W.I.P: hideous herbert (clasps)

keeping it together

raw materials.

deconstruct.thread.glue.

sew.dig.fill.clamp.

clasp.

check out how i made the title
check out how i made covers
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

leather strap, 11/4x3/4 aprox

buckle (female), 1/2x3/8 aprox
buckle (male), 3/4x1/4 aprox

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

this isnt going to be a very interesting post, but i thought that ive been so well with updating i might as well get today in.

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 fillers
see the final product

preview: HH (part 2)

world, i am now the proud father of a beautiful baby boy, bubbles:ive also found true love with my baby daddy, Mr. Heat Gunn. and here's the sexy photo shoot we did to prove it:

W.I.P: hideous herbert (roughs)

hideous herbert
is an edition of handmade books recounting the tragic tale of an ugly caterpillar desperately awaiting to become a butterfly.

here is the sketch that started it all: (my friend, jackie, makes a guest appearance here and draws me a penis and a cake... Mmmmm penis)and going inside the envelope-pages from my previous post: are four chapters that also take the form of envelopes, but in origami form!

each reveals the narrative to the user as they unravel and going inside the origami-envelope-chapters will be a print of Herbert at the different stages of his life, ill make another post for that later.

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 fillers
see the final product

W.I.P: hideous herbert (pages)

working away on some mini envelops with a fancy new stamp set i got and some cool mossy inkpad then wrapping it all up

and just because: here is a picture of some apple crisps me and a friend made before it went into the oven. i didnt get to snap a cooked version because we ate it too quickly...
ps. we topped it off with some icecream =D

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

envelope-pages, 23/4x4

preview: HH

here's a teaser for a little something i've been working on for the last little bit. and dont worry, ill get back to drawing penises soon

mondern adonises

so here are my paintings i had showing for the Fat City WildCat party, contortions and glistening reflections.
i wanted to explore the notion of the contemporary self portrait and the role it plays in promoting oneself as a sexualized entity. in painting these figures (that were found on various gay internet dating/hook up sites) i wanted to debunk the assumed veil of privacy the internet provides and compare the amount of contrivance in these poses to that of a painted image.

so if your a beautiful gay man with naked photos of yourself on the internet, watch out!... or just make it easier on the both of us and send them my way ;)

you can find more images of these sexy guys here and here
and process work here and here
framed, they stand 11x14 and 16x20 respectively
refrence site: guyswithiphones (NSFW)

F.C.W.C. 2

the second installment of the Fat City Wildcat zine will be launched at the White House firday may 28th conveniently located in Toronto's Kensington Market. come down to check out new work by me and many other great artists. see you there!

to find more information about the event, check out our facebook

daily sketch: 104

thumb sucker

graphite in sketchbook, 6.5x10

daily sketch: 102,103

subway.
driveway.

pen in moleskin/tracing paper, 51/16 x 81/4

daily sketch:101

i recently moved out to an awesome downtown apartment so ive been a bit out of my routine. ill post pictures soon.

pose

graphite in sketchbook, 6.5x10

daily sketch: 100

harvest

graphite in sketchbook, 6.5x10

daily sketch: 099

join me in welcoming back the summer and along with it the reinstatement of my daily sketches

twisted sighs

graphite in sketchbook, 6.5x10

op pieces to accompany travel articles

a Swedish town is forced to relocate due to over mining and unstable grounda traveling exhibition of artifacts from failed relationships

a Japanese town that separates their garbage into 34 different categories for recycling

acrylic on canson paper, 2 3/4 x 41/4

American Illustration!

i am extremely proud to share that one of my daily sketches was selected to appear in the next issue of American Illustration!

when i read the email, i kept slaping myself to make sure i wasnt dreaming. i wanted to jump up and down screaming but eveyone was asleep and my phone was dead so i just sat in my room...

dorian days

you can click here to view the original post.
and dont forget to check out the American Illustration website

daily sketch: 097-098

class.

sasha's living room.

pen in moleskin, 51/16 x 81/4

contortions

the second of my two part series

oil on canvas, 8x10 aprox

glistening reflections

so heres my final painting, dont really know what i think about it yet, its too fresh for me to know if i like it or not. but stayed tuned cause ill be starting another shortly

oil on canvas, 12x16

work in progress

just more rendering

oils on canvas over acrylic washes, 16x20

work in progress

took about three and a half hrs to get to this point

oils on canvas over acrylic washes, 16x20

glitter eyes

portraiture with live models.

acrylic on canvas, 12x16, 3 hr study

refractions

Drawing and Painting, portraiture with live models.

acrylic on canvas, 12x16, 1.5 hr study

daily sketch: 097

nomadic seduction

graphite in sketchbook, 6.5x10

daily sketch: 094-096

work.

bus. subway.

pen in moleskin, 51/16 x 81/4