on-board

here is whats going on.

i am leaving to California. mostly to chill in San Francisco, with a sprinkle of LA. should be good times. if not for the terrible missing of my beloved girlfriend. she means everything to me (mush mush) and i will be away for a month! holy potato chips this will be sucks!!

the challenge will be to enjoy myself... at least a little bit.

also here is the skateboard i did for the FREEDOMFIGHTERS board auction.

also i am making/getting new buttons! this will be pretty swell if i say so myself.

also. have any of you been watching Smallville still? season finale eh... whats up with that? if you're reading this Rob.... we'll have to do some Superman chatting over a cold one when i get back. na mean?

this is all for now. expect fun and exciting news from... wherever i is.

Californiaaaaaaaaaa here i cooommeeeeeeeee!

threadless

i have been thinking more and more about making some t-shirts.... well... printing some. i have been told by many people that i am foolish for not having done so thus far as it will be awesome and there will be money and hey... t-shirts are just cool.

i am still in the process of thinking. as i want to approach this from a very serious clothing line perspective and design a name and logo and what-have-you.

i did however upload a drawing onto a shirt on threadless.com

apparently i need ppls to vote on it. good votes. and then it can be a for real shirt and the world can be a slightly better place.

please go here to vote: http://www.threadless.com/sharedesign/271597/shame

this is an older drawing. i think i posted it on here when i did it. either way. vote!

i will hopefully see some of you at the skateboard thing tommorow...err.. later today.

i need to sleep.

aftermath

hey,

the solo show came and went. it was pretty fantastic i would say. of course i am not the kind of person to ever be completely satisfied with...well... pretty much anything. nonetheless, the least i can say is that it was pretty fantastic.

new friends, new fans, new insights and wonderful conversations, on top of all that i made a few bucks. so really who can complain. it was the first. but very far from the last.

a heart-felt thanks to all those that came out and made it a day to remember.

here are some shots of the installation.... and the back wall i painstakingly painted.

this is me in front of my window. this is my summer hat.

wall.

walls

some people

amazing cake my girlfriend made for the event.

myself, Mr.Elia Morrison and my brother Roberto.

back wall.

fortunately the silence after the show didn't last too long.
i am one of the many talented artists out there to take part in
Another Disposable Art Show
taking place at 52 McCaul
on Saturday May 8th.

here is what it is:
Freedom Fighter Skateboards has teamed up with Well and Good to have this year's Disposable Art show titled "Another Disposable Art show" at 52 McCaul.

This year we wanted to focus on homegrown talent. We are featuring 35 artists from across Canada with over 40 decks being done. This is a silent auction fundraiser to help raise money for Free Skates to help build skateboards for youth here and abroad that would normally not have the means to do so themselves.

awesome? indeed it is.
more info here: http://freedomfighterskateboards.wordpress.com/
facebook it here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=112917608739848&ref=ts

alright. i am out for now. keep in touch though, i like you guys.
which is why i added a messaging thing on the site. its in the about section!

see you.

the end is nigh

hi,

this is not a post about 2012 or any kind of end of the world dealy. its about the solo show of mine that i have been busting my ass on for the past couple o months and then some. its a jump, skip, and a hop away. please come. it'll be sweet.

also i did an interview. check it out here: a la mode

you can learn about me as well as peek into the show! wowzers!

the show

this is the solo show. i have been working mighty hard and highly recommend you come visit me.
if you live in Toronto you will probably run into one of these. they will be everywhere.
details for the opening are as follows.
click here for facebook event

Start Time:	Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 6:00pm
End Time:	Friday, April 23, 2010 at 12:00pm
Location:	sleeping giant gallery
Street:	789 dundas st w
City/Town:	Toronto, ON

dance-ing for monies

hola,

here is some stuff that is up.
i have been crazy busy as of late working on more and more for that gosh-darn solo show (apr22). but as always there is other stuff running around the streets of Toronto.

oddly enough they both have same reception date. what a rip.

first of all there 1000 for $10 at hotshot gallery in Kensington market.
it will feature a bajillion pieces of amazing art for 10 bucks a pop. i found out about this event last year. bought a small drawing by Filip Anton, hes pretty great. i will have 40 small drawings and junk. haha good junk! click here to go to the facebook event page.


another thing i am up to is a show entitled inspired by dance at the Pia Bouman ballet school. don't know anything about the artists involved. my good friend Elia works at the school, i myself have wandered around their studios doing miscellaneous handy work. click here to go to the facebook event for this event.


this is the piece i submitted for the inspired by dance show. my source image was a hip-hop guy doing a slide of sorts. somehow it evolved into this ancient ritual looking thing. i think its pretty awesome. whether its befitting a ballet school... that remains to be seen.
i have many more updates coming soon. still haven't made a nice invite and whatnot for the solo show. also some other shows coming up. busy busy busy. also i am currently watching some awesome amazing animated Spiderman from the 90s. very good times. Spidey is a pain in the ass though. he talks and talks and talks!


which reminds me! remember that you know what love is show i was a part of in February? here are some images. missing one though. blaaaaah i hate misplacing stuff and things!!


i am just realizing that this may be the first time you have seen me do work like this. working like i have with mylar has made me really appreciate the fun of transparencies. this work is almost the exact same save for the lack of ink clouds and colours. same trick. different pony.

poke poke poke

hey.
this is me being better with the blogging. though the more i blog means the more i have less interesting things to say. you win some you lose some.

alright... so my kid brother bought the new POKEMON game. remember them? yea well for whatever reason they're still going and keep making money. my first encounter with these things was back in 1996 when i was introduced to the cards. which were cool for some reason. i remember buying them for 50cents and up from a girl in my elementary school... later i found out it was better to buy a pack... haha back in my day 50cents was a lot of money. long story short those lil buggers took many hours of my young life. i have kicked the habit but my brother Chris hasn't.


anyways... the new versions of this game come with a poke-pedometer of sort. which is amazing. basically someone said "these kids are getting wicked fat sitting all day playing video games, how can we get them off their asses and get the parents off ours?...." and lo this idea came up.
the idea is that you shove one of your pokemon into the pedometer which you then carry in your pocket when you walk around and every step you take helps your pokemon gain points and levels and whatever. basically you can take your poket monster out for a stroll. so today when i went out for a walk with the dog i took his little egg monster thing TOGEPI out for a walk as well. amazing.

here is a drawing of pokemens that i used to have. in the game... i vaguely remember what they looked like. if im wrong im sure its for the best. you know whats better than a drawing you spend hours on? a drawing you spend minutes on!


here is what i had for dinner today. needed more hot sauce but overall very good. hence the need to document.

yes this is my blog entry for today. amazing i know.