jon izen drawings

random filter sketch

2012-01-03T01:24:00.004-05:00

happy new year

2012-01-01T03:59:00.000-05:00

XO

2011-12-16T16:18:00.001-05:00

What does Conan have in his hair? Episode 12

2011-11-30T00:58:00.002-05:00

What does Conan have in his hair? Episode _11

2011-11-28T03:32:00.001-05:00

What does Conan have in his hair? Episode 10

2011-11-25T00:12:00.001-05:00

What does Conan have in his hair? Episode 9

2011-11-24T01:01:00.000-05:00

Episode 8 - What does Conan have in his hair?

2011-11-22T23:47:00.001-05:00

What does Conan have in his hair? Episode 7

2011-11-21T02:24:00.001-05:00

What does Conan have in his hair?

2011-11-18T23:01:00.003-05:00

Episode 5

The producer of the show indicated that we have to target a younger audience. We fired our old prop designer and hired an old industry vet. Hope it agrres with you :)

What's in Conan's Hair - Episode 4

2011-11-17T02:55:00.003-05:00

What's in Conan's Hair? Episode 3

2011-11-17T00:33:00.002-05:00

I have no clue how to post the full res youtube vid here without it getting clipped. You can watch it here :)

What's in Conan's Hair? Episode 2

2011-11-17T00:31:00.003-05:00

I have no clue how to post the full res youtube vid here without it getting clipped. You can watch it here :)

What's in Conan's Hair - Episode 1

2011-11-17T00:28:00.006-05:00

I have no clue how to post the full res youtube vid here without it getting clipped. You can watch it here :)

The Owl and the Pussy Cat

2011-08-02T00:17:00.003-04:00

Two Izen Tattoos on one arm. Sharon takes my work to a different level. It is pretty cool knowing they will be with her forever.

Changing life as we know and have known it...

2011-07-28T01:23:00.002-04:00

God Bless America... and Yam Roll

2011-07-19T00:44:00.010-04:00

Yes the rumours are true. The show I created with Jono Howard for March Entertainment has made it to a great digital broadcaster Hulu. Sorry to you Canadians - Hulu is not available in Canada.

To all my American friends - go check it out and see for yourself why we were replaced by the Antique Road Show (for real). Truth of the matter is that I love that show. It was nuts to make and usually gets a smile/laugh out of me every time I catch it on the tube. We had some great talent on the crew and I think it shows.

Lots of love folks.

would it be wrong to purchase this bag?

2011-06-16T00:10:00.002-04:00

52x11 comedy for 8.5 to 9.7 year old

2011-06-12T02:06:00.005-04:00

GONDOLA TO THE DOGS -This show is currently in development. Serious inquiries only.

If you find yourself more attracted to the birds in the background... go over to Sitka and you can order it on a t-shirt (i think they still have some). They accept serious inquiries and Visa.

remindng myself i am half perfect

2011-06-12T01:52:00.003-04:00

...has anyone used 'mirror' in sketchbook pro? Drawing half a drawing is so much more satisfying than drawing a whole drawing. It gives me time to eat cheese and crackers

reminding myself i can draw

2011-06-12T01:48:00.002-04:00

mean dog

2011-05-30T00:31:00.002-04:00

It's Flushy Feinstein

2010-12-23T11:30:00.001-05:00

And just in time for the holidays!

Suzy Shy

2010-12-20T11:31:00.002-05:00

Check out the show!

2010-10-17T02:02:00.003-04:00

Here is the poster and info for the group show I am participating in this week. If you know anyone in Ottawa please tell them to go check it out. I can promise there will be some great art on the walls! Kyle Marshall has put the whole thing together. His design style is outrageous. His art should be the same!

new work

2010-10-10T02:07:00.003-04:00

I just finished this for a group show that I am a part of. It should be great. All animation folks that I really respect. I'll try and post more details when they come though... Don't mind my reflection in the glass.

Portraits

2010-10-06T17:03:00.005-04:00

My animatic editor at work- He doesn't really have the bumps... but what the heck. It adds character

me...

Going away

2010-09-27T03:06:00.003-04:00

Our editor at work is leaving. I was compelled to spend the last few weeks creating a beautiful card for his departure...yes...this is it.

Bret Michaels hosts Miss America...drawn with a track pad.

2010-08-23T21:47:00.004-04:00

The band is playing "Hunk 'a Burning Love. I wish I was sleeping

Miss New York with a track pad

2010-08-23T21:09:00.004-04:00

This is the moment where she almost won a million dollars for bouncing a quarter into a jug.

