Where The Heart Is

Needless to say, I've also done some murals at my mom's house back in Orangeville. How could you have an artist for a son and not take advantage of his skill?
















The garden above is indoors, and the following two are outside. I took photos at different stages so you can see my progress.

"Wasteland" Inspiration

This is some of my better stuff from my first and second years in the animation program at Sheridan. At this point, I had so many unrefined ideas that I didn't know what to do with myself. I needed to focus on something to develop myself and narrow in on a style that suits me.


Sheridan had apparently thought of this beforehand. I've noticed that the classes were becoming gradually less important, our marks relying more and more on the work we produce in projects, rather than on individual meaningless assignments. Good move, Sheridan. Keep it up.


Consequently, much of my striving to find a style has resulted in research on various subjects. I am now a sufferer of chronic hey-I-should-look-that-up syndrome. Much of what I found has led me to create a world that I can work on constantly; a world where everything can exist if I want it to. When I get inspired, I usually find that it has absolutely no place in the current project I'm working on. With this world I've made, I can use such a broad range of genres and styles that nearly anything that inspires me can be used to help the story. Even if I am away from the project for a long time, there is always something that will bring me back.

This is the Wasteland of my dreams.

Traditional Paintings

Yes, there was a time in my life where I actually enjoyed traditional painting. It started in grade 10 and ended abruptly half way through my year in Art Fundamentals at Sheridan.

Maybe one day I'll find the courage and desire to return to it. For now, though, it's all photoshop for me, baby.

Livingroom Panorama

The livingroom mural was the largest mural project I've had so far, and definately the most challenging of the Gellert commissions. They pretty much just gave me a pile of reference material and said "do what you do".

So I did.

















Unfortunately, the Gellerts moved out in 2005, and the house's new masters tore out the walls and replaced them. One day I'll redraw this on paper. I've improved a bit since then.

The Star Wars Room

The Anime and Gundam Rooms

I painted murals in four rooms of the Gellerts' house when I was in highschool. I knew the family, and it was my first commission, so they provided the supplies I needed...and fed me too!

I was assissted on this project by a small group of friends. In the end, I ended up being the major contributor, though Clarissa Jewel managed to finish one of the characters by herself, as well as the two giant heads of Vader and Yoda in the Star Wars room.

This last image of the robot is from the Gundam Room. I missed my chance to take pictures of the other two gundams in the room before the Gellerts moved.