Drink and Draw!

I sketched this after a recent Best Chest contest at Woody's (Toronto). It's from memory, of course, and represents the final three contestants. I actually mostly wanted to draw the tattooed guy on the right. He didn't win, but I loved his entire look. I believe the winner was the guy on the left. He was much cuter in person (it's possible I was still a little drunk-ish when I sketched this ;)

j.

Finally! An update!

When I started my blog I always vowed never to apologize for sporadic posting. But...it's been an awfully long time since I updated. Sorry.
I've got a Tumblr going over at Tumblr and that's been my main source of manly Beefcakery. Sometimes I sketch the guys I re-Tumblr and then post them over there when I should be posting here. So, here I am back at Blogger. I've got a backlog so I'll do my best to keep this updated. But also check out Tumblr if you want to see drawings and the guys that inspire me to draw (and...other stuff).

hugs,
j.

Back to Front!

Whew! I love drawing comics but I'm telling you...it can be tiring. Not tiring like rescuing people from a burning building or construction work (mmm...firemen and construction workers). It's not like a noble pursuit working for the greater good. It's just, for me anyway, a lot of late nights and trying not to repeat myself on page layout, panel composition and figure posing.
And nothing points out an artist's inability to draw a good likeness better than drawing a roomful of 1930s Hollywood stars and not even being able to get a recognizable Katherine Hepburn. Oof!

In between figuring out what makes Jimmy Stewart look like Jimmy Stewart I sketch muscled men to boost my morale :)

j.

Scruff Sketches!

Two more beefy guys from my folder of "Inspiration". More like a separate hard drive at this point. I figure I'd better get to drawing those guys or else why did  I save their images? There is always something to be learned from a pair of perfect pecs.

j.

Hide and Secord!

Just a quick and dirty post to welcome in the NEW YEAR! Happy New Year everyone! I've been up to my rocket-pack in Rocketeer for the past few months. I love getting to draw Cliff and Betty again (this time I think I'm doing a much better job on both). Here's a little sneak peek at Cliff.

The announcement at Comics Alliance can still be seen here.

j.

Strip Tease!

What? A Friday update? I scanned this yesterday (Thursday) and then got busy drawing stuff (The Rocketeer) and forgot to post this drawing. I really like how this turned out...it's part of a larger image but the rest just didn't look good enough to share. Soon, though.

Okay...back to the Rocketeer!

j.

A little Scruff Scribbling

I wonder if I should be writing to the guys I've drawn. At the very least I should tell them they are attractive. I like that the one guy is wearing glasses in his muscle shot!

j.

Man Drawing!

These two gorgeous fellas (as gorgeous as a hairy chest minus head can be) provided wonderful relief from a day of inking. Sometimes I get so wrapped up inking comic book pages that I start working mechanically. Taking a break to draw in pencil, loosely and without concern for finishing a drawing helps me to see my penciled pages in a different light and ink with greater freedom.

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Scruff Sketch!

My schedule! Oh, my schedule! Lately I've been quite busy and any drawing time is spent on work. But a guy needs breaks from drawing superheroes and the Mayor of Toronto (I'll talk about that stuff when I can). So I've been sketching guys on popular "dating" apps in between pages. Just loose sketches, mind you. No time yet to finish any of the drawings. But it's good brain-freeing, arm-loosening exercise and it gives me something to share with all of my patient blog viewers :)

best,
j.

Bait and Tackle!

Out shopping the other day I saw these two guys trying on hip-waders (thigh to waist high boots for standing in rivers when fishing, for those not in the know :) Both were scruffy, trim bodied country boys just naturally sexy. I took a mental picture and present the drawing here for you. A drawing is a poor substitute for reality - but then a drawing will never look at ya funny for staring.

Stare away.

j.

Anti-Bullying Campaign!

This weekend in Toronto I'll be participating in an art show open house. The event is called POWERHAUS and takes place at Glad Day Bookshop. The show runs from this Sunday 23rd of September to October 23rd. Click on Powerhaus to see the Facebook event listing.

I was fortunate in that I wasn't bullied as a kid. Not that I was out gay back in high school, but I wasn't even bullied for being a nerd, wearing glasses, or having braces. However...I did have fantasies like the ones I drew here...and that last panel almost, sort of happened. Actually the guy asked me to draw a naked lady for him. And I did. :)

Also, I noticed that I drew two crowd scenes of people exclaiming how awesome I...I mean, My Superhero counterparts, am/are. I draw my own applauding audience. What does that say about my need for approval? Let's not psychoanalyze, shall we.

