Official Art

The art of The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest was never released through an artbook, instead manifesting piecemeal through other sources. This leaves the collection incomplete and in imperfect condition due to lossy .jpg compression. There seem to be seven primary classes of art.

The first includes high quality personal pictures—the big Dr. Quest and Jonny heads, Jonny's molecule picture, underwater Race, Jessie in QuestWorld and Hadji deep in thought.
The second are six simply-colored sketches of the characters displaying full physiques, released through the Style Guides with a color reference.
The third class are myriad sketches and situational drawings depicting the characters in different lights and several scenes. Most of the situational ones have been colored, as have a few of the personal sketches. While all are represented in the Digital Style Guide and many situational pieces have been used with other Real Adventures merchandise, high quality source pictures of these have never really materialized other than a few basic sketches for each character.
The fourth class involves images with no clear source at all, such as this and images geared specifically for the Questworld.com website.
The fifth class consist of production sketches for characters and episodes, probably released through AOL.
The sixth group comes from the promotional video for the show's premiere, and features concept art which is otherwise unreleased or seen in any other materials.
Finally, the seventh group includes stills or renders of QuestWorld released by computer animators such as Casey Dame or Francois Lord.

If you have art or images of a higher quality than the ones seen here, or something missing from this page, please e-mail questfanmail@gmail.com. The best sources currently known are the Style Guide, and Press Kit. To download scanned collections of these, click these links:

Digital Style Guide (RAR, 10 MB)
Print Style Guide (ZIP, 380 MB)
TRAJQ Press Kit (ZIP, 74 MB)

Color Art

Calendar

Scans courtesy of JQStyle.

Cels

Actual cels are sometimes taken home by the artists and later put up for auction on Ebay.

Rage's Burning Wheel - Race, Jonny, Jessie
Unknown Hadji
Jonny
Ghost Quest - Jonny, Jessie, Hadji
Ghost Quest - Jonny, Jessie, Hadji
Ghost Quest - Jonny, Jessie Hadji
Ghost Quest - Jonny
Ghost Quest - Jessie
The Mummies of Malenque - Jonny and Jessie
Bandit (Begin Nemesis cels)
Bandit
Bandit
Benton Quest
Benton Quest
Benton Quest
Benton Quest
Benton Quest
Benton Quest
Benton Quest
Benton Quest
Benton Quest
Benton Quest
Benton Quest
Benton Quest
Benton Quest
General Yala
General Yala
General Yala
General Yala
General Yala
General Yala
General Yala
General Yala
General Yala
General Yala
Hadji
Hadji
Hadji
Jonny and Bandit
Jonny and Bandit
Jonny and Hadji
Jonny and Hadji
Race and General Yala
Race and General Yala
Race and General Yala
Race and General Yala
Race and General Yala
Race and General Yala
Race and General Yala
Race and General Yala
Race and General Yala
Race and General Yala
Race and General Yala
Race and General Yala
Race and General Yala
Race and General Yala
Race and General Yala
Race and General Yala
Race and General Yala
Race and General Yala
Race and General Yala
Race and General Yala
Race and Jonny
Race Bannon
Zin
Zin
Zin (End Nemesis cels)
The Robot Spies - Zin
The Robot Spies - Zin
Unknown - Benton
Unknown - Race and Jonny
Unknown - Jonny and Bandit
Unknown - Zin
Unknown - Zin Yelling
Unknown - Zin Smiling
Unknown - Zin Laboratory
Zin Background
Zin Room
Zin Warehouse
Zin Wagon
Unknown - Hadji Lying Down
Unknown - Bandit
Night of the Zinja, Zin

Locations

Some great location digital cels can be had in Cover-Up at Roswell, the PC game. We've ripped the assets, though they're a little low resolution. Download here.

Quest Compound Living Room
Road to lighthouse
Road to lighthouse
Lighthouse background
Lighthouse background
Lighthouse background
Quest Compound color art
Quest Compound color art
Quest Compound main hall
Quest Compound stone terrace
Dark Sentinel Background Hut
Dark Sentinel Background Jungle
Dark Sentinel Background Prison
Haunted Sonata, Milos House
Nemesis, dome

Race Against Danger

Castle
Castle Corridor
Castle Courtyard
Hallway
Holding Cell
Hologram
Jungle Beach
Jungle
Kreed's Art Collection
Kreed's Control Room
Kreed's Control Room 2
Mainframe
Paracourse
Rampart
Security Office

Thoughtscape

Castle
Castle
Green Doors

The Haunted Sonata

Bob Singer Cels

These were auctioned.

