Pre-View

here's a sample of a page from the comic and i threw in a couple panels from another page. I'll post a few more on the production blog, as well as some of the old designs and process.. it's cool to look back at the original drawings for some of these panels.. it really changed a lot. hope you like.. can follow the anthology site for updates on when the book will be released.

Under the Moon

Hey folks..

Sorry for the lack of posts.. I under estimated how much work I had left for the Anthology comic. I just completed it and am starting a production blog for it where i'll post poses and some other artwork from the comic as well as some promo stuff. bare with me,,hopefully it will be up next week. here's the cover for the comic. I'll post a few more, but i dont wanna give away too much.

mother goose

This was my pic for the art show in Ottawa this weekend. (It's supposed to be a take on mother goose.)

the ANTHOLOGY PROJECT

I haven't posted much over the last while. I have had a lot of freelance and other projects that I was not able to post about.. but now i think I am at a point where I can start showing some of the stuff I have been working on.

Sam Bradley, a work colleague of mine, showed me a graphic novel he was involved in called the Anthology Project. I thought it looked super cool and asked if they were looking for any new artists to participate in the second volume. He kindly put in a good word for me and I was fortunate to snag a spot in volume 2. I am currently in the process of polishing it off.

the creators: Joy, Nick & Sam have pitched the 2nd volume on Kick Starter to raise money to help fund the second volume. check it out! They have also set up an amazing forum to view each others progress along the way and I am so excited to be a part of it. It's so much hard work and so much talent involved. It's also quite intimidating...
I will keep you posted on any news that comes up regarding vol.2

more posts to come! and don't forget to check out the art show posted below during the Ottawa Animation fest.

OTTAWA animation FEST

I was kindly asked by my new pal Kyle Marshall to participate in an art show at the OZ kafe in Ottawa on Thursday, October 21st. So for any of you attending the Ottawa Animation Festival this year.. go and check it out!! It should be super cool, tons of talented artists.. the theme for the show is Nursery Rhymes so it was a ton of fun to contribute. I will not be able to make it sadly for me, I have way too much work to do over the next little while. I will post my contribution after the opening night followed by lots of other updates. I have a lot to post after my 3 or 4 month hiatus. hope you enjoy the festivities.

pink///////

hey everyone- thanks alot for so many great comments and adds. i find it hard to come home and draw after spending the day at it.. but every now and then luckily i get the drive to do it. i hope you like! this is from a freelance project i did a while back, i decided to revisit the character and pose her out. i may do a few more if i find a chance. thanks!

longhair

sorry for the lack of posts.. i guess thats fairly normal for me now though, so i no longer need to come up with excuses! hope you like em.

peacoat & pigeon

PeaCoat

THANKS for stopping by! first off though... have any of you read the post by john K "Does Everybody Want To Be A Character Designer?" it's a pretty good article, but it kinda trashes Total Drama Island (which is the show i am currently working on) I guess i'm not that suprised it is so criticised since it isn't done traditionally.. however i am a bit suprised that so many people agreed and thought it was bad. I personally love the designs, and i'm sure the intention is to take them as far as you can within your scene, however there's no time or money to make it like we'd all like to. Anyway. some interesting discussion over there.. I'll post some more of my posing stuff from Total Drama. (just gotta figure out how far along is it on the tele)

Above is some personal work.. its a concept i came up with while stuck inside sick all week. hope you like it!

work doodles

16miles to merricks

the illustration i did for 16miles to merricks is up this week! go check it out HERE and if you havent started reading the comic, take a look. it's a great story and its on its final weeks.

spring

yeah, kinda wierd..

japanese chins

here's some quick little sketches i drew as a gift for my mom. she has about ten of these dogs and they are pretty funny little creatures. especially when they are puppies.

its been a while since my last post so i figured i would add a few roughs i did while comng up with the pirate illustration. these are so completely different than what i ended up with. i decided to take a break from pencil and paper and messed around in flash, which is where all my final ideas happened. i probably saved about 20 trees.

pirates

this is a card i did for justin's birthday. he always makes cool hand painted cards for everyone else's birthday, so i figured i'd put a bit of time in for his card. hope you like it.

16 miles to merricks

I was recently asked to do a chapter illustration for an online book by barnaby ward , called 16 miles to merricks. Its a really cool story with super cool illustrations, so check it out! it is in its second week right now so you'll have a bit of catching up to do. my illustration will not appear for a while, but here is another version i did up for fun. hope you all enjoy it as much as i do. thanks matt garbs for the hook-up. here's the link: http://somefield.com/

barnaby ward

check out some more of barnaby's work and order yourself some prints!

TDA

Here are some poses I have done for Total Drama Action. If you havent seen it yet, check it out every sunday at 6:30 pm on Teletoon. It is a really fun job and a great show to work on with great animation and incredible character designs. I have worked on the show for 2 seasons now and it just keeps getting better. I decided to go with the cleaned up versions of these poses which have gone through the clean up department. I will post again after season 2 is complete with more poses and a better description of the process. hope you like!

poses