Awoken cover pitch

So this was my cover pitch for Sarah Ellenson's teenage paranormal romance Awoken. Wasn't selected but I was pleased with the image they did go with. Here I went for a very tropey girl-with-face-obscured-by-hair-holding-unrelated-object.

Paris Romance

More Toons on Tap. This is from the "Paris Romance" session with Bianca Boom Boom and El Toro. Markers pencils and conte.

Blind Luck at Comic-Con SD!

Hey Guys!

Just announcing that on Thursday July 18th at 2:30pm my thesis film Blind Luck will be screening at the San Diego Comic con as part of Comic Con International Film Festival! Q+A to follow. :)

Click here for all the details!

Captain Laser-beam!

If you haven't heard of it check out The Thrilling adventure hour. They're an amazing podcast in the style of old-time radio. Above is captain laser-beam, voiced by John DiMaggio. :)
Drawn in adobe Illustrator, colored in Photoshop.

Sniff

Sniff from diane aarts on Vimeo.

So here's something quick I made this weekend. Did the animation, lighting and background. Animated in Maya.

Rig used was a modified Norman rig by Pedro "Qcho" Sanz

Merida

From the "brave" session of Toons on tap. pencil, conte, marker, pencil crayon and pastel.

Wicked

 The Daytona Bitch and Miss Conception as the wicked witch and Dorothy! From the wizard of Oz toons on tap at the Rhino. Conte + photoshop and pencil + markers.

TCAF drink and draw

Went to the drink and draw event at the toronto comic arts festival.

Started out like this..

(which of course degenerated into this...)

TAAFI Iron pencil

 So entered the iron pencil contest at the TAAFI welcome to the industry party- Me and Laurel Dalgleish each drew a five minute pose, onstage. Here's the end results:

"I'll get you next time, Laurel!"

space babes

 Some drawings from the "aliens and astronauts" session at toons on tap. Above: conte and photoshop. Below: Ink and marker.

venom

venom from marvel month at toons on tap

pirate ladies

Pencil coloured in photoshop. These were cake decorations of myself and our friend Trish for a piratey birthday cake.

rogue and the scarlet witch

More Toons on tap! Been going pretty much every time lately, more to come.

Conte on newsprint.

Cleopatra

More toons on tap at the Rhino. Conte and photoshop.

film noir

from "toons on tap" at the Rhino. Pencil, marker and photoshop.

So Droll

This line of audio was taken from the audiobook "Sense sensibility and sea monsters" Loved the voices Katherine Kellgren used in this, especially Mrs. Dashwood. :)
Using the model "Norma" found  here

more life drawing

A bit of life drawing from this past winter. Should have some more painting/animation stuff coming soon, plus a lot of toons on tap related stuff.

Pin ups!

More fun at toons on tap! This week's theme (although nearly a month ago now) was "housewives" featuring the ever lovely Bianca Boom-Boom.

conte, pencil crayons and photoshop.

She-ra!

Some She-Ra sketches from Toons on Tap this week at the Rhino. Thanks to the Dakota bitch for being such a wonderful model! Graphite, conte, and some digital touching up. 

figurine pose

so this was cool, a friend contacted me about drawing a pose for a dungeons and dragons (pathfinder) figurine. The original design of this character was by Michelle Moger. The character was then digitally modelled and 3d printed and painted. drawn in pencil and marker.