X-mas gifts in progress

christmas is coming up kiddies. whoot.
but at the same time i can't help but cringe at the powerful odour of corporate taint on this holiday.
anywho- here are some of the sketches i am planning on developing into watercolours, framing and handing out for some gifts- i have about 4-5 more to get developed, but ive got tons of time yet (words of a seasoned procrastinator)
cheers-

quick piece

chipped away at this one the other day, its based off another artists design, i forget the name, but ill post it as soon as i remember/find the guy. hes good.

Very bogged down with work right now, but not the fun creative exciting stuff, so ive got some sketches piling up, and at some point, (hopefully before the holidays!) ill get these things coloured and looking golden, always stuff to do...

hope everyones well!
cheers

Final Cover, maybe?

revised design for the album, i like the texture, and cutout look for the cover, but ill keep printing processes into consideration for the disc- have a more print friendly take

my lil sis found a new pet!
trying to use more colour mediums, bit rusty with the ol paint but practice practice.

heeey 50th post, cool.

I made a Tutorial!!

thought id try to make one of these i love when people show their process, heres mine for a vector drawing.

1. Sketch
I start with a guideline pencil, usually a blue or pink, I find these really help explore and have fun with a drawing before you discover whats in your finished piece.

2. Line Art
Vector baby, its a great medium, allowing you produce perfect prints and get some super clean artwork - photoshop is superior in many aspects, but i generally enjoy working with the pen tool, i think i just need to try more digital paintings

3. Base Colours
Lay down the foundation, at this stage you should try a couple different ways of colouring the piece, a great pallet can make or break.

4. Shading
shade this thing up, i usually use 3 shades for my colouring (one base tone, shadow tone and highlight tone) check out references for these, its quite surprising how much a couple plotches of highlight can really pop the image

5. Design
nothing helped my development as an artist more than studying graphic design, i like to texturize these days, makes the drawing more tactile but do what you will, have fun

X-mas party sketch- I will have it inked and coloured by the party! recognize anybody??

Some early work on an album cover im doing for friend back home, thouhgts?
check out the artist as well!

yeauk, being sick sucks

finished version of a t-shirt design we sold at a keg party this weekend, think we got rid of them all, so "success". Fun times, but a hurtful morning after.
Shirts sold in pink and white-(below) Ill have to post last years poster I did for these guys... it was a nightmare, start to finish, much better experience this time.

Another fun poster design for work, pretty proud that we had this much fun working for the federal council.
I've been a train wreck health-wise the last little bit, rough weekend followed by catching some kind of crappy cold bug- bleag. it hurts productivity. On the up and up- Work has thrown me some great projects lately, couple fun logos, creative posters here and there, been nice
Personal work-wise, its been a bit slower, mostly due to the fact that im so scattered- i need to tackle things a little more head on rather than 8 at once...i just get excited.
but some great stuff in the works, it will all be worth it.

Want to be absolutely blown the f away?? listen to this guy, the most phenomenal, music to draw and design to, love it.

oct sketchin

just a sketch- looks pretty.

HA!

woah

photo of a model, some textured watercolour + illustrator= ta da
vector for a friend, quick and easy piece

done and done

Along with James im also in the artists alley for Manitoba's ComicCon, heres my cover for a short comic ive whipped up... its more of a preview piece, as the inside pages did not get developed as much as i would have hoped, but pretty to look at none-the-less... See ya there!

Bar Banter

me and my big sis trying to locate each other in a crowded bar, phones were a dumb idea

ka-friggin-boom

been wanting to do this piece for a veeery long time, finally finished it up, sorta.
I could still tweak this thing for another 8 hours, and it still wouldn't be done, its just one of those drawings.

Main Charcter

the final design on our hero for the comic! can't wait to have this whole thing coloured!

need a bit of help figuring out the main character for the comic.... thoughts?

Fairly Twisted Tales

Here it is! first of the teaser artwork for the comic short- the script is pretty much done up, character sheets have been drawn, and now we've got a logo. The overall feel for the story will be somewhat like a dark fairy tale, so lil bit of tim burton influence on the logotype. Now I just have to draw the comic....

best flipping game e-v-e-r

Got this game with my first PlayStation when I was about 13- I really blame this game for really getting me into drawing and design.

ramos fanart

slight revision....

when in doubt- textureize

vector doodle

I love making these pieces, yay for vector!

weekend prt2

everyone seems to be having a lot of fun with this one- so here we go.

The Looking Girl

Older sketch, finally got'er scanned in.

it was quite a weekend

just reminiscing on some of the shannanaigns that occured between Friday and Tues night...
There was a lot.

guidelines

ode to Marc S, should look killer once its all coloured

good ol kingdom hearts

it still amazes me that they combined a fantasy rpg and a wack of disney characters... and it somehow turned out to be a kick ass game, crazy. crazy awesome.

Spidey

hey hey, new pic

dinosaur rides

Ride the Vilociraptor, $5

and stay tuned, inked and coloured version coming soon

updates!!

Quickie post- been a while since I've updated, I've got my comic-con forms in,
so artists alley here I come! yay!

kid 3

picture experimentation for my rents 25th anniversary, we're getting a whack of kid pics framed and groovy looking for them to hang up- good fun. (jenny is kid 3 of 6)

still plodding along on what to do for the comic....

a big greedy king

yay, spiddie

pretty sketch

vector practice

vectoring over a drawing of mine, just playing around in illustrator

lets all go swimming

potential cover for a book I've been loosing sleep over, goes to print in the fall!