Ostrich iNDUSTRIES

the birth season continues

2009-12-10T22:13:00.003-05:00

for mein direktor Nicola Lemay

eye_card

2009-12-05T20:41:00.003-05:00

A guy with an eye on things

& a birthday card for mon ami eric

oil & valentine's past

2009-11-12T00:00:00.004-05:00

I have no idea why i haven't posted this yet, but we finally put online the H2oil sequences we worked on last summer, i may of mentioned it once or twice ;) It's also premiering here in Montreal tonight!

i know the thumbnail is the same as my demo posted below, but i assure you, this is a different video

November always starts the "birthday months" for me. First off my mom's!

Found a close up of my piece done for Headquarters' "where the wild things" show. I painted this with gouache on a piece of found plank of wood. There was a box of similar pieces left out front of my building, i had to pick them up, i had to.

some nakedness. a "rejected" sketch for a client

& im almost finished a munny for my buddy Andre's Munny show on saturday in Sherbrooke

....catching....up....

2009-11-02T23:44:00.004-05:00

trying to catch up on a ton of stuff i should've told you about, parenting is a lot of work & i don't even have breasts

Sylvie & I animated, dean holmes illuminated, cori merrell built, & kara blake directed this music vid in august, We rented a studio space downstairs in our building, made for easier feeds for the zoé

been too long since i posted a girl

Oh & did you hear that La Moustache finally has a site?

GAH

2009-10-21T00:37:00.003-04:00

GAH! where the hell have i been?! not here. just a few things ive done since last we talked

"Moishe" as part of HQ's where the wild things show happening NOW, go see it. Gouache on a plank of wood, (i found a box of these in the garbage outside our loft, i had to rescue them)

oh & finally our company site!La Moustache.ca YAH!
the demo in case you missed it last time

For the past month Phil & i have been putting together a crazy project for the ottawa fest that just passed this weekend. we're so damn stoked about it & i can't wait to show the world what we did. put us in your prayers to whichever god that will make our dreams come true.

ive got so much stuff to post, & so much more on the to-do list, with your love i may find time to show you.

life suede

2009-09-09T16:11:00.003-04:00

more suede

the beautiful reference

& more life

makin the cut

2009-08-28T11:38:00.002-04:00

im working on a commission for a client's wife, so i'll be posting the sketches that didnt make the cut. im having a lot of fun with it, if only i could get more commissions like this, hint hint hint

suede life

2009-08-27T12:35:00.004-04:00

this lady rests her head in my suede book

some more life drawing from whenever

obviously a different session

took a detail photo of this one. i got it

old life & a bunch more

2009-08-22T09:51:00.007-04:00

found some life drawing from, i think, last year, it was a really good session, im surprised

this one was found in the HD

& this one in the suede sketchbook, the reference

a few pages of sketches

& jabba for desert

phew, now we're off to Spa Finlandais, seriously

District 9__deep with holes, but awesome

2009-08-21T10:17:00.003-04:00

so i thought i'd post my comments on district 9 since it's been getting a ton of hype mainly from my friends who i respect they're film opinions, but there's just a few too many holes in the plot that i can't look over, plus this gives a good reason for those friends to actually come on to my blog, heh

*****SPLOILERS****** SPLOILERS******

problems i have, in no particular order:

-why isn't Johannesburg covered in other nations' diplomatic bases? i find it very hard to believe that the rest of the world would just let South Africa deal with the first extra terrestrial life ever discovered & not be bothered by other countries. EVERYONE would be all over that, I would fly to south africa to see them

-why isn't the main alien ship riddled with humans? studying, taking samples, trying to get it to work, etc. it's a giant floating alien ship & it's empty, really? i'll go inside.

-how can we understand their language, & they understand ours, but there's no alien diplomat to communicate the situation to the rest of the world?

-why was there only 3 intelligent prawns, but they were able to send a giant spaceship through space & time through the galaxy? why didn't those smart ones get the others to help out in their quest for fuel?

-this goes to most scifi movies when dealing with other planets & aliens, how can they breath our air & withstand our gravity without assistance? blomkamp's short paid attention to their breathing with the robotic suits that the aliens were wearing, why didn't he put those into 9? or at least mention they were having trouble with our planet.

-why are aliens always naked?

-why do they all look the same? same size, same weight, just sightly different colours. even ants have variety in their species, queen, soldier, worker, etc.

SO, since the film is meant to be as realistic as possible, i think these are pretty logical holes that the team could've filled & would've fit within this world. BUT BUT BUT, it was still amazing & you should all go see it. fantastic & real themes. a main character that switches between hero & villain multiple times. bloody incredible CG. the film work was a beautiful blend of vérité & archival footage. & many more things, enough that i want to see it again & i'll definitely buy it. If they just touched on some of these things above, mainly the rest of the world's attention to the prawns, then it would've been an even better movie.

