Well, it's been a while.  I've been out fighting dragons and raising sweet potatoes for sometime now, and let me tell you, it's a full time job.  And now that it's getting cold, and I can only grow a couple potatoes inside, I've got some free time and headspace.  So I've been able to lightly dabble in the other half of my brain.

Here are a couple drawings from my sketchbook.  Trying to dust off the cobwebs and find a solid train track.

First drawing in MONTHS!

This is an angry tree.  I like the stories my friends came up for 'her'.  She attracts little kids with her beautiful fragrant flowers, and then eats them!  Or maybe tell them riddles, the pretty flowers being the prize for facing one's fears.  I love the imagination.

I thought about writing a comic about squirrels, so here are some character sketches.  I don't know if I'm fully hot on the idea.. There are already some pretty good squirrel stories out there.  I do love them critters though!

Recent string of tats.

This is for an old friend of mine. A winking gargoyle with a peace sign.

She didn't like the head, so we rounded it up!

This pen is very dear to me.

For my sis.  We might play with the colors a bit, but I like this version, so I thought I'd share.

Well, expect more because the flood gates are starting to leak.  It feels like such a relief to get some insane sanity back.

~Kaleb

GLN's CD Design

Over the past couple years, I've had the awesome chance to work with the kick ass band The Good Luck Number.  I've been doing gig posters for them, here, here, and here. Now, I'm excited to say that they have a new CD out, and guess who they asked to do the artwork for it?  That's right, Yours Truly!

So, being as the album was to be called "Rambler" we came up with the idea of including a beautiful rambler house.  I then snuck in the second rambler there, the wandering musician. ;)  We went through a couple of different ideas for the front cover, and a few for the CD itself.  I'll post all the variations below so you can see the process, and a few of the ideas.

CD Cover!

Back of cover

  

CD

The poster for the CD release party! Yay!!

They turned out great.  And thanks for the signed copy, boys.

Here's a bit of the process we went through to get the final images.

This was the original sketch of the house for the front cover. They loved  it, but I wanted more.	So, I added some color and some details...
Then, we tried another version without the For Sale sign.	This image of the back was a hit from the start, we just needed some real song titles, of course.  ;P
They liked this first idea for the CD, but it didn't seem to have enough character...	I brought back the hobo for some character, but the guys thought he was a bit dirty for their liking. That's understandable. Hey, I had to try!
So we sat him down and put him into contemplation.. What pray-tell, do you think he's thinking?	Well, it was a fun project, and I can't wait for the next! Good luck, guys. You've got my number. ~Kaleb

Drink and Draw Montreal posts

I have been invited to contribute to the wonderful illustration website Drink and Draw Montreal!  I've decided to do a little sketchbook diary about being in Montreal.  This city is beautiful for drawing!  There are old buildings, and young women, fast cars, and slow falling snow.  I can't wait to see where this goes.  Come on, let's go see my first post, it's all about my new found passion for ice skating!


Me in Montreal, A sketchbook diary

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Kickstarter rewards!!!!

Hello there!  Guess what? My Kickstarter program was ...  SUCCESSFUL!!!!!!!  Thanks to my friends, family, and one man I didn't know, I have successfully completed my goal!! Yay!!! What I wanted to do was to get enough money to print enough comics to hand out to a classroom full of kids, and well, guess what, it happened!!  I've been handing out the environmentally aware comics in America, and all across Canada!!  Thank you guys for helping me out with this!

And because of the success of the Kickstarter program, I am happily obligated to fulfill the KS rewards.  But those illustrations I drew for the rewards, I would like to share here!  Enjoy, and thanks again!   :)

Thanks again Kickstarter, friends and family!  And I hope my further ventures are just as successful!  

~Kaleb  ;)

Wedding invites for my friends Rick and Wendy.  These cats are super down to earth and they really like the old fashioned folksy look.  I'm also pretty excited about how well I got their image to look like the real them, physically and personality wise.

Good Luck Number poster number 2

Here's another poster for the Good Luck Number.  I'm really enjoying doing these.  There are a lot of posters out there with nice designs, but not too many that tell stories.  I like the idea of bringing more to a poster than just info.  I collect posters, why wouldn't I make something someone else could collect?

Meerkats

Another character for the Creaturon cards.  The cute and cuddly Suricata suricatta! ... or better known as the Meerkat.

Creaturon sample pack

Finally!  I've been working on these cards for a few months now, and the sample pack just came in!  It's a card game called Creaturon.  The players play the creatures off of one another comparing the animal's stats and their real life attack and defense moves.  I have Illustrated half the creatures in the first pack of cards.  I've attached a few of the higher resolution images of the animals below.  Click on them to get a better view!  Thanks!

The Creaturon cards sample pack!

Wine Label ilustration for the Bearly Sweet Table Wines.  2008

September Oaks Wine Labels

 These three illustrations I did for the September Oaks Vineyards.

Label design by Lindsay Fournier.  2010

Narcotic Velveteen

 An album cover for my buddy Josh of Narcotic Velveteen.  His music is wild and spastic.  This is the image I pictured while trying to hold my brains in.