Kyle Brownrigg

The New Coming of Winter

2012-01-18T20:42:00.001-08:00

This is a piece I finished about a month and a half ago for a group project that is soon to be unveiled. I decided to go digital for this I am pleased with the outcome. The inspiration for the image came from this book I own called 'The Old House Book'. I was just flipping through the pages and I saw this shot of a red cabin in the winter. The rest is history.

Thoughts?

Doodlez

2011-11-22T16:46:00.001-08:00

Just some random doodles I have been keeping busy with. If you can identify any people I went to school with, +10 points.

Happy Halloween!

2011-10-13T09:22:00.001-07:00

Let me first start off by blowing some dust off my blog. -Ahem-

Ok, thanks.

My life has just been absolutely crazy since moving back to Ottawa and I have put a lot of my life on hold as a result. I am currently working at Bell in the internet technical support department and that's mostly where my time is going. My hours are really messed up and because of that, I am often not very inspired to do work when I get home. Luckily, it's autumn and I always get so inspired during the fall season. So finally I was able to come up with some ideas for a new piece and here it is!

I spent the entire day yesterday searching for inspiration and I finally found it. I am quite pleased with how it turned out. I think my most favorite holiday event would be Halloween, which is why it's only necessary I do an illustration inspired by it :)!

Homegirls - Nellie McClung

2011-08-04T14:42:00.000-07:00

This is my piece for the homegirls show at Pentimento gallery. The show's theme is about Canadian women throughout history. Throughout the month of august, there will be votes designated to the the choice image to be put up as a mural on the side of the gallery.

I chose to illustrate Nellie McClung. For those who are unaware of whom she is, Nellie McClung was a activist for female rights. She was a member of the famous five and fought for the acceptance that women are persons. Among many of her accomplishments, I chose to portray the groundwork she laid out so women could vote.

If you are in Toronto, please check out the show and don't forget to vote!

Free Wallpaper!

2011-06-30T13:03:00.000-07:00

It has been a month since my last post and I apologize for those of you who actually follow my blog! I just moved back to Ottawa so I needed to wrap everything up, didn't have a lot of time for illustration. Now that I'm home I'm going to throw myself back into my work and attempt an illustration career lol. I decided to make a free wallpaper for anyone who's interested!

I made four colour versions to give a bit of a selection.

IMPORTANT - MAKE SURE YOU TILE THE BACKGROUNG

Enjoy:

If done correctly, it will look something like this:

An Evening Stroll

2011-05-28T10:02:00.001-07:00

Not too much to say about this piece. I went out with friends the other night for a bike ride in downtown Oakville and I got inspired by the park. Thoughts?

If you haven't already, please check out my new digital section of my website here!

Debbie Harry 4 Sarah

2011-05-23T08:02:00.000-07:00

This is an image request by Sarah (incase you couldn't already tell lol). We are doing an image exchange and this was my end of the deal. I actually really like how it turned out. Thoughts?

New Painting Style?

2011-05-18T09:54:00.000-07:00

I think I am going through a bit of a painting-style-change. I have always loved my acrylic paintings but I am going to be working in a field where time is very precious. I am not going to completely give up on my acrylic work but I would like to move forward with a new method of painting that is more contemporary and time efficient.

What do you think?

-edit-
fixed colours

-edit- linework

Chalk Drawings!

2011-05-13T19:25:00.001-07:00

I participated in a stunt by ReThink for TheGrid on may 12th. It took place over night and we were to create designs and illustrations with chalk on the sidewalk. After we did the drawings we had to connect them, blocks apart.

My legs are absolutely fried and I can't walk properly lol. Anywho, this is the result of my late night work:

Sir Reginald Pudglinton III

2011-05-09T10:06:00.001-07:00

I present to you my first official piece of artwork that I have created since leaving school a.k.a: Sir Reginald Pudglinton III. I am so glad I have finally done something with my munny as it has been staring at me from my closet for almost a year lol. He was so much fun to paint and I think I have opened a new door of illustration for myself! I definitely plan on making more of these, he needs some friends, ya know?

Stay Tuned!

2011-04-30T11:48:00.001-07:00

I am officially finished my degree in Illustration at Sheridan College and I am so excited to finally do some artwork for myself! Last summer my friend Marli and I decided to do a munny doll exchange. It never happened and the untouched munny doll has been sitting in my closet ever since. Now that I have some time on my hands I decided to come up with a design and paint it.

