Another quick sketch of downtown toronto back alleys from my files. This one's in pen and ink and of a day time scene, for a change.

My favourite bookstore in Toronto is Pages Books and Magazines on Queen Street. Several years ago, when I was starting out as an illustrat...

And here's a sketch from my files, but newly coloured and posted to this blog. It kind of sums up my thinking at times about freelance ...

Here's one that was drawn for fun. It actually began as a doodle that got out of control. I took the copy and layout pretty much verba...

Another b&w drawing from my files -- this one was used as the cover for a small run sketchbook zine I put out (real small, like under 20...

I featured the cover for this job a few posts ago, but here are some pages from a recent children's educational comic assignment that I ...

Here are 2 cover images, drawn last year. These were drawn for a couple of proposed graphic novels to be written by talented toronto writer...

I've been so busy with freelance work lately that I haven't had time to draw any sketches at all! So I thought I'd post some wo...

Allow me to get a little arty here. I've been a fan of Edvard Munch's work since I was a teen. There are many paintings and prints...

Just a quick marker sketch of Kensington market in downtown Toronto. Guess who's in the foreground...

I'm a firm believer in the value of comics as a way to teach literacy to young children. I know reading comic books helped me to learn ...

...guess who won the election?

Here's an old portrait of me and my lovely and talented wife, Claudia Davila, that I did with markers. I like how I'm all clean-sh...

Another 2am posting, this time more Toronto alley sketches. As I mentioned previously, I like going for night time walks in the summer. An...

Until recently, I never really worked in pen and ink. That is, whenever I drew in black and white, I worked mainly with brushes. I was nev...

Just a quick little ink sketch from my sketchbook. I think I had just bought a pile of educational flashcards about pirates at a yardsale f...

Another night, another tight deadline. Tonight it's "Max Finder Mystery" -- the comic feature I draw each month for Owl Magaz...

As I write this, it's well past 3am and I'm going through the usual freelancer hell of tight deadlines. 2006 seems to be especially...

I'm posting this around 2am, which is fitting with the theme of this sketch. One of my favourite things about living in downtown toronto...