The series is complete!.....almost

Here's the Blond and Red Head I promised.

The Brunette posted yesterday is in slight reconstruction.

The pure black hair is a bit overwhelming when next to these two in the series.

Happy long weekend Canada!!!

The Ol' Switch-a-rooooooo

My good friend Abby and I decided to hold a good old fashion painting trade.

This is acrylic on canvas, and was taken from an old sketch I posted a while back that Abby particularly enjoyed.

The photo kind of screws up the colours.

Her eyes are much brighter, but you get the idea.

A blond and a red head are up next!

Stay tuned...

Also, here's Abby's link if you're interested:

http://www.abigailbedwell.com/

Hookin'

The ever elusive Sea Hooker.

Another post for AJ.

Sheepish Charlie and the Marauding Ant Army

This probably won't turn into anything, but I like to think of it as a concept piece for a story in the future. HA!

Happy Monday.

Here's hopin' there's a birdy heaven up there :(

So the neighbours may not have particularily enjoyed his less than subtle singing voice, but named after a legend like Leadbelly I would expect nothing less.

Good thing your wing healed up for the final flight.
May the blues rest your tragic soul in giant birdy heaven man! So long Belly.

You are missed.

Big Ugly

I can safely say this is the biggest drawing of a pug I've ever drawn. Not that I really draw them all that much. But seriously, it took up almost a whole page in my 11x17 sketch book! That's why I call him the 'Big Ugly'. Haha......big ugly.

Voodoo.....guy

For lack of a better name, here's Voodoo Guy. Started out with a sketch I did while watching a really boring movie (below), scanned it, and painted him up in Photoshop. I'm not sure about the blue, and may give it another stab. That's it. Later!

Little Red delivers the 'cookies' to Big G.

Here's another post for Art Jumble. I swear it's the only thing that keeps me drawing these days. Meh.
So the photo in the background I took in Toronto, near Bathurst just south of Queen. If your close by, you should check out the huge graffiti alley (if it's still there). The colours are amazing.

The Pitfalls of Never Having Read Comics as a Child...Or Adult

So here's my latest post for Art Jumble, of which this weeks theme is "Batman".
Never was one for readin' comics, so hope I'm not too far off.
Cheers!

Brawler #1

I'm almost sure this is going to be the first of a series of paintings entitled "Brawlers"...you'll all be the first to know if it works out.

Brawlers

These are the regulars you will find at the Big Foot Lodge in Los Feliz....plus that awesome Johnny Cash impersonator a la Karaoke. Ahhh, memories.

While discussing the subject of Rockabilly Hair-dos......

(Ink and Tria)

Awful Suspect

Here's a couple sketches I found from a while back.
Two shadey characters indeed. (Tria and Ink)

Re-dun

This is a new/finished (almost) version of a drawing I did a long time ago (posted earlier in my blogging career). Other than his demented hand, I think he'll stay this way. That's what I get for not using a pencil first I guess. Sighhhh. I just used some of those "Micron" pens and Tria marker. The usual I suppose. Not quite sure what's going to happen with the background...but when I find out, I'll let you know. Cheers!

Birds for Christmas

Here's some gifts I made for people this year.......birds.

Pug!

Last session with Gerry

Sadly, I attended my last life drawing session with Gerry Zeldin this week. For those who don't know him, he's one of the best instructors and draftsmen I know. Anyway, the costumes were great, and the models inspirational. Here's my top picks...Thanks Gerry!

...don't ask.

Haha, here's a page from an Art History project. It's the only one I found some enjoyment in. No, not just cause there's a skull in it!

I am completely fascinated with birds at the moment.
More life drawings are coming this weekend. Stay tuned!
Cheers

Trial Layouts for a "Short Film"

Here's somethin' I've been working on. They're some colour tests I've been doing for an idea I've got kickin' around the ol' nogin. It's got monkeys in it!

Life Drawing...and imaginary horses

Here's the latest...
Since I don't have a gigantic scanner, these poor quality digital photos will do :)
Cheers!

Project: Drawing birds in trees

So, I spent Thanksgiving in Northern Ontario (the best place in the WORLD to be in the fall). The trees were stunning, so I went shutter happy with my sort'a new SLR. I spent lots of time stalking the local winged wildlife, and it inspired a project. I call it "Project: Drawing Birds in Trees".....very inventive, I know. Anyway, Here are some of my photos with birds I drew in black ink, then scanned and painted digitaly. Next I think I'll do some Deer....and maybe a Black Bear or two (not that I really saw any of those). I LOVE CANADAAAAAAaaaaa!

More painting on broken things

Here's another acrylic on broken furniture. It's concept stuff for a personal project in the works.
It's got monkeys in it. Coming soon...MORE COWFOLK!

3:10 to AWEsome!

