Tyrone McCarthy's Art Blog

Jockey Spy

2012-01-09T22:40:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year! 2011 was a busy year for Guerilla Printing. Meeting a lot of creative people and seeing their amazing work. Even though we've been swamped with print orders I still had the time to do some illustration work. Check out this illustration for The Canadian Sportsman. Enjoy!

Horses, shopping and UFOs!!

2011-08-31T18:33:00.000-07:00

Check out this illustration I did for The Canadian Sportsman. To be honest I'm not exactly sure what the article is about. They just tell me what to draw & I do it. It's pretty much the process that goes on when I'm working with them. I don't mind makes my job easier.

MASCOT DESIGN!!!

2011-05-26T21:10:00.000-07:00

Hey there! Here's a mascot design I did for Maximum Sports Nutrition. It was real fun to do.

Their first idea for the design was to have it as a bulldog (as seen below). They then changed their minds and decided to have it as a wrestler. So there ya go! Enjoy!

Dissing the Horse!

2011-03-27T22:50:00.000-07:00

This illustration is (of course) for The Canadian Sportsman. To be honest I forget what the article was about. Sorry ... I even forgot I did this (did this at the end of 2010). I do know this is another piece I did strictly using the pen tool in Adobe Illustrator. At the time I thought this was an easier and faster way to work ... but I was wrong. So this is the last time I used this process. Thank goodness! Check out my sketches.

Here's the first sketch, it got shot down. Man I wish I could elaborate on this, I totally forget!

And this is the second sketch. The winner!

Babysitting & speech rehearsing

2011-03-18T06:04:00.000-07:00

Finally have time to squeeze in an update! Here's more illustrations from the educational book!

Jay Leno T-Bonin'!

2011-02-09T20:38:00.000-08:00

Here's and illustration I did for The Canadian Sportsman. The article is about the writer and his friends trip to Hollywood. Even though I'm not a fan of Leno he sure was fun to draw.

I was trying a new technique with this piece. I decided to strictly used the pen tool in Adobe Illustrator. I had fun with this piece.

The Gladstone's 5th Anniversary Community Partners Party

2011-01-20T20:32:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! Happy New Year!! Just wanted to let you know that I will have a couple pieces up at the Gladstone Hotel this Friday, January 21, 2011! Come check it out ... it's going to be a good time ...!

On a farm and slippers ...

2010-11-01T19:27:00.000-07:00

Here are more illustrations I did for that educational book. All these by the way were done in Adobe Illustrator. Enjoy!

Old Illos

2010-10-23T11:53:00.000-07:00

Here's a couple of illustrations I did for an educational book about the 9th Prime Minister Arthur Meighen. I'll be posting more soon. Check these out!

Stand By Me movie poster (most memorable scene!)

2010-10-15T13:29:00.000-07:00

Here's a movie poster I did for the Post No Bills show in September. I did the movie Stand By Me. This is by far the most memorable scene in the movie for me, don't you agree?

Canvas Pieces

2010-10-08T07:27:00.000-07:00

I gathered up some old pieces I had lying around and printed them up on canvas. I've been selling these 6" x 6" pieces for $25.00 (CND) each at comic shows. Check 'em out!

Finally time to post ...

2010-10-04T20:30:00.000-07:00

Sorry about the delay on the posting. Been super swamped at Guerilla Printing. What's Guerilla Printing you may ask? Well it's a printing company (that I co-own) which prints specifically for creative people (Printing for the People!). Intrigued? Check out the website - www.GuerillaPrinting.ca

Even though Guerilla has been keeping me busy, I've still been able to pump out illustrations for The Canadian Sportsman magazine. Enjoy this illo for now, there will be more on the way.

-Tyrone

This 'n That ...

2010-01-18T18:38:00.000-08:00

Hey ... Happy New Year! Here are some illustrations that got published during the tail end of last year. What's different about these, is that they are all completely digital. I've been moving myself away from paper and doing everything lately on the computer. It just saves me time. So check 'em out.

These four were for "French Homework" a textbook by Scholastic.

And this one was for The Canadian Sportsman. The article was about how horses that harness race have to retire after a couple of years.

