Justin's Art

2011-12-23T01:54:00.001-04:00

Merry Christmas Everyone!

2011-10-25T02:58:00.000-03:00

The Time has come! Toronto Animation Arts Festival International! Come out to support what is dear to our hearts. See you there! Very excited about this whole thing I tell's ya!

Neural cell man

2011-10-09T00:25:00.002-03:00

Ink on Cartridge paper

NutHatch or Chickadee?

2011-09-27T02:19:00.000-03:00

'Bout time for a post! Water colour and Ink. Sketches included.

While I'm at it...

2011-06-16T01:17:00.004-03:00

A little faery.... happy birthday.

Finally!

2011-06-16T01:03:00.006-03:00

Hey Friends!

I know i've been away for a bit, new job and all! But I just wanted to post about my Directorial debut cartoon!

Last year the band "Lake of Stew" approached me through Dare to Care records and ask if I would like to do an animated video for their song "Hey Bully". I said yes indeed! Then when Bravo!Fact coughed up some dough, I got to work on it. Three months and many a friend helping out, we finished late last fall!

I'm proud to present,

HEY BULLY by Lake of Stew!

An animated video by yours truly.

HEY BULLY from Justin Nieuwland on Vimeo.

It even has it's own Blog page! All Credits, Leica reel and design drawings can be found here!! CRICKET CARTOONS! Let's hope there are more to come!!

http://cricketcartoons.blogspot.com/

2011

2011-01-01T17:29:00.002-04:00

Happy New Year Folks!

Christmas Spirits!

2010-12-24T21:01:00.001-04:00

Merry Christmas all! I know it's been a while since the last post, but I've been busy. I can't wait to show you all what I've been working on! Stay Tooned! Love, Justin

Rusty Greenthumb

2010-03-26T19:37:00.000-03:00

Rusty, are you planting the flowers of the future?

Winter Moss

2010-03-12T23:03:00.000-04:00

Experimenting with new some new inking nibs. Long way to go yet.

Joy to all, and Happy Newyear Everyone!

2009-12-23T05:07:00.001-04:00

Nasturtium

2009-09-27T20:58:00.007-03:00

The last Nasturtium flower of summer on our back deck. great in a salad. Also, My wonderful Girl Jenanne has a blog! Make sure to check out her awesome awesome ceramic works here!

http://jenannelongman.blogspot.com/

I hope you all had a great summer! Now on to the finale that is Autumn! It's gonna be great!

Lucas the Adventurer

2009-07-27T20:33:00.001-03:00

Pitt Pencil and watercolour. terrible quality photo, unfortunately.

After the Blast..

2009-07-04T22:26:00.001-03:00

Licorice and Chamomile under the Coffee Tree

2009-07-02T21:38:00.006-03:00

Some new work. Part of a cross country illustration project I'm involved in. And yep, it's painted with Chamomile tea, licorice tea and coffee. not the most archival mediums but smells great!

Imature Octodoodle

2009-05-21T21:14:00.003-03:00

I squirted this little one out while taking a break from some well needed storyboard work. I think he might be an imaginary recycling of and old Nick Price design of a baby Octopus from the Dr. Snuggles episode "The Sensational balloon race"

If yer not familiar with the Dr. Snuggles cartoon, here is a nice breakdown.

http://www.jedisparadise.co.uk/childrenstv/DrSnuggles/DrSnuggles.htm

thanks everyone, for stopping by!

Some March Drawings

2009-03-25T21:22:00.003-03:00

Some sketches of Hobos and Octopodes!

For Jenanne's Birthday

2009-02-24T14:55:00.000-04:00

Dreamer

2009-02-19T02:56:00.010-04:00

I composed this little piece in flash about 8 years ago...he's been sleeping all this time.
Why don't you wake him up?
(click him!)

Kickass?

2009-02-16T03:37:00.003-04:00

More like, Bummer...

Un p'ti chaton

2009-02-01T01:52:00.002-04:00

Heart of Winter

2009-01-15T20:38:00.003-04:00

Santa's watch.

2008-12-22T13:16:00.003-04:00

Merry Christmas Everyone! And Cheers to all the best in 2009!
Love,
Justin

Red Feather Scarecrow

2008-12-09T03:44:00.004-04:00

November Grapes

2008-12-04T18:40:00.000-04:00

Cuddles goes to market

2008-12-02T18:42:00.002-04:00

Another post it post.

2008-11-27T17:20:00.015-04:00

Lettin' loose on some post-it notes. Caution, some scary stuff here.

I call him Cappy.

Boogeyman?

I might add they definetly seemed a little more interesting in the dark light of the Local pub.

Flower girl

2008-08-28T22:19:00.003-03:00

Just a quick sketchbook scrawl. I like how she turned out, so I threw some colour at her. She didn't look up, but I knew she was grateful.

Napkin ink

2008-08-28T22:17:00.003-03:00

Pen on serviette, with some photoshop colour splash.

