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2011-09-04T15:49:00.000-07:00

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Keith Ikeda-Barry

Monster Brushes

2010-10-11T20:34:00.000-07:00

Brusheezy is a site for sharing Photoshop brushes and other resources. Since I've used other people's brushes in the past, I decided to make a set to share with the community. I have made many, many brushes in the past for my own use, but it was difficult to come up with images that I would be happy to donate to the public domain. I wanted a set that would be useful, unique and interesting.

Luckily, my collection of Japanese TV monsters saved the day (again). I just knew they would turn out to be a good investment.

Here is the preview:

You can download this first set of 10 brushes from Brusheezy here.

If you would like to learn how to make your own brushes in Photoshop, there are hundreds of lessons out there.

If you don't know the kind of Japanese TV monsters I'm talking about, here are some of the best:

Thirty Days Work on Show

2010-07-13T01:01:00.001-07:00

Our work is going to be on display, beautifully framed and mounted, for two weeks here in Vancouver. Very exciting! Little Mountain Gallery is where we had our first Thirty Days Show in July 2006.

Day 30: Main and Kingsway Re-Visited

2010-07-01T17:58:00.000-07:00

This is what I mean when I say I live here. I cut this out from the rest, made this neighbourhood what it is.

Cut paper.

The printer ink often scraped off the paper when making the cuts. Then the glue played havoc with the finish on the paper.

If anyone else would like to give it a try, here is the PDF with two pages of shapes to cut out. You will need a printer, a very sharp, small-bladed cutting tool, glue and patience. The only condition is that you MUST post pics of your efforts, please!

Day 29: Main and 21st Revisited

2010-06-30T01:01:00.001-07:00

Etched acrylic.
10.5 x 50.5cm

The day bends slowly past. Nothing changes yet it has changed. It won’t again tomorrow at a slightly different angle.

Day 28: Main and 15th, Re-Visited

2010-06-29T01:22:00.001-07:00

Pencil, watercolour.

This stack of soft stone held the center of our city. Now it reminds us where we are. Down to the water from here.

Day 27: Main and 21st NW

2010-06-27T22:27:00.000-07:00

Pen, watercolour.

At the corner, there is when it happens. We like to think. We are at Liberty. Too cute?

Day 26: Main and 26th SE

2010-06-26T21:18:00.001-07:00

Pen, watercolour.

Light, sound, motion that washes this place, then the next. I breathe out, someone breathes in.

Day 25: Main and 27th NW

2010-06-26T01:18:00.000-07:00

Pen, watercolour.

There is a moment when both lights are red and you can see the mountains. I’ve called you all here to tell you this. Now we shall never meet again.

Day 24: Main and 28th NW

2010-06-25T00:20:00.001-07:00

Pen, watercolour.

Awnings over awnings, a corrugated wall of glass drums. That taxi swept through, going so fast.

Day 23: Main and 29th

2010-06-24T01:32:00.000-07:00

Pen, watercolour.

I do not know this building. This not-knowing feels familiar; one of the many neighbourhoods that are not mine.

Day 22: Main and 28th

2010-06-22T23:08:00.001-07:00

Ink, watercolour.

Look there, then look away. It becomes a memory. Look again. Away. The first memory, the second. Both are lies.

Day 21: Main and 27th

2010-06-22T00:16:00.000-07:00

Pen, watercolour.

These metal pedestrians are so familiar that they disappear like people. Lined up for a bus that never comes. I can still read Luxmii when I close my eyes.

Day 20: Main and 26th

2010-06-20T23:01:00.000-07:00

Pen, watercolour.

Gasoline ripples rise on watery air. We only see the colours that are left behind.

Day 19: Main and 25th

2010-06-19T23:40:00.000-07:00

Pen, watercolour.

It depends on your direction; what you see, what colour finds you, how long you wait. Sometimes it all comes at once.

Day 18: Main and 24th

2010-06-18T22:27:00.000-07:00

Coloured pencil, ink.

Blue slices of another sky, a different distance. Tonight the walls pulse with the day’s forgotten heat.

Day 17: Main and 23rd

2010-06-17T21:47:00.000-07:00

Pen, ink.

Day 16: Main and 22nd

2010-06-17T01:21:00.001-07:00

Pen, ink.

The green bus is gone. Two people got off wearing the same clothes. Every thing is one colour then another then another then none.

Day 15: Main and 21st

2010-06-15T21:47:00.000-07:00

Pen, ink.

Day 14: Main and 20th

2010-06-14T23:27:00.000-07:00

Pen, ink.

Day 13: Main and 19th

2010-06-13T19:21:00.001-07:00

Pen, ink.

Day 12: Main and 18th

2010-06-12T21:36:00.000-07:00

Pen, ink.

Day 11: Main and 17th

2010-06-11T22:57:00.001-07:00

Pen, ink.
The original was dominated centrally by the big green tree, but I used too small a brush and made such a dog's breakfast of it that I hacked the whole image down to this horizontal strip in order to focus on the details.

