Joren Cull (illustrator?)

Report Cards

2012-01-11T13:52:00.002-05:00

An Illustration I did in today's "Globe and Mail" Facts and Arguments section!

Best of 2011

2012-01-01T01:46:00.001-05:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!
2011 was definitely the worst year of all time so let's hope this year will be better by light years! Here is my annual top 20 songs of the year mix that I post on here every new year! Download it by clicking here, track list is bellow..

1. Breathe - Preteen Zenith
2. You Will Always Bring Me Flowers - Shannon and the Clams
3. Squishy Glass - The Flaming Lips
4. I Wanna Do It - Earth Girl Helen Brown
5. Fly Baby, Fly - The High Llamas
6. I Think I Might Have Built A Horse - The Beets
7. Summer of Love - The Sandwitches
8. Thought Ballune - Unknown Mortal Orchestra
9. My Mess - The Spits
10. How I Roll - Britney Spears
11. Ready To Go Steady - The Go! Team
12. I Won't Fall Apart on You Tonight - Eleanor Friedberger
13. Tonite Tonite - Hunx and his Punx
14. Bill For The Use Of A Body - Chain and the Gang
15. Hold My Hand - Mister Heavenly
16. Love Like a River - Girls
17. One Fine Morning - Bill Callahan
18. Plant White Roses - Buffalo Rome
19. Never Come Around - Le Sera
20. If You See My Boyfriend - Donora
download here!!!

In other news, I am planning this year to be the most productive year ever! I've got a lot of projects that I'm working on simultaneously at the moment. The tentative schedule I have made for myself is bellow, but will most definitely be not accurate.

- 120 Days of Autumn (Folk Album) - March/April 2012
- Eternity (100ish page illustration book I've been working on for a while) - June-ish 2012
- Untitled Rap Single - July 2012
- Untitled Punk Album - October 2012
- Bible Patrol (Graphic Novel) - November 2012
- Hopefully some sort of web series that I haven't started yet - 2012???

Also, if you're interested I have made this Tumblr where I post lists of things I like. Sort of like Oprah, but better! It's here
ALSO I now have an art Tumblr here
AND reluctantly a Twitter account here

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
XOXO <3 <3 <3
-Joren

New Song "Decay"

2011-10-25T22:59:00.014-04:00

Hey!
So, I'm currently working on two new albums simultaneously at the moment. The first is a quiet folk album, and the second is an angry punk album.
The folk one will most definitely be finished first (hopefully with in the next month or two). It's called "120 Days of Autumn" and here is the first song off of it called "Decay", enjoy!
OH! ALSO.. I can't post an image of it, but I have a full page illustration in this months "Readers Digest Magazine" for their "Last Laugh" page/section. Neat-o! Go grab one or something!
Song written, arranged, produced and performed by me.

Decay by Peppermint Wad

Mystical Endeavors

2011-10-20T23:26:00.003-04:00

For Those of you who couldn't make it to our show "Mystical Endeavor" here are some of the pieces I made for it! Contact me to purchase prints! joren.cu@gmail.com

Climate Change: Science or Skepticism

2011-09-20T09:41:00.003-04:00

An illustration I did for today's New York Times regarding climate change!

Mystical Endeavor

2011-09-08T23:00:00.008-04:00

Hey everybody! I'm in this great new art show at the OCAD student gallery called "Mystical Endeavours" with my fellow Illustrator friends Kaley McKean, Nolan Pelletier, Ted Gudlat and Eunice Luk! There are 8 new pieces of mine on display and extremely limited prints for sale also! Come check it out, the show runs until the 29th.

A Brief History of the Bungee

2011-09-07T16:35:00.001-04:00

Some spot illustrations I did for the July/August issue of Explore Magazine!

I Fell Asleep At A Lady Gaga Concert

2011-07-11T17:30:00.004-04:00

An illustration I did for the Globe and Mail's Facts & Arguments section.

New Full Album - Dolce Musica

2011-06-05T19:42:00.015-04:00

Hey everybody I have just released another new batch of songs and put them up available for free download on my website! You can also preview it on my bandcamp page or below....

A handmade limited cassette edition of this album will be available soon for purchase at shows and on the internet!

Download for FREE here!

