C'mon Chums! Zombify yerselves for Halloween

Zombie yourself! Then lemmie see!

I love snack time. Werewolves do too.

Halloween is near!!

Morning Person.

Fiona's Birds

Fiona had a baby boy!!! Well,... months ago, but I have finally finished these birds for her.
They are done in black ink and Tria. Maaaa favourite.
Congratulations Fi & Alix! Welcome to the world wee Thomas :)
Much Love XOXO

Shark!!!

I recently watched Jaws ...... need I say more?

So, a pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel shoved down the front of his pants.....

Pony up!!!

Hellooooooo :)
Yes,...... more Cow Folk. Sighhhh
Cheers!

National Doodle Day!!!

Hey all! Here's the sketch I'm donating for the National Doodle Day Organization. There will be an on-line charity auction taking place soon for ALL donated sketches (May 7th - 17th). If you want more info or to check out the other sketches, go here: http://www.doodledayusa.org/

The celebrity sketches are pretty awesome.
Cheers!

Morning sketch...

Come See the Screening and the AWESOME Original Artwork Auction!! It's fer charity :)

Here's the INFO: http://ttgcharity.blogspot.com/

Giant Eel vs. Baby Barracuda

Another sketch trade drawin' completed (finally). Work has been keeping me so busy lately!.....which is good.
Cheers!

Time for......

The Shining

I seriously LOVE Jack's face in this movie.
It's been a while! How is everybody??
Cheers!

Hairy Scary Hamish

Hey everyone,
So, A while back, my good friend Amy gave me a "Munny" for Christmas. It's an unpainted maquette, with which you are to do as you please (within the realm of decency of course). So I painted it up like a Hairy Scary Scotsman, and gave it back to her. Is that rude??? I couldn't decide for a while. Meh. Anyway, here are some photos of the process and final product.
Cheers!

First, I penciled and blocked in the scary hair.

Then I added some black outline, and a spiffy tartan kilt.

The arms went on, and so did the wee sheep tattoo.

Voila!

Hairy Scary Hamish!

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)

Ghoul Babies

Hi guys. It's been a while since i posted anything new. Things got real hairy all of a sudden, but here's a little something still in the spirit of halloween. We all know baby's are creepy, but it was fun to make them even MORE so. That's all......not really feeling the creative writing juices flow at the moment. Later.

And now for some Craniums....

The Count

Still on the whole Bram Stokers thing. I really loved the set design. I just wish Keanu Reeves was used more as a....background prop, and less of a leading actor. Maybe as a Decorative Lamp....or a Chamber Pot. Perhaps i am being too harsh.........nahhhh, Chamber Pot.
Have a good one. Drawings are done in Black Ink and Marker.

Renfield and Mina

A tribute to Bram Stokers Dracula. I simply LOVE the characters in that story. It's just too bad somebody felt it really necessary to cast Keanu and Winona in the 90's remake. ESPECIALLY when they are surrounded by a freakin' all-star cast like Gary Oldman, Anthony Hopkins AND Cary Elwes ( from the princess Bride). I bet Bram himself wanted to rise from the dead and do some maiming of his own. Meh.
"DUDE!, You TOTALLY just bit me in the Neck!....WHOA." (what would have been the movie title if it were up to Keanu).

















Both of these are Black Ink and Marker.

'Tis the Season!!!

It's TIME!! Well,... almost. Time to start celebrating Halloween. These are some doodles I did while in my comfy chair, waiting to hear from the boss. Drawing straight with ink is always fun. Once that pen hits the paper there's NO turnin' back! It always seems to make for interesting, strung out, and creepy looking characters. I highly recommend it.

Big Chief Fluffy Pants

I recently went on a trip to the Autry Museum, and it proved to be quite the good idea. Not only were there amazing costumes and artifacts from the old west, but there was this great photography exhibit going on called "Yosemite" which included artists like Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, and Eadweard Muybridge. It's an exhibit dedicated to Landscape paintings and photography in the early 1900's. Amazing I say! Anyway, there was also a lot of old photographs on display of tribal chiefs, and cowboys, and things of that ilk. If you're in the area of the Autry, its well worth the trip for someone interested that is. The show's on till January I think.

