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• CAN: Breathing Not Allowed

  Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009 2:56PM / Standard Entry

  A very good friend of mine just did an animation project with Clean Air Network. I went to school with Jessica Louie in HK, as well as Parsons The New School for Design with her in NYC. She is definitely one of the most interesting people I know. She's a vegan environmentalist surfing yoga monster with anime and visual rock tendencies and she eats durian with her bare hands.
  
  What I love about this animation is that not only does the message follow through, her voice as a designer is very prominent in the drawings for this animation.
  
  I always thought her work was great, but on a commercial level I wasn't sure how it would translate, as the artist inside her comes out very heavily on her work. But then it reminds me of something one of my instructors once said, a philosophy that David Carson lives by:
  
  "If you take care of the work, the work will take care of you."
  
  Well done, Jessica!! Support Clean Air in HK!
  
  
  Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE_QaOjOHzw
  

  
  
  
  
  

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• The Vendor Client Relationship

  Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 4:37PM / Standard Entry

  A friend of mine showed me this. I think it REALLY applies to the design world. I think most artists on AnD will understand what this video is saying:
  
  
  Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2a8TRSgzZY
  It's possible to commission creative work for very little money, whether it's music, art, acting, etc. But what those clients seem to forget is that you get what you pay for, right?
  
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• Strange Tales #3 + IGN Review

  Saturday, Nov 7, 2009 8:42PM / Standard Entry

  I just picked up a few copies of Marvel's Strange Tales MAX #3 of which I did four pages for.
  
  

  
  

  
  Cover by Stan Sakai of Usagi Yojimbo fame.
  
  

  
  
  

  
  

  
  My interior pages.
  
  It's pretty cool to see it in print, I'm very honoured to be alongside these other great artists!
  
  There is also a cool review on IGN for this issue. Here is an excerpt:
  
  "...this issue offers up some art that I would be happy to see on the interior of Marvel's mainstream titles. Jonathan Jay Lee turns in a fantastic rendition of Punisher done up in an energetic and colorful manga style. That's right - a manga Punisher. I'm going to make a point of insisting right now that Marvel throw something more substantial Lee's way."
  
  This is too cool for words. I'm psyched that the review likes my stuff and all I can say is:
  
  Kick.
  
  Ass.
  
  
  

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• Under the Table with Angie Wong

  Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009 6:03PM / Standard Entry

  I just completed my contract with Time Out HK for the UTT articles written by Angie Wong, having illustrated 30 issues of 'Under the Table' with them. It's been a nice run, here below are a few of my favorites:
  
  

  
  

  An article about One Child Policy, and how this fat, rich, 10 year old kid hitting on Angie on a yacht.
  
  

  
  

  Lionel Richie giving Angie life advice at a restaurant in NYC.
  
  

  
  

  Banker Wanker
  
  

  
  

  Something about being a 50's housewife.
  
  

  
  

  Article about stock options. And how men view women in the same manner.
  
  

  
  

  It's the company you keep that make the best meals ever, not the food.
  
  

  
  

  Angie goes to Mexico.
  
  

  
  

  Something about Sharks Fin and Fatty Tuna going extinct.
  
  

  
  

  An online conversation with some creep. (I like the intimacy in this one)
  
  

  
  

  Lesbian Kiss!
  
  

  
  

  Angie eats North Korean cuisine.
  
  

  
  

  Dysfunctional Family. Fun to change up the style a bit here. A cartoon family.
  
  

  
  

  Singapore's got the 'Sling', searching for HK's own signature drink.
  
  

  
  

  Getting drunk txt msgs. omg rofl
  
  
  These quarter page illo's aren't completed to the same degree as my other work, but the key to working in a limited budget is to get them done fast! I think over the course of the 30 issues I did with them, I got faster and faster with each one. The last one above only took me an hour to create the finish (after sketch stage). It's a nice exercise, working to a concept and then getting straight to the point in the illustration.
  
  I've thoroughly enjoyed the process, and thank you to TOHK for the opportunity!
  
  
  
  
  

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• Interview on Marvel dot com!

  Monday, Oct 26, 2009 2:54PM / Standard Entry

  Awesome.
  
  http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.9958.Strange_Tales_Spotlight~colon~_Jonathan_Jay_Lee
  
  
  

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