J.H. Schmitz Art

ODD JOBS w FRANK- prt 2

noreply@blogger.com (J.H Schmitz) — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 02:30:00 +0000

Well it looks like Frank & Co. are hard at it again. Pulling together to get by in these uncertain economic times. No job is seemingly too mad or too shady to not be considered, and or ... executed - by Frank - er ... ha !!!
Some of the gigs get a little ' hairy ' but hey, it's nothing compared to some lines of employ out there. And besides, being tight sucks. I mean for the love of Cthulhu, living from tentacle to mouth is crazy ! ! !

Link for Part 1-

Odd-jobs-with-frank-1

' Just Inking Around - !!! '

noreply@blogger.com (J.H Schmitz) — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 04:12:00 +0000

It's quite simple -
Take this Long Bad-Ass Winter + days of near martian cold + the sun being swallowed by a giant sky snake, add them up and what do you get . . . ?

Ink-sanity :

Canadian Confined Mammal Mind Syndrome ( CCMMS ).

Also known as [ Cabin Fever ] Characterized by :

talking walls - psychic radios - Elves - deep mind frequencies - alternate planes of consciousness - perceptual changes - time travel - robots - undersea kingdoms - dream guides - cat creatures - pissed off amphibianoids - creature pursuit and / or engagement - shadow beings - movement in the peripheral - pineal frequency observations -

Wow . . . .

Winter really is a magical season -

Oh yeah, and some 'new stuff ' - yeah . . .

Space Mad !!!

noreply@blogger.com (J.H Schmitz) — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 02:12:00 +0000

Not so long ago -

In a town not that far away -

SPACE MAD -

Shirt II - A New Birthday

The hope for T - Shirts is kept alive by a semi-employed Artist

who loves inking and coloring. In a daring plan to produce original gifts for his Son - he hustled this design together, and fueled by caffeine and a certain degree of eccentricity - it came into focus just in time ( Whew !!! ) - for his young Masters Birthday !!!

Happy 9th Big Guy.

B - Man with his new shirt - YEAH !!!

ODD JOBS with Frank Morrison

noreply@blogger.com (J.H Schmitz) — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 03:05:00 +0000

HOWDY CAMPERS - long time new post !!!!

So - lets kick things off on a groovy note with a little check in on our good friend Mr. Frank Morrison. Its been awhile and I thought you might be curious as to - " what has old Frankie been up to ? " Well lets take a little peek into Mr. Morrisons world. What he does to make frayed ends meet.

When he's not detecting, being detected - and / or - snooping about he still needs to make some cash. Just like all of us. So he figured his days of ' Mall Jobs ' were behind him. No body is going to want to buy Garden Hoses or light bulbs from him, a meal, or let him cut their hair. No way.

( Well . . . you could give a hair cut with a .45 - ) ah, forget it !!!

So Frank got the idea he'd just take on some good old fashioned under the table kind of work. OFF the books is ON with him. So without further ado - here's Frank in -

Odd Jobs.

Pg - 1.

Pg - 2.


Pg - 3.

Year End Round Up 2013

noreply@blogger.com (J.H Schmitz) — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 03:48:00 +0000

O.K. my friends - this is it - the closing of another calendar year.
We have voyaged across the chasms of sky yet again, and return to give thanks. So in honor of this occasion I thought I'd post up what I've been busy with for the last bit. Mixed media for mixed Monsters. And experiments in the lab. I know we just passed through X-mas, but personally - I'm still on Halloween time I guess.
I wish everyone the best for the coming year. Happiness, clarity of mind, and sound purpose of heart. What ever it is you do and where ever you find yourself doing it, happy travels and truly all the best to You and Yours for 2014 -

Happy New Year everyone !!!