Hostage taking in Manila drawn with track pad

2010-08-23T11:11:00.005-04:00

Done my work for now. Sitting in front of the TV at my relatives place. A rare occurance. A medium rare portait.

A tip of the hat!

2010-05-29T04:06:00.007-04:00

Hey folks. If you are in TO on June 5th and looking for a great way to spend an afternoon, you should check out the WWSF Shorts for Shorties screening. The folks that curate the festival are amazing. They put together a killer roster of fresh shorts every year. It's a real blast. I am honoured that they are screening a never before seen episode of Yam Roll!!!
So go check it out!! I'll be there for a Q and A afterwards, as well as hosting a workshop for kids afterwards (nothing better!!) If you show up - please come and say hi :)

2010-05-17T02:41:00.012-04:00

...zing

Sweet Cinema

2010-05-13T16:53:00.004-04:00

Isaac has Superised hands!!??

2009-10-19T05:06:00.005-04:00

I was throwing together some promo images for the show I am currently working on. I couldn't resist putting my little guy into the mix! I think the dood is gonna kick some butt:)

This is why I make cartoons. To have fun, and make my son smile!

IF - Frozen

2009-10-16T11:28:00.002-04:00

Drawing by me...photo by not me.

Sitka Profile

2009-10-15T04:10:00.003-04:00

Sitka Surfboard is a hot surfboard/clothing design company based out of Victoria, B.C. The nice folks over there have added me to their roster of listed artists that have created design for them. It's an honour as I am in great company. A couple other artists I am posted with are Andy Dixon and Ben Frey. I'll upload new designs as they get posted on the Sitka site

Check out the link to my profile here. Thanks Sitka!

A friday doodle

2009-10-02T10:12:00.001-04:00

A Love Story

2009-09-10T20:56:00.005-04:00

So here is the video I mentioned a few posts ago. It looks like it has had the poop compressed out of it for uploading, but you'll get the idea. We had a great time making it - kept it loose. Hope you like it!! (I am hoping a better version will be uploaded)

Izen pie charts

2009-08-20T12:42:00.003-04:00

Not so much a pie chart as a pie plate...but I think I am on to something. These beauties were made for me by the talented Laura McKibbon...solid gold!!

Some Izen math charts

2009-08-20T12:37:00.002-04:00

I am trying to figure out through objective personality analysis if apple pie has a square root...

DNTO

2009-07-24T23:08:00.004-04:00

I thought I would post up a still from a short I just completed with Josh Hart, for the CBC show DNTO. It was a ton of fun. They will be posting it on their youtube channel sometime in early fall. I'll link to it when it is up! It is a nasty loose design style and some hilarious animation (thanks Josho).

The finished product

2009-07-04T21:03:00.003-04:00

A few dropped colours and the bad boy is done! If you see this, haven't received it, and are in the Suds...feel free to stop by!!
(Is three years old too young to start him as a clean up artist? Working with my stuff, there isn't a lot to clean, so I wouldn't stress the little guy that much...)

The start of Isaac's birthday card

2009-06-30T15:25:00.004-04:00

GOTTA FINISH IT!!!!!!!!

WWSF

2009-06-20T00:51:00.002-04:00

Hey you..ya I know I never post anymore. I think my brain is a scrambled egg.
If you are in TO tomorrow (June 20th) Stop by the ROM and catch some Eps of Black and White in the Shorts for Shorties category...If you have little rascals, bring them to the 'how to make a cartoon' workshop I am giving after the screening.

The Remix

2009-04-13T12:16:00.003-04:00

The following are a couple comments from the latest episode of Black and White we posted on Mondo's youtube channel. Welcome to my life :)

"to torture my enemies I will lock them in a room and make them hear part 0:56 to 1:03 over and over repeatedly till they bleed from their eyes and ears"

"Jesus Christ"

THANK YOU THUNDER CHUNKY

2009-03-25T11:37:00.003-04:00

The great folks at ThunderChunky posted up a nice notice for my upcoming show at Magic Pony. Thanks a million! For those of you that don't know Thunder Chunky, go check it out and subscribe! They post up great design/art/articles.

Black and White on Frederator!!

2009-03-24T12:30:00.009-04:00

I am a happy boy. The folks over at Frederator interviewed me and are broadcasting an episode of Black and White (the shorts I make for March Entertainment). Here is a link to the site.