A walk in the park..

2008-07-07T19:28:00.000-03:00

A very fast drawing of me getting fired by my boss, for leaving his space monkey outside, in the future, on a spaceship.

2008-07-07T18:34:00.005-03:00

A few weeks ago I was asked by a good old Friend (Erica Douglas,a teacher at Havenwood public school, whom I've known since Kindergarden) to participate in an after school reading class for an installment on illustration and cartoons. For about 40 minutes I was entertained by the most imaginative questions that only 8-10 year old kids could muster. I did my best to maintain an air of maturity as I answered there questions and share my reading interests. Eventually I ran out of time and had to conjure up this wonder of a drawing. The concept is a collaboration of about 18 kids yelling ideas at me. I wish I had kids for a boss more often. They are very forgiving, I find...here is the result-

Adrift

2008-06-11T03:37:00.002-03:00

Dancers

2008-06-11T03:20:00.005-03:00

I'm sure I was in a good mood when I doodled these dancers up.

Make that three, plus Miscalenous notes..

2008-06-01T17:54:00.002-03:00

Crystal Dragon

2008-05-21T22:25:00.000-03:00

The devil's web

2008-05-21T22:20:00.003-03:00

Death on my doorstep

2008-04-15T01:53:00.002-03:00

I found this unfortunate little guy on my front doorstep today..an otherwise sunny day.

Walking

2008-04-09T02:16:00.001-03:00

Noses

2008-04-09T02:13:00.001-03:00

Loosen up

2008-04-09T02:04:00.007-03:00

Hey all, I find I have a bit of free time of late, and I should really be keeping up with sharing my doodles with all you, my friends..Here are some various sketchbook pages some of which I like and some I'm not sure what to think..

Two Trees in Love

2008-01-22T03:28:00.000-04:00

Happy Holidays to all!

2007-12-20T21:02:00.001-04:00

Full Presence

2007-11-07T16:43:00.000-04:00

She is here to appologize for my lack of being here. Major update soon. I've been busy with new work.

Good-Bye drawings..

2007-07-17T01:57:00.000-03:00

I'm leavin' the beloved East Coast in two weeks for an Exciting journey west to Ontario. Hopefully there are dragons there...The farewell sketches have begun..

Faerie for a Friend

2007-07-02T22:01:00.001-03:00

Infernal ringing

2007-06-10T03:42:00.000-03:00

Walshie turned twenty nine a few hours ago. go make fun of him.

http://jameswillie.blogspot.com/

Ultimate scrawl

2007-05-18T21:23:00.000-03:00

Yup it's weird, but it's about time I posted something.

2007-03-21T03:28:00.000-03:00

My Blog is one year old today. Hooray! lets toast.

For this post I'll showcase the largest painting I've ever done, it's a mural and it's taller than me!

I miss you Take a Break coffee shop.

Objective Tear

2007-03-20T03:33:00.000-03:00

The moon... lonely witness...poor poor Earth

3 Decades

2007-03-16T01:47:00.000-03:00

Today I'm 30 years Old. Here is a picture of me actually turning 30.

Whoah..

2007-03-15T04:09:00.000-03:00

This was obviously inspired by a Grateful Dead album cover. And was a lot of fun to paint

Loneliness

2007-03-14T01:27:00.000-03:00

Oil paint on weathered wooden board. It's crazy how much paint wood can absorb if it's not primed at all. cool effect though.

Rain Forest

2007-03-12T02:39:00.000-03:00

Supernova

2007-03-10T02:13:00.000-04:00

Illumination

2007-03-09T03:13:00.000-04:00

A buddy of mine Lee, (Link to follow, perhaps on the weekend, along with many others. Time to update.) today reminded me how much I love to draw (and Paint) trees.
This is a photograph of my largest painting, about 4 by 5 feet. somewheres around 10 years old...? Still one of my favourites. it's acrylic and wax.
I think perhaps the next few posts will showcase my deep fondness for Trees and their ilk.

Dancin' Lizard!

2007-03-07T01:23:00.000-04:00

This simple little oil painting is I think (about 3 years?) old. crazy....

Hurry-Train-A-Comin' !

2007-03-06T01:10:00.000-04:00

How could he not see That comin'? must've been distracted by those far off balloons..

Smaug

2007-03-05T01:13:00.000-04:00

A drawing of the dragon Smaug from The Hobbit. This was a another commissioned piece for a fellow Tolkien admirer.
Sorry, the jpeg's a bit fuzzy.

Flowers

2007-03-04T03:36:00.000-04:00

Alright, I'm almost four hours late.. A twilight moon eclipse captured me.

Month O' March Posts

2007-03-02T22:34:00.000-04:00

Well, since I missed the first of March , I guess I'll just post two today to make up for it. There. All better now. stay tuned this month for more old and new work, as I scrounge to update every day this month.

