Queens and Clubs

This is a piece for an upcoming project called 'Decked Out'. A group of fellow grads hope to have a show for the pieces and/or a deck of cards made. I did the Queen of clubs.

Art Exchange

This is pretty cool. Erin McPhee sent me this art exchange thing where you mail some work out to an artist, fill in your info, and eventually (hopefully) someone sends you some treats. I lucked out and got 3 pieces!



This one from Ambi Cerebri Publications (sorry, I'm not sure who you are?)



The second is a silkscreen by (Mike?) Mmcinness. All I know is that hes spotted around the Print Studio... I'll figure it out.



The last is an awesome resin piece by Nate Johnson. It was awesome to get anything from the exchange, I didn't really expect to get stuff like this. Thanks guys! If this art exchange somehow gets around to you guys, I say do it, it's def. worth the work!

A couple projects...

These are a couple projects I've been working on lately. First, I submitted a piece to the 'New Tapestry' project put on by Kessels Kramer. The project is basically a recreation of the old Bayeux Tapestry, which depicted the major news events of 1066. The project is being called 'The New Tapestry', and it consists of illustrators from around the world, contributing black and white images depicting the major news events of today. (That summary was 100% stolen from Nimit's blog). I worked on week 4 (the end of January).



Secondly, I started working on a big commission for my Aussie friends Mike and Liz, this is the sketch for it. I'm going to try making a progress video of it.



I'll have a few new pieces to post soon as well!

INPRNT

A few pieces up on INPRNT. More soon hopefully! Check them out HERE

Danger!

A door mural for work. I was going for a cheesy monster movie poster. I learned how frustrating it can be to work large, but also kind of fun...

Iniciativa Colectiva

I have some pieces up in iniciativa colectiva, an online artists mag. Check it out HERE. It includes work from alot of awesome artists, including Nimit and Dom. Thanks to Nicole!

Where we're going, we don't need roads!

I'm kind of re-using a drawing with this piece...but it is for a reason. I was commissioned to do a piece a while ago with the only requirement that it had a snake in it somewhere. I've done a couple snake pieces already, and had the Burnitdowns poster come up in the middle of this 'snake phase'. I have one more snake piece...then I think I'm going to have to move on... I'll have a bunch of new posts soon too! I just can't find my camera cord.

Website 3.0

So...I did my site over again. Hopefully the last time for a long time.

Cryptozoology (Nerd Rant)

So I have finally started to work on the Murray/Malavia playing cards...and have been collecting alot of weird references. Ever since I started work on the pieces for 'UnNatural' I have been finding some insane articles/ images. One thing I kept coming across while searching for reference was articles on Cryptozoology. This is a field that studies cyptids; legendary animals or species that are not proven to presently exist (things like Yeti, Loch Ness Monster, etc). I find these so interesting because for someone growing up with the world accesible through the internet, the world feels alot smaller than it actually is. It is possible that some of the creatures actually still exist, but are so remote that we have never come across them or properly recorded it. It is unlikely that they do, but it will be interesting to see what we find when we start combing the ocean in the next few years with manned subs. This was from an article in 'Popular Science' - "Now engineers want to unlock the rest of the sea with a new fleet of manned submersibles. And they don't have to go to the very bottom to do it. In fact, only about 2% of the seafloor lies below 20,000 feet, in deep, muddy trenches. If we extend our current reach just 5,000 feet -another mile- it will open about 98% of the world's oceans to scientific eyes."
These are just a couple of the things I've found that are blowing my nerdy mind!

First is a (theoretical) extinct snake called a Titanoboa - it was thought to be a 50-60 foot long mega snake that lived in south America. There are some (unproven) accounts of snakes this size still alive today.


There was also the Dunkleoteus...33ft long. It ate prehistoric sharks...


And also, the Giant ground sloth. Some people think it could still exist in remote parts of the rain forest.


Finally...an awesome picture of a sloth fighting a giant squid.

Burnitdowns CD Release Poster

So my cousin Ty and the rest of The Burnitdowns are having a cd release show in Toronto on October 5th. These guys are awesome, and I have been doing alot of their album work/promotion for the last couple years. I love working on band promo, so it's awesome getting the chance to work on it every once and a while. I used one of my pieces from my UnNatural show for the new album "We're Not The Things We've Done" (which is pretty freaking good! Listen to it on their myspace here!)

Canon Skins II

Canon posted the stuff! Check it out!

Canteen

I got a chance to go out to a cool gallery/artshop in Ottawa last weekend called 'Canteen' for Chris Brett's Opening "Without Batteries". While I was there, Inaas, the shop owner invited me to bring some of my work! She just recently posted them on the site here. If you get the chance you should check the shop out!

Cool Video

I never really post non-art things on here, but this is kinda cool. It is a mash-up between the song 'Lisztomania' by Pheonix and clips from a bunch of old movies (Brat Pack flicks, Footloose, etc.) Its fun. Check it here!