-------------FREDERATOR BLOG---------

Solo Show at Magic Pony

2009-03-21T01:11:00.004-04:00

Hello Torontonians!! If you are looking for something to do on Friday, April 17th, please come by the Magic Pony. I am really excited to announce I will be having a solo show there. It should be crazy fun! The venue is great, the folks are great, and the art work...will hopefully be great:)
Tell your friends, come have a drink, stop by and say hi!!!!

Gus R.I.P.

2009-03-02T20:50:00.004-05:00

The story behind these pics is - Gus passed away and his owner's Mom (who is a great lady) asked me to draw a picture for her, in his memory. Yup, she then had Gus tattooed on her wrist. I was floored when I saw it. The images aren't new, but I recently found them and figured I would post them up.

What the...

2009-02-02T20:54:00.006-05:00

It was hilarious seeing this today! Mondo Media has licensed Black and White. We're having some fun together, but it was hilarious to see this sucker on the front page today!? They will eventually be posting all 100 episodes on their channel, plus some bonus ones, so check back every once and a while! (If you have time, check the comments. there are some KILLERS!! :)

Princess Mimi and her little bud Grumpy Gus

2009-01-06T17:27:00.006-05:00

This promo was produced by/for March Entertainment. Jono Howard and I created the show. I designed and directed the short. It was animated by the incredibly talented Ivan Rusev and myself. Music is by my bud Andre Plante. Hope you like it!!!

(If you go to the actual youtube page and click "high quality" on the lower right corner...looks a bit better!) Thanks to Mr. G for letting know how to imbed the vids at hi res (after this post :)

I love fudge

2009-01-05T22:25:00.002-05:00

This short has been brewing inside of me for a long time. It expresses the purest of loves

Yammie Plush

2008-12-01T01:36:00.007-05:00

I recently had to take some pics of the Yam Roll plush dolls, and remembered how crazy cute they were. I give them a "holy smokees" on the scale of cute:)
I know I may have posted the Yam Roll doll before, but here are some of the others we had made up. (Ebi, Tamago, and Katcho are prototypes)
They feel like a loose sketch to me.I think they turned out really nicely!! Only Yammie made it into production. (Big thanks to Gen Welton-Tso and Sasha Zagorski for their help!!)

YAMMIE :)

The wise Katcho Miso

Tamago (sans glasses)

Crazy Ebi :)

smoking birds

2008-11-25T17:39:00.003-05:00

- some phone doodles

Some new work

2008-11-03T05:31:00.004-05:00

I am really honored to be in a group show at the Anno Domini Gallery. There are some artists in the show I really respect. Almost done the work which needs to be shipped of by mid month. If I get my butt in gear I'll post more.

Izen sign business - call me

2008-10-21T00:27:00.009-04:00

This is a note I placed on my door to let individuals know that I would be gone until tuesday. The birch bark collar was added for sophistication...let people know I am very very important.
I am going into the 'office door sign' business. Please let me know if you are going to be away from your office or doing something else that may require a sign. They are 23 dollars each plus shipping. I have a sign that says Gone till November. Does anyone have wyclef's address?

Zach G

2008-10-07T22:20:00.004-04:00

I found these portraits I did for Zach Galifianakis, and thought I would post em up. It was super fun doing really rotten drawings of him. If you have never seen him, you should try. He's a hilarious guy

-zach at the piano

-zach walkin on the map

-zach in the piano

-rotten zach

interesting lad smoking bubble pipe

2008-10-07T15:21:00.002-04:00

Almost like David and Steven have died and gone to heaven

2008-08-02T22:26:00.007-04:00

As ridiculous as it may seem ...looks like David and Steven are going to be gracing NYC with another appearance. I am crazy honoured to have Black and White being screened at Pictoplasma NYC. If you are in the city on the 5th and 6th of September, go check it out. The conference is going to be over the top!!!

2008-06-30T23:34:00.008-04:00

I was going to post the Tarzan drawings I have been sketching in my spare time, or the portait I did of Eddie Murphy taken from Preview magazine, but then figured I would offer this up. That's a lot a'nose!

2 birds smaller than usual

2008-06-15T23:49:00.007-04:00

back to basics

2008-04-28T01:01:00.001-04:00

New York follow-up

2008-03-25T00:14:00.002-04:00

I haven't been posting enough lately, but thought I would share the following. I'm a happy camper about this one. I won the Audience Award at NYICFF for the 8-14 year old category!!
Oh ya...and last week a Mack truck ran a red light, and t-boned my car. Oddly enough the car is gone but I am not!? This makes me even more of a happy camper!!!!