IKEA Furniture makes for Guuuuud Canvas

I found myself hunting around the apartment for canvas this weekend, and being too lazy to go out and get some, resorted to painting on left-over and unused bits of furniture from Ikea. It took the Acrylic paint surprisingly well, and was a much more pleasant experience than painting on canvas anyway. It kind of took me back to rebellious and unruly highschool days. HA. (My apologies for the crappy Photos)



















"Professor Bunny"
14" x 14" Acrylic and Pencil on Cupboard Door
















"Hungry Bird"
8" x 9" Acrylic on Thrown aside Shelving

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The Man in Black

Last one, I swear....

I had to try it just one more time. Sorry for the penguin overload, but i've been drawing them for days. Just wanted to see if i could match up the style to the previous Leadbelly drawings. The awesome thing about Penguins is that they are already naturally simplified creatures. Good ol' Penguins. I actually tried making their faces look a bit like a fish, since they are so close to each other. Good ol' Fish. Good ol' Everything.
Okay, no more penguins.

And yet.............more creepy birds

Not quite sure i like where this is going... With each animal i put up here, they seem to get more and more realistic. In fact, i am quite positive i hate it! HA! Next time, there will be stylization GALORE!

Another creepy bird

Everyone seems to have gone and left me to my own devices today. This is what happens i guess...

Bears......and Bees

Everyone drawing bears.

Belly

I was looking through a boook called "Cartoon Modern" last night and it was pretty amazing. It actually made me WANT to draw in my spare time which is a rare occurrence these days. Anyway, the book is filled with animation designs and drawings from the 50's and 60's (one of my favorite eras EVER) and i highly recommend taking a look at it. (theres a link to the writers blog at the top of my list!)

Our Eskimo Neighbours to the South...

So, I was roaming about "youtube" and came across a "Talking to Americans" CBC Special report with Rick Mercer. It's a show where he travels around the states, asking random americans questions and trivia about Canada. In one of the shows, He wanders about the HARVARD University campus, and strikes up some conversation with one of the professors. Mercer manages to get the professor to say a nice warm hello to us all. It went like this..........."Hello Canada, Our Eskimo Neighbours to the South!" Spoken like a true Harvard Graduate and Prof! Hey, i'm sure no genius, but i still know where America is on a map.

LeadBelly

Hi Everyone. I give you LeadBelly. He is the most Hard Core bird ever, and has complete free reign over the apartment and anyone who enters. He's firstly named after the Blues Legend (also Leadbelly), and secondly named for the fact that his feathers are still clipped from the bird shop, and looks like he's got a belly full o' lead whenever he attempts to fly anywhere. Not to worry, his feathers will grow back in a week or two, and he will be right as rain.
He still does not know how to rescue kittens from trees or burning buildings, but that will all come out in the wash.......and don't worry Jenn, i do not use your kittens for any practicing or tests............

Peaved

Circus Folk

For a while now i've been working on some circus folk designs. I introduce to you, Hamish and Helga. An unsightly duo indeed. Now i must get back to work...... Right after i draw another Carney. Mua hahaha.

Sunday Night Drive-In

A classic Canadian Drive-In Movie experience. Out in the middle of the woods, with the fuzzy dice on the mirror, abby spilling Tim Hortons tea all over her pants in the dark, me having to hang my head out the window to see the movie because of all the dirt on the windshield, and getting absolutely COVERED in mosquito bites, while the whole time waiting in fear for the run down car battery to die from leaving the radio on.....sounds dreamy doesn't it? Hey man, I wouldn't trade it.

This one's fer Yoo Eh Jenn!

The green green grass of home.......sniff sniff

Not inspired by L.A. at all.......i SWEAR

Jungle Un-fever

How Elaine feels after a week of vacation......not that she's complaining.

We're still at the TROPICANA!!???

Coming Soon!........................

...........just kidding

Eel of the Day

The Derby

Some fairly recent sketches of a
couple o' cats in a near by
jazz club.

Robo-Love

i get a decent amount of down time at work between screenings, and find comfort in my new friend the Cintiq. it's a pretty amazing tool. i had problems letting go of my roots in using real paper and pencils.......i guess we all sell out once in a while. the light table has become quite a relic in my office, but every now and then i wander back to it for some inspiration.

Elaines most anticipated movie of the summer

Nachoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!

Drawings

One of the many Circus Folk Drawin's that keep me entertained.

In the Beginning

Here I go........Elaine Bogan creates a BLOG. (queue scary music)