Gnarly Boy Re-Print

So currently I am finishing up some commercial graphic design work and building inventory for the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. http://www.torontooutdoorart.org/  In posts to come soon, I will be posting  about 2 new etchings and 2 new masonite cuts. Plus I will also post editions recently completed at the studio by other artists and some custom graphics I did. I have been so busy at the shop that I have been super slack-ass about documenting work and updating ye ol' blog. Stay on yer feet though, plently a new posts to come soon...

In May I re-printed an old piece called Gnarly Boy to have more work available for the TOAE. The following photos concern said session.   

juiced up gear

juiced up paper

super juiced up paper

party

fini!

Sketchbook Highlights Part 2

As promised here is another chunk 0f sketchbook highlights. In this post I've gone through and provided a little more context in the written component.

This was conceived when I was on vacation in Argentina with my wife, the very super-duper, Clare Brown. We kept seeing all these little beat up euro cars everywhere. There was something so innately humorous about them. I immediately started taking photos of them, giggling the whole time like an overly excited Oil exec just before a gas hike. I don't how or why, but this thought of just hairy arms, teeth and eyes, the only things visible from one of those sweet little cars popped into my brain like a bolt of lightning: WEREWOLF ROAD-TRIP! This eventually will become an etching.

This is going to be a woodcut, it's going to rule, and it's going to make me laugh. Very much inspired by the Mastodon song/video of the same name.

Preliminary drawing for the "Coqs" woodcut. Cussing for no good reason.

Drawing from the edge of the park in Mendoza, Argentina.

In Palermo, Buenos Aries, Argentina, the is a restaurant called Don Julio. We had the best friggin' steak of our trip (and maybe my life) there. Above their bar they stacked tons of wine bottles and kegs, signed by recent customers. It looked like fun to draw so I did the super quick sketch on the left hand page, not wanting to make a lovely night out a studio session. I've since been filling in the shading here and there for fun. Beside that is the profile of a witch. I drew that waiting for a plane from our recent trip to NYC. Clare had just mentioned how excited she was for the new Game of Thrones season to begin. I was excited too.

This is also going to be a future etching. I've since made it a touch more sophisticated.

These two explain themselves, talk about reflexive.

Sketchbook Highlights, Part1

Oi, here is a bunch of tasty pages from my sketchbook. Hopefully, this will become a reoccurring theme for posts. Disclaimer: the images you are about to see are extreme in their stupidity and rendered by a troubled person. Please approach my immaturity with love and understanding, merci.

Luxy Farm Logo

Here are some logos I designed for my brother Jonathan and his lovely wife Daizy for their organic farm and CSA in St. Albert Ontario. The top two posted here are the ones we all like the most, however there are some good ideas in all of them. Special thanks to Nik Dudukovic for all the help and patience with my poor-ass photoshop skills. I will be featuring more of his work on the blog soon regarding the killer print production he has been working on at the Wallace studio.

Check him out here http://pilot5.com/

And of course the coolest farmers ever http://www.luxyfarm.com/

New Etching!

Oi, here's some new work from my the studio. This piece is called Down by the Bay. Soon to be printed in an edition of 20, this is the first of a continuing series that I am currently working on. It's about deep seeded psychological torment, the contemporary gaze, and how hard I like to laugh. More of these plus new woodcuts in the works. Yeah! Hugs & Kisses, High Fives & Personal Celebratory Dances,

-Gid

More Commercial Works and so on...

As promised, here are some more examples of letterpress, design and illustration work of done over the last little while. As always all photographs have been taken with permission of my clients and are not to be used in any fashion unless authorized. Let's party.....

This is Khala Foster's business card. She is an incredible seamstress and fashion designer based in Ottawa. Her these cards were designed by the equally incredible Julie Hope. They were printed in two layers from polymer plates on 90 lb Mohawk Brilliant White and Staples Cardstock. They were then duplexed, folded and trimmed. Thank you Nicholas Kennedy (kick ass local letter-presser) and Essi Oenal (kick ass local bookbinder) for your assistance in this endeavour. Cheers!

Khala's link: http://khalamorgan.com/

Julie's link: http://www.countingwaves.com

Nicholas' link: http://tripprintpress.ca/

Essi's link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/booksbyessi/

Here is a sample illustration I'm doing for The Morals. If you haven't heard them yet, do yourself a favour:

http://www.themorals.ca/ & http://themorals.bandcamp.com/

They're from Barrie and absolutely rule.

Here is a last minute wedding/concert invitation I designed and printed last month. It was printed on 110lb Strathmore Soft White as two separate 5 x 7 cards.

Oh yeah, here are new business cards I ran for myself recently. Notice the umlaut? Yeah, it took me a complete different run to put them in there as they were printed from handset type. Geez, the things we'll do for pride, eh? Don't forget to check my etsy store and buy stuff, ya cheap b*stards! http://www.etsy.com/shop/gidnaf

Custom Works!

So for the last couple of months I've been busy doing custom art and printing jobs. For the record, all photos are intellectual & personal property of my clients and myself. These have been uploaded with their permission. Thanks so much!

Actually this first piece is a thank you card I made about a year and half ago for my wedding. Linocut with 18pt Old English handset type, printed on 110lb Strathmore Ultimate White paper.

This is a custom etching job I did for the very talented Yvonne Moir. She had me make this as a Christmas present for her boyfriend, the very talented John Elksnitis.

Wedding Invites designed by the very talented Steve Harjula. Printed on Ripple 90lb Watercolour Paper & Maidstone 90lb. Shown here is the Ripple.

Another post concerning custom work and new artwork soon. You are nice for looking at this.