Owl's Sushi

I don't think I've made a blog post about my etsy shop yet, so here it is!  Lots of sushi and nerdy stuff :)  Come check it out: http://www.owlssushi.etsy.com/

Here are some pics of the stuff you can find there:

Creative day

Had a moment yesterday where I was feeling down about my work - especially one of my current projects.  But after a very inspiring and creative class this morning (my classmates are so talented and awesome ^_^) I went home and did some personal illustrations.

So first, cameo-shaped inspired octopus tentacle! (I need to draw more octopi, it's been too long)

Second, got around to illustrating the christmas card I'm going to send out this year.  Really excited about this!

Stitched up Chinese Zodiac

I'm getting a calendar made at Black's, and wanted to do something quick and illustrative instead of photographs.  So I made these chinese zodiac designs up.  The plan was to overlay a texture and be done - but I wasn't happy with just that.  So I played around with them and came up with a "Kirby's Epic Yarn"-ish patch-y look.  In the compilation below, I just pulled them off of their individual calendar pages, so the colours are a little unorganised when put all together but they make sense on their own.

Below are some examples of the calendar pages, and a close up of a few of my favourites.

Cheetah roughs

Sorry for the lack of updates, got sick for a week and then was super busy the next so I've fallen behind a bit.  As I catch up this week, here are my roughs for the cheetah illustrations. The cheetah will get it's pattern during the digital painting phase ;)

Thesis - Ostrich

Some more thesis sketches, this one is for a piece on the ostrich.  Apparantly you can ride ostriches - definately want to try this before I die.  ALSO they don't stick their heads in the ground to hide - total myth - instead they lay flat on the ground so that from a distance they look like a mound of dirt.

Thesis - Springboks

Time to start getting some stuff going here - I've been busy planning and starting on my thesis for my final year of illustration.  I'll be illustrating some animals annnnnnd... animal hybrids.  Because they're cool.  (other reasons too, but mostly because cool).

Here's a look at the initial drawings for the springbok illustration.

 

Delicious Heart Cookies

Another day of sweetness adventuring.  Today I made some delicious heart cookies!  I painted them myself! (if you don't get the references, go watch Legend of Neil now, its a webshow about Legend of Zelda with comedic happenstances and old men tomfoolery)

I like turtles

I went on an adventure to Bulk Barn today, came back with turtle molds and chocolate :D  I present, mint flavoured turtles!

Stamps!

I made some stamps yesterday to use on my packaging for Owl's Sushi.  I've never made a stamp before, it was actually pretty easy and the result looks great!  I just used a big eraser, draw my design on and cut out the negative using an exacto knife and carving tools.

Olde Timer

I aged up a photograph of Anthony - so daper.

Warm Welcomes

On my way into work every morning at my internship at Imagineering, I'm greeted by two things.  The first is the golden arches on my way in to get my iced coffee for the day.  I just noticed the other day what the welcome sign actually looks like (note pidgeon "deterrent" spikes).  Sure makes you feel warm inside.

The inside of this McDonalds is actually really neat, it's the location at Bloor & Avenue Rd, across the street from the Royal Ontario Museum, so some of the wallpaper on the inside has dinosaur fossils.  I'll snap a picture next time. It also has 3 floors and a patio.

But then, just a few doors over at my internship, I'm greeted by the lovely fellow who stands right outside the elevators waiting to say hello (he's dress up for summer and Canada Day):

Sketchy tomatoes

I've been busy at work and haven't done anything really creative other than some cooking.  However, I did start drawing one of my balcony tomato plants this past weekend.  Still have lots to do on it, but here's a little progress shot.

Minecraft Cake Cake

So I made a cake...

My Little Garden: Nature is Magic

I started a balcony garden this weekend!  I'm very excited, I had a small backyard garden a few years ago at my mum's house, but then we moved to an apartment.  I'm very happy to have a little garden back, I picked up some oregano, rosemary, chives, sage and TOMATOES.  Yay!

My plan for the holiday day off tomorrow is to start a botanical project illustrating each of my new plants.  Hope it's sunny again :)

Sitting outside with the plants makes me warm and fuzzy inside ^_^

BLOG. I has one?

So I've started a blog! Finally joined the Sheridan crowd.  I felt I needed to be accountable for my lazyness and having a blog that I need to post to or else I'll start to feel guilty about not posting seemed like a good start.  I've got half the summer left and I want to be as productive as I can.

Starting this blog has already got my in a super motivated mood that I hope I can sustain.  I'll be posting sketches, personal projects and school projects on here.  As well, I'll be posting just some awesome photos of whats going on it my life.  LESS-A GO!