Day 10: Main and 16th

2010-06-10T23:19:00.000-07:00

Marker, ink.

Three new cars went by in silence, round and white like clouds with purple bottoms.
Everything was new once. Value is lost and found while we aren’t looking.

Day 09: Main and 15th

2010-06-10T00:08:00.000-07:00

Old City Hall
Ink

Day 08: Main and 14th

2010-06-09T00:30:00.000-07:00

Marker, ink.

Just a moment. Step in here. Who is it? We need spinach. I told him. She knows. What was that? Where to? Excuse me. Park here. Let’s get a coffee.
All these movements, moments, flowing, frozen.

Day 07: Main and 13th

2010-06-07T23:45:00.000-07:00

Marker, ink.

Day 06: Main and 12th

2010-06-07T23:43:00.001-07:00

Pen, ink.

We used to buy cut flowers here. Now it is a gallery. Now it is a record shop. The building stands, a man moves a ladder, and the details change again. The lights change, the cars change. We remember, we forget.

Day 05: Main and 11th

2010-06-05T22:09:00.001-07:00

Pen, ink, watercolour.

Day 04: Main and 10th

2010-06-05T00:01:00.000-07:00

Pen, ink and gouache.

Day 03: Main and Broadway

2010-06-03T19:53:00.001-07:00

Pencil, watercolour, instant coffee.

Day 02: Main and 8th, Goh Ballet Academy

2010-06-03T00:07:00.000-07:00

Pencil, watercolour pencil.

Day 01: Main and Kingsway

2010-06-01T21:26:00.000-07:00

Main Street and Kingsway, Vancouver. Pen, ink.

Greek Plant (2004)

2009-06-13T02:40:00.000-07:00

Drawn on the last page of the beautiful leather sketchbooks given to us at the Aegean Center. I wish I knew the name of this plant (and had brought back some seeds). They were all over the island of Paros and had wonderful textures. There are similar plants here in BC but they don't grow as tall nor as thick.

Jonah and Nicole (2004)

2009-06-13T02:25:00.001-07:00

Quick sketch on our last night in Rome. The next morning we flew to Athens and then to Paros to begin the studio portion of our semester at the Aegean Center for the Fine Arts.

Four More Statues (2004)

2009-06-13T02:18:00.001-07:00

Winged lion of St. Mark in the Basilica dei Frari, Venice.

St. Jerome's hand in the Basilica dei Frari, Venice.

Human pelvis in La Specola, Firenze.

Piccolo Cavaliere's Horse in Pistoia.

Drawn during the Italian semester at the Aegean Center for the Fine Arts.

Two of Bernini's Rivers (2004)

2009-06-13T02:10:00.001-07:00

The Nile
Maquette of The Plata

Maquette of The Nile

Drawn during the Italian semester at the Aegean Center for the Fine Arts.

City Views (2004)

2009-06-13T02:05:00.001-07:00

Views of Venice and Siena from my sketchbook. Drawn during the Italian semester at the Aegean Center for the Fine Arts.

Around the Villa (2004)

2009-06-13T01:58:00.000-07:00

Sketches from around the villa in Pistoia where we lived during the Italian semester at the Aegean Center for the Fine Arts.

Four Statues (2004)

2009-06-13T00:03:00.000-07:00

Giordano Bruno in Rome.

Three sketches of statues from our time in Italy with the Aegean Center for the Fine Arts.

2008-11-24T02:01:00.001-08:00

Day 23: Afternoon.
Ink.

2008-11-23T00:23:00.000-08:00

Day 22: Where They Are.
Ink.

2008-11-21T20:29:00.000-08:00

Day 21: Fox Trot.
Ink.

2008-11-20T21:45:00.001-08:00

Day 20: Two Guys in Medieval Costume.
Ink.

2008-11-19T22:57:00.001-08:00

Day 19: The Truth.
Ink.

2008-11-18T22:50:00.001-08:00

Day 18: Bicycle Police.
Ink.

2008-11-17T23:59:00.000-08:00

Day 17: Café Lunch.
Ink.

2008-11-16T23:52:00.000-08:00

Day 16: Gathering Mussels. Ink.

2008-11-15T22:12:00.001-08:00

Day 15: Donut Makers.
Ink, digital.

2008-11-14T23:11:00.000-08:00

Day 14: Olive Sorting.
Ink.

2008-11-13T23:05:00.000-08:00

Day 13: Evening Nargileh.
Ink.

2008-11-12T23:46:00.001-08:00

Day 12: Brick, Plaster and Dust.
Ink.

2008-11-11T22:08:00.001-08:00

Day 11: Tin Goods.
Ink.

2008-11-10T20:37:00.001-08:00

Day 10: Smoking Man.
Water-soluble graphite crayon, digital colour.

2008-11-09T17:15:00.000-08:00

Day 09: Eye-Patch Man
Pencil, digital.

