less than 2 weeks to go

I wanted to wait till afterward but I thought I'd post this ahead of time. This is intended for the cover of our guestbook on our wedding day. It's exciting and bit nerve racking knowing that it's all so close but I know it'll be a great day! I can say I'm very excited to marry my best friend.

Sushi Rampage

bad luck?

I guess if you've reigned supreme for a few million years getting wiped off the face of the earth by means of an asteroid probably meant you had a good run?.... I'd just really hate to have been there to see it...poor, poor, Dinosaurs.

ABDUCTION PAINS

I may not be posting much other than samples for this contribution to CAKE Anthology for art jumble. Here's a title page I've created for my story. Enjoy!

happy 50th birthday

Here's a picture for my Mothers 50th birthday, along with her best pal Toast (Saimese cat). It's rare to see one without the other close by. Toast even sleeps with my her throughout the night at her neck. Happy Birthday Mom!

Mermaid

another Sketch for Art Jumble

ZOMBSTERS!

What happens to a bunch of dead "wise guys" when they return from the dead? Well a whole lotta gory killing and uncontrollable brain eating thats what.

....Here's a grayscale pic the coloured one is coming...I promise...I do like colour even though I'm colour blind. And no, not like a dog.

DEEP 6

A Bioshock inspired robot.

Death bot X-1

Another inspired pic from a story I've been flushing out.

Mad scientist

for Art Jumble.

Indy

This weeks topic for Art Jumble Indiana Jones.

Birthday card.

Heres a birthday card for Robyn.

Smart-ass

Another post for Art Jumble.

Little Red Riding Hood

Heres a pic for Artjumble's topic of the week.

Venom

I was just doing some doodling at work and came up with a rough for this. Had a lot of fun drawing this character out he's probably one of my all time favorites. I wanted to throw Spidey in there like my sketch but I kinda like him on his own.

Chameleon concept

Here's a pic based off a sketch I did for the same graphic novel concept below it. I'm trying to get the ideas out of my head these days and keep picking em' out. I love Chameleon's and have owned 4 myself...such cool animals.

Work in progress

Here's an inspired piece for a comic/graphic novel idea I'm writing and trying to sort out. I can say this was heavily influenced by Sean Galloway's work which seems to be the most appealing and unique design style I've seen since Bruce Timm.

Beasts of Bordem

Here's a beast created for Art Jumble's weekly topic this one being beasts.

Batman

Heres my rendition of a everyones favorite Gotham Knight created for art jumble.

Into the Abyss

Here's another jumble topic of sea creatures...

New jumble pic

Heres a pic I did for art jumble with the theme of knight damsel and ____. My blank was a space ogre..whatever they look like.

Happy Halloween!

Heres a pic I've been working on and off for a couple of weeks. This was done with flash 8 as the majority of posts.

In-foot-shoe-ation

One of my favorite house pets and characters.

4 years together

Here's a pic I made for my future wife and best friend. It also features our two nutty pet conures in our quaint but comfortable living room.

Purple monster

Another design I've monstered up.

Wood devil

Heres a creature I made for a website catered to creating creatures and characters.

Mammorathon

Here's a mascot I've been designing for my fiance's Weekend to end breast cancer walk team. Hopefully this lil' Mammoth will be on a t-shirt for there walk. If you'd like you can even help her by sponsoring her here...
http://www.endcancer.ca/site/TR?px=1877331&pg=personal&fr_id=1202

The Wizard of Oz

It feels like it's been along time since I've posted. I haven't been too motivated to do even my artwork the since my fiance was diagnosed with cancer. It's been tough and mentally exhausting at times but we'll pull through. Anyway here's a picture of my favorite characters from the timeless story. I've often wondered what it would be like if Tim Burton made a version of this film,...I think it would be great. As good as the first version with Judy Garland is, a fresh more modern take would be neat.

It's Baseball time

Here's a couple character concepts I've created made for a show pitch at work.

Col Sanders was a hero??

Here's a pic for Art jumble I made on the theme of mythology. I thought I'd make my own absurd myth.

For my Valentine

This years v-day card for my girlfriend.

Animals as inanimate objects

Heres some bowling pin penguins.

Fairy concept

Heres a few colour concepts of a fairy I've designed for work.

The boobie bird

Heres a take on an inside joke I have with ...ah ...someone I know. I really wanted to make this into a character so here it is!

Valentines day cards

Well,

It feels like forever since I've last made a post. And these images above are the reason. These are some E-cards that will be posted on a site for Valentines day. I was given a lot of freedom so I had some fun with them. Now back to the grind.

