Monsters of the Deep

Hey Chad, so you were standing in front of a giant squid this week??
Well this one's for you! Actually, if it wasn't for the limitations of the 4th dimension, we might have both been looking at a squid that day... oh well.

Anyhow, the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, Ontario, has a pretty swell exhibit on the oceans of the world. And what would that exhibit be without some portion of a giant squid somewhere? Not quite as exciting, that's what. There was pretty gnarly arm and an intact beak (as intact as it could be without being attached to the rest of the squid, that is... maybe they pulled it out of a whale's belly?)


Then there was a pretty cool model of the biggest creatures (THAT WE KNOW OF!!) that live in the ocean... A whale shark, a colossal squid (not to be confused with a giant squid), and a blue whale. And of course a little person for scale, but a mermaid would have been equally effective.
I thought it was really cool.

- [COREY]

Pokemon and Cryptozoology

Did you ever stop to consider how different Cryptozoology would be in the world of Pokemon?

No?

Well I can tell you it would be a MUCH different profession... For one thing, it would probably be considered a credible scientific vocation. (no offense, but seriously...)

Think about it, they're discovering new Pokemon all the time! You can't go two years without some stupid kid catching a so-called Legendary Pokemon.
"Legend? Pffft--Are you kidding? Jimmy down the street caught one last week... taught it to surf, too."
Oh sure there'd still be TONS of speculation... like the old catch-and-release trick, if you know what I mean. "Yeah I caught me one. An 'e waz 30 foot tall if 'e waz an inch! But I let 'im go, I did."
Sure thing, Grampa.
I'll let your imagination do the rest of the talking, but just keep in mind how cool it would be to be able to go on a Bigfoot expedition, catch him, train him, and then enter him in a beauty contest.

- [COREY]

Giant Squid

I thought I would post one more since I had it done. Back in my college days I used to paint a lot on plaster cause you can get some wild results that you can't do with paper.

Americas King Kong - Bigfoot

I heard the title of the post from bigfoot tracker, Tom B. who was at the heart of the summer of 08 bigfoot scandal. Broke my heart...but here's a dead bigfoot in a freezer.

Cryptozoology in our homes

If Cryptozoology is the study of creatures that may or may not exist, I offer this; a hypothetical drawing of the squirrel OR SQUIRRELS living in my attic.

Let's start with the facts. I know they're up there... and I just KNOW they're going through all my stuff, playing with my old toys, wearing my old t-shirts, wearing out our Christmas lights and making one hell of a lot of noise.

And I KNOW they're red squirrels, too! I've chased them in the backyard. Little bastards...

- [COREY]

Brand New BBQ

Hey there Ladies and Gents (and anything else), welcome to DAY 1 of the brand new FLATLANDERS BBQ... Dinosaurs, Cryptozoology, Drawerings... my god, we have it all.
Why not start by introduces the key players? Here's a nearly photographic account of Chad Covino and myself, Corey Waurechen, on a recent Dinosaur hunt.
More BBQ'ers and more BBQ's coming soon! Like, faster than a deinonychus on Thursday.

- [COREY]

My intention is to do a self portrait - hopefully this weekend if i can get organized - but before I do I wanted to post this. There's a lot happening in this photos but i've yet to take a picture of the portrait on it's own. That was Rizzo and my apt in van, that was the art wall, which always had masonite and canvas and MDF lined along it and art supplies spewing from dense right near to wall to a shoreline of walkable floor a few feet away.

I did this portrait in maybe 10 or 15 minutes. It felt reallllly good. I had a good but weird and unexpected day. Came home, took the mirror off Rizzos wall and sat and did it. It's the big ugly childlike face. I don't know how much it 'looks' like me technically, but it works. I'd say it's one of my fav self portraits. The morning i had to fly back home Rizzo and I had to score it, then snap it in half to fit it in my suitcase, which was symbolic i think of having to come home.

Anyways, finally I have something to post! More soon hopefully.

-stef

Re: October Self Portraits

Interesting topic, especially since I can't seem to figure out what I look like. I occasionally do self portraits for practise, and each of em look like some other person. I can draw other people just fine, but when it comes to my face I am confused. Pepperoni said this one looked pretty close.

