Catch me at the Climate Strike, how ‘bout that?
I’m planning on getting out to the Climate Strike in Toronto tomorrow. There are Climate Strikes happening all across Canada, so be sure to take a look HERE to see where the nearest strike will be to you. Hope to see you out there!
I was feeling pretty inspired by Greta Thunberg’s speech to the world leaders at the UN Climate Change Summit, so I drew this portrait of her on procreate.
Happy International Cat Day!
It’s International Cat Day! As a cat dad I have an obligation to share a photo of my cat, Cat Stevens, across all of my online platforms. I’ve also included a bonus illustration of him.
SKETCH OF THE DAY 12.07.19 - First Commissioned Digital Illustration
As a young lad I thoroughly enjoyed drawing. I would sit down and watch YTV and try to draw my favourite animated characters. From the prince of the fallen Saiyan race to a sponge that lived in a pineapple under the sea, I would attempt to draw them all! As I grew older these energies were focused into other things and my passion for drawing dwindled to doodles in the margins of my notebooks. Drawing took a backseat to photography/videography and music. Flash-forward many years later and something unexpected happened. I was introduced to Procreate, a powerful and intuitive drawing application. If you follow along with anything I post across my social media platforms you may have noticed that I’ve been posting a lot of digital drawings lately. This app has single-handedly rekindled my interest in drawing. In the past few weeks I’ve been setting aside time just about everyday to get a little practice in to make up for all my lost drawing time. Recently I had someone I know notice that I was doing a lot of drawing, so she decided to hit me up to see if I was up for the task of doing a portrait of her beloved kitty-cat which she recently had to get put down. I was honoured and willing to make an attempt at it. I wasn’t sure exactly how to approach this because what I usually draw is a bit more cartoony, but I gave it a go anyways. I am pretty happy with the way it turned out and more importantly she seemed very happy with it as well. Here is my Illustration of Lyla the cat. May she rest in peace.
This illustration took way longer than I care to admit, but it’s all welcomed practice. I learned a lot about workflow and the order of operations when doing this sort of thing. I hope to get more opportunities to do this kind of work in the future.
SKETCH OF THE DAY 03.07.19 - PokéFusion
I’ve recently been messing around with my girl’s new iPad. There is a really fun illustration app on there called ProCreate. I was a big fan of this app the moment I started using it. I’ve always enjoyed drawing, but never really did anything more than notebook doodles. With ProCreate I’ve been able to breathe life into this sketches. My desire to draw has been rekindled! I’ve been trying to get a little drawing time in everyday.
Lately I’ve been seeing this old PokéFusion website trending again on twitter. I thought it might be fun to illustrate my PokéFusion dream team. So here are my top six PokéFusion Pokémon. I hope you enjoy them. I had a lot of fun making them. Click to see these PokéFusions in all their glory.
I’m not too sure if I should be mixing these illustrations into my photo/video website, but hey, it’s my website so I’ll do what I want! Expect to see more ProCreate illustrations in the future. I plan on creating a website logo and I’ll be sharing my first commissioned piece very soon.