Jonathan Rosenberg

Goats Original Art Auction: Diablo the Chicken Action Figure Production Sketches + Signed Action Figure

Today's Goats memorabilia auction is for the original sketches I created for the Diablo the Chicken action figure! Produced with the assistance of legendary toy designed Andrew Bell, these figures came with a bunch of very weird accessories and these two pages give a glimpse into the creative process. 

You'll also receive a signed Diablo action figure and a "certificate of authenticity". 

You can bid here: 2022-11-03 19:01:57 +0000 UTC View Post

Goats Original Art Auction: Feces Penis Butter Cups + Original JPBC Banned T-shirt

Hey all! I'm going to be putting a number of big-ticket items from the vault up for sale on eBay over the next few weeks in expectation of some medical expenses. I wanted to give patrons first shot at it! 

The first auction is for the original art from one of my most controversial early comics plus one of three mint-condition t-shirts that were banned from CafePress after Hershey's lawyers sent them a cease and desist. 

You can bid here:

2022-11-02 17:20:19 +0000 UTC View Post

Personal Update: Finger Surgery

Hey all! Just wanted to make sure y'all knew I was still alive. I had finger surgery on my drawing hand last week, to remove something called a glomus tumor. It's not malignant, everything's fine, it was just super-painful and had to go. 

Recovery is coming along, although not as quickly as I imagined it might. I thought I would be ready to draw by now but I think the surgery was more complicated than I anticipated and the healing time is clearly going to be weeks and not days.&nbs...

SFAM Book 4 Final Cover Preview

This is the finished illustration with finished logos and some placeholders for the ISBN and blurb bar at the top. Next, Amy will take this and slice it up for a real print-ready layout with a spine down the middle and that sort of jazz. In the meantime I'll be collating the metadata for interior pages and soliciting blurbs. Not long now!

SFAM Book 4 Cover Preview 3: The Continuening

I'm still working on this! I have to take a break to do "child care" (whatever that is) and will be back at it later tonight!

SFAM Book 4 Cover Preview 2: The Progressening

I'm still heads-down working on the newest SFAM compilation, Operation Porcine Thunder! Here's another preview of the cover, I think I've cracked how the colors are going to work and will continue in this direction until it fails and I have to backtrack and lose several days. Whee!

Again, keep in mind this is not the finished product (layout and type are temporary approximations) and things are always subject to change.

2022-09-28 22:39:03 +0000 UTC View Post

SFAM Book 4 Cover Preview

Sorry for the lack of posts but I've been heads-down working on the newest SFAM compilation, Operation Porcine Thunder! I thought you might like a preview of the cover, this is a screen capture of the inks about 97% of the way through. After this it's colors and then interior stuff and then hopefully a kickstarter not long after!

Keep in mind this is not the finished product (layout and type are temporary approximations) and things are always subject to change. 

2022-09-27 05:08:39 +0000 UTC View Post

Dungeon Divers Page 17 Redraw

Woohoo! More page! I added a dungeon centipede. Check it out!

The original:

Dungeon Divers Page 16 Redraw

Here's another one! It's a page! The biggest changes here were the addition of the golem in the foreground of panel 3, the angle of the head in the final panel, and some lighting choices. 

And the original, for comparison:

See you back here soon!

Dungeon Divers Page 15 Redraw

I ended up redrawing a lot more of this that I had originally intended to but I didn't feel the need to make any huge changes to the storyboard/layout, so I'm calling that a win. Things are headed in the right direction, at least. 

And here's the original:

Thanks as always for your support! ...

Dungeon Divers Page 14 Redraw

This is the first page I've worked on during this project that wasn't redrawn completely from scratch. A lot of it is new, the characters are completely redrawn, but I tried to save as much of the environment inks as I could. 

This was a bit of a process and I took my time with it, trying to figure out the best process for going forward, and I definitely learned a few things I'll be applying to the next page to simplify and speed things up. 

Anyway, enough boring process...

New page! Dungeon Divers Page 13

This one has no "before" image, because there is no before image. A whole new story beat! Some sinister stuff going down here, for sure. 

This is a transition point in the story, and far enough along that the looks of the characters in the original comics have begun to solidify a little and are more consistent and less haphazard than they were at the beginning, when I had no idea I'd be dr...

Dungeon Divers Page 12b Redraw

Here it is! Page 12b! It's a bit of a glow-up for what was half a panel before. Took forever but I hope you'll agree that it was worth the wait. 

The original:

Next up: a brand new page! A bit of further insight into our good friend Galen. See you back here soon!

P.S. -- the...

Dungeon Divers Page 12a Redraw

I'm back from vacation with a new redrawn page! I've split 12 into two pages, this is the first, and the final line of dialogue gets broken out into its own full page spread next. Then, a BRAND NEW PAGE! Never seen before. I'm adding a beat to the story to play with later. You'll see. Hang around.

