Here is an illustration I have done of Charles Demers for the up coming issue of OCW Magazine
Charles Demers was born and raised in Vancouver. He is an activist and comedian, a regular performer on CBC Radio One’s The Debaters, and co-host of Citytv’s comedic panel show The Citynews List in Vancouver.
He’s a funny guy and he has a new book out called Vancouver Special that is super neat.
Check it out if you are a local Vancouverite or if want to have a real clear sense of Vancouver.
My friend Jo lee got a hold of me to do some charity illustration work for a magazine she was working on. she asked me to draw an image around the subject of the life of bottle collectors (binners?). I decided that a simple drawing of cans would work well. the version that was included on the published magazine has been inverted. the brand are all backwards.
this is the drawing
Megaphone is a magazine sold on the streets of Vancouver by homeless and low-income vendors. Vendors buy the paper for 50 cents and sell the magazine to customers by donation. All money from the transaction goes into the pocket of the vendor.
this is the commemorative issue of megaphone that you can find my drawing
Check out the article, Bottle Binning Blooms: Vancouver’s homeless earn a living by recycling bottles and cans by Elecia Chrunik
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so, Jo Lee comes by my office to pick up some prints and deliver me my copy of the magazine. It’s full colour and beautiful. I had thought since it was a charity thing that it would have been black and white.. .
Then Jo is about to leave but before she asks if my coworker (Dustin) and I wanted to buy a Pin for charity.
I thought they looked good. patriotic in a way that I could get behind. Dustin and I bought one each. if you like em so should you. watch the video check their website for ordering!
