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So, being a creature of habit that I am, I have decided to start a new project that entails a large number of small items. Over the next week or so I hope to have this 6 foot piece of transparency paper covered with silhouettes of keys.

I’m not sure yet if I will only draw lock keys, or will explore the idea of ‘this thing goes into another thing and unlocks something’. Maybe I’ll get into key signatures, or colour keys, or jump drive keys…who knows?

Between freelance and other personal projects I’ve gotten myself into, this seems a good way to keep me drawing every day.

I’m already getting excited about how the white space is going to look…and if colour will get involved!

The art show is almost down showing, my computer died and was replaced with MEGA FAST parts, and the freelance is flowing once again. More importantly, I feel a protest stirring inside of me of proposed developments in Downtown Halifax. Everyone wants a progressive Halifax, but we have a lot of unused downtown property CRYING for use…1,050,000square feet of it to be precise.

So in the coming days I will be working on a piece that reflects my disdain for the old ‘just build new and they will come’ attitude that fat cats have here in the city.

But yes, new things are in store…with the end of Face Value coming shortly, I don’t want to lose that feeling of artiness and accomplishment I’ve had since the start of those 125 pieces…who will also be available on Etsy for sale next month as well! Original works only! —Eraserheader

I’m only one third of the way to my original idea of 300 drawings, but at least 100 sounds impressive to some extent. Tonight I hope to take some great photos to base more drawings off of… I’ve already exhausted my personal library!

Lat night was a disaster…I must of ripped up the same drawing 4 times. Also, my singing in the shower was off-key.

But tonight all is good! Here are some highlights from tonight’s work:

While chasing a Letraset marker trying to make a get-away from my desk, I came cross an old white sketching pencil. Why not use it to ad a bit to the teeth and whites-o-eyes of some of my portraits? I think it might also prove useful to express highlights in cheeks and noses on the darker paper…

The deal’s been sealed…  I will be showing along with Rebecca Junkin at Utility Gallery in April.

I’m hoping to have a MINIMUM of 150 drawings, but a deeper personal goal of 300 just might be obtainable…I’ve sweetened the deal for myself by promising a whole day of playing SPORE if I succeed.

I’ve always been interested in people’s comments on photographs of themselves. Often great photos of loved ones are met with ‘Uh, I look terrible in that pose.’ And with public forums like Facebook and MySpace, its hard to keep those less than flattering photos hidden. So I decided to draw people in a less than flattering matter.

To my surprize, a lot of my drawings still really resemble the person… or some crazy alter ego.

Many more to come, to say the least!

I had the privilege recently to watch the beautifully haunting film “Les yeux sans visage” (1960). It has become very dear to me, holding equal space with ‘The Thing’ and ‘Basket Case’. But this film would win all the blue ribbons when it comes to imagery, both poetic and gory.

If you haven’t seen this gem yet, I highly recommend it, to see what the French were up to in dramatic cinematography while North American film gave you goosebumps at the most. This movie gave me SHIVERS.

I wont give a lot away. I’ll under-recap the plot: plastic surgeon seeks young girls faces for his daughter’s own disfigurement. Anyhoo, I think this is as good a place as any to start owning up to the years I spend drawing at school, and to dip into my newly purchased Movie Posters from the 30s-50s book collection. Here are two thumbnails I’m working on, but I think I want a really narrow look, to emphasize the last scene in the film that is simply amazing and simplistic.

Those who are familiar with my ‘Fugly Mugz’ ongoing series will be pleased that some of the very first drawings have found an eternal resting place: a quaint Bible verse hanging.

Its not that I didn’t appreciate the gift that was given to me, its just that I’m not much for knick knacks or framed things that aren’t original art or signed prints. No no, I’m not an art snob, I just like owning and framing things that very few other people have. So to balance out respecting the gift giver and my own wall needs, I thought it was perfect to frame the few coloured ‘Fugly Mugz’ I had to correspond with each music related Bible verse.  Now I have both cheerful AND spiritual messages on my hallway!