Tristan Jones
@tristansbones.bsky.social
Writer: TMNT, Ghostbusters, Batman and Mega-Man.
Illustrator: Aliens, Predator, Scream, Silent Hill, Ghostbusters, Mad Max, Batman.
Rep cinema programmer.
Owner of Sound Mind Records. Probably cursed.
Contact: t-rex(at)soundmindrecords(dot)com(dot)au
Illustrator: Aliens, Predator, Scream, Silent Hill, Ghostbusters, Mad Max, Batman.
Rep cinema programmer.
Owner of Sound Mind Records. Probably cursed.
Contact: t-rex(at)soundmindrecords(dot)com(dot)au
Xenovember day 12! This was my take on what, up to that point, had been known as the praetorian #alien, done as a private commission. It would also be used by both NECA and Tindalos for both toys and video games, which were both wild to see!
www.instagram.com/p/DQ-ZI3ykmA...
www.instagram.com/p/DQ-ZI3ykmA...
November 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Xenovember day 12! This was my take on what, up to that point, had been known as the praetorian #alien, done as a private commission. It would also be used by both NECA and Tindalos for both toys and video games, which were both wild to see!
www.instagram.com/p/DQ-ZI3ykmA...
www.instagram.com/p/DQ-ZI3ykmA...
Event Horizon #3 from @idwpublishing.com is out today, written by @cjward.bsky.social, with #color #art by @pipmartin.bsky.social , and some of my favourite #illustration work I've put into any #comic yet. Here're some raw select favourites... (more in link)
www.instagram.com/p/DQ9lOA6Ep5...
www.instagram.com/p/DQ9lOA6Ep5...
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Event Horizon #3 from @idwpublishing.com is out today, written by @cjward.bsky.social, with #color #art by @pipmartin.bsky.social , and some of my favourite #illustration work I've put into any #comic yet. Here're some raw select favourites... (more in link)
www.instagram.com/p/DQ9lOA6Ep5...
www.instagram.com/p/DQ9lOA6Ep5...
Xenovember day 11! Another contentious one, sure, but the space jockey from the original was always something I wanted to see up and about. Obviously we got there eventually, but I’m still dying to play with these guys in comic form.
Anyone know anyone at Marvel…?
www.instagram.com/p/DQ70YGVksq...
Anyone know anyone at Marvel…?
www.instagram.com/p/DQ70YGVksq...
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Xenovember day 11! Another contentious one, sure, but the space jockey from the original was always something I wanted to see up and about. Obviously we got there eventually, but I’m still dying to play with these guys in comic form.
Anyone know anyone at Marvel…?
www.instagram.com/p/DQ70YGVksq...
Anyone know anyone at Marvel…?
www.instagram.com/p/DQ70YGVksq...
@idwpublishing.com's Event Horizon #3 with @cjward.bsky.social's script, @pipmartin.bsky.social's excellent colour art and my illustrations, hits shelves tomorrow but @aiptcomics.com has this to say about it today! Full review over at aiptcomics.com/2025/11/11/e...
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
@idwpublishing.com's Event Horizon #3 with @cjward.bsky.social's script, @pipmartin.bsky.social's excellent colour art and my illustrations, hits shelves tomorrow but @aiptcomics.com has this to say about it today! Full review over at aiptcomics.com/2025/11/11/e...
Xenovember day 10! I always kinda felt like Aliens, for everyone’s pissing and moaning about Hicks and Newt taking dirt naps at the start of Alien 3, committed the bigger sin by reducing the alien to cannon fodder. That said, blowing up this one is was fun…
www.instagram.com/p/DQ5cqIoErg...
www.instagram.com/p/DQ5cqIoErg...
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Xenovember day 10! I always kinda felt like Aliens, for everyone’s pissing and moaning about Hicks and Newt taking dirt naps at the start of Alien 3, committed the bigger sin by reducing the alien to cannon fodder. That said, blowing up this one is was fun…
www.instagram.com/p/DQ5cqIoErg...
www.instagram.com/p/DQ5cqIoErg...
Xenovember day 9! This commission piece was done last year, depicting the original xeno floating in the void after the film, finished a month before Dane Hallett would tell me over lunch that this was exactly how Alien: Romulus would begin!
www.instagram.com/p/DQ3Ggm4kqW...
www.instagram.com/p/DQ3Ggm4kqW...
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Xenovember day 9! This commission piece was done last year, depicting the original xeno floating in the void after the film, finished a month before Dane Hallett would tell me over lunch that this was exactly how Alien: Romulus would begin!
www.instagram.com/p/DQ3Ggm4kqW...
www.instagram.com/p/DQ3Ggm4kqW...
