Saturday, 15 December 2012

Skeletons and Snowmen

Serious lack of internet around here lately... But I found some and I bring to you a couple things.
-Nex

8"x14" Pencil on Paper and Mylar
The bones in my hand and the flesh over top. I did one of my face too, I'll have to find it..

Snowman Trio
21"x15" Gauche on Card
Testing some colour mixes for a festive Christmas picture.


Wednesday, 12 December 2012

Ink and Paint

So I've been starting to work with ink, and will post the pop up book I finished. Until then, here's a couple pieces :)
-Nex

Inked Restaurant
10"x15" Ink on Card
I was practicing some inking techniques to make this drawing of a local restaurant.

Stuff From My Room Still Life
15"x26" Acrylic on Paper
A 1 hour still life featuring a bunch of stuff from my room.

Tuesday, 11 December 2012

Bananas, Booze, And The Reaper

Tonight, its just going to be an odd assortment of stuff..
It's my blog, I can do that. Just try to stop me.
Anyways, here's some art!
-Nex

Jager Ad Concept 
13"x17" Acrylic on Paper
Concept design for Jagermister, following the "Unleash the Beast" line.
Dark room, breaking chain links, delicious Jager.

 Banana Study
10"x7.5" Acrylic on Paper
Just some bananas hanging out on a table. A second study couldn't be completed due to.. circumstances..

Answer The Call?
17"x28" Acrylic on Canvas
So this one could be taken alot of ways. So I'll get straight to it. 
I don't have an explanation for this one yet.. It came to me right after my Grandpa died. Maybe I'll figure it out one day, but until then I'll view it as a memorial to him.

Monday, 10 December 2012

Animals

I came home last night and apparently my Mom got me an early Xmas gift. So while I try to figure out a name for my new Bearded Dragon, I'll upload some animal related peices.
Draken.. Thats not a bad one..
 -Nex

 Flying Ray
10"x15" Gauche on Illustration Board
Combining an animal, form, line and pattern. 
Soon to be a gift for a friend.

M is for Monkey
10"x17" gauche on Illustration Board
Baby Snub Nosed Monkey just chilling out.

My Canada
10"x15" gauche on Illustration Board
A painting of what Canada is to me. A little bit from coast to coast.

 

Thursday, 6 December 2012

FACES!

Late Night Update!

Tonight, its going to be faces. Just faces. Not even arms or anything. Faces with cold staring eyes.
Enjoy :)

-Nex

Quick Face Study
17"x15" Acrylic on Paper
Just a quick face study to test lighting and colours before going into the main painting.


Old Man
17"x15" Acrylic on Paper
One of our older models.. I find he looks a lot like the KFC guy lol
 

Clay Girl
17"x15" Acrylic on Paper
Very muted browns and greys gave her a clay like colouring.. Her eyes are a little creepy though
 

Wednesday, 5 December 2012

Skulls, Zombies, and some guy that looks like Moby.

Closed up work a little early tonight so I figured I'd get a post up before I get distracted.
-Nex

B/W Still Life Rough
5"x7" Acrylic on Paper
Rough painting before I went to the full size.
 
 
B/W Still Life
20"x17" Acrylic on Paper
Full version of the still life, Using only Black and White paint.
 
 
reNEX Zombie Killing Products
17"x 25" Acrylic on Board/Digital Prints/Organic Paper Product Cards
The project was to create a company and product line.
I went with reNEX and its line of zombie killing weapons. Complete with users guide.
 
 
Straight Line Portrait
20"x30" Graphite on Newsprint
I only use straight lines to draw the model.
 

Tuesday, 4 December 2012

Some Paintings

I'm back and I bring paintings :D

17"x17" Acrylic on Paper
Purple towel pinned to a wall

"Confess"
52"x24" Acrylic and Cigarette Ash on Canvas

Pirate Self Portrait
Acrylic on 16"x20" Canvas
 

Saturday, 28 July 2012

Paint and Ink

Been super busy working and designing tattoos, which will be uploaded soon. Until then, here's some new stuff.
-Nex


Between The Barriers
Found a path that lead up between the two highways in Stoney Creek. The left side is going to Hamilton, the right towards Burlington. Ill post some cool photos I took there too.
7"x10" ink on bainsbridge
 

Dark Still Life
Still life of a bunch of stuff in my room.
18"x12" acrylic on illustration board


Still Life of a paper bag.
6"x12" acrylic on illustration board

 

Thursday, 26 July 2012

Inkblot and Paintings

Slowly working on getting my paintings on here, so tonight, here is an inkblot drawing and 2 paintings.
-Nex

Gentleman Ant
We were given an ink blot to look at and draw what we see.
I saw an ant, wearing a straw hat.
11"x18" pencil crayon
 
 How Goldilocks really ended..
No one knew she was a ruthless hunter with a taste for porridge.
11"x17" acrylic on canvas
 
Scarlett
Experimenting with red tones.
17"x24" acrylic on cardstock
 

Markers

A couple pieces using only grey tone markers.
-Nex

Form, Shape & Line
A 4 piece study on line, shape and form. 11"x17" marker
 
Living Room
Grey Tone marker rendering of my living room.
11"x17"
 
House Concept 1
Concept house design, 11"x17" grey tone markers and ink wash
 
 

Thursday, 19 July 2012

Hoplessness and Burgers

Found some time to get some paintings on here. Both of these are water colours though slightly different.
-Nex



Hopeless
Abstract water colour 11"x17"


Burger
Water colour pencil 8"x11"



Friday, 1 June 2012

Bakery Department Concept

We were given a base drawing and had to redesign it in a new modern style.
-Nex
The base drawing
A rough concept for a bakery
 





Tuesday, 22 May 2012

Triforce and Self Portrait

 Its rare I get a chance to draw a tattoo for someone other than myself, and seeing it on a friend feels way better than looking at a framed piece.

Also, a self portrait, 1 of 2 so far.
Enjoy :)
-Nex


Triforce
Went with an old brick/vine look like the game. Came out pretty nicely.

Self Portrait 1
Acrylic on 16"x20" Canvas

Thursday, 10 May 2012

Propagate

One of my favourite drawings... Propagate has 3 meanings, and I tried to get them all in here.
-Nex

Wednesday, 9 May 2012

Inking Emotion

Two pieces of ink work for you tonight. Simple, but I like them.
-Nex
Sorrow
Anxiety


Monday, 30 April 2012

Christmas in May.. It's Brutal.

Concept: Santa should be revamped for the newer generation. Who wouldn't want gifts from an armor clad, polar bear riding, Christmas wizard?
And yes. I am going to make you wait until Christmas for the real version.
-Nex


Sunday, 29 April 2012

Count Chocula Storyboard

A storyboard for a quick cereal commercial. I was going for an comedic twist to Nosferatu.
Also cereal box concepts
-Nex

Doodle Hybrids

Just some doodles I did on my friend's table in the summer.. Unfortunately the table came to an unexpected fiery end, but I managed to take these before it happened :)
-Nex





Snake Girl: My friend's Girlfriend and a snake.. I was feeling the Tim Burton snake style with the stripes.

Squid Dude: Me and a Squid... I like squids..

Thursday, 26 April 2012

Whats going on in here

This is where I plan on posting any non digital art, doodles, paintings and such.
-Nex