Hansel and Gretel: The Last Dessert

"You poor dears! Lost and Hungry? That just won't do. Come to my bakery, I'll give you some sweets."



"Hansel, it's very naughty to throw breadcrumbs at your sister. If you won't sit in the corner, You'll stand in the display case until your parents get here. Gretel, watch him while I put the kettle on."


"Pssst! Gretel, let me out."

"Why should I do that?"

"That old witch plans to eat us! She'll bake us into one of her pies."

"Hansel, you watch too many Tim Burton films." She retorts.

"Sweeny Todd is a true story!"

"No, it's a musical. I'm not listening to you."

The baker woman enters the back room. "Gretel! Would you tend the fire?"

As Gretel checks the oven she overhears the old crone; "Here you go Hansel, have some gingerbread. You're nothing but skin and bones. I'm going to fatten you up!"

Over his shoulder Hansel shoots Gretel a look of terror.

"Did you need help sweetie?"

The little girl freezes as the witch nears her and stammers; "I-I don't think the fire is hot enough, you should check." The cannibal cranes her neck into the flames.

Faced with the ultimate decision of life or death little Gretel places her bets.

Her story is never questioned.

Hansel and Gretel

The project was to illustrate the german fable of Hansel and Gretel in the dark twisted style of Tim Burton.



Rather then give her a candy house in the woods, I opted to depict her as a bakery owner. Sweeny Todd anyone?



Hansel locked up in the shop. I can't wait to put in my characters once I've settled on the final design.



Here I'm trying out this new vector style. Repeat and heart idea is not mine, It's from a postcard I've held on to since my very first heartbreak. The postcard is designed by Jessika Dorosh.
Tucked into my bed frame; it serves to remind me that love and heartbreak is a cycle. Being afraid to love someone is silly, because heartbreak is inevitable. The impermanence of relationships makes them so much more beautiful. When in love, this philosophy helps you see that problems can be fixed, bumps overcome. When heartbreak comes, this serves to remind me that it will pass and with time, a different love will come along. All purpose motivator.

Learning about vectors

Secret of Kells has an amazing yet simple style. I have been inspired to master the smooth lines they require.


Rant:
I watched a lot of tutorials yesterday on how to use the pen tool, how to texture relatively flat images etc. Then I came down with a fever and had the same dream on repeat trying to ink a dog-dragons head. Photoshop dreams are so annoying. I could wake up and create the image I had dreamt up, but by morning I'm sick of seeing it on the back of my eyelids.

The Hunter and the Hunted

Little Odele is hunting for water bears, while she waits for her father at the dock. Like small children, these Maris Ferre (latin) are known for their curiosity and playfulness. Often chased off because they scare the fish, then thieve fisher men’s catch of the day. Prone to stealing small bits of delicious foods. The stolen treasure is then smuggled in their flippers back to their hidy-hole or den. Nesting inside a cavern or nook in a Cliffside they gum their dinner to death, for they must absorb nutrients through their tentacled tummy and chin. Water bears can also be seen scaling seaside cliffs holding on with their lecherous underside. Enabling them to clean the algae off the surface. Fins have evolved into makeshift wings cushioning an unlikely tumble from great heights. Odele has made a mess of the kitchen floors, while her father was hard at work. Her plan is to lure the unsuspecting creature to her homestead, and have him soak up the mess before her father returns.

Utopia

They are much more concerned how to get new kingdoms for themselves, by fair means or foul, than to administer well what they already have. - Utopia by Sir Thomas More circa. 1516

Clockwork Queen

The Clockborg Queen, or Master Clock. She rules through tight control. Her people are peaceful and well cared for. She will let nothing disturb the fantasy she has constructed. She spins a world out of deceit and refined plastics from her bell tower.She is mechanically hooked into the massive clock that keeps the city on beat. The Clockborg's pendulum hearts are synced with the tempo of the clock. Her subjects eat, sleep, and perform other duties in time to that ticking. To strike out on one's own is a form of independence seen as the greatest blaspheme. The citizens are happy though enslaved clocks. Every hour the clock chimes and synchronizes the city.

A few days late, my scooter was stolen by the police. You know how it is.

Lots of love!! I'm working hard so I can come visit you!! At your house, when your fam jam mentions you I realize how much I miss you. Conquer Europe girl!

Clockwork Kingdom

This creature is a dying Clockborg who has left her synchronized utopia to wander the sunbaked garbage wasteland that is the North Pacific plastic bag Island. A terrible history is unearthed, and freakish new friends are made.

Once I can start affording copyrights, I'll be happy to share her story.

