The Pliable Foe

Out of school, out of work; might as well draw something; something to keep me out of trouble; something to keep me sane; something to keep me from lashing out at unsuspecting family members and friends due to sheer boredom and unproductivity; something not particularly meaningful or useful; just something, even if I did forget to do the shading on a few of the pliable wormy worms.

The Man-Hating Dichotomy

Among the dozens/hundreds of anger-laden, no context, unembellished, unbridled prose-poems in Henry Rollins' 1997 book "See A Grown Man Cry/Now Watch Him Die," two lines in particular stuck out to me:

The strong live
The weak take years to die

The page of doodles above is just that - doodles on a page, drawn out of sheer boredom in every sense of the word and in every degree.

Gold Denied

My latest drawings were for the visuals to go along with the Ben Cardilli Band's 2-song demo, "Goldeny" (pronounced "Goldeneye"). Below is the final cover as well as the original drawings. I had an incredibly good time drawing this and working on the whole layout (despite the new Mac mouse giving me my fair share of headaches). I'm really happy how it turned out. I should do this more often.

This demo contains a Ben Cardilli Band original (Goldeny) and a Weezer cover. We will be giving this demo away FREE at our upcoming show with a purchase of an advanced $10 ticket to our show on January 26th, 2013 at Cafe Campus in Montreal. It is for the semi-finals to the Omnion Du Rock battle of the bands. If you're interested in coming to this show, please find and contact the band or me through Facebook. 

The Facebook event for this show is here: 

https://www.facebook.com/events/477938748933713/

Swing Low, Sweet Ventricule

Getting back into the swing of things. Taking risks with my sharpie. 

I've been wanting to put more in my posts in terms of writing. Rather than just presenting new drawings, I was thinking of writing short stories to accompany my drawings. As if I have the time. As if my posts aren't few and far between as it is. But I'll take the challenge, as long as it's a creative endeavour.

No accompanying story this time around. We'll see how terrible I am at writing when the next post comes along.

The Wheel in the Sky...

My band Luther Higgs is playing a show soon. We don't play as much as we used to, but we don't have any reason to play more than we do. I booked a show for Boston band InAeona's Montreal tour stop. We're playing with them along with sludge/post-metal Montrealers Rhino. Booking shows gives me an excuse to draw the poster. No doubt I'd post the finished product here, along with the "original," pre-photoshopped sketch. 

I figured, for an more experimental/ambient rock/metal line-up, I'd go for some kind of fractal-type, trippy design. Also somewhat influenced by looking head on at a turbofan engine. Well, not actually.

Come to the show. It will probably be the last of the year. See poster below for details.

Tree Maker

An old sketch I decided to ink. Getting back into the groove of this whole "drawing" business. Not doing as much as I want to. Now that I have something to procrastinate, I'll have something to draw.

This is not a deliberate environmental protest drawing. 

Squalor Bloody Squalor

Been up to a whole lot of nothing. Just this angry piece of nothingness, frustration, boredom, solitude, and insomnia. I should always doodle on un-lined paper - it would save me from too much photoshopping.