I’m a personal trainer currently working out of London, Ontario. I am also a husband and father to two little ones.
As a kid, I spent all of my spare time drawing and was quite good. I was the guy who people came to when they needed something drawn. As I got older I ended up spending more time with sports which left little time for drawing for hours on end.
Long story not so short, I let my passion of art (drawing specifically) fall by the wayside and eventually lie dormant for the better part of 16 years with only a passing doodle here and there.
In late 2017 I found myself thinking ‘Life is too short to not be following your passions. What am I passionate about? Art! Get back into drawing and do something with this’. And here I am.
I hope to someday be a successful ‘late bloomer’ who finds an income source doing something that I truly love.
Here’s my entry for this month’s Critique Arena. I stepped outside of my comfort zone and tried something a little different on this one. It took me a while to get started as I wasn’t sure where to take it but I have to say that I’m more than happy with the outcome. Can’t wait to see what everyone else brings to the table this month.
This was hands down my favourite critique arena challenge yet! Right up my alley, speaking to my interests at least. I’ve never actually done a full character design sheet like this so I’m glad I’ve got one to add to my portfolio now:)
I really enjoyed the prompt this month. Here’s my entry of a clever little monkey scheming his way over to a tree full of ripe oranges.
As always, best of luck to everyone and I can’t wait to see what’s brought Into the arena!
MAY CONTEST: ISOLATION
First contest entry for me. I’ve been dying to join the fun for a while now but have been too busy (aka busy making excuses) to get my stuff together and submit. I guess one of the upsides to these strange times we’re experiencing now is that I was able to find (make) time to put something together.
I just watched the critique arena for April’s contest and I LOVE the new format with 16 short list entries being whittled down to winners by SVS member votes! Great improvement and I hope to make the cut next month to see what kind of feedback I might receive.
I haven’t been as active in here as I would like but plan to make a push to get in here more frequently. Everyone here is doing such great work and the level of positivity amongst artists is very refreshing. Grateful to be a part of the team. Good luck to everyone entering this month!
Hey guys, re-posting this one with some additions. I didn’t like how my first image was going to get hit with “This doesn’t really say ‘yeti’ to me. What kind of a yeti gets to chef up some solid meals in a kitchen as fancy and modern as that?” so I made some minor alterations.
I’m not sure if the grey backdrop counts against the ‘spot illustration’ I’m going after but I wanted the outline of the daydream bubble to stand out and liked the look of the white font. We’ll see how she does.
Best of luck, as always, to everyone competing. Hopefully there are a bunch of solid portfolio pieces to come out of this one:)
Here’s my entry for this month’s critique arena contest. I’m not sure how I feel about it as it’s the first time I’ve tried to create anything without line work (just to try something different and venture outside of my comfort zone) but I’m submitting anyway.
Looking forward to seeing what everyone else is bringing to the table. For some reason this prompt stumped me more than expected so I’m curious how others tackled this one.
Oh, I also decided to throw some text in there for fun. It could be a big misstep but I figured I’d give it a shot anyway and see how it fared.
Good luck everyone:)
Hey guys/gals, meet Fidget Hare. I haven’t had much luck in these contests as of late but call me stubborn because here I am again. I haven’t even had a chance to check out everyone’s entries yet so I’m looking forward to going over all of the goodies right now:) Best of luck to everyone!
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Here’s my entry for May! As always, feedback is welcome. Good luck to everyone. Time to check out some entries:)
@LisaF hi Lisa, I’m in the boat of people who didn’t receive a link to the critique arena today. Is it possible to grab that off you please?
@DaveLeekArt and I just realized the challenge called for an ‘Inn’... not necessarily our traveller’s home - whoops! Guess it pays to not rush and submit last minute after glancing at the rules.
Bummed out I couldn’t give this one a proper go this month, simply had too much else on the go. This is the best I could come up with in a couple hours but wanted to get something out there for completion sake.
Looking forward to seeing everyone else’s entries now (I don’t like to look until I’m done and submitted haha).
Catch you all in the arena:)
@Braden-Hallett haha I guess there’s nothing new under the sun “It’s never what you do but how it’s done”.
@Braden-Hallett very well done sir! I love the blueprint background. Consider that idea stolen at the next opportunity I have haha
Hey guys/gals, meet Fidget Hare. I haven’t had much luck in these contests as of late but call me stubborn because here I am again. I haven’t even had a chance to check out everyone’s entries yet so I’m looking forward to going over all of the goodies right now:) Best of luck to everyone!
