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Here’s a graphic I created from scratch for no reason. Below are the layers used to bring this cosmos to life:

I’ve been doing some design work lately for romance author Jenny Lynn. The images are mostly stock, but there is of course design and editing that goes into them.

I also produced a book trailer for Lynn’s latest novel, “Playing Me”.

So this is obviously not a real $2 coin; I made it based on reports of a polar bear, on Baffin Island (Canada) that was photographed desperately searching for food, and very likely starving to death.

Since there are more polar bears in Canada than you could shake a stick at, and it’s featured on our money, I thought it would be prudent to show how wildlife can suffer even in our own backyard.

In the fall my radio station hired DART Insight to conduct a poll, asking Torontonians about issues the city is currently facing, from immigration to police conduct to home ownership. The results were surprising (you can see them all here). I was asked to produce shareable infographs using the data, to make the results look more interesting and impactful.

A breakdown of the layers used in making it look like the couple is being showered with cash.

Below is the result, for a cash giveaway contest:

OKAY — so every year my wife and I make a book for our son and his two cousins because we’re horrible at buying gifts. Below you’ll see the artwork for the most recent story.

My wife wrote it and I produced the illustrations.

Enjoy!

I imagined what it would be like to create a friendly and marketable logo, brand and product, for an item that some might find…difficult to swallow.

I decided to use Soylent Green as my product. Because, why not? If I’m going to go in, I’m going all the way.

Above, you can see two versions of the product logo. Looks good, right? Wait til you see the foodstuffs below. All made from Soylent Green. All 100% “natural”. Go green!

So it was a fun experiment and a quirky way to show off some of my design skills.

Sometimes when my wife and I are trying to figure out what to do for an evening-in, I propose ideas with illustrated options like the above. A) I edit while she works on her novel nearby, or B) we watch a movie. The latter option usually wins!

Here are a few select storyboards from my feature film, How to Get Away with it.

I drew storyboards for the entire script, which the production team really appreciated as it helped us determine how much we could shoot from relatively the same angles in the limited time we had. The boards served mainly as a guide — there were some shots/angles that changed on location and some we simply did not have time to pull off.

For the second year, my wife an I have self-published a little storybook for our relatives — a fun and cute little book for the holidays, starring our son and his two cousins (see last years’ here). The printed copies finally arrived and look great, thanks to Elephoto.ca!

This year we had a bit more time to work on it — so I was able to put a bit more thought into its overall look. We agreed on less text and the appearance of children’s drawings. So I purchased a bunch of crayons from Dollarama and went to work.

I’ll post some of the interior artwork soon.

At work I was tasked with designing a t-shirt — something unconventional and unique. Based on my manager’s input and suggestions from the promo department, I came up with this. It’s definitely a departure from the station’s standard, clean logo.

This is the official poster to my feature film, How to Get Away with it.

NEWSTALK 1010 is handing out some cash at gas stations in the GTA. I designed the sleeve, as pictured above (outside) and below (inside). I have included the cut lines on these proofs.

In the spring I was tasked with redesigning the NEWSTALK 1010 sales media kit. The color scheme is consistent with established branding guidelines and the process itself was highly collaborative with the General Sales Manager.

Another poster design for my first feature film, How to Get Away with it (still in production).

My wife and I worked together to create a storybook titled, “The Big Wish,” as a Christmas gift last year. Jenn wrote the story (no easy feat — writing children’s fiction) and I illustrated it afterwards. We had it bound together by elephoto.ca.

The story is about My son, Harrison, and his two cousins Lucas and Lilah. The three kids wish for a big adventure one evening and discover items from their personal quilts come to life the following day.

As you can see from the pic above, my son can barely keep his hands off of it.

I’ve included a few of the artwork panels below:

A photo of the Mayoral Candidate Debate podiums…plus my video graphics behind them.

Thanksgiving 2014 “pie chart” that illustrates exactly what food I consumed during this year’s holiday feast.

You thought sharks flying through the air was terrifying? How about bears riding waves of lava. Hungry bears. Why can’t this be a movie?

Web artwork for Newstalk 1010’s third annual In-Depth & Interactive radio panel.

This is a mock album cover I designed for a single, “Ballad of Ol’ Robbie Ford” that Mike Toth, sportscaster from Newstalk 1010 recorded following our Mayor’s admission to smoking crack. I played guitar on the track which you can hear below:

Sunshine, acrylic on canvas