bifanoland

Blog Moving!

2011-05-22T14:07:00.000-07:00

Hey guys!

Well, it's been a good six years, but I think it's time for me to finally say goodbye to blogger.
I'll be moving this blog and most of its content over to tumblr in the next few days. I'm still figuring out the layout, and it's coming along nicely already, but let me know what you think!
Thanks for all your support over the years, and I'll see you guys over on Tumblr.

http://bifanoland.tumblr.com/

Cheers,

-Laura

Teaser

2011-05-18T21:26:00.001-07:00

A preview of an image I just wrapped up for a show in LA.

Applied Arts

2011-05-08T11:06:00.000-07:00

Rad! I have mertit!
Those Shipwreck images I did last summer were accepted into Applied Art Magazine's illustration awards annual.
Thanks again to Dan Pach and the wonderful folks over at PC.

2011-04-26T21:47:00.000-07:00

Some randoms from the other night.

A quickie

2011-04-19T10:46:00.000-07:00

Something quick for briarpatch magazine about how Afghani and Indigenous women are perceived in the media.

Thanks to Shayna Stock for this one!

More old timey folks

2011-04-11T11:24:00.001-07:00

Here is some more work I did for the Parks Canada project.
There was a lot of back and forth on these, so I thought it might be interesting to post some process sketches.

For the project as a whole, the art directors wanted the images to stick pretty tightly to the reference images provided. As someone who primarily does more conceptual illustration, it was a constant temptation to stray away from the material provided and add my own spin on things.
It took several rounds of revisions for each set of images, but in the end we did find something that made us all happy.
For some projects you get hired to do your thing, for others more so to provide a service.
This project was a bit more of the latter, but that made it all the more challenging and rewarding in the end.

Thanks to all the fine folks over at Parks Canada for this one!

Old timey Folks

2011-04-06T10:39:00.001-07:00

Here are some more images from the same project.
I had about a day to do each one, so it was a fun chance to experiment with graphite and its many applications.

Parks Canada Mural Process

2011-04-04T11:49:00.000-07:00

Process post!, here we go!

The art directors basically wanted a scene depicting the fort, river, Village and loading dock, showing the inhabitants going about their daily business,
so I presented thumbs showing the scene from three angles.

They chose #3, which I refined...

And refined some more...

After the color comp was approved, it was pointed out that the front man would probably roll the barrel instead of carrying it.

Back to the drawing board..

After a few more tweaks I was given the go ahead to go into production.

Since I neither had the studio nor hard drive space to execute a drawing this size, I had to break it up into 30x 22 inch sections and ink them separately.

Whew!
2 bottles of ink, 15 sheets of paper, and 200 scans later...

I had the final drawing!

I spent about a day and a half flatting the entire thing, painstakingly selecting each and every shrubbery with the marquis tool.
It is probably the most tedious part of coloring digitally, but I find flatting to be one of the most valuable tricks I've learned over the years.
Not only does it cut your file size down by almost half, but it can save hours, nay, DAYS of work.

Some quick color blocking, trying to figure out how to frame the scene.

Hilights:

Some additional textures:

Some detail shots:

And the final image:

I hope you all enjoyed that!
I'll be posting some more work from the same project in the next few days.

Cheers,

-Laura

Parks Canada Mural

2011-04-03T12:34:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone!
Sorry for the long absence, these last few months have been some of the most insanely busy, yet ultimately rewarding months of my life.
Shortly before the end of last year I was approached to redo the illustrations at the Fort Langley National Historic Site.
In addition 14 other images, I was commissioned to do a 7x 16 foot mural as a centerpiece to the fort entrance.

I normally work fairly small, so it was a technical challenge executing something this size!
All in all, it took about two months to complete.
I'll be posting a lengthy process breakdown for this image as well as some other images from the project soon!