Prosperity, wisdom, good fortune and laughter - James

Covers Covers Covers

noreply@blogger.com (J.H Schmitz) — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 00:19:00 +0000

Hey - I LOVE COVERS.
Hardy boys. Tin Tin. Eerie and Creepy magazine. Comic books (all kinds). Famous Monsters of Film land. National Geographic. Manga. Hunting magazines. Crime novels. Pornography. Farmers almanacs. Weird science fiction and romance covers. Anything from the 50's, 60's & 70's. You name it.
I just love covers.
So I did these as fun little projects. No real plan - I was doing the digital paintings already and I thought it would be fun to incorporate them into some faux covers. Playing with fonts and type is excellent good times - so this was a party for me. I 'made up' the names of authors and critics, as well the titles. So any likeness to any living thing / being / dog / cat etc - etc, is PURELY weird and should be laughed off. I hope you get some chucks from these.

Enjoy
- Jim

Water Colors 2

noreply@blogger.com (J.H Schmitz) — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 04:25:00 +0000

Here is the 2nd posting of water colors that I have done for the (working) outdoor season of 2013. I painted through the summer and into the fall - weather depending. It was excellent. Lots of light & wind.
I'm very happy I took the time to do these paintings. In that some of the places - ( just a couple / few ) no longer exist - or have been changed irreparably due to development and construction.
I have included most of the works that I have done for the season. I feel this is a thorough and honest covering of my attempts to manifest my mission statement - " how light and color work to define form. "

Hope you enjoy - J

* Here's a link to the first post :
Water Colors 1

HAPPY HALLOWEEN - 2013

noreply@blogger.com (J.H Schmitz) — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 17:09:00 +0000

Sanguine celebrations my cannibalistic kids happy horror hipsters and gloomy shifters of shape. As the most excellent of eves approaches my pulse rises, like a dirty red moon in excitement of the glorious procession of pagan pageantry known as . . . . . . . . . . . . ALL HALLOWS EVE.
So to mark this fabulous night of foreboding - I offer to you these small tokens of my affections, sticky as they may be !!!
Cackle your cracking calls wide, divine Children of the Night, most deplorable of creations damnation's - roll your ravenous raving out across the red carpet of the world. Run fast through silent shadows - lithe, swift and true. Stand in beatific blackness and raise your feral faces towards the ancient stars - calling from the belly of night, and give thanks . . . . .

- Safe & Merry Mongering to one and all -

Your Other Worldly Friend - Uncle Jim

New Mix

noreply@blogger.com (J.H Schmitz) — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 05:14:00 +0000

Crunch. Crunch. Crunch.

The sounds of autumnal activities -

snacks & hikes.

Frank Morrison : The Body Snatchers

noreply@blogger.com (J.H Schmitz) — Sat, 21 Sep 2013 02:11:00 +0000

O.K. . . .
Think a dirty city. A restless man. A dark past. Think clandestine minds bent on unwholesome things. Conspiracies. Corruption. Think secrets and empty wet streets.

Think . . .

. . . . . FRANK MORRISON

I am proud to present the first 6 pages of a comic I've been working on lately - for awhile - ha ha !!! My friend John Williams cooked up the idea and wrote the script. He passed it to me, and I did all the picture makin' n stuff. It was cool. Who knows what Frank could find - or - what could find him ???

- ROBOT TROUBLE -

noreply@blogger.com (J.H Schmitz) — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 01:00:00 +0000

Here's some new things. A mix of old school and new school technologies.
Some gouache, some water colour, some ink, and some pixels.

Small Book Work

noreply@blogger.com (J.H Schmitz) — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 17:58:00 +0000

Here's some more stuff from the small book ( 5 x 7" ) that I've been keeping. Some different brush's and dip nib action. Water soluble pencils and some new water color paints.

I guess it's not hard to notice my attraction to the GIANT Insect idea ( Mars Attacks, Lexx, Starship Troopers, etc ... ) rampaging around causing havoc. Awesome !!!

O.K. - so here's this little free form story / experiment thing I was playing with. I like doing these things because you never know where they are going to lead you to. But yes, I know - scripts are maps, and maps ( can ) help you get to places.

