The Blog of Stephanie Anne Felicity Faye

Moving...

2010-10-23T08:54:00.001-07:00

Moving to Tumblr.
Because it's rad.
Please follow me over there.

Jack Antonoff Sketch

2010-10-22T19:35:00.000-07:00

Just had the chance to see the band fun. in Vancouver and they were completely incredible. I'd seen them last year when they opened for (and stole the show from) Manchester Orchestra. So I decided to try and do a caricature of them.
This is the first one - Jack Antonoff (also from the band Steel Train). Just a first attempt - I'd like to push it a lot more, a la Jota Leal or Kruger.

I think that's the most I've ever written about a post.

Also, check out my card store. I have a bunch of new stuff I'll be adding this week. Yay:

Stuck On You

Zach Braff Nearing Completion

2010-10-05T10:27:00.000-07:00

Decided to go all monochrome on this one. I might do version 2.0 with colour depending on how this final looks.

Zach Braff Again

2010-09-25T18:50:00.000-07:00

Finally found time to start on this one. Just working on the monochrome now... Still a long way to go. I think i'm losing the likeness too, so I'll have to go back and tweak some more. I'm totally out of practice.

Zach Braff Sketch

2010-07-01T09:10:00.000-07:00

I think I posted this one back in the day when I first sketched it up. I forgot I'd done this 'til I found it on my computer the other day, so I'm planning to paint this one over the next little while. Just thought I'd repost the sketch...

William Fitzsimmons Caricature Painting Revised

2010-06-30T12:23:00.000-07:00

Looking at it again, I realize I made the nose too long. Shortened that to give the beard a bit more space. :)

William Fitzsimmons Caricature Painting

2010-06-28T09:35:00.000-07:00

This is a caricature I did of the fantastic singer / songwriter William Fitzsimmons. If you haven't heard of him, I recommend you check him out:

Illustration Friday: Ripple

2010-06-14T23:03:00.000-07:00

For Illustration Friday's topic this week, http://ripplesketches.blogspot.com/ asked people to donate sketches on small cards which are being sold for 10.00. Proceeds are going towards helping with the oil spill in the gulf, specifically to The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies (http://www.imms.org/) or The International Bird Rescue Research Center (http://www.ibrrc.org/).

Ed Westwick / Chuck Bass Gossip Girl Caricature Sketch

2010-06-06T13:23:00.000-07:00

Taking a break from other work. Quick sketch of the awesome Ed Westwick who plays Chuck Bass on Gossip Girl. Don't pretend like you don't love that show too.

Gary Coleman Caricature Sketch

2010-05-29T19:04:00.001-07:00

Here's a super fast one I did today after hearing that the awesome Gary Coleman passed away.

Justin Bieber Caricature

2010-05-20T12:29:00.001-07:00

This boy has so much hair. Why does he have so much hair?

Twilight Caricature

2010-05-19T08:59:00.001-07:00

Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart from Twilight. I don't really understand the mass hysteria these actors and films cause, but what do I know? I still think Over the Top is one of the greatest films of all time.

Machine City logo

2010-04-13T17:02:00.000-07:00

This is a logo / illustration deal that I did for the awesome Aftershock (aka Machine City)

Hasselhoff

2010-04-09T09:15:00.001-07:00

I found this today and thought it was way too awesome to not pass on.

Hot Sauce Entertainment

2010-03-29T16:05:00.000-07:00

Some sketches and a final colour design I did for the super cool Danielle at Hotsauce Entertainment.

blog banner coloured

2010-03-20T17:08:00.001-07:00

Blog Banner

2010-03-15T10:26:00.001-07:00

This is a sketch of a little banner I was asked to do for a blog.

Temporarily Wounded

2010-02-02T14:18:00.001-08:00

I slashed through my right hand the other day which rendered me unable to draw due to the confines of the gauze. Just thought i'd explain the lack of posts.

And yes, typing this did take a stupid amount of time.

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Precious

2010-01-27T09:01:00.000-08:00

I haven't seen this Precious movie, nor do I know anything about it, really. But I saw this poster for it and it intrigued me. I painted this the opposite way I normally do - from black to white rather than white to black. Unsuccessful! But it was fun in that annoying, challenging way. And that's my story.

Tony Dekker / Illustration Friday

2010-01-15T06:15:00.001-08:00

This is Tony Dekker, from the tremendous Great Lake Swimmers.

