Sketch Update: Canadian Hunks- Fall

Rounding out the final edition to my seasonally-inspired Hunky Canadian Post Cards series. 

Here are my sketches for my Fall postcard. 

drawn in Photoshop with a Wacom tablet.

Pixel Penis Tote: the Painting

At this point I've laid down every square of paint and it's just a matter of colour adjusting. The only way I can tell if a colour is right, is when in context with its surrounding colours. I'm going to give myself a couple days break from this painting to detach myself from it before I start to tamper with the brightness/ darkness and dullness/vibrancy with a refreshed set of eyes.

I'm really please with how sculptural the painting has become.
It's goopy, gloopy and thick. Just the way I like it.

oil on wood panel, 14x14

Pixel Penis Tote: work in progress

alright, so heres my plan:
ill be taking both my digital penis/ vagina images, pixelating them, then printing them onto tote bags! so from across the street, you'll see a massive penis bobbing along, but when youre close enough to talk to someone, itll just look like a bunch of squares and no ones the wiser. hilarious! first i gessoed and gridded a wood panel, then loosely block out the shapes with acrylic.

then just after i began painting i decided the resolution on my reference photo was too high. the penis was too easily distinguishable from across the room. where i was more intrigued by the interplay between wearer/ observer in a public setting, like down the sidewalk. so i started again with larger pixels. (also, legendary gay pornstar michael brandon says hi. hes part of another project im working on.)

at this point, 43 out of 289 squares have been coloured. by the time im done this ill be a paint mixing master!

oil on wood panel, 14x14

I Drew A Penis!

ive had this little drawing done for a while, but just havnt had the time to post till now. hes the brother to my earlier vagina post. both of which are in the first steps of many in my greater toronto pride 2012 plans. so youll see more of these veiny, moist siblings soon.

(dont worry. this isnt a picture of my penis, its a frankenstein of 33 dicks)

here are some compositional sketches. after staring at so many penises for so long i sort of lost track of what was what. so i got my friends to vote. number three was a head above the rest.

i also forgot to take as many process screen shots but i think this gets the message across. and makes me seem very efficient.

photoshop with wacom tablet

I Drew A Vagina...

happy new year everyone!
some times when life blueballs you from artistic relief, you end up exploding with great ideas.
and boy do i have some fun ideas in my balls- i mean brain...

this year im planning to grab myself a booth for Toronto Pride 2012 so for the next little bit ill making some really funny products and posting the progress here.

this is just a part of my grand master plan:
i drew a vagina for my lovely lesbian friends, all two of you. (hi penny! hi mylo!) im also currently taking requests for more lesbian friends, as i am waif-like i need many strong protectors.

now painting this vagina was a little tricky. first of all: i dont know if you guys know this about me, but im gay. i can send all day looking at sloppy rosebuds on the internet but when it comes to vaginas im lost. and google wasnt much help either cause i had no idea what i was looking at. is this a picture of an attractive vagina? or one with an std? (and im not saying your lady bits are gross, im saying i needed to do some homework). so i built a mini gallery of 24 girls, frankensteined them together and: tada!

side note: i always had an extra tab open with a cock as a safety blanket.

photoshop with wacom tablet.

Up coming: Queer as Folklore: Scissoring: Butch Lesbian Heels

i drew today.

used myself as a model. when i couldn't envision how hands worked.

on the other hand i had no problems envisioning a pair of:
fierce yet sensible 6.5 inch studded, platformed, butch, lesbian, heels in a women's size 10 that may or may not be my size. (they are.)

Up coming: Queer as Folklore: Scissoring

new gay art coming. -yigi chang.

"snip snip"

graphite sketch on my light box.

Sweaty Bears

a lovely and adorable handkerchief made specifically for sweaty bears (bears =big, hairy, gay men) who are too embarrassed to carry around terrycloth towels to mop up their sweat.

sweaty bears

The Bottled Project: Half Brothers

an exciting collaboration is on the horizon with the lovely folks at rcboisjoli!

with their bottled project you'll be able to purchase one of my funny images on a beautifully hand-crafted ceramic surface.

here are the sketches:
(the final product can be found here)

half brothers

W.I.P: hideous herbert (print 4)

the final print that will be going into the book
"gargle... gargle..."
-hideous herbert

read the chapter this goes into
check out print number one
check out print number two
check out print number three
print: wacom tablet in photoshop cs4, 23/4 x 21/16

W.I.P: hideous herbert (print 3)

lookie! i made a nice little hideous herbert necklace!
got a few laying around but dono if they should come with the book or not. im probably over designing the hell out of his little summer project. but i guess its kinda nice, since you hardly ever get a chance to fully explore a project when your drowning in deadlines at school.

"but i've always wanted to fly!"
-hideous herbert

read the chapter this goes into
check out print number 1

check out print number 2
check out print number 4
print: wacom tablet in photoshop cs4, 23/4 x 21/16
necklace: wire, super scupley, thread and acrylics

W.I.P: hideous herbert (print 2)

this is second of four prints that will be included in my little book.

"it hurts! it hurts!"
- hideous herbert

read the chapter this goes into
check out print number one
check out print number three
check out print number four
wacom tablet in photoshop cs4, 23/4 x 21/16

W.I.P: hideous herbert (titiled)

my books have now been titled!
i need access to a few more things before i can finally bring this to full completion but it shouldn't be much longer.

check out how i made covers
check out how i made the clasps
check out how i made the pages
check out how i made the fillers
check out how i made the chapters here and here
see the final product

book dimensions: 33/4 x 41/4 x 3/4 aprox

W.I.P hideous herbert (print 1)

working on some prints to go into my envelope chapters

"advert your eyes! im too ugly!"
- hideous herbert

read the chapter this goes into
check out print number two
check out print number three
check out print number four
wacom tablet in photoshop cs4, 23/4 x 21/16

W.I.P. hideous herbert (wrapping)

hideous herbert is coming soon!

its not many more posts before these 'work in progresses' are a thing of the past and you'll be able to rest your eyes on a cute little book

book covers, before: unengaging and boring

after (puberty): tantalizing and slutted upthe spine (before its a spine)
the spine again, (seducing some book binding cloth)
then line with some fancy paper

and clamp it to some envelope-pages with filler addons

check out how i made the title
check out how i made the clasps
check out how i made the pages
check out how i made the fillers
check out how i made the chapters here and here
see the final product

W.I.P: hideous herbert (fillers)

more on making the clasps
cutting up some old leather scraps. they smell great.

making the fillers

cut. stack. wrap.

glue. sandwich. clamp.

check out how i made the title

check out how i made the clasps
check out how i made covers
check out how i made the pages
check out how i made the chapters here and here
see the final product