Dec 14, 2010

How did they manage 30 years ago? I am clearly a child of the modern era. (Left) my brand new computer. (Right) my very first laptop. I took this photo the day I tuned-up, cleaned and got my original baby ready to pass along to a new, very proud owner. I had won her, the Toshiba M200 Portege on eBay from a company in Toronto.  I lost the bid on the first one...

Nov 15, 2010

Did I mention that I love this place? Coal Harbour, Vancouver.  Mere blocks from my house.  When I told you I went for a free seaplane ride this summer, it wasn’t the last one. My friend Danielle was quitting her job later that week.  I decided to drop by on her last day of work to say thanks for my last seaplane adventure.  ”You wanna fly...

Nov 5, 2010

Finally, it’s ready. After 2 years of revision and finding an appropriate printing service, the newly revised and updated version of my original Oracle playing card deck is complete!  For anyone who is wondering what an Oracle deck is, it’s basically the same as a Tarot Card deck without any distinctive suits or categorizations.  When I...

Nov 3, 2010

It’s official, I am now doing portraits. After having done a surprise commission for my friend Angela (see here), I noticed that it was a lot easier for me to draw a real person’s face than it used to be.  It helped that she looks like the characters I usually draw and maybe that was just it…my mind had a segway to connect the cartoon...

Oct 24, 2010

It was cool back then and it’s just as awesome now. I was walking along my neighbourhood path yesterday and stumbled upon a special surprise… This is the Vancouver Olympic Cauldron Just for this week after having been relit only once for Canada Day, the Vancouver Olympic Cauldron was ignited once again to commemorate a gentleman by the name of Jack...