Rage

Just random sketch. Expression was cool and I like the pose, it is kind of awkward and weird. But man what a Rage.

I hope everybody is having a nice summer.

Got a bunch of stuff I am working on so I hope to post a little more consistently.

Oh I also have a Kalamafraz email located on the right under contact.
Feel free to contact me about all sorts of things. Commissions, the weather, elves.
Anything.

Faun and Flora - Merlot

These are the Merlot labels, I really liked how the red turned out. The faun was not as much fun to draw as the nymph, mainly because my wife refused to let me put a penis on him. I personally feel that takes away from the illustration. Not that I wanted to over exaggerate it or anything, I just though "He's a male he got one, it's probably waggling around." But once again the double standard wins out. Female nudity alright, male nudity not alright. I did a series of sketches to get him right and it took me three tries. It was nice to complete these labels but in the end they ended up detracting from some other personal projects of mine, so I'm glad these are done and I can put them behind me.

Here is the write-up for the back label:

Our signature Merlot was created and aged by the infamous international Jewel thief Roberto Gillespinni. Where are my favourite jewels you ask? “Did I misplace them?.. Are the kids playing with them?”

No! Chances are at some point Roberto has let himself into your home and made off with your precious trinkets an stones.

Fret not dear wine drinker, your valuables have been put to good use. Once melted down to make golden beaver key chains, your precious jewellery is sold and used to import the rare Sauvignon Blanc grapes from the Ancient Forest, the location which only Roberto knows. It is in the Ancient Forest where the Nymphs and Fauns nurture these unique grapes to fruition with music and dance.

The flavour of Flora & Faun Merlot can be described as:

“Having a medium body with hints of berry, plum and currant with fleshy overtones.”

Flora and Faune - Sauvingnon Blanc

This is the label I designed for my wedding. It is based on a sketch I did last year of a naked woman prancing. Beth (my wife) suggested I make it into a wine label. I knew that if we made wine labels for the wedding we were going to need a red. So I came up with the concept that she was a wood nymph in an ancient forest, so perhaps she would be chased around by a randy wine drinking faun. Thus the name Flora and Faun. I used design elements Beth had created to make the wedding invitations and incorporated them into my design for consistencies sake. Anyhow here is the Flora and Faun, Sauvignon Blanc label I'll post the Merlot label tomorrow.

Here is the write-up for the back label:

Our signature Sauvignon Blanc was created and aged by the infamous international Jewel thief Roberto Gillespinni. Where are my favourite jewels you ask? “Did I misplace them?.. Are the kids playing with them?”

No! Chances are at some point Roberto has let himself into your home and made off with your precious trinkets an stones.

Fret not dear wine drinker, your valuables have been put to good use. Once melted down to make golden beaver key chains, your precious jewellery is sold and used to import the rare Sauvignon Blanc grapes from the Ancient Forest, the location which only Roberto knows. It is in the Ancient Forest where the Nymphs and Fauns nurture these unique grapes to fruition with music and dance.

The flavour of Flora & Faun Sauvignon Blanc can be described as:

“Crisp, elegant and fresh with a hint of naughtiness.”

Bullets and Beer

This is a sketch I did today based on a song to be written by Casey McCauley singer/songwriter and personality on the Devil and Me podcast. It's kind of morbid but them's the breaks. I think I might take the image of the woman with the gun and just use that. I think that would make it more funny and less murder.

I would also like to do a colour version.

Folkfest Sketches

Well folks it's been a while hasn't it?

I have not posted for the last while for good reason. I got married. in fact I have been married for about a week and a half now. Good times. I had a wonderful wedding ceremony out in Steinbach Manitoba on friends property. It was beautiful. I'll get some photos up as soon as I organize some things in my life. In the meantime here are some quick sketches I did at the Winnipeg Folkfest this year. This was where Beth (my wife) and I Honeymooned. It was a lot of fun but there was a bit of rain and my sketchbook got a bit soggy. Word to the wise those cheap pen brushed we got in college are a lot of fun to use but they bleed when they get wet. So if you like doing brushwork use india ink because it is waterproof.

I think some of the sketches need some explanation.

The first is of this grumpy old bastard who got real bent out of shape that I was talking while a band was playing. Instead of asking me to be quite. He waited in silence until his rage peaked. Then he got up and stormed off claiming that "Some people come here to listen to the music." No doubt, but some people go to enjoy the day and the people who are keeping them company. If you have a problem speak up don't make a scene where you end up looking like a douche bag.

Second one is of a kid in a VW shirt he was cool looking so I sketched him. The next is of the Tilly Twins an old man and I'm assuming his son sitting in identical clothes and tilly hats enjoying the festival. I would like to mention I was also wearing a tilly hat when I sketched this. Go Tilly!

Thirdly I did this sketch with Beth and a Friend Jason Botkin. Both are great artists so it was a lot of fun to draw a section and pass the picture along and see how the next person would add a little bit more until we had this random beautiful collage of drawings. So much fun.

That's it for now I look forward to getting back to posting and I hope everybody is having as much fun as me this summer.