Without a Trace

Dr. Quest, Prisoner
Race, Prisoner
Surd 1
Surd 2

The Bangalore Falcon

Anaya
Anaya 2
Anaya 3
Dr. Zin
Dr. Zin 2
Dr. Zin Hologram
Hadji Singh
Hadji Singh 2
Melana
Melana Hologram
Neela
Neela 2
Neela 3
Ninja
Pasha Peddler
Pasha Peddler 2
Royal Guard
The Bangalore Falcon
The Bangalore Falcon
The Bangalore Falcon
The Bangalore Falcon
Tiger

The Edge of Yesterday

Dr. Benton Quest, Flashback
Dr. Benton Quest and Rachel Quest, Photograph
Dinosaur
Dinosaur, Head
Dinosaur, QuestWorld
Ezekiel Rage
Ezekiel Rage, Face
Ezekiel Rage, Hand
Ezekiel Rage, QuestWorld
Forbes
Forbes 2
Forbes 3
Jessie's Fighter
Jessie's Fighter 2
Jonny's Fighter
Jonny's Fighter 2
Vedder
Vedder 2
Vedder 3

Other Space

Alien Being
Alien Machine
Alien Overlord
Alien Overlord 2
Cruz
Cruz and Otsuki
Dr. Quest
Dr. Quest and Race
Gun
Hadji
Jonny
Jonny, Jessie, Hadji
Jonny Hand Model
Jonny Headset
Jessie
Jessie 2
Marcus
Marcus 2
Otsuki
Quest Watch
Race

Cover-Up At Roswell

Jonny Quest
Jonny Quest
Jonny Quest Sky
Jessie Bannon
Hadji Singh
Race Bannon
Dr. Quest
Molecule Team
Questworld
Jonny sprite
Jessie sprite
Hadji sprite

The Roswell Packaging also contains art on the box.

Those amazing "molecule" art pieces were made for the launch of the show, but have unfortunately never appeared anywhere else on the Internet. They were used to decorate the outside of Hanna-Barbera's offices at the time of launch:

The last image was displayed on this website.

Jonny Quest Digital Style Guide

Jonny Quest
Hadji Singh
Jessie Bannon
Race Bannon
Dr. Quest
Bandit
Situational art
Jonny color guide
Hadji color guide
Jessie color guide
Race color guide
Dr. Quest color guide
Bandit color guide
Team size comparison

Concept Art

Promo Video

Faded Jonny face
Faded Jessie face
Faded unknown male face (possibly the alien VP)
Faded unknown female face (possibly Estella Scheele)
QW concepts
QW concepts (Jessie)
QW concepts
QW concepts (Jessie)
QW concepts
QW concepts (Race)
QW concepts
QW concepts (Jessie)
QW concepts
QW concepts (Jonny)
QW concepts
QW concepts (Jessie)
QW concepts
QW concepts (Jonny)
QW concepts
QW concepts (unknown female)
QW concepts
QW concepts (unknown female)
QW concepts
QW concepts (unknown female)
QW concepts
QW concepts (Jonny)
QW concepts
QW concepts (Jessie)
QW concepts
QW concepts (unknown female)
QW concepts
QW concepts (Race)
Globe faces (Jonny)
Globe faces (Jessie)
Glob faces (Hadji)
Jonny art
Hadji art
Jonny face fade in
QW concept
QW concept
QW concept
QW concept (Race)
QW concept (Jonny)
QW concept (Jessie)
Concept art for In the Realm of the Condor
Concept art for In the Realm of the Condor
Concept art for In the Realm of the Condor
Concept art for In the Realm of the Condor
Concept art for In the Realm of the Condor
Concept painting for East of Zanzibar
Concept painting for East of Zanzibar
Jonny art (face close-up)
Hadji art (face close-up)
Jessie art (face close-up)
Dr. Quest art (face close-up)
Race art (face close-up)
Bandit art
Jonny art (body close-up)
Hadji art (body close-up)
Jessie art (body close-up)
Dr. Quest art (body close-up)
Race art (body close-up)