Xenovember day 8! I’d always wanted to do something along the lines of the classic Kelley Jones cover to Aliens: Hive #4, and the nature of the (unpublished) Colonial Marines comics was a perfect opportunity to try that. Colours by @simongough2099.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/p/DQ0gLIvkgv...
www.instagram.com/p/DQ0gLIvkgv...
November 9, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Xenovember day 8! I’d always wanted to do something along the lines of the classic Kelley Jones cover to Aliens: Hive #4, and the nature of the (unpublished) Colonial Marines comics was a perfect opportunity to try that. Colours by @simongough2099.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/p/DQ0gLIvkgv...
www.instagram.com/p/DQ0gLIvkgv...
Xenovember continues to roll out just like Lambert’s guts in this speculative take on her horrible demise from one of the original film’s most effective moments.
www.instagram.com/p/DQx8M-Ekkf...
www.instagram.com/p/DQx8M-Ekkf...
November 8, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Xenovember continues to roll out just like Lambert’s guts in this speculative take on her horrible demise from one of the original film’s most effective moments.
www.instagram.com/p/DQx8M-Ekkf...
www.instagram.com/p/DQx8M-Ekkf...
Xenovember Day 6 -- a contentious one to be sure, but I REALLY liked what Prometheus brought to the table even if I didn't wholly dig the execution, and for its faults, I like that Romulus wove those pieces in like it did.
www.instagram.com/p/DQvGqSeEk8J/
www.instagram.com/p/DQvGqSeEk8J/
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Xenovember Day 6 -- a contentious one to be sure, but I REALLY liked what Prometheus brought to the table even if I didn't wholly dig the execution, and for its faults, I like that Romulus wove those pieces in like it did.
www.instagram.com/p/DQvGqSeEk8J/
www.instagram.com/p/DQvGqSeEk8J/
Genuinely wild someone thought I'd like this...
Again, to quote @realgdt.bsky.social, fuck AI and anyone that thinks this is good on any level.
Again, to quote @realgdt.bsky.social, fuck AI and anyone that thinks this is good on any level.
November 6, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Genuinely wild someone thought I'd like this...
Again, to quote @realgdt.bsky.social, fuck AI and anyone that thinks this is good on any level.
Again, to quote @realgdt.bsky.social, fuck AI and anyone that thinks this is good on any level.
Xenovember Day 5! In honour of @dantrachtenberg.bsky.social's #Predator Badlands coming out, here's an #Alien vs Predator commission #illustration I did in homage to @mikemignola.bsky.social's #classic cover #art for @darkhorse.com series that started it all.
www.instagram.com/p/DQspqoCElT0/
www.instagram.com/p/DQspqoCElT0/
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Xenovember Day 5! In honour of @dantrachtenberg.bsky.social's #Predator Badlands coming out, here's an #Alien vs Predator commission #illustration I did in homage to @mikemignola.bsky.social's #classic cover #art for @darkhorse.com series that started it all.
www.instagram.com/p/DQspqoCElT0/
www.instagram.com/p/DQspqoCElT0/
Apparently someone thought it needed to be run through AI. I'd love to know what the prompt was and why. And the reactions from the general public have been pretty sad. Cheers to those with actual taste and critical observance abilities. Sign looks good though...!
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Apparently someone thought it needed to be run through AI. I'd love to know what the prompt was and why. And the reactions from the general public have been pretty sad. Cheers to those with actual taste and critical observance abilities. Sign looks good though...!
Xenovember day 4! This was my first Aliens cover, reuniting me with my Defiance Colorist, Dan Jackson. This one’s special for me because not only was it a return to Alien, but it would later be used as booth and lanyard #art at SDCC to represent the brand.
www.instagram.com/p/DQp_ZBmEkV...
www.instagram.com/p/DQp_ZBmEkV...
November 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Xenovember day 4! This was my first Aliens cover, reuniting me with my Defiance Colorist, Dan Jackson. This one’s special for me because not only was it a return to Alien, but it would later be used as booth and lanyard #art at SDCC to represent the brand.
www.instagram.com/p/DQp_ZBmEkV...
www.instagram.com/p/DQp_ZBmEkV...
November 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Day 3 of Xenovember marches on, as does my love for the #dog #alien from Alien 3. This #drawing was done as a warm up for the #illustration I posted a couple of days ago.
