Laced Up

I hand-drew this animation at the beginning of the year for school. Two solid days hunched over a lightbox, punching out 66 frames. I'm pleased with it, but would like to make a longer, more smoothly animated segment with a stronger narrative and possibly some colour. A long-term project, I guess.



p.s. Soundtrack = RJD2's "Ghostwriter"

May You Live In Interesting Times

The 1960s produced some of the most emotionally evocative imagery ever. This illustration is derived from a photo whose strong self-contained narrative appealed to me. Very powerful stuff.


I digitally cleaned up the drawing (read: Live Traced it) to compensate for the crappy ink that I use/can afford. Not sure if that's frowned down upon ... anyways, here's the original scan:


Recommended reading: Joe Haldeman's "1968", an account of the war fought on both Vietnamese soil and the American home front.

Jornal?

This is one of my many kindergarten journals. Every morning, we had to write an entry and get the teacher to proof-read it. I recently rediscovered a giant stash of these things and will try to post some material soon.

Soldier Boy

A postcard-sized pen sketch that I might properly render one day ... I kind of like this look though.

Family Business

If, unlike me, fashion is more of your thing, go and check out my sister's blog. In addition to being smarter and harder working than I am, she's currently studying fashion design.

Coco

I watched Coco Avant Chanel yesterday. Not exactly my usual fare but a good (albeit depressing) film nonetheless. Here's an ink drawing I did on 300 gsm watercolour paper. My Audrey Tautou's a bit off and my brushwork's rusty but it was still fun to make.

Canned Goods

I recently completed this piece for school; my first time using aerosol paints. Now that the semester is over and the deadline pressures have temporarily abated, I should be working on any of my long-gestating personal projects ... but I can't help myself. Spray-paint is (for me, at least) new and fun. So I'm working on a spiritual successor instead (and trying to nail some more intricate stencils).

Sneaker Bomb, 60 x 90cm
Enamel and marker on particleboard
Painted June 2009

p.s. OG Adidas Superstars are the best sneakers ever.

"TERMINATOR IS DEAD"

These are two of my earliest drawings -- scribbled in the back of my older brother's immaculately kept sketchbooks. Fun, but puzzling. Who let me watch Terminator 2 at age 4? And why is Batman's arm growing out of his cape?



Right now, I'm at the midpoint of my 'official' artistic education; exactly halfway between the beginning and end of my time at art school. And for the first time, I feel like I'm beginning to develop a style and practice that is uniquely my own. Hopefully, this blog can help document that process. Thanks for checking it out.