derty thoughts

Hiatus hiatus

2010-03-17T21:07:00.006-04:00

After a long time, here are some overdue drawings I've done in the past year or so. Mix of styles really. I think i want to go back to basics and work on simple line and figurative drawings. I'm really inspired by this Torontonian artist i stumbled across on Flickr. Check out his earliest work. Simply great.

Okay now for my stuff... yikes.

A portrait of my parents for their anniversary

Not sure if I ever posted the FINAL of this. but here it is.

Forever incomplete dip pen drawing of a brief friendship.

in the works... my lovely girl.

random sketches

line drawing of us at new years

my grandma!

shot of the page

little notes

2010-02-07T13:24:00.000-05:00

the little notes i write
the little notes i sing
well nobody but you
ever knows my real meaning.

the little notes you find
and the little notes you hear
i hope they make you safe
i hope they calm your fears.

they say that light moves fast
and sound is ever slow
but i'm not made of light
nor on the radio.

but every night i try
to hum a brand new part
in hopes my notes will strum
a chord within your heart.

oh me oh my

2009-08-11T18:23:00.004-04:00

hey non-readers.
just a quick update to say that i am still drawing--less often--but still at it. i'm working on graphite, charcoal, and ink drawings still... to be honest, i've given greyscale a rest for a while... but hopefully i can get back into it soon.
i'll post some work when i can!

derty vs greyscale markers

2008-10-09T19:51:00.008-04:00

Arrgghh... i've been struggling with the technique(s?) greyscale markering requires. I tried doing several technical exercises -- spheres, other 3D objects -- and a portrait. All looked like pure and complete shit. I think they were so bad because i didn't realize you had to saturate the area being shaded... the hatching look i think is cool... kinda impressionist-like. That being said, I still haven't figured out how to do an entire drawing with it. So i did the saturation method and i have a drawing that isn't very good, but i'm proud that i am slowly conquering greyscale markers! HA! So, to exmplify the progress i am making, i'm uploading the shit drawings I did back in... August? July? i'm not sure... as well as the one i am kind of happy with. enjoy, my non-blog-readers.

In other news, i'm not drawing my old muse anymore for fear of the black stitches holding my heart together bursting open, allowing heartblood to flow out, ruining (or enhancing?) the drawing anyway.... oh, and killing me.

So! onto bigger and better things :D life is pretty damn good right now and though it took some time, i'm happy to be drawing again and hope to do a lot more. BLAM!

A terrible first attempt

Realizing i need technical practice...

I kinda like the hatching

One more try... you can see the frustration...

Alice, Crystal Castles

For her eyes only...

2008-09-15T17:04:00.009-04:00

These drawings are taken from a journal of sorts addressed to somebody I used to know. I never intended on giving that journal to her, but in a heartbeat I did. I think I did it because I knew I'd written honestly (we all would if we thought nobody would ever read it...) and I knew we wouldn't be speaking for a long time.... Plus, all the entries were addressed to her.
Here are a couple drawings from that cahier.

2008-09-08T17:27:00.002-04:00

written june 7 2008

i spoke to the sun today
from my lips to her ear
the words came out,
"deliver this, to someone west of here"

the message reads
'hello love, do you miss me
and my knocking at your door?'

but asking this is painful
for i'll always miss you more.

Broken hearts tessellate tonight

2008-07-16T02:46:00.006-04:00

Haven't been drawing a whole lot lately... lameness really, and I have no excuse. But i've been experimenting with ink lately, doing what i think might be called 'ink sketches'. So below are a couple that I just did to play around.

Blind Contour with some ink thrown on top afterwards. The drip marks on the left side were unintentional, but then it seemed appropriate, so i added some gravitational force to extend them.

Started off blind, but then kind of wasn't... I was playing around with different pen strokes and media to apply the india ink on top.

Just for fun... this is the above drawing after messing around with it a bit on photoshop.

They don't love you like I love you

2008-06-17T01:18:00.002-04:00

sunday afternoon
(graphite and charcoal)

Salvation

2008-06-09T20:22:00.003-04:00

This piece is a series of paintings for an assignment on colour. There is a hidden message in the work. Your hint is this: it's in red and the phrase is 5 words long. It's not hard and not meant to be a puzzle... in fact, it's right in front of you.

From what? For what? (acrylic on canvas)

How the heart breaks

2008-06-09T17:12:00.002-04:00

Below is a series of drawings of a single subject who inspired me to draw. They're all pretty self-explanatory... and none of these drawings do her justice.

Starts off as a muse
(charcoal)

Kind of a shitty drawing
(ink and india ink)

Give me your eyes, i need sunshine
(ink)

Getting out of hand
(graphite)

Kindly make you way to the exit pt. 1
(ink)

Kindly make you way to the exit pt. 2
(ink)

Thieving
(chalk and charcoal)

untitled
(chalk and charcoal)

(chalk and charcoal)

beauty supreme
(graphite and charcoal)

The Mapping Project

2008-06-09T17:05:00.002-04:00

This was an assignment for my drawing class, in which we had to 'map' anything we wanted. I mapped my body and its processes, past and present changes, etc. It is a life-sized tracing of my body. The tracing is my handwriting that goes the entire perimeter of my body. Done in ink on mayfair paper.

Full view

Closer view at the torso

A closer look at my he[art]

More drawings

2008-06-09T17:01:00.002-04:00

self portrait make up assignment

i just drew this for fun

first crush (2)

first crush (1)

lenn and me being emo

Drawings

2008-06-09T15:07:00.001-04:00

Dark side of Plastic Bag Project

Light side of Plastic Bag Project

Plastic Bag Project

My Bedroom in Goldor Delorst in London, ON