SPIDER-MAN

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A MAN CALLED HORACE

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BRUTHA-TUT REDUX

Actually revisiting a school project from 2 years ago. Interesting to take some time and get it closer to what was in my head at the time.

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YOUNG YODA

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SHAT IT

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GREEN LANTERN

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The trailer was so bad I never bothered to watch the Green Lantern movie. Shame, because the character/concept is pretty cool. He was created in 1940 (below left) and revamped in 1959 (middle). And 50 years later, still has legs (below right). 

I decided to tweak the costume a bit. I did a kind of stylized lantern-shining-in-the-dark thing and gave him white boots to match the white gloves. Actual boots. Even if you can get on board with the conceit of running around in a speedskater-type onesie, you want more between your feet and the pavement than a layer of lycra when you're fighting crime (or fighting anything, for that matter). 

A 1950's F-100 Super Sabre in the background to signify where he has come from and outer space glimpsed through the upper atmosphere above to show where he's gone.

It's interesting the extent to which popular entertainment shows where people's heads are at. In the 40's there seemed to be a preoccupation with magic/occult and exoticism. The Shadow, the Phantom, Fu Manchu; and superheroes got their powers through magic talismans from far off lands. 

Post WW2, superheroes were no longer necessary to the publics psyche, the war having been won and America enjoying prosperity. 

In the 60's there was a resurgence of the costumed hero  along with the rise of the counter-culture and it was science, especially radiation, giving them super powers. 

Now that there is again a resurgence of super heroes in popular culture (usually created by some kind of genetic modification in the new batch of movies), you have to wonder why we're once more drawn to the superhero. The world is looking a little dire at the moment. We must feel we need saving again.

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E2T

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This is a poster I did for an upcoming thing in September. I removed the text as the event's details may still be unfolding. I often throw some things I like into an image without too much thought about how they'll contribute to the meaning of the piece as a whole. It's always fun to see how they synch up and become something larger, or present a narrative of some kind. I suppose one's subconscious is doing it's thing, giving you little puzzle pieces to fit together.

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SHAKESPEARE TAROT

Calgary's The Shakespeare Company premiered a play called Queens this week, about some of the Bard's female characters. I provided some illustrations that will be used as projections. I was asked to insert drawings of the actor's faces into specific tarot cards. Using Pamela Colman Smith's illustrations from the Rider-Waite tarot deck, I decided to take it a little further and redid the linework for clarity and tweaked the colors somewhat (a lot).  Below are the original cards alongside my reworkings. Click for bigitude.

I was asked to provide just a scan of the Tower card as well, but I did this one too, so they would hang together as a series more.

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WOW

I just had a look over the last 6 months or so of posts and realized there isn't much illustration going on here! A lot of posts but not much of my own stuff. I'll  have to do something about that.
For now, here are a couple logos I did this year.

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MUFF SEAL

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SELF PORTRAIT

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KIDS BOOK

Pages 7 and 15.

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ICONOGRAPHY

I made an animated gif of this, blinking back and forth, but for some reason when it hits the cyberweb it gets all glitchy, so here are the component images.

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WAR HOLE

Did the printer come through? If so, will the print make it to the framers? Stay tuned for the thrilling conclusion!

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JOGGER POSTER

Here's a poster for a not-actual show featuring L.A.'s actual Jogger (click image to enlargenate). Feast your earballs on the following:

UPDATE!! Brand new video HERE FTW

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SUMER IS ICUMIN IN

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WORKS IN PROGRESS

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ORPHAN

This is an idea I had (the execution as much as the concept), without a use. I just comp'ed in some text. The font is too hand-crafty - if anyone has a font recommendation (or a title, maybe an existing book, movie or song title) let me know.

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SPEED DEMON

Something for Saskatoon's finest purveyors of Rockabilly.

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