It will be done soon, hopefully! Stay tuned! ;)!

Dances With Wolves

2011-04-11T17:06:00.000-07:00

I present to you my final piece of artwork that I will ever create at Sheridan. It's really strange to think that in a month I will be on my own in the world looking for illustration work. This assignment was all about movie posters. We had to pick a movie from a giant list and then conceptually portray the one we chose. I for some reason decided to go with Dances With Wolves mostly because when I saw it I just kept hearing my mom say "Tatunka" over and over in my head from when I was a child lol.

I decided to do some progress shots for this piece because I've never done that before. Eventually I would like to invest in a camera that can record so I can do videos and post them on youtube.

Progress:

Final:

It's a {Travis}ty!

2011-03-31T15:12:00.000-07:00

-BEGINNING OF RANT-

So the new issue of travis magazine came out. The cover looks really awesome but alas, done by an animation student. Yet the issue is called the 'illustration' edition. I don't know if I agree with opening up the magazine to animation students... a lot of the professors were rather displeased with it. A lot of students work got blown up too big and became pixalated while others, myself included, had their work cut up in the gutter of the page.

Like it's an honor to be published in the magazine in the first place and I'm very grateful but it sucks that my image was destroyed by the gutter. Why would the person who was in charge of the layout of these pages do that? The entire concept of my image is in the woman's face... there isn't really much of a point to it if it's just going to be cut out... I dunno.

- END OF RANT - lol

Two Updates In One Week?! gasp

2011-03-28T20:57:00.001-07:00

This week has been rather interesting. I managed to get a lot of painting done for assignments I didn't know I had until the very last minute. Oh well. So this week we had the choice of two articles: a heavy metal lovin' conservative and a man who rants about online dating. I was originally going to do two because my prof is taking these images to the National Post and they could potentially be published. Therefore I knew that I needed to bring my A game to this assignment. Unfortunately I didn't get around to doing a second image because a) I ran out of time and b) I thought that if I was going to submit two, they were going to be two GOOD images, not one good and one bad lol.

Here's what the online dating one would have looked like (sorta)
Here's what I ended up going with:

Facebook Friends

2011-03-24T21:37:00.000-07:00

Most recent assignment for Magazine class. We were to illustration four 7”x7” spot illustrations of different facebook friend archetypes. We were given a list of 10 and we had to choose 4.

'The Self-Promoter'

'The Friend-Padder'

'The Town Crier'

'The Lurker'

Magazine Class

2011-02-07T14:32:00.001-08:00

I am really into my new illustration elective: magazine illustration today. Each week we're given an article from a magazine/newspaper and we have to illusrate it. My favorite part of the class is that we each have different articles so critiques don't get boring. Above is a piece I did for an article about a True Gay Exoricsm. It's about how men volunteer to have the gay 'exorcised' out of them because it is their belief that their gay thoughts are the result from demonic possession.

Next is a portrait assignment we were randomly given. I got Anne Hathaway as Catwoman. Catwoman will be played by her in the new upcoming Batman installment.

The Big O

2011-01-20T14:40:00.000-08:00

Second semester has just begun and I am already up to my neck in homework. The nice thing about this semester is that I won't be working so I can focus my attention to my school work. I mean, it's my last semester ever so I want to make it really count.

First completed project of the semester was for interpretive and it is the first piece of my new thesis. I intend on focusing it on doing portraits. I don't want to limit myself to just pop culture, I want to do politicians, religious figures, interest pieces, etc. Our first assignment was to interpret the Greek story of Sisyphus and relate it to our thesis. For those of you who don't know, Sisyphus was a Greek king who was punished by Zeus and Thanatos for his trickery; Sisyphus was to roll a boulder up a hill and when the boulder reached near the top, it would always come rolling back down. This task lasted for eternity. So basically, it's an endless challenge or struggle.

My interpretation to my thesis was relating it to Oprah because her endless challenge or struggle is her weight. One of her most famous/controversial episodes was when she came out on the set with a wagon filled with a bag of 60+ pounds of fat. Oprah was at her smallest she had ever been at that moment in her life. She used the bag of fat to show her audience and viewers what 60 pounds actually looks like and how she had been carrying that around. Since then, she has gained most of the weight back and says she looks back on those days when she was so thin with regret.

