New Life for the Chickadee
A few weeks ago, a girl was searching online for a case for her iPhone. She saw my Chickadee post, colorized the original drawing, and asked if I would be ok if she used it to create a custom iPhone case (through www.getuncommon.com). I was more than happy to let her use the design and she was kind enough to send a photo of the final product:
From the archives
I recently recovered these two gems from a box of saved drawings. I distinctly remember being incredibly frustrated painting this chickadee because the only brush I had was caked in dried paint. Now, however, I quite like the effect.
This second image was from a high school project called “7 Ways”. We were to choose a subject and represent it in 7 different media, coming up with a final consolidated project. I choose corn and designed a book made from hand-made paper out of corn husks (a smelly job I don’t care to repeat). Each page held a different representation of corn through photography, pen & ink, pastels, pencil, painting, and finally print making. This print is all that remains of the project.
Sunday Drawings
Lazy, rainy, Sunday morning drawings.
Chickadee
Yesterday’s doodle.
Rose
It’s a good year for roses. The peace rose in my front yard is has been producing incredibly fragrant blooms for months now. And outside my studio window, a climbing rose has hundreds of buds ready to open up.
While the roses may be thriving, the tomatoes unfortunately are not happy…
Another Portrait
A sketch based on Albrecht Dürer’s Saint-Jerome (1521)
Beetle
Having fun with Flash.
Blanca & 8th
The trolley lines at the corner of Blanca and 8th, an intersection I ride my bike past regularly, reimagined…
Hatter
Doodling inspired by a Lewis Carroll quote.
Dart
A simple sketches and contour line drawing of my favourite pup, Dart.
Richard
I met Richard in an alley in Vancouver’s downtown east side. I was looking at the backsides of the buildings in Chinatown for an architecture project, trying (failing) to look inconspicuous.
Richard was by far the most interesting part of my day. The above sketch was drawn from the memories of our conversation after I returned to the studio.
Bedroom Foliage
A lopsided plant and an equally lopsided lamp in my bedroom in Whistler.
Words of Wisdom
“The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs… one step at a time.”
Joe Girard
Wee Free Men
A drawing of one of Terry Pratchett’s “Wee Free Men”.
Portraits
Continually fascinated by faces and expressions…
Photo Manipulation
Just goofing around with photoshop… There are three sequences of images (2 ‘before’ photos, and the final merged ‘after’).
Click on a thumbnail to view the images in a slideshow.
Sketch to Tattoo
While working at Briarpatch magazine, the editor asked if I would do a sketch of an old gnarled tree. Shortly thereafter, it appeared on his shoulder.
Air Canada Advertising Campaign
Mock ads for Air Canada’s 2010 Winter Olympic sponsorship.