Original page:

2022-07-18 20:31:36 +0000 UTC View Post

Dungeon Divers Page 11 Redraw

Page 11! Enjoy! I'm on vacation for the rest of this week but I'll be back at work next week. Thanks so much for your support during this project!

Original page:

Dungeon Divers Page 10 Redraw

Next page! Bryn got a slight name change and a slight costume overhaul/retrofit. Back with more soon!

Here's the original:

Dungeon Divers Page 9b Redraw

Here's the full-page treatment for that fifth panel from last time. Sorry for the slow rate of progress, between COVID and hospital visits for stab wounds incurred by jagged glass, it has been a busy couple of weeks. More soon. 

Dungeon Divers Page 9a Redraw

And we're back with new page redraws! Page nine is getting split into two pages, with the fifth panel getting its own full-page treatment for the reveal. 

Here's the original page:

I'll be back soon with more! Thanks for your support as always!

Commissions Done, What's Next?

So I finally finished all the avatar commissions, thank you for all of you who commissioned one! Now that that's out of the way I intend to get back to the Dungeon Divers redraw, there's still a few complete page redraws to do and then it's touch-ups for the next 80 or 90 pages. You'll get to see all of it, here, as soon as I finish each page. 

Thanks to everyone for your patience while I completed that! Here's a look at a few of the avatars I painted, I hope you l...

Tier Revamp Update: Let's Do This

Early polls are STRONGLY in favor of the tier system simplification.  Let's give it a whirl and see how things go, nothing is permanent if we don't like it. Hopefully none of you will notice a thing except that you'll all have access to everything I post here without exception at your current pledge level. You won't be forced to increase your pledge. If, for some reason, this happens, let me know, because it is definitely not my intent and I will do whatever I have to to...

Tier Revamp

I just took a peek at Michael Kupperman's page and I noticed that he has a single $5 tier but that everyone is welcome to give more if they want. Since my old tier structure is essentially dead at this point while I finish up Dungeon Divers Book One, that seemed appealing to me -- a simplified approach where all patrons get all the content and I don't have to feel bad about creating things (or failing to create) ...

Custom Avatar Commissions Now Open

Okay! For the first time since 2018, I'm opening up 15 custom social media avatar commission slots, first come, first served. You'll get a high-resolution digital file that you can use wherever or however you'd like. Patreon patrons get a $10 discount!

http://amultiverse.com/avatar-commissions/...

Dungeon Divers Page 8 Redraw

Page 8! It's great! And late. 

See you back here for the next page, in THE FUTURE

And the original:

Enjoy! More soon. 

Dungeon Divers Page 7 Redraw

Here it is! Page 7! I backed off the shadows a bit for this one, and reduced the intensity of the shadows on the previous page (I'll repost it later). 

Here's the original:

Okay, back to work!

Dungeon Divers Page 6 Redraw

I'm back at it! Here's the new version of page 6. Hoping this marks the beginning of some faster progression on this, at least until the finger surgery happens. 

And the original, for comparing-style enjoyment:

More as soon as possible!

-j

Fingers Update: State of the Fingers 2022

Hey kids! I went to my fingers doctor today and they told me I have a glomus tumor in the tip of my little finger on my drawing hand. It's not great! I have an MRI scheduled to confirm and then we'll schedule surgery to remove it probably. It's looking like it might be a few weeks before I'll be back to full strength for drawing. Just wanted to let you know that if things are quiet for a bit, that's why. I'll update with more info as I have it. Thanks for your patience and understanding!

Dungeon Divers Page 5b Redraw

Here's another page redraw for Dungeon Divers! This is a redraw of the original page 5, panels 2-5. 

Here's the original.

Okay I'm going to sleep now! Bye!

Dungeon Divers Page 5a Redraw

Here's another page redraw for Dungeon Divers! This is a redraw of the original page 5, panel 1. It took literally forever, and I am dead now. The page will probably end up being blown out into two (or three) when I'm finished adapting it. 

Here's the original for comparison purposes:

More s...

I Am Alive

Hi everyone! Just wanted to post and say hi and let you know that I haven't fallen off of the face of the earth. The last few weeks have been busy with rebuilding and reconfiguring my computer, as well as the holidays and all the family stuff that entails, plus a few weeks of NOVID in there as well. 

I am back to drawing now, and I'll post the next DD page as soon as it's ready. Here's a sneak peek: 

2022-01-14 18:34:33 +0000 UTC View Post

Dungeon Divers Page 4 Revision

This is the first page where I didn't completely redraw the art, although I might as well have. The pages going forward only need touchups so I used this page to experiment on techniques that would allow me to update the art in places while leaving the rest intact. It took a long time, but I learned a lot that i think should help going forward. 

Here's the original page fo...