2011-03-21T19:23:00.000-07:00

Apologies for the prolonged absence.
I'm currently wrapping up a rather large project, which has consumed most of my time for the last five months.
It's always a challenge balancing client work and personal projects! A challenge that I unfortunately suck at.
The busier work gets, the more of a challenge it becomes to sneak in those little personal projects that are so important for creative growth.

Caleb

2011-01-30T21:09:00.000-08:00

A present for my boyfriend's birthday!

Dame 05

2011-01-23T20:41:00.001-08:00

Dame 04

2011-01-15T11:50:00.001-08:00

Dame 03

2011-01-14T14:58:00.001-08:00

Dame 02

2011-01-13T10:07:00.000-08:00

A Dame.

2011-01-12T17:36:00.000-08:00

Doggy

2011-01-06T09:39:00.000-08:00

Another one for Modern Dog magazine.
The AD wanted a dog doing equations on a window for an article about preventing your Dog's Brain from ageing.
This was painted in acrylic ink on printmaking paper. It was fun experimenting with masking fluid and transparency layers to get that foggy window effect.
Thanks again to the wonderful Jennifer Nosek.

Happy New Year Everyone!

2010-12-28T10:42:00.001-08:00

That Floating Fat Man

2010-12-13T11:53:00.000-08:00

Some Baron H fanart.

And a hot dog guy.

I have a weakness for drawing morbidly obese men T__T

Sketchbook Paintings Part 2

2010-12-08T11:59:00.000-08:00

I'm in the midst of a rather large project at the moment, so updates will be a little sporadic for the next few months.
In the meantime, here are some more sketchbook paintings. I am starting to enjoy using gouache quite a bit.
I just watched that awesome Canadian horror/sci-fi movie "Cube" and I think they're starting to sneak into my work a little bit.

Foxy Boxers

2010-11-24T20:47:00.000-08:00

Another gouache sketchbook painting.

Cricket Magazine

2010-11-22T09:27:00.000-08:00

Hello folks.
I was recently given the opportunity to illustrate for the wonderful Cricket Magazine. I'd been wanting to do some work for these guys for a while, so when I got the email I squealed like a little school girl.
I was commissioned to do three pieces based on a semi-true story about a boy and a spectral jumping horse.
Here they are:

Rip Van Winkle

2010-11-06T14:28:00.001-07:00

Zzzz

2010-11-04T15:53:00.000-07:00

After working on the computer for a week, my hands have been itching to do some analog.

Dark beer, a sketchbook, and good company.

2010-10-25T20:04:00.001-07:00

Some recent drink and drawings.
And a fat guy, for kicks.

Pigeon

2010-10-15T10:43:00.000-07:00

A collaborative painting with my wonderful boyfriend Caleb, done as a wedding present for his brother. Because pigeons are cute, that's why!

Cardiovascular Risk and Gender

2010-10-13T21:14:00.000-07:00

A new editorial piece for Research News Magazine done for an article about Heart Disease in men and women with diabetes. It was quite challenging distilling such a complicated concept into a simple and readable image. I wanted to represent the illness with a symbol that was both eye-catching and inherrently malignant, so in the end I decided a snake would be an appropriate metaphor. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out in the end. Its always great when an assignment coincides with your personal aesthetic.
It was also pretty cool illustrating for a magazine alongside greats such as Jillian Tamaki and Genevieve Simms!
Thanks to Lara Minja and the fine folks over AHFMR for giving me such a fun assignment.

Persephone WIP

2010-09-29T13:39:00.000-07:00

Because sometimes I just want to make a pretty picture.

Dogs and Grief

2010-09-24T16:49:00.000-07:00

A full page spot for Modern Dog Magazine.
The AD wanted an image accompanying an article about grieving dogs, with a sad looking dog mourning the loss of a K9 friend.
I've never really drawn a dog before, so it was an interesting challenge combining different breeds to come up with the saddest, most pathetic looking creature possible. I ended combining the features of a Great Dane, Newfoundland Terrier and a Pug.

