THREE-DEE!

My faithful reader/s,

I haven't been updating much lately cause I've been spaztastically busy with uni. I think for the first time in my course, I'm actually struggling with some of the software they're "teaching" us. We're "learning" to use a 3D modelling program called Lightwave, and it's a bitch if ever there was one. I finally feel like I'm getting a grip on it, though. Today I made an oven. Hopefully by next Tuesday I'll have an entire kitchen.

It's not Gollum or anything, but I'm pretty happy with it so far.

Until next we meet,

--Joe.

Sil-who-ette?

This is a sort of "mood piece" I did for a music video. The singer is going to be shot against a green screen and the background is going to be all silhouette.

Click HERE for the full image (it's got heaps more in it than the image below).

Let it be known:

No, not me. Him.

People who make me want to be a better drawer.

Previously titled: "People who make me feel like a horrible drawer."

Chris Appelhans:

Rad Sechrist:

Kazu Kibuishi:

There are quite a few more, but I'm already starting to feel like a failure, so I'll save them for some other time.

Joseph - now in colour

Monkey! Ninja! Pirate! Robot!

Some stuff from a project that's been brewing for a good while. I'll hopefully be working more heavily on this in the weeks/months to come.

Mobile madness!

I keep little notes in my mobile phone. I used to have a tiny sketchbook where I would jot down random stuff, but that has since been filled up and I've never gotten 'round to buying a new one. So instead, my random musings clog up my Nokia. It's gotten to the point where I'm having to delete old notes to fit in the new ones.

So, in the spirit of posterity, I'm gonna archive all my notes here. A quick word of warning, though, some of these were done while highly intoxicated. I honestly have absolutely no idea what some of them mean.

Some of youse will find this interesting, some of youse will not. No one knows for sure.

I choose to begin the archiving...

...now.

Family friends.

Johnny Mutt is Al Bundy.

Hare Krishna as the bad guys.

No poetry. Now that I've gotten that out of the way.

Where are they now? Captain Planet.

Gregory Crewdson

Guide to eating Pringles.

Guaranteed entry. Just put your name on the dotted line. J-Lo. I know I'm fucked but I still keeps it real. I could but I can't. I am fucked as a mallard.

Balki's cool.

Yamaka with Swastika.

Interview Leon from the future.

Vino

Bunsen burner / tidy little earner

End monkey story with him looking up at stars.

The Reflector

Harry Steven Keeler

Guy doing something important on the porch at night. Has to keep waving to keep motion sensor light on.

Pull your pants down and your socks up.

Bununa Puncake

CLICK.

A quickie from DJ Shiggy Shigg, who has just announced his debut album "I am Discothèque". Due this Summer.

Guide pups.

These were done for a TV commercial for guide dogs. They'll be used as style references for a picture book animation that will appear in the ad. I got the job through my work placement at Catfish Productions last week. :)

Toothpaste for Dinner

Toothpaste for Dinner (someone else's blog).

Because I wanna see what he'll say about me.

Volleyball Disco

The latest from DJ Shiggy Shigg. Best listened to LOUD and with the bass turned WAY UP, 'cause that's how I swang.

CLICK.

hey, have you heard?
it's time you heard,
of the greatest thing,
since disco bowlin'.

all you need is,
a ball and some friends,
a net and some tunes,
and all your best moves.

don't show up late,
be there by eight,
we've got to get down,
to the v-ball sound.

three hits, no more,
get it over and score,
but don't forget,
you ain't dancin' yet!

volleyball disco!
volleyball disco!
volleyball disco!
volleyball disco!

Remember: dig, set, spike and DANCE!

Oh, and in case you're wondering how I came up with such an awesome idea: click.

Cat

Life in Pink

I don't think I ever posted this here, although I did post it on my uni blog.

THIS was my final piece for last semester's "Digital Image" class. It's an interactive thingy. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. You need Shockwave to see it. If you don't have Shockwave, download that sumbitch.

Also, remember to VOTE 5 and $ on my Threadless submission. There's only a couple days left 'til the voting closes... so DO IT NOW. *fuss fuss fuss* Thanks to those who already did. You're my boon companions.

Keep it physically retarded you spastic fucks.

Threadless t-shirt design!

So I thought that the teddy picture I did might look good on a t-shirt. So I made a Threadless account and submitted my design. It passed the first round, which means that now people can vote on it. The more/higher votes the design gets, the better the chance it'll actually get made into a t-shirt which people can buy at inflated American prices! Plus I get like a gift certificate or something... so that's cool.

So anyspaz, if you don't have a Threadless account already, get one (it's easy), and then gimme summa your votes so's I can get a free shirt.

HAW HAW CONTROVERSY!!!

Thinking dood(le).

The doodle abides...

Seeing as this is s'posed to be a sketch journal, I thought I'd post some actual sketches, rather than just finished pieces.



As far as I'm concerned, anything wearing a shirt and tie is funny.




Sketch for a frame of a short story called "zteewz". I may consider finishing it some day.




Sketch for the teddy picture. He seems more... buoyant in sketch form.




I think I was just testing out some brushes here.




Yawn.




I abandoned this drawing when I realised I was ripping off something I saw somewhere else.




Sketch for the Narnia drawing. I like the way the wardrobe leans towards her in this sketch. Something I wish I'd captured in the finished piece.

I drawing-related news, I just bought the amazing third volume of the Flight anthology. Some fully-sick stuff in there. I don't think the storytelling is as strong as the last book, but the range and quality of art is spectacular. I especially love the world Rad Sechrist creates, Bannister's cute girl, and Reagan Lodge's fox, which reminds me of that Belle & Sebastian song, Fox in the Snow. Some really inspirational stuff in there. Get's my creative juices flowin' like a mo-fo, yo.

You all laughed and said it would never happen...

For a HUGE wallpaper sized version of this, click HERE!

Because dressing up dogs is funny (to me).

Some things you should know:

- I've been sick.

- Pirates 2 was great.

- So was Superman.

- Yes, Karim and I went to Coburg Baptist's. I will write it up sometime this week.

- Haven't felt like drawing much lately.

- Wolfmother was awesome.

- Music I've been listening to: Air, Zero 7, Augie March, Nizlopi.

- I got mad-crazy uni grades. I'm dying to go back.

Hopefully a more substantial update will follow shortly.