Joseph Tenney – Black and White
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‘The Curse of Capistrano’ A pin-up page from my original submission package.
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‘Crime Doesn’t Pay’ This is a except from a comic strip I did in college, I made it just for K. Cause I love him.
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This is a page from my journal, featuring me in my alter ego ‘The Chump’. Donating plasma to pay bills. (I never actually got to donate for the fresh tattoo I have. Egon Scheile is the man.)
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I feel like this is one of my stronger line drawings I have ever committed to paper. Its of Miracle Man donating plasma to pay bills. I drew it will I was waiting to do the same. It is of course locked in time and place in the ill reputed book. -J.Tenney
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This is an ‘uncolorized’ painting I did when I was 23. I was living in Savannah GA for the first time and was feeling really in touch with William Blake. ‘uncolorized’ is my process of painting with blue gauche and then xeroxing the image.
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This is a, I feel, ancient illustration I did. An homage to my brother. I have always felt that it was a note worthy drawing simply for the excelling balance of negative space.
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This another of my famous ‘uncolorized’ pieces. Those of you who have viewed the color gallery or anticipate doing so will notice that there is a featured color version of this piece. If anyone speaks to you who has known me for a while they can provided testament that I have previously been an B+W exclusive artist. And at a time I would say that this piece is the ‘real’ piece. But I have gotten older and Im accepting color. Still I feel that this is the better of the two.- Jos.Romeo
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This another Truly illustration, I would consider this a taste of what will be featured in my soon to see print, ‘Truly Modern Comics’. -Jos.Romeo
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I feel there is a lot of pain involved in drinking.
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This is probably the best likeness of Ry-cat I have ever rendered, it is of course her in her Villain guise. Something that I completely adore. If I ever see anything that even looks like it could relate to her Villainous look, I am compelled, perhaps by her wicked influence?, to gain it by any means. – Jos.Romeo/The Chump
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So as I have mentioned elsewhere in the site, I originally worked in a two tone color proses then ‘uncolorized’ the work. This is the original panel one second page of BOTI pt.I…. I still feel like this panel stands alone as a strong piece and really represents the ‘Sick Girl’. Alas!- J.Tenney
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I f you have read our free download of Bastards of the Infinite pt.I you might recognize this illustration. The published version is by far my favorite of the two, however this one is still note worthy the rendering technique I used here really exemplifies another facet to the ‘transformation/infinite’ that I dont think i could have captured as well in the traditional techniques of comic crafting. Things change. -J.Tenney
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This is an example of my ‘uncolorized’ technique, it also an example of my ‘William Blake’ influence period during my first stay in Savannah, GA. I feel that it is note worthy in the use of my defined line constriction transition to the undefined constriction of image translation. -J.Tenney
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This illustration is a ghastly reminder to me. For a time, and off and on at times, I was haunted. This image directly tells that as well there are visual suggestions reminiscent of my past interest and vexations. I feel its a very strong work, and I will strive to bring its certain elements into my work to come.- J.Tenney
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This is a recent illustration that I did for my Ry-cat. It features me in in my Henchmen out fit, were as I serve as Ry-Villains right hand man. These expressions will be depicted in my next solo book ‘Word Truth Comics’. This illustration belongs to Ry-cat, it was given to her with her birthday presents. -Jos.Romeo
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Its been so long now, that Im not sure if this was a dream of if it were ever real. I know that it is reminiscent of ‘Ophelia’ by Millias,1852 one of my favorite pre-raphaelite artist. And i know that I drew it shortly after I returned to NC from NH with K. This time in my life is a sore spot.
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This is an example of my early work starting in my ‘Shelby Daze’ period when I moved back home with my father and started seeing LG, I had a certain excitement for illustration at the time and soon produced the work that is ‘BOTI interior art’. I love Kitty Pryde!- J.Tenney
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Woe, you should see the finished piece. This is the Under layer for a portrait I did of K, I still like it.
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I love making up super heroes. This one is inspired by a girl I saw at wal-mart, she had on this gouache orange Halloween scarf, little black cats and bats and candy corn depicted all over it. For the life of me it would not leave my mind. Thus, the GHOST wears it as his attache cape. And verily the scarf left my mind. -J.Tenney
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I did this ‘uncolorized’ illustration for a little ‘love-zine’ I made for a girl I was dated. She was very disturbed by it. Not me, in my minds sphere I have always wondered about the self immolating monks. The conviction and passion they must feel in intensity while burning. The of course I wonder, what if lovers where to ‘burn’ in their passion? Obvious. – J.Tenney
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In my first year at NCSA I discovered Egon Schiele, and I feel in love. To date I have a shoulder capping tattoo of one of 1910 paintings. So I quickly tried to capture his style, and ‘uncolorized’ a series of small water color illustrations I did and shoved them all in the little plastic menu displays in the cafeteria, a poor mans showing. I sign not a single one and wanted to see what the out come was. It was a delightful experiment.- J.Tenney
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See College 2 for details.
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Early exploration of high contrast paint and xerox. ‘Shelby Daze’
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This is a ‘uncolorized’ illustration of ASLD, it was done during my Atlantic Beach period right before I left for NH with K. It is my favorite illustration of her, as it came to me in a dream. I was drinking heavily at the time, and in this dream she came to me in the night water and poured out all my wine, it sloshing with the salty waves around me, splashing against my knees. She has in many ways always been an angelic force in my life.- J.Tenney
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This is a beautiful page from my old green sketch book, featuring many techniques I learned from my college drawing mentor Clyde Fowler. The subject matter is a virtual spreadsheet of my mind at the time. This page was composed at Broad River Coffee shop in Boiling Springs, shortly after K and I returned from NH. ‘Shelby Daze’ period begins.
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This is the ventricular adjacent page to Sketch, it continues the dialogue I was having with the sketch book.
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I recently was at the Jones’s, and a cousin of mine asked me, what is your house like? At the time I was still living at 33 Euclid Blvd, and this illustration perfectly depicts the usual scene at said address at the time.- Jos.Romeo
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