Portraits

Hey check it out! I just finished up this illustration and wanted to share it with everyone. The illo was for an article in The Canadian Sportsman. It was about different writers experiences with horse racing. So for each story I had to draw a portrait of each writer. It was fun to do. Enjoy.

-Ty

Its been a bit. I am working on several new surreal works as well as the new ASS#3 which will be previewed very soon. Until then check this out.

Zen's Con Sketches

Here's Zen's con sketch of Blanka at the FanExpo (Aug. 24-26 2007). Zen wanted me to take a pic of it so he can remember it. So here ya go Zen.

And here's another ...

-Ty

The Boy and The Crow - Ty's Version

Hey! This is my version, or should I say versions of The Boy and The Crow!

I did this one first. I wanted to do a dark sort of piece. Once I was finished, I felt like doing another one.

This time I wanted to do something completely opposite of the other one, something fun. So I came up with this.
At Willow and Ray's reception I had people complimenting on the second piece more so than the first. What do you think?

-Ty

The Boy and the Crow

This painting was a gift for the wedding of two wonderful people Willow Dawson and Ray Cammaert. The theme for their celebration was "The Boy and The Crow." Which I later found out worked off Willow's last name - Dawson meaning son of daw (Jackdaw) Ray being the boy.

I stuck with a two tone palette of burnt sienna, ultramarine and white. I laid down a neutral grey tone in the background and then worked the highlights and shadows up from there.

Cat Lady - B&W

I'm in the midst of coloring her, but here's an inked cat lady. After all the comic conventions I've been attending lately I thought I would try my hand at some traditional ink drawing. As for the subject matter - with a new kitten running around here (bringing our cat total up to three) I sometimes feel like a cat lady.

Fan Expo weekend

It's Fan Expo weekend and Sketchkrieg! will strike again!
I'll be bringing copies of my new comic series AWOL'd, plus copies of my sketchbook filled with concept sketches, comics, life drawings, and randoms.
The cover of my sketchbook is shown above.

TCAF this weekend!

This weekend is the Toronto Comic Arts Festival. I'm so excited to be in it again, along side my partner in crime, Tyrone McCarthy and the members of SketchKRIEG! Best of all it's FREE ADMISSION! Put on by The Beguiling it features a not to be missed lineup of some crazy huge names in comic arts. It's being held on Saturday and Sunday Aug 18 & 19 in the Old Victoria Building, U of T (Northeast corner of Queen's Park.)

I'm working away on having some mini original paintings to sell like the little 4x4" guy up there. One thing I learned from the Fruitopia job is that I can get a lot of painting done in a day if I just focus.

Drop by and visit. All the info is on the link above. It truly is an amazing festival with a little bit of something for everyone.

See you there!

Mobile Art

Crime & Punishment

Fairy Tale Romance

Hey dudes ...
Just wanted to post some illustration work that I've done lately ...
I did these illustrations for a mobile phone company ...
They're "digital stickers" which you would place over a pic that was captured off your mobile phone ...
I had some fun working on the Crime and Punishment piece ...
Fairy Tale Romance was all right ...
Enjoy ...

-Ty

Car Trouble

A black-and-white version of the cover for The Amazing Challengers of Unknown Mystery #3. Everybody dies!

On the RoofTop...

The Human Fly design is finnally up on Project Rooftop. Check on the R.F logo and see how it panned out with the judges.

A.S.S. #3 Sketches

I am working on Action Satisfaction Supreme #3.
In this issue you meet Russ's Family.
I am convinced that using the computer is the best way to go.
My process for this issue will be completely digital.
Let me know what you think.

Farewell Scarborough

It's been a while since I posted anything, but I recently worked on a five-page story that I'm submitting to a magazine for publication. It features a character called Town Cryer that I've bandied about in various forms in my sketchbooks for years. It's nice to see him finally used. Let me know what you think!

Captain America - Con Sketch!

Zen's Cap'n

Ty's Cap'n

Hey! Check out these Captain America sketches that Zen & I did during the Paradise Comics: Toronto Comicon. They were handing out these Captain America comics with blank covers during the show. Apparently the comics were for some sort of auction. Zen and I gave it try and we're pretty happy with our results.

From The Human Fly to Super Fly

There is a site called Project Rooftop devoted to super hero fashion. The challenge is to redesign a character but still making him recognizable and not revamping his orgin. So I did The Human Fly in tribute to my father-in-law's childhood favorite.

the page before

Again some pre-inked work(page 2). Things to note: the last 3 panels have the same image of the hole in the door pasted on over each panel. Also there will be a lot of sound words added.

Princess', Fairies ... OH MY!

Alana is not the only one doing something different. Check it out, I'm drawing fairies and princess'! Before you say, "What the?!" I did this poster for a theatre company in Barrie. It's for their children musical Sleeping Beauty. I don't usually do this sort of subject matter ... but I had fun with it.
Hope you like ...

-Ty

Fashion Illustrations

Now for something completely different.

I've got a bit of a knack for loose watercolor fashion illustrations. Once in a while a job pops up for this type of work and I get called upon to switch styles and mediums. It's a nice respite from the tedious layering of acrylics. The speed and quick decisions needed for these type of images is liberating yet restrictive at the same time. One false stroke and I need to start the whole painting over again. It actually took me a few shots before I loosened up enough to get the look that the designer wanted.

These four were my favorite out of the twelve.

Quite possibly the cutest thing I've ever painted...

Here's the final for the pet portrait of Ludlow. It's full of tooth rotting sugary cuteness! I'm really happy with how it turned out - and so are the couple I was commissioned by (phew!)

PLEASE BE CRUEL....and a little kind... but mostly cruel.

This one page(Page#3) of many in which I will post as the month goes by. I really want to hear some feed back before I lay down the inks. Like for example: where would a cast shadow sit on Diablo in panel#1?

Personally I'm not too crazy on panel#2 and already thinking of another option.

Out of Context Circus Sketches

I am now working on a few final pieces for the Circus Spectacle show. Here are some bits and pieces of what you can expect. Comments?

Life DrawingS aka Pam Beasley in the nude.

From a month ago...



May 3rd...because I was missing a new episode of the Office that day, the challenge was turning the model into Pam Beasley.


"That's what I said, Michael." - Pam

Teddy bear picnic

I was recently commissioned by a friend of mine who is a fabulously talented artist as well - www.samanthasandbrook.com - to create a portrait of her pet dog Ludlow. Rather than the usual pet in front of bland background Samantha had an unusual and imaginative request to paint her puffy toy pup at a formal teddy bear's picnic. Ludlow, looking like a stuffed toy himself, looks right at home among the bears.

I began by sketching out some different possibilities for the composition. Sam and her husband settled on their favorite two and suggested combining certain elements from both of them. From there I worked up a linear. Samantha requested mainly neutrals with pops of color. Since I'm used to working in a high contrast colorful palette I decided to do a color linear. This lets me check that she likes the color, as well it gives me a reference to print and stick to while I paint.

I'll show the final 16 x 16 painting once I'm finished.

Kitties!

Here are some cat studies for a self-directed project I'm working on. Just a little something to keep me busy when I'm between jobs. These are character studies. I want the style of the cats to be somewhere between real and cartoony. I took the liberty of coloring a couple of them in Photoshop, just for fun, and to make my sketches a little more interesting.