My love for the cowfolk has been reborn with a vengance! (not that it ever really left in the first place). I recently went to see the film "3:10 to Yuma" and it was excellent. Seriously, even the score was amazing. A handsome film indeed. Here are my 5 minute Cowboy sketches. One or two are attempts at characters in the film, the rest are not. I have tons more, but these are the ones I liked most.
Cheers!

Back to the Books!!

So I'm back at Life Drawing Classes with Gerry...here are the first few attempts.......be gentle Hahaha! It's been 3 years or so since my last session! I'm a little wary of posting these, but it'll be theraputic I guess :)

I like creepy stuff :)

Hey dudes! The ink sketch was a kinda old one I had lyin' around in the ol' sketch book. I just this morning, decided to turn it into a full blown movie poster. On the weekend I paid a visit to the 'Festival Of Fear' @ the Toronto convention center. There was SO much creepy fun to be had. I guess it kicked me in the ass and told me to keep drawing. I've got some sketches coming soon...

Cheers!

WOO HOOOoo, new drawings!

WEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Real pen on real paper!!!!

William's Coffee Pub

Here are some recent and over due sketches from William's Coffee Pub. A few friends and I decided to meet once a week and sketch till we can't sketch no mores. Seems to help with the.....I don't know......you know..........

I found this ol' broad on campus at Timmie's. I'm pretty sure she put 6 sugars in my coffee instead of 1, but she did almost hack out a rusty smile in the process. Meh.

CANADA!

OK, I feel REALLLY bad about neglecting this blog. Even THIS is an old sketch i'm just throwing up here in hopes that it will fill the void in my heART. snif snif. Anyway, I just may have some free time coming up in the not too distant future, and then.......I'm BACK BABY!

Bilgewater Goes to Hell....

Finally done. There's still no text, mainly due to the fact that i'm CRAP at it, and also because i'm not exactly sure what it's suppose to say......meh. Something like "Bilgewater Goes To HELL! Friday at the Steve Allen Theatre!" If i get a finished one WITH text, i guess i'll post it up. I really love doing posters for these guys! If you get a chance, and are into quirky sounding dixie tunes, then definately look up 'The Bilgewater Brothers'. They play once every month at the Steve Allen Theatre in Hollywood.
Cheers!

Hoooooves and Hearts

This is a colour study for the latest Bilgewater poster i'm working on. And as for David...I hope he doesn't mind the fact that he's grown Goat Hooves.

The various moods of Grim

A Good Day for Grim

That's it folks! The Doomsday Clock is now set to 5 minutes to 12!!! Time to get out those emission ridden cars to drive about town looking for things to nuke, whilst drinking from Styrofoam cups and depleting the ozone with your new haircut that requires 10 aerosol cans of hairspray! Onwards to midnight!!!
Seriously though...Is this whole random world wide weather shift not eveybodys first clue??!

Bikini Bob Finds New Profession!...

There's more to him than just a pretty face and stunning physique! Watch out ladies!!!

Bilgewater go West??

This is another poster illustration i threw together for The Bilgewater Brothers. More of a rough idea anyway. I'm never any good at text, so i haven't touched that part yet. Ah well.

Sour Belly

These are just some quick marker sketches i did over the holidays. Man was it nice to be on vacation...back to the daily grind now, but not before the coffee sets in. Hope you all had a nice realxing season, LET 2007 BEGIN! (queue the gong)

Those lying Bas*#!@'s

Break out the Egg Nog and hideous sweaters! Merry Christmas everyone!! And to those of you back in Toronto, SEE YOU IN FEBRUARY! It's Christmas in San Francisco for me this year.
Fa lalalala, La la la laaaaaaa.
Cheers!

As Promised.....

Man in Bikiniiiiiii!!!!!!!....you know you like it.

Girls in Bikinis!

And for next week.....MEN IN BIKINIS!!!!!.......ewwwwwww. haha. Ok then, Men in cars. Have a good weekend everyone! Cheers.

Flying.......or at least Trying

(black ink)
My recent Hang Gliding stunt (refer to my photography blog) has been quite the inspiration for many drawings. This first one i hope to turn into a painting, but god knows how long that will take. This is "The Flying Eel Bog". She sort of looks like what would result from crossing Whiley Coyote, with me right after Hang Gliding. It was amazing!

Weekend Sketches

It's been kind of hard to keep in touch with my "Art School" roots lately. I went out this weekend and sat in a coffee house drinking coffee and drawing out the window. A lot of the stuff i did was simply Un-postable, but here are a couple anyway.

Done like Dinner

Well...here she is. And I decided to leave the creepy demented horse head just for you.
Cheers!

Almost finished

This may very well be the most demented horse head i have ever drawn. If it frightens you.....I suppose I should apologize... Meh. A Background will be soon to follow. Now back to work with me. Much to do!

The Penguin

One of my all time favorite characters on screen.
(sharpie and tria marker)