After graduating from Fairport High School in 1991, Jones attended Pacific Northwest College of Art and majored in Illustration.
[6] In 2006, Jones was in Camden, Maine working on children's books and freelance illustrating when Disney Channel asked him if he was interested in creating a television show.
Jones chose to use photo collages for the background and digital drawings for the characters to give the show a quirky and hand-made feeling.
[13] Disney had asked Jones to create another series after the success of Fish Hooks and paired him with Joel Trussell.
[14] Jones stated that he wanted the main characters to act like normal teenage boys and incorporate offbeat humor.