For the Love of Line

3.12.2010

Momentous March 8th

Happy Belated Birthdays to my late great mother, little niecey Madeline, and 100th celebration of International Women's Day.

Today's Inspiration: One of the artists who I always wanted to share with my mom, Andy Goldsworthy

Below are some drawings I did today 2 ways. Which style do you like better?

3.07.2010

Wet Ink: Side St Magazine

Yay! I just got 2 copies of the magazine in the mail. They look awesome. I doodled "Gloves Off" while on hold with a customer service agent at my bank. I guess something good can come out of telephonic frustration.

Inspiration: One of my first favorites Gaston Lachaise

3.06.2010

Wet Ink: STICKERYOU

Yay! STICKERYOU is live!
Now you can go to the site and make your own custom vinyl stickers.
The site allows you to upload your own artwork or take advantage of the 1000's of images of our artbank.

Here are a few of the brands & themes we currently offer.

If your a little tight on time or creativity, you quickly grab a pre-made page.

This is a view of our sticker maker. You can drag, drop and arrange the elements on your artboard. If you're looking for some more advanced features, you can also create your own text and mask shapes.

This is the page view. Notice the dotted line around the sticker, that is the custom diecut. Nice!

3.01.2010

Wet Ink: Mergers & Acquisitions Now Available on ITunes

The album, Mergers & Acquisitions by Scott Lanaway is now available to purchase on ITunes. I illustrated the the cover of the album and am so pleased that Scott took a creative leap to put his faith into a cluster of antelope heads. The imagery matches his airy, mystical, layered album perfectly. My favourite track title is "Oprah, God Wants You To Have a Jet". The official album release is March 23rd and I can't wait to get my hands on a printed copy.

In the name of art & music making, my inspiration of the day is: david bowie

2.09.2010

Animals of Guyana

Below are some sketches that I just submitted for a poetry book on the Flora & Fauna of Guyana. My favorite is the first bird, the Blue-footed Booby!

Inspiration: Australian Painter, Brett Whiteley

1.08.2010

Wet Ink: Pilot 6

Just got my copies of Pilot 6! I illustrated an story written by Christopher McKinnon "The Science of Girls & Bones". I had alot of fun and creative freedom with this project. I'm pleased with the printed product and the best part is I get to be published in the same mini-book as Fiona Smyth!

City of Craft 2009

This posting is about 3 weeks to late, but that's okay because all is forgiven over the holidays.

I went to City of Craft 2009 and thoroughly enjoyed myself. It was great to see so many Crafty Torontonians under one roof. The event was a great success complete with media coverage, raffle winners, and goody bags. I picked up my own City of Craft bag (pictured below) that I'll wear proudly around town.

One of my new faves I found at the event: Hand & Shadow *I love the "Wolf T-shirt"

New E-Newsletter for ECPAT-USA

I just finished up this new E-Newsletter for the New York non-profit, ECPAT-USA. I used a site called Constant Contact that made laying out and mailing the newsletter so easy. It's great for the environment since Ecpat-Usa switched from paper and is much easier on their wallet. I'm really pleased with the final product and that they were open to going electronic.

Inspiration: Pikaland

12.15.2009

Wet Ink: Side St Magazine

I'm working on some sketches for the cover issue of Side St Magazine. It's the March/April issue so I wanted to do something springy.

Inspiration: Deadweight, the talented Toronto printmaking duo

*UPDATE: Side St Magazine chose "Gloves Off" for the cover. I'll post new photos of the cover image when I get a printed copy.

12.05.2009

Morning Visitor

As I was sitting down with my coffee to work yesterday morning I was pleasantly surprised by my morning visitor. He made beautiful shadows on my curtains that I had a few seconds to capture. He moved quickly!