PAPER STARZ

Portrait 2: Brooke Stephenson

2012-01-28T18:07:00.001-05:00

Portrait 1: George Zakher

2012-01-13T00:21:00.000-05:00

Kids!

2011-04-27T21:50:00.004-04:00

I forgot I did this…

Portfolio Illustration

2011-02-05T14:47:00.004-05:00

This lady is gonna be the illustration on my site. I can't wait until it's finished

Hay Look. A creepy clown.

2011-02-05T14:43:00.002-05:00

A birthday card for my sister who was TERRIFIED of clowns as a kid. I thought it was funny :P

Happy birthday Brooke!

2011-01-24T21:25:00.002-05:00

Merry Xmas!!

2010-12-24T13:12:00.000-05:00

this year's xmas card!!

Mazotauro!

2010-12-09T11:03:00.002-05:00

A work in progress, but here it is so far:

A new look for PaperStarz!!

2010-09-21T22:03:00.002-04:00

Howdy.

Busy busy working on a whole new design for my site! Weeeeeee...

I should have the flash version up by the end of the week, then I'll be busy working on the super awesome version as well as some more cool stuff. It's funny how fall rolls around and jump starts you into getting things done.

Anyway, check out this site:

http://thanuka.com/

It's super awesome and I love it.

Don King!

2010-07-23T11:54:00.003-04:00

Why? A friend requested it for a birthday present.

horf!

2010-07-20T22:52:00.001-04:00

A dude barfing....

yup. that is all.

2010-05-07T14:42:00.002-04:00

I'm not finished this, but I started it in between projects. So here's a sneak peak!!

I'll have MORE non work related art up soon!

Mr. Cool Guy

2010-05-06T23:38:00.004-04:00

Here's a hot guy to go along with the girl I made for work. She was getting lonely.

They've been requesting these things at work, and it makes for a pretty fun work day. Good practice! Plus it really gets me in the drawing mood 'fo 'sho. He's more realistic then the girl in the previous post, but whatevah. I don't care. I think his sunglasses look neat and they took literally TWO SECONDS to make!!! yay!

work illustration

2010-05-02T16:27:00.004-04:00

Did this at work on Friday. It was a lot of fun to do!

I have a bunch of other stuff to work on as well. I'm working on designing a game project Pete and some school peeps are making. It's gonna be a lot of fun! I'll start posting the character designs soon!

Another xmas card i forgot to post at xmas.....

2010-02-24T15:33:00.004-05:00

aaaaaaaaand here's a closeup!closeup!!

Enjoy!

Just Warming Up!!

2010-02-23T22:58:00.004-05:00

Getting ready to do a bunch of art! Hoping to have plans for comic con. Here is my warm up drawing!

I'm trying to get in the flow of things. It's pretty fun!

CHEERS!

YETI!

2010-02-22T10:48:00.002-05:00

I finished all my work that's due today on Friday. Awesome. I'm just waiting for my next project at the moment.
So here is a yeti i drew for xmas cards!! I forgot to post him actually during the holidays! HAAA

cuuuuute

Another Website Illustration

2010-02-15T17:46:00.006-05:00

Hay!

2010-02-13T16:59:00.005-05:00

I should have posted more of my work, but I'll start with this.

I did this illustration for a website at work. Cool!

Smexy redhead!

I'll start postin' more stuff soooooon

Sadly I Did Not Draw This.......

2009-07-29T21:49:00.006-04:00

So my Bf drew this while taking notes in class and it's the most awesome thing I've seen all week:

Raise the roof. Word.

That is all.

Where the Wild Things Are VS. Alice in Wonderland???

2009-07-24T20:12:00.005-04:00

I'm sorry Tim Burton.....'Where The Wild Things Are' looks a million times better....

Remember how awesome 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was'?? Remember how the remake made you want to tear your eyeballs out? I have a feeling that's how 'Alice in Wonderland' is going to make me feel.

Check out these this 'Where the Wild things Are' Featurette and the 'Alice in Wonderland' trailer....