But - crazy, no headlights, doors ripped off, screaming through the corn driving is soooo much fun too !!!

pg 1

pg 2

pg 3

pg 4

SLEEP

noreply@blogger.com (J.H Schmitz) — Sat, 29 Jun 2013 05:26:00 +0000

More shots from the hip.

Stream of consciousness.

Textured confessions.

pg - 1

pg - 2

pg - 3

pg - 4

pg - 5

Water Colors

noreply@blogger.com (J.H Schmitz) — Mon, 20 May 2013 03:01:00 +0000

Here are some water color field studies I have been working on lately. My plan is to keep on with these until the snow flies again. The objective I am exploring is -
- How light and color, work to define form.
I started this run at the beginning of April, that delicious time of year before any growth has been initiated, and the strains of the weight are still worn by the world -

when everything

is tight rust skin

barbed with broken

black still sleeping

spokes of light

and a little more

all the time -

A Thousand Words

noreply@blogger.com (J.H Schmitz) — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:41:00 +0000

Well you know -
- a picture says 'a thousand words' - so . . . . .

WATCHED

noreply@blogger.com (J.H Schmitz) — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 07:01:00 +0000

' - OH , how I ride here -

the empty canyons as

wide as death -

- OH , know that I come -

all hungers hasten me -

- OH , see this mask -
amongst all things -

with dawn -
with dusk -
I draw ever closer ;

Yon weapons are nothing,

compared to this heart . . . '

TORN APART

noreply@blogger.com (J.H Schmitz) — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:57:00 +0000

In some future time. In some future place - Marl Parson, one of the last handful of survivors of the 'Deep Wars' - also known as the ' North Atlantic Undersea Deep Trench Aggression of 22 - 29 ', sits and reflects. Silently remembering the hideousness - the reeling slideshow of oblivion, the inexplicable and overwhelming terror of that horrible deep, green - black war.

Remembering . . . . .

The cold vault of dark pressure . . . .

where you're never sure . . .

New Sketch Book Work

noreply@blogger.com (J.H Schmitz) — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:47:00 +0000

Alright - here's a whack of new stuff from my sketch book. I've been having fun using that Sable Hair brush I was telling you about ( see - ' Blaster Boy ' ) and also playing with colored inks, water colors and Gouache. And some improvised tools for inking. Just letting it roll.

Yep. That and watching for black helicopters.

O.K. -

I was cleaning up ( Ha ! ) and found my 'small' black sketch book that I had TOTALLY forgotten about. ( I have a lot of these things flying around here in the ' Lab ' - you know ! ) Anyhow - the work is of the same period as the work already posted under this heading. All of the additional work, except for the first two images, exist in the small book.

So - WOW - more weird stuff to ruin your sleep ~

FLEDERMAUSMANN

noreply@blogger.com (J.H Schmitz) — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:26:00 +0000

HEADS UP - !!!!!!

The Flying Mouse Man is HERE !!!!

" Watch out - the Flying Mouse is gonna clean up this town - you damn filthy - you's - " - Ted

Hölle hat Flügel, und es ist Name ist... FLEDERMAUS !!!

O.K. - This is a goofy idea I had in response to the ' Hero / Super-Hero ' question I have been pondering for some time now. Last summer I caught Batman : The Dark Knight Rises, and after that - that's when I started playing with the idea. Batman in German is still Batman. But a Bat is called a 'flying mouse' - a Fledermaus. I thought it funny a ' flying mouse man '.
So that bit of ridiculous, coupled with my frustration of the Hero bracket being lorded over and controlled by the WEALTHY, led to this. I know western 'pop' comics reflect the capitalist / materialist culture from whence they were spawned. The reality of it is - there are A LOT more poor people out there than affluent. Christ, even the Fantastic Four were loaded. So the subtext is; you have to be wealthy to affect any change - or have any say ?
That's funny, it sounds like our political system.
Anyhow - lets keep having fun.
I know Comics are fantasy and designed for escape, especially the mainstream titles and characters.
I find it interesting that a lot of European Comics are fast paced and crazy too - but their primarily dominated by the erotic and mysterious. Their human texture is undeniable. But in America - it's different. Big tits. Big bombs. Big hero's.

