First Cup June 30. 2010
Ready for the lunch rush at Basell's Restaurant.
Niagara Falls, Ont, Canada. Nikon D60.
I Heart My Bicycle. June 30
The final installment. It was a fun challenge to post a drawing everyday. There were some challenges, like a dying hard drive, and travel, but overall I really enjoyed doing it. I'll be packaging the bicycle images into a ipod/ipad book. Look for it soon.
Art title: Bike 30 finale. Pencil, Brush Pen, and Photoshop CS4.
Font: Hoefler Text, Black Italic.
I Heart My Bicycle. June 27,28,29
Posting the next few days in advance since my computer will be out of commission.
Art title: Bike 29 The Blast. Pencil and Photoshop CS4. Font: OCR A Std.
Art title: Bike 28 Repair. Pencil and Photoshop CS4. Font: Giddyup.
Art title: Bike 27 Helmet. Pencil and Photoshop CS4. Font: American Typewriter Bold.
I Heart My Bicycle. June 26
Inspired by ealry 20th century photography. Drawn straight in pencil.
Art title: Bike 26 The Block. Pencil and Photoshop CS4. Font: Voluta Script.
I Heart My Bicycle. June 25
My friend, Sosi, sent me a drawing of a gnome, so I'm sending her one in return.
Art title: Bike 25 Bike Gnome. Brush Pen and Photoshop CS4. Font: Fette Fraktur LT. STD by Adobe font foundry.
First Cup June 24. 2010
Having coffee at Basell's Restaurant. Over 65 years of serving up good food.
Niagara Falls, Ont, Canada. Nikon D60.
I Heart My Bicycle. June 24
You need to have a low rider bike drawing.
Art title: Bike 24 Low Rider. Pencil and Photoshop CS4. Font: Eclat ICG, by Image Club Graphics.
I Heart My Bicycle. June 23
True Romance and bicycles.
Art title: Bike 23 Bike Romance. Pencil and Photoshop CS4. Font: Mostra One, Heavy by Mark Simonson fonts.
I Heart My Bicycle. June 22
Thinking of coffee, detectives, and bicycles.
Art title: Bike 22 Gumshoe. Ballpoint Pen and Photoshop CS4. Font: CA Scribb, by Cape-Arcona fonts.
I Heart My Bicycle
I'm posting the next couple of days because I won't be near my computer.
Art title: Bike 21 Bike Girl. Pencil and Photoshop CS4. Font: Porcelain.
Art title: Bike 20 Alone. Pencil and Photoshop CS4. Font: Sidewalk.
Art title: Bike 19 Bike Crush. Pencil and Photoshop CS4. Font: MrsEaves.
The NBA Season is over. Art title: Bike 18 B Ball. Pencil and Photoshop CS4. Font: Fina
I Heart My Bicycle. June 17
I had a major computer crash. I had to erase my drive. Thank the Universe, for backups. Even though I didn't post this on time, I still did the drawing on that day.
Art title: Bike 17 No Fear. Pencil and Photoshop CS4. Font DryCleaners.
I Heart My Bicycle. June 16
A quick sketch of a forgotten bicycle.
Art title: Bike 16 Underwater. Ballpoint pen and Photoshop CS4.
Font used: Spring house
I Heart My Bicycle. June 15
Drawing done by me, coloring done by my dear friend, Sosi Lopez. She is five years old.
Art title: Bike 15 Helados. Ballpoint pen, crayons, and Photoshop CS4.
I Heart My Bicycle
I'm off to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island so I'm posting my daily pictures in advance. My streak remains intact.
Art title: Bike 14 B is for... Pencil, and Photoshop CS4.
Art title: Bike 13 Vintage Burn. fountain pen, and Photoshop CS4.
Art title: Bike 12 Fly. Brush pen, and Photoshop CS4.
I Heart My Bicycle. June 11
Just wanted to draw a burning car.
Art title: Bike 11 Burn. Pencil and Photoshop CS4.
I Heart My Bicycle. June 10
This is vintage inspired. Used some grunge in there to make it look old.
Art title: Bike 10 Country. Fountain pen, and Photoshop CS4.
Font used: Eastside Oblique by TypeArt fonts.
Roving Eye
Another of my favourite bike pics. I like placing my camera on the ground for interesting shots. This gentleman rode right into my picture..
Vancouver, BC, Canada. Nikon D60. Nikon Nikkor 35mm lens
I Heart My Bicycle. June 9
A trip up the mountain. I find the wheels the hardest to draw.
Art title: Bike 9 Mountain. Brush pen, and Photoshop CS4.
Font used: TotalDisorder Regular, Brody.
I Heart My Bicycle. June 8
Let's get some action into this. Drawing the tires is the hardest part for me.
Art title: Bike 8 Crash Through. Pencil, Brush pen, and Photoshop CS4.
Font used: Disorder Regular, CAPlayDynamic Regular.
First Cup June 7. 2010
Getting some drawing done at the Elysian.