Sorry Tim Burton....

New Business Card!!

2009-07-20T15:59:00.006-04:00

My friend Angelica invited me to this networking party happening tonight, which should be a lot of fun. I tried to get business cards done before the weekend since not a lot of print shops I know of are opened then. I didn't get them done. BUT I finished the design anyways and thought I should get a few printed off anyway. I went to this little place today and they came out great!! I was surprised and happy.

not my actual phone number. As if i would post that online!!

I like it. I may make a few changes before I get a ton of them printed, but I'm happy that I have a few for the party tonight.

CHEERS!!

Another Day, Another Drawing

2009-07-17T12:32:00.004-04:00

While making new business cards and applying to jobs, I sketched this:

Happy Friday everyone!

Interactive Job Application Layout!! COOL

2009-07-14T01:08:00.008-04:00

Hello, hello!

My, I haven't been posting regularly! Job hunting will do that to ya. I have been working on stuff, I swear but it often gets pushed aside. *sigh*

But wait! Here is what I've been working on today!

This one place I want to apply to asked for a more creative response then the usual cover letter and resume.

Soooo.......I'm making an Interactive Job Application!!

HAWT

It's pretty much like a mini website, except with a cover letter, resume, and a few little samples of my work. I wanted it to reflect my current site, but obviously not a direct copy of it. I'll probably change a few things, but it'll be done tomorrow. I'll put it online then and post the link so everyone can seeeeeeeeee.....

EDIT: Here's the link!! oh, and I updated the picture tooooo :)

Lots of Change!

2009-07-04T02:59:00.004-04:00

If you haven't noticed, the look of this blog has been undergoing some change. I'll just be playing around with it on the side as I get some actual ART on the go and get on with my job search.

Until then Here's a water colour sketch I did some time back that's kinda cute.....

I'll have more to post soon!! CHEERS!! :)

The New Site is UP!!

2009-07-02T12:11:00.002-04:00

Haaaaaay!

I FINALLY finished it! WHOOOOOO

Well, actually, I finished it yesterday, but it was Canada Day and I went down to the beach to catch some music and fireworks with some friends instead of posting about it.

Well, here it is: paperstarz.com

LOOK AT IT!! Enjoy it.

Whoa. Thunderstorm.

2009-06-25T12:22:00.007-04:00

a watercolour sketch!

I WANT TO SEE THIS

2009-06-24T14:40:00.002-04:00

He (she?) looks like a darling little sea monkey!

I'm still not sure about the new Avatar movie tho. I do love Avatar, but I do not love M. Night Shyamalan. But here's the first trailer for it anyway.

Hmmmmmmm...........

I don't know. I have a feeling I will be disappointed. (I hope not) They are apparently making it a trilogy so I hear and the guys who wrote it are working with Shyamalan. Fingers crossed!!

Anyhoos, that's all for today. More art to be posted next week!!

SKin Tight Outta Sight!!

2009-06-18T11:04:00.004-04:00

Hawt

A Burlesque group here in Toronto called Skin Tight Outta Sight gave me a few really nice photos for me to play with. How nice eh?! So much thanks to them. It's a project I find I keep returning to so I may make a new version later. I hope to finish some more in the future and have a series of posters for them. I saw their show a few times and they are really good!! Here is their website.

skintightouttasight.com

Check them out and see their show if you can!!

Site Layout!!

2009-06-14T16:36:00.006-04:00

So far it's been two weeks of unemployment, and wow, it's a lot of fun. TOO MUCH FUN.

I am behind schedule. *sigh* ...

I should have my site finished by now. I have been working on it, but not as much as I should. So NOW, I'm hoping to get it done by Wednesday! hahahhaaaaa........oh boy

I had a feeling this would happen. I would work casually until my last paycheck is spent, then I'm left to fall back on savings, THEN I get serious about stuff and THEN get to work like crazy! I'm still not too worried tho. I should have maybe done more drawing, but oops again..... I can't wait until it's done tho, I have so many ideas and projects I want to work on!!!