I really tried to challenge myself with a limited color palette this time, and I quite like the results. I used about five colors excluding black and white.

Oliver Sacks Process

2010-09-18T13:14:00.000-07:00

My painting process from start to finish, starting with a digital color comp and ending with the pre-photoshopped painting.

Oliver Sacks

2010-09-13T16:11:00.000-07:00

Here's a new painting I did just for kicks. I've been trying to gear my portfolio towards more editorial work, specifically portraiture.
I recently read about this dude named Oliver Sacks, a neurologist and author that suffers from a condition called Prosopagnosia (Facial Blindness). I thought that the man and subject matter would be fun to tackle in an illustration.

narcissus process

2010-09-06T10:58:00.000-07:00

Etsy!

2010-09-02T11:50:00.000-07:00

Hello wonderful people!

I just wanted to let you know that I've opened up a lil' etsy store!
So far are only 2 items available for purchase, as I'm posting 1 new item every day. Be sure to check back frequently!

Oh, and if you post a link to my store or website up on your blog you receive a 15% discount! Just send me a link to the post and I'll send you a revised invoice and a link to complete payment via email reflecting the discount.

But enough Jibber Jabber:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/PrintsByLaura

In the meantime if you're interested in purchasing something that isn't yet listed on Etsy, my old store is still up and running:

http://laurabifano.com/index.php?/purchase/prints--original-work/

Each print is made with the highest quality archival inks on heavy weight fine art matte paper. Printed on an Epson Stylus Photo 1400, each print is backed with stiff cardboard and shipped in a stiff padded envelope. Every print is hand signed and dated.

Thanks for your support!

-Laura

Gravity

2010-08-26T09:20:00.000-07:00

Thanks Everyone!

2010-08-19T16:13:00.000-07:00

I am super late for this, but thanks to everyone who came out to the show a couple weeks ago. The opening night coincided with a city-wide art crawl, so about 500 people came through the gallery! Thanks to Kirsten and Bill and to the organizers of the Off the Wall Art Crawl for making the night such a success.

Deluge

2010-08-03T22:49:00.000-07:00

Hello there.
Thought I'd share another painting done for my Friday show.
Hope to see you there!

Nest

2010-07-27T23:42:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody!
I guess It's time that I post this.

So through some cosmic random happenstance I am having a show in August. I made it one of my goals for the year to somewhere, somehow score a gallery show, so as you can imagine I am ridiculously excited.
I'm showing six pieces from the past year plus three new paintings I feverishly whipped off this past month.
So if you happen to be in Victoria BC in August feel free to drop by!
here are the three paintings!

The Valencia Wreck

2010-07-06T21:18:00.000-07:00

Hello all.
Here is a recently completed project for Parks Canada about a famous nautical disaster which took place off the coast of Vancouver Island during the early part of the 20th century.
I had a month to create 8 illustrations and one wooden Diorama depicting the horrific event. I won't go too much in to the details of the story here, but I totally recommend that you guys read up it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Valencia
This was probably one of the most enjoyable assignments I've had ever had the fortune of working on.
It was a pleasant surprise when the art director asked that I work in ink wash, a medium that I rarely get to visit these days.
Thanks to Dan Pach and the fine folks at Parks Canada!

Everything is going to be part of an interactive display about the history of the West Coast Trail, so if any of you guys are going to be in the Tofino area next may, stop by the Wikininish Visitors Centre and check it out!

Pair

2010-07-05T12:04:00.000-07:00

A painting sketch for an upcoming gallery show in August.
I will post the Parks Canada stuff as soon as everything is approved :)

A brief Hiatus

2010-05-23T18:26:00.000-07:00

Hi guys!
Good news!
I am working on a huge assignment for parks Canada, so I won't be able to update until the end of June probably. The project is super cool and I'm gonna be stoked to share it with you guys when its done!

