Green Tea Turtle

The latest installment of my delicious tea characters.

the Green Tea Turtle.

This is a very important tea to me.

painting ADD

so haven't been getting anything finished the last little while.

here are a few paintings I have started though.

Plan on getting the green tea turtle done this week though!

books make good coasters.

Figuring ways I can work a little faster, also trying to make some images that are more of a vignette.

no backgrounds for me.

Link link.

So, I have been playing the N64 zelda's again....

so much fun. Finished ocarina of time and moving on to majora's mask. Keeping productive though. I swear it.

loves me not

So, trying to keep a narrative focus in these last paintings. It keeps me more engaged in painting at least.
Here is a sort of romantic girl in the city.

stealing is wrong

Oh man. Can't believe summer is already (almost) nearing its end. Trying to finish up some of the paintings I have started but left behind.

This one was a blast to paint. And I feel like I learned a lot doing it. Which is definately the way painting should go.

Also, not sure if anyone is interested in seeing how things go from sketch to final, but here we go anyways.

portraits

Trying out doing paintings from some life drawings I have lying around in the sketchbook. Not necessarily to create a hundred percent likeness, but trying to create a paintign that would suit his or her interests.

This one here is for the lovely Miss Stefenescu. Think I might do a few more of these.

Riff - Raffi

This is my submission for the group show, Riff Raff. This is a portrait of a performer who was a star in my household growing up...

For Everyone in Toronto, here is more information about the show.

Show Date: Opening August 12th running to August 29th.

Show location: Pentimento Fine Art Gallery, 1164 Queen Street East, Toronto.

One image will be selected for banner on building at Hastings & Queen East. The winning image will be selected by attendees of the show between August 12-29th, so if you are in the area drop by.

books are here!!

Well hello there.

So today I just received copies of the books I illustrated some stories for last summer. How thrilling. The lovely team of designers at Rubicon did a wonderful job, and its great to see how this whole project turned out for them.

Each book I illustrated two stories in. Here is an example of how things looked.

in other news: tomorrow is my birthday. It is a lovely week. :)

Earl Greyhound

Here is the second character of my tea projects.

Earl Greyhound.
I am having a blast doing these. Not sure if I will go with the classic green tea next or do Mr Bengal Tiger Spice.

In other news, I got my copy of the book Life of the Party, that I worked on the cover of. How exciting. It's very nice to see it in print.