Too Hot Up North

Doodles Forevah!!!

The Viking Part 1

Quick sketching continued..

The Executioner

Sketzboek 2

Daily sketching, concepts...

Lunar Jim

Halifax Film, Alliance Atlantis project.

Nova Scotia images cont

Halifax, Nova Scotia

South Street

Worked in Halifax last year, nice, quaint, idyllic city! 2 of my fave artists ; Darwyn Cooke and Steve McNiven lived there.. the late great Hal Foster grew up there as well.

Sketchjam again!

Sketzz

Ahh, back to the basic sketching..

TNMT spoof

Not everyone liked this show but, I enjoyed working on this... maybe b/c they actually beat the crap outta their opponents. It's campy, and has Samurai feel to it.

TNMT

Why are these dudes here again?
Could be b/c there' a new movie coming up.

Sketchjam cont 2

After 20 years in Television animation; from Smurfs to WB Batman Season 1, to Dreamworks "Joseph" to sweetie kiddie little shows like "Stanley" and "Lunar Jim"; you certainly meet ALL kinds of people. It just makes me smile...

Sketchjam cont

and now, back to the doodles;

Sketchjam

"We strain hardest for things which are almost but not quite within our reach."


- Frederick W Faber

Sketzboek

Doodles continued...

SB's cont

SB's cont

Cranking out a 22 minute board plus another 11 minute in one month... you know it how felt like?
Like burning a candle on both ends.

Storyboard art

Ruff Sketch cont

Sketchbook Pro
doodles..

Mojave stand

Ruff sketch # 9

Deadlines

In my line of work, summers are always the busiest! I don't know why?
A friend sent this image of himself working on another deadline...
Beware, things aren't always what they seem.

Illusions

We live in accordance with unique and even shared illusions.These beliefs serve as powerful influences on how we reason.

SB Art 2

Shredder in the cartoon tv series

Aerial Boundaries

Ruff Concept 7

Life is an Adventure...

so to speak.

Trial by Fire

Teleportation

Beam me up, Scottie!

True Grit

Ruff Concept 2

SB Art

I promise myself to treat myself And visit a nearby tower...

Old Man sketch

Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.
Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.
Old man look at my life,
Twenty four & there's so much more
Live alone in a paradise That makes me think of two. Love lost, such a cost, Give me things that don't get lost. Like a coin that won't get tossed
Rolling home to you.

Exploration

Yeah, it's the Journey NOT the Destination...

Trekking

One does become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious..


-Carl Jung

Space...

Do you sometimes ask yourself; "Why are we here?"
Are we really just a speck in the Universe?
Is Astral projection or reincarnation really possible? Are we still evolving?
They answer my questions with 'questions'.. all we are is 'dust in the wind'... cliche but, that's my rambling thought for the day.

200 metres from Everest summit, Canadian halts climb to rescue man

Sat May 27, 01:50 PM EST
A Calgary woman says she's very proud of her husband for being part of a team that saved an Australian climber who was left for dead on Mount Everest.
"I know he feels he made the right decision," Jennifer Brash said of her husband Andrew. "He was very close to the summit, but more importantly, he did the right thing for this climber," she told CBC News on Saturday.
Lincoln Hall reached the summit on Thursday and was descending with his Russian-led expedition when he reportedly became delirious, a sign of fluid on the brain, and could not be moved. His wife and teenage sons had been told he had died.
Hall spent the night alone at an elevation of 8,700 metres, before other climbers including the Calgarian found him the next morning.
Brash's group gave Hall tea, oxygen and a radio for communication. Hall later received medical attention .
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Re; Sacrifice. Well, fame and personal ambition can wait with respect towards others urgent needs case in point --- a LIFE! We cannot escape our own prejudices when death or hardship stares at us in the face.. and sometimes, help comes unexpectedly from other people. We may find ourselves compromised at 29000 feet, very rarely we get help yet, at the most critical moment.. somehow we'd be grateful when someone DOES lend us hand.

Personal Meaning

Differences in the beliefs people have about themselves and the world arise from diverse personal backgrounds. Although we share common beliefs in a multicultural society, each of us acquired some of our OUTLOOKS from our subculture and our unique life histories.

Because the conditions of our lives are construed differently, the emotions we experience vary any given situation.To understand these emotions requires that the observers put themselves in the shoes of the person being observed...

To Acknowledge the Past

It's impossible to change the past - what has happened has happened. We can ACKNOWLEDGE what has happened, show empathy, and even take ownership for our part in the events but, we CANNOT alter them...Once acknowledged, we can take steps towards betterment, a change of direction.

Lightning Storm

It has long been noted that some conquerors prefer enemies as fierce as tigers and brave as eagles, for only then can they savor the true joy of victory.

Battlecry

Thor against an Asgardian intruder..

Head of an Indian

Distant shores

Took a stroll at Kits park, a wonderful spring day!

HFX Sketchbook

Here's an old sketch of Einstein w/ Oppenheimer.. I usually do sketches while waiting 4 board approval..

HFX Sketchbook

Sketch of Lord Cornwallis monument near the Westin Nova Scotia

Desiderata

"Desiderata"
by Max Ehrmann (1872-1945)


"Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble, it's a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantement, it is as perrenial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy."

Strength

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.