| and the ivy |
[Dec. 2nd, 2009|03:33 pm] |
Well, it's the time of year in which people tend to send out holiday-related cards, and since I was over at Inkstorm's screenprinting studio last night, I seem to find myself with an abundance of 3-colour screenprinted cards that I would like to send to you!
Comments are screened, so leave your address and keep an eye on your mailbox if you would like one.
(the above image is unrelated; it's a drawing that turned out much more boring than I had originally intended). |
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| IF - music |
[Nov. 27th, 2009|12:34 am] |
I was listening to some of Hildegard von Bingen's music the other day and decided to draw her for this week's Illustration Friday. She was a pretty incredible lady, by all accounts.
Haligonians -- this weekend SMU is having the FemFest Craft Fair, which I will have a table at. North St. Church, 10-6. And soon thereafter we have the Halifax Crafters Winter Market, which is on Dec 5+6, 11-5 at the Olympic Centre on Windsor and Cunard. See you there, perhaps! |
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| IF - unbalanced |
[Nov. 19th, 2009|06:32 pm] |
Another illustration friday. Trying to keep at it!
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| teef |
[Nov. 19th, 2009|12:41 am] |
montreal, what a beautiful city! good people, good times.
some doodles of faces from expozine:
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| bonjour |
[Nov. 13th, 2009|10:42 am] |
Hello, Montreal! I am here this weekend thanks to roadtrip buddies Laura Kenins, Mike Holmes, and Dorian Lang. We are here to exhibit at EXPOZINE! It should be a really good time, but for today I am content to explore the streets of this beautiful city with our lovely hosts Jordyn F. Bochon and Tim Carpenter who are both awesome and have kindly allowed us into their home for the weekend! Last night Jordyn made a PIE! And I helped, sort of. PIE!
On the way here I drew some little car drawings:
Originally for the Illustration Friday theme "blur", thinking of how the past few months have passed in such a manner:
And a little tree sketch:
See you at Expozine! |
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| IF - skinny |
[Nov. 3rd, 2009|02:03 pm] |
So I said I'd do it and here we go. Illustration Friday "Skinny".
Not much, but hopefully it'll get me drawing/painting more in any case. |
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| quickly quickly |
[Oct. 30th, 2009|11:17 am] |
Hey, I am heading out the door to work but I wanted to post this first, in the spirit of all hallows eve.
The scarf is keeping her head on, that is how it is related to Hallowe'en. Yes.
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! |
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| sweaters |
[Oct. 23rd, 2009|10:06 am] |
Hey guys, the Halifax zine fair is tomorrow! I first went to the zine fair here in 2007, back when it was still Canzine East, and that's where I first started making connections in the community here by meeting awesome people like Laura Kenins, so it holds a special place in my heart.
Admission to the Fair is FREE and it's happening from 12-5 at St David's Church Hall at 1537 Brunswick St. (Across from Steve-o-reno's.)
I will be there with some comics, buttons, cards and screenprints! Also it is the same say as the International Day of Climate Action '350' here in Halifax, so you can swing by the event that the Ecology Action Centre has planned at the Halifax Commons by the Pavillion at 2pm afterwards (or before). Good times all around!
In fact, I have a special raffle for those who attend both the Zine Fair and the International Climate Day of Action event. Come by my table, and if you pledge to go to the event (or if you come to the zine fair after having gone to the event) you can enter your name in a raffle at my table to win a prize pack that includes a dvd of my first film, 'Warming' (coincidentally about climate change), along with two comics and two buttons of your choice that I have at my table. So come by the craft fair, go out and make your voice heard at the 350 event, and potentially win some swag!
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| nocturn al |
[Oct. 15th, 2009|09:07 am] |
Whew. What a time.
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving -- I'm sure feeling thankful to know good people, both near and far.
So hey, Nocturne is this Saturday, it is Halifax's art at night festival and is in its second year. Last year it was an incredible experience, and it's only going to get better! I have a small contribution this year in Leslie Menagh and Tanya Davis' project called Storybook, where Tanya will be performing stories that she wrote in costume with a choir while illustrations from those stories are projected behind her. It will take place behind the Halifax Courthouse. Here's one of my images:
It should be a pretty neat piece! Here's an article about it, and it's in the coast as well (the last one on the page). Andrea Dorfman and Sydney Smith are the other two illustrators on the project.
