Cafe drawing- Waves on Richards, Vancouver

Pencils, Markers, and Correction fluid.

Fullmoon Art Show 07

I had the honor of exhibiting some of my shoes, stickers and stencils at the 'Full Moon Art Show', alongside some amazing and inspiring international and local talents.

BATTLE DEER (from He-man?)

By the power of Grey Skull, it became BATTLE DEER!!!
Actually, it was 4 coats of white, 3 coats of green, 3 coats of red, some whiteout and yellow.

Weekend stylin's...Amy and Halloween

Inspired to draw some witches from checking out a few buddy blogs, and because my first ever Halloween is comming up!

Was having breakfast with Amy on the weekend. Tasty Cajun Yam pancakes!

May Wa and Nam BEAT STREET (NEW YORK)

BATTLE CRY...!!!

BACK FROM NEW YORK (but still in Vancouver)

I am back...
I had some time off work between my 'George of the Jungle' and my new 'Pucca' contract so i packed my bags and headed to NYC to catch up with my good mate Nam and Ange' and to meet some family for the first time.
Amazingly, my uncle (Mum's oldest brother) escaped from Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge with his wife and 5 children to New York (somewhere between 1975-79); and is now a proud grandfather to 10 first generation american grandchildren. He is the original OG of the family. Respect.

The hat that does.

My $12 purchase. The bees are mine. They become angry bees when the hat turns red. See previous post for full details of the hat.

DROPPING NAMES...

Ok, so last week I had the pleasure of checking out a new lifedrawing venue down 17th and Main held at BLIM. Super chill spot, small and tight.

Rocked up with a couple a talented kids from SHERIDAN, KELLY ERWIN and SARAH JARSTORF (Kelly is dangerous when cutting cheese, and Sarah enjoys breaking heads of lettuce).

Then JOHN YOUNG and CLIO CHIANG walked in! After life drawing we all had gelato. That's when John and I shared caricatures, and Clio said (to me), " can you be any more embarassing? Your (bright yellow, florescent, hypercolor, with inbuilt visor) hat is bad enough". I wish I had a witty comeback...

...I still can't think of anything.

THE PUBLICS and MAYHEM- IN THE JUNGLE

COURAGE IN A CAN

FOOD CHAIN

WALL FLOWER I was asked by Dr. Haddow to help with some illustrations for a magazine he is trynna put together called 'The Publics'.

The theme for these illustrations being the Vancouver party/night life. Dr. Haddow is also a big fan of the font helvetica. Big props to him for being one of the biggest hustlers i know.

Also check out contributing photographer for 'The Publics', Jordan's FLICKR at http://www.flickr.com/photos/y_ordan/

Capilano College- Life drawing

I'm posting my life drawing up because SKID told me so...
Check out her dope stuff at the link below, its full of 'tude!
http://partyformyenemies.blogspot.com/

West xpress 2!

This was a poster commision that i had the priveledge to work on for the Rumble Pictures crew. Always are pleasure guys!

STOMP AROUND IN THESE!!!

The latest...
VOLTRON BEEEEYOTCH!!!

Hastings tee submitted UPDATE

My submission was declined...boo.

Hastings St tee

Something i'm considering entering into threadless. Some feedback please?

Check out their website to see what its all about:
www.threadless.com

BEN LEE and ME (a true story)

Sydney Australia 2005

One late evening after work, Mark and I casually made our way to giant media entertainment retail outlet JB Hi-fi to spend some hard earned cashola on some goodies.

As we browsed through the bright yellow aisles we were suprised to here the distorted acoustics and crackle of song through microphone and speaker. Australian alternative/folk musician/singer/song writer and ex-beau of Claire Daines', BEN LEE, was performing a live set right there in the store!

There was a humble gathering around the in-store stage and Mark and I made our way over to enjoy the show. I took this opportunity to do some sketching of the live show. By the end of his performance I was pleased with the sketches I had done and was ready to continue through the store.

