Something Else

Wolf Moon

Tue, 22 May 2012 12:23:00 -0400

This past weekend, a friend of mine was hosting a “wolf howling at the moon” t-shirt contest. Instead of buying the lame shirt that inspired this contest, I decided to make my own!

Not Too Happy

Fri, 18 May 2012 10:39:40 -0400

This guy isn’t too happy. In fact, you might say he is sad.

Foxes

Tue, 01 May 2012 16:47:00 -0400

I’m not sure what this is, really; I just thought it looked neat.

Oh, I mean, there are hidden subtexts and imagery. My work means things. Yeah.

This drawing was inspired by both my friends Kit (the fox) and Nat (a drawing she did once of a wolf.)

Phillip

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:16:44 -0400

This is Phillip. He has an interesting belt for every pair of pants he owns. It’s his thing. He’s also got an accent. Don’t call him Phil.

Smug Self Portrait/Dr. Who?

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:06:17 -0400

This is a self portrait I did a couple of years ago for some reason. The pattern on the smoking jacket is inspired by what Guybrush Threepwood wears in one of the Monkey Island games.

On looking at it just now, I think I may also bear a cartoon resemblance to David Tennant.

OCADU Rainbow Logo

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:49:01 -0400

OCADU has a new graphic identity that includes a logo with a space where OCADU members may place a graphic element.

I’ve always been enamoured of bold colours and stripes, so my version of the logo is a rainbow.

Eric

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:21:12 -0400

I was talking about my friend Eric one day, and how he used to sit when he was playing video games - specifically Windwaker. He has an unusual posture, so instead of trying to describe it, I drew it.

Hi, Eric!

Usually Kids Say Poo

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:21:00 -0400

Spencer and I were talking about the difference between saying “poo” or “poop,” and he said, “usually, kids say poo.”

I said it should be a book cover.

True story.

His interpretation can be seen here.

Moar Quench

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:07:00 -0400

It’s U.N. World Water Day, and Quench is finally out in the iOS and Android app stores! Please go on over and download it, try it out and see what you think!

If you are into conserving water, and want to see the Quench logo and wordmark I designed on TV, please go to the Water Brothers website to see the episode Bottlegate; the Quench logo and wordmark appear toward the end of the show!

I would also like to extend a special thanks to a special lady, Caitlin Blain, for making all of this possible.

Update: Quench is featured in the iTunes App Store under “New & Noteworthy!” A thing I made is on iTunes. I’m over the moon with happy.

Quench

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:10:00 -0400

I was asked by a friend at SK Films to help make mockups of the UI for Quench, a water-finding app for locating water bottle re-fill locations around Toronto. I also included what felt like a natural logo/wordmark as a placeholder; SK Films felt the logo was exactly what they wanted, and liked my original design so much that they decided to use it in the final version of the app! You’ll be able to download it when it goes live on the 22nd of March (in three days!) in the Apple iOS App Store!

Quench is a tie-in app to The Water Brothers, a new eco-adventure series exploring the most important water stories of our time, featuring Alex and Tyler Mifflin.

The image above is the original concept for the Quench logo and wordmark.

Tree

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 23:58:04 -0500

This is an element of a thing I’m working on for someone right now. I was playing around with texture and thought this sort of looked cool. So, here is something else!

This is an attempt to teach myself a bit more about making...

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:12:00 -0500

This is an attempt to teach myself a bit more about making something look old, using “dirty” textures, and just layout in general.

It started as an attempt to make a desktop wallpaper (which does exist, if anyone wants it) but morphed into a record album cover ‘cause I thought it worked better this way.

A Little Friendly Fire

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 23:42:00 -0500

I’m clever.

Camels Suck.

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:44:05 -0500

Why? Because.

I didn’t know what to draw; my colleague Tamara suggested...

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:10:00 -0500

I didn’t know what to draw; my colleague Tamara suggested I do a portait of her. HERE IS THAT THING!

Kit and I were talking about classical music; specifically, how...

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:39:00 -0500

Kit and I were talking about classical music; specifically, how Vivaldi’s Four Seasons manages to perfectly capture each season in a way that - even without knowing the title or theme of the Suite beforehand - one would be able to tell it was a piece of music about seasons. Its meaning transcends language, and is universally accessible.

This was the seed of today’s Doodle Buddy Challenge: to try and convey something abstract in a way that could be extrapolated by anyone looking at it. We settled on longing for our theme because it’s universal, but difficult to indicate visually in an elegant way.

Doing this in a visual medium is particularly difficult because it’s very easy to be ham-fisted about it. I think we both put in a valiant effort.

Ba-Bump

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:59:00 -0500

My friend Kit and I are trying to get each other to draw more - and post more. Today, we had our friend Les tell us the FIRST word that was in his mind. He lied and told us it was “crap,” but then admitted it was, in fact, “ba-bump.”

Kit and I agreed ba-bump is WAY better, so the seeds for our drawings, which were undisclosed until their completions, was a word in a lyric in a random hip-hop song Les was listening to.

I thought of a guy getting smacked in the head with a seagull, and Kit thought of something very clever.

Kit Chokly Bar

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:24:00 -0500

I’ve got a coworker with a great last name. She and I are going to try and keep each other drawing for awhile.

Edit: This was the first installment of the Doodle Buddy Challenge; Kit and I both felt we needed motivation to keep drawing, so we challenged each other to keep going.

Homework?! You must have meant fart joke.

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:48:03 -0500

This is the type of thing I’d draw at school when I was asked to seriously analyze a problem and come up with an industrial design solution.

would you rather have gills on your neck and be able to breathe under water or have wings for arms and be able to fly?

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:15:30 -0500

I think I’d rather have a bird body and regular arms. That would be badass.