NEW YORK INT’L CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2008 AWARD WINNERS AT NYICFF AWARDS “BEST OF THE FEST”
CLOSING NIGHT GALA

Presented March 16, 2008 at the DGA Theater
2008 Awards Host: Adam Gopnik
2008 Jury: Susan Sarandon, Gus Van Sant, James Schamus, Matthew Modine, Evan Shapiro, Rob Minkoff, Adam Gopnik,
NYICFF 2008 Winners:
NYICFF Grand Prize - Knuffle Bunny, Maciek Albrecht/Mo Willems, USA
NYICFF Jury Award – Paradise, Jesse Rosensweet, Canada
Audience Awards
Ages 3-6 – Knuffle Bunny, Maciek Albrecht/Mo Willems, USA
Ages 5-10 – Crank Balls, Devin Bell, USA & Zhiharka, Oleg Uzinov, Russia
Ages 8-14 – Black & White, Jon Izen, Canada
Ages 12-18 – Wolf Daddy, Chang Hyung-Yun, South Korea
Parents’ Choice – Knuffle Bunny, Maciek Albrecht/Mo Willems, USA

New York International Children's Film Festival

2008-02-24T22:42:00.008-05:00

I am REALLY excited that the New York International Children's Film Festival , has asked to screen my micro mini series Black and White!! On top of that they will be using the characters for their animated intro to the festival screenings, as well, for broadcast ads airing on Time Warner channels. FUN STUFF! I did 4 ads, and will post them up here, or a link to them when I get a sec. The Festival is next weekend. Go check out www.gkids for schedule info. Do yourself a favour and buy tickets to see a huge roster of great films.
For all you Black and White lovers and haters...we are going to start posting new shorts within a week or two. I am in the process of recording and creating another 75... The only thing CRAZY about that is what it is doing to my voice box.

First collaboration with my son Isaac - Dog talking to a Giraffe

2007-12-29T00:08:00.000-05:00

People have always said I kind of draw like a two year old. FINALLY I can prove the wrong!!! I draw like a 17 month old :)
In all honesty I think this is some of the sweetest work I have seen in a long time. I'm currently looking for a venue to house our first show :)

Illustration Friday - Little Things

2007-12-11T00:15:00.001-05:00

Illustration Friday - Zoo

2007-11-26T21:18:00.000-05:00

This is just behind the Zoo...in the parking lot.

Illustration Friday - Superstition

2007-11-18T23:03:00.000-05:00

I almost used the word superstition...

IF - Trick or Treat

2007-10-27T21:29:00.001-04:00

Pieces

2007-10-26T01:41:00.000-04:00

I was invted to participate in the creation of a comic book that is being put together like an "equisite corpse"...anijam style. Artists/illustrators/comic book folks work from the last panel completed...pushing and pulling the story and style in any way they choose. Fun stuff, and there is some killer art work already done in the first 23 pages of the book. here is my panel...you can check out the story so far at the following link
http://www.piecesbooks.com/index_eng.html

making some time for my art

2007-10-21T20:40:00.000-04:00

The lighting ain't great, but here is a pic of the latest big piece I have done. It's titled "This is how it feels" The canvas is about 7x4. I'm hoping it finds a good home!

illustration Friday - Grow

2007-10-19T16:43:00.000-04:00

Illustration Friday - Extreme

2007-10-18T23:15:00.000-04:00

Extremely long neck...
This is my first kick at the cat for "IF". I hope to slowly have time to do some fun sumbissions.

I drew a purse...

2007-10-09T17:07:00.000-04:00

one potato, two potato

2007-09-29T07:51:00.001-04:00

This show idea is Atkins friendly, unless you eat yout TV...

Back to the future me

2007-09-05T00:17:00.000-04:00

I am risking being ripped off by posting this..but it is almost too good not to share. Here is a board panel from a new show i am developping with a good friend.

baby bird

2007-09-05T00:13:00.000-04:00

We took Isaac to a petting zoo on the weekend. He fed a goat clover. It was the best! Here is a baby bird.

great guys, great project

2007-08-04T23:02:00.000-04:00

Daniel Arendt and Christian Lindemann (they are working and living in Hannover/Germany) invited Graphicdesigners, Illustrators and Streetartists from all around the world to draw, doodle or paint a bird character. I was lucky enough to be one of them.