They have a song called "I Saw You In The Wild", which came to mind when reading this week's Illustration Friday topic of "Wilderness".

Self-Portrait

2010-01-12T14:08:00.001-08:00

Hey Friends, how's it goin'...

So artistswanted.com started this contest for artists from anywhere to submit a self-portrait of themselves in any type of medium they wanted. Even tattoo art, which is pretty stellar of them. The selling feature for me to enter was the fact that the exquisitely awesome Steve Buscemi is one of the judges.

So these are my submissions. If you win, you get to choose between a prize of $7007 or 6months free living in New York (i totally chose the NY option). Also the portfolio with the highest rating can win $1000. So if anyone out there who happens to be reading this right now feels like voting for me, you can click here and scroll down to the bottom and click on those stars there to rate me. Thanks friends!

Illustration Friday: Renewal part deux

2010-01-08T08:20:00.001-08:00

Here it is, all coloured. Better late than never?
This is the finished version of this sketch

Competition Law

2010-01-07T16:52:00.001-08:00

These are some images my brother asked me to do up for a presentation he had to do on the ins and outs of Competition Law.

Illustration Friday: Renewal

2010-01-02T07:53:00.000-08:00

This is my sketch for this week's Illustration Friday theme of 'Renewal'. I started out with the idea of an older couple renewing their vows, but now it just looks like a proposal.

Anyhow... I'm planning on colouring it up all purdy-like with a background and everything.

Update: Coloured version here

Spock Star Trek Nimoy Caricature

2009-12-24T08:24:00.001-08:00

This is a super-fast one of Leonard Nimoy.
I did it for the theme of 'Star Trek' on the secret sketch blog which I am in no way a part of / affiliated with. But (as the bot.bots can confirm), I am a fan of proclaiming myself a part of elite, by-invite-only groups. And so that is the story behind this quick painting.
The end.

Elvis Caricature Final

2009-12-23T08:44:00.000-08:00

This be the final version. I changed the collar to make it more of a pop-up version like he used to sport. And I even added a shwanky signature to the bottom right. Neato, eh?
Thanks for the encouraging words on previous posts, friends!
Merry Christmas, and all that good stuff.

Elvis part deux

2009-12-18T18:01:00.001-08:00

Still chipping away at this one, small revisions made to the previous version...

Quick Elvis

2009-12-16T05:22:00.001-08:00

I usually sketch my stuff in Sketchbook Pro, but thought I'd switch it up and try starting from scratch in Photoshop instead. This is just a really quick one. I did the whole thing at 25% rather than zooming in and getting all caught up in details.

I kind of like the beginning stages of this. Might take it all the way to the finish line.

Time-permitting, of course...
:)

Laboratory Logo Design

2009-12-15T09:03:00.000-08:00

A logo design I did for my friend's lab.

Zach Braff Caricature Sketch

2009-12-13T09:09:00.000-08:00

Think I might try to paint this one, time permitting.

New Template

2009-12-12T17:45:00.001-08:00

Decided it was time to do a new template.

Jason Seiler

2009-12-01T12:36:00.001-08:00

This is a super-fast sketch I did of Jason Seiler for a contest that he is running.

Memory Sketch

2009-11-30T17:03:00.000-08:00

This is a memory sketch of an awesome chubby guy I saw in a cafe. His head was sunk back into his neck while he was watching tv, and he reminded me of a turtle.

Angry Man

2009-11-29T15:20:00.000-08:00

Thank you card

2009-11-26T15:04:00.000-08:00

And this is a thank you card I did for parents of my friend.

Santa Gift Tags

2009-11-26T13:37:00.000-08:00

This is a little image i drew up for some gift tags for Christmas this year.

Florida Road Trip

2009-11-17T14:44:00.000-08:00

This is a card I did up for a friend of mine who graciously offered to pick me up at an airport in Florida and drive me to a wedding I'll be going to this week.

Billings from The Shield

2009-11-10T19:16:00.000-08:00

Here's another caricature of one of the characters from The Shield. This is David Marciano who plays Steve Billings.

