persuading myself to sleep.

this is a painting i did toward the end of august. it was inspired by an article i read in The Walrus about a hallucinogenic in south america. i finally got to scan it in, thanks to the giant scanner at sheridan.

once, i loved.

i just finished the other spread for blair's narrative class tuesday and will begin working on a portrait of steve buscemi for friday. i think tomorrow will be a good day, despite the...Read more

Blank Subject

working with graphite is like working with a person you've known all your life, but have neglected for so long.

maybe graphite can forgive me for forgetting...

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2B or not 4B.

ello, ello.

last night i completed the spread for blair's visual narrative assignment. the children's story is somewhat inspired by a short story by haruki murakami, (who, by the way, was up for the nobel literature prize recently). the original was supposed to be tabloid-sized, but i messed up; so for the final i had to do quite a bit of cropping. this is the original scan, untouched:

of inclination.

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open to suggestion

i am working on a website that i'm really pushing to have done for mid-november at the latest.

it will be very simple as it just needs to get the point across. i've opted for no flash.

as some of you may know, i'm not too keen with this digital stuff- including what is involved in purchasing a domain name and server, (is that even what you need?). more importantly, what company should i go with? i don't necessarily have a fixed budget, but i'm not looking to spend hundreds of dollars here. i know a f...Read more

info ills is fun.

after making one out of two information illustration finals, i decided i would have some fun with my second one.

earlier this semester i was complaining that this class does not lend itself to portfolio-worthy work, but alas- it is what you make it, right? so on the denim: community project, i did skinny jean communities. i won't post the final information illustration because it's just sad, but here are the drawings that went into the second final:

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postcards for clemente

here are the postcards i'm staying up to complete for clemente.

it's a part of my visual narrative class tuesday afternoons.

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newness

ok, i've done it. i've jumped on the blogging bandwagon.

i thought this would be a good way to put up new work and spark some conversation. i'd really appreciate honest comments as i'm trying to grow as a painter/illustrator. though compliments are always nice, believe me when i say- i love contructive criticism and is most welcome.

so welcome to fills the ills, i'm kinda excited. Read more