Hey, I'm going to Expozine next month and I'm really excited! If I remember how to make comics I will have a number of wares, new and old! Who else is going to Expozine? I've never gone to any kind of zine fair that wasn't just in the city I happened to be in before this. And speaking of, the Halifax Pop Explosion is coming up later this month, and with it the Zine Fair! I will have a table there (Oct 24, St. David's Church Hall), and will also be doing a mini comics jam.
I've gotta jet now though, my lovely mother is here and we are going to the annapolis valley! I'll pick some apples for you guys. |
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| robot ponies |
[Sep. 25th, 2009|11:17 am] |
Hey, here's some crayon doodles from when I was at the crafter's fair. the second day I got a crazy fever, but I think I was still coherent when I drew these:
( and the boats return )
Also, my friend Dan has been posting some excellent art over this way.
And, yesterday I won the Helen Hill Animated Award from the Linda Joy Society, and it's going to give me the facilities and motivation that I need to make a new film over the course of the next year! Helen Hill was a pretty incredible woman, and I'm really honoured to receive an award bearing her name. |
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| not one to give much notice |
[Sep. 16th, 2009|10:25 am] |
Okay, so:
I wanted to upload my film online as I had intended, with the sound and everything, but I've had a lot of trouble figuring out file formats (as I mentioned before). Now, thing is, it's in the Toronto Urban Film Fest, which plays one minute films silently in subway stations around Toronto during this week. Also, they put them online. They were kind enough to take my file even though it wasn't the right format and accept it into their festival, and now it's online, silently, with no end credits.
So though I wanted to show you my film my way first, life is busy as always and I felt that I may as well show this one for now since it might take far too long for me to get my act together.
Thus, here we go, Kate and Bradbury.
And if you feel so inclined you can register and vote for it for the people'e choice award!
( some blathering about Toronto and Halifax specifics )
The Halifax Crafters Art Harvest went really well this past weekend and I got a chance to talk to lots of amazing people (and make some rad trades with joanna close, Hello Pineapples, my friend Mark's preserves (kimchi and plum butter!), Geordan Moore, and so many other excellent crafters!) (crafter I wish was there, but who was in Vancouver: Heather Verdin).
Here are some blurry shots of the (very) minicomic I made for it. Screenprinted cover!
And speaking of comics, my good friend Jordyn F. Bochon recently was nominated for the Gene Day Award! You should go look at her stuff RIGHT NOW, it will blow your mind.
Enough rambling from me. The air is crisp and the leaves are turning! It's my favourite time of year. |
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| leeks |
[Sep. 11th, 2009|11:43 am] |
I forgot to account for this frame/page in my layout for the little quick+dirty comic that I am putting together for the halifax crafter's art harvest this weekend, so I am posting it here even though it isn't much. It would be lonely and unused otherwise.
And yeah, crafter's fair! This weekend, North Street Church (5657 North St), 11-5 both Saturday and Sunday. Also, Saturday is the Go North festival, which is always a blast. Come by and check it out! I will have new buttons, this little comic, stickers, and cards, plus all of my usual stuff. |
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| dahlias, again |
[Sep. 3rd, 2009|11:49 am] |
It's been a while! Too long of a while. I wanted to wait until I had more to post, but that might be a while, so here is a lady I doodlepainted while watching a movie. Please excuse the lack of proper anatomy and the cut off legs.
The Atlantic Film Festival is coming up soon! I am working at the box office and have had a chance to see a few of the films, and let me tell you, they have been pretty amazing thus far. Also, Kate and Bradbury is in the festival and will be screening with the Frame x Frame II program and the Atlantic Shorts VII, on Sept 19 and 23, respectively. Also I will likely have something at Argyle Fine Art for the Frame x Frame reception on the 22nd.
In terms of getting it up online, I'm still working away at it. I have a .vob file that I have gotten a program to turn into an .avi, but then when I try bringing it into my (ridiculously old) version of Premiere, it says it's the wrong compression. Also I can't even play it. Do I just have the wrong codec or something? Does anyone have any suggestions? |
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| tall ships |
[Jul. 15th, 2009|07:23 pm] |
Today some guys dressed as pirates came on our tour. Tall ships festival!
Here is a crayon doodle:
keep on chugging there, livejournal!
I went to a midnight screening of harry potter yesterday and it was great fun; today I felt like I had a sugar hangover (sour patch kids).
Thus ends this very random entry. |
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