Napkin Art

Windy Day

2012-04-23T22:58:00.000-04:00

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

2012-04-23T22:33:00.004-04:00

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.

-Napkin Art Hero

Documentary Still Life

2012-04-23T22:20:00.001-04:00

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.

-Napkin Art Hero

Guest Art Again

2012-04-23T22:16:00.001-04:00

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.

-Napkin Art Hero

Pic-uh-nick Basket

2012-04-23T22:11:00.001-04:00

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.

-Napkin Art Hero

HAHAHA

2012-04-23T22:07:00.000-04:00

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.

-Napkin Art Hero

Hey Here Is Something New

2012-04-23T22:05:00.001-04:00

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

-Napkin Art Hero

Bar Mistress

2012-04-23T22:03:00.002-04:00

Random Bar Mistress bein all sexy like.

-Napkin Art Hero

More Tattooey Stuff

2012-04-23T22:00:00.000-04:00

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.

-Napkin Art Hero

Tattoo Stylings

2012-04-23T21:54:00.002-04:00

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

-Napkin Art Hero

Upload Update

2012-04-23T21:49:00.002-04:00

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

-Napkin Art Hero

Pizza Pizza

2012-04-23T21:31:00.001-04:00

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.

-Napkin Art Hero

More Game Art Sketches

2012-04-23T21:27:00.001-04:00

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.

-Napkin Art Hero

Old Asian Dude

2012-04-23T21:07:00.001-04:00

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.

-Napkin Art Hero

And here is some other random stuff

2012-04-23T20:59:00.002-04:00

Some other random stuff

-Napkin Art Hero

Scenery

2012-04-23T20:52:00.000-04:00

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

-Napkin Art Hero

Add a dash of Sugar, Spice and everything Nice

2012-04-23T20:23:00.002-04:00

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

-Napkin Art Hero

Let's get this party started

2012-04-23T20:03:00.000-04:00

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

-Napkin Art Hero

Triumphant Return

2012-04-23T13:12:00.001-04:00

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!!!!

-Napkin Art Hero

Fruit of My Labor

2012-03-22T15:07:00.001-04:00

OK OK clearly this was not done on a napkin. Today however I wanted to show how helpful and awesome this whole napkin art thing is. For those of you who have read some of these posts you may know I am in the process of writing a iOS video game. Last week I posted some napkin art that I did on a few off minutes at work. The content was a couple of rough ideas for a couple characters in the game. I got some very positive feedback about 2 of my sketches and some negative feedback about one and to be fair I agreed with the negative one. The point is that this forum gave me some input on something i have been working on solo and I found it refreshing, helpful and quite honestly relieving to hear that the support was there. So thanks for that.

From there I also wanted to give you guys a peek at what a more polished product looks like but still starts here in the sketch and test phase. Keep in mind this may not be the final character design for this dude but I am confident it is not going to change too much. Either way I thought it might be interesting for people to see the current product of this;

So again thanks in general for humouring me and allowing me this forum to test out ideas and generally have fun with it and please any and all criticism is welcome positive and negative (as long as it is still constructive).

-Napkin Art Hero

Revenge of the Nerds

2012-03-17T15:44:00.002-04:00

Generic Nerd!

nerds are the new rockstars. you heard it here first.

-Napkin Art Hero

Even More Concept Art

2012-03-17T15:41:00.000-04:00

This is Leon the Lumberjack. i love his mustache. might make it even bushier for further versions. oh and i can't draw trees. The bark part and trunk not a problem but leaves and stuff noooope. but hey thats what this is for trying to learn new things and improve.

-Napkin Art Hero

p.s. such an awesome mustache.

Not Quite Van Gogh

2012-03-17T15:34:00.000-04:00

My favorite artist of all time is Vincent Van Gogh. No. Freaking. Contest. As such I tried to do a sunflower....

but didn't have a picture or any sort of reference material on hand just kind of a hazy memory of what a sunflower should look like..... wow was i wrong hahaha. But still was fun to do and i might go back to this again try and do it right. also like the clouds and shading on the vase .

-Napkin Art Hero

Hotbox Hank Prelim

2012-03-17T15:30:00.001-04:00

I am currently working on a video game for iOS and am at the stage where I am doing some preliminary sketches and concept work for some different characters so i figured i would share some of that with you guys via some Napkin Art.

The game is a somewhat snarky game lots of satire and sarcasm as such a bunch of characters are hyped up stereotypes. This gentleman here is "Hotbox Hank"

-Napkin Art Hero

Napkin Art

Windy Day

The Kind Of Church I Can Get Behind

Documentary Still Life

Guest Art Again

Pic-uh-nick Basket

HAHAHA

Hey Here Is Something New

Bar Mistress

More Tattooey Stuff

Tattoo Stylings

Upload Update

Pizza Pizza

More Game Art Sketches

Old Asian Dude

And here is some other random stuff

Scenery

Add a dash of Sugar, Spice and everything Nice

Let's get this party started

Triumphant Return

Fruit of My Labor

Revenge of the Nerds

Even More Concept Art

More Video Game Concept Art

Not Quite Van Gogh

Hotbox Hank Prelim