Ben had announced that he would be meeting fans and signing autographs to the side. Mark had insisted that I show Ben the drawings I had done. I was reluctant, but somehow gathered the courage to meet and greet him. He seemed genuinly impressed with my drawings and so I offered him one of his choice. I was humbled and he accepted.

I returned to Mark pleased with myself. As I turned back to admire the event that had just taken place, we see Ben flocked by a gathering of girls...and no sooner than 5min later, one of the girls pulls away from the flock squeeling with glee whilst clasping on to the drawing I had just given to BEN!!! Did he just give away my drawing?!

It hurts alittle everytime I think of it...I'm trying to move on. *COUGH COUGHjerkCOUGH*

Spidey and Venom!!!

I started pencilling this at work. I find that it helps relieve the tension that can be built up from holding a wacom all day; to just do some loosey scribbles.

I was chillin at Starbucks after work and decided to clean the sucker up with some lightweight paper I carry knowing that I left my lightbox back in Sydney.

...And this is how it came out after the weekend :)

Come on, was Spiderman 3 THAT bad?!

On a similar note, Pirates 3 was AWESOME! I hope I get some time to do a pirates pin-up!

Working Monitor

The Closet Romantics

This is some fan art i did for the Sydney duo, 'The Closet Romantics'. I was fortunate to get a hold of their EP before leaving Australia and now its got 'five stars' on my mp3 player. Sounds like nostalgia...sigh.
Check out their sounds at:
http://www.myspace.com/theclosetromantics

the ladies...

Whilst on shoes...

I made this collage a while ago to celebrate the AIR MAX 90; gotta love the infra red-pzzzow!

SUMMER SHOES (TIGER STYLE)

Some shoes that i had painted up with some markers. Water proof and ready to go kicking around in the Canadian Summer; which I am keen to experience. I was fortunate enough to have them on show at the Studio B art show.

And um...they're are for sale too @ limited sizes ;)

PINKULA

...be afraid

FRM VAN WIT HRT MAY

My current msn display pic.

Maximum Choppage 2: BONUS ROUND (the kid)

A few posts back, I put up some stuff that was part of the West Xpress Event. Here's one that I had planned to be part of the works but decided to pull out; hence was never finished. Shout out to Jason the Kid and the Australian Army Reserve.

Stockies Stylin'

The adventures of Lightbrown, Donking, and myself when we crashed through Stockies in good ol' Wetherill Park, West Sydney.

Good good times. Happy Birthday Donking!

Nambot

This is a big shout out to my dawg Namroc, who has just left Sydney today with his beautiful parnter Angela, to hit up London, Greece and New York in a big way.

Thank you my friend for all your love, guidence and support. I wish you all the best on your worldly adventures and hope to work with you again in the near future. Word.

Check his online portfolio out: http://www.artofnamroc.com

Stik'em Art, Sydney TOWN HALL

After a session of Life Drawing at Sydney's ART HOUSE HOTEL, Diksy (Sydney based ex-Disney turned Flash animator) and I hit up Town Hall Station.

Rumble Pictures presents: WestXpress 2007

'RUMBLE PICTURES PRESENTS.WESTXPRESS : A vibrant night of entertainment and soothing sounds. COME AND EXPERIENCE THE FREE FESTIVITIES AND BE APART OF NATIONAL YOUTH WEEK 2007 14-22 APRIL. THIS EXTRAVAGANZA EVENT WILL BE A SAMPLE OF THE ARTISTIC FLAIR THIS LOCAL FAIRFIELD COMMUNITY HAS TO OFFER'

Well. technically i'm not in Fairfield anymore...but i'm stoked to have the opportunity to contribute my illustrations to such a fantastic event. Full props to Tim Ly, Maria Tran, and the rest of the RUMBLE team. I only hope my JPEGS got to them on time...

These illustrations were inspired by the short film sequel that my buddy, TIM LY, has been slaving over for the past half year. Can't wait for it; MAXIMUM CHOPPAGE 2!