few drawings of some
of the more memorable characters they drew.
The comic is hilarious, bizarre and should be checked out by all.
A link to Mike's Space Jet Blog is in my favorites.

2006-07-02T01:57:00.000-07:00

... oh yeah... she's totally checkin' you out, dude.

2006-07-01T19:22:00.000-07:00

Saw an A&E Documentary on Superman last night.
I really liked the stuff about George Reeves.
I drew this one from memory today, so I'm not sure if this really looks like him er not.
I still kinda like it though.

2006-06-26T16:16:00.001-07:00

The biker sketch was done after my project lead told me about something that disturbed her two daughters from the back of their car, this sunny weekend.
...Damn speedo-wearing old people.

2006-06-23T10:42:00.001-07:00

Business Bots, folks!

(This one's a personal favorite workflow hindering scenario of mine)

2006-06-23T10:14:00.001-07:00

This is one of my good pals's Al, holding an empty version of one of his favorite things.
He once lent me 1000 dollars for rent. I took forever to pay him back and he never complained once. Nor did he pop my head off with his bicep.
As well, he also at one time, let me crash at his place for a month. Which was awesome because he owned a lot of dvd's I'd never seen, and a lot of comics, I'd never read.
Good friends can be tuff to come by these days.

2006-06-18T03:22:00.000-07:00

Who's this?
No idea, but he looks worried about something to his left.

2006-06-17T04:14:00.000-07:00

...careful, he knows bad people.

2006-06-17T03:55:00.000-07:00

Here's an old drawing of my good buddy, Nathan, saying hello.
He hooked me up with a great job once, and in return I massacred him in this caricature.
He's not half the Ugmo MacUglison that this picture depicts, but alas, I find this way funnier.

2006-06-14T17:17:00.000-07:00

Once, I was in Vancouver and I overheard this security guard complaining about his feet.
Later, I rode the Skytrain to train station where I overheard a woman complaining about her heels.
I drew this a half hour later.
...Peripheral hearing is a gift.

2006-06-14T17:11:00.000-07:00

...wonder what that fancy gun does.

2006-06-09T17:16:00.000-07:00

Tis the Dread Pirate Alister the Red and his smoking parrot, Frank Newman.
Aaarrrrrrrgh *cough*

2006-05-30T23:26:00.000-07:00

This here is the good ol' place-o-work, where all the magic happens.

Shhhhhh. Don't wake him.
He's dreaming of the weekend again.