Domo Arigato Mr.Juanato

Media Giant

Financial Post

Two illustrations for Financial Post. The above piece was last weeks investing illustration and below is this weeks!

Media Giant (Above): With BCE (Bell Canada Enterprises) purchase of CTV. Bell has transformed themselves into a media giant.

Unnoticed

Financial Post

Unnoticed: Of all the countries of the BRIC (Brazil Russia India China). Russia was always the most undervalued and overlooked country. However due to of a series of events Russia looks to pop out as the main star.

Something I felt was lacking in some of my illustrations was a establishing a sense of foreground middle ground background. Many times because of time constraint and tight deadlines from the Post, I would be guilty of skipping middle grounds or foregrounds. So I decided to improve myself on that. I tried my best to include all the 3 types of grounds in the pictures. Since many of my images are character based, I tried to still keep the surrounding areas simple without taking away too much from the characters. Still a lot of experimenting and failing to do!!!

I Am The LAW!!: Inside Counsel

Who To Talk To?

Inside Counsel

Recent Illustration I did for Inside Counsel's September issue. The article was about whether an arbitrator can enforce an arbitration agreement. The question narrows down to if the issue is with the arbitrator itself or the arbitration. A new rule states that problems with the arbitration go to the arbitrator and problems with the arbitrator go to the court. Yeah...I know wow thats a lot of arbitration going on.

It took about a couple reads of the article to try to understand what angle I should go for. Usually I can get an idea cooking right away but this one was a toughy. Here are a couple of rough ideas:






These were two main ideas I narrowed down to. One idea I had was that the arbitrator represented a referee type figure. With the new rule set in place. It was like a referee was being refereed. The other bottom two roughs show the idea that, if you have a problem with arbitration process. One would have to decide if the problem is with the arbitration or arbitrator, because the two issues lead to two different sets of ears (arbitrator or the courts)

In the end the rough on the bottom was picked. I liked the solution because it the idea is so difficult to describe, that the image boils it down to the core solution of the article. I worked with the AD Elizabeth Novak last year on a litigation article and it was really awesome to work with her again. She puts the utmost trust in the illustrators and she is great to work with!

Side note who watched the Monday Night Football game....sigh

Financial Post: Flocking To Safety

Flocking To Safety(Black and White)

Financial Post

This was an quick B&W illustration I did last Saturday for the Financial Post (Around 3-4hrs). The Investing Feature was about investors flocking to bonds and safe investments over economic uncertainty. However with many of these investments, the returns are very low.

I had the idea of birds flocking South to avoid the harshness of winter. However when they reached South all they were met with was a crowded bird filled island. A small risk with little reward.


Here is another illustration I made especially for Fan Expo.



If anyones still interested in prints, I'm still selling them and some buttons! Feel free to email me if interested or if you want to trade that would be awesome too!

I Am The LAW!!: Canadian Lawyer

Equals

Canadian Lawyer

Hello Blogiverseee!!! Last two weeks have been crazy busy, preparing and being at Fan Expo. BUT! I'm back with a piece done for Canadian Lawyer.

Equals: ODR's (Online Dispute Resolution) have become a new and common solution to settle disputes. Many people prefer settling small claims online, rather than going through the process of attending a courtroom and seeing a judge. In that sense the computer has made itself equal to the judges role. Don't tell that to Judge Dredd though.

Also I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who stopped by at Fan Expo. It was great seeing old faces and especially meeting new ones! It was an awesome experience and I will be having a table next year!


I don't have any pictures but heres my table mates!! Me, Wesley Tsang, Yuta Onoda and Simon Kim. Nimit brought his fancy dancy video moving picture recorder along for the weekend. So stay tuned for that!!

Oh also! Here is a print that I made especially for Fan Expo:


I submitted it to the Blizzard Fan Art page and they posted it!! Check it out here!

More to come this week!!!!