sketchbook panoply

 

Around the house in The Hammer, Covid Era. 

A sketch (of me, haha, by my husband in the top leftish corner), and a sketch of him at bottom right, as well as some drawings of pedestrians and a drug deal around Gore Park.

Sketches of Jeff, the cat, the cactus, and a snake and crayfish we saw on a Kilarney camping trip.

My old stomping grounds, The Sitting Spot

Style sample I (finally) made into a diarama, 

harking back from the Dog Walker music video 

I made for Toronto band The Most Loyal. 

It's more of a challenge carving out time for 

these sorts of things inbetween the commercial work, 

but it's satisfying to finally give them a home.

Happily sitting in the office-studio.

One more card, a la The Darth.

 

An Assortment of Cards

 An assortment of recent cards for nephews, nieces, in-laws, and my love:

the home studio

For the first time in my life I have a room designated particularly for studio use. This is quite a blessing, particularly in an era of working from home, and it was a fun little project to pull together over the summer. 

My husband is quite handy and laid down the wood floor as well as constructed the built-in bookcase, we picked up the cupboards (repurposed kitchen units) off Kijiji - miraculously got them all to fit in the station wagon - and the walnut countertop was a sale find. 

The room was an addition at some point to the original house, so it was a delightful surprise to discover the brick (plus a defunct window, covered over) underneath one wall. 

Some pics below:

A year in review

2020 was quite a year; it started off rather inconspicuously in Ottawa but soon included the likes of meeting my husband in March just before Covid hit, half-way Belleville dates, being laid off due to said Covid and heading back to Niagara, dating, getting engaged, planning a wedding and getting married during a pandemic, and settling into a new home in Hamilton with this incredible man and kindred spirit.

In a year that has seen much turmoil and upheaval, I have also seen the goodness of God in the land of the living. The boundaries have fallen in pleasant places indeed.

Covid-Era Council Meetings

EasyLocates Web Illustrations

Some website illustrations I did a few months ago for EasyLocates, 

software that helps track locates for digging operations. 

The site in all its glory can be found here: EasyLocates | Streamline Your Locates