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My lame start to Illustration Friday

Eraser Header — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:07:21 +0000

“Welcome”
… to getting back at ‘er.

… to finally getting around to doing one of these.

… to cropping the drawing funny so the spider only has 6 legs.

… welcome, to drawing, as it happens!

Cooped Up

Eraser Header — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:50:29 +0000

After a weekend keeping my partner full of fluids from a virus and watching out for Big Bad Bill, I felt pretty cooped up in my apartment. Flipped open my sketch book to this doodle of a pissy little peeper, and thought ‘Hey, I feel like it does.’

Minus the fact that you can’t tell if you’re looking at the front or back…

Solarization and layers

Eraser Header — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:13:58 +0000

Still feeling my way on this one, but I’m playing wit multiple layers of the same image, with different solarization combination, and erasing back into the piece. It is sooooo hard not to go 80’s on this…

More fun with solarization

Eraser Header — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:06:43 +0000

Some more tests with the Nik Color Efex solarization mode. This time I tweaked the neutrals to get some colour, and also reworked the photos a bit to push and pull some elements. Maybe I’m onto something…

Images from grimundertakings.ca

Eraser Header — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:53:40 +0000

Now, when it comes to web design I’m so far behind its embarrassing, but with the relaunch of Grim Undertaking’s website, I kept it as simple as possible. Here are some header images I created from their photo files. The concept is that ghost research is also about appreciating the physical environment of a haunted location as well as its activity. I used Nik Color Efex’s Solarization to have total control over the variables.

Wedding Invites

Eraser Header — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:51:10 +0000

A friend was looking for something personal in a wedding invitation, so we went with something clean that just touched on the traditional. The graphics are vectorized stamps the bride will use to mark thank-you notes and future stationary. The invites were folded once and mailed in creamy envelops with satin-paper lining.

From the sketch book

Eraser Header — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:49:49 +0000

Ever watch the movie Roadie from 1980? Its a strange tale, staring Meat Loaf and a really thin girl with weird teeth. Granted its not the greatest film ever, but the highlight is seeing a young Alice Cooper walking all hunched over and nerdy without make-up. Classic. This sketch is from a much more mature Cooper, but I’m in love with his teeth!

Favorites from the ‘Face Value’ series

Eraser Header — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:27:12 +0000

So, I have some time to get up some of the artwork that was on display for the ‘Face Value’ show in April. Here are some of my favorites…and apparently the favorites of others as well!

Why Yahoo should stop dreaming of a career in news reporting

Eraser Header — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:57:34 +0000

Yes, we all state the obvious from time to time, but Yahoo does it so much, I’m going to keep track of what “important” news graces my browser when I go to check my mail.

Check out this gem: you’d swear it was a screen grab from an episode of the Simpsons (highlighted in yellow)…

Zappa marker of invention

Eraser Header — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:52:57 +0000

He’s an easy one to draw. You either get Zappa or Inspector Gadget with a mustache. I used to listen to the Mothers all the time. But not in the last two years, which is foolish. What’s more foolish is that the only thing that made me think of him was my “lets plop in random words into google and draw em” moment I had today. Sorry little yellow chick, I will post you another day.