Character Design Facebook group

Just a quick note to mention that I've created a Facebook group for character designers. I've been itching to draw, draw, draw and really delve into freelance illustration when I suddenly thought of creating such a group for networking and fun. I don't know anybody …

New webhost

I've moved webhosts last night and all seems to be working fine. Except the contact form. For now I have i simply pointing to my gmail address.

Martial arts on YouTube

That's a real quick sketch of Spud doing some martial arts drills. I never realized how fantastic a resource YouTube is for finding martial arts drills.

No surprise of a confession: I'm an avid collector of animation DVDs. When I come across a DVD of a cartoon I …

SpudCast #14 - I Have A Dream

My 14th episode of SpudCast is up. It's called, you guessed it, I Have A Dream. It's all about how our subconscious lets us dream up scenarios and situations that our dull, logical minds would never let us. I read about this in Robert Mankoff's book, The Naked …

Blog Action Day

You do realize that animals are running out of places to hide from us "progressive-loving" humans forever clear cutting their homeland.

I drew and inked the above artwork in my Moleskine sketchbook last June and thought it would be a great contribution for Blog Action …

Improv Comics #2 is up!

Improv Comic #2 is up and it's called Willomina's Home Project #2.

I've asked for a food item and a mode of transportation. I've chosen Nutella and unicorn.

It was a little unnerving drawing this comic because at the time, I was really, really tired from work. I've had …

Comic book progress

I sketched out a new page I drew in my Japanese sketchbook that I found in Paris back in May. I added it to my set for this comic book in progress on my Flickr account. Actual progress on the graphic novel I'm supposed to be working on, is another story...

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SpudCast #13 - Keeping notes of your ideas

Episode 13 of SpudCast is up! And fortunately for you, it's a short one. It's a bit of a soundseeing tour as I walk (and sprint) to the train station on my way to work in the darkness of the morning at 6:30am. At one point, I sprint for the train as it arrived too …

Sputnik's 50th anniversary!

To paraphrase what someone wrote on SlashDot today, "Russians launch US space program!".

October 4, 1957 was the day the world (well, most of it) entered the space age. I've always been intrigued by the launch of Sputnik and the hysteria that followed. Well, ok, not …

The Blues for Illustration Friday

Illustration Friday's topic for this week is "The Blues" so the above illustration is my submission for that topic. Created in ink pen during lunch at work.

update: My favourites are submissions from Bolila, ninaseven, Mary Beth and Delaverobum.

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SpudCast #12 - Creativity and where to find it

Episode number 12 is now up and it's all about my passion for creativity. Innovative creativity. Being different creativity. Strategic creativity.

Comics in progress

I am working on another comic vignette which will take a while, a long while, to complete. So, I'm sharing its progress on my Flickr account. First I'm drawing everything out in pencil then I colour. It all happens in a Japanese sketchbook I bought in a Japanese book …

SpudCast #11 - Never podcast in a wind storm

Recording outside on a windy day is not a good way to record a show, let me tell you! So instead of re-recording it, I decided to keep it and set it as an example to all of you

On this show, I talk about cartoons again with my friends, Carmine and Joanne. Or is it, …

Plaster concert

Last night at The Drake Hotel, a friend and I got the fantastic pleasure to see Montr

Record sleeves and labels

Speaking of record envelopes (sleeves actually), Today on del.icio.us, one of the top websites listed was Record Envelope, the little library of record sleeves I am glad to know that I am not the only nut who's crazy about the minor details of collecting vinyl.

And …

Do you like retro character design?

Retro 50s and 60s animated television commercial character design has been popular for quite a number of years now. I first saw it when Ren & Stimpy premiered and the style is still in fashion today, like on Fairly Odd Parents and in many portfolios of illustrators …

SpudCast #9 - Stuttering

A little late in posting this but I've been exclusively blogging about Medieval Spud over the last 12 days.

On to the show

During that time, I had uploaded a new episode of SpudCast where I talk about my stuttering.

...And why, pray tell, have I ever thought of getting …

SpudCast#10 - How I became a spy catcher

No, I didn't actually catch a spy (though that would have increased my cool factor quite a bit). I recorded this show while a spy numbers transmission was playing over my shortwave radio! Spy numbers are safely assumed to be secret radio transmissions sent from …

Medieval Spud - panel #12

The grande finale of my comic vignette, Medieval Spud. Now you can step back and take a look at all of them (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and whew 11) and tell me your theory by submitting your comments below.

Or, you for convenience, you can go to the Medieval Spud …

Medieval Spud - panel #11

Here's panel #11 of my comic vingette, Medieval Spud. Right after I completed this, let the paint dry, inked over, scanned, resized, and uploaded to my site, I realized how cooler it would have been if I made Spud use a jet pack.

Still, for the time, I'm sure …