Automotive Troubles

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

Well, it seems my automotive troubles may be at a more-than-temporary end. My white, 1998 Pontiac Sunfire, affectionately known as “Banjo I” (due to her license plate), is finally going to the great junkyard in the sky. She’s had a run of troubles this year, from a dead alternator through to corroded tubes that feed her power steering, and now to top it all off, a smashed windshield. “Banjo II”, her successor, is awaiting me on a lot (hopefully) tomorrow, in the form of a blue, 2005 PT Cruiser.

I’m rather excited.

A car like the PT Cruiser is something I’ve wanted for a long time. One of the advantages of a hatchback, after all, is being able to put down the seats and have both a wide and tall trunk at your disposal. A PT Cruiser is just such a car, and it looks like a bit of a 1920′s gangstermobile to boot. I’m lovin’ it.

In other news, I’ve started re-watching an old favourite of mine, Maison Ikkoku. I know some of the kids out there think very little of anime, but even for the naysayers, this’d qualify as a pretty touching romantic story. Watching it makes me miss a lot of things, including the days when traditional animation meant there was a human grit to the production.

Tonight is shwarma time now. Delicious.

Seagullin’

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Drawn at Drink n’ Draw. Dude be gullin’.

Drink and Draw

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Tonight’s our little Drink ‘n Draw gathering at the Black Bull pub in Toronto, right across from the Silver Snail on Queen St.

I’m gonna get me a brand spankin’ new sketchbook for it.

Redevelopment

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Well, what can I say? The site’s back in working order, after an absence of a good year now. As a man who hasn’t been satisfied with his work since graduating, I suppose it’s a good sign for me that I finally finished something like this.

It’s been a long road of rediscovering myself and what I want out of art. I recently went over to India ink and brushes for my linework, and I’ve learnt a great deal about digital colouring from Eva Cherney and Ty Dunitz. I have to thank the both of them for being a continual help in this process.I’m definitely in a happier place now; more satisfied with each piece I lay down.

My work’s nothing particularly special as far as anyone can see. But I hope for it to be, at least one day. To that end, this meagre catalogue is meant to show off what talents I do have, and what I’ve cultivated thus far. I hope you enjoy it.