Here's another concept site for Russian Machines, an [obviously] Russian machine and auto company.  This one was an experiment in style for me, but I like where it went.  I hand drew all the little music, search bar, and regional graphics just so I would have them stocked for future use.  The images of the vehicles, their logo, and that sort of jazz are all their property, of course.  Hope ...

Wanna be in a magazine?! We're looking for people who are passionate about storytelling, illustration and design to submit stories, short comics, pinups, and pitches!  If you'd like to develop work for Vehicle Magazine, or already have something you think is good enough, then you should send us a sample of your work or proposal!

A new art show has recently opened in Dawson Creek, BC, at the local Dawson Creek Art Gallery that you may want to check out!  Some friends and colleagues and I put together what we thought was a pretty interesting idea for an exhibition and called it "Converging Conversations."  We started with one image each (my own being the Cowboy pictured below that you may be familiar with), and from ...

So, after mocking up a website for a local lawyers office, I decided I needed something a little bit more up beat to whet my appetite.  One site a lot more information and SEO based, and one more decorative and fun. Tubby Dog is a local late night hot dog joint in Calgary, if you've never been.  They were also started by a fellow ACAD alumni, and they're just ...

These are some moleskine day planner and agenda designs I brought together for a pitch to lulu lemon athletica for some new products.  I am also planning on doing some men's and women's hoodie designs, as well.  I think this is especially necessary for the men, whom have very little style choice whatsoever at lulu so far.  The ladies already have houndstooth and the men haven't even tasted argyle yet ...

Recently down at Sandbox Studio, Scott K and I decided to have a small T-shirt show. We each came up with a few designs and did up some iron ons. Since then I have also posted them on Zazzle, and am sharing them with you now, too! Scott's may have been slightly more conceptual in nature, but I had fun with mine as well. Basically, I illustrated some ...

A really quick web piece for practice, just trying out some new ideas for web approaches.  After a conversation with another web creator I wondered how SEO could be pushed for minimalist websites.  I'm wondering if there is an optimal amount of information a company/individual/entity/etc should have on the main page of their website in order to be the most effective to search engines and "one glance users."  Any thoughts ...

I've been using my free time lately to continue updates on the forum as well as redesign the Monkeyslunch website. A new portfolio of work is also in the prep stages. For the new website I'm trying to incorporate SEO, as I find that very few art and design company sites, personal sites, or portfolio sites ever do so. I'd like to use it as an experiment to see ...

Another artist on DeviantArt recently asked me for promotional advice being an illustrator or designer.  The following is, from the experiences I've had, and passed on from other people I know, the best I had to offer at the time.  Hope it helps someone out there!

Howdy folks! As alluded to in various posts I have made already, my good friend Scott Kowalchuk and I have started a little gallery/studio space called the Sandbox Studio!  If you're in the Calgary area, feel free to join us Thursday, Aug 6th, 2009, at 7PM at Art Central for the Grand Opening of the space!  We couldn't of made it this far without the support of many of our friends, ...

If you live in Alberta, Canada, you probably knew that Calgary's Stampede season just went by. Lots of cowboys and tourists! To suit this theme, my latest collaboration for Vehicle Magazine included a slightly western theme to it. I teamed up with writer Cameron Jenkins to create some spot illustrations for the story he wrote, La Guitarra, for Vehicle Magazine issue number 2! So, I hope you all ...

This little experiment is from a while ago.  I was trying to emulate some of Mat Woodson's coloring techniques, whilst also trying to attempt some new inking approaches. The past little while has been a bit of a rush for me.  A lot more freelance work has been coming in, and I've also been trying to contribute to a few projects friends of mine are trying to get off the ground.  ...

You can now access a new section to my website: the shop! See something you like on the site? Comment on it and let me know if you think it should be put up for grabs or included in an upcoming book. My first book is a large format hardcover which I've printed through Blurb.com.  I'm constantly seeking new ways of self publishing lately, so if anyone knows of any alternative ...

Vehicle is a magazine, produced and published by Blacksheep Studios inc. The goal is to have a place where we, as creators, can experiment and explore different styles of narrative illustration. Moreover, it is also, in essence, a continuation of the long tradition of storytelling, harkening back to the early 20th century and pulp magazines like "Weird Tales" and "Astounding Stories". Published, tentatively, every 3 months, we will feature serialized ...

Here are some black and white editorial illustrations I did, commemorating the anniversary of women getting the vote in Canada. Two of the major players in the fight for the vote were William Lyon MacKenzie King, whom was Prime Minister of Canada at the time, and Nellie McClung, whom was a part of the Famous Five women who fought for the vote.  The illustration above was made to depict the fact ...