HardPressed Jess Makes a Logo
I was never very satisfied with previous attempts at a logo for my fictitious publishing company, HardPressed Ink. Then this idea came to me recently and I really liked it. Press hard.
CrockerCon 2019 Wrap-Up
As always, this year’s Crocker-Con was a lot of fun! On one side, I sat next to illustrator and artist Sarah Rene Kraft and got a print of her beautiful version of the tarot’s Empress. [...]
New Books for Sale at Crocker-Con 2019!
I’m pleased to announce that at this year’s Crocker-Con, I’ll have not one but two new books for sale! The first is a collection of different comics, appropriately entitled Different Things, that includes autobiographical family [...]
!["Pretext [Excerpt]" by Jesse Baggs](https://jessebaggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/pretext_excerpt.jpg)
!["I Know (And I’m Sorry) [Version 2, Edit 1 Excerpt]" by Jesse Baggs](https://jessebaggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/i-know_excrpt.jpg)
I Know (And I’m Sorry)
Colored marker on construction paper, 9x12”.
!["CrockerCon 2019 [Temporary and Unofficial Excerpt]" by Jesse Baggs](https://jessebaggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/crocker2019excrpt.jpg)
CrockerCon 2019
Join me at Sacramento’s Crocker Art Museum on Thursday, September 12, 2019, from 6-9:30pm for CrockerCon 2019! (Since this year’s flyer isn’t released yet, I just reworked last year’s flyer for now) I’ll have comics [...]
!["Welcome to the Future [Excerpt]" by Jesse Baggs](https://jessebaggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/future_excrpt.jpg)
Welcome to the Future
I created this about twenty years ago for an illustration contest, imagining a horrible future in which late-90s fashion had become illegal! However, I was having some trouble putting together all the details (the frame, [...]
!["Usurper [Excerpt]" by Jesse Baggs](https://jessebaggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/usurper_excrpt.jpg)
!["Struck by Lightning [Excerpt]" by Jesse Baggs](https://jessebaggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/lightning_excrpt.jpg)
Struck by Lightning
This is the first draft of the birthday drawing for my wife, who prefers how she looks in the final draft. I like both, especially that she looks like an actress from the silent film [...]
![“Before You Know [Excerpt]” by Jesse Baggs.](https://jessebaggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/before_excrpt.jpg)
Before You Know
Colored marker on construction paper; PhotoShop; 9x12”.