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Happy 100th Birthday Mary Blair

2011-10-21T04:23:00.001-07:00

Ballet girls

2011-07-06T22:08:00.001-07:00

Chinese Dance

2011-06-26T19:31:00.001-07:00

2011-06-26T19:28:00.000-07:00

fish

2011-06-26T19:26:00.001-07:00

bird

2011-03-23T20:18:00.000-07:00

Baby O's

2011-01-23T07:35:00.001-08:00

Punk'in

2010-10-28T17:03:00.000-07:00

zombie swimmer

2010-10-27T15:46:00.001-07:00

creatures

2010-10-23T02:41:00.000-07:00

2010-10-03T19:51:00.000-07:00

backgrounds

2010-10-03T19:41:00.001-07:00

2010-01-01T15:47:00.000-08:00

We did rock, paper, scissors and the Tiger won,
Happy New Years everyone!!!
Acrylic and pastel

Dancer

2009-12-16T15:37:00.001-08:00

My pinup for Chiustream for a chance to win a drawing from Bill Presing. Check it out.

Astro monkey

2009-07-15T01:26:00.000-07:00

Well today is my birthday and I painted a mighty mug for charity.

The Scam Artist

2008-07-24T20:46:00.000-07:00

Color & Character design practice....

Bear Woman

2008-07-14T22:02:00.000-07:00

Well it is that time of year again for my Birthday and what a busy year it has been.
I graduated from 5 years at sheridan college and gained so much knowledge that I am now going to spend my time focusing and trying to apply what I have learned. I created my first film and landed my first job in the industry. I just want to strive to be a better artist and keep learning!!!
Thanks for everyones support on my blog.

Girl n pup

2008-07-09T05:02:00.000-07:00

Just a quick sketch and watercolor study.

2008-01-13T03:28:00.000-08:00

Busy working on production of my school film Jazz Chicken but will try to post soon.

Christmas girl

2007-12-21T05:52:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas everyone! I did this piece using black board and old nailpolish I had around the house and found it glimmered and looked quite christmasy. Definately would like to try it some more. Have a great holiday!!!

2007-12-13T12:25:00.000-08:00

Chickens and life drawing, my life the past few months. Tried to experiment with watercolour some more. Thanks to Jerry Zeldin for inspiring me to life draw.

Life drawings

2007-12-07T00:10:00.000-08:00

Most recent life drawings, still working at it!!!

Chicken in space

2007-11-30T21:55:00.000-08:00

Been busy working on my school film. Wondered what it would be like to send a chicken to space...

Winter fair

2007-11-10T05:29:00.000-08:00

Went to the winter fair yesterday and had some fun drawing the animals. Really enjoyed the chickens so I worked on building character with them.

summer swans

2007-11-07T18:45:00.001-08:00

Saw the first snowflakes today and made me miss summer, so I thought I would post this painting I did on a very very warm day!

Punk Rocker

2007-10-20T10:45:00.001-07:00

Just a punk concept character I came up with.

2007-10-19T18:22:00.000-07:00

A collage for my film Jazz Chicken that I am currently working on at sheridan. I did this as a way to explore the design of my character using graphic elements so I can find simpler shapes for my animation.

Life Drawings

2007-10-18T21:37:00.000-07:00

Some life drawing I did in school with practice using two characters interacting with each other.

The Peacock Talent Search

2007-08-19T09:07:00.000-07:00

A color concept for the peacock talent search. Happy Birthday Dad!!!!

From the sketch below I was inspired to have the peacock talent search...

Looking into birds I started doodling and came up with this initial sketch.

2007-06-24T16:45:00.000-07:00

Check out our film below!!!

Bugged Out

2007-06-24T16:39:00.001-07:00

A group film we created at Sheridan College. Enjoy.

The Adventures of Bubbles

2007-04-07T08:51:00.000-07:00

Boards for an animation in the works.

Kitty

2007-03-31T14:28:00.000-07:00

Playing with colour and shapes!

Busted!!!

2007-03-25T10:57:00.000-07:00

Here are some designs I did for our group film. They have gone through some changes since. The poor little guys are going to get it!

Night out on the town

2007-03-16T15:31:00.000-07:00

The weekend is finally here.

Art study

2007-03-11T14:54:00.000-07:00

I enjoy the library for some good inspiration and thought it would be fun to create a piece involving a place I know well.

More monkeys

2007-03-03T06:52:00.000-08:00

What can I say, I love monkeys!!!

Ninja Monkey

2007-02-23T23:30:00.000-08:00

I really like monkeys and couldn't resist the theme of a ninja monkey.

Life Drawings

2007-02-17T12:17:00.000-08:00

Here are some life drawings that are due for our life drawing portfolio class. I have been really focusing on life drawing and hope to improve much much more by the end of the year with the help of our life drawing teacher, Gerry Zeldin.

Monster Toothfairy

2007-02-10T07:35:00.000-08:00

Here is a color concept of an older idea for our group film project. Ed, http://edo27.blogspot.com/ came up with the line drawing and I did the colors. We had some fun with this one!!

2007-02-04T07:10:00.000-08:00

I have not posted in a long time, my computer broke down but up and running again. This is a painting I did using acrylic.

Cows In Vegas

2006-08-22T09:53:00.000-07:00

Ernie was beginning to wonder if he was really on holidays.

Here's one for my Dad. Happy Birthday!!! Ahh the wonderful memories on the farm..... I thought that on one of your visits to Vegas you might stumble across a strange casino.

The hunt

2006-08-10T14:32:00.000-07:00

Trying out images from different cultures.

I lost my keys

2006-08-05T05:31:00.000-07:00

This is still not the finished version of this one, still have to finish some buildings and not completely happy with the characters. I was inspired when I took a trip to London, England. The buildings there seemed so distinguished compared to the buildings in Canada. I wanted to draw everything I saw! The finished piece will be coming soon.

Green Giant

2006-07-12T12:49:00.000-07:00

First painting I did that I thought looked alright. Used acrylic and loved the way it painted plus I love green. Was studying Greek History and this is a frieze in Greece it is really nice and would like to see it for real one day!!

Hut in the Jungle

2006-07-12T12:46:00.000-07:00

I did the final piece using gouache. I was influenced by Mary Blair.

Hut in the jungle concepts

2006-07-12T12:43:00.000-07:00

These are concepts using acrylic paint.

Before Dark

2006-07-12T12:41:00.000-07:00

Trying out watercolors and studying lighting effects.

Digital Paintings

2006-07-12T12:35:00.000-07:00

Monster Attack
Dog Bone
Ice Cream Irene

Here are some digital paintings I did trying to use a very simple cartoon style.