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blacksad

2010-11-09T13:07:00.000-08:00

i grew up with alfred jodocus kwak, whose characters ( designed by harald sieperman ) were animals set in a human world, this new beautifully illustrated french comic book 'blacksad' takes me back to that time. I need to get back into my watercolours... more images at characterdesign.blogspot.com.

rooms and streets

2010-10-25T13:06:00.000-07:00

from the mighty mighty burlesque, life drawing at st. vincents and sitting down on willis st... digging these markers a bit..

character designing

2010-10-10T23:54:00.000-07:00

its about time i start.

these were a commission for a friend of a friend :) heaps choice creations
please excuse dirty marker work. first time.

failed

2010-08-15T04:49:00.001-07:00

failed threadless attempts :(

some old uni exercises

2010-08-15T04:40:00.001-07:00

original

all exercises from a digital illustration class, bit gimpy

the other me... not so secretly

2010-08-15T04:29:00.001-07:00

ive been doing streetart for a wee while now under the pseudonym yelz. I told myself i wouldn't post any of that stuff on here but here we are, yelzy styled goodness on paper, canvas and wood. anyway this show 'until further notice' drained me, and im extremely proud of it, hence this post i guess.I hope you like.
a lot of these are collabs, done with drypnz, foothead, moni ecky, and more...

if you want to see the details you can head to my site http://ilikeyelz.co.nz

mawsa 10 diary

2010-04-24T23:18:00.000-07:00

to be found at massey wellie

(belated) alex and the beast!

2010-03-12T03:25:00.000-08:00

'this is the watermelon song'

mixed media -moni n thijs-

'apple and oil'

flashe' and ink on cardboard

shots and posters of a couple o' pieces at the 'alex and the beast' exhibition from november last year. resulted in some freebie commish work for mawsa, the massey university student association, which unfortunately was pumped out a bit hastilly.

MP upload 4

2009-12-13T02:04:00.000-08:00

Illustrated guide to my Major project panels-

A basic timeline of New Zealand's natural history and the consequent destruction of a lot of it through acclimatization by man.

double sided prints on fabriano paper tied with twine

barkscapes at Daf 106

2009-12-09T15:32:00.001-08:00

Landscapes of wellington and an ode to the Kauri.
Painted with gouache on kauri bark i found up north.

kauri bark is actually quite choice to paint on :)

MP upload 3 - sketchies

2009-12-04T04:32:00.000-08:00

more workbook sketchies

some NZ pests (Note, cow is not a pest..)

Pigs, horrible bastards.

MP upload 2 - sketchies

2009-12-04T04:21:00.000-08:00

Time to upload some of these Major Project sketches

'Modern Toa' - sketches referenced from NZ Maori and All Black Haka's

MP upload 1 -forests

2009-12-04T01:38:00.000-08:00

Quick watercolour sketches of Podocarp and Beech forests - Exercises in understanding the layout of native NZ forests

podocarp - mainly comprised of kauri, matai, rimu, kahikatea, miro, totara

there are 5 types of beech in New Zealand forests and Beech comprise the largest forest tracts, mainly because of the fact it hasn't been logged as much.

Rata - possibly NZ's coolest and most important tree, loved by people and birds alike. Moa's used to frequent its hollow stumps

nz rivers

trickles and some shrooms

Tiki-G

2009-09-01T17:05:00.000-07:00

Giant tiki protection when entering the forest, not a bad thing to have.
plus a free ride. mean

MJ-

2009-07-05T19:40:00.001-07:00

enjoyed his poppy beats
Peace MJ

s8

2009-07-05T19:33:00.000-07:00

a new board!- displayed at the Coca gallery in Christchurch
click on the post title to go to coca gallery.org
Theres a maori legend behind it...

Two kawau once sat by the seaside, one was a seabird and the other a riverdweller who told his cousin his fishing spot was average. The sea kawau visited his rivercousin a few months later and admitted the riverbird was right. He told his cousin that from now on he would live with him, in the forest, by the river, catching delish fat eels. The river Kawau selfishly chased him away, 'there arent enough eels for the both of us!' Aggravated the sea bird rallied all his friends and a battle ensued. The forest birds were led by the tiny fantail and won the battle. Now every new zealand bird knows its place.

but really it was all just an excuse to practice drawing birds...

I dont know if coca meant to put eek and drypnz together, but were all good friends so its really cool that they did. check out their boards below.

More Travels

2009-07-05T19:10:00.000-07:00

sweet travels up north
gouache is still grilling me

Nihon sketchies

2009-07-05T18:54:00.000-07:00

I chewed through my staedtler pens, these are some of the sketches i did, most of these were done on the job, in the snow, smokin chocolat cigarettes. good times!

adventures in the land of the rising sun

2009-01-03T03:03:00.000-08:00

This gallery somewhere in Harajuku was where I met Sasaki Akiko, a graphic designer and wicked painter. I caught up with her later on and we sketched in the park underneath the cherry blossoms.

yoyogi park

VIEW 3 SNOWPARK, IWATAKE, HAKUBA, NAGANO, JAPAN
the best run in the world, my run

tamu walking the dog

Check It! pics of a character I animated on the ski-lift.

laminated paper and velcro like tape. Its possible, but hard to capture...

june's rigid az backflips

masa's kickflip

drawingjams

2008-08-19T01:09:00.001-07:00

drawingboard.org drawingjam submission

snowleopards

2008-08-01T06:15:00.001-07:00

only 700 of them left.
planet-earth has only recorded footage at the mo

transportconcepts

2008-07-09T03:54:00.001-07:00

conceptual transport devices, they have the ability to pick up pods filled with people through some sort of levitative ability

plotterconcepts

2008-06-30T21:47:00.001-07:00

a few concepts of nilly's playpal and friend plotter the half otter!

sketchies

2007-07-25T13:53:00.001-07:00

sketches for a mural at Massey University/ Wellington High school

these are sketches for the Wild Wood in Wind in the Willows. I was inspired by Arthur Rackham and the animated film.