03 Cold, Cold, Cold
Cold, Cold, Cold by Peppermint Wad
05 How To Build A Boat
How To Build A Boat by Peppermint Wad
11 Exploding Birds/Forgotten Words
Exploding Birds/Forgotten Words by Peppermint Wad
14 Blue Suede Shoes (elvis cover)
Blue Suede Shoes (Elvis Cover) by Peppermint Wad

Peppermint Wad @ The Press Club

2011-05-31T00:46:00.006-04:00

So last week I played a surprise concert at "the Press Club" with Arman's Frozen Peas. It was the first time I've performed with a backing band and it went great! Special thanks to Chris Wunderlich and Androo Leipurts for playing with me! Also, the day before the concert I went to Honest Eds and put together a little CD sampler to sell at the concert. The CD's were all hand-made by me and they sold for 4 bucks. I only made 13 and there are only 2 left, if anyone wants to buy one let me know! This is what they looked like....

more concerts to come soon! Also, more illustrations soon.

Eternity

2011-05-07T00:13:00.004-04:00

Hey everyone thanks so much for coming out to the grad show to say hi and look at all of our work! I had a really fun time! I didn't get that many good pictures of my display but here are two, I ended up calling my Thesis "Eternity". I also ended up hand-binding all my illustrations into a book(see below)! It was the first time I've ever tried to bind a book so I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

Oh, also you can visit my website to view most of my thesis images in way better quality.

OCAD Grad Show

2011-05-03T19:09:00.008-04:00

Hey everybody! My friends and I's thesis projects are going to be on display for our grad show. It starts on the 5th and is going till the 8th at OCAD. Come take a look, it will be really fun!
More info here.

Thesis 6

2011-04-24T04:44:00.002-04:00

Here are some more things I made for my thesis regarding our bleak future.

For even more of my thesis stuff go over to my OFFICIAL WEBSITE

www.jorenmania.com

2011-04-09T14:27:00.004-04:00

hey everybody! I finally have a website now! go check it out

Thesis 5

2011-03-11T22:43:00.004-05:00

Here are some more things I made for my thesis regarding our bleak future.

Thesis 4

2011-02-24T18:01:00.005-05:00

Here are some more things I made for my thesis regarding our bleak future.

Check This Out..

2011-02-23T20:54:00.002-05:00

One of the proudest moments of my life, American Illustration 29

Magic Bullet Song

2011-02-19T00:26:00.012-05:00

Back in 2005 I wrote a song about my all-time favorite infomercial "The Magic Bullet". I re-recorded it this past summer as well as a cover of the song "Baby Blue" originally written and performed by Giogio Moroder. I posted them a while ago but forgot to blog about. You can listen, download or both!...enjoy?

1. Magic Bullet

2. Baby Blue (Giorgio Moroder Cover)

Homer and the Dentist

2011-02-10T19:42:00.004-05:00

new comic

Thesis 3

2011-02-02T17:36:00.010-05:00

Here are some more things I made for my thesis regarding our bleak future.

Best of 2010

2011-01-02T02:01:00.009-05:00

Happy new years everyone! Here is my annual top 20 songs of the year mix!
enjoy!
mediafire

Thesis 2

2010-12-26T19:52:00.003-05:00

Here are some more images from my thesis that I am currently working on about how the futuristic technologies we may have imagined to be living with at this point in time would only create more problems within our everyday lives.

Interviews

2010-12-01T18:18:00.007-05:00

Here is an animation I made! I'm pretty happy with it, I plan on making this into a web series of 12 episodes that I will work on occasionally. enjoy!

written, animated, drawn, voiced and music by me

Thesis 1

2010-11-11T10:11:00.008-05:00

I haven't posted any illustrations on here for a while cause I am currently working on my thesis at art school. Here is one of the images I have done so far for it.

My thesis is to create a series of illustrations proving that the futuristic technologies we may have imagined to be living with at this point in time would only create more problems within our everyday lives.
Here is one more...

Playing Music (?)