Best work yet

Cavarnacle (Barnacle Caverns) A Sci fi layout for Environment Design Class


"Your name is a golden bell hung in my heart. I would break my body to pieces to call you once by your name."
"Say my name, then. If you know my name, tell it to me."
"Rumpelstiltskin! Gotcha!"
"It serves me right. Expect a butterfly to know your name? All they know are scraps of songs and poetry, and anything else they hear. They mean well, but they can't keep things straight. And why should they? They die so soon."

- "The last Unicorn" by Peter S. Beagle

It began as a substitute for sweet dreams. Then exhaustion and a looming deadline came into conflict.

My artistic aptitude is a fanciful, free willed creature. To capture an idea is to drag it down to earth, pin it to a canvas, crop the frame, and label it with a title. To look at this work of art is to see beauty imprisoned and displayed on an 8"X11"


Empress Ganesha is a peaceful tourist of the cosmos.
Once worshipped on Earth as the most widely known Hindu Deity.
Also known as the Lord of Beginnings.
The Empress and her fleet first landed on this planet during the 4th century.
Her technological ability to transport and levitate objects was misinterpreted
by early civilizations as miracles.
The people found her benign and helpful.
It is through their exchanges that the peoples of the the area learned to meditate.
She rose to power in India and Nepal.
She remains unmarried, and untethered for she is known to start new ventures, though not known for following them through.
As such she made an impact on the budding planet and left promptly to seek adventure elsewhere.
This is the only recovered photograph of her.
Since her arms are not visible, it is still inconclusive as to whether she had four of them.


Sound artist Will Dayble
aka BANKAI

http://www.bankai.fm/

ELECTRO
There's this 78 min track I'm in love with check it out.


"Keeps me awake at night too."

Not my characters
Credit goes to Eric Chan aka Eepmon
Check out his work at Eepmon.com



Digital painting of a photograph "Vulnerable" by Plastic Stars

You can find the original photo here:
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/299/6/8/vulnerable_by_plastikstars-d31kpz2.jpg

This is her FB page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rachel-Dashae-Alternative-Model/147508571949561?sk=wall

Humanicorn

This is Efram. As a unicorn. By his request. This is not likely what he had in mind.
‎"Your name is a golden bell hung in my heart. I would break my body into pieces to call you once by your name."
-The last HUMANICORN

Madoka

This has come a long way. Originally the body was such a hideous wretch. Just really bad. And the face D: The horror...

So after really tackling the face ad hair with some proficiency. I cam to realize how much better I could do with the rest of the character. This all-nighter was worth it's weight in undreamt fantasies. I'm very proud of this work, and I can't wait to see how much better the next project will be. I really have to figure out how to paint hair properly.

I just Heartgasmed

"My chest! I'm having a heart attack, it feels great!"
"My professional opinion is that you're NOT having a heart attack."
"Oh, it's a heartgasm!"

Heartgasm; the moment of most intense pleasure in the chest cavity. Experts suspect this is a non fatal side effect of love. The Surgeon General suggests patients seek medical help from this sexy paramedic.

European village and a Samurai

16th to 17th century European village.


Fantastical Samurai

These were both school projects.

Fairy Realm and Wild West

Train Town
Story: A shop was built off a train car when the mining town was first settled. The town expanded and the train was lost underneath. One day the face of the train is discovered in a shed. Secretly an engineer repairs the locomotive.
Until one day, he rides off into the sunset with the town in tow!
Cue music:
(Copper town -The Cog is Dead)

That's right. Trains are fucking excellent.

Added some small fixes, hoes,obscenities and a tree.

Awesome ^3

Landscape practice
This is the happy fairy realm moments before the apocalypse!
Mwuahaha

BOOM!

Dalek

Note (the BG picture does not belong to me)

The Daleks (pronounced ˈdɑːlɛks) are a fictional extraterrestrial race of genetically manipulated mutants from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Within the series, Daleks are cyborgs from the planet Skaro, created by the scientist Davros during the final years of a thousand-year war against the Thals. They are mutated Kaleds integrated within a tank-like or robot-like mechanical casing. The resulting creatures are a powerful race bent on universal conquest and domination, utterly without pity, compassion or remorse. Various storylines portray them as having had every emotion removed except hate, leaving them with a desire to purge the Universe of all non-Dalek life. - Wiki

Happy Birthday Mum!!

Drei Generationen von Scholzen Fräulein.

Tales From the Crypt

True Story.
He won.
Asian girls with freckles were born to be kissed.

Gogol Bordello

Painting of Eugene Hütz.
Start Wearing Purple and Wanderlust are my two favourite songs.

The Night Watch Poster

Final draft before tomorrow's big show!

The Night Watch
Excellent gypsy-jazz/ progressive metal band. Sounds like a hardcore caravan of gypsies. The classical sound of a violin bends into an exciting new genre to meet raw metal tuneage.


Time:
18 February at 21:30 - 19 February at 00:30
Café Nostalgica
603 Cumberland
Ottawa, ON

Prepare to have your faces melted! Come out and have a dance, a mosh, or meditate while listening to Ottawa's premiere Prog-Metal act!

