Bicycle Adventure Series #1: March 22 / 2009

Equipment:
Camelpack, Fruit Leather, Craisins, Granola, +1 Paintbrush, Watercolors, Blocks,

Started out from the west end and headed down Adanac. I crossed the Second Narrows Bridge for the first time. It is mighty scary. Building up a lot of speed on such a narrow walkway with low railing is as dangerous as it gets in my world. Took the Dollarton Hwy for a scenic ride up to Deep Cove.

Hunkered down to paint around Dollar St. and Dollarton...
Found a nice boat in the water to paint. Bit of a caricature, as the angle I had was a little boring.



Came back home by the scenic sea wall route, lights on for the early dusk.
Approximate distance: 40km

Mega Ton Update

All hail lord Intertron, bringer of new web services!
While you quiver in fear from him, I must pay tribute and update my websites, do my taxes, kick a puppy, and run through my quasi annual technology catch up.

So while you were reading that paragraph, I updated my:
Home Page
Portfolio
Rosenpig
Stat Page

And I did some catching up:
Twitter
LinkedIn
Rosenpig on Facebook

Still on my to do list:
Flickr
Shop Cafe Press

Dr. Sketchy's had the cure

Why so quiet?

Why does it appear as though I've little to no artwork in the last year? Well, let me explain a bit about the video game industry. They take their NDA's (non disclosure agreements) seriously. So basically, until the project I'm working on is revealed to the public, my work and I are contained in a stealthy submarine. I can probably say that I'm quite proud of a lot of the work I've created. I'm definitely eager to share and will as soon as I get the oks.

Luckily I get the chance every once and a while to work on something completely unrelated. I just did a couple concept pieces for a friend (who looks like Doctor House) working on a children's book.




Hoot!

My Bicycle

I proclaim my Bicycle to be ridable art! Behold my latest creation:





It has taken about a month of waiting for various parts to arrive in the mail and far too many customs charges. It's still a work in progress. The next thing to do is install my clear blue pedals and get some LEDs to light them up. I've still got some red wire which I might put on the back of a jacket or line my helmet or some goggles with, if I can keep it safe.

Almost Ready to Paint

Just as the weather is getting good here in Vancouver, I'm getting ready to shut myself in with a new computer. If I can afford it, I'll soon be picking up a 12" cintiq and a document projector to rough work onto canvasses. Then I'll be trying to put together a collection of work for show. Two small shows worth, within the next year is my goal. Having a studio / apartment to paint in has been a dream of mine since I was fourteen. Though I still don't have the skylight I always wanted, I'm going to try my best to take advantage of my new space.

A trip to Opus for fresh art supplies and I'll be ready. But first a nice lazy Monday in the sun - since everyone's probably closed today anyway.

Rosenpig Pitch Pack Public Purview

If you're excited about Rosenpig, this is the right place to be. The little guy has been optioned by Bardel Entertainment. So in the interests of buzz generation, here's the pitch pack pdf that sold him:

Rosenpig Pitch Pack 2007

Seriously though... read the episode springboards. Everyone just looks at the pictures and it makes me so sad, because my favorite part is the story section. Enjoy.

Something Random

From the random file, I bring you:



beep boop bop, what the?!

Let's get it all out. The nerd; out with it.

Here it comes... some super nerdy filth I'm scraping off my hard drive just to keep it occupied. I've got to get back to the serious brooding work of an introverted artist, so this is all an attempt to get the nerd out of my system.

Loose quick sketches, all.

Hello 2008

I would like to think that setting some of my goals for the next year will help me achieve them. I've recently moved into a new apartment with plenty of space for creativity. Last year I was still in the midst of optioning Rosenpig, so it was very hard for me to start up new projects without some closure on that.

Now that I have it and things are moving along without me, I'll be looking for new outlets.

1. I've begun writing again and hope to have my novel finished sometime before it goes double gem encrusted platinum (I think books do that, don't they?).

2. I've got some canvasses ready to be painted here, that I'm going to start in on very soon.

3. I miss the cottage, so I'll probably head there for a week this summer. Then perhaps I'll go somewhere crazy; Japan is top of my list. I shall bring my supplies and do a lot of watercolor work while I'm there.

Second Son - Concepts and Video

This is two years old by now, but I'm still fond of the concept art, so I thought I'd collect some stuff and pop it up.

The band Elliott Brood happened to see the Rosenpig film that I'd made and enjoyed the old fashioned sensibilities. They acquired me and my small team to make the video for "Second Son."





Here it is...
Elliott Brood's Second Son:
Aaron White, Danny Molek, Erica Pitt

Draw Draw

Here's some recent draw draws by moi. (Within the last year that is.) I'm gonna draw draw more soon. I just need to finish some projects off and it's back to creativity land!

Occupied - Enjoy the Service!

If you like cute things and live in Vancouver there's a shop you have to visit in Gastown, (Abbott near Water Street). It's called Occupied, and it's full of outrageously lovable items. For the Rosenpig fans, they've currently got a small stock of Rosenpigglets available.

While you're there you can now enjoy some Aaron and Erica artwork. Last weekend we had much fun recreating the shop's logo and slogan, and putting up some cutie pie mushroom buddies.



If you're not in town, then you'll be happy to find out they've got an online shop from which you can peruse the height of cuteness and fashionable plush.