2010-10-30T00:23:00.014-04:00

Next to drawing, my favorite thing to do making music. I have been recording music since I was around 9 and have recorded a total of 72 albums so far. Of course most of those are un-listenable messes, I think they show a slow progression into the making of real music. (maybe)
Last year on this day I played my very first concert in front of people. It went well. So well in fact, I decided it was time to start distributing my music to others to see what people thought of it! So after many long nights of working here is a five song ep that I have put together this past year. The plan is to release it in a month or two as a split cassette ep with my friends Armans Frozen Peas, but here is a download of it until then. I also plan on releasing the full length album I have been working for even longer then this sometime later this winter. I'd love to hear what you all think as I am mostly posting this as a learning experience for myself, but also for you all to hopefully enjoy.
Have a nice day!

sendspace!
sendspace!
sendspace!
sendspace!

love Joren

Running Scared

2010-09-27T19:35:00.027-04:00

This is my first try at animation for animation class. We had to make a walk cycle. It's short. Enjoy

Fun With Dirt

2010-08-10T01:58:00.008-04:00

Today I experimented with markers, I am trying to come up with some kind of newish style to use for my thesis in September.

Stringed Victory

2010-08-04T01:21:00.019-04:00

This is an Illustration I did for and about the CNE.

Futuristic Family Portraits

2010-07-17T18:58:00.010-04:00

Some drawings from the series of futuristic family portraits that I made for the "Milk Thistle" show at Function 13.

Brown Shoes Don't Make It

2010-07-06T19:20:00.014-04:00

This is a button I designed for Worn Fashion Journal's 10th issue launch party a while ago! sweet!

Oh hey, I also have an art show coming up! It's called "Milk Thistle" and the opening is Saturday July 10th at 7pm at Function 13 which is located at 156 Augusta Avenue. Hope to see you all there! It will be fun I promise!

Extreme Illustration! To The Max!

2010-06-15T21:10:00.017-04:00

An illustration for an article about a gym that uses it's employees to intimidate their members into signing up for personal training sessions and manipulates everyone that sets foot within.

Volcano Worshipers Hour

2010-06-01T17:53:00.013-04:00

screen printing!

1979

2010-05-28T21:11:00.006-04:00

This is my first attempt at screen printing in my summer screen printing class.

Bad Days

2010-05-15T11:59:00.003-04:00

Here is the art I made for last night.

Hot Mess Magazine

2010-05-13T11:13:00.016-04:00

My wonderful friend Sabrina Scott took time out of her busy life this past March to put together a beautiful, full color, 24 page magazine full of fresh OCAD talent called "Hot Mess". This piece made it into the magazine! There will be a launch party for the very first issue of this magazine tomorrow at The White House Gallery (277.5 Augusta Avenue). Also to celebrate the occasion I will be displaying three new arts that I made today and yesterday at the opening. Everyone in Toronto should come to this cause it's going to be super fun! Doors at 9pm. Hope to see you all there! Also don't forget to grab a copy of the magazine! IT'S FREE!

(cover by Sabrina)

Also, special thanks to everyone who came to visit our TCAF booth thingy! I had a really great time and met tones of cool people!
(photo courtesy of this Jamie guy.)

TCAF 2010

2010-05-08T03:43:00.016-04:00

This Sunday from 11am till 5pm I will have a table (or half a table or something) at the "Small Press Schooner" put together by the good people of Wowee Zonk at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival! Come visit me, buy some books, bring me food. I will be "debuting" 3 brand new books and one collaboration comic with my friend Michael. All books are handmade and hand numbered.

This is what is new...
Diary Excerpts From The Saddest Man Alive Issue #2

Diary Excerpts From The Saddest Man Alive Issue #3

Feelings

not FUNNY (collaboration with Mike Ellis)

this will be available still too..
Diary Excerpts From The Saddest Man Alive Issue #1

TCAF is at The Toronto Reference Library located at 789 Yonge Street.

March 22nd 2002

2010-04-28T11:01:00.005-04:00

Last night I finished issue two of "Diary Excerpts from the Saddest Man Alive." Here is one page from it...

Two Spot Illustrations

2010-04-23T20:36:00.002-04:00

We had to do two spot illustrations regarding two different articles for a travel magazine. (I apologize for the bad scans)

This was for an article about a Swedish town that is collapsing, (literally) and must be moved to another location.

This was made for an article about a town in Japan that separates their recycling into 34 categories.

Movie On The Way Down

2010-04-13T13:33:00.010-04:00

For this, our teacher gave us a hand written card that said, "do you like to be in motion pictures TV give us a call" and we had to make a 2 page spread about it as well as including the card in it. I did two.

