Pete Janes

Pete Janes

Portland, UNITED STATES

An organic produce worker with a background in popular culture and publishing whose first memory was of cave paintings and moon landings.

Pencil, pen and watercolor are his arsenal, but Pete has been dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century and his trusty tool set has been lately joined by Ye Olde Digital Magicks.

On the one hand I have utilized a photo-realistic style for illustration and specimen work.
On the other my more fantastical pieces often emerge from random lines thrown across a page, a purer, more intuitive approach to creativity.
Both rest in my left hand.

Say I about my fascinating and hectic day job: "People need to eat. I make sure they eat well.

A selection of links to my recently featured work:

  • Joined: March 2009

Journals

Inspiration: An Interview
1. What’s your favourite artistic tool or piece of equipment (past, present or dream)? / If we’re talking desert-island, I’d have to say the trusty Dixon Ticonderoga #2 pencil or a Derwent HB drawing pencil. It doesn’t matter how far I take a piece, be it inked black and white, watercolor, or digital: the lowly pencil is the foundation of all of my work. / 2. Which work are you …
Posted almost 2 years – 7 comments
Submitting Work to Comics Publishers 101
Posted about 2 years – 20 comments
Custom-printed awesomeness
Posted about 2 years – 5 comments
A Legend Passes. Rest in Peace, Dan O'Bannon.
Posted about 2 years – 3 comments