LEESHIT.

Self Portrait

2012-03-10T22:11:00.002-08:00

After the Gold Rush

2012-03-09T08:22:00.002-08:00

Public transit timesink

2012-03-06T17:27:00.001-08:00

Deep Rivers Run Quiet

2012-03-04T17:16:00.000-08:00

Heron

2012-03-03T07:56:00.001-08:00

Noodles

2012-03-02T22:11:00.001-08:00

80085

2012-02-29T19:20:00.002-08:00

sucks

2012-02-28T18:15:00.001-08:00

Pokemon Trifecta

2012-02-27T16:44:00.002-08:00

This dude tattooed my bros on his arm; internet victory.

Taste of the Kingsway

2012-02-24T22:44:00.003-08:00

Toronto’s Taste of the Kingsway conceptual logos+poster+brochure.

Jackie Chandler

2012-02-23T20:58:00.001-08:00

Because I'm stupid

Beach House - Take Care (Cover)

2012-02-23T09:19:00.002-08:00

Oh these fucking lyrics

Bunch of gestures

2012-02-22T18:51:00.002-08:00

Sweet

2012-02-22T17:50:00.000-08:00

Kingston

2012-02-22T14:48:00.000-08:00

Just returned home from Kingston. I'll make up for the days I missed, no worries! Also, check out Izumo sushi if you're ever in the downtown area; best tasting and best priced authentic Japanese sushi I've had (in Canada).

Real Estate - Municipality

2012-02-19T20:29:00.000-08:00

Metamorphosis Book Cover Design

2012-02-18T22:14:00.001-08:00

Socks

2012-02-17T15:02:00.000-08:00

Pencils! Pencils! Pencils! Dat Bum!

2012-02-16T17:49:00.002-08:00

TRUE GRIT

2012-02-15T14:20:00.000-08:00

Rooster Cogburn you glorious fuck

Materialistic + Smelly Ghosts

2012-02-14T22:20:00.000-08:00

Sometimes as an illustrator, you get bored and map out all the things you like.
And then you feel bad about being such a piece of shit and do something else

Mossman

2012-02-13T17:56:00.000-08:00

Done with fineliners sometime last year

Unfinished sketch #981

2012-02-12T18:19:00.000-08:00

Soon, I lose the ability to distinguish between the two kinds of darkness. I can no longer tell if my eyes are open or closed.

2012-02-11T15:34:00.000-08:00

Stream of consciousness wordcloud

2012-02-10T18:00:00.001-08:00

In class exercise.

Dumb Animals

2012-02-09T17:12:00.001-08:00

Why people avoid me

2012-02-08T14:29:00.000-08:00

FUN FUN FUN.

2012-02-08T09:43:00.001-08:00

Here's a couple of 47% rum fueled speed doodles I did at the disposal of the internet.. Fun stuff lol

"Two doctors drinking on the job."

"T-Rex calvary"

"I want you to draw me a chinese monkey eating an orange while a gangsta elephant says 'YO AIN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO BE EATING ORANGES, NIGGA.' For such a drawing I will pay you all of my dollars."

"draw me a juice lee"

Biscuit Tin Packaging Design

2012-02-05T18:41:00.000-08:00

Packaging design project one. We were to find a packaging that had ineffective communication and redesign it. So I chose this tin of cookies my friend's girlfriend brought me from London and remade it.

I tried to make it super british and really push the Harrods logotype. I love that old style of stacking type vertically while using tons of styles and decorative elements; you see it on those cool hand-drawn signs and stuff, so that's the inspiration here.

The actual cookies were 10 euros and they tasted ridiculous. So good..

Biscuits

2012-02-04T13:31:00.000-08:00

The typographic portion of my packaging design project.
I hand lettered "TRADITIONALLY MADE" at the bottom in ink.

June

2012-02-03T19:43:00.001-08:00

Mental Deficit

2012-02-02T18:24:00.000-08:00

I'm sorry. This is the worst lol

Drowned Hand

2012-02-01T22:40:00.001-08:00

Inks and brush.

The Pokemon Alphabet

2012-01-31T17:26:00.000-08:00

Last year's final type assignment; to create a children's ABC book completely out of typography.

Stream of consciousness doodling

2012-01-30T18:09:00.001-08:00

Real Estate - It's Real

2012-01-29T07:34:00.001-08:00

This was a tough one to sing and play at the same time.. Excuse the mistakes

leeshit dailies

2012-01-28T18:46:00.000-08:00

So I'm gonna post something of mine every day. It could be doodles, it could be music, it could be a photo, it could be pretty bad, and it could be old if I'm feeling lazy but I'm gonna do it. So here we go... aaand my camera is charging so here's something from last year's design class. These are DVD covers.