World of Hanna-Barbera

Takashi Art
Takashi Art
Takashi Art
Takashi Art
Hadji Hanging
Hadji Hanging Reverse

Larry Navarro Sketches

Trio on a Hot Day
Jessie combat
Trio and Cat
Trio
Helicopter scene
Draft line
Final group

Feed Your Mind Behind the Scenes Video

Art (seen only in Cover-Up at Roswell)
Character Art - Hadji
Character Art - Jessie
Character Art - Race
Surd (in background)
Galoob Partnership Cel, showing slightly different Season 1 designs

Other or Unknown

According to an Ebay auction, the Takashi Masunaga poster print was somehow affiliated with a Galoob promotion.

Variety April 1995
Concept art from Ebay
Concept art from Ebay
Concept art from Ebay
Concept art from Ebay
Concept art from Ebay
Concept art from Ebay
Concept art from Ebay
Concept art from Ebay
Concept art from Ebay
Concept art from Ebay
Concept art from Ebay
Concept art from Ebay
Concept art from Ebay
Concept art from Ebay
Concept art from Ebay
Concept art from Ebay
Concept art from Ebay
Concept art from Ebay
Concept art from Ebay
Concept art from Ebay
Concept art from Ebay
Concept art from Ebay
Concept art from Ebay
Concept art from Ebay
Concept art from Ebay
Concept art from Ebay
Concept art from Ebay
Quest team (1), from Preview Press Kit
Jonny QW
Jonny
Jonny (from DVD)
Jessie (from DVD)
Jessie (from DVD)
Jonny, from Takashi Masunaga print
Jonny, from Takashi Masunaga print
Jonny, from Takashi Masunaga print
Jonny, from Takashi Masunaga print
Jonny, from Takashi Masunaga print
Jonny, from Takashi print (on Peter Lawrence's website)
Jonny, from Takashi Masunaga print
Jonny, preview press kit
Jonny, Jessie, Hadji, including horse scene from unproduced episode
Frank Squillace QuestWorld Demon Concept 1
Frank Squillace QuestWorld Demon Concept 2
Tiger Lithograph
Tiger Lithograph
Tiger Lithograph
Tiger Lithograph
Tiger Lithograph
Quest Compound, from Titan issue 2
Season 2 Model Cel
Season 2 Model Cel
Season 2 Model Cel
Season 2 Model Cel
Jessie, from Spanish coloring book
Race, from Spanish coloring book

QuestWorld Renders

Casey Dame

Dark Sentinel
Dark Sentinel
Dark Sentinel
Dark Sentinel
Dark Sentinel
Dark Sentinel
Dark Sentinel
Dark Sentinel
Dark Sentinel

Questworld.com Images

Most are based on the Digital Style Guide, but like the colored Bandit image, there are a few rarities.

Jonny
Jonny and Bandit
Jonny Icon
Jonny Bio
Hadji Bio
Jessie Bio
Dr. Quest Bio
Race Bio
Bandit Bio
Jonny Menu
Hadji Menu
Jessie Menu
Dr. Quest Menu
Race Menu
Bandit Menu
Group Menu
Friends Icons: Bandit
Friends Icons: Dr. Quest
Friends Icons: Hadji
Friends Icons: Jessie
Friends Icons: Jonny
Friends icons: Race

YTV Website Images

DVD and VCD Art

Mini-DVD
Cliff scene art
Cliff scene art
Cliff scene art

Magazine Article Art

From Animation Magazine Producer Interviews:

Questworld Cycle
Questworld Race
Ezekiel Rage
Questworld Jessie
Questworld Jessie
Questworld Jessie
Questworld Jonny
Questworld Jonny
Questworld
Concept art for the "Dark Skies"/horse unproduced episode; Variety June 19, 1995 article

Magazine Ad Art

Boys' Life magazine page
Broadcasting Cable, January 13, 1997
City Children's Weekly, issue 342 (April 13, 1997)
City Children's Weekly, issue 342 (April 13, 1997)
Magazine unknown, 1994
Magazine and date unknown
The Reporter, 1995; artist possibly Takashi Masunaga
The Reporter, 1995; single scan
Feed Your Mind Behind the Scenes segment showing the art
Magazine and date unknown
Magazine and date unknown
Magazine and date unknown
Magazine and date unknown
Magazine and date unknown (toys)
Wired Magazine November 1996
"5 million in the first week" with ship scene art (Variety)
Virgin Ad 1 (unknown magazine)
Virgin Ad 2 (unknown magazine)
Virgin Ad 3 (unknown magazine)
Folding Ad
Folding Ad
Folding Ad

Click here for a clean PNG version of the unknown ad's Jonny art.

