Will Ross CD Update

here is an update on the cd cover I created for local Musician Will Ross. I was given a copy of the CD and it turned out looking AWESOME! 

He soon after left on tour and got me to create his tour poster. Created so dates and locations can be written or printed on.

Random Sketches: Episode #5

Top: That Ink drawing came to me after watching a documentary on Frogs and tadpoles. Not exactly what a tadpole looks like but I already know what a tadpole looks like so I drew this.

Bottom: Not necessarily a sketch but was created in a similar way. It started as a green plaint spill that turned into the x files.

TOADHOUSE logo

This Vector Logo was designed for a local band. TOADHOUSE play great music and I think is considered a Jam Band. There feel good music and instrumentals blow my mind. I had a great time designing this from the sketches to the final Vector Logo

Reggae Poster

This poster for Anja productions had a reggae band headlining so I kept to the right color scheme, cookie cut a lion and you have a reggae poster. (wasn't as easy as described)

Concert Poster

I had alot of fun with this poster. I like how this turned out, and the character I created still makes me laugh. 

hope you enjoy!

Ska Poster

here is my latest poster I have crafted for a ska band popular in Hamilton. They are doing a one time only Reunion show where all proceeds go to kids help phone. I had alot of fun creating this, it took some research but I the finished product is perfect.

Random Sketches: Episode #4

Top: This recent ink drawing was just a sketch that I had done on the first page of a new sketch book. The first page is always life or death, either you do it wrong and the whole sketch book will be forever known as that crappy sketch on the first page, or the coolest sketch book ever that u wanna draw in always. Good thing I nailed it.

Bottom: this old old sketch is something that I had forgotten existed and when moving this past year I found it and all its glory. It was back in my Graffiti days, I still graff every once in awhile but not as much.

bet you cant wait for next episode!!

Random Sketches: Episode #3

Top: this is a ink drawing I had done about a year ago with no real plan in mind. I just like reptiles and amphibians so I went ahead and invented my own

Bottom: Also like top image I am fascinated with bugs and things so I created My own Mantis like bug.

keep looking for next episode!!!!

Random Sketches: Episode #2

Top: The Monkeys theres not much to say about this one except I wanted to draw but all that came to mind was monkeys so to get it out I drew a whole bunch.

Bottom: Skull Squid was just a one shot ink drawing and I think some of the black spots are mistakes

Random Sketches: Episode #1

Top: Ninja Newt is a sketch I had done about a year ago. It was a drawing I drew for my pet newt who had escaped some how and is most likely dried up in the wall somewhere. Poor little guy, this is how i pictured his escape.

Bottom: This is a resent sketch I had done with pencil and ink. the tittle says it all " coon-hat"

Burger T-shirt

This is a T-shirt design I was asked to create by my boss, at my current job Chuck's burger bar.

I make so many burgers a day I drew this one without a reference. But when I had completed it I realized I forgot the cheese. Instead of redrawing the whole thing I just drew the slice on a separate piece of paper, scanned it and used photoshop to put it on. 

and Dont worry I never forget the Cheese when I'm actually working.

Thanks for the views keep checking in!

Poster Artwork

Here are a couple more Posters I have created for Ajna production company.

I had a lot of fun with these especially with the dino monocle. I was inspired by a poster from the 70s it was a Grateful Dead poster. The poster i had found had a gnome and all the information on its T-shirt. so i created a similar image but a dinosaur with a monocle and this what you get.

hope you enjoyed and come back soon!!

Just for fun:

For this piece it was not for anything or anyone I just felt like a good draw that turned into this. It started as just a pencil and ink then I scanned it in and coloured it and here it is!

This ink piece was inspired by my pet newts that I have. This was also was going to be a tattoo for myself but have decided against it. I still like how it turned out !

check it out!

Band poster- Boston Pizza

The band is playing a show at the Boston Pizza around the corner and they got me to make the poster.

I kept it simple and and made it look summery and it turned out okay. 

The rep. at Boston Pizza was really impressed.

Business card

All this time I did not even have a business card. It turned out almost exactly how I envisioned it.

hopefully this get me a good job.

check it out

Cub Poster - Bass Reflex

Another instalment for the Bass Reflex shows. I really really like how this one turned out.

really simple design: texture fill for half and info on the other.

enjoy and please feel free to leave comments. 

Club posters

Freelancing for Ajna productions to provide them with club posters for shows that occur at different venues every other week. Coming up with a different design has been a challenge but I feel I am doing alright. there will be more as the moths go on.

concert and production co. logo

This is a logo I made for a show thats going from bar to bar putting on concerts. I got some help from Zack making it a nice clean vector. 

The production company that was putting it on the shows in somewhat new and needed a logo so this is what I produced.

This is now the final poster for the first show. the logo is different because it was before I cleaned it up.

I think it turned out pretty good. hope you all enjoy!

Concert poster

another poster for psychedelicatessin. I wanted to use the same image in the middle as the last ones but I also wanted it to look really different. I came up with this.

I really like how it came out! enjoy

Event Posters

Now that I had the logo and image I made them some posters for shows they had. used a lot patterns I don't really know how well they turned out, might be too much. Well don't know what else to say other then it was all created in illustrator.
till next time