Until then, here's a sneak peek at my site layout:

Sexy!!

Alrighty, now it's back to work! (I'm actually working on stuffs!! yaaaay!!)

Cinderella?

2009-06-02T23:57:00.004-04:00

My last day of WORK!!

2009-05-29T09:18:00.004-04:00

Some Posty Notes

2009-04-17T13:14:00.005-04:00

Random elf chick.

Lisa!!

HAY-OOOO!!!

2009-04-15T16:45:00.004-04:00

Love Bunny!!

2009-04-05T18:04:00.005-04:00

Where The WIld Things Are!!!!

2009-03-27T10:30:00.004-04:00

Have YOU seen the trailer for the movie Where The Wild Things Are, yet? It looks pretty awesome!

I'm not sure why they chose the Arcade Fire song to go with the trailer, but oh well. The monsters look incredible!! I can't believe it! I hear that they are COSTUMES. NOT CG. I find movies that do this with combination of CG look the best. Like in Pans Labyrinth. I mean, I think Jurassic Park STILL looks fan-fucking-tastic. Am I right?

Back to work for me. Yay weekend's here!! Lots of fun stuff to catch up on.

Late Drawing!!

2009-03-25T16:18:00.007-04:00

I drew this one exactly a week ago. The worse thing about holiday themed drawings is if you don't finish them in time, you miss the whole point of drawing the damn thing in the first place. But here it is anyway!

Ugh. Now back to work. Lots toooo doooooo....At least between all the work, I still get to draw some fun stuff and hang with friends. I guess I can't complain too much eh!!

Birthday Pics!!

2009-03-25T15:51:00.013-04:00

Heeyoooo

Went to see a Primal Scream concert last night. It was a lot of fun! I just wish it wasn't on a Tuesday night. Anyway, I got my tooth fixed! Yay! It was actually fixed on Monday. I am happy. Here are some pics of my birthday. Some are at the bar on St. Patrick's Day, and the other's are at This is London. No pictures of the broken tooth. Sorry. If I wasn't so traumatized when it happened I would have taken a picture. I looked pretty much like I played a mean game of hockey.

Cats wearing hats!!

Gettin' the party started

Hols & Brooke

Pete wearing many hats.

Now we are at This is London

Sportin' trendy scarves

Steph!! and this is the WASHROOM folks. SA-WEEEET

The gang

heh.

My sister Sammy made me this! Inside was stickers, giftcards and movie tickets! WOO!!!

my friend Brooke made me this card! cute! Check out her blog here

AND HERE'S FRODO

2009-03-22T18:14:00.005-04:00

Here's a drawing I did of Frodo for the Lord Of the Rings Art Jumble theme:

Happy St. Patrick's Day!! And Happy Birthday to ME!!!

2009-03-17T14:17:00.004-04:00

Happy Birfday tooooo meeeeeeee

WAAAAAAAHHH.....

2009-03-12T01:47:00.006-04:00

Here are a couple things I'm working on.

I wanted to get the line work done on this today, but oh wells....

DRUUUUUNK

2009-03-11T02:12:00.002-04:00

kay, so I'm still working and it's 2:15 am and my boss is goddanm ass backwards FUCKED so i decided that if i'm working overtime and not getting paided for it, AND he's a bitch to me, then it's fine to get drunk. i'm realistic.

SO, Pete showed me this and i LOLed. 'fo 'sho

HWAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

Watchmen!!

2009-03-08T21:50:00.005-04:00

A drawing of Nite Owl in his Snow outfit. Ha.

Time for bed.

Happy Birfday Pete!

2009-03-05T13:43:00.007-05:00

It's Pete's birthday today and he celebrates playing WoW and doing homework. No worries tho, friends and I are taking him out to see Watchmen on Sat and bar hopping, yay!

I quickly made a little water colour drawing to give to him with his present:

I gotta try and get back into the drawing groove again, but updating my website and working on animations take up a lot of time. I need a new job dammit! But after this retarded month, things should be settled down a bit. More art and photos of my vacation coming soon!