I live in a fantasy world

2007-02-03T03:35:00.000-04:00

More Flash

2007-01-25T12:31:00.000-04:00

Two more downtime doodles done in Flash..kinda cheezy, but I do like my cheese!

Berserker!

2007-01-17T17:38:00.000-04:00

A viking on a rampageroonie. This flash piece was inspired by Walshie's flash doodles, (go check out his blog..) Flash paint tool= multi-colour marker that never runs dry..FUN!

2007-01-09T02:18:00.000-04:00

Some small concept work for a short film I think i'll call "RailRoad Circus", for now..
Hopefully you'll see more and more of this project..If I can ever get back on track.

Sketchies

2007-01-02T01:13:00.000-04:00

Hey all! May this new year bring you peace, joy and a little whimsy!

Twins

2007-01-01T18:48:00.000-04:00

BeerStain Bear

2006-12-06T11:28:00.000-04:00

I could not resist... even though he looks more like some kind of badger.

Hallow's eve revisited

2006-11-08T00:57:00.000-04:00

Some devil doodles. The first one is a sketch of Lucy while watching Dracula, the clown is who I was for Hallow's eve although my head never popped off like that, and the zombie is from last year.

Pumpkin totem

2006-10-29T22:11:00.000-04:00

I carved our pumpkin today

Phantom dagger

2006-10-24T02:19:00.001-03:00

October

2006-10-22T03:45:00.000-03:00

Hobbo clown

2006-10-13T17:29:00.000-03:00

Just gonna post something I drew today during those whimsical few hours after finishing a major deadline at the studio. ahhhh...

Sisters

2006-10-04T21:39:00.000-03:00

Just a doodle for my sweetheart

Zen on a string

2006-09-26T23:43:00.000-03:00

My Yo-Yo collection..so far. 1. The Looper, Fast Eddie plastic yoyo, metal axle, from Alexander Graham Bell Museum. Score! 2. Gold yoyo classic, Plastic lightweight, this guy I don't use too often..but looks cool 3. Green wooden Pro-Yo-yo classic original, quite worn, this one gets a lot of use. 4. Plastic light up yo-yo from Osheaga Music festival in Montreal, little too heavy but nice novelty. 5. Wooden yo-yo I once received as a gift from a good friend, this guy's from Jamaica.
I used to have a couple more, but they were either destroyed or lost.

O'l Groggy McSydeways

2006-09-20T01:09:00.000-03:00

Avast! A drawing for International Talk like a Pirate day...which was yesterday, technically speaking.

A Troll for Ken

2006-09-13T02:14:00.000-03:00

a tree stealin' troll....tsk tsk

Violet

2006-08-24T22:37:00.000-03:00

Runaway Clown

2006-07-14T02:11:00.000-03:00

Sometimes the circus thing just doesn't go according to plan...
..maybe she should find herself a nice scruffy hobo man.

Summer Honeysuckle

2006-06-27T04:03:00.000-03:00

For my mom, on her Birthday.

"Down the track came a hobo hiking..."

2006-06-24T14:30:00.000-03:00

Few recent creative developments..One of which is designs for a super simple animated short i want to put together this summer. mainly just a walk cycle and a few layouts, it's about a hobo Dreamin'. See if I still got it..

..I'm all over the place..

From the Garden..

2006-06-06T23:29:00.000-03:00

Some Friends of mine I'd like you to meet..

Crow

2006-05-11T00:22:00.000-03:00

I've recently returned from a visit back home. then jumped right into a new job. whew, bout time I dropped something into this bucket. Good to see my Family again, as well as some good ol' friends. My Dad was exhibiting some of his amazing sculpture work at a local Gallery while I was home, I've added the link to the show in the sidebar. (Arend Nieuwland)check it.
The crow doodle is inspired by a friends tattoo idea..

Oldest and Fatherless..

2006-04-10T02:24:00.000-03:00

"Old Tom Bombadil is a merry fellow;
Bright blue his jacket is, and his boots are yellow."

The Fellowship of the Ring I 7,In the House of Tom Bombadil

Civilized

2006-03-29T15:27:00.000-04:00

This painter piece kept me up late into the night. but I think I'm getting back into some kind of groove. At least it's a fresh drawing... doggone smoka da pipe.

ahh..Wizards.

2006-03-28T04:01:00.000-04:00

I'm just posting this oldie 'cause I always liked it. Zzap!

ahh..Painter.

2006-03-28T03:57:00.000-04:00

Piece I skribbled up in Painter. some kinda oaf.

Forest sprite and Diamond Girl

2006-03-24T02:42:00.000-04:00

Just gonna start this blog off with some colour. couple of chalk pastel pieces I did ealier in the winter. ended up being Christmas presents.

publishing.........

2006-03-22T00:42:00.000-04:00

Welcome to my blog! .I heard once you start one of these.. yer drawings get better.

headspace

2006-03-21T23:28:00.000-04:00

This is what my blog looks like in my head..