SPLATS

2009-08-19T10:56:00.002-04:00

right now, INDUSTTREES at 1234 College in Toronto, is featuring my Splat paintings until mid september. They've been packaged up in mystery envelopes, & they're so reasonably priced that you have no excuse to buy 6. here's a few to wet that mouth of yours

another popup

2009-08-13T11:32:00.001-04:00

found this one that i did for me mum for her day of the year a few years back

paints found

2009-08-07T11:01:00.003-04:00

found these in the hard drive the other day, they're from a day long ago, within a finished moleskine, i like to paint, me simple writer

18

2009-08-06T13:38:00.002-04:00

august 3rd marked my sisters 18th birthday, incredible

flat

2009-08-02T23:59:00.006-04:00

i just found THIS & i think it's hilarious, completely unauthorized, but at least the kid put a link to here, so im ok with it, so if you got a DS you know what you have to do

my bro's birthday was months ago & i completely forgot i made this for him

i wish i was on a beach

& not with him

MILK - kid kong

2009-07-22T14:50:00.003-04:00

remember a couple months ago when i was saying that i was crazy ass busy, well this is partly why

the fine folks at Headgear called me up for another milk dot, but this time it was in stereoscopic! & because ive been working in the third dimension for the NFB lately i knew how to handle things with 2 eyes. If you wanna see the other two great spots move your mouse HERE & HERE you can also see them all in anaglyph (red/blue) but i can't get them to work very well even with my 4 different pairs of glasses. So my suggestion is to go to a theatre & see Ice Age 3, cuz they're playing before it

flo day

2009-07-20T21:37:00.002-04:00

it wasflorian's Geburtstag last week, he had a party at his new place, i made him a card & we took our little Zoé to her first party, she got sooooo wasted

needless to say, babies take over your life, im hoping that i'll get to draw soon, but sleep seems to be more important, oh & all the other things you need to do in a day when you're only limited to a few hours

almost there

2009-07-03T11:13:00.002-04:00

sleep is a good thing, & we're not getting it these days, thanks "unnamed baby". luckily the parents are down for these couple weeks, their help is priceless.

i think pamplemousse is the best named fruit

our cats at the top & one of our shelves at the bottom

ugly people & a really good banana bread recipe that i highly recommend you make

BABABY

2009-07-01T21:19:00.008-04:00

we had a BABY GIRL on thursday june 25th @ 6am!! woo woo! Such a crazy experience with ups & downs & more ups, now its getting to know each other & her sleep patterns. no drawings of her yet or even her name for that matter, heh, but here's a pic to make your eyes explode with cuteness

coiffure courtesy of the icu brain IV

pride in the digital world, showing the next gen to my parents.

& some more sketches

some of the things around our place

peeps around town

waiting at casa del popolo for the ninja tune night to pick up

right: our place into the hallway
left: another drawing at casa del popolo, sideways

bobba on the left & his victim on the right

Champlain revisited

2009-06-23T10:48:00.002-04:00

i animated this in after effects last year with flo painting his magic. the other day i realized that its been out for over a year, tons of people have seen it, so why not you? It's our excerpt from the short film "Facing Champlain", an NFB/ONF 3d stereoscopic film playing at the Museum of Civilization in Quebec City. You really should go down there if you get the chance, we all put a ton of work into the whole film & this doesn't give you the full impression in all its 3d magic, i also added for this screening some music to help you along your voyage au canada.

oh & watch it BIG

a lot of posts

2009-06-19T09:22:00.003-04:00

can only imagine what this guy is thinking

& i finally remembered to post my demo on vimeo which is 8 gadrillion times better than craptube

it's my fault

2009-06-18T19:08:00.002-04:00

im sorry, because i pointed out that it was sunny, fate had to quiet me with rain. please enjoy more ink on flattened trees

self crazy portrait at the top left there

the dump continues

2009-06-17T14:29:00.003-04:00

the sketch dump i mean. I just finished a spot for headgear & i am so glad it's over, working on 4 projects at the same time & preparing/waiting for a baby really starts to take its tole on you, BUT ITS SUNNY OUTSIDE!!!!

people i wish i had met

sister 10 years ago on the left

our cat Frodo & some of his fans

just some crazy

2009-06-16T10:53:00.001-04:00

you just gotta let it flow

encore

2009-06-15T10:13:00.002-04:00

som life fer ya

top: view from Else's in montreal
bottom: view of my friend nick's book shelf in toronto

life drawing mates, when the model didn't show up

left top: house from above in vancouver
the rest: in max bronner's in NYC