The 4real Wall Mural

In late 2006 I helped lead a group of first and second year high school pupils in painting a brand new mural on the back wall inside our local youth centre in Monifieth. Next month, the youth centre is moving to a new building ajacent to the High School, and the old building (with the mural) is eventually going to be demolished. So last night I went there to have one last gaze at my handiwork - and it is still as warmly received as it was four years ago :) It'll be sad to see it go. Here's a comparison, as you can tell it hasn't really changed!

 Here is my newly painted contribution in November 2006.

And here I am with it yesterday. Still looks alright, considering how old it is!

Willow & Timothy II - 'New Horizon'

Finally, after several months of work David Whamond and I are ready to present the new incarnation of my Willow and Timothy comic series, which is somewhat different from the webcomic that was made from August 2009 to May 2010. The nine pages of this first instalment of the new series are now up for display here; hopefully a more suitable host can be found soon. In the meantime, enjoy them - just click on the image to full size it ;) Depending on the feedback, we'll see how long it will take to get Chapter 2 of the series made.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let us get this started...

To get this blog started, here are three different types of pictures I have been making quite recently;

This is a watercolour that I think looks none too dissimilar from the images you find in storybooks - I especially like what has come from it so far since it looks softer than the digital pictures do. I feel up for doing more pictures like these soon, perhaps for one of my next planned animated shorts.

 The background here in this piece of my 'Willow and Timothy' characters was manipulated from photographs I took in downtown Toronto. I enjoyed the effects so much I chose this image for my first batch of business cards. Currently the first story in a series of new comic strips of these characters is almost set to go online!

The 2010 model sheet of my character, Keen Fox. My goal was to mix function with comical expressions to keep it simple, straightforward whilst still interesting.

A series of charicatures that I made from cutting up parts of one of my mum's old fashion magazines. Not my usual sort of thing, but I found the results a breath of fresh air from my usual artwork.

I will keep updating this blog with my progress on whatever relevant projects I might be undertaking.