Observational Sketchbook Volume One

2010-04-07T09:59:00.025-04:00

This semester we had to keep an observational sketchbook. Here are some pages from it.

Summer Chills

2010-03-25T14:35:00.010-04:00

For Hot Mess Magazine.

Solvestra Solves Everything

2010-03-03T00:03:00.011-05:00

We had to make a poster for a pill that solves everything called, "Solvestra". If only it were real :(

OCAD Zine Fair

2010-02-17T20:02:00.009-05:00

Last night I stayed up really late and wrote and put together a 10 page comic zine for the OCAD zine fair. It will be available tomorrow in the main lobby of 100 McCaul for OCAD's second annual zine fair. It's called "Diary Excerpts From The Saddest Man Alive." There will probably be a very limited quantity, because I haven't made them yet. Wanna buy one? Let me know! I am making more!

Idiocracy

2010-02-15T14:13:00.009-05:00

For this project we had to make an illustration for the Criterion DVD case of one of my favorite movies Idiocracy. My teacher liked two of my roughs so he told me to do both. I'm happier with the first one then the second one, but I like both actually!

this is the second one,

Diary Excerpts From The Saddest Man Alive: November 18th 1995

2010-02-08T23:00:00.008-05:00

Here is a comic I made. I might do a zine/series of bad break-ups starring this guy.

I've Been Having a Hard Time Sleeping Lately.

2010-01-28T04:58:00.015-05:00

I've been having a really hard time sleeping these past few nights. Instead of tossing and turning I did this...(see below.) Also here is a drawing for a project I'm doing that I like.

Freedom of '76

2009-12-14T03:59:00.002-05:00

These are two sides of a bag I made for a Barneys sale regarding Independence Day and nonconformity. My last project of the semester! Have a nice holiday everyone.

This is the entire bag.

"okay" (entry 1/5)

2009-12-09T14:42:00.003-05:00

The final (technically first) chapter in my comic series I made this semester.

The 48 Laws of Power

2009-11-16T19:23:00.005-05:00

Here we had to illustrate 2 of "The 48 Laws of Power" we drew which ones we were doing out of a hat.

"Law 33: Discover Each Man's Thumbscrew"

"Law 28: Enter Action With Boldness"

"okay" (entry 5/5)

2009-11-12T14:52:00.001-05:00

Let's Build a Snowman!

2009-11-05T17:36:00.003-05:00

Bad Scan.

"okay" (entry 4/5)

2009-10-28T13:01:00.004-04:00

Embryonic

2009-10-26T01:08:00.003-04:00

This is an illustration based off of a review for the new Flaming Lips album "Embryonic".

Barney

2009-10-20T17:27:00.006-04:00

This is a rough I did that my teacher didn't like. The article was about how even children dislike Barney.

UPDATE: NOW AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION APPROVED!! THIS DRAWING WAS "CHOSEN" FOR THE AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION! SWEET!!

"okay" (entry 3/5)

2009-10-20T17:01:00.010-04:00

Here we had to depict words. I chose tenderness and hunger. It is a story continuation of the last comic posted.

Magic

2009-10-15T00:53:00.015-04:00

This is a box for a toy of a character named "Magic." Magic is a bird that was blessed with the gift of eternal life in exchange for his head. He can do all the things a normal bird can do except for sing and fly. He has been around since the dawn of time and will live for ever. This limited edition toy comes crafted with a button on it's back! When you press it it makes that classic raspy sound of Magic attempting to sing. "puhhhhh"

Guilty Pleasures

2009-10-02T16:57:00.003-04:00

"okay" (entry 2/5)

2009-09-23T13:06:00.005-04:00

I had to make a four panel comic using the phrase "are you okay?"in it. Teacher liked both roughs so he told me to do two.

"are you okay?"

2009-09-23T13:00:00.000-04:00

I had to make a four panel comic using the phrase "are you okay?"in it. Teacher liked both roughs so he told me to do two.

Square Foot Show

2009-08-08T16:30:00.000-04:00

These are my two contributions to the Square Foot Show at the AWOL Gallery. If you wanna see them in life the info is below. I won't be there.