If you're in Toronto come by the show. Several local artists are taking part and from what I've seen there's some amazing art going up. The show runs for a month so even if you miss the opening night you can still see the art and visit Toronto's famous Glad Day Bookshop.

j.

Rim'ah, Jungle King!

 With apologies to Musclsvg for missing his birthday, here's a R'IMA mock cover. I flipped back through my blog to provide links for past R'ima drawings and only now realized that I named him "Rim'ah". But I've already scanned the pencil art with shorter spelling...so let's just call that temporary amnesia (or laziness). He'll be "Rim'ah" when I get a chance to finish this "cover".

I figured I'd share the rough drawing with you as well because that's always fun. As I was drawing this I wished I had a model handy to take on Rim'ah's pose for me. Not for dirty/sexy reasons but because that's a hard pose to draw.
Okay...maybe for a couple of dirty/sexy little reasons...but I swear it's all in the name of art.

So Happy Belated, Musclsvg!

j.

Hero's Day Off!

As requested in the comments (by Javier, if you must know :) a drawing of a superhero on his day off. I started this drawing a while ago with plans to do it as a print or something for a convention. You can see in the rough drawing above that there will eventually be a second figure...just two dudes hangin' out in the Superhero HQ lounge (probably watching Kate and Leopold or some other romantic comedy).

Excelsior!
j.

Small Town Super Boy!

A commission for a fan who requested Conner Kent in a pose similar to my fab cover drawing from 2009. Any time I've drawn the Kent farm I always like to include the windmill-thingy from the '78 SUPERMAN movie. Still one of the best superhero movies ever made.

j.

Backstreet Dads!

This drawing is based on a Boylesque T.O. routine called "Backstreet Dads". The guys start out dressed as business suited fathers pushing their kids in strollers. The music kicks in, the Dads can't keep still and before you know it they're dancing in their underwear.

j.

Summer Lovin'!

For me this has been the Summer of the Hipster. A lot of my weekends have been spent hanging out in the Queen West area of Toronto - known hang out for all the city's hipsteriest hipsters! At the pool they show off their tattooed, narrow-waisted hotness in square cut stylish trunks. And on the patios and in the parks it's all about trendy 50s style sunglasses, slim shorts and the hipster haircut (short on the sides and back, longish and slicked back on top). Also beards. I love scruff and the hipster look is very clean-cut scruff (an oxymoron? Probably. But hot is hot, oxymoronic or not).

Happy Summer!
j.

The Men of Burlesque!

 As I was cleaning up my desk the other day I came across this batch of drawings from the Percy Katt session of Dr. Sketchy's. I love Percy's spaceman outfit (resembling as it does my own Jett Vector design). Percy has an absolutely amazing body, all long and lean with perfect chest and shoulders. I based these drawings on my rough sketches and tried to cartoon the heck out of his proportions and play with the straights and curves.

This last set of portraits was my attempt at capturing another Jett - Jett Adore, the no-pancer romancer from Chicago. I saw Jett perform again at this past summer's Burlesque festival and will be posting more drawings of him very soon. Incidentally, I don't know that I captured a good likeness, but I like the character in these so here they are :)

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Summer Sketching

As much as I hate to admit to it -- I've been sorely neglecting my blog. This summer I have just not been drawing as many Bonesmen. It's a sad state of affairs, really. I've seen a lot of hot guys this summer, and recently sat down with the purpose of putting as many of them to paper as I possibly could. As a result there will be new updates on a semi-regular basis (Mondays and Thursdays) as I attempt to warm my way back into your hearts.

j.bone

Invasion of Roger Rodgers or Rhymes With Venus!

For his birthday, Javier, wished upon a star. Ever happy to play the part of Blue Fairy I worked up a new Roger Rodgers drawing. It's actually a redrawing of an old drawing based on a Planet Stories cover from long, long ago (1942, to be precise). The original image is by Alexander Leydenfrost .
Hope you have a very Happy Birthday day, Javier!

best,
J.Bone

Life Drawing Digitally.

Cleaning my apartment the other day I found a stack of old life drawings. I snapped photos of the sketches before getting rid of them and decided I'd use them as the basis for warm-up drawings. Digital warm-up drawings! I've been messing around in Photoshop with my Wacom, mostly producing sketchy stuff not worth sharing. But I liked how this one turned out, just playing with lit sides and very little detail.
Kinda reminds me of black velvet artwork :)

j.