A folding ad from yet another unknown magazine was also issued:

TBS Print Ad 1
TBS Print Ad 2

Program Exchange Syndication Booklet Art

TV Promotional Slides

These French slides were recovered through an auction.

These were also up for auction:

These were recovered and scanned, including the lead sheet:

Other

Cel print from Season 1
Sericel from Season 1
Autographed Season 2 Cast Cel
Boys' Life magazine page with helicopter situation
Coloring book cover
Gift Bag Art
Rage concept art from Animation Magazine Producer Interviews
Galoob catalogue with Jonny colored sketch
Mummies of Malenque promo high-quality photo
Pog Art (Benton is unique)
Promo card
Promo Card Reverse
Takashi Masunaga Jonny Quest promo art (sold on Ebay within wooden frame)
Trivia card
Valentine's Box Front
Valentine's Box Back
Alternate Box
Valentine's Cards
Valentine's Cards
Valentine's Cards
Ezekiel Rage, from Titan comics #2
Questworld scene, from Titan comics #2

Unknown Source

Jonny (art print, unknown provenance)
Jonny small
Jonny
Jessie
Jessie
Jessie (both wings)
Jessie small
Jessie sketch
Jessie
Jessie (Upper Deck Questworld)
Hadji
Hadji small
Race
Race small
Dr. Quest
Dr. Quest
Dr. Quest small pog example
Bandit small
QuestWorld preview thumb
QuestWorld preview thumb
QuestWorld preview thumb
QuestWorld preview thumb
Jonny, Jessie, Hadji
Jonny, Jessie, Hadji
Jonny and Bandit
Quest team sketch amalgation / coloration
Quest team sketch amalgation / coloration
Quest team
Quest team
Quest team
Cliff situation
Cliff situation
Elephant situation
Parachute situation
Plane situation
Scuba situation
Shark situation
Train situation
Helicopter situation (autographed by artist?)

Season Examples

These are screenshots of character profiles from certain episodes comparing character appearances. Three sets are presented for season one, which was animated by several different studios. The disparity tends to follow two patterns; most episodes seems to have been animated by Mook Studios (which did season two), using soft lines and uncomplicated backgrounds. The other group (including The Darkest Fathoms, In the Realm of the Condor, and others) feature extremely detailed background paintings, heavy lines, and substantial digital animation and post-processing. Examples for Bandit and the villains are also included.

Jonny (101)
Hadji (101)
Jessie (101)
Dr. Quest (101)
Race (101)
Jonny (113)
Hadji (113)
Jessie (113)
Dr. Quest (113)
Race (113)
Bandit (113)
Rage (104)
Rage (109)
Surd (113)

Jonny (201)
Jessie (201)
Hadji (201)
Race (201)
Dr. Quest (201)
Hadji (no turban) (210)
Bandit (201)
Rage (221)
Surd (206)

Sketches

Jonny Quest Digital Style Guide

Jonny sketches
Hadji sketches
Jessie sketches
Race sketches
Dr. Quest sketches
Bandit sketches
Situational sketches

Feed Your Mind Behind the Scenes

Sketch Art - Benton
Sketch Art - Jonny
Sketch Art - Jonny
Sketch Art - Jonny
Sketch Art - Jonny
Sketch Art - Jonny

Season Designs

Jonny (1)
Jonny (1)
Jonny (1, 2)
Jonny (2)
Jonny (2)
Jonny
Jonny
Jonny
Jonny
Jonny
Hadji (1)
Hadji (1)
Hadji (1)
Hadji (1)
Hadji (1)
Hadji (1, 2)
Hadji (2)
Hadji (2)
Hadji (2)
Infant Hadji
Jessie (1)
Jessie (1)
Jessie (1)
Jessie (1, 2)
Jessie (2)
Jessie (2)
Jessie (2)
Jessie (2)
Jessie (2)
Race (1)
Race (1)
Race (1, 2)
Race (2)
Dr. Quest (1, 2)
Dr. Quest (2)
Bandit (1)
Bandit (1, 2)
Quest team (2)
Quest team (2)
Surd (2)
Neela
Neela
Neela
Haresh
Diamonds and Jade model sheet

Season 1 Model Sheets

These were recovered on Ebay in 2024.