CAN'T STOP READING WATCHMEN!!

2009-02-26T10:29:00.008-05:00

Get it now! And enjoy before the movie comes out! This also explains why I can't get anything done. Seriously. I suck.

Here's a crappy drawing!

2009-02-24T12:18:00.007-05:00

Colour Girls

2009-02-24T01:27:00.011-05:00

Purple Hair

2009-02-21T19:07:00.005-05:00

Anyhoo, here is a little somethin' somethin' I did on the plane:

yay

Adventures in Peru!!

2009-02-18T23:50:00.007-05:00

HAY!!

Still on vacation. No scanner. So no drawings for you blog. But here are a few pictures of
Machu Picchu!

We climbed to the highest point at the site. Not up the mountain, but still pretty far.

TAA DAA!!

On the edge! So hard core.

I'll post more pics and drawings of my adventures later when I get back to cold Canada.

and i saw this at a few gift shops:

haha, wtf?!

Greetings from Peru!!

2009-02-12T23:15:00.007-05:00

SO I'm in Peru now! YAY!!!!

I may not post anything new until tuesday or wednesday when I get back from Machu Picchu.

But here are a few interesting things I noticed on my first day here:

-the weather is totally awesome and the city is amazing

-you have to pay to use the bathrooms and they have no toilet seats. weird.

-people try to sell you stupid shit while you are in a car at a stop light.

-you can buy cocoa leaf tea and candy. I tried the tea and it made my tounge numb.

-old fashion volkswagon beetles EVERYWHERE! so cool!

-people LOVE honking their car horns. Which i might ad, come in EVERY weird sound. It's kinda funny!

Here are a few pictures of my day. Hopefully when I post again I will have some cool drawings to show. It's kinda hard tho with so much to see and do!

The view of Lima from my parent's apartment

cool art in the city

In the park

WHHHEEeeee!!! Dad and I under a cool fountain!

Well, that's all for now, the flight to Cuzco leaves at 6am! ACK! So gotta catch some Z's!

Check Out This Cat!!

2009-02-10T09:46:00.002-05:00

AWWWWWWWWW......he thinks he's people!

More art to be posted later tonight!

CHEERS!

Bettie Page

2009-02-09T01:53:00.007-05:00

Betty Booop

2009-02-05T13:04:00.009-05:00

Close up!

Pisces Mermaids

2009-02-04T09:29:00.005-05:00

MAUS!!!

2009-02-03T00:58:00.004-05:00

Lots of fun going on the past weekend, so much so I decided to take a break from the computer. After an annoying week of work and the fact my boss decided NOT to pay me on time....again, I figured a weekend of partying and relaxing was in order. I spent way too much money and slacked off unproductively.

It was awesome.

After being disappointed yet again today that my paycheck did not appear in my mailbox, I was delighted to discover that P bought me a surprise! :) yay

The graphic novel Maus!! I always wanted to read it. The only thing is I finished the first book today and now I can't wait to read the second. oops. I couldn't put it down, it's really good!

Check it out!

I was going to post some art tonight, but got distracted by reading, but I'll finish it tomorrow for sure.

Gettin' 'Er DONE!!

2009-01-29T00:34:00.009-05:00

Well, weeellll......

I ACTUALLY WORKED ON MY WEBSITE!!! yeeeee......

It's in the process for a massive change after my Peru Adventure. Check out it's progress at paperstarz.com

So I was really busy tonight, mostly on website, scanning stuffs and photoshoppin', but here is a mock club poster/card/swag thing I made based on Russian Constructivism. It's a Communist Party! Huzzah! Simplicity was the key here. Tho when I went out for a walk, I noticed most club posters were GRAAAAAAAAFICS IN YO FACE. Oh well. It was fun. One of my early Illustrator projects. I think it may make a wikked website design or something...

Recognize the boy? hehe

Here's a slightly different version

In other news, We finally got our bathroom sink unclogged. yay. Oh, and I changed my banner so it looks sexier. Anyone notice? anyone........well it's totally better now.

