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

how to: eat like an artist

( like you have no money)

1 sausage, torn up in an old yogurt container

1 instant noodle package

add hot water and garnishadd egg
enjoy!

repeat for every meal of everyday until the inevitable selective starvation kick in.

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