Westoons

Girl sketches

2012-02-17T21:50:00.000-08:00

Yogis

2012-02-06T23:06:00.000-08:00

These are a far cry from the beautiful original designs of Ed Benedict, but I've been drawing him so much lately, that I felt the need to mix things up a bit.

Geriatric cat

2012-01-31T20:00:00.000-08:00

Harry Dogman P.I.

2012-01-22T00:13:00.001-08:00

Sloth...pooping.

2012-01-11T19:53:00.000-08:00

I just saw this on the inter-webs and was compelled to draw. The sloth hugs a tree and shakes his little booty...at a sloth-ly pace. There is nothing cuter than an animal doing it's business.

Kids

2012-01-09T22:49:00.000-08:00

Thought I'd post some recent kid studies...found a preset sketchbook pencil I liked, so they got a quick clean-up.

Nudes

2012-01-02T19:39:00.000-08:00

Killing two birds with one sketch...or 4...working on anatomy and playing with the new copic markers in Sketchbook Pro 2011.

Nose and face studies.

2011-12-30T15:42:00.000-08:00

Just thought I'd do some nose and face studies, then apply them to some made up faces...I often forget to do life drawing, whether live or from photos, but I think it's the most important practice for all artists.

Merry Christmas!

2011-12-24T00:22:00.000-08:00

Someone's checkin' his list!

Fresh Meat 2012

2011-12-18T17:25:00.000-08:00

Here are some rough thumbnail poses, designs, and the finished piece for a local roller derby t-shirt.

Monsters!

2011-10-11T18:06:00.000-07:00

It's getting close to Halloween, and I love movie monsters, so here are a couple Illustrator studies of my favorite creatures.

Wolves and other doodles

2011-10-07T16:00:00.000-07:00

Girls...mostly.

2011-10-03T11:54:00.000-07:00

Here's a couple pages of girls, mostly nudes, which proves I have no distinct style...I like graphic, I like anatomical, and I like everything in between...except ANIME!

Owls...ish

2011-09-30T17:36:00.000-07:00

A friend had asked me to draw her an owl...MONTHS ago, and despite work keeping me too busy to get it done for her on time, I couldn't shake the idea without a couple pages of doodles.

Randomness

2011-08-23T15:58:00.000-07:00

As usual, I get busy and forget that I have a blog...sorry! I could say I've seen the error of my ways, and will start regular posts from now on, but that's not gonna happen. I will continue to sporadically post random images...THAT you can take to the bank:)

learning Illustrator

2011-07-11T07:45:00.000-07:00

Recent gigs, in which I've been charged with designing logos for roller derby groups, in the Vancouver area, have forced me to expand my skill set to include Illustrator as a design tool. I won't say I'm all the way to where I'd like to be, but here are the first couple attempts with the software, which, as counter intuitive as it is as a drawing program, can get fun to use once you learn a couple of the tools

Mainland Misfits Logo

2011-07-06T07:57:00.000-07:00

This was a logo done for the one co-ed flat track roller derby league in the lower mainland. The bottom design was almost clean, when we realized the co-edness needed to be addressed, so the other drawings are my random thought process, with the colour design at the top being the final. (although it's not the final colours used)

CS5 doodles

2011-04-05T21:31:00.000-07:00

I'm definitely still a 'sketchbook pro' guy, but the school hooked up a cintiq for me to do demos, and it's equipped with photoshop...I don't mind it.

Three Derby Logos

2011-04-05T00:19:00.000-07:00

Here are three more roller derby logos: The top one for Raw Meat Vancouver, the middle is The Vancouver Murder, mens roller derby team, and the bottom is for me, Yogi Bearings.

Clash of the Tartans

2011-03-31T22:57:00.000-07:00

I've been doing a lot of roller derby logos lately, and this one was special, the fierce woman portrayed in the studies and final image, was the reason for, and beneficiary of the benefit bout 'Clash of the Tartans'. Highland Maim, get well soon!

Classroom doodles

2011-03-30T22:04:00.000-07:00

As usual, it's been ages since my last post. I thought I'd better put something up to appease my fan...love you mom!

Zebras

2011-02-10T08:26:00.000-08:00

Inspired by my new position as an NSO (non-skating official), with the Terminal City Roller Girls, and hopeful of one day becoming a skating ref, here are some zebras!

Recent Doodles

2011-01-20T00:45:00.001-08:00

Although I haven't been posting, I'm always drawing...maybe one of these days I'll catch up the blog.

Fun with werewolves!..and other monsters

2010-10-31T21:06:00.000-07:00

For Halloween I thought I'd publish some thematically appropriate sketches, and as far as monsters go, werewolves are my favorite!..probably cause they're furry like me, their stories are always tragic, and I love dogs so much!

Raw Meat Logo

2010-10-19T21:37:00.000-07:00

My wife was one of a few girls that started a group of would be roller girls, last April-ish, and they called themselves 'Raw Meat', since they were not yet qualified by the local league to be a part of their 'Fresh Meat' program. When talk of organizing their new group started, the obsessive personality she is, my wife had me slave over my hot cintiq through prime sleepy time, til the wee hours around 3-4am. The top, (and ONLY obviously finished), drawing is the logo that now adorns their website, business cards and other promotional materials, while below it lies the first sketch I did upon hearing the name, and the, unrelated, pose study page from which the final 'Raw Meat' pose was taken...I'm still not sure she chose the best option.

3rd wedding anniversary

2010-10-08T12:08:00.000-07:00

My wife, Maritza, and I just celebrated our 3rd anniversary, and I hadn't used the watercolours in a while, so I took it as an opportunity to paint her something...besides I love caricaturing our two pups, Muttley and Buttons.

