Bath Wear, Books, and Philosophy
I’m not even going to say I follow John’s thoughts on these books, it hurts my head when I try, but every story is worth reading. I did the interior design, layout, and produced the print ready artwork for these two books in InDesign. Laying out long books, fast, is a sign that you’re getting deep into InDesign. I’m pleased to say that I built this second one even faster than the first. At any rate, if you have something to do that’s worth doing, put it off for a bit, and pick up these books for a read.
Game Instructions
I did some concept drawings for an online first person shooter awhile back, nothing too crazy, just weapons drawings for the rule book. Still, they turned out really nice so here they are. PS the game never got out of development and you’ve never heard of it because it didn’t even get named. Now that’s a sad story.
Castle Loma
One day I had to draw this castle. I’ve visited it three times in my life and still want to go back, but until then, here’s my visual memory of the castle on the hill in Toronto. The best part of Toronto, IMHO.
Lesson from Aesop’s Fables
This painting was done for my daughter illustrating one of Aesop’s Fables wherein the character of the book takes every wordly possession, converts it to a large lump of gold, then promptly forgets that they buried it beside this massive well. I think I’d remember which well, but maybe wells were more common in Aesop’s day that you would find one on every street corner.
The Cheese Stands Alone
I’ve done a painting for each of my kids. This was for my son. We postulated what kind of world would the cheese be the last thing standing? Well a cheesey hell world of course. Acrylic on canvas.
Try the Mango
I think this was a sketch of a waitress at a restaurant in Osbourne Village from a very long time ago. I still like this one. Pencil on paper.
Blackburne Gambit
Three pieces of chess done in watercolour. Originally I painted these with the intention of making them into posters for chess tournaments that I was going to in Vancouver back in 1999. I moved back to Winnipeg before they were made so they have sat around, unused, and not looked at for a very long time. See them all by selecting “more”.
Dragon’s Den
Logo for a local mixed martial arts studio. Think one day I’ll get this as a tattoo.
Silverback Gorilla
This was done on denim, one of a series of three primates, that was featured at a local art gallery. I went through a phase years back, where I drew and inked solely on denim, with well used, light coloured, jeans being the best choice for this type of canvas drawing. When I became known as the “denim guy” I stopped drawing on denim, it was an experiment in an alternative medium that I didn’t want to be solely known for in art circles.
Ede’s Hungarian Hoods
One of my most interesting clients, or at least, the most obscure distant one. Ede makes hawk hoods out of leather. Or eagle hoods, or falcon hoods, it really depends on the raptor you own as he’ll custom make a beautiful hood for your bird. His hoods are a “mixture” of Arab and Dutch design. And for the owner, custom fit leather gauntlets. Then send your purchase to you from Hungary where he lives. Granted it’s a tiny, niche market, but at least he has a cool logo to promote his work.
All Seasons Logo
The design of this logo present the unique challenge of polar opposites in services. As heating systems maintenance and installs plays a big role in their business, so does cooling systems. The logo had to reflect both, without reverting to the typical arrows in blue and red that many heating and cooling companies employ. The “sunflake” captures this spirit while the lowercase text indicates a friendly company and the bold font choice is indicative of industrial professionalism.
ESP Physiotherapy
I have to admit, this was one of the longest names in a logo I’ve tackled. But the mark was designed to illustrate motion, science, sport and people in motion. As well as vaguely resembling the letters of the name. The colours were choosen to go with the decor designed by Interior Designers working on this high end physio therapy clinic.
ShooFly Logo
Shoofly was a custom, handmade, shoe shop out of Calgary, that decided to not to pay my invoice after everything was complete. I now bill in stages. I still think it’s a great fit and nice logo unfortunately it’ll only be used for my own promotional purposes.
Dinosaur Envy
My submission for the ANA Comics monthly challenge. This one was to draw a dinosaur demonstrating/exhibiting one of the seven sins. Lots of fun and I believe one of my better inking jobs.
Arborview Website
This site utilized some great flash and cunning javascript to pull off some nice effects. You can view it here.
Grace Anne II Website
A vessel as elegant as this needed a website to match. The most stately ship on Lake of the Woods this site was designed to reflect the 80+ year history of the Grace Anne II. The site can be viewed here, and it’s sister sites, built on the same design, can be seen at Turtle Bay Lodge site and the Empress Luxury Liner site.
Golf Tournament June 2011
Despite (or probably because of) the rain in the morning, this tournament turned into one of the most fun events that I’ve photographed. The people were just great, the lighting wasn’t harsh, and emotions were on display which I was able to capture throughout the day. In high speed sports, golf in particular, the REACTION is more important to capture than the action and in the many shots I took that day I believe I lived up to that mantra. More photos after the break.
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The Chia Group
The Chia Group is the holding company of Morris Chia, a successful business man in Winnipeg. He needed a personal brand for presentations to investment bankers and other business types to explain his myriad companies he owns and invests in. Based on the Chinese character for house, this logo seeks to encompass a multitude of different interests of Morris. The rich golds and seductive blacks are used to symbolize wealth and success.
Lakeside Watersports Logo
It’s not often that I get to build a sports logo. I love them though, the colours are so bold and the lines have motion. Now this wasn’t for a sports team, but a sports equipment rental business in Kenora. A one page website (whose main functionality was the mobile version of the site) was designed by myself.