Fourth Year - First Semester

2011-01-14T07:09:00.000-08:00

I don't know why it has taken me so long to post my work up from last semester. Overall I'm very satisfied with the result and happy with what I produced. Unfortunately I am not going to upload my final piece because it was probably the worst thing I've ever created lol. I was so sick and I forced myself to do it. I think it's currently being used as a desk wedge...so I have high regards for it.

Anywho let me just get you up to speed! My thesis was based on idioms about appearances so things like: Still Waters Run Deep, Never Judge a Book by Its Cover, Looks Are Only Skin Deep, etc. Below are the ones that I ended up illustrating. If you have any questions let me know!

Appearances Can Be Decieving - Acrylic on Board

A Smile in a Sea of Sadness - Acrylic on Board

Its What's On the Inside That Counts - Acrylic on Board

Still Waters Run Deep - Acrylic on Board

Youtube Premier!

2010-11-09T16:34:00.001-08:00

Open For Business!!

2010-11-08T15:12:00.000-08:00

Lylecakes on Etsy

Etsy shop is officially open! Please go and have a look around :D! If any of you guys have shops as well, please link me so I can add you to my favs ;)! We all gotta promote each other!

If anyone is interested in buying prints outside etsy (to save you on shipping costs) please let me know !

3 Page Narrative

2010-10-17T20:23:00.000-07:00

This was a rather stressful project that I'm very very glad is over lol. I am not the hugest fan of making my own comics but this turned out to be a lot more satisfying than I had anticipated. We were to create a 3 page narrative that is based on the theme of do as I say, not as I do. I was originally going for a humerus story but I ended up going for a really depressing story. It felt right, dunno why.
In other news, I went back home for my favorite time of the year this past Thanksgiving weekend. It was really nice to see all the family and sleep in my new comfy bed. I actually miss it sooo much lol, probably as much as my friends and family. Either way good times and drinks were had. I did end up being violtently ill after dinner on sunday night which is still a mystery but... I was fine the next day so... no biggie :D!

Debate 2.0|Debat 2.0

2010-09-01T10:07:00.000-07:00

11x17 Poster for the city of Ottawa Mayoral debate - "Debate 2.0"

Happy Birthday Pam

2010-08-09T11:53:00.000-07:00

My sister recently turned 28 and my gift to her was a watercolour portrait of her baby Jacob.

What I've Been Up To...

2010-07-16T08:49:00.001-07:00

I have just been doing a lot of portraits lately. Helps keep me busy!

Under the Night Sky

2010-06-24T14:12:00.000-07:00

10x15'

My contribution for upcoming show EhOK! at Canteen gallery on July 3rd.

Canada is seen by the world in many different ways. Some see it as a prosperous nation with a strong economy and excellent social systems. While others, most of the world, see it as a frozen tundra that is inhabited by lumberjacks who live in igloos and can't finish a sentence without "eh?". This piece represents that stereotype and provokes the audience to question the subject matter.

Very First Oil Painting tear

2010-06-11T08:33:00.000-07:00

So for my 20th birthday (last year) I got a really nice set of oil paints that I never used. I had every intention of using them but I was really hesitant due to the fact that they can take up to a month to dry. SO me being the really impatient person that I am put it on the back burner. I was flipping through a book by Mark Ryden and I was just really inspired to try oil painting. SO. Here it is! It's really just an experimental piece to learn how the paints work. I was pleased with the right side of the face as I did it a week ago, and then I finished up the left side of the face last night. Lol I don't think it's quite as good as the opposing side but who knows.

Canteen Gallery Presents: 99 Red Balloons

2010-05-03T17:04:00.000-07:00

Canteen Gallery Presents: 99 Red Balloons!!

Hey guys! Long time no post, I have been very busy with the ending of school and my new co-op. Definitely something to check out is the 99 Red Balloons exhibit in Ottawa on the 15th of May! The show will feature many artists from the area, on a national level, and even an international level. Definitely something you should check out!

Interested in participating? Excellent! Please let me know as soon as possible. All submissions must be no larger and no smaller than 9x9 inches. If you choose to frame your artwork the dimensions should not exceed 12x12 inches.

P.S. If you guys could pass this along by posting the image on your blog, that would be fantastic!!

April Fools Painting

2010-04-01T15:37:00.001-07:00

So... funny story about this piece lol. Well, not so much the piece but more the events leading up to doing it. Beth, being the wonderful person she is, came up to Sarah and I before we went to class and she told us that Ted (our instructor) threw a giant fit. He was SO mad that no one was setting up, he flipped a table and got ink everywhere. Sarah and I were like... O_O WHAT? Two seconds later Beth is like 'April Fools.' I was like... I HATE YOU BETH LOL.