Don't Think Twice, It's Alright

2011-12-25T13:48:00.001-08:00

Good Morning, Powerlines EP

2011-12-10T11:06:00.001-08:00

It's all done folks. Enjoy!

Good Morning, Powerlines

2011-12-03T17:09:00.000-08:00

Good Morning, Powerlines by jamesleech

EP coming soon... Stay tuned

Sweet

2011-11-06T21:24:00.001-08:00

Sweet by jamesleech

The World Has Turned and Left Me Here

2011-10-17T21:42:00.001-07:00

Sketchbook 2010-2011 Complete

2011-09-28T20:48:00.000-07:00

These were from a couple of months ago. The 2010 sketchbook is finally done!! On to the next one now... If I can still remember how to draw

The Bleed Whites

2011-09-05T00:15:00.001-07:00

It was a privilege to be able to create this with two of my best friends this summer. This is my latest music project and we're called The Bleed Whites. Heavily inspired by all the music and people and beer around us, this was purely a labour of love. It's a garage rock/indie folk/surf sound. Please check it out and I hope you enjoy. Oh and it's free, as always.

CLICKY

Pixies - Doolittle Redesign

2011-06-15T17:29:00.001-07:00

I did this for my digital design class. Staples got my labels delivered late so I got some marks knocked off for lateness. Fucking Staples, fuck them. Each square represents subject matter from their respective tracks on the album. For example, the eyeball is for Debaser, which is about an old film by Dali and Luis Bunuel... There's a famous eyeball slicing scene in it that you might have heard of.

Crackity Jones, Frank Black's schizo-gay Brazilian roommate is on the back of the sleeve. There's like 10 pages of lyrics between this and the cover, but it's pretty boring so I won't post all of them – all it is, is the icons I made with the lyrics that go with them. Here's the middle page spread with a sweet old photo of the band.

The CD label wears the hair pattern from Gouge Away, which is about the biblical story of Samson, who's mad skills comes from the power in his hair.

And finally, the back cover is Monkey Gone to Heaven, which basically is about environmental neglect.

Patience

2011-05-07T00:44:00.000-07:00

I was going through my old material, and was diggin the stingrays idea I wrote last year. I put some vocals on it here and played it on the acoustic instead. The photo is from my trip to Taiwan; I took it in the Narita airport in Japan. Hope you enjoy the music

the thunder of the trains

the iron in the taste

the sunbaked hair on your face

the ghosts of where you once laid

the flush on your cheeks

leads me to believe

that you will be mine someday

but

i can't smell the waters that colour the spring

i don't feel the patience that held me in place

the blisters; salty and white

the patterns bloom in your eyes

the early birds take flight

the love is weak; let it die

the black in the sea

brings me to my knees

this boy is so weak inside, let him die

let him die

and

i can't find the daymoon that leads on the dark

i don't feel the patience that steadied my heart

i can't smell the waters that colour the spring

i don't feel the patience that held me in place

Sketchbook Update April 2011

2011-04-27T11:57:00.000-07:00

CLICKY

(Mini) Sketchbook Update April 2011

2011-04-02T18:51:00.000-07:00

6 or 7 new pages in the sketchbook. This update spans over to gallery 4 so be sure not to miss it!

CLICKY

The Bedroom Covers Vol.I

2011-03-30T18:01:00.000-07:00

Featuring:

The White Stripes

Neil Young

Sufjan Stevens

Bob Dylan

Pixies

The American Analog Set

Cloud Factory

2011-03-28T00:00:00.000-07:00

Another late night/early morning song idea. Heavy use of the loop pedal again :)

Photo : from my sketchbook

Stretching

2011-03-20T21:35:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since I've uploaded any original music.. Sorry! Here's a short sketch of a song I wrote tonight. Headphones work best with this atmosphere of this one.

Photo : from my sketchbook

Sketchbook Update March 2011

2011-02-28T21:00:00.000-08:00

CLICKY

Thrown Right At Me

2011-01-25T21:59:00.001-08:00

For The Turnstiles

2010-12-23T23:15:00.000-08:00

SUCCESS

2010-12-09T15:39:00.000-08:00

Thanks to DJ Throwaway for featuring my release on his blog.

Check out his blog here

Sinking Swords EP

2010-12-09T14:27:00.000-08:00

The first EP. These are all tracks from the past year or so, and I've posted the all the rough versions on leeshit already.
Still, I hope you enjoy. (Click the cover art)

I'm working on new material at the moment, expect another release soon!

Sketchbook Update 10.12.07

2010-12-07T07:23:00.001-08:00

CLICKY

Waltz #2

2010-10-28T06:55:00.000-07:00

Jesus, Etc.

