Concept sketch A for Greg's character and his friends in the story.
Blueline, ink. ©2014-2015 JAG, The Made Collaborative Project.
Concept sketch E for Greg's "God-like man".
Blueline, ink. ©2014-2015 JAG, The Made Collaborative Project.
Concept sketches C-D for Greg's "God-like man".
Blueline, ink. ©2014-2015 JAG, The Made Collaborative Project.
Concept sketch A-B for Greg's "God-like man".
Blueline, ink. ©2014-2015 JAG, The Made Collaborative Project.
Concept design for a textbook illustration assignment featuring a teenager transforming into a werewolf. Blueline, pencil. ©2013 JAG
Concept design for a textbook illustration assignment featuring Medusa and her Gorgon sisters. Blueline, pencil, ink. ©2013 JAG.
Concept design for a textbook illustration assignment featuring Medusa and her Gorgon sisters. Blueline, pencil. ©2013 JAG.
Concept design for a textbook illustration assignment featuring Perseus battling Medusa and her Gorgon sisters. Blueline, pencil. ©2013 JAG.
Concept design for a textbook illustration assignment featuring Perseus battling Medusa and her Gorgon sisters. Blueline, pencil, ink. ©2013 JAG
Concept designs for a textbook illustration assignment featuring a superhero and supervillain encounter. Blueline, pencil. ©2013 JAG
Funky Pirate Unicorn - This started out as a stream of consciousness sketch at a friend's house, and eventually became a single color screen printed t-shirt and the full-color pinup you see here. More for fun than anything. Ink, digital color. ©2008, 2009, 2012 JAG.
Created on a whim, in part as screen-printed t-shirt design. Pencil, ink, digital color. ©JAG 2004-2013.
Character Concepts for Animated Film fig1 - These were the main Character Concepts for an animated film in pre-production, and currently in limbo. Pencil, ink, digital color (Photoshop). ©2006, 2012 JAG.
Character Concepts for Animated Film fig2 - These were the main canine Character Concepts for an animated film in pre-production, and currently in limbo. Pencil, ink, digital color (Photoshop). ©2006, 2012 JAG.
Character Concepts for animated film fig3 - These were the main family Character Concepts for an animated film in pre-production, and currently in limbo. Pencil, ink, digital color (Photoshop). ©2006, 2012 JAG.
Tucker the Turtle - Character concept for original graphic novel/children's book in production. Pencil, ink, digital color. ©2006, 2012 JAG
Firefighter Robot - Firefighter Robot was a pitch to a potential freelance client looking for robots working blue-collar type day jobs. Pencil, ink, digital flats (Photoshop). ©2006, 2012 JAG.
Waitress Robot - Waitress Robot was a pitch to a potential freelance client looking for robots working blue-collar type day jobs. Pencil, ink, watercolor, gouache. ©2006, 2012 JAG.
Dog-Catcher Robot - Dog-Catcher Robot was a pitch to a potential freelance client looking for robots working blue-collar type day jobs. Pencil, ink, watercolor. ©2006, 2012 JAG.
Big Bad Wolf - Big Bad Wolf character concept design for a series of Little Red Riding Hood illustrations. Pencil, ink, watercolor, colored pencil. ©2000, 2012 JAG.
Red Riding Hood - Red Riding Hood character concept design for a series of Little Red Riding Hood illustrations. Pencil, ink, watercolor, colored pencil. ©2000, 2012 JAG.
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Character Design
Character and concept design development for comics, graphic novels, branding/identity, children's books, text books, commission, video games, animation, film, etc.
Available
Freelance, Full-time, Moonlighting
John Ashton Golden
Illustrator, Cartoonist, and Graphic Design Professional
Chicago, IL