rooms and streets

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

failed

failed threadless attempts :(

some old uni exercises

original




all exercises from a digital illustration class, bit gimpy

the other me... not so secretly

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

to be found at massey wellie

(belated) alex and the beast!

'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

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

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

more workbook sketchies


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


Pigs, horrible bastards.

MP upload 2 - sketchies

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

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

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

MJ-

enjoyed his poppy beats
Peace MJ