Rome: Not Again!

Here's my take on a theme of duos. These two are Vorenus and Pullo from the HBO series Rome. I thought as characters go, they're relationship was one that always kept me eager for their next adventure. Vorenus the headstrong military leader who's hot temper is always set off by Pullo's density. And of course Pullo, the big dumb lovable ox who's quicker to deal with his problems in blood than reason.

Evil Wonka

Heres another post for Artjumble the topic of Charlie and the Chocolate factory was this weeks assignment.

Jack Palance

Heres another art jumble post for dead celebrities. I chose to do Jack Palance, I hope it obvious enough that it's him. He had such a wild life you'd think it was film in itself. He was a war hero in WWII, held a heavyweight boxing champion title and won an Oscar.

Manatease

Heres a pic for Art jumble that might be submitted into a website for the Conan O'brian Show. The Character is a Horny Manatee that has made place on Conan's show apparently. So here's my take on a horny Manatee, enjoy!

Cowboy!

Heres a cowboy I made for another blog I'm part of called Art jumble.

Christmas Card 2006

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Like most people I'm anxious to have some time off in the upcoming weeks ahead, to mingle, sleep in, play my xbox 360 and share some presents. Winter seems to always be a drag with it's lack of daylight and of course this frigid Canadian weather. I have tried to send this card to everyone within our 50 card limit, and hope that it can add a little cheer! I hope those of you who haven't recieved one enjoy this picture. I can't wait to do next years. Perhaps, I'll start over the holidays?

Snowmen of 2005

It's that time of year again... Mall madness, spending more than you make and of course fighting armies of evil snowmen who's poker party you made ruin when you peed on them. Okay, well that's not every ones idea of the holiday season but to Checkers, Buffy and David it is. These characters are based on my family pets who's abstracted personalities come to life in this scene of mayhem and quirkiness. I hope to make a short film about these guys one day, I think they'd take off on TV or in a film. Anyway, here's a picture to usher in the holiday season. It's too bad I won't have the time to make a part II this year!

Happy birthday dale!

Well,

Here's the second caricature of two I've made this month commemorating my two good friends November birthdays. Dale, is a stop mo animation director and a keen artist who's blog you'll find in my index of links, his brother has some nice work to despite his girly name. My girlfriend seems to think this doesn't look like him, but I'd rather differ as fools do. She could be right though, I am overdue for a check up with the optometrist. Good thing I'm seeing one this wed!

Happy 27th Chris

Here's a caricature of a good friend who's a TTC supervisor/gulag commissar for the transit proletariat. I've got a portrait theme going this year for him and my other stop mo director pal Dale who's card won't be posted till his birthday. I wanted to give these two an oil painting like feel with just seasoning of caricature. So far this is all done inf Flash 8 but I intend on adding to it in photo shop or Art rage 2.....Can you tell I've been cooking?

Return of the charcoal

It seems that conte has taken a bit of a back seat in my life drawing these past weeks. I've stumbled upon a stick of charcoal thats given me some interesting results. I've been trying to take a different approach by blocking in light/mass rather than drawing mass then lighting. In some other drawings I tried blocking shade in one direction and leaving the lighted areas as the neutral colour of the page.

Extra Dragons

Heres a few more dragons I made for a project I've been working on. These guys are few of the many background characters I've created. 26 in all, they've been fun to work on despite the quick turn around.

Over the hill

Heres a pic I've illustrated for my father's upcoming birthday. Naturally, he and my mother enjoy the outdoors and each other's company. This picture is inspired by both their two great personalities and seemlingly endless amounts of character. I hope I managed to capture those qualities as fondly as I see them both.

Stop the biting.

Heres a pic I did celebrating a milestone with ma girlfriend and her tasty peanut butter cookies. yum.

Dragons

These three dragons are concepts I've created for an interactive game. One set is a more
"disneyish" style while the other 3 lean to a more stream lined anime style.

Villians and heros?

Well, this picture is one concept picture of two that I designed for a potential comic...involving racing. It seems that bad guys to me are always funner to make than heros. I found it difficult to make a lovable character. I think that may be one thing that is pushed too much in pop culture. Why do our heros have to be flawless? If anything we can identify with villians more than hero's because of their flaws. I think it's that specific quality that always lures me to be more intrigued by a flawed hero or a villian. Everyone loves Batman and he's about as f#$% as it gets. We need more Batmen.