Sketch dump

Been sketching in Photoshop mostly. Don't really have access to a scanner anyway.

An odd request I received.

Quick sketch of Shaun and Ed in Shaun of the Dead

Another request I received.

Another sketch by request.

Bumble the Boy Wonder, and Shego

Alright, so my "Tell me what to draw" thing on the forum I'm a member of, very quickly filled with requests to draw the other members. Somehow I didn't see that coming. Here's the first, obviously based on their avatars, not them:

Getting My Groove Back

For me, the difficult search, is for a place to live. It is almost impossible to find a one bedroom/ bachelor apartment that is affordable for one person. I'm looking all over Toronto, Etobicoke, and Mississauga, and my search is turning up next to nothing. What I've found thus far has all been too small for me to so much as fit my bed in without blocking doorways. So for now I'm staying with Vanessa Stefaniuk and her family while I continue my search and commute into work every day by bus. Its different. Luckily her family is very generous and welcoming, but I'm still trying to get out of here as fast as I can. I can't help but feel like I'm a little in the way, and don't want to overstay my welcome.
The job search for me was not actually the hardest part. I'm not animating right now, but I've landed a graphics design job for a company that does Navy tactical simulation training software. I'm actually learning quite a bit of stuff in Photoshop I didn't know about before, but still, its not really drawing.
So I've resolved to do more sketching (My time at home has largely been spent reading).
I've got a few things I want to sketch up, and there's an art jam with some of my friends that will keep me busy if inspiration fails to strike. But I've also challenged members of an online forum I frequent to just straight up tell me what to draw, and I'll draw it. The results are likely going to be odd, but it'll keep me going.

The Transition

Alright, so... I've got a domain now to host my portfolio and demo reel stuff.
But, that doesn't mean the blog is over. Instead, I'm going to use this space as my own little soapbox. There'll probably be some art here and there, I'll let you know when I update my site, maybe there will even be some sketch dumpage, I don't know, we'll see! And I'll just sort of document my own transition here, from animation student to lord only knows what.

Animation Demo Reel 2011

Just finished compositing a more recent demo reel for 2011. Got a few things in here that you haven't seen yet!

Life drawings! (Update #2 today)

Where does the time go?

So, its been a little while, eh?
Lots has happened in that time. I have my reasons for not updating, but rest assured I HAVE been drawing.

Rather than catch up with everything from over the summer up till now, lets just go with some more recent stuff, shall we?

I've been working on an entirely different film from what I showed on here last year. I don't want to reveal too much during the production stage, but I can't help but get excited so here's a few teaser images:



The film is a pastiche of Spaghetti Westerns, chiefly "The Good the Bad and the Ugly." It stars two shrimp. This idea has been kicking around in my head for years now. Ever since I learned about Pistol Shrimp for the first time:





"Madfish" Gary. Not much to say except that he's the bad guy in the film.




Harry. The town's sheriff. He's the good guy.





This is still not finished, but you can see that I'm going with a different style this time. Its still rather graphic, but calls for a little more use of perspective than my usual UPA/ Maurice Noble inspired layoutsRather than actually paint, I've gathered up a library of royalty-free and fair-use textures, and I'm putting them under heavy line-work. Got the idea after seeing screenshots from "Flapjack".

And, I made myself a wallpaper, because I wanted to: