the luxury of living

More of something...

2009-05-16T12:37:00.002-04:00

Here are some the inside pages of my new mini comic EYES MOVE RAPID.

long awaited

2009-05-16T12:18:00.006-04:00

New comic.

Process

2009-02-14T17:28:00.003-05:00

Crazy

2009-02-08T15:22:00.000-05:00

New comics pt.1

2009-02-08T15:21:00.003-05:00

One of the 2 new comics I'm putting together right now.
This one is based off of a strange dream I had a while back.

2009-02-08T15:17:00.001-05:00

Here's some old artwork I should have uploaded a while ago.

More stuff

2008-06-28T15:55:00.001-04:00

Thor

2008-06-28T15:52:00.003-04:00

The god of fatness. Drawn with brush pen and coloured with markers. Yes that's Spiderwomwn in the back.

Long awaited post part deux

2008-06-28T15:45:00.003-04:00

Just some creature I dreamt up.

Long awaited post

2008-06-28T15:39:00.003-04:00

From a possible up coming comic about the Seatle rockies.

2007-12-14T11:09:00.000-05:00

Hootenanny!! And my personal fav, the Art-a-palooza poster.

Feeling boxed in

2007-09-21T12:36:00.000-04:00

An image is worth a thousand words or in this case 24 words.
My store is hosting the 24 hour comic on October 20th!
Crap... almost 24 words.

mo' stuff

2007-09-15T12:55:00.001-04:00

Here's a panel without text from my last book. I don't know what it is about it but i love it. Maybe it's the fact it's from a time and place I felt really comfortable at.
I love the city a lot but getting out into the woods at my folks cottage can feel really refreshing and calm, something we all need from time to time.

Scribbles from TCAF

2007-09-14T12:25:00.000-04:00

In between those moments of talking and sellings my books at TCAF 2007 I took it upon myself to do some doodlin' just for kicks. And here's a free hand out I did for the show. Kind of funny kind of not, while I was doing it i was laughing out loud but now i'm crying inside.(not really)

Never too late for funny/sad comics

2007-09-03T00:58:00.001-04:00

Here's something from a couple months ago I meant to post but didn't... How unlike me.

Daily routines

2007-08-31T13:17:00.000-04:00

In a perfect world my daily routine would be, not too distant than it is right now. I wake, get coffee and have a cigarette on the way to work, which by the way is my own business. I conduct the daily chores of running a business, then I teach kids about cartooning and comic books. After the whistle blows and it's time to go home, My lovely lady friend and I go home feed Snowball my cat and have a delicious, healthy dinner,YUM! Then perhaps we watch a movie and then go to bed. The end? Nope, as I was saying in a perfect world my routine would be a little more different than that. Wake up early, jog for an hour, eat breakfast and have coffee. Then walk that beautiful block to work and have an awesome day! Go home and feed the cat, feed myself and lovely lady friend and then(are you ready?) draw comics and sketch in my journal about the daily events. That's a perfect daily routine... for now at least. I have all these really interesting stories in my head to tell and the only thing stopping me is motivation and a solid routine that respects my urges to draw, draw, draw. I am making a solid promise to any one who reads this that I will produce more work of which I am content and amused with. More work means more happy!
SIDE NOTE
Drawing has to be done every day weather you're content or not with the outcome with the art being produced. Drawing is like pooping, a healthy body needs to do it a least once a day. Not too confuse with a metaphor involving poop and art.
I love comics! Love 'em! And even more so I love to make them and draw them... That's about it actually.
A SIDE, SIDE NOTE
My perfect day would also involve me not smoking. We'll see.
ONE LAST THING!
Stay tuned to this blog for new stories about to burst forth from my head!

Mo' pee-jass!

2007-08-29T16:48:00.000-04:00

Just some more pages from the Luxury of Living book.

TCAF! What a weekend!

2007-08-24T17:37:00.000-04:00

JUST A FEW PICTURES OF THE WEEKEND. THE VEIW FROM THE SECOND FLOOR LOOKING DOWN, MY BOOKS(WOO-HOO) AND MYSELF AND FRIEND MATT COLLINS.
TCAF WAS AWSOME AS USUAL, CHRIS AND PETER FROM THE BEGUILING DID SUCH A GREAT JOB OF ORGINIZING AND ROUNDING UP A TON OF INCREDIBLE ARTISTS FOR THE SHOW. THEY ARE IN MY MIND THE BEST COMICS STORE AND COMICS SUPPORTERS I'VE EVER KNOWN. AS FOR MY TABLE, I MET MY EXPECTED QUOTA FOR SALES SO I CAN'T COMPLAIN. I GOT TO SEE SOME OLD FACES AND MET SOME NEW ONES WHICH IS COOL. ON SUNDAY I PICKED UP A SHIT LOAD OF AMAZING BOOKS.
MATTHEW FORSYTHE'S SKETCHBOOK (INCREDIBLE)
ELEANOR DAVIS'S AMAZINGLY HAND CRAFTED BOOKS WERE SO BEAUTIFUL
ZACH WORTON- REALLY AMAZING ARTIST DOING REALLY AMAZING WORK.
JEFF LEMIRE- VERY SOOPER TALENTED WRITER/ARTIST
Chris Kuzma, Marcel Guldemonde, Damien Jay AND Drew Weing
AND MY PICK FOR OUTSTANDING HIDDEN GEM AWARD GOES TO DAVID YODER! WOW WHAT A FUNNY GUY. HONESTLY THIS GUY IS SO FUCKING FUNNY ON SO MANY LEVELS YOU HAVE NO IDEA.
SO MANY MORE TALENTED GALS AND GUYS AT TCAF REALLY MAKE DOING COMICS WORTH WHILE. IT'S EASY TO BECOME DISHEARTENED AFTER A SHOW BECAUSE YOU SEE ALL THIS AWSOME STUFF AND WISH THAT WHAT YOU WERE DOING WAS AS COOL. I LIKE MY WORK, DON'T GET ME WRONG IT'S JUST SOMETIMES I WONDER IF WHAT I'M WRITTING ABOUT IS WHAT I'M SUPOSED TO BE DOING.
OH WELL.

