Here are a couple of digital paintings i have been working on as a bit of a de-stresser.

The kids book is out the door and printing now; I still can’t show any of it yet, but here are a few sketches from recent Dr. Sketchy’s sessions and other various doodling. Also, two portraits; one which i never posted here but which was done around September of last year, and the other which is a quick digital sketch of StSparky on the Whitechapel forum.

Also, I got a new camera in late April during my trip to Calgary and it’s been the source of some quick creative gratification and learning ever since.  Here are a few selections:

Erm. I guess this show is something of a guilty pleasure.

A colour and mood study for an upcoming project.

Work has been nuts.  From October thru to this past month, I’ve been double booked with various projects that have kept me extremely busy.  On top of that, I’ve moved from my parents’ house out to my own place, where i’ve set up my office as well.

Nevertheless, while it’s true I’ve been pretty quiet on this site, I’m still drawing.  Dr. Sketchy’s Toronto has been keeping me out and about doing life drawing every couple of weeks. For the uninitiated, it’s sort of a burlesque show overall and features three outfits a session. The models are often members of burlesque groups in town, though not always (there was a belly-dancer a couple sessions back, for instance, and a gym instructor who also happens to be a pole dancer).

I am making it out to Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo closer to the end of this month – i think they’ve close to 70 guests now, if not more. The event really is fixing to become *the* Canadian event to go to for comics and entertainment and it’s been really exciting seeing it grow.  I’m also really looking forward to meeting up with friends from Calgary again, at least for a little while.

I’ve begun work on a book illustration project which should see production some time this summer. (Paying illustration work! Yay!) More to come as I’m able to release it.

Hey folks.

It’s been a while… i’ve been pretty busy with work and haven’t done all that much artstuff, to be honest, though some sketchery is ongoing.  Much of this year so far has been about better establishing my current workstuff so that it provides me with a stable base upon which i can work in my own ideas and what not.  Work has mostly meant a lot of building and texturing content for business and private clients, local and international. It’s been fun so far and things have been picking up, so for the most part I am content. In the mean time, here are a few snippets of stuff I’ve been doodling lately: an experiment with Corel Painter Sketch Pad, a creature design for The Wastelands , a fanart commission, and just a bit of me futzing around with custom brushes i scanned and put together for Photoshop.  Hopefully more soon.

// EDIT: Oh, and…

Yes, I’m a geek and a nerd.

Also, i think i may have mentioned a while back i got a new scanner because the old canoscan lide 80 broke – we got a Brother MFC, which scans 11×17 fairly nicely. Unfortunately, the colour depth leaves much to be desired. I will probably look in to something a bit more decent for colour and sensitive greyscales in the near future.

Various sketches from the last couple of weeks.

Added a few pieces to the Illustration page . Still tinkering here and there, catching up on a few personal projects and sketching in the mean time. More sketchbook stuff coming soon as I get the opportunity to scan.

On a somewhat related note, I took the opportunity of site moves and updates to migrate all the old MIC forum data over to its own account, under Maple Ink. The forum overall has been upgraded to phpBB3 as well.

Things have been sort of slow, but people still seem to post now and then.

For my own part, i have been busy over the past year or so with graduation, moving across the country, work, and then another move (within Toronto, but still…) and a bunch of personal stuff.

But lately I’ve really been missing the connectedness I used to feel with the online art & comic community and would really like to work towards an active presence once more. As I ended up mentioning on the Maple Ink forum today, i would really like to see this happen and would like to hear from creators in the community about what they’d like to see, as far as management of the forum, info on the blog, etc.  If you’d like to be heard, give me a shout either by responding to this thread at the Maple Ink forums, or respond to this post.