2010-05-11T20:47:00.000-07:00

Rest in Peace, Frank Frazetta.

Dames and Gents

2010-04-26T22:38:00.000-07:00

I tend to repeat the same shapes when I draw faces, so when I came across this post at the Art Center blog I just had to try it out.

Thanks Art Center! wherever you are...

Narcissus

2010-04-25T16:44:00.000-07:00

I've been on a bit of a Greek kick lately...

Sketchbook

2010-04-18T10:24:00.000-07:00

Apologies for the lack up updates. Work and such has been keeping me super busy.
In the meantime, here's some sketchbook studies and stuff!
I will update with a new painting soon.

Trolls!

2010-03-12T23:33:00.001-08:00

Some character designs for a comic idea.

Lil' Monsters

2010-03-05T08:11:00.000-08:00

Just having fun in my sketchbook.

Billy Pilgrim

2010-02-25T17:37:00.000-08:00

"Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt."
-Kurt Vonnegut

A portrait of Billy Pilgrim, the time traveling alien abductee from the novel "Slaughterhouse Five."

Sketcheez

2010-02-20T20:54:00.000-08:00

Foxes Mate For LIfe

2010-02-19T12:48:00.001-08:00

A submission for a magazine that probably won't be accepted! wheee!

Comic!

2010-02-14T21:51:00.001-08:00

Here is a little 10 page comic that took much too long.
It's kind of based off of my 6 year old self and my life goal (at the time) to live in a lake and be a mermaid.
This is my first comic and it was a difficult yet enjoyable process. I definitely have a lot more respect for the medium now.
I hope you guys get a kick out of it.
Now time to get back to painting!

Teenage girls be crazy, yo.

2010-02-08T23:27:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone.
I am all settled here in Victoria, and thought it high time to update with another process post.
This image was done for Work of Arts Magazine, an alumni magazine for the University of Alberta. The article was about extreme mood swings in teenage girls
As I usually do, I started off with a whole swag of rough sketches, just trying out as many ideas as possible...

before narrowing it down to these three. The AD liked the Venus flytrap idea the best, but in the end we wound up going with #1

After some revisions I started the painting.
Rough transfer sketch:

Blocking in the colors:

beginning to put in midtones:

Getting a bit darker:

Pulling out hilights:

And the finished painting!

Hello strangers.

2010-01-21T16:00:00.000-08:00

Some sketches I did over the holidays.

Some updates

2010-01-10T17:22:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone!
Apologies for the lack of updates, I have been tremendously busy these last few weeks.
After five years, I'm finally getting out of Calgary to start a new chapter in beautiful Victoria, BC. So as you can imagine, job/roomate/apartment hunting has consumed most of my free time.
I'm also working on a short 10 page comic, so expect to see some previews of that soon!

Band Practice

2010-01-01T16:30:00.001-08:00

A little something inspired by my friend Angel's acoustic house shows!

ps- happy new years, everyone!

Cacophony

2009-11-29T15:24:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone!
I thought it might be an interesting excercise to record my process, so here goes...
You'll have to forgive my inadequate prose, I am by no means a good writer, but I hope you can all get something out of this regardless.

So I started with a rough idea of what I wanted to do. Some bird women. Sweet. After many a long session of thumbnailing I came up with this little ditty. More than anything I just wanted to paint some hot broads and experiment with creating patterns, so rather than include the figure of Odesseus tied to a mast, writhing in sexual frustration, I chose to keep the focus on the women and have the boat as a tiny background element.
I started with a color comp in photoshop. Just as a personal preference, I like to keep mine fairly tight to make sure the painting process goes as smooth as possible.
This helps me get a rough idea of the values and lighting before I commit to anything on paper.

After I've gessoed the paper and sprayed the drawing with some fixative, I do an acrylic wash of Phthalo blue and burnt umber.

Blocked in darks with a mixture of carmine red, brown, and black. Maybe a little bit of yellow too. I forget.