Fingerwing

2009-08-05T12:49:00.001-04:00

Ethanol The Bird Conquers Skull Mountain

2009-08-04T12:43:00.000-04:00

What A Wonderful World (8 Piece Series)

2009-07-10T02:27:00.000-04:00

There Are Too Many Birds

2009-07-07T16:57:00.001-04:00

This is a paper mache sculpture I made for the show.

The Monster Unleashes the Vehement Bugs

2009-07-06T15:12:00.000-04:00

The World Is Changing

2009-07-03T15:20:00.000-04:00

Little Birdy

2009-07-03T06:23:00.000-04:00

Cat Dying #237

2009-07-02T13:24:00.000-04:00

Headsoak

2009-07-01T03:24:00.000-04:00

So the art show is over, thanks SO much for everyone who came out and supported us. Those of you who didn't come out will be shunned by me forever. Throughout the next while I will be posting all the work I made for the show on here. Here's the first.

WAA PA PWA

2009-06-17T18:25:00.001-04:00

Thanks so much to everyone who came out last night! I hope everyone had as much fun as I did! If you didn't have a chance to stop by last night the exhibit will be running for two whole weeks until June 30th! See information below!

HEY! I GO TO ART SCHOOL, COME TO MY ART SHOW! BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

2009-06-01T05:05:00.000-04:00

Well, even though I haven't updated this blog in a really long time doesn't mean that I haven't actually been doing art! I have! Lame, I know! But the reason for this is that I am part of an art show coming up real soon! It's called "WAA PA PWA" (also known as, "Yeah, I Have A Third Eye. So What?") and I've been working on a lot of new pieces. I have fourteen pieces pretty much done, and will most likely include a few pieces from this past school year. I really hope everyone who is reading this can make it out, opening night is June 16th (2009) and it will be taking place at the Whippersnapper Gallery which is located on College Street, west of Bathurst (in Toronto, Ontario. Canada.) And if you can't make it out that night, mine and everyone else's work will be up until June 30th. Opening night will have some DJ people playing songs on their phonographs and drinks for people to consume to make my art look better. Please Come! PLEEEASE! OH! Also, if you plan on stopping by NOT on opening night I may or may not be there. Therefore let me know when you're coming so I can come say hi and stuff! See ya there!

Meu Refrigerador Não Funciona

2009-04-16T17:45:00.000-04:00

The assignment was to put whatever we wanted inside of a fridge.

Psychiatric Explorations of the Fetus With Needles

2009-04-06T04:22:00.000-04:00

This project was to use mixed media to do whatever you wanted to do!

Trees Cut Like Kids

2009-03-30T16:18:00.001-04:00

Here we had to do a collage on the subject of crime scene investigation.

Girl Power!

2009-03-25T20:01:00.000-04:00

This is a poster made for V Day which is a celebration for women who have overcome abuse or something.

The American Express Black Card

2009-03-10T20:42:00.000-04:00

A Illustration based on an article for the American Express black card.

Man and his Machine

2009-03-02T21:08:00.000-05:00

For this project we had to illustrate man and his machine using acrylic paints.

Zodiac

2009-02-25T21:12:00.000-05:00

Here we had to illustrate four signs of the zodiac. ugh,

"Harry, You're a Beast!"

2009-02-23T21:13:00.000-05:00

We had to paint a beast using oils.

Is Faster Better or Is Better Faster?

2009-02-04T03:36:00.001-05:00

For this project I had to Illustrate the quote "Is Faster Better or Is Better Faster?" I did two.

My Alter-Ego

2009-02-02T12:22:00.000-05:00

This assignment was to use water colors to draw yourself with your alter-ego.

Ink Assignment

2009-01-25T12:20:00.000-05:00

This project was to experiment with ink. The concept was open.

AfroReggae

2009-01-21T08:30:00.000-05:00

For this project we were asked to read an article about the slums of Brazil and how a movement called AfroReggae was helping to improve the lives of the people there.

The Day of the Dead

2009-01-18T12:26:00.000-05:00

Here using only ink we had to create a poster for Mexico's the Day of the Dead.

Love

2009-01-11T12:25:00.000-05:00

Here we had to draw six images of love using an ink/gouache technique.

Hello

2009-01-05T23:13:00.000-05:00

Hi, I'm Joren. I go to OCAD. I make art. I'll post my good AND bad art here.