Jon Ryan

It's been a while since I've added anything to my design section. NFL Kicker and fellow Regina boy Jon Ryan asked me to put together a logo for him. I'm positive this design will put the Seattle Seahawks in the Superbowl.

Fracture Magazine

My derby poster has been posted on Fracture Magazine's Bout Posters page. Cool!

Summer Smackdown

I can't remember if I've mentioned this before, but my wife is involved with The Pile o' Bones Derby Club. It's a flat-track derby club. No, there are no Gator Skaters. Yes, it's still awesome. I put together a poster for their next event. If you're in the Regina area on July 25, get yourself to the Callie.

Parker

Been busy, but I haven't been doing stuff I'm ready to show here. I'm starting a new project that requires a skill set I haven't completely mastered, so I've been doing some self-instructions. It's getting there, but it's not ready for prime time.

One thing I have managed to put together is a picture of Parker - the character from a series of books by Richard Stark (aka Donald Westlake). Over at the Almost Darwyn Cooke blog, there's a contest to win an advance copy of Darwyn Cooke's adaptation of the Parker novel, The Hunter. All you need to do is submit your take on Parker. My original plan was to do something more in the style of the MODOK I did a while ago, but I started doing some sketching based on a photo and I got a bit wrapped up in it. I think if I can find some more minutes I'll do another (because I really want that book - I've been on a huge Darwyn Cooke kick of late).

Yin Yang

Good news and bad news this week. Good news: my cheque and sample magazines came in from subTerrain #52. It's on the shelves, go pick one up. They also threw in a complimentary subscription, which I thought was very classy. Bad news: my bike was stolen. By cowardly, disease-ridden pricks, I have to assume.

Win some, lose some.

Here's a caveman.

Nerd Boner

Cool news. My site has been mentioned on ¡Journalista! - The new weblog of The Comics Journal. I'm a comic nerd (we'll, truth be told my nerdiness isn't confined to comics, but comics are high on my nerdometer) and to be even tangentially connected to The Comics Journal is enough to give me a big, broad smile. Happy day for Gav.

And, to keep my promise of a drawing for each post, here's a sketch.

Also, I've updated the images on my illustration page. Check it out, yo.

Flying VW Bug

The issue is back from the printers, so I'm told it's safe to post the illustration I did for sub-Terrain magazine.

I'm pleased with the way it turned out. I can't wait to see it in print. Let me know what you think.

Over the weekend, a couple of my prints were auctioned off at a Pile o' Bones Roller Derby fundraiser. Besides getting some nice attention for my art, I got to listen to some good local bands and enjoy the sight of tough girls on roller skates (not blades - never even mention blades) selling shots. The hottest Roller Girl by far was Ang Xiety - MROW!

The sad news related to the above story is that in getting the two prints to donate, I discovered that they were the only two not water damaged. The portfolio in which I had them stored was victim to my leaky basement. Sad, sad day.