Canon Skins

These are the skins I created for the canon iP100 printer. The old style teal coloured radio is actually upside down...the printer is able to be set up sitting on it's one side, so the image has to be upside down to make sense. They decided to go with 'Stereophonics' (the one that looks like an old boombox/keyboard). It was awesome working with they guys at canon, and I can't wait to get to see what the skin actually looks like. You can see the other skins available at the e-store here, including ones from Jessie Koreck and Kirk Zimmerman.

New Sketch

So, I liked the sabertooth/snake/sea serpent thing so much, i decided to try it again. I think I'm going to make this a pretty big piece, because the details will probably drive me nuts otherwise. I might also try for some funky-ish colours (not too funky though...unless it's muddy, I cant seem to leave it...) Anyway, I'll post the final image soon I hope!

Megophias Gracilis

UnNatural

Here's the pieces that I had put up at Loose Canon Gallery. It was alot of fun, and thanks for everyone that came out!! Now that the show is all done I am going to start updating my website, hopefully with a store!

Posters!

Irma Kniivila makes pretty things. She was awesome enough to design a poster for our upcoming show. www.irmakniivila.com

UnNatural

OK, so I never did keep up with blogging, and I wasn't going to post things about the show, but I'm jealous of everyone else's posts...so I'm going to do a little sneak peak/explanation about our plan. So, Chris Brett and myself are having a show August 14th at Loose Canon Gallery. Our show is going to be called 'UnNatural'. Heres a little blurb we came up with...

UnNatural
How can we find the impetus to set any goals when the ultimate goal, the one thing we all want, is unreachable?
As a species, we strive to understand the world around us. We can understand the functions of the smallest cells, but our understanding of physics states that a bee cannot fly. However, what if we eventually knew the answers to all of Man’s questions? What would be our purpose? Our ultimate goal? These UnNatural, unexplainable creatures that we fabricate are a testament to Man’s unending search for understanding. Our ultimate, unreachable goal.

We are pretty excited about the show (well, I am, but Chris is easily excited, so he probably is too...) So, if you get the chance, come down and check out the show! We'll be recklessly promoting the show in August, so don't get mad if I end up flooding your inbox or solicit your house later.

Burnitdowns

These are a few shirt/ sticker illustrations I was doing for my cousin's band. I always get to a point with a b/w piece where I feel like I have to add texture, or colour, or anything... So, I tried some textures and tones on these, and like them alot more. I might change a few other b/w pieces I have.

Planning...

This is a sketch I'm working on for a show with Mr. Chris Brett. The show is gonna be in August, and with a three week trip to Scotland coming up, I have to really get going on the pieces. I have some other stuff started, (one an ambitious sculpture idea that may or may not be impossible to build...) I'll show some of the sketches on here, but no finals. That means you all HAVE to come to the show, which will be on my birthday!!!

hmmm

I think these are done...cartoonish...simple...i dunno. Its hard to not texture them up, but I wanted to make it easier for printing... Thoughts?

WEBSITE 2.0

So I finally got my website fixed up. Hopefully I'll be updating both my site and my blog alot more frequently now.

www.brycehuffman.com

Long time no see

So I haven't posted anything since the grad show. I've been pretty busy moving back home and setting up again. The summer already looks insanely busy, but thats good for me (I get bored fast). Some of the project I have lined up should keep me distracted for most of the summer, and my parents will make sure I'm busy building a house somewhere when I'm not. This is a shirt design I'm trying to make for my cousin's summer tour. I'm having trouble balancing the black and white...and I'm not happy with the placement of the band names right now....any thoughts?

Website promo video

Like last year, I procrastinated a bit with my computer class... so it's not as long as I originally planned, but its ok...sometimes more simple is more better?

More photos...

These are the last 3 photos from my narrative. The will be more distressed in the final book, but i wanted to keep them clean until I finish the layout. Oh, and I got my cousin Tyler to clean up the actual stories... they actually make sense now, and reading the work he did, I'm really excited to get this thing done!

2nd story photos

A few more photos from the narrative I'm trying to finish...

Final pieces!

So these are the last pieces for Interpretive class. They both deal with urban crowding, and the need for some 'breathing room'. Kind of weird pieces that encompass alot of techniques I've been playing with throughout the year. I dabbled in a bunch of approaches thoughout the year...which has been REALLY frustrating at times, but I learned alot...and will probably use some stuff when I get working on my show with Mr. Chris Brett in August

colour/layout tests

Im trying to decide how I should lay this piece out....It is going to say "Bandaid Solutions"...even though for some reason i put bandage twice... The first one has the bandage text built into the ladder. The second, both are on the buildings (which will be lights in the windows). If I were to clean up the first one a bit....would it be better? Or should I go the safe route and just go with the building text?

WEBSITE!

I finally put together a somewhat working website...still alot of work to do on it, but after 10 months of paying for hosting, I thought i should finally try to get something together!
www.brycehuffman.com

Birds and Bees!

This is a fundraiser put together mostly by Nimit Malavia, but I am helping a little bit! This is a fundraiser/ amazing gallery show featuring a number of amazing illustrators/ artists. If you get a chance to come out to the show I guarantee you won't be disappointed!

