Here is the 3rd/4th pass on Rubber Johnny
About Me
- Jon
- Santa Clarita, California, United States
- Jonathan Payne is a freelance artist residing in Santa Clarita, California. His sculptures and paintings focus primarily on creature and character design . He has studied under Jordu Schell (Men In Black, Edward Scissorhands, Avatar), concept sculptor Simon Lee and fine art sculptor John Brown. He prefers to sculpt in oil, polymer and WED clays. Recently he has become consumed with creating an original line of tumorous balls of flesh known as the Fleshlettes. In addition to his macabre "babies" he also enjoys composing fine art sculptures depicting both wildlife and the human form. Jonathan is available for hire as a freelance artist and for individual commissions.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Monday, March 03, 2008
Friday, February 15, 2008
Painting on my DS
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Rubber Johnny WIP




For my John Brown Maquette Sculpting class I am creating a maquette of Rubber Johnny from the brilliant music video of the same name by Chris Cunningham. At this point I am probably 50 or 60 percent done. We have worked by building up from an armature to a sketal frame that blocks out the bony, rigid masses. Now we have added the muscles. Comments critiques welcome.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Hugo
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Jr Nightforce cover!
Monday, November 05, 2007
Alien WIP
Friday, October 19, 2007
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Group Photo from "No Fright Nite-Lite Co."

Here is the big group painting with all of the bad guy characters from Nightforce. I spent over 7 hours on this painting reworking and fidgeting different aspects of both the environment and the characters. I'm fairly happy with what I got but I do think i would have been happier if I had got this result in half the time. I feel like this was too slow for so much time against the grindstone. I think that metaphor makes sense...it's late as I write/post this.
Click on the thumbnail for a larger view!
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
More Nightforce Artwork
Monday, September 24, 2007
Night Force Concept Art
These are two final character paintings. The first one is the evil boss of the evil corporation and the second is the mad scientist cohort. Both of these are designs from my co-worker's next cartoon pitch. There should be plenty more where this comes from in the next week.
Blogger is having technical problems so I've hosted these images. Below is a thumbnail and then click the link below it for the larger version.

Blogger is having technical problems so I've hosted these images. Below is a thumbnail and then click the link below it for the larger version.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Mythic Rider
Monday, August 06, 2007
A Happy Robot
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Birthday Present + Portrait = Explosions

This is a quasi-family portrait of Lacie,Hugo and I that started as a joking sketch (link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacierunolfson/634475786/ ) but was requested by Lacie's mom to be turned into a fully painted portrait for her birthday present.
It's meant to printed out at 11"x17"
Critiques/Comments welcome!
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Accidentally looks like the Silver Surfer



This is my new head that sort of unintentionally looks like a certain someone from a recent super-hero movie. Presented here are a few examples which help to show how it actually has it's own eyes that are physically separate from the rest of the head (something that should be compulsory but is a first for me). Also I'm having fun with the different metallic shader/materials in Zbrush.
Friday, June 01, 2007
Colonel Zbrush 3!!!


Here is my first sculpture in Zbrush 3. This new version of Zbrush is a big improvement that allows the user to sculpt with more control, more response, and greater finesse.
This is a European gentlemen, that would sit around smoking with his fellow hunters, amidst taxidermy, tucked away in a war room somewhere. I called him colonel mustard to poke fun at the stereotypical "great white hunter" characterization.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Emaciated Man


Here's my initial crack at one I've been having a lot of fun with. This is also the first sculpture I've done with my own copy of Zbrush so I can save it and come back later.
I see this guy as a facial reconstruction patient who has suffered multiple fractures all over his jaw, nose and cheek bones. His x-ray reveals a bunch of fragments of bone screwed together with metal plates.
Monday, May 07, 2007
Stereo Success
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