Windy Day

I was having an exceptionally good day last Monday and stopped at the drake hotel to have a pint on the patio.  Well it happened to be an exceptionally windy day as well and people were losing salads, hats, menus, the whole nine yards. As a group the patio inhabitants all bonded over this and it was like a mini party it was quite fun as often times in city life everyone gets caught up in their own drama. Well I had my sketch book out and tried to capture a little bit of the spirit of the day. the cool part was that during and after the sketch I had a bit of an audience and the drawing was kind of passed around the patio. I find that 80-90 percent of life is unremarkable and predictable but if you can get the most out of that other 10-20% and really appreciate it... well for me that is what life is all about, the 10% thats exceptional.

Just a random thank you to all the people in my life who contribute to the exceptional.

-Ryan Jack

The Kind Of Church I Can Get Behind

This group of napkins is from a great new apertivo bar at Queen and Dovercourt. I have a couple of good friends who work there one of whom designs their excellent cocktail menu and the other who looks excellent in a cocktail dress.  But if you live in the area I highly suggest stopping by for a great experience. if nothing else just check out the design of the bar which, surprise surprise, used to be a church.  The church website is http://www.churchaperitivobar.com and they can also be twitter stalked @ChurchApertivo.

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Documentary Still Life

Here is a hasty sketch of Mr. Nyce drawing the previous post. Ya that's right i just went Meta on ya there.  Never know what you are going to get when dealing with someone who is a napkin art hero. And now that i think about it, is it a cityscape if there is only one building?  Hmmm. Food for thought.


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Guest Art Again

I can not stress this enough people send me ur napkins. take a pic with your phone go to kinkos and have it scanned in use smoke signals to describe it too me whatever but lets get some variety up in here.

That being said Neddy Nyce returns by popular demand with a nice little cityscape once again he can be found at  http://www.neddynyce.com or can be twitter stalked at @2nycephoto.


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Pic-uh-nick Basket

Oh yogi bear. good times. never saw the new one they did recently. Wasn't Justin Timberlake BooBoo? weeeiiiird.


Also really dig this tree it worked out waaaaaay better than i thought it wood. he he get it wood not would.... come on, it wasn't thaaat bad.



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HAHAHA

so ya, just realized I posted that last one before but you know what I like it so I am not gonna take it down, you are just gonna have to deal.

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Hey Here Is Something New

Or, you know, Not.  What can I say I like to draw roses.

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Bar Mistress

Random Bar Mistress bein all sexy like.

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More Tattooey Stuff

Yay! More tattooey stuff.  I am a big fan of triskellions the three pointed celtic star kinda thing on the top there. My Grandmother was born on The Isle of Mann and the flag has a armored leg triskellion on it. The saying that goes with the flag and emblem is "Any way you throw us we will stand." I always really enjoyed that conveys a real pride in one's ability to overcome and has always stuck with me. the other one was trying out some tattooey shading with some classic motifs.

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Tattoo Stylings

Lately I have been experimenting with some more tattooey stlye drawings. here are two muckity muck fooling around napkins.

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Upload Update

So for anyone who actually reads this blog I just felt like "getting real" with you for a moment. uploading and posting the high rez versions of this napkin art takes a little bit of time. not crazy long but enough that you get bored if you have... say... i don't know... a month's worth of backlog? Ya. So while i have been labouring slavishly I have been watching a movie; Kingdom of Heaven.  Now first off Bailion (not sure about spelling on that one) pretty much gets handed the title of king of Jerusalem and a new wife who he, in the movie at least, sleeps with by his own choice anyway. But he turns that down saying he can't do it cause it would be morally wrong to have the old husband who is next in line for the throne killed. now this other jack-off is planning on starting a war involving hundreds of thousands of men which everyone knows they will lose leaving jerusalem undefended and threatening the lives of more thousands of city dwellers but lets not kill him to save everyone else...... Bailion is a douche! "i could save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people but that would be compromising my beliefs" but then he goes on to say he thinks god has abandoned him and whatnot. well no shit dude and the rest of the movie he is all like "we have to protect those who can't protect themselves" well they would be if you didn't let the other guy be king and screw everyone over. uggh hard to like a movie when you don't like the main character. anyway back to more art postings

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Pizza Pizza

If you live in Ontario there is a very good chance that at some point you have eaten at a Pizza Pizza chain. I felt i could make their napkin a bit more interesting.

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More Game Art Sketches

The one on the top is a preliminary sketch for "Ripped Rex" going for a kinda Fabio vibe this sketch he is a little  too lean. in future versions he was beefed up considerably. The second one is for "Goth Gary" not sure if the character name will stay that however. There is another character who is an emo stereotype so i wanted the goth character to look a little harder and I like what i ended up with but he might be to "hard" for a goth might make him a skinhead or old school punk rocker or metal head or something of that nature, something with a little more grit to reflect the art direction.

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Old Asian Dude

Old people are more interesting to draw than young people. More lines and definition than the faces of a younger individual.  So here is a old asian dude who I saw one day in a subway.

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And here is some other random stuff

Some other random stuff

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Scenery

Once you have a party you may need a place to relax from time to time.


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Add a dash of Sugar, Spice and everything Nice

Once you have the drinks covered it is always enjoyable
to add some lovely ladies to the mix.

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Let's get this party started

Starting things off with a little drink is always a fun way to get things going. As such lets start things there.


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Triumphant Return

Well hello there. Long time, no see. My apologies for my extended absence. it has been a busy month for me but a very good one.  the game is progressing at an excellent pace but the trade off for that is not much energy for my other creative endevors. HOWEVER! i have diligently creating and saving napkin art for your viewing pleasure in the meantime.  I have some time this week to get back on track and get some stuff up here for you guys. so get ready cause I have been napkin busy!!!!

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