FOR THE LOVE OF PRINT!!

Danielle Crosby and Kim Sokol were amazing in putting together a fundraiser for our year end book. We have had a few setbacks from this ''bad economy thing''...and lost a bit of corporate funding. This is a fundraiser that will hopefully save our year end book. Heres the link! http://sheridanprint.otherskies.net/

Drinking Stories

These are a few images Ive made so far for my narrative project. Im not even going to try explaining how this will work yet...once Im further in it will make more sense.

dark meat/light meat

I tried 2 borders, I prefer the darker on I think...

Trouble Breathing?

Another piece for interpretive. I made this one less text heavy so I can work on layers and textures.

Treat the Symptoms

This is my first piece for Donna Braggins' class. It is not completely done yet. I wanted to try something with the border but can't decide what yet...any suggestions? I was thinking just a solid colour all the way around...or make it look like tile, to repeat the pattern of the background...but maybe this will make it too busy? I dunno...

The Rise and Fall of Skateboarding

Information illustration on the history of skateboarding.

Crank it!

This is a piece I did in the summer that I forgot to post. It was more of a medium test, but I still kind of like it...

Nature Re-Defined

This is my second piece for Interpretive. My 'thesis' for the semester is to create 40s/50s style posters/advertisements selling inventions/creations that represent modern day issues. The 'inventions' attempt to fix problems that are actually irreparable. This poster deals with biological engineering. While I think there are definitely positive aspects to bio-engineering, there are also some ridiculous uses. This illustration is an insane exaggeration, but makes you think twice about the issue. The text (which you can't read in this version...and I am probably going to adjust) first describes how this 'new meat' eliminates the need for variety in meat since it contains all the benefits meat from 6 different animals. The disclaimer at the bottom notes that the animal can also carry every disease that the original animals carry. The other reason I am using a 40s/50s style approach to the posters is to satirize the optimistic views of those days in comparison to the sometimes scared/ un-optimistic sense that I get from culture today. I hope this makes some sense...it (kind of?) does to me...and if I question myself too much on it, I'll get no pretty paintings done... I know this piece is very Di Genova-ish (sorry Nick!)...but I think it fits my thesis really well.

woah!

These are amazing robots made from recycled parts... Puts mine to shame, but awesome!

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/02/chrome-delicious-robot-art-ray-guns.html

The Variety Show

If you are looking for something to do next friday, you should come down to Hamilton and see me, Peter and Miles at the Loose Canon Gallery! We are having a little art show, and then a night out jam packed with fun!

The Meteorscope

First piece for my interpretive class this semester... I am trying to take things I learned last semester, and bring in new elements. I tried using a different ground colour under this piece, as well as throw in alot more graphic elements.

Everyone Drinks!

This is a project I did for Narrative. Simple stereotypes. This was alot of work, but probably prepared me for how much work is involved in making a good sized book for this class.

Heaven and Hell

This was the final project for Rick Sealock's class. I've never done caricatures before in a piece...so this was a stretch. I don't think I got either of them very well, but I learned a little bit about likenesses (...or lack of...). It's supposed to be Kenny vs Spenny as rock'em sock'em robots. The image is designed so it can fold in half, so the right side is actually the front page.

Last One!

This is my last piece for my 'thesis' class. I didn't like this one, so I avoided finishing it for a long time. I'm still on the fence about it...I think the background colour looks gross....which was what I wanted...but its really really gross in real life.

TNG! what? what?

This is my last piece of the semester for interpretive. This one illustrates our incredible knowledge of space versus our knowledge of our own seas and oceans. The funny thing about this piece is that I didn't want to seem like I wasn't interested in space exploration, but rather that I wish we knew more about both. Then I realized I was being a huge nerd, and made the aquanaut look cool in compensation. Although Ryan said it looks like Dr. Robotnic...

The Great Escape!

This is another piece for interpretive class. This is supposed to illustrate (GET IT?) how we seem to try outrunning climate issues instead of preventing them initially. This one is pretty flat...but it was (sort of) on purpose. I wanted to see how well the scratches work with flat areas. Aaannnnddd....there they are.

Deja Vu

This is a project for narrative class. It is a three panel story that describes how some objects can reminds you of so many things, even if they are just a dusty toy on a shelf. I stayed up way too late finishing this last night, so I'm very tired now.

Pressed Ham!

This is a piece I did for Rick Sealock's class. We were supposed to illustrate a placemat for a Yupo paper ad. I wasn't sure if I should sand this piece or not, so I scanned it before... I'm happier with the sanded version (luckily), but Simon says he likes the bright one, so who knows. Not me.

"the Belvedere"

So this is the final "poster" or "ad" for the model. I was pretty happy with the results, I got alot of good advice from Thom Sevalrud (he suggested hinting at vertical lines running through the background robots). I also wanted to put the quote "Assimilate or Antiquate" in here somewhere, a little TNG...but I think it emphasizes my point with the piece...I might add it later. I have another poster due on wednesday...I'll be lucky to get it done, but Im having fun with this project, so I might be able to...