portfolio: illustration

COWPOKE COLLECTION VOLUME 02, 2018-2020

Part 01 & 02 of the second volume in the Cowpoke Collection series books.
Below is a selection of some of my favorites from 100 individual pieces in this volume of the series.
(Media: Ink on paper + digital)

Coasting series, 2018-present

Series focusing on the excitement and child-like wonder inspired by the almighty roller coaster!
(media: ink, water color, + digital)

covid’s cousinz, 2020

Series ‘inspired’ by mutations of the most unavoidable topic of 2019, COVID-19.
(media: ink + digital)

reindeer reject volume 02

The second installment of a series that I created exploring the lives of the reindeer that did not make the cut for Santa’s team.
(media: ink, photography, digital)

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‘beware of krampus’, 2019

A series of sticker designs celebrating the less celebrated of winter holiday festivities: Krampus.
(media: ink + digital)

‘patenaude’s pizza party’, 2019-present

A series of sticker designs celebrating the joys of pizza & unrelated topics.
(media: ink + digital)

‘Inktober’ 2019

I’ve been using the ‘Inktober’ challenge over the past 2 years to help push my range in subject matter + creativity a bit- Here are the pieces that I whipped up for 2019…
(media: ink, water color, digital)

‘THE JONKOH TREE’, 2019

The Jonkoh Tree is my twist on a poem that my kiddos came home with many moons ago. I switched it up a bit for bed time song sessions & it was a staple for many years.
I toiled over the illustrations, off and on, for the last couple of years, before finally ‘publishing’ a prototype in 2019.

Posted below are some of my favorite pages from the book!

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COWPOKE COLLECTION VOLUME 01, ~2018

The first volume of the ‘Cowpoke Collection’ series/ book, including a brief story explaining it all!
Below is a selection of some of my favorites in this volume of the series.
(Media: Ink on paper base, scan and finish in Photoshop)

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critter COLLECTION VOLUME 01, 2018

A small selection of critters a series and book that I finished in 2018- Just as I was getting back into illustration.(media: ink + digital)

Cover of ‘brian PATENAUDE’S Critter Collection, volume 01’

SMURFS COLOR REMIX SERIES, 2008

A collection of pieces that I created after being disappointed with the pieces that the smurfs were originally drawn for. I simplified the compositions, by adding only a bit of alien vegetation, a simple a simple background wash, and unified palettes.
(media: Gouache @ Windsor ink on canvas)