Eraserhead

Eraserhead by David Lynch
One of my favorite films of all time directed by one of my favorite directors.

-Jeaux

CNN, Ralph Bakshi, and Jeaux Janovsky!!!

http://geekout.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/21/bakshi-on-todays-cartoons-comics/

Recently, I was interviewed on CNN about my hero Ralph Bakshi, the legend and the man!

Read it, comment, like it, Reblog it, pass it on!

DIY or DIE,
Jeaux

Original Cartoon Heroes: "Tex Avery" Behind the Art

Doing research on Tex Avery for Original Cartoon Heroes, and I cannot for the life of me find any good photos of him online. Too small, or he's looking away from the camera. I even tried my local library branch, but the 2 books I needed are in Reference and not available for check out. Bummed!
Luckily, Fred is ordering me the books off of Amazon! Thanks Fred! :)
In the meantime, here are a few studies of Tex I did.
-Jeaux

Original Cartoon Heroes: "Betty Boop" Behind the Art

Betty Boop art originally posted April 7th, 2008 for Channel Frederator.

Got Betty Boop on my mind tonite as I'm working on Original Cartoon Heroes.

She was a cutie patoot!

my version just makes her look all drugged out, but at least she's a cutie drugged out patoot!

-Jeaux

Original Cartoon Heroes: "Bakshi Studies" Behind the Art

For those of you not in the know, I've been working on a dream freelance project w/ Fred Seibert of Frederator on a postcard tribute series, named Original Cartoon Heroes.
Fred & I came up with a list of Animation Legends, and I'm very proud to pay tribute & give homage to these Greats in my style.
Above you will see my studies for Ralph Bakshi. The only one of the list who is still with us, still painting, still drawing, still stirring the Animation stew (and adding a lot of pepper and hot sauce while he's at it!)
Ralph Bakshi is a hero of mine, and I am pleased to say that he's using an early incarnation of my Original Cartoon Heroes tributes as his personal Facebook Avatar still! For that, I am honored beyond belief!
I can't wait to share the new version I've done w/ him!

Thank you Ralph.

Thank you Fred.

Thanks to Cartoons.

-Jeaux Janovsky, a true Original

Original Cartoon Heroes Sneak Peek

an Original Cartoon Heroes Sneak Peek by Jeaux Janovsky

“It’s all about the pie eyes.”- Jeaux

(Working on a “dream project” right now!)

-Jeaux

I made Conan O'Brien's & Team Coco's online gallery!!!

http://teamcoco.com/moca/gallery/illustration/13337/america-y-all-need-to-watch
Holy Crap guys! Go like my Conan fan art!!!!

I randomly submitted some Conan O’Brien fan art a few days ago and they chose it for their online gallery! You should go “LIKE” it, if you got a couple of seconds to kill!

Thanks! I’d totally appreciate it!

tiredly excited!

<3 :)

-Jeaux


UPDATE: HOLY SHIZ, I JUST MADE THE TUMBLR RADAR!!! AND MY CAPS LOCK IS ON! SORRY! THANKS NEW TUMBLRTOON PAL FOLLOWERS & TUMBLR RADAR GUARDIANS! :)

Updated Update: unreal. If you'll excuse me, I'll kindly go and pick up my jaw from the floor now. Many thanks Team Coco!!!

Updated Thrice Update: Thank you friends, strangers, and fellow Conan/Team Coco enthusiasts! W/out you all working together, it wouldn't have gotten my Conan Tribute into the freaking TOP 50 at #11!!!! Friends, I implore you to help me get into the coveted 10 spot. Please pass this along to your pals, your parents, your grandma, your cousins, your pets, the weird neighbor across the street and help me get more "Like" votes! Together we can sweep this and make it a Jeaux Janovsky 10 spot victory!!! (end of Braveheart rant.) In all seriousness, WOW! Thank you so much everyone! I can't even describe to you how proud I feel right now.
Quadruple Update: My Conan piece got picked up by the ultra-cool LA WEEKLY Tumblr (thanks Liz), Mtv Geek, & Laughing Squid! :D Thanks!!!

Behind the Art: Ub Iwerks, An Original Cartoon Hero!

Ub Iwerks art originally posted March 17th, 2008 for Channel Frederator

More "behind the art" of my postcard tribute series, Original Cartoon Heroes for Frederator Studios.

-Jeaux

Original Cartoon Heroes

Chuck Jones art originally posted March 24th, 2008 for Channel Frederator.

I've recently been commissioned by Fred Seibert to create a series of postcard tribute art of Original Cartoon Heroes, based off a few Refrederator illustrations I did a few years ago while working w/ Fred on Channel Frederator in NY.

I've been having a blast creating the recent pieces and it's been rekindling my love affair w/ cartoons again.

This will be my "Love Letter" to Cartoons.

Thanks Fred!

Keep your eyeballs glued here, as I'll be posting other Original Cartoon Heroes images, sketches, and behind the art goodies.

http://lunchbreak.frederator.com/

-Jeaux

We miss you Jim

Jim Henson died 21 years ago today.
We miss you Jim.
-Jeaux Janovsky

Laundry Time!

I was doin’ my laundry, and well, I just had to draw it.

It made me laugh.

-Jeaux Janovsky

(w/ apologies to the hardcore Adventure Time fans out there.)

Joe Murray's Kaboing TV Boings tha Internetz!

Joe Murray, creator of the cartoon hits Rocko's Modern Life & Camp Lazlo, has set his sights on the Internet w/ his online ALL Cartoon & Animation channel: Kaboing TV!

His first efforts there are the hilarious adventures of Frog In a Suit!

Check it out below, or go see it over at Kaboing!

Way to go Joe & major congrats!