With these birds Daniel and Christian designed a DIN A1 poster which is available fom the 3rd of August 2007 in the websiteshop. A big part of the profit from the postersale will be going to UNICEF for their work against children labour in india. The poster is showing a selection of the submitted bird artworks and is killer gorgeous. All 200 birds can be seen in the websitegallery.
check their site!!

Go figure!!

2007-07-22T02:14:00.001-04:00

I'm pretty hyped. After a hilarious screening /Q and A/ kids workshops at the Sprockets (Toronto Children's Film Festival), my micro mini shorts have been requested to be screened at the Mill Valley Film Festival, as well as a screener has been requested for the New York International Children's film Festival. I have my fingers crossed that we get in there...it would be a ton of fun watching them in the big apple. It was so ridiculous watching them with a couple hundred kids and parents...it would be great watching it with an even bigger crew of crazy kids :)
(I'll post links as soon as I get to a PC....uhhhh... I am MAC illiterate, and dunno how to activate links right now)

Mr Bunny

2007-07-22T02:05:00.000-04:00

Here is a sneak peek at a scene from the new promo I am working on for March. Should be killer cute when it's done. Stay tuned and I'll post some more soon

A lucky bird

2007-06-15T00:16:00.000-04:00

The Ratty Beaver

2007-06-15T00:05:00.000-04:00

Just found this one floating in my computer. It's the beaver that was handing out Get Out of Jail Free pamphlets at my last art show in Vancouver. I think he might have been asking this yound man for ID. If I recall correctly that show attracted mostly a 4 year old crowd. Not big buyers, but man did they eat a lot of pretzels!

stamp collectors

2007-05-30T02:28:00.001-04:00

I just finished these for a group show in Portland at the Grass Hut Corp curated by none other than Scrappers Morrison. The drawings are about 5 inches wide. Pretty small drawings. I'm looking forward to see the other artists work!...I'll try and post more details when I get 'em.

the front of my new business card

2007-05-09T20:56:00.000-04:00

I needed something that said "this guy means business"

some sort of recent-ish work

2007-05-06T20:51:00.000-04:00

I haven't been able to do as much art work as I would have liked to lately, but here are a few of the latest pieces I have done.

One of the best drawings I have done lately

2007-05-02T23:13:00.000-04:00

I sent this to the animation director at my studio. In case you cannot tell from my master penmanship, there is a brick tied to my shoe, and I am kicking James in the nards. Cool

Yammie at the Platform Animation Festival

2007-05-02T23:10:00.000-04:00

Hey folks. I'm super hyped that Yam Roll has been chosen to screen at the Platform Animation Festival

www.platformfestival.com

They are screening a 3 minute short titled Win Place or Toe. There is some funny stuff in there. Here is a link to the short

Win Place or Toe!!

I'm also going to be on a panel about blogging with some great folks. It should be pretty fun! If you are in or around Portland, come check it out at the end of june!

new t-shirts!

2007-04-30T17:44:00.000-04:00

These are some new t's I printed with my buddy skanes. As you can see from the pic...I am stoked about getting them done. I'll keep posting up new samples. I am going to do about 4 more designs, then see if I can slowly get them into shops. I printed a CRAZY CUTE onsie for Isaac with this design...I'll post a pic later
If you want to have Izen on your chest...gimme a shout

needed something for over the sofa

2007-04-26T20:32:00.000-04:00

I found this frame at Value Village. I was originally going to use the print that was in it, as part of the art. I tried to clean it up a bit and accidentally rubbed the print right off...sooooooo I painted the bg also. It's about 6 feet long and now sits above the sofa. I think it finally makes our living room feel normal.

I'm into the world of babies!

2007-04-25T21:53:00.000-04:00

Thought I would post up a few of the birth announcements I have done (yup...one is my isaac's) I get a big kick out of doing these. Hope you like them. (Note how handsome I am)

Starting this bad boy up

2007-04-24T23:50:00.000-04:00

Hey folks

The past couple years have been nuts. That means I got super lazy and never updated my site. I am hoping that this blog makes it a bit easier to dump up the occasional drawing/info/fun stuff that I am up to. Keep checking back and I promise I'll try and keep posting!!

If you want to make sure you get a daily dose of izen (a scary thought), be sure to sign up for my drawing of the day at www.ilaugh.com/dailyscrawls

a drawing for an Art for Aids Orphans in Africa fund raiser

2007-04-24T20:12:00.000-04:00

check their site