PREVIEW

2007-08-24T17:15:00.000-04:00

HERE IS A FOUR PAGE PREVIEW OF PART OF THE BOOK. THIS BOOK, THE LUXURY OF LIVING HAS BEEN A THORN IN MY SIDE FOR TWO YEARS NOW AND EVEN THOUGH IT ISN'T COMPLEATED, IT'S DONE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. WRITTING ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL LIFE CAN BE ENJOYABLE OR EVEN CATHARTIC IF DONE PROPERLLY. IN MY CASE MY STUBORNESS WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO MOVE ON UNTILL I FELT A RELEASE OF SOME ANGER AND/OR SADNESS TOWARDS WHAT WAS BEING TOLD. I'VE RELEASED IT... I THINK AND TO CONTINUE THIS BOOK WOULD BE REDUNDANT IF ONLY FOR RECONITIONAL VALUES OF WHICH THERE IS NONE.

new book out now!!!

2007-08-24T16:57:00.000-04:00

HERE IS THE COVER I USED FOR MY NEW BOOK. IT TOOK AROUND FOUR DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF A UNRELATED IMAGE BEFORE IN A FRUSTRATED FIT I GAVE UP ON TRYING TO USE AN IMAGE FROM THE BOOK, AND WENT WITH THIS.

New Shtuff.

2007-06-06T17:23:00.000-04:00

Don't you hate it when people don't update their blogs! Man, how...
Sorry.

imma lazy bum

2007-04-12T17:14:00.000-04:00

here's a sketch i did not too long ago, i drew it with my trusy pentle brush pen.(no pencil)

new/old art

2007-02-06T01:46:00.000-05:00

This was drawn on vellum using an india ink pen and then scanned in and coloured on photoshop.
The subject matter was drawn from a horrible experience and then scanned in at 300 dpi.

Summer of Oh Six!

2007-01-27T00:57:00.000-05:00

Birthday #1

2007-01-09T13:47:00.000-05:00

You're never too old for toys!

2006-12-13T00:44:00.000-05:00

How 'bout a look into some of the crap I stick on my shelves... I ordered these Seven Samurai figures from Japan. It was too expensive to bid on them on ebay so I picked up a box of twelve for $22 bucks. (about the same price they were going for on ebay.)

My computer is an old man and needs to be put down.

2006-12-11T00:55:00.000-05:00

This is how I'm doing...Great!
One more weekend of our show and we can take a breather before things get up and going after the holidays. My comic book needs some loving attention and so does my computer.
ie: I've decided to get a new one. It's as if computers live in quadruple dog years. they just don't last forever. Go figure! Here's a new drawing I'm attempting for a screen print. On it's own it's pretty damn cool though.

Holiday cards

2006-11-30T23:00:00.000-05:00

Here are those cards like I promised. The photo quality is crap due to my fear of a dying battery in the camera. Hey, I'm not a photographer so that excuse is valid enough. I printed them out on a cardstock and mounted them using a think double sided foam tape. So far the sushi is my fav. That's all... ssanks!

So darn cute!!

2006-11-30T00:43:00.000-05:00

I drew up these critters and then coloured them in photoshop quickly to use on holiday greeting cards. Once I finish all the cards I'll post them up... most likely tomorrow since our show is on Saturday. Yikes!!

New comic, new pages!!

2006-11-29T00:14:00.000-05:00

Here are some pages from my first draft of my new book. I've opted against it for reasons still unknown. I'll post the second draft soon. Check out the Comic artwork section for the rest of the story in it's unfinished entirety. I'm not sure about that title though...we'll see. Peace!!

Up and coming show

2006-11-28T10:47:00.000-05:00

My beautifully lady friend and I are a part of a art show/sale. We decided to dabble in screen printing, something we had never really done before and the results were awesome!! If you get a chance come check us out.

If you draw it they will come.

2006-11-26T23:20:00.000-05:00

On my way back home tonight I discovered something wondrous. To my questioning ego I was trying to figure out how to succeed in the comic book world. With all there is to chose from and enjoy what would make my comics stand out from the rest of the amazing books out there. I was struck with the obvious. "Trying" will make my work suck! Trying to be great is self righteous and a defeatous way to go about making art.
"Just be great", i thought. All will come come to those who DO. don't waste time tyring to make the next big thing. Just create and indulge yourself in your art and stories and most of all have fun while doing it. I am my own worst critic and over planning things makes the time and passion for this medium go slower. I love making comics! I love making art and the only thing standing in my way is a fear of greatness.( and maybe no one liking it, but that's something for another day to discuss.)