If you're lookin' for a cartoona-web series about semi gross fish called FISH POOP Show to be on Kaboing sometime... lemme know! ;)

Suzanne Kasch over at Kaboing's Facebook page recently highlighted Fish Poop Show there!

Thanks Suzanne & Joe!

Keep on Boingin',
Jeaux Janovsky

You can also read this FIAS post o'er at these fine online locations:
Frederator Blogs
The Autumn Society

Something You Miss! Day #22 30 Day Drawing Challenge!

DAY 22 Something You Miss!

This 30 day drawing entry is supposed to be about something I miss.

I was thinking about how much I miss waking up on Saturday Mornings to watch cartoons when I was just a wee Jeaux. Fish Hooks reminds me of those good cartoons we had back in my day.

I'm currently taking a storyboard test for Fish Hooks and I guess in a way, the something I also miss is having a job.

So wish me luck friends! ;)

Into the frying pan,
-Jeaux Janovsky

To see more of my 30 Day Drawing Challenge entries, CLICK HERE!
Or Here: http://allofmyheroes.blogspot.com/search/label/30%20day%20drawing%20challenge

Social Networking & You... I mean... ME!

I'm a firm believer in the powers of "Social Networking".

There has never been a greater time to get in touch w/ anyone, anywhere in the whole wide world (web). People you admire and look up to are just (seemingly) a click and an email away. I never thought much of it... until today.

For posterity, it's October 31st, 2010.

Come to think of it, the early days of blogging (circa 2004-2005) led me & got me one of the best jobs I ever had(Frederator/NextNewNetworks), connected me w/ some pretty amazing artists and friends (seriously, check out my links!)(wanna be one of them? write me and let me know!), won me a computer, published in comix anthologies & magazines, featured on a comics legend's site, a few art shows, and even got me in touch with some of the current things I am doing now (i.e. freelancing, animation tests, pitching to major companies, etc.)! To name a few.

Okay Internet, you win. Hands down. I think you are pretty cool.

Today the internet got me on the radar of one of my all time heroes, the great Ralph Bakshi. Little did I know, that sending out something as simple as a birthday wish would get little ol' me noticed by Ralph F*ckin' Bakshi!!!

The kind folks who run his site, RalphBakshi dot com, are also in charge of his personal Facebook page. I received these notices this morning, and my eyes almost popped out my skull! Much like in one of Ralph's toons!

Check it:





Dudes (and dudettes), Ralph Bakshi is using MY Bakshi Tribute image as his Profile pic Avatar on Facebook.

Yea, I know.

Awesome, right?

Do you realize what this (temporarily) means?!?! It means I'm associated w/ him! Ralph and his folks like my piece so much that they wanted to use it to represent him (briefly) on Fricking Facebook! Holy F*cking Cow, man!

This is dorky, but to me, this is even bigger than the time my art was featured on Gene Simmons' personal site! Yes, Bakshi is bigger than KISS. I said it!

I have been a BIG Bakshi fan ever since I was a little boy whose mom rented him Fritz the Cat, by accident mind you (she wasn't THAT cool), and seeing that at a young age (5 maybe?) warped my brain! And I sincerely mean that, in the best of ways. So you can imagine... I was freaking out today.

Wow. What a great treat to receive on Halloween!

Thank you Ralph, Victoria, Brother Rabbit & the rest of the crew at RalphBakshi dot com!

Really.

Thank you from the bottom of my cartoon loving heart.

-Jeaux Janovsky

Happy Birthday Ralph!

Happy Birthday Ralph!

Whenever I am down about animation, or about my own animation, I always listen to this man's kernels of wisdom in this Youtube clip.

Here's to many more years Ralph! Thank you for your films!

You are truly a Cartoon Hero!

-Jeaux Janovsky

UPDATE:
My drawing of Ralph got posted on Cartoon Brew by Amid Amidi!

Click HERE to check it out.

Many Thanks Amid!

Pretty cool, eh?

Wait up, IT gets COOLER!

Check it out! Bakshi's daughter Victoria, who also runs Bakshi's site, sent me a pretty sweet email!!!

Hi Jeaux - Bakshi thanks you for your kind words and Happy Birthday message. Keep it Alive!!
Best -
Victoria

Needless to say, I am beyond excited!

Thanks Victoria, Amid, and especially Ralph.

I'll drink a beer in your honor today Ralph. I'm already spending my lunch break eating BBQ (courtesy Cosmic Toast- Thanks guys!) & watching Cool World, so a beer would top it off nicely.
;)


*New New Update: Ralph is using my piece as his Facebook Profile Avatar!!! Really. Read about it HERE.

New November Comics: Fanboy Fan Art Part 2!

Click to Em-biggify!
Here's the 14th installment: Fanboy Fan Art Part 2 for my New November Comics, Comics Every Day In NEWvember!

Chum Chum dresses like a true bonafide superhero sidekick, so technically this is also kinda... comic related.

I couldn’t do some Fanboy fan art w/out doin’ the Chumster too… cuz a dynamic duo such as these two should never be apart!

If you wanna see more of my fan art tributes, check out my ghost town Deviant Art page!

My take on Chum Chum was created entirely in Photoshop... BUT I've found my previously lost drawing pens and pencils and paper so expect some NEWER hand-drawn comics coming your way this month.

YAY for found Pens and Pencils (and a clean room)!
-Jeaux Janovsky

New November Comics: Fanboy Fan Art!

Click to Em-biggify!
Here's the 11th installment: Fanboy Fan Art for my New November Comics, New Comics Every Day In November!

Fanboy dresses like a superhero, so technically... it's kinda... comic related? Also, I've lost my drawing pens and pencils and paper in my whirlwind mess of a room... still looking.

Mysteries abound!
-Jeaux Janovsky