When I was younger I used to do lots of realistic shaded pencil drawings, but I haven’t for ages. So I decided to try my hand at one again, using some photos that I found and took.
I’m not quite sure what exactly is the ‘backstory’ for this drawing. There’s the possibility kind of a callgirl-ish [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 28, 2008
Another art post…
October 20, 2008
The Can Bag
Just a quick post with a painting I did a few weeks ago, based on a vintage ad from the 60s:
It’s acrylic on a 18″x20″ canvas board.
I don’t actually remember ever eating Campbell’s soup, because my parents say it’s all full of MSG… Haha. I just thought it would be fun to paint, as it’s [...]
October 17, 2008
Making old shoes new again
Riding boots are really uncomfy when you first get them, but once they’re broken in they’re like heaven. My boots were the comfiest things on the planet. Unfortunately, they became very old, very cracked, and very worn.
Obviously, this is a stock photo, not my actual boots. But this is pretty close to how they looked [...]
October 14, 2008
[Canadian] Thanksgiving + Runway Rundown
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you who had a holiday today. My family actually did the whole stereotypical family-togetherness-dinner thing this year, so I just ate a wackload of turkey this weekend, both at the dinner and leftovers. Tryptophan OD time!
I was going to put up a drawing I’ve been working on, but my scanner’s [...]
October 7, 2008
In the town where I was born…
I love, love Heinz Edelmann’s art for the Beatles’ Yellow Submarine. Apart from just being aesthetically bold and stylistically crazy, it’s very iconic, a perfect snippet of 60s psychedelia that is instantly recognizable. I have a t-shirt already with the emblem, but I wanted to make some accessories. And so a week ago I made [...]