November 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Day 3 of Xenovember marches on, as does my love for the #dog #alien from Alien 3. This #drawing was done as a warm up for the #illustration I posted a couple of days ago.
It’s #MelbourneCup Day tomorrow. If you insist on perpetuating the exploitation that comes with gambling, just go to the pokies like every other loser.
You can still dress up and get wasted but at least that way you’re not enabling the suffering & probable death of another horse.
Say #NupToTheCup
You can still dress up and get wasted but at least that way you’re not enabling the suffering & probable death of another horse.
Say #NupToTheCup
November 3, 2025 at 6:59 AM
It’s #MelbourneCup Day tomorrow. If you insist on perpetuating the exploitation that comes with gambling, just go to the pokies like every other loser.
You can still dress up and get wasted but at least that way you’re not enabling the suffering & probable death of another horse.
Say #NupToTheCup
You can still dress up and get wasted but at least that way you’re not enabling the suffering & probable death of another horse.
Say #NupToTheCup
Day two for the Xenovember posts! Can't post much new because I'm still on the last issue of Event Horizon, but here's an unpublished piece with colours by @simongough2099.bsky.social. We did a run of these for @darkhorse.com a couple of years ago that was meant to tie into a video game at the time
November 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Day two for the Xenovember posts! Can't post much new because I'm still on the last issue of Event Horizon, but here's an unpublished piece with colours by @simongough2099.bsky.social. We did a run of these for @darkhorse.com a couple of years ago that was meant to tie into a video game at the time
Knee deep in the last issue of Event Horizon, but it's #xenovember and I've got no shortage of Alien #art to tide things over until I can get back to that region of space, so here's the last commission I did. The dog alien from Alien 3...
November 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Knee deep in the last issue of Event Horizon, but it's #xenovember and I've got no shortage of Alien #art to tide things over until I can get back to that region of space, so here's the last commission I did. The dog alien from Alien 3...
“That’s the second biggest monkey head I’ve ever seen…”
October 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“That’s the second biggest monkey head I’ve ever seen…”
The last issue of Event Horizon has been solicited. I'm drawing it right now and I can promise you it is CRAZY. Forget whatever your expectations are, because @cjward.bsky.social has a doozy coming that you won't want to miss, so hit up those shops with #3 out soon!
Cover B by @darickr.bsky.social
Cover B by @darickr.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The last issue of Event Horizon has been solicited. I'm drawing it right now and I can promise you it is CRAZY. Forget whatever your expectations are, because @cjward.bsky.social has a doozy coming that you won't want to miss, so hit up those shops with #3 out soon!
Cover B by @darickr.bsky.social
Cover B by @darickr.bsky.social
Pretty wild coming back from NYCC where everyone asks what the convention scene in Australia is like and seeing my "don't even bother" sentiments reinforced in such an incredibly reaffirming way...
October 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Pretty wild coming back from NYCC where everyone asks what the convention scene in Australia is like and seeing my "don't even bother" sentiments reinforced in such an incredibly reaffirming way...
I'm told that this is not an uncommon way to (finally) meet @ssnyder1835.bsky.social...
Also, really fun chat with @comicpop.bsky.social coming up I think sometime this week, as well as some other extremely cool news regarding Event Horizon and what's next in the coming week...
Also, really fun chat with @comicpop.bsky.social coming up I think sometime this week, as well as some other extremely cool news regarding Event Horizon and what's next in the coming week...
October 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I'm told that this is not an uncommon way to (finally) meet @ssnyder1835.bsky.social...
Also, really fun chat with @comicpop.bsky.social coming up I think sometime this week, as well as some other extremely cool news regarding Event Horizon and what's next in the coming week...
Also, really fun chat with @comicpop.bsky.social coming up I think sometime this week, as well as some other extremely cool news regarding Event Horizon and what's next in the coming week...
14 years ago, I was approached by Ruben Fleischer to do some previs & story work on Ghostbusters 3. Harold Ramis passed; we bailed on it. I got that gig because of how I drew this ugly spud.
Now I'm back in comics, I might have pull out the stories I had approved at IDW but never got published...
Now I'm back in comics, I might have pull out the stories I had approved at IDW but never got published...
September 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
14 years ago, I was approached by Ruben Fleischer to do some previs & story work on Ghostbusters 3. Harold Ramis passed; we bailed on it. I got that gig because of how I drew this ugly spud.
Now I'm back in comics, I might have pull out the stories I had approved at IDW but never got published...
Now I'm back in comics, I might have pull out the stories I had approved at IDW but never got published...