Aurora, Er, I Mean Briar Rose is Such a Hipster

Gasp! A second upload today? Well don't I just feel like jolly ol' Saint Nick today? :-P

Yup. Another Disney princess has been given the Hipster treatment. I warned you all about it, didn't I? If it looks like Aurora, oops, I mean Briar Rose got zapped by the American Apparel ray gun (which I imagine would be covered in silver foil and Dov Charney's slimeyness) then my mission is highly accomplished.

Ennui in Ebony

"Why do you keep doing this?"

(Semi) funny story, I actually had the pencils for this sketch card sitting at my drawing table since late August. I had been inking and penciling this one over the last two conventions I was at but I never managed to complete it all...UNTIL NOW!

I love drawing totally open ended pieces that let your imagination wander so I'm curious to know what kind of story you guys have in mind for these characters: who are they? What is their relationship? What events led up to this moment? What's gonna happen afterwards?

Let me know in the comments.

Even More Art News: Vancouver Comic Jam Art Show

Here's another piece of news about what's going on with my stuff...

The Vancouver Comic Jam Art Show will be running throughout the month of April (the 2nd to the 29th) at the Wallflower Modern Diner in Vancouver, British Columbia.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute. What's this about a Comic Jam Art Show?" you're probably asking me. Well, the Vancouver Comic Jam is a monthly event in which local comic artists and cartoonists meet up and mingle, drink and draw round-robin comics. Or "jams" if you will. A jam is when one takes a piece of paper, draws a comic panel and passes it onto the next person so that they can add onto the comic and so on and so forth.

Now that I've gotten that out of the way, this art show is comprised of stand-alone panels of artwork created by many local artists (including yours truly :-P).

Tomorrow night (Saturday, April 2) is the opening night of this event so if you're in town, come on down and chat it up with many local talents in the comics scene, have a drink or two, maybe even buy some original artwork (including my most recent work "Deep Sea Drama"). It'll be a jolly good time.

For more info on the event itself and all the artists involved, go to the Vancouver Comic Jam's main site here.

Peace out, lovelies. :-)

Deep Sea Drama

"How is Papa Seahorse going to handle this clam of a bombshell? Tune in next week to DEEP SEA DRAMA!" (But don't hold your breath.)

Ahh, who doesn't love cerebral melodramatic animal humour? XD Seriously though, there's a ton of stuff I'm happy with in this piece, especially when it comes to the coloring.

We Just Got Disneyfied

Ahh, it's about time I've finished this embarrassingly beyond belated sketch for my good friend Joe who asked for me to draw "us as Disney characters." (His exact words.)

At first, I wasn't sure which direction he wanted to me to take the "us" portion of the sketch ("us" as in just us two or "us" as in our circle of friends etc.) but once I finally settled on something, I needed to figure out how to tackle the Disney art style.

Let's just say it was even harder to figure out an approach to the sketch as well as mastering the style. Well, okay, more like trying to adapt to the style.

Hopefully I managed to pull it off in some way.

Yes, that is me on the left as sort of a sorceress/villain type and that's Joe on the right. He would SO be a Disney prince a'la Eric. He's got the pipes for it, that's for sure. ;-P

Comicon Aftermath and Announcements Galore

Sorry for that lull of silence but I just wanted to take this time out to give a big sincere thank you to everyone who came down to the Vancouver Comicon this past Sunday. It was probably one of my more successful con ventures in that I not only sold quite a bit of stuff but I engaged in quite a bit of interesting conversation with congoers. I also did some of the most fantastically depraved sketches. If you must know, they were of the Joker (with robot nipples. Yeah, I heard "robot nipples" somewhere and the mental image just would NOT leave) and a dead raccoon fetus in a jar (I must blame my friend and table mate for that influence :-P). I also ended up winning not one but two of the door prize raffle draws. It felt like I rigged an election or something.

Overall, another great con experience under my belt.

As for the announcements, first off, I'll be taking a bit of a break from conventions for the next little while to focus more on improving my art but to begin work on a rather massive comic related project.

That's right. I'm working on a comic mini-series. I'll likely be going the self-publishing route via a print on demand site like Ka-Blam Comics or something but yes, I've been pretty busy fleshing out my characters and plot for this prospective series.

"What's it about?" you may ask. I think I can sum it up in one sentence: undead zombie rocker chicks.

Yup, I'm taking those "Bitches in Stitches" sketches I did last year and putting them into their own storyline.

Intrigued, no?

Stay tuned for some more info and possibly some more concept sketches. And more comic based work.

Thanks again for all your support.

Vancouver Comicon: March Edition

Yup, that's right. I'm back again at the Vancouver Comicon this Sunday (March 20) at the Heritage Hall in Vancouver, British Columbia. I'll be there from 11 am 'til 5 pm selling all my prints, mini comics, original sketch cards (including my most recent sketch cards and the Coupla Couples set) and my portfolio for gazing and gandering as well as whipping up some new cards and sketches on site. If you spot my table (or a head of red and black tips), don't be afraid to stop by and say "hi". :-)

Admission to the show is $4 per person but if you're under 14 you can get in for free. You can also get in for free if you have a new or gently used school appropriate graphic novel to donate towards Vancouver schools. How's that not awesome?

For more information on the convention and all the creators and special guests involved (including Steve Rolston, of "Ghost Projekt", "Emiko Superstar" and more. Fun Fact: he was also my instructor in the radtacular Comic Book Production course I took at Van Arts) go check out the main website or just take a look at the banner just below this big block o' text.

Hope to see you guys there!