Tanya Lam Illustration

Sorry I’ve been neglecting ye olde blog, it’s been a helluva month. A lot of ups and downs, but things are levelling off, thank goodness. Anyways, here’s some of the shenanigans I’ve been up to in my sketchbook: Cross-posted to my facebook page, and my livejournal.

Here’s a new Tanya Fail, that I finally finished. My preternatural ability to destroy ipods, is well-known throughout the land. Here’s another one, about my inability to brush my teeth without stabbing myself in the neck.

Sorry about the delay in the Tanya!fails. I was hoping to do one every few days, but life got in the way, as it is wont to do. Crossposted on my FB page, and twitter.

Here’s a sneak peek at my process on how I normally do most illustrations. Primarily they are digital, especially on ones with a fast turnaround time, anywhere from a few hours to (for this one,) 2 days. This is for Swerve Weekly, and I hope you enjoy!

It’s still freezing cold here in Calgary! Sleet, rain, snow, wind, it’s like the Ice Age all over again. Anyways, here’s some sketchbook shenanigans: This is for the 100th follower on my twitter, that isn’t a sandwich item. (It’ll make sense in a minute!) When I offered a gift drawing for my 100th follower on [...]

Ugh, what is with the weather! It’s been completely insane lately–Calgary is slated to receive 5 more cm of snow on top of the 5-10cm we got last night. Hopefully the city isn’t falling apart; we tend to lose our brains when it snows. Anyways, here’s some art! I’ve been on a gouache/evil drag queen [...]

A little preview of an upcoming personal/self-promo piece, based off of the bond siblings share with another.

Good news, everyone! I am now officially being represented by Three in a Box Agency. I am excited to work with them, and keep posted for our future projects together. Here is a preview image, for their Box Lunch promotional package:

Hello all! Here’s a preview image of the super top-secret (not really) project writer Kurtis Weibe and I are collaborating on. It’s about a trio of kids that gets into very interesting hijinks. Frank Zigarelli is responsible for the lettering and speechbubbles. I hope you all like it! It will be available at Emerald City [...]

I just wanted to take a moment to remember an amazing instructor who has recently passed away. Eugene was one of my favourite instructors at ACAD, he was funny, lively and incredibly encouraging. If it wasn’t for his mentoring, I don’t think I would be where I am today. So I just wanted to say [...]