Soooooo - why not have a real everyday type of person ( kind of ... ) running around ' trying ' to help. Disorganized. Disheveled. Destroyed. There are probably a 1000 Comics fans right now ready to freak on me - how dare I ??? But the only, main stream 'average' ( non-loaded ) person in comics, is Spider - Man. Its cool. He lives with his Aunt. Nice.

If I understand things correctly ( ? ) Superman ( that should be retitled 'Alien' like WTF ??? ) was inspired by the Man of Bronze . . . Doc Savage. Old Doc was spun up in the 30's as an answer to depression blues. Well, the Doc rocked, and in turn a little later - old Supe - Alien was hatched, bearing some interesting parallels to the Doc. The Doc had a fortress he would duck out to to grab some alone time in and chill. So did Supe - Alien, and so does The Batman.

But the one thing that ties them all together is their affluence.

They are all independently wealthy. Single. And they all employ ' side - kick ' - accomplices.

So anyhow - here's my 2 cents : Fledermausmann.
Ted. He's a butcher, when he works. He's freaked a bit. Single, but not by choice. Down often, and self medicated with vice. One day ( of course ) he 's had it - its red light time ( after some significant moment ) and then . . . m e l t d o w n c i t y -

He snaps and goes tearing out to right some perceived wrong.
His only friend in the world - Garry.
Garry feels kind of sorry for Ted - and he doesn't want Ted doing anything stupid to himself, or anyone else. In some ways - Garry is the REAL hero. Teds just fucked. Chasing his own delusional glory phantoms, with his perceptions and filters, mostly inverted, he experiences a 'reality' set up by his insecurity, and flavored by his reactions to it. Thus snowballing along - his avalanches of certainty feed themselves. His pursuits are mainly just - if only accented, ah - a little severely. He's angry and starting to boil over ( re: Falling Down - Micheal Douglas ) and Garry's there to catch it all - most times. Strangely enough, old Ted does do good.

When questioned by Gary once, by his choice of wearing a pair of rubber gloves out on a ' job ' - Ted replied - "It's a dirty world out there . . . "
SNAP - SNAP !!!

Ted likes women, even if they don't like him. He yells at his bosses. Shows up late for everything. Forgets to shave. And often has hallucinations. He has a soft spot for rescuing insects that are in risk of being trapped inside of buildings. He cant stand kids.

CAESAR

noreply@blogger.com (J.H Schmitz) — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:39:00 +0000

I thought it fitting to post this - seeing as a Pope has stepped down today. I understand they smashed his ring with a hammer. Wow - Cultists are cool !!!

1 : any of the Roman emperors succeeding Augustus Caesar —used as a title

2 a often not capitalized : a powerful ruler: (1) : emperor (2) : autocrat, dictator

version - 1

PS - In my inspired state last night, I overlooked the spelling on the image. Oops !!! Maybe I'll try a work around in a bit.

I told you - I pant stell - !!!

version - 2

Teachers Pet

noreply@blogger.com (J.H Schmitz) — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:30:00 +0000

We all love to please our superiors, lord knows. And everyone sucks up some time or the other - that's just life. And this little dude is no exception. Look at that now - who wouldn't love to get such fine gifts ?
Apples are so beaten and tired.
Forget it. I want vivisection.