Vancouver, BC Canada. Nikon D60.
I Heart My Bicycle. June 7
Delivery bike at the doughnut shop.
Art title: Bike 7 King Gnome. Fountain pen and Photoshop CS4.
Font used: Einhorn ICG, Script MT Std Bold.
I Heart My Bicycle. June 6
Parked bike. A good place to lock your bike is golden.
Art title: Parked Bike. Pencil, Brush pen, and Photoshop CS4.
Font used: Bellamie Oblique, Script MT Std Bold.
I Heart My Bicycle. June 5
Another bicycle drawing.
Art title: The Letter. pencil, and Photoshop CS4.
Font used: Writing Machine, Light and Bold by TypeArt fonts.
Roving Eye
Being that June is bike month, I thought I would post one of my favourite pictures. By the way, I ride a bike all year round.
Vancouver, BC, Canada. Nikon D60. Nikon Nikkor 18-55mm lens
I Heart My Bicycle. June 4
Simple drawing.
Art title: Asian Delivery. Ballpoint pen, and Photoshop CS4.
Font used: Wonton.
First Cup June 3. 2010
Sometimes before drawing, I make a big glass of coffee with a lot of foam. Energy drink.
Vancouver, BC Canada. Nikon D60.
I Heart My Bicycle
Wanted to do a drawing of a girl holding a bike.
Art title: Bike Girl June 3. Pencil, Brush Pen, and Photoshop CS5. Font used: Quigley Wiggly, and Nu Creativo 2008
First Cup June 2. 2010
This is the way I love my coffee served. A fresh hot coffee from the St. Lawrence Market in Toronto. The coffee goes well with custard tarts. Hold me back!
Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Nikon D60. Nikon Nikkor 18-55mm lens
I Heart My Bicycle
If I were on the moon, I'd want my bike with me.
Art title: Bikes June 2. Brush Pen and Photoshop CS5. Font used: Mostra by Mark Simonson fonts.
Art for the day
A fellow Kirby fan has commissioned me to do page from a Jack Kirby Fantastic Four issue. I'm quite excited about this since it's small tribute to the king of comics. I'm working on a 10x15 page. These are the rough pencils. I'm getting ready to letter and ink the page. I'll post the final page as soon as I finish it.
My interpretation of page nine of The Fantastic Four issue number 9. By Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and Dick Ayers.
First Cup June 1. 2010
Another cup at the Acme Cafe.
Vancouver, BC, Canada. Nikon D60. Nikon Nikkor 18-55mm lens
I Heart My Bicycle
A bike related drawing everyday for the month of June.
Art title: Bikes June 1. Brush Pen and Photoshop CS5. Font used: Kinescope, Coquette Bold. Both by Mark Simonson fonts.
Art for the day
Time to get back to the drawing board. Something off of my sketchbook then messed around with in Photoshop CS5.
Art title: Thinking of You 2. Pencil Sketch and Photoshop CS5. Font used: Chalkduster, Regular.
Online comics
I used to do a mini comic titled Broken Fender. It was a place where I could write different types of stories. I self published several issues for a couple of years and even had major publisher, Top Shelf, publish two issues.
Back then, trying to self publish a mini-comic in colour was financial suicide. I have always preferred printed books over online comics, but I realize that on the web, it's easier to reproduce my comics in colour. So, I've begun rescanning and colouring some comics the way I would have liked for them to be seen in the first place.
Brief Encounter
Just click on the panel to read the story. Let me know what you think.
A story about coffee shops, drawing, and crushes.
First Cup May 11. 2010
Tasting the coffee and pie at the Acme Cafe.
Vancouver, BC, Canada. Nikon D60. Nikon Nikkor 18-55mm lens
comix heaven
I had a lot of fun at the Toronto Comics Festival. I even met Jason Young from Dayton, Ohio, who had a homemade Jack Kirby wallet.
Toronto, Canada. Nikon D60. Nikon Nikkor 18-55mm lens
sweet shot
A close up of some mother's day cookies.
Toronto, Canada. Nikon D60. Nikon Nikkor 18-55mm lens
Art for the day
A sketch can turn out to be something different after I drop it into Photoshop.
Art title: 82 seasons. Pencil Sketch and Photoshop CS5. Font used: ChaparralPro, Regular and Bold.
The Flawed Man-rough work
Another rough sketch of my current comic I'm working on. The Flawed Man.
Some things you can't get rid of.
First Cup. May 4. 2010
Two pastries from Sigrid's bakery.
Barrie, Ontario. Nikon D60. Nikon Nikkor 18-55mm lens
The Flawed Man-rough work
I'm currently working on a mini-comic titled The Flawed Man. Here are the first few rough sketches of the upcoming work. I'll be posting more.
Let me know what you think of them.
sweet return
It's been a while. A lot of travel and basketball on tv.
Toronto, Ontario. Nikon D60. Nikon Nikkor 18-55mm lens
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