Starting to block in the feather shapes.

Progress...

Starting on the background figures...

So the feathers are pretty well done at this point and the background is blocked in. Time to start on the flesh tones!

Laid the shadows in first using a mixture of carmine red, brown and black mixed generously with walnut oil. Midtones was a zinc white mixed with cadmium yellow and for the specular hilights I used the same color as the sky.

The final painting!

Chris Walter

2009-11-21T07:12:00.001-08:00

A cover for the BC edition of Beatroute Magazine. Its a portrait of Chris Walter, a punk author from Vancouver. It was a super fun assignment, and gave me an excuse to experiment with inks and photoshop some more.
Thanks again to Glenn Alderson for giving me the opportunity to create something I otherwise wouldn't have.

Harpies

2009-11-16T12:00:00.001-08:00

Some sketchbook exploration for a new painting I'm working on.

ONLINE STORE IS UP!!

2009-11-10T08:12:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone! Just wanted to let you all know that I have some original work and prints up for purchase!
http://www.laurabifano.com/index.php?/purchase/prints--original-work/

Bicycle

2009-11-06T14:34:00.000-08:00

A recent promotional peice!

The Erl King

2009-10-28T14:13:00.000-07:00

Finished painting!

The Erl King

2009-10-13T20:41:00.000-07:00

Here's a sketch and color comp for a work in progress. It's an illustration for a story about a forest king who turns young women into birds.

Beach sketches

2009-10-07T08:33:00.000-07:00

Some life drawings from a recent-ish trip to cuba. Enjoy!

Bluebeard

2009-09-20T19:29:00.000-07:00

My first go at oils! A painting based off of "The bloody Chamber," a modern re-telling of the bluebeard tale, by Angela Carter. Her whole anthology is the best thing i've read in a long time. I plan to do two more images based off of her wonderfully written, bizarre stories.

Beatroute Illo

2009-08-25T11:11:00.000-07:00

Illustration for a local music magazine about the new Three Inches of Blood album "Here comes thy doom."
Fuckin' metal, man.

CD cover

2009-08-12T20:52:00.000-07:00

Apologies to the 3 people who actually follow this blog. I've come down with a mad case of the lazies. Buuut...I've got some projects on the go, so expect some more updates soon (ish!).
I'll kick it off with something I've been working on for the past little while. A CD cover for a local rapper. I would have liked to have painted this one traditionally, but time constraints made me turn to photoshop.

Boring Things

2009-05-25T21:45:00.000-07:00

I need to get back into painting....
In the meantime, here's some color studies and life drawings! I've noticed a definite trend of red/blue color schemes in my work, and a friend recommended I do some quick film studies to work out of it. The top ones are from Tarsem Sigh's "The Cell" and the bottom are from Luc Besson's "Leon". I'd recommend using a large brush and working quickly, spending no more than an hour per panel. Mine are totally over-rendered :(

Young Bride

2009-03-12T21:08:00.000-07:00

A painting based off of my favourite song of all time.

JOUST!

2009-02-20T08:05:00.000-08:00

My submission for this year's Calgary Comic Expo art book. My friend Kim Smith and I got a table will be selling prints and other misc.goodies! Come say hi!

Tiger Pattern

2008-11-23T21:36:00.000-08:00

This is the first in a circus themed series. Lions, Tigers, and Bears!

Patterns are fun!

'Till Death Do Us Port

2008-10-01T12:29:00.001-07:00

A little illustration for avenue magazine.
www.avenuecalgary.ca

WIZARD FIGHT!!!

2008-09-09T20:18:00.000-07:00

GO GO GO!

Scientist and Wizard!

2008-08-28T21:26:00.000-07:00

An expansion of that War/peace image I did earlier.

2008-08-14T19:33:00.001-07:00

Come on down, pretty peoples!! Myself, and some other rediculously talented individuals like brennan kelly, aimee qiu and Matt Luckhurst will be selling stuff alllll weekend.
Launch party is tommorow, hope you can make it!

