Ink, Watercolour on Paper

Once again escaping representation.  I’m doing more art lately, but I really can’t commit myself to a specific style (although, in broad strokes, this is very much the same kind of thing I’ve been doing for a couple years now).  I can’t really afford to quit doing representational stuff, though, especially since I’m trying to boost my craft.  This was a birthday present for Erica!

Watercolour on Paper

This piece is a bit of a departure from my last few paintings; I’m experimenting a little.  Pushing further from representation again, while not abandoning it completely (yet).  It was a birthday present for Holly.

Ink and Watercolour on Paper

This was a birthday present for my friend Jesse, who is, among other things, a gifted musician.  He composed the music that eventually filled my grad film.  I’m not sure how many more pieces I am going to do in this combined “pretentious colour field painting/ink drawing” style.  I really like doing them, but I feel like I’m ready to try some new things.

Ink and Watercolour on Paper

When I make art that will be a gift (especially if it is a blind Secret Santa style present, as this was) I let the frame help dictate the content.  Hence, my first diptych!  I am proud to say that this piece was “stolen” by my friend Daniel, who in his turn ignited a series of present-thefts that will be Remembered through the Ages.

I should say that this image is actually a composite of the piece scanned outside the frame, and the frame itself, as the scan of the image in the frame lost a lot of detail.

Ink and Watercolour on Paper

‘Tis the season for gift-art.  This was a birthday present for my friend Katie, who is a superhero and a cyclist rolled into one.  I’m not sure whether the idea for THE ROCK ULTIMATE came before or after this one, but I think of them as loosely related, for what I hope are obvious reasons.

Ink and Watercolour on Paper

It was originally going to be a dude playing the guitar, but I decided that since women can rock out too, it would be cooler if it was a lady.  She’s having a blast: look at that grin!

This piece was made for a secret santa event - it seems like the only thing that can get me to finish one-off art pieces is gift-giving occasions.  Maybe I will write about that, some time.

Digital Photo Collage

Project #5 for the Shy Artist Society - it’s a collage from photos of my neighbourhood.  Every image was taken with my phone, but was not resized or duplicated in any way.  Each piece was only used once, and is in its original resolution.

Ink on Bristol

This was another project for the Shy Artist Society - this time it was a recipe share.  Since the only kind of food I ever make on a regular basis is the easy kind, I chose chili.  I designed this recipe as a one-page mini-comic, except my conversational writing took up far more space than I had planned - so there aren’t many pictures.  You can get a full-sized printable version of the comic here.  Instructions for folding and cutting it can be found here.

Ink on Bristol

I did this comic for Cloudscape’s upcoming “Funday Sunnies” anthology.  I want to share my full colour version, but I’m gonna hold off until the book’s been out for a little while.  You know, so we can sell a few comics before I give everything away for free.  For the moment, you’ll have to make do with this teaser.

Danielle tells the story of her “Frankenhand.” Her two friends react in very different ways.

This was a school exercise (2005) in keeping two characters on the screen at all times, bouncing attention between the two of them. Based off a “found” sound track (I stuck a mic in the room while my friends chatted).  I’m a better animator now, but I figured I would put this one up for posterity.  Plus, it’s still kinda funny, as long as you can actually understand the dialogue - which might be a little garbled and hard to hear at times.