That’s right… Hotcakes New Media was created and registered this time last year. Since then, I’ve created a number of webpages for fundraising organizations (including Canadian Tire Jumpstart and Jump Rope For Heart), for companies (including Better Farming Magazine, Roco Trains and Cozumel Diving), and more. I’ve also shot an interview about torture for a producer in LA, helped finish the production of Real, and shot a music video. So what did I not do?
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I’m back! And this week I have my t-shirt entry for the DBH 10k contest. This t-shirt design is based on the poster and DVD cover for the short film REAL by David Jaeggin. The story is about a man who sees the ghost of his father 2 years after he was killed in a car accident. The design creates a sense of wonderment about what is real and what isn’t, and makes us wonder if we really are alone. The artwork is deliberately dark, sketchy and “grungy” at the bottom to mirror the dark graveyard and subject matter, but gradually becomes cleaner, softer and more open at the top, to give a sense of hope.
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This is my first official printed tee. It is a commissioned work for a school musical based on Mamma Mia and other music from the 70s. The design was created to mimic a 70s retro style (stars and fonts), and printed with gold and blue metallic inks on orange American Apparel tees in various shapes and sizes (mens, womens, and kids). Below you will find the full picture of the shirt, along with a test vintage-look shirt I requested for myself, and a poor quality version of the shirt.
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I finally made a bit of time to work on a design that was in my head. It’s just a fun, simple design based on the phrase “the sky looks angry”. I can imagine an angry cloud in the sky, throwing lightning bolts at the innocent bystanders below.

This shirt is being submitted to a different site this time, called Teextile. I will update this post as soon as voting is open.

A7 is (tired of the rain)

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I’ve finally gotten around to taking pictures of the house after all the work and design and decorating. The results were pretty astonishing, and I’m loving the house. I love the fact that I was able to design everything from the beginning the way I wanted instead of trying to fit my design around existing items. It gave me the opportunity to push my designs and build a space that was 100% mine. Want some pictures? Of course you do!
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We recently had our very first official site visit for our new house. We were delighted to find out that construction was well ahead of schedule, and progressed much quicker than we had anticipated. As you can see from the pictures, the house is pretty well built already. All cabling, HVAC, rough-ins, framing, walls, roof, windows and doors are completed already. They even have most of the drywalling done. Very impressive! Looks like all is on schedule for a December 8th closing as expected.

It was interesting to see the house so bare without any of our design decisions in place yet. But you might be wondering what design decisions we made? Well here’s the list of upgrades and colour choices we made.
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After much deliberation, soul searching, suggestions (thanks to all who participated!) and great recommendations, I have made my decision. For the record, I was leaning towards version 3 (the blue one) and version 4 (the lighter blue and purple one) of my previous designs. At the recommendation of some tattoo artists I spoke to about my design, I’ve combined my two choices to create the look I was hoping for.
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I’ve finished designing my new tattoo, but I’m calling out for your help! I can’t seem to decide on a colour scheme. I have a base set of colours in mind that go with the flow of the tattoo and the aura I’m trying to project from it, but can’t decide on a specific design.

Want to help?

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OMG!!! A new post!!!

I know, it has been a while since I’ve posted. It’s hard to find the time to post when I don’t have a place to call “my own” and I’m constantly bouncing from one place to the next. Combine that with work, travelling, new tattoo designs (more on that in a bit), video art planning (more on that in a future post), house planning, and other random things, and it leaves me with no time left to write a decent article. In fact, I should be working right now, so let’s get right down to it shall we? The topic of today’s post? Tattoo designs I’m working on, and why I enjoy designing tattoo art.
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