2009 Oktoberfest Pub Kriechen (crawl)

Here's a t-shirt design I did for the Austin Huns 1st Annual Oktoberfest Pub Crawl. Should be a good time!

Sorry I haven't been posting very regularly lately. There has been a lot going on.

Victor Von Hook

I thought I'd jump on the Disney/Marvel mash-up bandwagon in honor of Disney purchasing Marvel Comics for $4 Billion. I'm interested to see what comes of it.

In case you can't tell, it's Captain Hook as Victor Von Doom (Dr. Doom).

Ink with digital color.

BE STILL!

This is my version of Max taming the wild things from "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak. I submitted it to the Terrible Yellow Eyes blog. Hopefully he'll like it and post it. It's a very cool blog. You should go check it out.

9"x12" Ink on Strathmore 400 art board with digital color.

Parker: The Hunter by Richard Stark & Darwyn Cooke

Parker: The Hunter by Richard Stark & Darwyn Cooke, originally uploaded by manlyartjpc.

Get this book. It's fantastic. Darwyn Cooke's graphic adaptation of Richard Stark's classic crime novel is dead on. Seriously. Go to your local comic shop or Amazon and get it today. You'll be glad you did.

Manly Adventure! at Modofly

Modofly just added one of my new designs to their sketch/notebook line. This is the cover spread and a mock-up of what the actual book will look like..

The quality on these books is top notch. So, hurry and buy one so you can be the first kid on your block to have one of these fine manly sketchbooks!

Barbarella

Barbarella, originally uploaded by manlyartjpc.

Art trade I did for Becca over at No Smoking in the Skull Cave.

Wizard World Chicago 2009 Photo Album

Captain Sponge Bob America Pants Sketchbook, originally uploaded by manlyartjpc.

I posted all my photos from Wizard World on my Flickr account. You can check them out here.

This is a sketchbook cover I did at the con. It's Captain Sponge Bob America Pants.

Wizard World Chicago 2009!

Come visit me this weekend at Wizard World Chicago. I'll be sharing a table with my buddy, the very talented Kennon James. We are in artists alley at table number 3518. I will have convention mini-prints (partially pictured above), sketchbooks, etc. and will be doing sketch commissions. I hope to see you there!

Comic-Con 2009

SDCC09-50, originally uploaded by manlyartjpc.

If anyone's interested, I posted my photos from Comic-Con here.

Enjoy!

Silly me!

Martian, originally uploaded by manlyartjpc.

I just realized I never finished posting pieces from my show! It's gone really well. Over half of the art has sold. If you're interested, you can check out what's left here. Note: Vader and Tarkin have sold.

Martian- 4.5" x 6" acrylic on illustration board.

Subway [to] Roma

Subway [to] Roma, originally uploaded by manlyartjpc.

Howdy folks! Sorry I haven't been posting for a couple of weeks, but I took a (much needed) two week vacation to Italy. I'm heading to Comic-Con next week, so posts may be a little infrequent until I return. But, I'll make it up to you. I promise!

This was taken in the subway going from the Vatican to the Colosseum.

Dia De Los Hotrods

This is one of the pieces from my show currently hanging at Oh No! Doom in Chicago.

17" x 14" Ink on Bristol

MMD Sneak Peak 3

This is the last sneak peek before the opening on Saturday. I'll post the full versions of these on Sunday. So come back by if you can't make it to the opening, but hopefully you can come see them in person.

Monsters, Mayhem and Doom! opens this Saturday, June 27th at Oh No! Doom from 6pm-10pm. I hope to see you there!

Oh No! Doom
2955 W. Lyndale
Chicago, IL 60647

MMD Sneak Peak 2

As I'm wrapping up the final pieces for my show this week, I thought I'd just post little sneak peeks of some of the finished art. I want there to be a few surprises opening night. I will say that this one definitely falls under the "Mayhem" part of the show, sprinkled with a little doom. And it involves guinea pigs. Mean ones.

Monsters, Mayhem and Doom! opens this Saturday, June 27th at Oh No! Doom from 6pm-10pm. I hope to see you there!

Oh No! Doom
2955 W. Lyndale
Chicago, IL 60647

p.s.- I should have at least one more sneak peak tomorrow!

Monsters, Mayhem & Doom - Sneak Peek 1

As I'm wrapping up the final pieces for my show this week, I thought I'd just post little sneak peeks of some of the finished art. I want there to be a few surprises opening night. :)

Monsters, Mayhem & Doom!

Opening night is Saturday, June 27th, 2009 from 6pm to 10pm

Please join OhNo!Doom in welcoming Chicago artist Jason Chalker, aka Manly Art. Jason is an illustrator, graphic designer and was also an animator on Richard Linklater's feature film A Scanner Darkly.

Come see how Mr. Chalker transforms Oh No! Doom’s gallery into a precocious pulp paradise of monstrous, maniacal and all-new manly art.