Jessica

October Self Portraits

Sure, October's got Thanksgiving, Hallowe'en, Oktoberfest and I think New Years is somewhere around the 17th, but forget about all of that nonsense...
We need a BBQ rallying cry, something everyone can get behind...
SELF PORTRAITS!
So here's me, Corey, AND in fall colours no less!
...uh, but that's not necessary, just one of the many products of my boundless wisdome.

- [COREY]

Summer in Alberta

Well, like Jessica said, we went to Alberta.
And, after putting up with plane rides...












Car rides...











Annoying waterfalls and mountain views...











My patience was finally rewarded, and I got to see DINOSAURS!!!









...some of them even still had their feathers attached!!

- [COREY]

SUPER LATE SEPTEMBER TOPIC

Yeah, how about "What I Did On My Summer Vacation"?
This summer, Corey, his mom and I went to Alberta to visit his angry brother. We camped at the provincial park of Jasper. There, with my entire studio in a bag, I painted a few tiny acrylic paintings with 'prolly only 5 colours. It was a beautiful place, really. You have to go there sometime.

Jessica

Day Lilies

My favourite part of Summer has got to be these guys...
There's about three weeks (which is just now ending) when they're everywhere...
Everywhere, I tells ya!

Anyhow, when they're around I go for broke drawing them, cause, well, anyone?
HA! They won't be back till next year! Genius!!

And I gotta say it's fantastic to see other people BBQing again...
It was getting weird here all alone... I think Corey was plotting to kill me.
He's a crazy.
But no more of that!! HURRAAAAYYY!!

- [COREY]

Summer time!!!

One of the things I love about summer is the free-spirited balloons you see in the open air... yep, its summer now... i propose a summer theme for july.

this ones for chaddy! happy birthday buddy!!!!

Ghosts, ghosts, and more ghosts...

Well, it's the 16th already, and we need a new topic for this month.
And, well, since it's such a ghost-town here, how about ghosts?

What do you think, Corey?

...

I hate it when you do that. Ghosts it is.

- [COREY]

Loon Lake

I awoke to find myself in Algonquin Park on the long weekend when I ran into a couple of loons. A LOON COUPLE, if you will...
HA!
Well anyhow, they were calling back and forth to each other from across the lake (me and my tiny canoe in the middle), and I heard that the majestic Loon just so happens to mate for life.
...Ok, well it turns out that the part about mating for life is only half true, but it still makes for a very nice story, and I think a very nice bird couple.

- [COREY]

P.S.
Tomorrow is the 1st, mes amis...
...y'know, if anyone is actually out there.
(Psssst... that's a challenge... PEACE!)

Opposites Attract?

So it's Bird Couples, huh?
Well, the flamingo is probably the most beautiful bird out there, and the turkey is by far the ugliest...
So what if these two got together for... COFFEE?
HA!

- [COREY]

DUCK--!!!

All right, Bird Couples it is!!

And before you ask, yes. Yes that definitely includes one kind of bird eating another.
That's a couple.
...maybe not an ideal couple, but...

HA! Alright!
And really? This is that White Cardinal (drawn just after it flew away), but I always thought that the females were just a duller red? Huh.
To be honest, I thought it was a rare Pokemon.

Oh, and this drawing doesn't count... I'LL BE BACK!!!

- [COREY]

New Topic

Ya know there Corey my man, I'm not too sure what the next time should be. I thought about it and I got nothing. I say we make Linds do it. LINDS, DO IT.

Café

Alas, I am having difficulty with caffeine lately. I love me a cappuccino so much that I will endure the side-effects every now and then. Since we came back home from Italy, I've been searching for that taste.

Futures Cafe, Toronto: B, sometimes a C
Stoney's Bread Company, Oakville: B-

One time at Futures they burnt the cappuccino. I was sad.
A nice cappuccino is a special thing.

Jessica

Coffee, Everyone?

Oh, hello... didn't see you there.
So I was drinking COFFEE the other day and thought about all the wonderful wittle ways coffee makes it's way into my cup. Mug. Into my mug.

...is it getting hot in here, or is it just the BARBECUE?!?!

- [COREY]