Happy Halloween!

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

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!

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

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

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?

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?



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fixed colours

-edit- linework

Chalk Drawings!

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: