Emma and Will's wedding

To commemorate the beautiful wedding of my lovely friend Emma to Will :)

Tiny Speck Face to Face

Tiny Speck related post! A while ago, the Tiny Speck team met up in San Francisco for a face to face meeting. It was pretty flippin' awesome and I left feeling more motivated and inspired to work on Glitch! I drew little sketches while I was there. 

Whenever I travel somewhere, I hope to document it sketch-style :) Next time though, I'd like to throw in funny or interesting moments. This one is pretty dry in "This is what we did. Then this. This this." and I regret that. I know when I read blogs, I enjoy hearing the funny tidbits the most. 

Next time! :)

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Lisbeth Salander. Just finished reading the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo book series. Loved it!

Glitchin' Houses

Currently I'm working at Tiny Speck, on a game called Glitch :) I love it! I work on a game I love with an awesome bunch of people for a rockin' community of gamers.

 I thought I'd show some art I've done for Glitch on my blog. We recently released exterior houses and they were a big hit! It makes me happy to see people enjoying what we've made :) 

These are a few sketches I did before making the house in Illustrator. I normally will make small thumbnails for myself but typically I will not make detailed thorough drawings and will go straight into Illustrator. However, since houses take so much time, it was much faster & better to get a sketch approved first before dedicating time to it in Illustrator.

Original sketches for the House of Whimsy.

House #1. Not crazy enough. Needs to feel more Dr. Seuss inspired.

House #2. Still not crazy enough but Kukubee really liked the idea of extensions.

House #3. Ran with the extensions idea and made sure there were interesting negative space and shapes.

Now in Illustrator with a variety of colours and options :) I ended up having to make way more options than shown here, but you get the idea.

 The original sketch for hobbit home.

Hobbit home drawn in Illustrator with different options!

San Francisco Sketchbook Pages

A couple of months ago I went to San Francisco. Beautiful city! I tried keeping a sketchbook while I was there. I didn't draw nearly enough but there were too many things to do! I had a really great time. It reminds me a lot of Vancouver, but more awesome :P

Totoro! in little needle felt wool form.

Needle felted a little Totoro! I love the movie, My Neighbor Totoro :) Who wouldn`t want to latch onto a big cuddly fuzzy Totoro while he flies into the air on a magical adventure?

Ichigo. Needle Felting.

I got a small needle felting kit the other day! It's a very satisfying feeling to sculpt felt with the poke of a needle. Poke poke poke... It's also great for releasing stress! ;p

For my first project, I made Ichigo from Katmari Damacy! Love that game.

More tiny needle felting projects to come! :)

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Sketchin'

Sketchin' time! I feel a bit guilty if I don't update my blog so here are some sketches. Most of these are people I've seen in the cafe. Sometimes I wonder if I have ever been unknowingly sketched...

Winter wonderland painting.

Some new art on my blog! Oh em gee.

This background was painted for Toppling Towers Christmas but sadly, the project did not go through. Thus, I shall post it up here so it can get a bit of an audience :) I'm quite happy with this one as I painted it after working on Toppling Towers Halloween and I feel it is an accumulation of all the experience I gained while working on all those Halloween backgrounds. I'm happy with how much I've learned through the process of painting these challenging, and sometimes frustrating, backgrounds.