Alternative Description -
( a rare picture of me in public school going up for ' Show & Tell ' )

The Real Question !!!

noreply@blogger.com (J.H Schmitz) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:56:00 +0000

You know as well as I do that some day it's going to get crazy. It only makes sense, as paradoxical as that sounds.
That's why, just like me - you've been stashing supplies, and making homemade weapons. Conditioning your body and mind. Excepting pain as your friend. Sleeping in ice water. Eating crushed glass. Head butting the porcelain sink - 50 times every morning. Putting cigarettes out on the soles of your feet. Doing sit-ups with a 30 lb dumbbell in your mouth like a dog bone. Getting your Girlfriend to beat you across the back with Bamboo canes while you eat.

Yep. Your just like me.

You got nothin to fear. Your ready - " C'mon Alien scum - I'm in a tentacle slashing mood today -
. . . . . Y E A H !!!!!!!! "

Fun Time For Blaster Boy

noreply@blogger.com (J.H Schmitz) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:01:00 +0000

Think insects - GIANT ones - think concussive shocks - think debris - think blue plasma pulses flashing over the carnage ...... think -
Fun Time for Blaster Boy !!!

- the goal, as always - was to work on inking and coloring. I used Painter 12 to color it. And my arm & hand power to ink it.
You might laugh but I finally went out and coughed up the 50 bucks for a Windsor & Newton Series 7 #2 Sable Hair brush. HOLY SHIT. I have seen the light !!!!

The all digital process is certainly FASTER, and has a million benefits ( if the electricity is on - just saying - ) and strengths. It makes so much sense for so many applications and effects. But for warmth and strength - of line - it's India ink and Sable hair for me. ( sorry Sables, for all the bald spots !!! )

This could be posted under ' Process 123, abc '. The only problem I have with that is - it makes you the viewer 'scroll' up and down looking for adjustments and additions. It seems to me a very easy way to miss new things. So - I'll post like this - with notes - that are hopefully understandable.

Like - yeah !!! You know.

DIGITAL PAINTING

noreply@blogger.com (J.H Schmitz) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:20:00 +0000

These are some of the Digital paintings / pieces I have been playing around with recently. I used Corel Painter 12. I tried to work at a decent and ' real ' pace. Flowing, the way you would in the actual studio. I attempted to touch on most of the tools / media. The oils and Acrylics are nice. I LOVE the chalk and pastel tools, and blenders - nice. The ' real water colors ' are very neat, but love to crash the program - wow !!!
I've been without the internet for the last 5 months - so when I asked Painter to tutor me, it wanted to dial out - but couldn't.
So . . . . I was left to my own devices. I am very enthused to now be re - internet-ed - and have the opportunity for online tutorials.

Enjoy - Jim

Jeff The Sneak - ' Entry Specialist '

Alex Jr. Grease - ' The Mechanic '

Alice The Little Witch - ' Assassin '

Pierre The Finder - ' Acquisitions '

Alden The Good Son - ' Demolitions '

Bertram The Ears - ' Intel - Communications '

Gregory The Puppeteer ' Disinformation / Sabotage '

The Thing

Raymond The Wolf - ' The Job Man '

Ogden The Bird - ' Surveillance '

Daryl The Inside Man - ' Espionage '

Andy The Driver - ' Transport - Get to / Away '

Alex Sr. The Mind - ' Crew Boss '

Mike The Legs - ' Runner '

Ham Bone Jim - ' The Hideout Man '

Danny The Arms - ' Enforcer '

Mr. VI

Willie The Beast - ' Muscle '

Special Agent : Gordon Harris

Moving Pictures

noreply@blogger.com (J.H Schmitz) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 03:43:00 +0000

Its .... been awhile. A L O N G while. I know.

There's not much to say. I was without nova fiber connections. Out of orbit. Under the surface. But I kept at it. Drawing. Inking. Running. Let the pictures do the talking, after all - they are moving.

( This is a little project just messing with an idea of no WORDS - only pics. Seeing if I could convey a narrative ( ? ) of some kind. It's all off the top of my head. There is a 3rd, finishing page coming up, really. xoxo ~ Jim )