On Devil's Night...

Here's the latest poster for Me Three's upcoming gig at Vern's on October 30th. Just had to finish this one before I went to bed tonight.

High Concept

For a year or so, my fellow VA chum, Chris Peterson, has been slaving away on an exciting new comic project for Arcana Studios entitled DRAGONS VS. DINOSAURS. It seems like he's nearing completion on the beast (I can't wait to see the final product) and he was kind enough to let me do a pinup for the book.

I'll be adding color soon. The overall jam-packed-craziness of the pic can be attributed directly to the rest of the artists (Fiona, Conor, Steve, Neil) egging me on at 24hr Comic Day, which I used to complete my new profile pic and a lot of homework.

Yes, that Dragon is attacking a volcano.

Yar-tee-tar-tee-tar!

Here are the detes for our upcoming show next week! We had a jam tonight that went so awesome.

Damn, I can't wait! Hope you can make it.

He's Alive! Ali-i-i-i-ve!

...barely :)

Art school has been keeping me supremely busy as of late, which shouldn't be a surprise, but still managed to surprise me. I'm learning lots though, especially about design fundamentals, perspective and contemporary art.

Oh! and this just in: I suck at painting. But I'm learning.

I just wrapped work on a program for a local dance production of West Side Story. I didn't get to see it, which really bums me out. The program was supposed to contain a full comic story, but ended up being 2 pages of intro with some character designs. There just wasn't time in the day to do the whole thing, but I'm still disappointed in myself for not pulling through. Anyway, here are some choice pics:




These character profiles were all based on real folks so it was nice to flex my portrait muscles.

In other news: My brother and I are now part of a rockin' musical trio known to the world-at-large as ME THREE. We're a punk band with fast and heavy beats, screams, growls and harmonies a plenty. Something for everyone! My bro is guitar and vocals, while I play bass and back-up vocals. Our drummer is one Bayan Sharafi and he's fantastic.

Here's our kick ass logo, designed by me and my bro:


So be sure to drop by our MySpace page to hear our first two tracks and find details of upcoming shows. Our first one is Thursday, the 15th of October at the Shamrock Inn!

I just read Jeff Lemire's ESSEX COUNTY by the way. It's very good. It may very well have been the first comic to bring a tear to my eye. Powerful, evocative stuff, here people. Take notes.

Pull Up Your Knickers! School's In!

Yes, my first year of a four year Bachelor in Design has begun at ACAD. I am brimming with excitement and ready to get down to the nitty gritty of arts. I might post some of my work on the blog here, as long as it is kinda good in some regard.

Anyways, here's the inked Archie piece for the Art Show at Happy Harbor:


Also, thanks to my online presence, I scored a gig doing some drawings for Bic at Sunridge Mall this September, the only shitty thing being that it will conflict with my drawing class. Here's hoping my instructor isn't too cross with me right off the bat. Here are some press releases with the details (the second one claims that I am smooth. I shall not argue this:)

I Wanna Be in a Gang, Too!

Happy Harbor Comics will be hosting a Comics Art Show in October. I have decided to submit two pieces, the first being a gig poster for the Archies. Here are the pencils:

Now, I've never been a huge Archie fan, but there's no arguing that him and the gang are comic icons. And I never would have thought I'd have this much fun drawing them!

To fix: Veronica's ham fist. Give Juggie a bit more space on the left.

Oh, and the Bingoes and The Madhouse Glads were both bands featured in the comics. That'd be the best show ever! Right?

Drinken' and a-Drawin' and a-Postin'

Here's a collection of Drink n Draw sketches over the past few weeks. I just realized there's a whole lot of guns...

And you can blame Derek Mah for the guy with the razor. It was all his idea, I swear.

San Diego was awesome. Now working on comic strips for Science Alberta Foundation. Just registered for classes at ACAD today. 2009 is pretty rockin'.