You WILL have a good time and you WILL be manlier from the experience. Don’t worry ladies... you won’t be manlier, you’ll just have a greater appreciation of all things manly.

Oh No! Doom
2955 W. Lyndale
Chicago, IL 60647

Find us at the cross section of Sacramento and Lyndale St. We’re by the California Blue Line stop. Walk west down Lyndale.

For more info... info@ohnodoom.com

Child of Doom

Here's the final painting based on the sketch I posted previously. I used a reference photo I shot downtown (check the location tag to see where) for the setting to give it some atmosphere. This is the first time I've ever painted buildings, so it was a fun challenge. I'm pretty happy with how it came out overall.

15"x20" Acrylic on illustration board.

WIP's- Doom's Child & I Was a Beatnick Werewolf

Here are a couple of preliminary sketches for two of my paintings for my art show at Oh No! Doom on the 27th. I'll post more when I can! Now, back to painting...

Col-Erase pencil in my Moleskine notebook.

Bloodfest Sevens 2009

Bloodfest Sevens 2009, originally uploaded by manlyartjpc.

Well, It's that time of year again. Here's this years t-shirt design for the annual Huns RFC Bloodfest Sevens tournament in Austin, TX. This year I decided to take a little break from the rugby pin-up girls and show the true nature of rugby. To quote my dad... "I went to a fight the other day and a rugby game broke out.".

The Martian Girl

Here's another mini-painting for my show at Oh No! Doom. I've finally switched subjects and thought I'd give a nod to Tim Burton's "Mars Attacks".

4.5" x 6" Acrylic on illustration board

Roz

Roz, originally uploaded by manlyartjpc.

I was on the Red Line this morning and saw this woman. I thought she had an interesting face at first. Then she started to seem familiar. Then, it hit me! She was a dead ringer for Roz from Monsters, Inc.. I think it's pretty uncanny.

Duro

Here's another mini painting. This one is of a Duro from the cantina scene in Star Wars. This piece will be part of my Oh No! Doom show in late June.

4.5" x 6" Acrylic on illustration board.

Jawas

Here's another mini Star Wars painting. This time, it's the Jawas. I like them because you think they're all cute and bumbling, but you'd better watch out when your back's turned.

4.5" x 6" Acrylic on illustration board.

Oh No! Doom!

Here's a drawing for my show at Oh No! Doom. The opening reception will be June 27th. If the guys at the gallery like it, this may get made into a print for the show.

9" x 12" Ink on bristol.

BatMun Noir

Rotofugi had a really fun event Sunday. Kid Robot supplied a bunch of free Munny Mobiles and they had a "Mini Munny Mobile Decorating Party" that was free and open to anyone. This is my Adam West era Batman. It took me about 2.5 hours. It was a lot of fun being around so many people creating at the same time. Thanks Kirby!

You can see more photos in my Flickr stream. Also, John over at ToyCutter gave BatMun a nod.

Grand Moff Tarkin

Here's another Star Wars mini painting. Man, Peter Cushing was a scary looking guy when he wanted to be.

4.5" x 6" Acrylic on illustration board.

Tentacles of Doom!

This is one of my paintings for my upcoming show at Oh No! Doom in June. The show's title is "Monsters, Mayhem and Doom!". I'll post more details once we set the opening date.

15" x 20" Acrylic on illustration board.

Bridget Bardot

Bridget Bardot, originally uploaded by manlyartjpc.

This weeks Austin Sketch Squad theme was "France". While, yes, my first thought was "French maid, oolala", I thought I'd do a drawing of one of France's most famous, if not notorious, actresses.

9" x 16" Ink on bristol.

Disguise

Diguise, originally uploaded by manlyartjpc.

The theme for this weeks Austin Sketch Squad challenge was "Disguise". I was feeling a little goofy tonight, so I drew a squid in disguise. A squid who apparently has a flair for the vaudevillian.

9"x12" Ink on bristol.

Samson & Delilah

This is my painting for the Old Testament part of "An Art Show of Biblical Proportions" happening in Austin Easter weekend. I treated it like a cover for a pulp novel. So many of the stories in the Old Testament would make great pulp stories.

Sol Finkelstein was a smut publisher who found God later in life. While he had a change of heart, he didn't know how to change careers, so he came up with a compromise. Pulp stories based on the Bible. This surprisingly successful series was called "The Torrid Torah- Sultry Tales from the Bible".

15" x 20" Acrylic on illustration board.

*I updated the original top image with a more color accurate one.

WIP- Manly Art Graffiti Tag

WIP- Manly Art Graffiti Tag, originally uploaded by manlyartjpc.

It's a catch up week at the Austin Sketch Squad so I decided to work on the Graffiti Tag challenge. I like where my Manly Art tag is going, so I'll probably clean it up and finish it.

Pencil in Moleskine sketchbook.

Sketchbooks!