2008-08-12T13:09:00.000-07:00

Brainocorns! completed!

2008-08-01T10:14:00.000-07:00

This was so way too much fun to paint. Not sure if I should go back in and add those phychic lighting bolts around the craniums of the two little guys on the left. In goldleaf maybe???

Grotesque animal

2008-07-23T23:33:00.001-07:00

A WIP sketch for a painting. I've got a bit of an obsession/fascination with brains at the moment, and it's been creeping into my sketches more and more lately.

I originally had the entire tail showing, but decided that cropping the image off on the right might add a little more interest and ambiguity.

Brainocorns and such

2008-07-15T00:50:00.000-07:00

Just throwing around some possible ideas for paintings.

ofMontreaaaaaaal!

2008-06-30T13:39:00.001-07:00

Sooo...I saw ofMontreal at the Sled Island festival on my birthday, and man they put on a amazing show. Not only did the band members dress to the nines, but they also had these two guys in black unitards and glitter masks doing performance art on stage to help convey the messages in their lyrics. At one point (I think during Gronlandic edit) they came down to the front and blessed the crowd with glitter! One of the poor guys ended up taking a confetti gun point blank in the gut though. It was rad to see Calgary people actually dancing to a live band (omg!!), but I was still getting some serious stink eye for jumping around and screaming like a complete retard.
Man, what a good weekend.

Ps- I was totally standing next to the balloon guy on the far left.
Photos by Doug Callow.

Lorelei, lotus, circus and THE BATMAN

2008-06-08T07:46:00.000-07:00

Greetings! For those of you in or around Calgary I'll be selling some paintings and prints on June 21st at the 1st (hopefully) annual Artist's Collective Market. Some other fine young illustrators such as Brennan Kelly, Chika Ando, and Heather Reinhardt will be participating, plus a ton of other super talented people.
So yeah, if you're looking for some swank pictures to hang on your wall AND want to support some broke graduates, here's your chance.

Sketchin's

2008-06-01T22:07:00.000-07:00

Sketches from a Fraternity house. I'll write more about it later, but I'm stupidly tired at the moment and am about to turn in for the night.

And now for something completely different (Part 2)

2008-05-27T20:12:00.000-07:00

Here are some quickie wallpaper patterns I painted up for a food-themed charity auction. I printed them off small and cute, so they'll hopefully look good on someone's wall as a little series. People dig that shit, right?
For those of you in Calgary around June 5th, the live auction is taking place at the Alberta College of Art and Design. Come on down and buy some art!

Jeans

2008-05-14T17:51:00.000-07:00

Some older stuff that I forgot to post earlier. This was an annual report cover for a Japanese demim company specializing in 50's style vintage jeans.

More baba yaga

2008-04-19T12:55:00.001-07:00

I think this is the image that finally got it out of my system. Expect to see NO MORE!

Edit: I did this on a super bright mac screen, so if it's looking too dark let me know and I'll tweak it.

Zee TIGAHS!

2008-04-18T22:34:00.001-07:00

Book cover for a Korean tale of REVENGE!

A bit of obscure canadian history

2008-04-18T19:53:00.000-07:00

Apologies for the lack of updates, but now with school over and done with and I finally have time to tend to my poor neglected blog.
Here's a little 2 page informational comic about the Ripple Rock explosion. Ripple rock was a natural shipping hazard that sank over 120 ships before it was blown up in 1958. Apparently it was the world's biggest explosion before the invention of the nuclear bomb. Aaaaand.... it all took place near my hometown, so naturaly I grew up thinking it was a pretty big deal, but literally no one I've ever shown this to has ever heard of it. Oh well, let this be your education.

And now for something completely different...

