Happy Halloween -- Dug and Russell pumpkins

Design for baby shower invitation

Here's the front and inside design for a baby shower invitation. Also seen are the tags that go on the gift favours. I designed and made up the written words. All are property of E. Ventura (Ventura Studios).

A Bridal Shower (Literally)...

Congratulations to Lisa and Marco on their engagement! Lisa's bridal shower was this Sunday Aug. 9/09 and it ended up literally "showering" her with happiness.

Here's a little sketch (from memory) inspired by Lisa's shower...

Backyard sketch

Playing around with watercolours, etc... about a 15 - 20 min. sketch...

Balloon seminar sketch dump

Many of you know that aside from living in "Animationland", I also live in "Balloonland" (like the main character in the new Pixar movie "UP"). I was extremely surprised to hear of such a story line, since I create balloon decorations, when I am not animating. I can't wait to see it on May 29th! I guess my balloon-related story ideas should be thrown out the window now that Pixar got their hands on such a unique story...ARGH....

Anyways, here are sketches from a balloon seminar I went to. Yes the balloon is a 3ft. balloon, so it is meant to look that big. And yes, there are balloon decorating classes/seminars!!! My favourite one was in Disneyland!

Check out the cool portfolio http://pachaballooncreations.com

Many people can't believe you can make anything out of balloons!

Colour tests...

just playing around with colour

Bridal shower decor...

I created the geisha template for a slide show at my sister's themed bridal shower. Below is what I made for the guests to sign.

sketch dump...

a few sketches.... (two top pages from Arizona)

Greeting/Bus. card designs....

A fun little design for a hunter's birthday.

Freelance work

These are 3 BG's I did for Big Soul Studios in Toronto. All images are copyright Big Soul and not to be copied without their permission.

Just for fun....

A "before" and "after" done for a birthday gag. I didn't have time to exactly adjust the lighting, but it was just for fun...

New Site!!!

I will from now on be using this blog for my regular updates and my http://venturastudio.blogspot.com as my final portfolio site. I don't like to mix my experimental art with the final pieces that I can actually put in a portfolio. Here we go...