Millwork

My Dogs Did me some Dogs. You got your breaky dog, your lunch and dinner dog, your dessert dog and your dong dog.

Tired Old Roadkill I kept seeing shredded up tires on the side of the road and thinking they were animal carcasses.

Onter (Oh Enter) I was mentoring this kid in a highschool for a few months. He would regularly scribble his tag in the back of his work book. I decided to digitise and stylise it for him for a bit of fun. He identifies as Indigenous Australian, so I took the black, red and yellow from the Aboriginal flag.

‘Smith’ I did some fan art for a show I caught on interdimensional cable last night. @seinfeld @rickandmorty @adultswim

Retreat: Baymax deflates and retreats/transforms into a box on the ground. This functions similar to may’s cryo-freeze in that he becomes momentarily invulnerable. However he does not regenerate health (apart from blue bars). It serves more as a stalling tactic or camouflage.

FaZter This is my second finished illustration on the iPad Pro. It started as a squiggle and turned into this. I guess motorbikes are on the brain since I finally have a bike again after not owning one for a few years.

I was having a bit of a sensory overload while working up in the Northern Territory. Simultaneously I was being inspired by Indigenous Australian dot art, so I did a little scribble.

Last month I submitted a pitch video for Ru & The Egg to The Next Great Animated Series competition. Tongal, in partnership with Project Greenlight Digital Studios are creating an animation incubator to develop a pilot episode for one fan-voted series. First round voting commences on the 9th of January. I’ll yell at you then. In the meantime here is a sneak peak of the video my buddy Karl and I put together.

One of our favourite re-occurring giant bugs is Scorpion. He’s about the size of a car. He’s a liar liar, pants on fire… but it’s not his fault, because truth bending is a Scorpion’s best defence, everyone knows that... oh and the bone melting poison. Scorpion is a socially awkward lonely guy who really just wants to fit in- he’s just not sure which reality he wants fit into. One of his favourite hobbies is collecting bones. Which is super creepy, but as you can see, it puts a smile on his dial. Some say he’s trying to build a friend. Scorpion also asked us to mention that he’s rich... and that he already has lots of friends that like hanging out with him.

7-Eleven Day Competition Entry I wondered what the logo would look like if it was Seven-11... so I made it. Then I took it down to my local to take a photo to use as my entry to try and win $711.

This is not a Halloween twist- Ru and Egg’s world is already scary enough because It’s riddled with Jurassic-sized bugs! Also I’m 25-years-old and this is my first GIF. Feeling a little late to the game.

Bugmans Bugmans is a coming of age comedy series about a varied group of teenagers navigating family, school, work, expectations, hormones, pheromones and taking care of the bug-face on their chest. At the centre of the show is Excalibur the Moth and his gruff old dad Durendal. However, the show wouldn’t be complete without Excalibur’s entourage; Cap, Buzz and Keith.

Excalibur is the central character for my original series ‘Bugmans’. He is a teenage Moth who doesn’t fit the typical Moth mould. Moth men are manly men. They strive for supreme masculinity and they value tradition. Not Excalibur though, he’s a chilled out sensitive guy. In the Bugmans world It’s typical for Moths to work in the lumber industry, but Excalibur doesn’t want to be stuck in the dank forest picking splinters out of his wings. He wants to frolic in the glowing flower fields with the Butterflies, taking in the smells and collecting pollen.

Keith for Bugmans Keith is a Spider exchange-student who struggles to control his violent mood swings. Spiders are known to have high levels of testosterone, so it’s natural for a growing boy to experience these hormonal changes, but there aren’t many Spiders in this new country, so it’s hard for other Bugmans to understand.

Cap is a Caterpillar who should have Butterflied by now. All of his peers have wings, just not him. But this is not a story of anguish... he doesn’t want to become a butterfly. He likes being on the ground. Plus, getting your wings comes with all sorts of responsibilities and expectations. What if your wings aren’t the right colour? Or they are too small. Nope, Cap is pretty comfortable where he is.

Buzz is a Fly that struggles to hide is natural grotesque urges. In the Bugmans world Flies are looked down upon and shamed into acting civilized. Buzz tries his hardest to fit in, but it’s always a struggle.