Today I’m going to be cartooning at the Eaton Centre in Downtown Montreal, part of the events surrounding Car Free Day in that part of the city. Please visit, if you can make it!
Meantime, I bought a new little sketchbook (only 4″x6″), and drew a bunch of things. Mainly animal-related.
Tags: Animals, black and white, cats, dogs, montreal, sketches
Yesterday, I visited the Montreal Comicon, at Place Bonaventure. Very stimulating. A lot of my comic-creating friends in both the franco and anglo communities were there, plus plenty of talented people I had never heard of. I took pictures, and the flickr photo set has names of most of the people, and links to their websites.
Also, there were people in costumes. I’m used to people I take pictures of sometimes being reluctant to be caught, and their faces put on the internet. So I always ask permission. But here people were excited to have pictures taken, and posing (I sometimes prefer the candids!) Sorry, I was a little too tired to do sketches.
Still, lots of exciting things to see. And a video walkthrough of the exhibition floor I took as I first arrived. Hope you enjoy it!
Completely shocked this morning to hear about the brutal death of Renée Wathelet, a person with a great soul whose beautiful photographs graced her blog En direct des isles.
The nasty story is here.
Tags: obits
Still drawing. Just haven’t scanned and blogged things for a bit. Here’s a little more…
Tags: Animals, black and white, cats, men, sketches
Drew some guys walking in the street, and then added interesting backgrounds to them.
Tags: black and white, men, sketches
The first one worked out pretty well. Kind of Frank Miller-ish, except it’s a non Frank Miller subject. Will work on making blog posts more exciting. But at least they’re quick to do!
New Wave kid. The above and top are more or less inspired by the film Control, about the lead singer of Joy Division. Below, just things on the street. Dogs go by, people go by.
Tags: black and white, pencil, sketches
Mostly based around movies, etc. I’m making you guess.
Tags: Animals, ballpoint pen, black and white, cats, sketches
Feel like I should be more directed in these things. Like just not drawing only whatever pops into my head. Mind you, it’s a kind of therapy, and relaxation. I’m not doing it for a goal.
Above is a scene from an air race in the golden age of such things, the 1930s.
Below, a drawing I made while watching The Mist on DVD, a movie set in a supermarket.
Lastly, this was drawn after I heard a news story about a terrible driver, who kept getting a second chance, and kept getting into accidents. He was almost always inebriated, and kept driving and running people over even after his license was suspended. Guess he really loved to drive, the idiot.
This was also done with my sepia tone colour ballpoint pen. Usually I like the pen point blobbing, as something that adds to the picture, but not in this case.
Tags: sketches
Watching Do The Right Thing on DVD and drawing. Not really portraits of people, just types.
Tags: colour, sketches, watercolour
The cat is listening, a guy is sitting on a horse without stirrups, and the poor beknighted kid from the movie Into the Wild is being stalked by a cuddly, harmless grizzly.
Tags: Animals, black and white, cats, colour, horses, sketches
Been neglecting blogging a little, thanks to Twitter, and this new contract. But I’m still drawing stuff. Going to scan it and put it up, because that’s what I like doing. Here we are!
Tags: black and white, colour, men, sketches, watercolour, women
That’s a good title for the blog. I was on a bit of a break today, so I painted this picture of the street I live on.
Bonus: Old lady!
Tags: montreal, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolour
Tags: Animals, colour, horses, sketches, watercolour
