january freq

At the end of last month I created this illustration for the January issue of FREQ magazine, which is out on stands now. It was originally created to be the cover, for the feature on Snowblower. Unfortunately advertisements got held up until it needed to be printed after Snowblower, so it didn't make sense as the feature anymore. You can still find this illustration inside I've been told, so go to your local news stand and pick up a copy.

I also reviewed the Pusha T mixtape "Fear of God II: Let Us Pray" in this months issue of FREQ, listen to a track from that album below where Ziplock P raps circles around your favorite MC.

fast forward weekly cover

FFWD VOL. 17 NO. 4

On December 29th the year end wrap up issue of Calgary's news & entertainment alt weekly, Fast Forward, was released. Since it was a bit of a different kind of issue for the end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012 they wanted a bit of a different cover. They decided to go with a comic style cover, and I was lucky enough to be chosen to create it! They wanted something "self deprecating", and I was a bit worried that my idea may be too self deprecating when I sent it off, so I was really excited when they ended up giving it the go ahead.

You can consider this a special edition of Still Here and a return after the holiday break. It's been on my bucket list to do a FFWD cover, so I was happy to be able to cap off 2011 with my first cover on news stands. They'll be around until January 4th so go check out a copy if you get the chance.....and HAPPY 2012!

Below is a rough of the cover, before I tackled the final, as well as a gratuitous picture of myself (picture curtesy of Christine).

freq d-sisive review

Meant to mention that I reviewed D-Sisive's newest album "Run With The Creeps" in this months issue of FREQ. So if you're reading the newest issue flip to the review section to check out my contribution.

Update: Thanks to Jaron who pointed out that reviews are up on the FREQ site, so read it here.

still here 09

Still Here wishes you a Merry Christmas! This will have to double as my Christmas card this year.

This is number 9 of my "Still Here" series, and it may be the last one until the new year, as things are hectic around the holiday season. Perhaps I'll try to draw up a Still Here picture or something (as I pretend people actually follow this :D ). We'll see!

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arkells video on youtube

Here is the youtube stream of the Arkells video I worked on!

still here 08

Still Here 08, follow the tumblr here.

Ah good ol' trusty water cooler, is that too much of a cliché?

arkells "michigan left" music video

In October I was busy drawing for The Arkells' newest single and music video "Michigan Left", the title track from their sophmore album. I worked alongside talented music video directer (and friend) John "JP" Poliquin who you may remember I collaborated with earlier in the year on the Mother Mother music video.

For "Michigan Left" I contributed the illustrations and animation seen throughout the video, giving the animations that "scratched on film look". Last Friday it premiered on MTV and Much Music. I was really happy with the final result and the song is awesome so check it out:

http://www.muchmusic.com/music/playlist/cid/578031/pid/63921/arkells-michigan-left

Below are a few screenshots of animations that didn't make it into the final cut (for the best I'm sure).

I will post a youtube link to the video once available.

In other music video news, the Allstar Weekend music video I worked on has reached over 2 million views, which is pretty cool.