Hadji Singh
Hadji Singh
Hadji Singh
Hadji Singh
Jessie Bannon
Jessie Bannon
Jessie Bannon
Jonny Quest
Jonny Quest
Jonny Quest
Jonny Quest QuestWorld
Jonny Quest QuestWorld Motorcycle Suit
Jonny Quest QuestWorld Motorcycle Suit
Dr. Benton Quest
Dr. Benton Quest
Dr. Benton Quest
Race Bannon
Race Bannon
Race Bannon
Bandit
Quest Airstream
Quest Airstream
Quest Airstream
Quest Airstream
Quest Airstream
Quest Airstream
Quest Airstream
Quest Airstream
Quest Airstream
Quest Airstream
Quest Airstream
Quest Airstream
Quest Airstream
Quest Airstream
Quest Airstream
Quest Catamaran
Quest Catamaran
Questor Catamaran
Questor Catamaran
Questor Catamaran
Questor Catamaran
Questor Catamaran
Questor Catamaran
Questor Catamaran
Questor Catamaran
Questor Catamaran
Questor Catamaran
Questor Catamaran
Questor Catamaran
Questor Catamaran
Questor Catamaran
Questor Catamaran
Questor Catamaran
Questor Catamaran
Questor Catamaran
Sea Slug
Sea Slug
Sea Slug
Sea Slug
Sea Slug
Sea Slug
Sea Slug
Sea Slug
Sea Slug
Sea Slug
Sea Slug
Sea Slug
Sea Slug
Sea Slug
Boston Whaling Tender
Boston Whaling Tender
Quest Rover
Quest Rover
VR Visor
VR Visor
VR Laptop Computer
VR Transforming Motorcycle
VR Transforming Motorcycle
VR Handgun
VR Chair

Quest Compound:

Early art by Paul Gruwell
Early art by Paul Gruwell
Early art by Paul Gruwell
Early art by Paul Gruwell

Season 2 Model Sheets

These were recovered in an auction.

Quest Team
Bandit 1
Bandit 2
Bandit 3
Dr. Quest 1
Dr. Quest 2
Dr. Quest 3
Dr. Quest 4
Race
Race
Race
Race
Race Artist Drawings
Jonny
Jonny
Jonny
Jonny
Jessie
Jessie
Jessie
Jessie
Hadji
Hadji
Hadji
Hadji
Hadji Placeholder
Jeremiah Surd
Jeremiah Surd
Jeremiah Surd
Jeremiah Surd
Jeremiah Surd
Jeremiah Surd
Jeremiah Surd
Jonny QuestWorld
Race QuestWorld
Jonny, Race, Surd, QuestWorld
Lorenzo
Lorenzo
Julia
Julia
Julia
Dragonfly
Dragonfly
Dragonfly
Dragonfly
Dragonfly
Dragonfly
Dragonfly
Dragonfly
Dragonfly
Dragonfly
Dragonfly
Dragonfly
Dragonfly
Dragonfly
Dragonfly
Dragonfly
Dragonfly
Dragonfly
Dragonfly
Dragonfly
Quest Passenger Helicopter
Quest Passenger Helicopter
Quest Snowmobile
Quest Cargo Helicopter
Quest Cargo Helicopter
Quest Cargo Helicopter
Quest CAT
Quest CAT
Quest CAT
Quest Utility Vehicle
Quest Utility Vehicle
Quest VR Headset
Quest VR Headset
QuestWorld Recaro Chair
Quest Watch

Episodic model sheets:

Eclipse

Characters
Characters
Elise Lenoir
Elise Lenoir
Elise Lenoir
Elise Lenoir
Elise Lenoir
Arnaud
Mrs. Adrian
Sgt. Kenton
Sgt. Kenton
(Servant) Andrew
Thug (Berger)
Coroner
Celeste
Elise Lenoir
Elise Lenoir
Elise Lenoir
Elise Lenoir
Elise Lenoir

