Chad and Grant - Annoying

We're Annoying and you have to listen to us

My 2 favorite Canadian acoustic musicians from Zoran Maslic's 2015 documentary, Annoying. Chad Fontaine and Grant Faithful.

Abstract City

I don't really know what I was doing with this, but I think it looks cool. Probably watercolor and ink. It was in an old sketchbook.

Blues Brothers diner scene

I drew the Blues Brothers for my dad's Christmas present last year. It's one of his favorite movies and he's almost blind, so I didn't have to do a very good job. I think they're alright.

Sumi-e brush jar/vase

I had purchased a giant amount of Asian Sumi-e brushes through Ebay and needed an appropriate container for them.

Square Sketchbook

Another coptic binding sketchbook. Going from the outside in, the corners are outlet covers painted in enamel and the buckle is from the same Lip Service straight jacket. The main part of the outside cover paper is construction paper done in suminagashi. The design in the outside centers is photoshopped layers of suminagashi, folded and cut like children cut snowflakes. The inside cover papers are the same, but without the snowflake technique. Filler paper is a whole lot of brown packing paper. I made this because I liked the large sketchbook that I got for class.

Unicorn Book

This book was supposed to go with a bag done with white, purple and blue twine. It's a bolt book with suminagashi cover papers, black denim binding cloth and brads for accents. The filler is printer paper and the cover unicorn was some sponged/dripped abstract paper. The bag suffered from a botched strap. It kept getting shorter as I made it wider.

Reggae Bag and Book

I had made a custom bag for myself of hemp twine to use at school. It worked so well that I thought other people should use them too. My Jamaican friend was still nearby at the time and I figured that maybe he could talk someone into buying a bag, so I made it reggae-style. It's pretty self-explanatory, but I will list my materials in the labels as always.