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My New Website

AWolfIllustrations

I finally have a proper website to show my artwork and to view my portfolio properly.  I will update the site with finished work and I will also keep this blog going.  The website will be for finished work and I will use this blog to show pieces as I work on them as well as sketches and odds and ends.  I am also changing the focus on this blog as well.  It will not only be a place for me to post work and ideas but it will now be somewhere I can collect and showcase other peoples work that I am inspired by or at very least intrigued by.  My influences are not just from art and other artist work but also from a variety of other media.  Music plays an intricate part in my process, I am always listening to music while drawing and it always informs my work.

As for the 30 minute drawings that I was promising to do everyday in order to improve my speed and sketching abilities, before jumping into projects right away.  I have been doing these but I have not posted many.  I have been drawing by hand and I do not have a cable for my scanner so I am unable to share.

I have lots of new work to share and many different projects and personal pieces that I am currently finishing or midway to completing, which I will be sharing very soon (some of these projects I will not be able to share at all).  

I am excited about my new site and the shift in focus with this blog.  Thanks for following my artwork and for the support.

Aaron

30 minute drawings

I am going to start doing a 30 minute drawing to start out everyday that I draw to learn how to draw faster.  Hopefully they will turn out more complete then the one I did today.

Here are two more i did today and I also did one yesterday but I can't share it because i forgot i can't use my scanner right now.

Woodprints

These are the woodprints that I worked on in collaboration with Ape & Monkey Design which is a local laser engraving business.  We produced about 20 unique woodprints (some prints are crafted out of as many as 5 different types of wood).  I do not have images of all the prints but this gives you an idea of what we created.  As for how we created this, after I have the image completed and laid out in illustrator, the laser cuts out the different wood veneers.  We then glue the different pieces to a board and once the glue is dry, they are sanded and then put back into the laser engraver and the image is burnt into the wood.  These are one of a kind and I don't think anyone else has attempted to create prints this way.

Ape and Monkey Design

Eyes

I went over this drawing again and changed the womans eyes and added all sorts of patterns and designs into the areas around the eyes.  Afterwards I coloured it on Photoshop, now I have to figure out if I want to do anything further with this picture.

Super Mario

This is something i have been thinking about drawing for probably two years but never even bothered to sketch it out.  I plan on painting this soon because it will look pretty nuts coloured

The Giant

This started from a sketch for another project as an idea for a logo.  Just simple shapes but the watercolour look works well. 

T-Shirt Designs

These are the 6 designs of T-shirts that I will be selling this weekend at the Westcoast Tattoo Show.  Look forward to seeing everyone.