Small Portrait

2010-03-25T15:16:00.001-07:00

Most recent in-class painting. Approx. 2.5 hours? There were a lot of interuptions... so maybe 2hrs.

Painting Class

2010-03-19T08:31:00.000-07:00

Recent in-class painting session result. I am really pleased
with how it turnt out. We get to choose how we want to work
this semester. I did have a different way before but then I
hated it SO much lol so I think I'm just going to work like
this with acrylic.

"Request for urgent business relationship"

2010-03-09T15:35:00.000-08:00

Most recent assignment for interpretive class. The purpose of the assignment was to create a narrative series of illustrations that examine and develop the characters inhabiting the world of Nigerian Fruad email. If you aren't familiar with these emails perhaps you can check your inbox for those pesky "business proposals" where you have been informed of winning $1,000,000 + dollars. Apparently some people have actually fallen for these and some people have ended up dying as a result? I'm not positive on that one so don't hold me to that.

We could interpret in any way we wanted it. Some people went really abstract while others went for a more obvious approach. Either way, it was a fun project. An interesting way of taking something that I may have thought was a bit boring at first and turning into something I really enjoy =)! My story was based on a woman from the UK trying to steal my identity by asking for my SIN number, bank info, etc. because I won the lottery and I she needed to transfer the funds lol. In reality, she's trying to steal my identity. So here is my solution:

Experimentation

2010-02-13T19:31:00.000-08:00

Just experimenting with some collage stuff. I really like how it turned out. I will do some more experimenting because this was only my first. I'm going to attempt to incorportate this into our next project because I think that will make it more interesting that way. I'm not interested in it at all so hopefully this will make me feel better and more motivated haha.

3rd Year Painting, First Semester

2009-12-17T15:08:00.001-08:00

This is all the work I have produced for the painting segment of the course of the second half of the semester. I like some, and I hate some :)!

Raising the Roof

2009-12-14T18:13:00.000-08:00

A joint project between information illustration and computers class. This is the final project of the semester for both classes. Our objective was to pick a topic that would raise awareness and so I chose to raise awareness about Canada's homeless, pertaining to youth. This took me a while to do because of all the art and me trying to figure out After Effects; never in my life have I have so many crashes with a program. Hope you all like it, can't wait to see everyone else's tomorrow!

Carbonmade?

2009-11-14T17:04:00.001-08:00

Hey everyone!! So here is my carbonmade site that I had to make for Co-Op. I'm not exactly sure on what the specifications were because I was not actually in the class (due to me not even being aware there was one) so I did what I thought was right!! If anyone else knows what exactly we're supposed to have (this question is mostly directed to Sheridan students) can you please comment and let me know? Here is mine:

My Carbonmade

I'll probably end up changing it but this is what I have so far.

New Layout!!

2009-11-11T12:20:00.000-08:00

I FINALLY figured out how to edit the appearance of my blog lol! That took way too long -___- and I would actually consider myself to be computer savy. Oh well, I did at leaast figure it out it only took about 2 months lol.

2009-11-10T09:09:00.000-08:00

Perfectionist

2009-10-15T19:02:00.001-07:00

Assignment for interpretive illustration. We had to create an image of a perfectionist. I like how it turned out.

Summer Portraits

2009-07-25T20:51:00.000-07:00

Summer Update

2009-05-31T21:35:00.000-07:00

K so I realise I haven't been blogging much... it's not that I didn't want to... I have just been having a really awesome summer, so far :)!! I have been doing a lot of commission work and been trying to find a stable job. With today's economy, things aren't looking very good. I have applied to so many places but no one has hours to give. At least, not at the places I want lol!! I know I can't be picky but I just can't see myself working fast food. Anyways, here's what I've been up to:

Self Portrait April 2009

2009-04-21T12:19:00.001-07:00

Final assignment for painting :)!! This one took me a while and I'm glad with how it turned out. The picture I took doesn't look as good as the real thing but that's okay. To my fellow sheridanee's, have a good summer!!

Our Profiles, Ourselves

2009-04-04T13:51:00.001-07:00

Editorial illustration about people who choose to be different personalities, or screen who they really are online.