Iron Giant Project

2009-11-02T11:08:00.000-08:00

The tremendously awesome Labyrinth Bookstore in Toronto started a contest called 'The Iron Giant Project' which basically asked for fans of the movie to submit pieces inspired by the movie. Click the link to check out all the info and to see all the other submissions (as of November 7).
For my piece, I tried to imagine 10 years down the road (after Hogarth and the Giant are reunited) and what might become of their friendship. I was inpsired by Shel Silverstein's 'The Growing Tree', and how the relationship between the boy and the tree grows and changes as the boy ages. Anyhow, this image is supposed to be of an older Hogarth on a picnic date, it starts raining, and Giant (whom the girl does not know about) comes to the rescue to cover the two.

German Caricatures

2009-10-25T18:59:00.000-07:00

These are four of a total of 16 caricatures that I did of German politicians last year.

Features

2009-10-20T07:33:00.000-07:00

Just working on the features...

Faces

2009-10-17T12:57:00.001-07:00

Trying out some different face variations for one of the characters in a kids book i'm working on.

Character Designs

2009-10-06T12:37:00.001-07:00

Trying out doing silhouettes of characters before actually designing them.

Logo Design

2009-09-21T08:08:00.001-07:00

This is a logo design I did in the style of the tremendously awesome Arthur de Pins

Psych Caricature part deux

2009-09-06T21:23:00.000-07:00

All done, i left the bottom sort of unfinished.

Psych Caricature

2009-09-05T21:28:00.000-07:00

So far...

Dule Hill Caricature

2009-09-04T16:59:00.001-07:00

The other half of Psych.

James Roday Caricature

2009-09-03T12:47:00.000-07:00

I was lucky enough to have been an extra on set of the tv series Psych a couple of times this summer, and have been catching up on all the seasons since witnessing, in person, the comedic brilliance of the show.
This is a caricature of James Roday who plays Shawn Spencer on the show. I'm hoping to get one of Dule Hill done as well, who plays Gus, and do a final painting (time allowing).

Illustration Friday: Wrapped

2009-08-17T18:02:00.001-07:00

I haven't submitted anything to IF for a while. This week's topic is 'wrapped'. You know these days are on the horizon...

Art Show

2009-08-08T10:59:00.000-07:00

Should anyone in the Vancouver area be interested, my David Suzuki painting is now on display and will be hanging at the Red Galleria until August 16 for a charity event. You should all come out and help support a great cause!

Tom Waits caricature

2009-08-07T15:38:00.001-07:00

I decided to abandon that weird / ugly llama thing and do a caricature of a musician as an animal instead, for the upcoming art show. This is Tom Waits as an orangutan. Or chimpanzee. I haven't really decided how I'm going to colour him just yet, but I think the reds of an orangutan would be fun to play with.

Finally back

2009-08-06T19:43:00.001-07:00

I just finished up a big job, am starting work on a kids book, and have some other new things on the go. But this is a sketch i'm considering painting for an upcoming music show with an 'animal' theme. Mine is sort of a mix of a bear, cat and llama. And a little Elvis and a jogger, too. I might change it so that he's in an Elvis vegas outfit, that might suit the pompadour better.

David Suzuki Caricature done

2009-06-14T16:36:00.000-07:00

	This is a piece I entered for an art show with the theme 'What Vancouver Means To Me'.

David Suzuki Caricature

2009-06-09T19:01:00.000-07:00

this is a painting i'm working on in the moment... snapshot of it in development.

Michael Chiklis / Vic Makey Caricature done

2009-05-13T19:15:00.000-07:00

I decided to leave this black and white. He looks more menacing that way.

Vic Mackey!!

2009-05-06T22:08:00.001-07:00

In the process of painting Vic Mackey. Might still change a lot around.

Michael Chiklis Caricature

2009-05-06T12:14:00.001-07:00

Does it really get any better than The Shield?

Tony Hale, aka Buster Bluth caricature

2009-05-05T10:57:00.003-07:00

Buster from Arrested Development.

Forest Whitaker

2009-05-04T18:01:00.000-07:00

I was never a big fan of Forest Whitaker, until he joined the cast of The Shield - pretty much one of the greatest TV dramas EVER (even better than another tremendous show: The Wire).

Adam Goldberg Caricature

2009-05-03T09:45:00.001-07:00

A quick one of Adam Goldberg, currently in the TV show 'The Unusuals'.

After Hibernation

2009-05-01T11:09:00.001-07:00

	This is a bear waking up from hibernation.
	and this is a beaver.

