All three pieces are framed in ornate little matte black frames.

I’ve been a member at La Petite Mort since October, but have been very slow to produce work - unfortunately life has intervened to thwart my carefully planned schedule! That being said, I’ll be having a One Night Stand show there at the end of August - and I’m looking forward to it!

This July I’m heading to New York City to attend ICON5, and I’m pretty pumped up about it. I found out about the convention via Drawn! and to be honest I was a little skeptical at first; the price-tag seemed pretty high, and I had to factor in travel and accommodations as well!

But then I saw that James Jean was heading up a workshop on digital colouring! Suddenly I was interested in checking it out! The more I looked into what the con had to offer, the more impressed I got… and the more that hefty price-tag started to sound reasonable.

I’ve been a big fan of James’ work since I first stumbled on his blog while randomly exploring the internet. The first thing that caught my attention was his amazing eye for colour and lighting. I was deeply humbled by his abilities… and now I have a chance to glean some insight into his technique!

I’m really looking forward to collaborating with some fellow illustrators in a workshop setting - for the most part, my experiences working with other artists has been predominantly online (with a few cherished exceptions), and this will be a nice change of pace.

After checking out his blog, make sure to hit up James’ website (be sure to browse his sketchbooks!

As for the rest ICON has to offer; I’ll have more to say on that in the future!

“Getting Clean” and “Shinedown” are the copyright © James Jean, all rights reserved.

Took a little breather yesterday and made time for some drawing. I picked up on this illustration challenge via RSS, and decided to give it a go. A fun little exercise that let me forget about CSS, and website coding for a bit!

It’s been over a year in the making but the Robotface Collective’s AtoZee project is finally being let out into the world! As a dual release, the book is being made available in print as well as online. Put together by Robotface’s own Chris Bishop, the site contains the complete works found in the book and uses a handy interface for browsing.

But the internet’s not for everyone; some of you might want to have a real live print version to read to your kids. That’s why Robotface’s Eric Carl created an account at Lulu and has made the print version of Atozee available to the general public. At $9.78 (US), the book’s a steal and makes a great gift… order two though, you may want to keep one yourself!

Check it out: AtoZee Online and the Lulu product page.

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