Jordan has posted the next generation of sketchbooks/notebooks over at Modofly. They have developed their own custom book, and now the covers are in full color! The samples I have seen look really top-notch. I have two designs in this round, so go check 'em out (click on the images to go to their pages). If my stuff isn't your cup of tea, there are fantastic books from the likes of Jason Limon, Dan May, Susan Rudat and many other talented artists.

Spring Snow

Spring Snow, originally uploaded by manlyartjpc.

I woke up to a little surprise this morning. I knew we might get some snow, but I had no idea it would be this much! It definitely makes for a nice cozy Sunday.

Chewie & Pierre

Chewie & Pierre, originally uploaded by manlyartjpc.

Meet Chewie & Pierre. The newest editions to my family. Lisa picked them up in Grosse Pointe when she went home last weekend. They are a little over 6 weeks old. They're settling in nicely.

Rabbit... Jessica, that is...

Rabbit... Jessica, that is..., originally uploaded by manlyartjpc.

This weeks theme for the Austin Sketch Squad is "rabbit". I took a page from Mr. Stovall's book and went the sexy route.

9" x 12" Ink on bristol with digital color.

Chewbacca... What a wookie!

Here's another mini painting I whipped up this morning. Chewie's hanging out at docking bay 94 looking like his usual bad-ass self.

This one is for an art trade with my buddy < flip.

4.5" x 6" Acrylic on illustration board.

Greek Chuck

Greek Chuck, originally uploaded by manlyartjpc.

The topic for The Austin Sketch Squad this week was Chuck Norris in Greek Mythology. In this pottery shard, we can clearly see Chuck Norris beheading Medusa with his famous round-house kick. Chuck Norris is so tough he could stare Medusa in the eye and not turn to stone.

Ink on bristol with digital color.

WIP - Bunny Hunt Pub Crawl

WIP - Bunny Hunt Pub Crawl, originally uploaded by manlyartjpc.

This is part of a t-shirt design I'm working on for an Easter pub crawl the Huns RFC is hosting next month in Austin. She'll be leaning on the lettering. I'll post the final once they get the complete bar list to me. (Oh, and for those with eagle eyes, I've added her eyebrow since I scanned the drawing, hence the 'work in progress') :)

Ink on bristol.

Boba Fett

Boba Fett, originally uploaded by manlyartjpc.

Here's another painting in my Star Wars series. I'm going to try and keep 'em coming. I'll have this, and the others, for sale at Staple! this weekend.

4.5" x 6" Acrylic on illustration board.

*Update- Sold.

Vader

Vader, originally uploaded by manlyartjpc.

Alright, I'm back on track. Something came up and I had to take a 2 day hiatus from painting. I should get another 2 done before I leave for Austin on Friday. Next up should be Boba Fett.

Once again, I'll be at Staple! this Saturday with all kinds of art goodies. Come on by and say "Hi"!

4.5" x 6" Acrylic on illustration board.

Leia

Leia, originally uploaded by manlyartjpc.

I'm really having a blast doing the Star Wars paintings. I'm definitely going to have to do some more, then go on to some other geek subjects for a little variety. DId I mention I'll have these with me at Staple! next weekend? :)

4.5" x 6" Acrylic on illustration board.

Death Star Run

Death Star Run, originally uploaded by manlyartjpc.

Here's another mini painting. I'll have them with me at Staple! next weekend in Austin. I'll keep posting them as I get them done.

4.5" x 6" Acrylic on illustration board

Tusken Raider

Tusken Raider, originally uploaded by manlyartjpc.

I'm going to start doing small paintings for a while. With the economy the way it is art may not be a priority purchase for most folks, so I'm doing small paintings that are less than a hundred dollars. Also, they're a lot of fun to paint. I'm hoping they'll catch on.

I'll have them with me at Staple! next weekend in Austin. I'll post more as I get them done.

4.5" x 6" Acrylic on illustration board.

*Update- Sold.

Comedian

Comedian, originally uploaded by manlyartjpc.

We are resurrecting the "Austin Sketch Squad blog. This weeks theme was The Watchmen. Here's my attempt at the Comedian. Hope you like it!

9"x12" Ink on bristol.

Art Show Reminder!

Bad Betty, originally uploaded by manlyartjpc.

Hey folks, just a quick reminder that my pin-up show is opening tonight at Artistic Jeanius! If you don't come, Betty is going to come to your house and teach you a lesson! Oh... wait... What I meant was, If you don't come, Betty is NOT going to come to your house and teach you a lesson!

Artistic Jeanius presents the pin-up art of Jason Chalker
Friday February 13th, from 6pm-10pm
1711 S. Halsted
Chicago, IL 60608

I hope to see you there!

She's Mighty Mighty

... lettin' it all hang out.

Here's the 5th pin-up for my show this Friday at Artistic Jeanius in Chicago.

15"x20" Acrylic on illustration board.