Typical Vancouver Day

2009-04-29T18:17:00.001-07:00

This is just a little cartoon of a typical scene in Vancouver. Mostly I just wanted to draw a yoga-obsessed, Starbucks-drinking, croc-wearing Fake-N-Bake type person I see regularly in my neighbourhood.

Puppy Painting

2009-04-28T14:19:00.001-07:00

This is a painting of my family's two dogs that I did for my mom for Mother's Day this year. The bigger puppy died 2 years ago, and the smaller one is going on 14 this year and isn't doing so well, so I thought it would be nice to commemorate the happier times when they were together for my mom who adores them.

Illustration Friday - 'Theatre'

2009-04-26T09:23:00.001-07:00

Sarah Jessica Parker Caricature, part deux

2009-04-23T08:09:00.000-07:00

I kind of gave up on this one, figuring it was better to take what I could from this one and move on to the next. I think I'm going to look into upgrading my painting skills, seeing as how i have none at the moment.

Sarah Jessica Parker Caricature

2009-04-17T19:14:00.001-07:00

This is still in the very early stages. I'm working on a whole new series, and this is the first in that line. Lots of tweaking and colour still to go, but I haven't been posting very often as of late, so i thought i'd throw something in the works up here.

It seems that everyone considers SJP to be ugly, but there were many nights in the late 80's when I would go to bed hoping I'd wake up looking like her. Especially after seeing her in 'Girls Just Want To Have Fun'. I think she has one of the raddest faces.

Bearded Lady

2009-04-09T10:58:00.001-07:00

This is a painting I did for an art show with the theme of Olde World Carnival.

2009-04-08T11:23:00.001-07:00

I'm finally getting around to having my own website. Here's the link:
http://www.stephaniefaye.com
There's nothing up there just yet... but now you can add a bookmark to your 'Favourites'! woop woop.

update

2009-03-07T04:51:00.001-08:00

I'm currently working on a rather extensive project that I'm unfortunately not allowed to post anything from (until July), so in order to have an update:

This is why I think moving to New Zealand is inevitable (for me, at least).

Zach Braff Caricature

2009-02-11T12:38:00.000-08:00

Yay for Garden State.

Jay Karnes Caricature

2009-02-05T08:43:00.000-08:00

This is a quick sketch of Jay Karnes who played Dutch on the tremendously awesome show 'The Shield'. I used Photoshop to draw this instead of my regular program Sketchbook; I think i might like Photoshop better.

Richard Crouse Caricature

2009-01-30T08:06:00.000-08:00

This is a caricature of the Canadian movie critic Richard Crouse. Went a bit more cartoony in this one. He has a chipmunk-ish essence about him.

Illustration Friday: Climb

2009-01-29T17:49:00.001-08:00

Pushing Daisies Caricature

2009-01-27T07:47:00.000-08:00

I'm trying to get more extreme with my caricatures. This is an attempt at Lee Pace who plays Ned on the show 'Pushing Daisies'.

Also, I recently indulged in an hp laptop which has a monitor that swivels and works as a cintiq, but there are giant differences in what i see on that screen in comparison to how the drawings appear on regular screens. This one, for example, had lots of nice shading on it on my laptop, but on here it just looks like a mess. I wonder how one goes about calibrating these things...

Whitney Port Caricature

2009-01-26T07:55:00.000-08:00

I'm currently working on a project that I can't really post about, so I thought that I would upload my warm-up sketch of Whitney Port, one of the stars of the exceptionally awesome and horribly bad MTV 'reality' show: The Hills. I'm embarrassed to say that, after discovering this show on a friend's Rogers OnDemand digital tv box, I watched all four seasons in the span of one week. The people on the show are so superficial and self-absorbed, which is why, I suppose, Whitney seems to stand out against all these unlikeables. And now she has her own show called The City!! Which....doesn't air on tv where I am. So that sucks.

The end.

Illustration Friday: Contained

2009-01-15T14:49:00.001-08:00

A quick sketch - my entry for the latest Illustration Friday theme: Contained.

A little spin on the classic 'mime in the glass box' routine. This time he ain't gettin' out.

Philip Seymour Hoffman caricature

2009-01-09T07:01:00.000-08:00

JOE BLUHM DREW ME!!

2008-12-25T11:17:00.000-08:00

This is me, as interpreted by the tremendously AWEsome Joe Bluhm.

