Meet "James"

James is, in many ways, the person that I want to be. He's a reflection of self. He's also more than that. "James" can be anyone. Everyone wears a mask at some point; if you took off his mask, you would see me or you or someone you know. He's a broken kid, that's trying to be happy,  and stay positive.

He started out as little more than a spin-off of this graffiti art I had been looking at during class. But he slowly evolved the more I drew him and fell in love.

It's a new goal of mine to start a mini comic of sorts, and have it be like the comics in the Sunday paper. But instead of brainless humor, there would be a point, and a message in each strip. Like the old Calvin and Hobbs comics. So, hopefully there will be plenty of James seen in the future, on a grander scale than just my sketchbook and blog.

2 Fat Birds

My first vector art piece, and I couldn't be happier with how this turned out. Taking it from a sketch I did in the laundry mat, to a project for my Adobe Illustrator class. I have to keep in mind how the colours look so damn different from monitor to printer. I would like to have something resembling snowflakes, rather than "ink splatter",  and maybe a bit of detail for the tree, and of course add in the... feet? Talons? or some detail that the are indeed perched on the branch rather than floating on it.

Amnesia Series: Child Artist

 I had a weird thought, rather a day dream that lead to the making of this 'soon to be' series. What if one day I wound up in hospital, with no memory? Would the pieces I drew be memories? Would I even remember how to draw? After about an hour of thought, this came to be. I imagine this to be my cousin. And in some near future, I can even see this very scene happening before my eyes.

the better works of the "new year"

This was my first payed oil commission... I added a bit of new school pop and colour to it, but had to tone it down to please the client. I love the way it turned out, and I made a mental not to never again paint stars like that. EVER. 

Bit of a draft, this. But it's a sketch for a vector print I'm working on. The final will be posted when it's done. *I realize the actual lyrics are "Just burn my body in a box"...*

Bit of "James" madness. I'll post the 'James designs' in a single post as soon as I get them all scanned in.