It's FREE so bring friends. See you there!
Listen at:
http://www.myspace.com/dontcreep

Concept work 18th Century Europe - fantasy

You have to zoom in to see how adorable each building is.
These are very rough concepts. Just to jot down a bunch of ideas.
Wild West concepts coming soon.
I like the coloured towers the best. The house I grew up in has been snuck into the past.

Valentines Day Card

A quick sketch for the festivities
<3

The Ginger Fox

The Ginger Fox

Time
13 February · 19:00 - 22:00
Location Elmdale House Tavern - 1084 Wellington St. W.
Ottawa, ON

Come see some great original live music, why sit in on a Sunday evening when you could be relaxing, listening to some live tunes? $5 suggested cover, if you're poor I'll probably understand cuz I am too

Listen at:
http://www.myspace.com/thegingerfox
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheGingerFoXxX

Rockalily Burlesque Poster Concept

business card

Gaia from Spartacus: Gods of the Arena

Isn't she a minx?
This is the disrobing shot before an implied threesome scene. That chalice of wine? Yeah, she pours it down her chest and has her wine spewing breasts sucked. Spartacus is one of my favourite shows, not just because of the gratuitous sex scenes, but because of the horrific battle scenes. Oh, and the dramatic plot. Shows like this really push the boundaries of what can be shown on televsion. And consequently what is acceptable to view in our society. I feel that this this shot encapsulates this message. She's embraced her sexuality, and is sharing it with the viewer. It's teasing, and bold.

For a great sex-positive photography site visit:
http://sexisnottheenemy.tumblr.com/

The Night Watch Poster

The Night Watch
Excellent gypsy-jazz/ progressive metal band. Sounds like a hardcore caravan of gypsies. The classical sound of a violin bends into an exciting new genre to meet raw metal tuneage.


Time:
18 February at 21:30 - 19 February at 00:30
Café Nostalgica
603 Cumberland
Ottawa, ON

Prepare to have your faces melted! Come out and have a dance, a mosh, or meditate while listening to Ottawa's premiere Prog-Metal act!

It's FREE so bring friends. See you there!
Listen at:
http://www.myspace.com/dontcreep

The Night Watch

The Night Watch's guitarist Nathanaël Larochette

The Night Watch -Poster Concept

Okay guys what do you think?
for the landscape (wide) poster, I can break through the panel fram with say, Nate, and have him holding the crystal ball out in front of him. The event details are meant to be written as if wrapped around the crystal ball.
Matt is holding a lantern in the wide shot. and lighting it in the tall shot. Dan has magical drumstick wands that he's pointing at the crystal ball. I'll potoshop some shiny magic smoke or lightening. I like creepy trees, so I threw one in the BG. I could have it grow into the text of "the night watch" or just hang little lanterns on it.
What do you think of the costume design for Evan and Dan? Nate has a bandana and medallions. Matt is just hairy.
I'll think of some kind of semi-elaborate frame design.
My super-computer shows u in the mail tomorrow, so I can get the line work done today, and colour it tomorrow. Or just send you the line work, and maybe hatch it instead.

Night Watch

Matt Cowan, member of the band Nightwatch, as the METAL Satyr
This is for a band poster, and concept art a possible short comic?

18 February at 21:30 - 19 February at 00:30
Café Nostalgica
603 Cumberland
Ottawa, ON
Prepare to have your faces melted! Come out and have a dance, a mosh, or meditate while listening to Ottawa's premiere Prog-Metal act!
It's FREE so bring friends. See you there!
http://www.myspace.com/dontcreep

Umi and Breathless

I spent a weekend learning. listening, and drawing. Thank you all for sharing the art inside, here's some back.


Portrait of friend and artist Jean-Francois Painchaud.


Friend and singer Zoe.


Fetishist under the alias Sweetspot.
Breathless is an adult community centre and private club that caters to alternative lifestyles. Personally it's the Yin to Umi's Yang.



Latex Fetishist under the alias Playful Rubber Doll



Portrait of friend Erica Watson


Friend, philosopher and musician Matthew Cowen.


Portrait of friend Liam Burke, performing at Umi.
Liam and Matt Cowen have a fledgling band called Howls. Liam gives guitar lessons in Ottawa, leave a comment if interested.



This is what Liam looks like on weekends >:D


Umi Performer Karin


Umi performer Max Kosolov singing "Loosing my Religion" in a thick Russian accent. I laughed at "Cuntseeder this."


Umi performer Graham Cwinn


Friend AJ performing at Umi


Friend Zoe performing at Umi


Umi performer Shambala plays trilling African folk on a curious little contraption.


Portrait of friend and singer Zoe relaxing at the Open Mic.