Love Hurts

2009-03-24T19:58:00.001-07:00

Assignment for Interpretive. We had to take a popular song from the 1970's and illustrate the metaphor. My song was "Love Hurts" by Nazareth. I tried to make it look like even though we know love hurts we still put ourselves through it anyways. It's a very poor photograph. I should have probably scanned it, but I am apparently too lazy. I will probably scan it later and update it.

Young At Heart

2009-01-24T21:50:00.000-08:00

MORE ART muhaha >:D!!!

Random Inspiration

2009-01-23T21:40:00.000-08:00

Drew this real quick in pen and then coloured it with marker. I really love how the colours turned out. I can't seem to escape my love for alice in wonderland...

QUE? I did something in watercolour? THAT'S RIGHT lol. I'm as shocked as you all should be ;)!

Sick/New Sketchbook

2009-01-02T17:19:00.001-08:00

Okay so I get to celebrate the new year sick and stuck in my bed lol. I got bored so I did some art in ballpoint pen.

I call that perticular piece "Touch My Body" lol and YES it's like the Mariah Carey song. I also got a new sketchbook over the winter break! It's so sweet! It's made of this really sweet textured paper and bound with this leaf covering. It's really neat. Anyways, here is the only thing I like in the book so far :)!

Ottawa Arts Review Publication!

2008-12-23T21:44:00.000-08:00

WOW! FINALLY! That only took about... hmm... 6 months? I definitely didn't think it would end up getting printed but I'm quite suprised it did haha. I am so pleased with how it turned out. Definitely worth it! Here are some crappy shots that I took of the book. My scanner is back in Oakville (as I am spending the holidays in Ottawa) and can't scan it. I don't think I'm going to end up making better shots, it's just for your viewing pleasure :)! I was their featured artist so I am on the cover, the back image, and three images in the centre. I had no choice in the cover image so if you're wondering why they put that on there... I have no idea haha. I only gave them that as a filler. I didn't actually think they would use it, especially as the cover! To each is own I suppose :)

Art to Myself

2008-12-09T11:20:00.000-08:00

I have spent the entire semester just doing homework and partying, and the other day I realised that I haven't done any art for myself recently. Even though I had an exam today, last night I thought that my art was more important haha. I take my free time for granted. I look at the third/fourth years and how busy they are. A lot of them don't have time for their own art. I need to start being more passionate about where I'm going in life. Here's a start :)!!

Seeing Outloud

2008-11-27T18:35:00.000-08:00

So for this semester's final project for interpretive class we have to illustrate, or narrate I should say, a story that we were given. We had the choice between a story of a New York subway experience, or a circus town story. I ended up choosing the New York one because I thought I could do more with it... This is the first panel of four. I just wanted to see what it would look like on a computer haha

Robin's Photography

2008-11-27T18:17:00.000-08:00

Some sweet photos that Robin took over the last few months :)!! Very cool Robin!!

Happy Birthday Monica!

2008-11-16T22:02:00.000-08:00

"Don't be talking to me like joo know me!!"

Self Portrait November 2008

2008-11-11T19:54:00.000-08:00

Some school work that I had to do for painting class. The assignment was to do a self-portrait with chalk pastels and to use the whole page. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out in comparission with the rest of my work for that class...

Carve Your Pumpkin

2008-10-23T15:19:00.000-07:00

I am so excited for Halloween :D!! Whenever I was at walmart I was so inspired by this big fat pumpkin, couldn't wait to carve it. Here is some of the process and the final result:

Happy Halloween!!!

Ottawa Arts Review Magazine

2008-10-02T11:05:00.001-07:00

After a long awaited reply from the Ottawa Arts Review Magazine they have finally printed my issue. I am so excited! I am their featured artist for... well it was supposed to be august but I guess it's november? Lol w/e it comes out on monday and I'm hoping to get some scanned images of the actual magazine when they mail it :)!!

The Second Year

2008-09-30T19:48:00.000-07:00

I'm definitely going to try my best to stay away from deviantart as much as possible. Second year is all about change; Change in media, change in perspective, but mostly change in myself. I really want to grow as an artist and I will try and use this blog to document my progress :)!

This perticular piece is just some random things that I found around the house and thought I would make some art with it haha. Most of it was just ripped out and glued. Even the doodle, just something I did in my binder during class. Oh well, this is my "journal" cover, I thought I would just keep one after the journal presentations for the first year illustration students. It will probably just be a doodle book but that's what I like so I look forward to see what I'll do.