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

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.

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!

Manners for the 21st Century Scoundrel

New Illustration for the December issue of the TheLemonLife.com

Inspiration: Jason Jagel

Ode to Kir-bits

I miss having a dog. I don't think Oskar shares the same sentiment.

Backyard Snapshots

I miss having a backyard to play in.

Cleveland Rocks

Snapshots from American Thanksgiving in Cleveland; lots of walks around the lake, yummy lattes, and sleeping in. It doesn't get any better than that.

Who Dun It 2009

OCAD's Who Dun It is coming up on November the 18th.
This will be my 3rd year contributing. All proceeds go to OCAD and each piece is only 75 bucks! Go check it out and see if you guess any right.

Wet Ink

I just got the ECPAT-USA Booklet in the mail today. They look great.
There mission is to End Child Prostitution and Trafficking check out their website here for more info.
Inspiration: Luke Best

New Stickers

Newly Printed Stickers from StickerYou.com
We'll be launching, cross your fingers, before the new year.
Inspiration: Mati Rose McDonough

My Favourite Pillow

Big, Comfy, & Covered in Cowboy Boots!
Inspiration: Matthew Palladino

Wine Country

A couple of weekends again Oskar and I went out to the Beamsville & Niagara wine regions on the hunt for some good Ontario Reds. It was peak fall foliage and the scenery was heavenly! The pictures below were taken at the small, but very successful winery Organized Crime. They were actually harvesting the grapes the day that we were there. All of the coloured crates below is what they were collecting the grapes in. Yum!
My favourite winery that we visited in Niagara, that was a bit off the beaten path was FrogPond, organic winery & farm. A little 28 acre winery & farm, I loved seeing the animals maintaining the grounds and the woman behind the counter serving us was delightful. I tried their 2007 Reisling, Rose, Chambourcin and Cabernet Franc all of which I thoroughly enjoyed. And bonus, they are the same price as regular wines! I highly recommend a visit to FrogPond.
Inspiration: Lizzy Stewart

Yummy in My Tummy: Kale Chips

I've been obsessed with Kale Chips! With Kale in season I can buy a huge tree-sized bunch from the farmers market for a toonie, that's 2 dollars for all you non-canucks. Then I just cut out the stems, clean, and bake after covering the leaves with oil, salt, and pepper. So good. See an easy recipe here from my favorite online recipe site epicurious. Below is the before and after shots.
Inspiration: Karin Hagen

On the horizon

Below are some of my Little Monsters with digital colouring. I'm working on some stickers, screenprints, and greeting cards that have these little guys on them. Just in time for Christmas.
Also, I got an email from my old boss, Deroy, over at Hyperakt Design Studio in Brooklyn that they just totally revamped their site. Check it out. They do amazing graphic design work for cultural orgs, non-profits, and fellow entrepreneurs. Plus, they have beautiful Obama screenprints.
Inspiration: Julia Selin

The Royal Family at Industtrees

Unfortunately, I missed the opening at Industtrees this past Friday. The turnout out looks great though. "The Royal Family" featured the work of Aprile Elcich and is up until November 12th.
Industtrees was also just written up in the Globe and Mail. A big congratulations to them! Check out that article here.
Today's inspiration is a guy that graduated a year ahead of me. I remember his thesis work that was beautiful. I've been happily following his progress for the past 4 years. Andy Kehoe.



These pics were taken by Cam Kolachuck and the good people at Industtrees.