2008-11-08T18:39:00.000-08:00

Day 08: Seated Woman
Ink.

2008-11-07T22:56:00.000-08:00

Day 07: Tatouine Motorcycle
Ink.

2008-11-06T17:07:00.000-08:00

Day 06: Tiny Oasis Ink.

2008-11-05T21:15:00.001-08:00

Day 05: Mint Tea Vendor
Ink.

2008-11-05T00:23:00.000-08:00

Day 04: The Wonderful O. Welcome back, America.
Ink.

2008-11-04T00:12:00.000-08:00

Day 03: Jerba Clothes Market
Ink, watercolour.

2008-11-02T16:52:00.001-08:00

Day 02: Matmata Woman Ink, digital edit.

2008-11-01T22:20:00.000-07:00

Day 01: Jerba Man in Blue Ink, digital.

2008-05-21T00:44:00.000-07:00

The Eight: What Really Happened
A new version of Day 06, with added ink.

2008-04-30T22:32:00.000-07:00

Day 30: Self-Portrait.
Pen, ink.

2008-04-29T23:05:00.001-07:00

Day 29: Red Roller.
Pen, ink.

2008-04-29T00:26:00.000-07:00

Day 28: Teste Della Bambola. Ink.

2008-04-27T19:32:00.000-07:00

Day 27: Kairouan Grave Markers. Pencil, watercolour.

2008-04-27T00:55:00.001-07:00

Day 26: Sheep Market.Ink, watercolour.

2008-04-25T20:56:00.000-07:00

Day 25: Bedouin Woman.Acrylic, digital.

2008-04-24T20:52:00.001-07:00

Day 24: Buska.Ink.

2008-04-24T00:13:00.000-07:00

Day 23: Syracuse Harbour.Ink, digital colour.

2008-04-22T21:59:00.000-07:00

Day 22: Italia.Gouache, ink, digital.

2008-04-21T23:08:00.001-07:00

Day 21: Kairouan, Tunisia.Ink, watercolour.

2008-04-20T19:15:00.001-07:00

Day 20: Minotaur.Ink. 19"x24"

Ink. 29"x28"

2008-04-20T01:21:00.001-07:00

Day 19: The Female Nude.Ink.

2008-04-18T23:04:00.000-07:00

Day 18: Muslim Women.Ink, digital colour.

Pencil, digital colour.

2008-04-17T22:26:00.000-07:00

Day 17: Pigman.Ink, watercolour.

2008-04-16T23:51:00.000-07:00

Day 16: Tunis Market.Pencil, watercolour.

2008-04-16T00:43:00.001-07:00

Day 15: Dervishes.Pen, ink, brush.

2008-04-15T01:10:00.000-07:00

Day 14: Squat Bot.Ink, digital.

2008-04-13T19:26:00.000-07:00

Day 13: Stroke.Ink, sponge, digital.

2008-04-13T00:02:00.000-07:00

Day 12: Ojisan Ink.Brush, ink.

Ojisan Pencil.Pencil, graphite.

2008-04-12T03:12:00.000-07:00

Day 11: Dan Flynn And His Cats.Pen and ink, brush.

2008-04-11T02:58:00.000-07:00

Day 10: Silver Dollars.Digital.

2008-04-10T00:42:00.000-07:00

Day 09: Sebilj, Sarajevo.Pencil crayon, brown paper.

2008-04-08T22:20:00.000-07:00

Day 08: Sarajevo Tram.
Graphite, digital.

2008-04-08T00:35:00.000-07:00

Day 07: Damascus Kids.Pen lines.

Watercolours.

Digitally combined.

2008-04-06T22:42:00.001-07:00

Day 06: The Eight.
Digital.

2008-04-05T22:54:00.000-07:00

Day 05: Diver Up.
Pen, watercolour.

2008-04-05T01:03:00.000-07:00

Day 04: Red Berries. Digital

2008-04-04T01:06:00.000-07:00

Day 03: The Nine Table. Pen, watercolour.

2008-04-02T20:47:00.000-07:00

Day 02: Dream of Wire. Pen, ink, watercolour.

2008-04-02T00:32:00.000-07:00

Day 01: Three architectural details of expectation. Blind Arch

Steps

Dias

Pencil, watercolour.

2007-07-01T15:14:00.000-07:00

San Galgano, Italy

Pencil, watercolour

2007-06-29T17:44:00.000-07:00

Castel Nuovo Di Val Di Cecina, Italy

Pencil, ink

2007-06-29T02:30:00.000-07:00

Fiat in Chianti

Pen, ink, marker

2007-06-27T17:51:00.000-07:00

Monteriggione, Italy

Pencil, ink, digital

2007-06-26T13:30:00.000-07:00

Siena, Italy

Pencil, ink, digital

2007-06-25T23:52:00.000-07:00

Arezzo, Italy
Pencil, ink, digital