Dogs

2010-09-29T10:53:00.000-07:00

Soon after getting a new brush pen, I stumbled upon a 'dog whisperer' marathon on National Geo...stupid dog doodles ensued.

Grimm 'n' Tonic

2010-09-21T22:36:00.000-07:00

Here is another idea for Grimm 'n' Tonic, a bit sexier than the first sketch...but just a bit.

Derby Characters

2010-09-20T21:22:00.000-07:00

Hey folks, here are just a couple quick ideas based off the derby names of my wife, and our friend Avril, AKA...Grim 'n' tonic. They both need work.

Quick Colour Sketches

2010-09-19T09:39:00.000-07:00

I'm just trying to catch up on a lot of time with no posts, so here are a couple quick colour sketches

ROP magazine Jan 2010

2010-09-16T15:14:00.001-07:00

I know it's been a long time since I've posted anything...if you're still following, thanks for your patience! Here are some illustrations done for the Jan 2010 issue of business magazine, Return on Performance.

2010-03-11T15:29:00.000-08:00

My wife is looking into joining roller derby... so I've had that on my mind.

Randomness

2010-03-11T15:21:00.000-08:00

I realize it's been eons since my last post, so here are a few doodles from my sketchbook.

ROP illustrations

2009-10-28T19:06:00.000-07:00

Here are some illustrations I did for a business magazine called "Return on Performance"

Pest Control

2009-10-21T17:05:00.000-07:00

I read a book more than a decade ago, that really hit my funny bone, and more than that, it read like a movie. The book was called "Pest Control", by Bill Fitzhugh, and I loved the cast of characters. I loaned the book out recently, which brought it back to the forefront of my mind, so I thought I'd take a stab at designing Bob, and the cast of killers that populate his world.

2009-10-21T16:59:00.000-07:00

Here's another face paint...I'll keep trying it til I find a process I like.

2009-10-15T16:48:00.000-07:00

No new paintings at this time, but here are a couple sketches.

2009-10-14T21:21:00.000-07:00

Here's another new paint...still looking for the elusive rough concept-painterly quality, but it's been fun looking!

2009-10-10T13:46:00.000-07:00

Here's another new paint.

2009-10-09T19:33:00.000-07:00

Here's a little birdie from today. Still working on painting styles, and colour...not sure I've got it yet, but it never hurts to try.

2009-10-08T21:16:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since I had the time to post anything, so here's a few miscellaneous doodles.

2009-09-14T15:08:00.000-07:00

This is a couple days late, but As a Derek Jeter fan I feel compelled to acknowledge his overtaking Lou Gehrig, on the all time Yankee hit list...even if it is a crappy sketch...and missing the pinstripes.

2009-09-08T17:48:00.000-07:00

Here's the latest CHOW exercise from conceptart.org. with a couple different stages of completion before the final.

2009-08-28T17:07:00.000-07:00

I did some dog face studies and figured I might post them.

2009-08-28T11:03:00.000-07:00

Here's the latest "CHOW" exercise: Naval hero...I'm fairly happy with the paint on the guy, but not so thrilled about my half a$$ed BG.

Killer Prom Queen

2009-08-07T15:16:00.000-07:00

This was done for a contest at conceptart.org, which I may or may not submit, depending largely on whether I can figure out how to post drawings. I still think she's pretty cute, so here she is.

2009-06-08T22:11:00.000-07:00

It's been quite some time since my last post, and I've learned new stuff about blogging. For instance if I wish to write about the doodles I post, I just write in the same window as the images...seems simple, I know! Until now, I've been squeezing little snippets of incoherent babbling into the "labels" section, which I find out is for quick referencing commonly themed posts...So let's start a new era of easy to reference pictures.
This here, is a page of sketchbook pro doodles, with paint done in photoshop, and a quick concept sketch/paint of Bigfoot...enjoy.

Finding my brushes

2009-03-23T23:07:00.001-07:00

Tattoos

2009-02-15T20:54:00.001-08:00

new doodles

2009-02-15T20:46:00.000-08:00

Sketches

2009-01-15T12:45:00.000-08:00

Creepy critters

2009-01-14T21:14:00.000-08:00

Exterminators

2009-01-13T21:39:00.000-08:00

28 days/weeks later

2009-01-12T12:40:00.000-08:00

Cel painting...ish

2009-01-07T15:31:00.000-08:00

Valkyrie

2009-01-07T10:05:00.000-08:00

Myth-babies

2009-01-06T16:25:00.000-08:00

Early sketchbook pro tonal studies

2009-01-06T16:04:00.000-08:00

Fishies

2009-01-05T21:43:00.000-08:00

The living and the Undead

2009-01-04T22:14:00.000-08:00

More rough designs

2009-01-04T22:00:00.000-08:00

Dirty colour

2009-01-04T20:51:00.000-08:00

My pups

2008-12-13T00:32:00.000-08:00

Girls 1

2008-12-13T00:18:00.000-08:00

Yay, Werewolves!

2008-12-09T20:03:00.000-08:00

Random critters

2008-12-07T21:40:00.000-08:00

Blues man

2008-12-07T21:32:00.001-08:00

More early photoshop experiments

2008-12-05T20:59:00.000-08:00

Early foray into computer cleanup

2008-12-05T20:45:00.000-08:00

Faces

2008-12-05T20:42:00.000-08:00

george 3

2008-12-05T20:39:00.000-08:00

george 2

2008-12-05T20:38:00.000-08:00

george 1

2008-12-05T20:27:00.000-08:00

Older stuff to pad my blog

2008-12-05T20:21:00.000-08:00

First post

2008-12-04T21:04:00.000-08:00