Politics...

Posted by Arna. Doodled then worked over in Photoshop.

twoheads_2...

Posted by Arna:

busy busy...here's a doodle to keep this blog alive!

LittleMonsters_Red3Eyes

Posted by Arna:

Here's a small fishy doodle to entertain you while we're busy with work n' stuff...

Clicking the image takes you to our Flickr page. Once you're there, click 'all sizes' to go to the larger version of the image.

This little character is inspired by the movie THE HOST, a wonderful Korean film that builds a monster movie story by focusing on a family, and especially the disaffected son, who has lost his way. We follow the family's struggle to rescue the son's young daughter, after she is taken by the monster. The story carries themes of the terrible pollution our species has brought to this planet, and the destructive undermining influence of the American presence on Korean culture. There are allusions to the nerve-wracking SARS health scare we in Toronto are so familiar with, and great portrayals of the sort of groupthink fear that drives people to adopt ridiculous and totally pointless measures in times of crisis. Don't miss this film! It's funny, and terrifying. A great one to see in the theatre...the music echoes like the score from a Miyazaki film. The juggernaut motion of the monster; sometimes awkward, sometimes acrobatic (nothing like this little creature in the sketch above), keeps you on the edge of your seat.

We'll give it five 'doodler squiggles' or 'squidlers', a word that suits this film. ~~~~~

late night sillies

look out, he's...

Time for music...

We spent last night greeting the start of 2007 with friends. There was music and some dancing. This is an unrelated sketch from 2006. Happy New Year all!

Too many eyes...

I'm not sure if this guy is a plant or animal. Imagine coming upon a horde of these in the woods...

Have a lovely weekend, peoples!

Sculpt and doodle...

Posted by Arna:

A recent piece done in three nights at Central Technical school. The most enjoyable part of the process was slapping the figure onto a roughed-in raised slab during the last half hour of the third night. I like the contrast between the worked figure and the less textured platform she's reclining on.

This is a sketchdoodle of no one in particular, but the model for the piece above was an influence.

going squirrelly...

Posted by Arna:

A small mangy squirrel is eating our house. The little rodent comes back day after day and gnaws at the rotten window ledge on our decrepit back sunporch. The thing seems to want in. Winter's coming, so maybe it thinks it can make a nest or maybe it actually wants to hang out with our cats. It's really their sunporch. They spend most sunny days sleeping there.

Today I tried to make the squirrel go away by yelling and banging on the window. It's chewing its way into our house after all! I started to growl like an angry cat. I waved around a cardboard poster tube, trying to look ferocious. The squirrel just sat on the ledge staring back at me while I went nuts. But our cat Kiki lunged and grabbed me by the hair. Guess she had enough of my shenanigans.

If you look closely in the drawing you'll see the chew marks on our windowsill. We really have to stop this critter! Anyone have suggestions for getting rid of a pesky squirrel??

Two Heads On Red...

Posted by John:

Here's an actual phone doodle that ended up stuck to a card advertising a fitness centre.

doggy doodles...

Just for fun, here's a quick doodle in Flash. Saw this dog today waiting for his master to finish shopping. I did a few variations that made me think of kids room wallpaper.

And this one is a photoshoppy dog border, also a kids room sort of thing.

Posted by Arna

more juvenilia...

Continuing with the theme of posting stuff we did when we were younger:

This one's Arna's. The original is a 'stream of consciousness' doodle of the sort that I used to do often... just start drawing and stop when I felt like it with no big picture plan in mind. There's something wonderfully liberating about the process.

Original: felt-tip marker on cheap mountboard, circa 1969...possibly earlier!

I just now made the three variations in photoshop.

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