The 100th post!

Recent sketches from Montreal. (and an old one, reworked)











PS: I went to the science center.

That's some conceptually deep shit.

Just messing around in the sketchbook.

PS: My website is back up again. I don't know if anybody noticed, but I hadn't paid the bills and the site hit the dirt for a couple weeks.

l'ONF

I made a visit to the National Film Board last week, and managed to finally catch Madame Tutli Putli. Turns out, you can now view the whole thing online.

Madame Tutli Putli (Thank you, CBC)

It is so, so beautifully made; the attention to detail is just insane. I was really not expecting it to be so dark in subject matter, but it's a gorgeous short film all the same.

je ne comprends pas.

(Click to enlarge)







(Obligatory downtown view)

So I'm here in Montreal, having an amazing time and lacking a scanner. (Also, severely regretting underestimating the difficulty of learning to speak french.)

I've seen some amazing live music, drank some alright beer, and done a hell of a lot of walking. It seems like there's at least 3 festivals going on simultaneously at any given time in the summer months. Totally bonkers!

Scenes from BC

I spent some time in a little town called Kaslo in southern British Columbia the past two days. It's built on a forested mountainside by a lake, and some of its back residential roads look like they came straight out of a miyazaki film.





And afterwards, we went to Ainsworth Hot Springs, which features a CAVE. Seriously, you go sit in a cave in piping hot water and sweat until your brains come out of your nose. It's pretty awesome.


(Photo courtesy of Ainsworth Hot Springs Resort )

PS: Tomorrow I am going to Montreal for a month so that I may mangle the french language. WISH ME LUCK.

Vague Locations

Acrylics on Canvas, edited in Photoshop

Old Fashioned, No Frills Life Drawing

Except I have to pay for sessions now that I'm no longer a student.



A fifteen minute pose, I think?

Curious Facts

I was checking out my Google Analytics, and I've gotten a hit for the following Google searches:

baboon cake

baboon wearing clothes

and my personal favourite,

baboon bum photo.

It would appear all the right people are making their way here.

Romeow and Mewliet

I should be shot for terrible pun usage, I know.

But...

SHAKESPEARE CATS.