Raven Skate Shop shoot

Awhile ago I Had a great person to help me along with my casual modeling needs. We spent the day taking snaps for some clothing of mine that was never photographed before, and since I was building up Web content, it was badly needed. This was over a year and a half now, and I Only just got around to a Blog;) I do admit, my photography skills are not up to par for doing such work so I think the next time I need to do this, I will hire a professional.

My Friends Erik and Jayelle once owned Raven Skate Shop in Tofino, Bc. It ran for about 3-4 years and was/ is very well known. I did all the basic file set ups and some design for them and they produced a lot of clothing, some of which i was able to get, some not. In the attempts to create a web site with a variety of products i have deigned for over the years I delayed the creation due to a continuous workload, not something i will mistakenly do again.

The above pictures are just some of the shoot, the tree was a fantastic find, what with it's rich winding roads catching anything it grew into. The last quartered layout was for a booklet i was going to surprise Erik and Jayelle with, but they shut the doors before i was able to give it to them.

Overall, the Raven project was a joy and I was glad to have worked with Raven and the team that I also get to enjoy as close talented friends.

Smash the Machine, Smash the controls.....!

Sadly, this is my everyday as i struggle to deal with my poor, poor Gwillion. Yes, Gwillion would be my Mac G4, a 2001 one 733 model that has NEVER malfunctioned until last summer, when all hell broke loose. Really, the gates were left open by some random child and things have never really been the same. Now, i am not saying Hell is a bad place really, it's just up for changes most do not understand or enjoy. with these new changes we adapt and modify ourselves, thus evolving, and potentially growing in more the more, but a truer self. I found something to do last night due to not having Gwillion to rely on and get some work done. The option was to go to the library to pick up "a" book. Well one hour in the isles and i knew i was hooked lined and sunk into the world of caption, dialogue, forms and screen printed events, eras and unified decimal points connected by strings of history, only to walk out with another 45lbs of reading and visual materials to assist in my new weeks of project development.

So, while i pursue new clients in the hopes of gaining enough income to scrap by and manage a new mac and accompanying software (yes, due to the new Pentium chip i will be needing a new CS4 kit to run as well as Office 2008 instead of my trusty 2004) , i will toss back  few cold ones, offered by my tap of choice, sadly dispersing only water laced with fluoride, and sketch away my rainy blues of electric and binary woes.

Danger Will robinson, Danger i say....

The booty on the wall

This is one of my first Vancouver snow sculptures. It was after a friends birthday and i was meeting the party back at another friends place and had to wait for sometime. IOt was rainy and the snow become a wet slop and yet retained it's shape more then i expected and clung like vine shoot to the cement wall along the driveway stairs. 

Hot Night in the City 2008

Client: Ron Popov

Product: Poster art, T-shirt and plaques

Name: Hot Night in the City

Year: 2008

While living in Kamloops and working for Visual Signs and Awards I was able to design all the visuals for marketing  and award items. Not much for a budget as the organizer basically operates this as a special interest non profit event, but it was rather fun to see all the classic cars in such amazing shape. there were many concepts made and all pretty different as for styles, but in the end, the classic rock style won the round.