Happy Chinese New Year!

In celebration of Chinese New Year, I decided to sketch a few bunnies since this is the year of the rabbit.

Life Drawing

We'll, it's been way longer than I'd like to admit since the last time I've gone life drawing, so when I heard that'd there would be life drawing offered at work tonight, I couldn't resist. I was more than a little rusty, and most of my drawings didn't turn out but it felt fantastic to get back into it again. I going to try to make it to every life drawing session offered at work for now on.

Gnomeo and Juliet Hi-Res Still

A couple dozen stills from the movie Gnomeo and Juliet have been released at http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-news/movies/gnomeo-juliet-twentysix-hires-stills/?show=gallery&pageid=14320

Here's a few still that show work that I've done on the project


For this movie I worked primarily on texturing sets. I painted all of the backyard and fence sets that are in this shot.


Same with this shot.


I didn't do a lot here, just the wooden fences in the background.


In this set, I painted a lot of the objects are are within this greenhouse. Unfortunately this shot doesn't show much of that off, and only a bit of the interior wooden tables are seen on the left.

New Year

Happy New Year! This year instead of focusing on trying to get a lot of artwork onto this site as often as possible, I'm going to focus instead on trying to improve my skills as an artist. As a result, there will probably be a lot less artwork showing up here, but I'm hoping that it'll be of better quality than what it's been so far.

In the spirit of trying to get back into life drawing, I've drawn a self-portrait, which is something I haven't done in a very long time.

Kitchen Sketch

Here's a quick sketch I made of my mother-in-law's kitchen over Christmas. I was relaxing by their fireplace when I was inspired to make this sketch.

Dungeons and Dragons Characters

Yesterday Marc and I started a new D&D campaign with some friends. One of the best parts about a new campaign is that we get to make new characters. Marc made a Minotaur Druid named Elros Ar-Belzagir and I made a Dwarf Fighter/Cleric named Ailsa Orccrusher. Marc by far spent the most time preparing his character before hand, giving Elros a really well thought out personality. It made the game much more interesting and fun, especially since he didn't reveal any details about his character to anyone beforehand. Here's a sketch I did of my character.

Ailsa Orccrusher

Her shield is blank for now, I'm not sure what's going to go on it or what it's supposed to look like yet.

Wood Elf

Quick sketch done earlier today

Yet Another Elf... Again

And another one...
This was drawn during our D&D game

Male Elf

Ok, so I was supposed to stop drawing elves, and yet here's another elf... at least this one is male :)

Old Sketch

Here's an old doodle that I did back in late February/early March. It's a typical for me to make small drawings with lots of detail, though not always with a lot of success. I particularly like this image though.

Halo Night

Yesterday Marc and I were carving pumpkins and playing Halo at our friend Marie-Eve's place. It was a ton of fun and I was glad to have the chance to do a bit of sketching there. The guys made fantastic drawing models; they barely moved at all while they played until someone killed someone else :)

Wood Nymph

So, I was going to try to draw something other than an elf, and I ended up with a Wood Nymph. Oh well. I guess technically they are different.

Outdoor Sketches

Here's a few sketches of some buildings that are in my neighborhood.


This one is often referred to as the "Flat Iron". It sits at the corners of Front St., Church St. and Wellington St. It's pretty close to the St. Lawrence Market in downtown Toronto.


This is a sketch of a building on Front St., just above the "Spring Rolls" restaurant. I like this image more than the first one because I didn't bother putting as much detail in it or finish it off completely.


This sketch was of the Steeple that sits on the grass to the side of St. James Cathedral. I finally got brave enough to start putting in some watercolour into my images and then a huge rain cloud chased me out of the park. I made it home just as it started to rain.

Gnomeo & Juliet Trailer!

For the last two years or so I've been working on a film called Gnomeo & Juliet. It's based off of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet but with garden gnomes. I did a lot of texturing primarily on sets and props, as well as a little bit of help in the lighting and compositing department. I think the trailer looks great! Everyone on the project did an amazing job on it!!! =D

Yet Another Elf

Another Elf. I think i need to start drawing something else for a change. Anyway, this one was drawn during last week's D&D night. I didn't have a chance to finish it so I think I'll keep it as an unfinished sketch.