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