Purple Chick

2009-01-27T13:44:00.008-05:00

Playing Around...

2009-01-25T22:42:00.013-05:00

WTF!!??

2009-01-24T17:49:00.004-05:00

I HAD to post this: The dog is awesome!! Makes me lol every freakin time.

More art coming tomorrow folks!

Tonight I'm chillin' with friends. IT'S THE WEEKEND!!! WEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

Good day

2009-01-23T11:45:00.005-05:00

Music Videos!!

2009-01-22T11:21:00.006-05:00

Today is a pretty good day at work. WTF EH??!

SO I'm taking a wee break to listen to some fav songs. And share them. Right now these two songs ROCK MY SOCKS

Here's Cut Copy. They are pretty rad. I love this song. The music video is ass. So here's the song sans video. They are coming to Toronto around my birthday which is wikked.

And here's MGMT. Also super rad. Electric Feel makes me happy. Here's the Justice remix. I saw Justice when they came to Toronto. Weeee. MGMT is not coming to Toronto any time soon. Bummer. But check out the original Electric Feel Here.

Hopfully I'll be posting more art goodies tonight.

But until then, ENJOY!

Wonder Woman

2009-01-21T13:48:00.006-05:00

Yes We Can Wonder Woman!

WEEEEEeee! Shopping!

2009-01-20T10:16:00.010-05:00

So I was to Cranky yesterday to realize I bought the most AMAZING lipstick yesterday. I swear, it's probably the best I ever bought. Seriously. It's the Benefit brand Full-Finish Lipstick from the Lana line in 'Do Tell'. Apparently that's a colour. I've heard stranger shade names for lipsticks actually. It's really soft, which is good because in winter my lips get really dry. The colour is FLAWLESS. Goes so well with my skin colour.

Well, you can tell it's a slow day at work!! Which is nice for a change.

Alien Chick

2009-01-20T01:07:00.006-05:00

Well well well...

fishnets!

Hello Winter

2009-01-18T23:18:00.005-05:00

I rock so here's a coloured sketch for you...

2009-01-16T00:13:00.004-05:00

Sailor B!!!!

2009-01-15T01:40:00.009-05:00

Sketches.

2009-01-14T11:16:00.004-05:00

NEW POST! OMG!!

2009-01-12T22:04:00.002-05:00

I told myself ONE post a day because there will be a time when I will not post everyday. Sorry folks, but thems the breaks.

But I don't care so here's a witch! WOOOOOOOO!!

Xmas Cards

2009-01-12T21:18:00.011-05:00

Frolicking reindeer, fa la la la la

Mermaids

2009-01-11T14:43:00.008-05:00

They are suppose to be like the Pisces zodiac....BUT WITH MERMAIDS. I'm so clever.

Troll sketches

2009-01-10T19:21:00.008-05:00

TGIF

2009-01-09T19:20:00.006-05:00

Yeah, so this ugly drawing pretty much sums up my situation........

NYE Pics! Work sucks and other news........

2009-01-09T10:37:00.001-05:00

This whole week has been crazy for work. I mean, I've been having to work overtime to keep up with everything! AWFUL! Now I'm waiting for my giant files to FTP on my bosses server, so that means I get to post pics and complain here! yay!

I'm drinking a disgusting red bull in the morning and my body is all like, 'wwhhhhyyyyyy....' and I'm all like, 'BECAUSE YOU ARE A QUITTER! THAT'S WHY! *downs red bull*

gag.

Anyhoos, here are some NYE pics! I only put up a few because they are all basically drunken posing that are similar to these.

So how does Hol taste?

BUBBLES! The bubbles actually ruined my dress. ack.

My spunky girlfriends

New Year Texting!

And here's the gang

B and Me

wow. cool mural guys!

Wins best dress EVER

P and ME

Kay, so that's that. Back to work.

Can't Even DEAL!!

2009-01-08T12:23:00.002-05:00

SO TIRED!! SO MUCH WORK TO DO!!

