Jeremy Ley

Cat Food Seance

Kids, don't smoke... unless a dog tells you to.

Grant Nimmo's new paintings

A couple of years ago my dad and I bought this 5x6 foot painting from Grant Nimmo. It hangs next to my bed. Every day I go to sleep and wake up looking at it. It bring me great joy. There is an enormous amount of peace and stillness that he has created within it, a quality that is rare in a lot of paintings.

Here are a few of his latest paintings. They make me want to pack up my bags, leave the city and live in the wilderness. Maybe when I'm older and crazier.

Crystal Lake

Jo, Zette and Jocko

The lesser known series made by the talented Mr.Herge. I used to have a couple of these as a kid. Though I never really got into Jo, Zette and Jocko as much as Tintin.

Castle

It's all clear now

Let them eat cake

 This comes from my new favourite blog, Let Them Eat Cake...

2012 - The New Year

It's almost here. The big year. 2012.

My Friend the BEAR

I've made an app! It's called 'My Friend the BEAR'. It's a simple interactive kid's book app. It's loads of fun for your kids and yourself (if you reading novels a bit too hard.) Plus it's only 99c! Check it out.

There's also the My Friend website for more Information, Free Downloadable Activities and Bear Tips.

Drawing Workshop at Scotch College

A couple of months back I had the privilege of holding a drawing workshop at Scotch College. A competition was held where the top three drawings recieved a tshirt that I made and the winner recieved an original drawing. I was quite impressed with the quality of drawings. Future talent is out there. 

Here are a couple of photos one of the teachers took.

One of the winners. Fantastic drawing.

A scan of the drawing I gave first prize.

Milo

My friend had a baby boy a month back. His middle name is Milo. I hoping to become his Godfather. Unfortunately my friend doesn't believe in God, so it's going to be hard to get that title. So, I'm trying to convince him with bodgy photoshop mock ups. Here's one of them.

Drawing on kids' faces

I found these photos from my little cousin's party. The adults let me cut sick and paint on the kids' faces. Drawing for kids is the best thing because they get so happy. However, they can be quite specific and demanding about what they want. That's cool kiddies, just as long as you're happy.

Fire and Ice

Lava is one of my favourite hot things, as well as Chilli Crab and my wife.

Up in SMOKE

See through T-Rex model

I bought this see-through model of a T-Rex the other day, from the best store in Melbourne, Wunderkammer. My wife didn't understand why I wanted a two-faced 50 cm dinosaur, but I thought things like this didn't need justificaiton. 

Standing by while the world burns

An amazing photo of a group of people enjoying the sun while the twin towers burn down in the background. Even though it probably wasn't their intention to be caught like that, it's a spectacular symbol of how we, as human beings, have the ability to move on. Click here to read an insightful article published in the Gaurdian by Jonathan Jones.

Saligia Beer Mural Process

Here's a blog post I put up on the Scotch College Library Blog, when I did a guest workshop there a couple of months ago.

A designer, from an agency called Mentally Friendly, has a client that was fond of my work. His client is a computer company that have decided to brew their own beer. What started off as a hobby has now become a little more serious, they have even installed a bar within their own studio! They have named their beer ‘Saligia’, which is a Latin acronym for the Seven Deadly Sins. The designer’s idea was to have a mural of the seven demons brewing the beer, so it was educational as well as fun. We decided I could make a better drawing if I did it on my computer, then print it out on vinyl and stick it on, rather than me fly up there and paint it on.

C2 Media About Page

I did these illustration for C2 Media a while ago. Even though I do some quite complicated drawings, I still find that the simple ones bring me the most joy. I used the small ink drawings from magazines such as The New Yorker and The Monthly as inspiration.

Click here (.)(.) to see some of the rough concepts.

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Ike and Tina Turner

A mixtape I burnt for my lovely wife. The talented Mr.Oostuizen, from Takt studios, was the second person to introduce me to them; the first was my mum, she used to put the cd on and sing along with the lyrics in the booklet. Good times.