Teti’Aroa – A Tahitian Atoll – French Polynesia

April 13, 2010

Here is another illustration from the Teti’Aroa series featuring an aerial view of five of the Tahitian atoll’s islands. Onetahi is in the foreground. The inspiration for this was a hand tinted engraving.
The illustration was created to be viewed at various degrees of magnification. On the project’s website the overall view, as seen here, will [...]

Gung Hay Fat Choy – Happy Chinese New Year!

February 15, 2010

Wishing all my family, friends and clients a prosperous New Year!
I’ll be posting a generic version of this for sale on my Etsy Store soon.
Cheers, Scott
Here’s a detail…

Wolf Fables – Oxford University Press

September 30, 2009

These are some illustrations I contributed to Oxford University Press’s Myths and Legends series due out early 2010. My story is called “The Wolf and the Goat”.  The illo’s appear intermingled with large lettered text and are aimed at readers at the grades 3 and 4 levels. It’s based on the Aesop’s fable of the [...]

Portland, OR!

September 10, 2009

The Missus and I flew down to Portland over the Labor Day weekend for a wee holiday. It was a wonderfully refreshing trip that now has us both energized to complete all ongoing jobs and tackle the upcoming Autumn projects.
The highlight? without hesitation was Powell’s Books. Holy cow, an entire city block, multiple floors of [...]

The Wolf & Goat goes to Press!

August 18, 2009

Sorry for the delay in postings… I’ve been toiling over a hot Cintiq for a few weeks…
Earlier this Summer I finished of a dozen illustrations for a book of Aesop’s fables being published by Oxford University Press. The Book has now gone out for printing. It features several stories, each with illustrations by a different [...]

Elliout Louis Gallery – July 21 Opening Reception – Vancouver

July 7, 2009

Pencil on Paper —  July 18 to August 8
Opening Reception — Tuesday July 21 6:30 to 8:30, 2009
Here’s another new piece going into the Pencil on Paper show at Elliot Louis Gallery later this month (Jul 18th to Aug 8th). This is from a farmhouse in the Takayama area. Also below is a detail of [...]

Greeting From Exotic Bali Mailer – Illustration

June 8, 2009

This was one of my favorites from the last six months. It was created as DM and posted from Indonesia.

Pencil on Paper Show – July 21 Opening Reception – Vancouver

June 4, 2009

This is a preview of another new piece of mine from the upcoming show Pencil on Paper at the Elliot Louis Gallery.
It is 8″ x 10″ and its titled: “Fox/Inari” and is based on a sculpture at the Fushimi Inari shrine in Kyoto. In fact all of the drawings I’m contributing to this show are [...]

New Year Promo 2009 – Wolf & Sheep Illustration

June 2, 2009

This promo was sent as a New Year’s greeting primarily to advertising agencies wishing everyone a Prosperous New Year.

I’m in “The Big Book of Contemporary Illustration”.

June 1, 2009

A few months back I was asked to contribute some illos for this book. Looks like it’s due to hit the shelves in Autumn. The book is titled “Big Book of Contemporary Illustration” compiled and written by a swell fella named Martin Dawber and published by Batsford Books.
My contributions where a few of my Art [...]

Arctic Tales – Grayscale Illustration

May 27, 2009

This grayscale illustration was created in response to some recent trends. Times being what they are there’s bound to be a resurgence in publishing. In fact, there’s no reason why b/w illustrations can’t provide as rich an experience for the reader as colour. I’ve been experimenting with different digital techniques to find ways of creating [...]

Fox Storybook Illustration

May 26, 2009

This is the first in a series of illustrations relating to a fox character. It started as a personal work and later graced the cover of Crow Toes Quarterly, a Children’s Literature Magazine in Spring 2008. www.crowtoesquarterly.com
What’s the story? Well there is no story yet, but it is unfolding. Feel free to tell me [...]