Village of the Doomed

Bandit
Dr. Benton Quest in waders
Jonny Quest in waders
Dr. Hugh Smallwood
Dr. Hugh Smallwood
Darcy
Mrs. Cadbury
Mrs. Cadbury
Mrs. Cadbury
Dr. Smallwood, Darcy
Happy Berserker
Local Berserker
Hunter #1
Hunter #2
Quentic (mechanic)
Quentic (mechanic)
Nurse Miss Holloway
Techie #1
Techie #2
Trench (Guard)
Moffat (Guard)
Greene (Guard)
Wychford Resident
Wychford Resident
Wychford Resident
Wychford Resident
Wychford Resident
Wychford Resident

Diamonds and Jade

Jezebel Jade
Jezebel Jade
Jezebel Jade
Dja'lang Mukharno
Kumar Mukharno
Inspector Mantjur
N'Joman
Mr. Mohasson
Police #1
Police #2
Shadow Warrior

General Winter

All Characters
Vostok
Vostok
Colonel Nikolai
Colonel Nikolai
Vostok's Solders
Vostok's Soldiers
Captain Rossanov
Petrov
Russian Sailor
Sonar Man
Russian Sentry
Professor Erikson
Jonny in Parka
Dr. Quest/Race in Parka
Hadji in Parka
Bandit in Sweater
Jonny in Parka, Climbing Gear

The Robot Spies

All Characters
Jonny, Jessie, Estella
Jezebel Jade
Jezebel Jade
Estella Velasquez
Estella Velasquez
Stefano DePace
Stefano DePace
Stefano DePace
Stefano DePace
Mr. Henry
Mr. Henry
Mr. Henry
Dr. Zin
Dr. Benton Quest
DePace Thug #1
DePace Thug #2
DePace Thug #3
DePace Thug #4
DePace Thug #5
DePace Thug #6

More than Zero

Other DVD Art

Mansion floor plan
Mansion floor plan
Early Jessie art
Early Jessie art
Early Race art
Early Race art
Jessie cliff scene art
Writer's bible cover page
QuestWorld headset art
Dragonfly concept art
Questcat concept art
Quest helicopter concept art
Plane scene sketch
Alien in Washington storyboard
Alien in Washington storyboard
Alien in Washington storyboard

Questworld DVD Art

Jonny, Jessie

Merchandise Art

Ezekiel Rage and Jeremiah Surd, from Pizza Hut Quest Packs

Unknown Source

Jonny sketch
Hadji sketch
Hadji sketch
Hadji sketch
Hadji sketch
Race sketch
Dr. Quest sketch
Jonny and Bandit
Quest team
Horse situation
Jet situation
Jungle situation
Shark situation
Slide situation

Logos

Title card
Closeup 1
Closeup 2
Background detail
Credits background
From Cover-Up At Roswell
From Jonny Quest Digital Style Guide
From Jonny Quest Digital Style Guide
From Jonny Quest Digital Style Guide
From Questworld.com
From Promo Video
From the Press Kit
Blister card design from DSG; source unknown
From Valentine's Day set
Source unknown
From Quest Byte in Alligators and Okeechobee Vikings
From To Bardo and Back
Toonami logo
Unknown QuestWorld logo
Unknown spinning logo
Line break
Hanna-Barbera JQ CN logo
Fan-made high quality PNG logo
Fan-made high quality PNG logo

Fonts

These fonts were used in the show and with promotional materials and merchandise.

OCR-A
Template Gothic
Confidential
Democratica
Industrial
Meta

Other Art

Jonny Quest Digital Style Guide

Blister cards
Hang-tag mock-ups
Cartoon Network logo 1
Cartoon Network logo 2
Product mock-ups (Aero)
Product mock-ups (Hydro)
Product mock-ups (Terra)
Product mock-ups (Questworld)
Design borders
Design icons
Design backgrounds

For preservation, here are Jonny Quest and the Cyber Insections model sheets and storyboards we came across. Model sheets are below; download the storyboards here (861 MB).

Jonny Quest
Race Bannon
Hadji Singh
Bandit
Dr. Benton Quest
Jessie Bannon
Dr. Zin

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