THE WRAITH

Our graduating class was given the opportunity by our school to showcase our talents in an anthology. Basically the deal was they would foot the bill for printing as long as we came up with the content. I know what my strengths are and it's definitely not on the writing side of comics ( sitting in my Cinematic Storytelling class trying to come up with the million dollar pitch in 10 minutes was akin to me trying to give spontaneous birth to kittens. Four words: Im. Pos. Si. Ble. ). Thankfully, my classmate Anthony has tons of tantalizing tales swimming in his noggin for me to put my graphite spin on. A simple premise: villianous No-Face is thwarted in his plans to steal the staff of Anubis and rule the world by our hero The Wraith.

JEDI TO-DO LIST: KICK SOME ROBOT @$$

A two page assignment for my Advanced Pencilling class. The scenario: a Jedi finds him/herself up against two robots. The parameters: the Jedi's hair is tied up but during the battle comes loose, at one point the action must take place ascending or descending a set of stairs. Man, those stairs I drew are just pitiful!

Please, just look away!

COLOUR MY WORLD

Just to add some colour to this goulash that is my blog here are some paintings that I don't grimace or cringe at when I look at them. I want to be a better painter

( yes, I know, it's all about practice! practice! practice! but in this world of instant gratification I want to be great NOW! ) ... someday.

LIFE DRAWING

Assorted work from life drawing classes throughout our last year of school -- that's right; it's official! I am now a professional starving artist!

SILVIA SUICIDE

A little taste of colour to cleanse the palate.

I'm still very apprehensive of my colour skills; I know it's all about practice but just bringing myself to do it is the real chore.

Here's my entry into a contest on another site. No one won because it was all a fake!

As Stephanie Tanner (from ABC's FULL HOUSE) would say: "How rude!"

Sketchbook

Here are some pages from my sketchbook. I've always been more comfortable putting pencil to paper and now, after three years of sketching with a ball point pen in my sketchbooks, I'm more accepting of the unforgiving nature of the pen.

If it looks like a lot of these people are sleeping or looking down like they're reading it's because they're passing the time while the GO train makes its way into Toronto. Someone once commented to me that it's kind of creepy that I'm watching and drawing someone unawares -- never really thought about it in that respect and I try not to whenever I open my sketchbook. The thought would only jinx me and nothing but crap would show up on the page ... at least that's my theory.

THE AVENGERS vs. MAGNETO

These are pencilled pages for an assignment in my Advanced Pencilling class. The script involved the Avengers going up against Magneto -- I know what you're saying:

"Iron Man vs. Magneto? Does Tony Stark even stand a chance?"

Hey, I didn't write the thing! I just draw the pretty pictures.