I went out to buy a red bull and now I'm having a crappy lunch which is nom nom good

Taking a break and watched the literal version of A-ha's 'Take on ME' to perk me up! Who didn't freakin' love that song and video when they were little eh?

Tho now it has some dumb guy talking before the actual song and a 3d graphic intro. WTF. SKip ahead to spare yourself and get to the wonderful A-Ha goodness.

A Pin Up Girl

2009-01-08T09:13:00.002-05:00

sick

2009-01-06T14:57:00.004-05:00

uh ohhhhhhh.........

OMG! church rave!

2009-01-06T11:04:00.001-05:00

SO TIRED

2009-01-06T10:28:00.001-05:00

I wonder how many blogs start outwith people complaining about being tired?! I bet like, all of them. I slept all day yesterday when I was suppose to be working. I blame the vaccines. Then I had to make up for it by working late. Not the best start for 2009! lol.

But anyhoos, I figure I should make a little list of the goals I want to fulfill, then I can look back and check my progress! Yay! Here gooooeeesssss............

1- Update ye 'ol website. I need to put up my recent professional work to show off to potential employers!

2- Animations! Gots to get those done.

3- Find new job. yeesssss....working at home has it's perks, but I definitely need to expend professionally. Working at home sounds cool, but it's really weird. MY CO-WORKERS ARE MY CATS!!!! ACK!

4-Make time for personal art!! With this job, freelance, and working on projects it's easy to forget the fun stuff.

5-Work on film and game! Yes sir. Got a film on the drawing board and there have been talks of a game collaboration with P and myself. Who knows how long this will take, but as long as one of them gets finished in 2009, I'll be happy.

6-I really got to try to be neater. I hate cleaning.

7-ummmm.......

I don't even know what else to put on this list! I find I'm on the right track with most things, I just really have to sort things out and get things done. So I guess rather then a resolution list, it's more of a 'to do' list. hehehe....

On that note, check out my messy work area!!

I swear, the rest of the apartment is not this bad, just my little corner. Maybe today I'll at least pick up the socks and paper........

And so the New Year Begins......

2009-01-05T20:34:00.002-05:00

SOooooooo.......

Today was kinda a big waste of time. My first day back to work after all the crazy festivities and here I am at 8:30 trying to make up for lack of work. ack. I basically slept all day. I blame it on the fact that i had to get my Hep and yellow fever shots for my adventure in PERU coming up in Feb. I was hoping I'd be more motivated after the insane NEwYear celebrations and good times, but really all I want to do is sleep lol.

The party was INSANE!! Basically partied at M club until 3am, went home with the bf to change, and went to CZ at 6am! Omg! P had a misadventure which was kinda hilarious now that I think of it, tho not really at the time! Went back home for a bit of sleep, then went BACK to CZ.

my NYE dress!

I never got any sleep at all and then Friday afternoon we drove to Niagara Falls to stay at a nice hotel and try our luck at some gambling. The hotel was fucking awesome. Good times in the giant jaccuzzi for sure and the view of the falls was unreal. I won $50 at the casino. P didn't win any.

HUGE jaccuzzi

i like the window to the bathroom. You can see the amazing view from the jaccuzzi

view from our window!

the casino is HUGE!

The many slot machines

cool fountain!

wow

COLD!

nice

The next day we walked around the Falls but it was freakin' cold. Oh and did i mention that Niagara Falls is catered cheese to American Tourists?

Well, it is. Next time we are going to Vegas for sure! lol!

I'll post more NYE pictures later. My friend has them all since my purse was too small to carry my camera. I really gotta get my work done for reals! I know i want a new job for 2009, but not because I got fired!

HAy Guys! I started a BLog!

2009-01-05T18:29:00.002-05:00

Hello Hello!

I live in Toronto Canada. I'm bored at work and thought making a blog would be a neat way to waste time. Also I figure documenting my life in the new year may be interesting, so I'll give it a shot! I have a good feeling about this year anyway.

Anyhoos, Here's a picture of me being festive: