Lost Strings

“Lost Strings”
been sitting on this idea for a while.
this is the sequel piece to “Can I have the moon”
Inspirational song for this piece goes to: John Murphy, Surface of the Sun

Girl Fight and a Chief

A Hmmm to life lately.

This past Saturday, I participated in the Folk Fest Craft Sale event, which was my first ever craft sale... My setup was basically an array of small watercolours, complete with a sign advertising custom paintings upon request. Sold a handful of paintings, but things were fairly slow. What made it worth it: was one little kid who asked for a transformer type robot with a T on it's chest (for Trevor) half an hour later, Trevor and his dad came back, they were ecstatic over the result of the painting- so much, that they requested another for Ollie, Trevor's friend whom was having a birthday that very day. Cool. cool beans.

Watched Halo's animated project (Halo Legends) recently, which is a similar idea to the Animatrix film- you get about 6-8 animation studios telling an array of short stories in a array of styles. Bit of a hit/miss eperience, but fun to watch none-the-less.

We could use some of the King's Horse's and Men

Starscream.

My second favorite Transformer (after Bumblebee)

Messy vector piece :) This was super fun to make, I think I feel a whole series like this coming on...

On a funny side note: some random from New Zealand emailed me this morn- apparently they found my art through Google Images, and wanted permission to get a Tattoo of my "Greek Lunch" Medusa piece.
lol. cool.

Calgary Con... coming up!

My booth sign :)
so I'm making the trip out to Calgary's con in a little over a month, get to meet the likes of Data and Spock from Star Trek, Apollo from Battlestar G, the Doctor guy from Stargate Atlantis... and not to mention a sea of other talented illustrators. Should be a blast.

Im also playing with the idea of heading to the San Francisco con next year- If I can make up a chunk of the trip in sales, then why not??

paperbag princess

:) nobody uses paperbags these days

Google malfunctioned on me... or did it?

haha, just having fun :)

sketch

BEAR!

new pet

District 9, yo

Ammmmaaaazzzzing movie. loved it. cannot wait for the next one -when we get to see the rest of the aliens. If these prawns were just the "worker ants" I'm pumped to see the "warrior ants"

Broken wings

Connected.

NOT an alien

feeling a bit overwhelmed?

then just go to this video, crank your volume, fullscreen it, and stop your worrying :)

for a bit at least.

type sketch

just some vector experimentation. I'll get the scanner warmed up in the next day or two and get some other stuff up soon.

I also have a bunch of great stuff that I really shouldn't post! (phooey)
some pieces that will be in a gallery in a month or two, as well as my submissions to Calgary's 2010 artbook... it's hard not to share work your excited about...

Sad...

a jab at the melodrama that is facebook
(or any other social networking with a status option, really)

Sketch A Day 06

Sketch A Day 05

Sketch A Day 04

Sketch A Day 03

sketch a day 02

Sketch A Day 01

The Sketchbook!!

You may notice through the sketchbook, that a certain boy magician and his bunny make several appearances. Thats because over the holidays I began development on a comic strip, something I've been wanting to do since I was a wee tot.

My character sheets are done, I've got about 40 strips scripted, and am currently putting together some poster/cover artwork,
it's been quite an exhilarating project :)

I am very close to mailing out my strips proposals to newspapers, maybe a syndicate or two, but this is much more about me telling some funny jokes with art than creating a successful strip. I will keep you in the loop with how things pan out:)

Quite an opportunity

the above link pertains to a large illustration workshop in Banff (this feb), featuring some heavy hitting artists, including some people from pixar (Que girlish scream of excitement)

however the workshop does take place in Banff, plus, I would need so much more time before I had my illustrative portfolio ready to show to someone from pixar, it's also a bit on the pricey side, plus I'm already making the trip out to calgary con soon, also, it's in banff. And it's in banff. Banff is far far away.
Next year for sure.

I've sent away a small application to attend and run a table at a craft sale in a month or so, my idea was to have small watercolours(like above) available for request. We shall see if i get a spot...

This pic reminds me of the days goosebumps novels reigned supreme on my bookshelf... that was a fun series.
(revenge of the lawn gnomes)

I recently stumbled upon this site

which is a hub for design/illustration competitions. My mind slightly blew upon my first visit. Now that I've settled down,
I plan on entering a contest here and there.

You really can't expect to get anywhere with your drawings and design work if no one ever sees them (are my thoughts)

Saw Sherlock Holmes the other night. Wowza, extremely good movie. The amount of detail spent on the sets/environments/costumes etc was especially noteworthy. Spectacular acting performances, witty dialogue and great pace, helped out as well. Well done.

The main criticism I've been hearing about this flick, is that it's not true enough to the original story and characters.

I really can't comment on that (as i've never read the original/s), but I really don't think anyone can get too upset, this movie was fantastic.

The accumulation of about a month in a sketchbook :)

Huurumph

just a speed painting I thought I would share.

today: saw avatar in 3d... and... holy crap. very good.

ps- im scanning in my notepad tomorrow, so starting soon, i will be uploading 1 spread a day!!

some greek for lunch

lunchtime sketch :) I've always been intrigued by the medusa character. seems Greek mythology in general is more interesting than most


inspired by Wander's Style

steampunk girl

yaaa for gray paper and grayscal markers

I couldn't seem to draw the other day. so i worked on something abstract.

the rest of the numerical family to follow.