monster mash

                                          frakenstien has a few loose bolts

                                          frakenstien detal

                                                    dracula stained his cloak

                                          dracula detail

                                                    gregg lost his head 

a few more drawings of old. who doesn't love monsters right?

oldies but goodies: PRINTS

                   This one is actually a wood cut print. Chick- a -dees, one of my favourite birds.

                                                            chick-a- dee close up

                                                             chick-a-dee detail

                                        this one is a lithograph, i miss working with
                                        those stones  I HAVE SEVERAL COPIES
                                              PRINT ABOVE FOR SALE
                                        if you're interested leave a comment


                                                 

doggie

this weekend i visited my parents house. we have two wonderful dogs, which this character is not based on but they were certainly the inspiration behind it.

farm drawing

              Quick gestures of horses and sheep.

1 hr tonal

An excercise I will do each day and scan next time, darn that camera glare. 

 There have been a few Shirley Temple movies on TCM lately, I drew these while I watched. Clean ups in full colour to come later!

street drawing

Sometime this winter i walked down to Nathan Phillips Square to draw some of the ice skaters there was a skateboarder there too. these were done quickly with ink wash and conte pencil

Some Doodles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV3SWjrt2rE

so cute and fun

Extras

This design felt nice for the wise and quiet Mrs. Puffington character but maybe looked to native to be  in London in the 1950's....

so she was redesigned.

Here's a few extra designs from the Bates project. They're mostly roughs testing out chartacter designs and facial expressions.

For a final project in cartooning this year we were given a piece of literature and asked to design some of the characters described. Here's my take on what they might have looked like.... I don't recall the title of the book, but the author is H.E. Bates the time era is based in the 1950's.

Miss Cathcart reminded me of Cruella Deville, mean and in control with an explosive temper. I based the design on this and exaggerated the cheek bones, length of the face and pushed her lips way off to the side of her face for some fun.

I think this drawing turned out to be my favourite in the end, it feels like she's forcing that smile.

Background Paintings

Night Study

  

Snowy Mountains Layout by Connor

Study Anne of Green Gables

My own layout