Also remember to check out my webcomic "Corporate Life" with writer Apollo. A new strip is released every Wednesday, check it out: http://ninjacat.ca/Corporate_Life.html

Corporate Life

2009-12-03T19:29:00.000-08:00

So my new web comic series has been launched ... Corporate Life! I collaborated with the egotistical writer named Apollo. Check it out and let me know what you think!

http://ninjacat.ca/Corporate_Life.html

Enjoy!

Web Illos!

2009-11-17T06:31:00.000-08:00

I've posted these images on my Facebook a while back ... now you can see it in Blog form ...!!
I did these for the Canadian Sportsman website.

Character designs ...

2009-10-22T10:16:00.000-07:00

Hey ... I know it's been a long time since my last post (a real long time) ... But I've been pretty busy with starting a business, taking care of a baby and doing illustration work ... Now I'm working on a new comic ... I'll give you more details about it soon ... Check it out ...

Poster Girl

2009-05-04T08:45:00.000-07:00

Here's an image I did for my printing company that I recently started up (www.GuerillaPrinting.ca). The image was for a contest that just ended in April. The version we used was the image that's seen above. Check out the original (below) before it got all half toned ...

NiNja Cat

2009-02-17T09:03:00.000-08:00

Hey! Sorry for the lack of posts, I've just been having computer problems ... and I've been busy with work. I recently did work for Nelvana, and it inspired me to do these these Ninja Cat poses. Enjoy.

Rex 'n Stuff

2008-11-03T07:08:00.000-08:00

Here's a pinup that is going to be in the next Rex Libris trade. It's scheduled to be out soon. I really had fun drawing the nazi zombies!

Hot Dog Carts & Huggin'

2008-09-26T05:59:00.001-07:00

I've been busy working on a children educational book, so I haven't had a chance to post anything. But now that I'm finished I have the free time. So check out these illos I've done for The Canadian Sportsman. The first one is an article about this guy who hires this crazy woman and she gets her husband to intimidate him because he's late on giving her paycheck.

This one is about this guy who meets up with an old buddy every year at this horse racing event.

I'm Rich!

2008-08-30T07:00:00.001-07:00

My latest illustration for The Canadian Sportsman. The article was weird and difficult to read because it was written in the style of the 1920's. But the gist of it was about a guy who was lucky and kept winning.

Sketches
For the sketches they wanted the main guy in the middle of a crowd of sad people with no money. So I came up with these sketches.

Linear

Nice Trip!

2008-08-05T20:15:00.000-07:00

Check out this piece I did for the Canadian Sportsman. I finished this one a while back, it's just been difficult to find the time to post it. The article was about this horse trainer who had many quirks. One of the quirks was how he would train the horses to get into the stables by pretending to trip over his laces. I know, weird.

Sketches
In this sketch  I wanted to show a standard portrait of all the horses he trained.In this one, I showed the part in the article when he would do the "trip over his laces" trick. I was going to just send these two sketches...
... but I decided to do one more and i came up with this one. As you can see the editor really liked this one.

Inks
In the sketch there was a border, I decided to take it out. Looks way better without it.

Parachute Party

2008-07-08T15:20:00.001-07:00

Check it out, this is the latest illo I did for The Canadian Sportsman. I really like how this one turned out.

Sketches

In the first sketch, the article wasn't too clear that it was harness racing (plus it was dated back in the 1970's) so I just assumed that the rider was riding horseback. But I was wrong.

So I fixed it up. The editor wanted to show the part in the article where the trainers come in and slowed the horse down with a parachute. This sketch is pretty much what the final illo looks like. The editor dug this image.

Inks

There you have it. Enjoy!

First Post: On A Plane!

2008-06-26T22:24:00.000-07:00

Hey there, welcome to my blog. I finally decided to get my own. My first post is one that I recently put up on the SketchKrieg! blog (I know shame, shame). But I'll be posting some new stuff soon, for now enjoy!

Here's an illo that happens on a plane. The article is about how the writer dislikes making small talk with people on planes. So she decides to tell lies. It's pretty funny.

Sketches

In the article it mentions that the writer gets air sickness and the passenger beside her just keeps on yapping. The image of her looking ill didn't go over well with editor. They wanted me to concentrate more on the lying aspect.

Linear

So there ya go! I made it looks like she was bragging about herself, in a sense she is. In a lying sort of way.

Inks