Muente Coloured

2008-12-20T17:16:00.000-08:00

Muentefering

2008-12-11T16:40:00.000-08:00

This is the first of a line of German politicians I'm working on.

Another portrait

2008-12-08T11:58:00.001-08:00

It's that time of year... again

2008-12-06T19:15:00.000-08:00

Likin' the new template? You can get your own!! The creative genius who designed this one has a whole site full of INSane blog templates. Go check it out!!

And now, a little bit of Christmas cheer...

Coloured Christmas Card Family

2008-11-24T15:40:00.000-08:00

all done.

Family portrait

2008-11-19T18:18:00.001-08:00

Cartoon portrait for a friend for her Christmas cards. Adding the dogs, then starting on colouring.

Jermaine Clement Painting - Flight of the Conchords

2008-10-25T14:43:00.001-07:00

I'm attempting to do a full body painting in photoshop, so i'm going with this caricature of Jermaine from Flight of the Conchords. I've done the B&W version so far, just working on doing colour now.

Bruce Willis Caricature... revisited

2008-10-06T11:42:00.000-07:00

I felt as though I didn't do him justice the first time around, so I redid the caricature and attempted to paint in colour for the first time...

Stephen Harper Caricature

2008-10-02T19:54:00.001-07:00

Felt the need to draw him after seeing some of the debate tonight.

A Couple o' Jermaines...

2008-09-29T09:28:00.001-07:00

These are a couple of quick-ish caricature sketches that I did of Jermaine Clement of 'Flight of the Conchords' and 'Eagle Vs. Shark' fame, most between 10 and 20 mins.

Birthday Card

2008-09-28T08:52:00.000-07:00

This is a birthday card I drew for my friend, inspired by Chris Sanders and Jose Lopez.

Final Bride

2008-09-24T05:34:00.000-07:00

The bride, all finished, and a banner for the blog. Check out the blog here:
http://hotbridetobe.blogspot.com

Bride Sketches

2008-09-22T06:06:00.001-07:00

These are some sketches I did of 'hot brides' for a wedding blog. Just some rough ones so the blogger can choose which style they wanted, then i'll do a finalized and cleaned and coloured version. The third one was based off of Jessica Stroup, who you can see these days on the highly anticipated and tremendously bad (but in a good way) Beverly Hills, 90210.

Bruce Willis Caricature

2008-09-15T16:02:00.000-07:00

Kind of? Sort of? ...maybe not.
Too portraity. And I made his neck really tight to his jaw to give him a beefy look, but I think that was an error in judgement. His mouth bugs me too, but I at least like how his ears turned out.

ANYHOW! Here are a couple of other ones:

New Self Portrait

2008-09-12T06:57:00.000-07:00

I'm really o.k. with the fact that i look like an old man.

Painted Caricature

2008-09-05T06:44:00.000-07:00

This is my 2nd attempt at painting digitally in photoshop. Obviously, much more learning is in order. Speaking of which, if anyone has any tips on painting facial hair / stubble, please toss them my way.

New Caricatures

2008-08-25T08:16:00.001-07:00

In retrospect, I'd have done Jesse Jackson's eyes larger.

Illustration Friday: 'Enough'

2008-07-22T18:51:00.001-07:00

My first submission to Illustration Friday's topic for 'Enough'. Living in Vancouver, fewer things have foiled my plans more than the rain. Also, my very first time drawing in Sketchbook Pro. Pretty sure much more practice is in order.

Threadless submission

2008-07-03T18:27:00.001-07:00

Just submitted this tshirt design to threadless. I'm sure i'll be slaughtered by the community's comments and votes, but... figured it was worth a shot.

American Gothic

2008-05-12T14:54:00.000-07:00

My brother's 2 friends just got engaged and had a party this past weekend. He asked me to draw a picture to give them based on the 'American Gothic' painting of the 2 old people in front of their farmhouse with the pitchfork... This is them opening the drawing this past weekend. I think they found it amusing.

Seinfeld Caricature Drawing

2008-04-23T13:52:00.000-07:00

This is a drawing of the Seinfeld gang I did for a friend of mine.

My Etsy Store

2008-04-07T14:19:00.001-07:00

Just started an online store for ipod covers, jackets, tshirts, bags, etc. that I'm making in my free time. Check it out! :)

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