Awhile back a few fellow comic artists and I took a trip to Portland to be in the Stumptown Comic Festival. There I got to meet the lovely Chris Yates, A fellow cartoonist who does his comic, “Reprographics” using photos. Long story short we had a bit of a hotel room get together with Ed, Robin, Camilla and David during which I doodled and Chris took some pictures. Click on the image above to see just how much of a money hungry bastard Chris thinks I am. Keep on the look out for references to the classic comedy show ” In Living Color.”
Awhile back I was invited by Ted Rall to be part of his new book: Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists. It’s a great book full of interviews with some of the top web comic guys out there today. Well it seems Google is now scanning books and putting them online so you can now read my full interview online.
Published on April 26, 2008
in Random.
My buddy Randy just celebrated his 10th birthday. We had some pizza, cake (blue icing!) and Guitar Hero 3! Woo!
Flat Eric also joined us. Check out his music video here.
P.S. I need a haircut STAT.
Published on April 26, 2008
in Sketches.
I played around with some colors today - ( And tested out the new pen tablet I just got. coloring goes WAY faster when you aren’t working with a brick tied to a string!) I Scanned this napkin drawing I did awhile ago at a sushi place. (More stacked heads!)
I need to work out what I want to do for backgrounds. I never draw backgrounds, only characters, but since I want to get into painting again I need to figure out some good elements and overall style for that. I’ve been working on some clouds, ornate star things and bubbles.
Stay tuned for more tests before I get down to the canvas!
Published on April 20, 2008
in Sketches.
Working on some ideas for new paintings. I’ve been drawing lots of these stacked characters nowadays. I like the idea of layering them almost like dessert toppings. It’s hard to tell but this one is pretty big (18×24). First time I really sketched this big, normally I project smaller drawings on to canvas with my opaque projector. I think for this show I’ll be working acrylic on paper. Stay tuned for more pics of what I come up with.
Hey everyone! Just finished the opening of the Toronto Bax Show and it was a huge hit! Tons of people came out, kids made custom Bax bears, and the DJ spun music all night long! The whole thing went even better than I hoped mostly because of Keep 6’s great curator Rafi. Check out all the pictures here. I had a great time in Toronto catching up with all my old friends and making some great new friends.
I’ll see if I can get some video of interview I did for the Space Channel and post it here on the blog. Time to go back to sleepy Vancouver and back to work.
I’ve setup a Bax Launch party happening at the end of this month in Toronto. Hope you all can make it! Check the Bax blog for all the details.
Just wanted to post this fun picture of the staff over at Tate’s comics wearing the Robot shirt I designed for them. They will have it for sale online (still under construction) for all of you that have been asking!
Published on February 12, 2008
in Random.
Awhile back Steph Blakey and I shared a table at Vancouver Comicon. Here’s an awesome drawing Steph did of me that day.
The hands were suppose to be glowing with power, but I thought they looked more like stink lines. 
Also, I’m riding one of the plush dolls that the girl sitting next to us hand makes… Excellent!
I have a few paintings left from my Black & Blood series for sale. These are original red and black paintings on wood panels. They are only $100 per piece. Check them out at mediocredesign.com
Published on December 29, 2007
in Art and Merch.
If you like cute helmet girls getting groped by big, furry blue cat guys you’ve come to the right place! I still have some copies of the collaboration print “Sticky fingers.” This is the piece I made with my good friend Camilla d’Errico.
I designed this limited edition shirt for Tate’s Comics. They wanted a 2 color design. I decided that meant it was time for a dead red robot spewing a happy ghost out of his chest. Get them in store or email Tate or Amanda at the shop to buy one online. You can see the artwork clearly in this post.
Just a quick post to let you know you can now buy my Gumball and Scarybear Bax Bear figures online.
The good people at My Plastic Heart have opened up some of their blind boxes
so you can buy specific figures! Get them while they last!
For a full list of shops around the world that carry the Bax figures click here.
Bax Bear Launch party!
Click the flyer to see the details.
I’ve been working with a new Vancouver based design toy company, OSO Design House on their first project, Bax Bear.
Bax is a brand new 3 inch ABS collectible platform toy. Series 1 features designs by some of the top toy designers in the biz. Kei Sawada, Tim Tsui, Camilla d’Errico and more! I have 2 designs in Series 1. Scarybear Bax (based on my Scarybear character from my comic, Comic Strip) and Gumball Bax.
The figures come with key rings so you can wear them as accessories.
Published on October 13, 2007
in Merch and Toys.
Tate’s Comics in Florida has just released two new tote bags, one of which features my Robot Ghost design. Grab one from their shop today!
Stay tuned for their limited run of shirts featuring the same design.
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