Quest for the Golden Chalice

 

This is a game cover I did for Team Pixelboy. Its for a game called Quest for the Golden Chalice which is a fantastic remake of an old simpler game with the same name. This is the art without the added title as the added space at the top would suggest.

What's not to like in this project? Dragons, cemeteries, bats, chalices, castles, wizards, bridges, fun!

Night Owl

Here is a little monochromatic painting of a  Barred Owl done for an Art Auction here in Peterborough.

I called it Night Owl

9"x9" without 'frame' (Small enough to scan!)

Fan Expo

I will be attending Fan Expo 2012 in Toronto from August 23-26 and selling some new work. It will also be fun checking out the sea of artists celebrities and vendors waiting to take my money. (which I will gladly give)
Appearing personally will be this guy, extra points for those who can name his character seen here standing on a pile of dead....undead. If you live in the GTA and are interested in comics, video games or the sci-fi and horror genres, you would do well to get yourself to Fan Expo! Treat yourself to that replica Lord of the Rings sword you've always wanted or better yet, buy prints and buttons from me.

So High

In the spirit of the wildlife paintings I've been doing for Parks Canada, this is a falcon I painted for my dad on his birthday. (American Kestrel) My father raised one of these when he was a young lad. For real.
I bet you had a goldfish.

Here is a new video game cover I have been working on lately. The game is called Module Man It feels weird depicting such lovable animals as fierce enemies opposing our valiant hero. I've never seen an angry turtle, somehow a knight head on a tank body is more believable haha. This composition required a lot of revisions but benefited as a result of them. all in all, a fun project!

Process: Slow and Steady

Hi there. I thought I'd try something different while talking about one of my latest projects for Parks Canada. I was asked to paint the turtles of Ontario's Trent Severn Waterway for identification brochures and posters.(following the snakes and Frogs series) I documented most of my painting process while painting a Snapping Turtle through periodic overhead (badly lit) snapshots. I thought I would share some of the process photos as well as the finished Turtle.
It is still quite a challenge for me to paint from multiple references and end up with convincing light/shadow and colour so I took photos of my process to see what's working and what stages need improvement. I think my photography needs improvement.

Frogs

Here are some of the finished frogs (and toad) I worked on for the Trent Severn Waterway species brochure.

The Dreaded Life Drawing Post

I have been going to life drawing sessions here in peterborough with some local artists at the Art Gallery of Peterborough. I have really been enjoying it, when I remember to go. I do miss life drawing at Sheridan College so this studio time has been a nice substitute. Here are some sketchbook drawings from this morning.

Ribb Ribb...

And now for something completely different...
What I have been working on for the last while are these guys. Similar to the job I got last year painting Snakes of the Trent Severn Waterway, I will be painting 10 Frogs of the Trent Severn Waterway. (9 Frogs + 1 Toad) Its been nice getting to know these little guys. They are quite a challenge to draw.I will be finishing these paintings off for the end of Nov. I will post some finished frogs when they are done.
Seen here are the Male American Bullfrog and the Wood Frog (Who I have never seen in real life)

Fan Expo 2011

Thanks to everyone who came out and saw me at Fan Expo 2011. This was my first year exhibiting and all in all, it was a great experience. I had a chance to debut some Zombie portraits that I recently did for fun. I learned a LOT at Fan Expo as I'm sure most people do on their first exhibit and I plan to return next year. Here are the Zombie portraits that were featured in my display.
I did have a chance to create info sheets for them creating somewhat of a backstory for them as characters which people seemed to appreciate. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.


Donald Livingston Madoc Jr.


Clyde Balemore Ellington


Mary Ellen Davis

Star Fortress

Here is another video game cover I did for the Colecovision homebrew game Star Fortress, coded by John Dondzila. This game looks like an 80's arcade classic. The shapes in the cover are very simple and true to the game. 2d but with a 3d twist.

Waterway Discovery Society

I have recently completed illustrations for a kids' activity book for the Trent Severn Waterway promoting wildlife, geographical, technological and historical education about the Waterway itself. It was a LOT of fun and I was given a lot of freedom. The book itself was really well put together and packed with illustrations! I'm really happy to have been a part of it and hopefully, part of kids getting interested in nature.

Sssnakes

Well, its been a while but I've been very busy so its ok? Anyways, I had the pleasure of working on a snake identification brochure for the Trent Severn area. I had no idea there were such interesting snakes in Ontario. probably because I'm not entirely comfortable around snakes or any creatures with built-in angry brows.
All told I ended up painting 13 snakes (in Acrylic) so there were lots of challenges, blah blah blah, here are some faves. Smooth Green Snake, Ribbon Snake, DeKays Brownsnake and Red Belly Snake

Office Jerks!! Space??!!

Once a jerk, always a jerk.

Office Jerks!!

A new comic about jerks in an office. Won't they get fired?
Anyways, just for fun. More to come.

Lil' ones.

Here are the little drawings for the inside of the Pitfall 2 Game Manual. Imagine the excitement! This game has it all. Even...eels? I would love to one day visit a cave full of crowns and money sacks. It would be worth the falling stalactites. I mean it. Also, think of the doubloons.

Pitfall 2

This is a cover I recently did for a new release version of the computer game Pitfall 2.
It was really exciting to work on art for a game which I was already somewhat familiar with. Kind of retro looking with some extra texture cheats thrown in. The top 1/4 will be occupied with the Pitfall 2 title on the box.

I will be posting some Instruction manual character spot illustrations done for this title soon.

Happy Birthday Canada

This is actually a card I made for my father. Along with Canada, he is also a cancer.
Please Yuta, no laughing at my caligraphy.

Iceland

This one's pretty cheeky, I guess, but hey...our planet is just gonna keep on doing what it has do to, despite our disgruntled anthropocentric headlines.

Sometimes, I feel like...