14/05/13 01:42
- Store Closed Temporarily -
I am currently away from my studio and out and about in the world! You are more than welcome to place an order but I will be unable to fulfil it until my return. I will be back at the beginning of July.
Thanks
Taking a short leave
14/05/13 01:04
Another year, another great Calgary Comic Expo! Thanks everyone who stopped by my booth, meeting all you great people is the best part of these conventions………. well, that and the cute cosplay girls. A very special thank to Ed for stopping by and showing me the awesome paint job you did on my Tarkas kit! And a very very special thanks to Richard Taylor for stopping by and and chatting with me; I can knock that one off the bucket list.
I am taking a trip to Japan for a bit and won’t be back until July so here is a small update on all the stuff from the last bit. I have been working quite a few projects lately; several new garage kits, one new trophy, and a bunch of daily sketches. Most of those are still works in progress with the exception of the alien trophy of which I am still trying to figure out a paint scheme and mounting plaque design. Cheers.
I am taking a trip to Japan for a bit and won’t be back until July so here is a small update on all the stuff from the last bit. I have been working quite a few projects lately; several new garage kits, one new trophy, and a bunch of daily sketches. Most of those are still works in progress with the exception of the alien trophy of which I am still trying to figure out a paint scheme and mounting plaque design. Cheers.
Back again
18/03/13 00:31
Once again, my apologies for the lack of updates. I am still here and kicking.
My blog absence can mostly be contributed to various technical problems with updating my website (most of which have been hammered out) but also the lack of time; my studies and day job keep me rather occupied. That being said I have not idle.
Lately I have been broadening my artistic scope further into drawing, painting, metal work, and digital stuff. Not really much to show in those respects at the moment, most of it looks like crap but I might post some of the non-crap one of these days. Much of my time have been spent translating some of my older works into bronze for my personal collection. If people knew how much time is spent translating a sculpture to bronze they wouldn’t scoff at the seemingly ridiculous prices of bronze statuary or foundry prices, I know I did prior to working through the whole process myself. Its dirty, hot, toxic, meticulous, and time consuming work, which suites me fine….. except for the toxic bit.
I have also recently started back up doing daily sculptures again, this time in a slightly different format. I have abandoned using corks for my bases as they are too small to grasp and tend to cramp my fingers and also the top heaviness of them is a nightmare for them falling over. I am now using bigger bits of wood that are easier to grasp and also allow for larger scale work. These new ones are going to have a bit more time put into them and are not strictly daily exercises, I am aiming to do 2-4 a week.
Well, writing this has been a fun way of procrastinating to avoid writing papers and studying for looming exams. Here are some shots of recent things, will document in detail in the future.
My blog absence can mostly be contributed to various technical problems with updating my website (most of which have been hammered out) but also the lack of time; my studies and day job keep me rather occupied. That being said I have not idle.
Lately I have been broadening my artistic scope further into drawing, painting, metal work, and digital stuff. Not really much to show in those respects at the moment, most of it looks like crap but I might post some of the non-crap one of these days. Much of my time have been spent translating some of my older works into bronze for my personal collection. If people knew how much time is spent translating a sculpture to bronze they wouldn’t scoff at the seemingly ridiculous prices of bronze statuary or foundry prices, I know I did prior to working through the whole process myself. Its dirty, hot, toxic, meticulous, and time consuming work, which suites me fine….. except for the toxic bit.
I have also recently started back up doing daily sculptures again, this time in a slightly different format. I have abandoned using corks for my bases as they are too small to grasp and tend to cramp my fingers and also the top heaviness of them is a nightmare for them falling over. I am now using bigger bits of wood that are easier to grasp and also allow for larger scale work. These new ones are going to have a bit more time put into them and are not strictly daily exercises, I am aiming to do 2-4 a week.
Well, writing this has been a fun way of procrastinating to avoid writing papers and studying for looming exams. Here are some shots of recent things, will document in detail in the future.
A long awaited update
13/08/12 00:16
It’s been along while...again. I have been busy with work, studio stuff, contemplating the ultimate question of life the universe and everything, and all that other fun stuff. But I suppose the primary reason for the lack of updates is the program I use to run this website has been acting rather buggy and giving me a bad time. Several pages have been messed up and a few have completely disappeared from my computer which has lead to much aggravation. Its all fixable but time consuming and tedious, I have been thinking it might just be easier to give in to the devil and start a stupid facebook/twitter page for updates and such.
Well, enough complaints and grievances, the only reason anyone is (or should) be looking on here it to see pictures of cool stuff..... at least stuff I think is cool at any rate. Here are some WIP shots of some of the new crap I have been working on over the last few months. I cant take credit for the designs, the troll thing is based on a Paul Bonner (super cool dude and amazing artist ,http://www.paulbonner.net/) sketch and the other undead Lich type thing is based off of a Kekai Kotaki (http://www.kekaiart.com/) illustration done for Guild wars. I will post the references once these are done. I have quite a few more projects on the go but I will save them for another day.
Oh yes, thanks again to everyone that stopped by and said hello at the Spectrum Live and Calgary Comic-con over the summer. I love doing conventions, despite being perpetually sleep deprived, unprepared, and at least a little hung over for most of them, I am hoping to more next summer.
Well, enough complaints and grievances, the only reason anyone is (or should) be looking on here it to see pictures of cool stuff..... at least stuff I think is cool at any rate. Here are some WIP shots of some of the new crap I have been working on over the last few months. I cant take credit for the designs, the troll thing is based on a Paul Bonner (super cool dude and amazing artist ,http://www.paulbonner.net/) sketch and the other undead Lich type thing is based off of a Kekai Kotaki (http://www.kekaiart.com/) illustration done for Guild wars. I will post the references once these are done. I have quite a few more projects on the go but I will save them for another day.
Oh yes, thanks again to everyone that stopped by and said hello at the Spectrum Live and Calgary Comic-con over the summer. I love doing conventions, despite being perpetually sleep deprived, unprepared, and at least a little hung over for most of them, I am hoping to more next summer.
Had I known the internet was going to show up to the party I would have bought more beer
31/03/12 10:16
The last few days have been crazy. Thank you to everyone who linked my site on their blogs and social news sites.
Here are some shots of some projects I was working on; going to be a little postponed trying to fill everyones orders. On the upside; no ramen for me this week.
Here are some shots of some projects I was working on; going to be a little postponed trying to fill everyones orders. On the upside; no ramen for me this week.