2008-02-14T11:00:00.000-08:00

A quickie school assignment. We had to design two characters representing extremes in lifestyles and attitudes. This is a lot more graphic and derivative than i'm used to doing, but it was nice to get out of my comfort zone of rendered, painterly stuff.
I plan on continuing down this avenue more in the near future.

TIGAHS!!

2008-02-08T23:10:00.001-08:00

Selected sketches for a school project.

Winter

2008-02-08T13:48:00.000-08:00

The first of a series on the four seasons.
Yay. Dandruff.

And a preview of the rest.

Storybook characters

2008-02-07T00:48:00.001-08:00

Vasillisa and the Baba Yaga.

Crabby

2007-11-21T11:09:00.001-08:00

A little excercise in rendering that I thought i'd share.

In other news, I just spent 260 dollars on a sweater and jacket :( :( :(

Perfume

2007-11-08T19:33:00.001-08:00

Theatre poster assignment for class.
I chose to depict the book "Perfume" by Patrick Suskind.
The story revolves around the character of Jean Baptiste Grenouille, a man born with the most powerful sense of smell ever possessed by a human being, but with no individual odor of his own (a fact other people find disquieting). Jean Baptiste apprentices himself to a perfumer and becomes obsessed with procuring the perfect scent that will make people love him. In the process, he creates perfumes that powerfully manipulate human emotions, murdering 25 girls to take their scent.
I wanted to use the hair as a direct visual metaphor for Grenouille's complete intoxication from the scent of his victims while keeping his figure slightly menacing and creepy.

2007-10-30T14:22:00.000-07:00

Most weary seem’d the sea, weary the oar,
Weary the wandering fields of barren foam.
Then some one said, “We will return no more;”
And all at once they sang, “Our island home
Is far beyond the wave; we will no longer roam.”

Lord Alfred Tennyson,
"The lotus Eaters"

ps- I was checking my stats today, and I found out that the number one search engine phrase that leads people to my blog is "Old titties." Number two: "Older titties." AWESOME!!

Jack Torrance

2007-10-10T10:53:00.000-07:00

Jack from Stephen King's novel "The shining."
I tried to go with a slightly more subtle approach with this image rather than the (what I felt to be) hit you-over-the-head bluntness of the hallway peice . Jack is eventually driven mad by his own demons as well as those in the hotel, so the items on the desk are supposed to allude to the skeletons in his closet and foreshadow the events which take place later in the novel.
I tried to make his face appear haggard and defeated despite his relatively young age.
Anyways, enough jibber jabber. Here it is:

Oldies

2007-10-03T20:12:00.001-07:00

Some characters that have been kicking around in my head for a while. I'll probably never see this one thrrough, but I thought I'd post it nonetheless.

A random calgary transit sketch.

Two for flinching

2007-09-26T21:39:00.000-07:00

Ahhhh, it feels good to be posting something finished again.
A super quick editorial illusrtation about manic depressives having electrodes implanted into their brains to regulate mood.
I only had a week to do this one, Eep 0__o.

Part one in a series for class. We had to do a character portrait of a protagonist, so I decided to do Danny from "The Shining."
Part two coming soon!

2007-08-06T14:42:00.000-07:00

A super quick sketchbook painting (loosely) based on the life and times of John Henry Patterson, a British railway surveyor who killed two man eating lions in the Tsavo region.

street peoples and old titties.

2007-08-01T00:04:00.000-07:00

Bleh. My productivity has been next to nothing this summer, but here's some stuff that I've managed to squeeze out between six-day work weeks and boozery.

School's out!

2007-05-09T15:45:00.000-07:00

Just some random doodles done in between job hunting and working.

I like to draw

2007-04-28T19:18:00.000-07:00

Sketchbook randomosity! The painted thumbs were based off "The crane wife" by the decemberists.

2007-04-25T21:31:00.000-07:00

Two illustrations from the novel "Life of Pi." I AM NEVER PAINTING ANYTHING THIS SMALL AGAIN.