2010-10-27T22:16:00.000-07:00

Wilco Cover

Photo: Google

Sketchbook update

2010-10-09T04:57:00.000-07:00

Alan

2010-08-24T20:40:00.001-07:00

Black and white prismacolor pencil crayons.
Approx. 5 hours

Choir Vandals

2010-08-21T20:54:00.000-07:00

AMANSET cover.

Photo : google

Blue Eleanor

2010-08-20T12:45:00.000-07:00

Old Canes cover.

Photo : random kneadable eraser sculpture on my desk

Photos 2010

2010-08-13T17:59:00.001-07:00

It's been a sweet summer while it lasted. Here's some wallpapers I made from some of the photos I've taken of it.

The Suburbs

2010-08-08T16:18:00.000-07:00

Arcade Fire cover

Photo: google

Self Portrait I

2010-08-04T00:06:00.000-07:00

acrylic on canvas board

the body looks retarded

OH WELL

PS: Sorry for lookin so creepy and stuff LOL

Greenman

2010-08-03T15:12:00.000-07:00

Gotta love pencil crayons
The photo quality really killed this piece; sorry

bigtoe

2010-07-26T18:35:00.000-07:00

prismacolour pencil crayons on black mayfair

abandon

2010-07-26T18:22:00.000-07:00

acrylic+watercolour pencil+prismacolour pencil crayons on illustration board.
This was just a figure painting that I didn't have enough time to finish in class; I brought it home and suped it up

'Chiaroscuro' exercise

2010-07-17T11:05:00.000-07:00

Virgins

2010-07-12T20:49:00.000-07:00

The Morning Benders cover
Photo: album cover

The Mayor is Spiderman

2010-07-02T19:16:00.000-07:00

This sounded a lot better when I was first writing it.. Lesson learned; don't try to recreate solos, they just end up sounding like dog fart. Or maybe I'm just not good enough yet

Done on the electric+loop pedal

Photo: google

Black Handed Blues

2010-06-29T17:14:00.000-07:00

For a girl.

I did this a while ago, so forgive me for the vocals being so crappy at parts

Painting by Jeremy Geddes

PS: I got most of the old music back up

Six Strings + Six Days

2010-06-15T21:05:00.000-07:00

Photoshop CS5.
A record of what I played over the course of six days

Jellyfish Gestalt Assignment

2010-06-10T17:22:00.001-07:00

One of each of the following styles:

Realistic rendering
Scientific drawing
Linework
Basic shape
Abstract

Done in prismacolor pencil crayons and iridescent white acrylic paint for highlights on the realistic rendering

DERP

2010-06-10T16:42:00.000-07:00

Prismacolour pencil crayons.

The Postman

2010-06-09T17:45:00.000-07:00

AMANSET cover
Photo: Van Gogh

Sailor

2010-05-13T22:34:00.000-07:00

^A song idea. Guitar+vocals.
Photo: google (murray+dafoe)

King Of Spain

2010-05-07T17:18:00.000-07:00

Another TMOE cover.
Sorry about all the clipping..
Photo: google

Stingrays

2010-05-04T19:11:00.000-07:00

One improvised take; guitar+loop pedal+reverb pedal.
It's been a month or two since I've played my electric. Feels good man.
Photo: google

Where Have You Been?

2010-04-24T18:21:00.000-07:00

Manchester Orchestra cover. Banjitar+vocals
Photo: album art

Frowntown

2010-04-24T15:56:00.001-07:00

3 hours

The Drying Of The Lawns

2010-04-17T11:26:00.000-07:00

Lost Cause

2010-04-09T23:10:00.000-07:00

I'm fighting for a lost cause.
Photo: google

Freeeeedddooom

2010-04-03T13:14:00.000-07:00

A little bit of desert pickin'
Photo: booooooom

Enjoy

Sake Sushi

2010-03-28T12:51:00.001-07:00

i think about the sea
before i go
before i go to sleep

i dive into it's heart
and sink into bliss
i sink into bliss

how can i love you
when you're not there for me
darling, you're not there for me

i can't believe
how bad you've got me
it hurts to breathe
goddammit you're killing me; oh

i think about the people
that i meet
the people that i meet

there's not that many
i like as much as you
that i like as much as you

Portfolio 2010

2010-03-25T19:21:00.000-07:00

Here's some of the pieces I prepared for the York/Sheridan Bachelor of Design.

It's not all of them; just the one's I'd like to share :)

CLICK HERE to see the full sizes.. (These thumbnails really suck)

^A conceptual poster for the Dirty Three- a folk/post-rock/experimental band from Melbourne.

^ Giraffe Weevil made from engineer's wire.

^Inspired by the diving scene from Werner Herzog's documentary Encounters at the End of the World. Painted in photoshop CS4

^Some of the many banners I've done for my music blog Soundfarmer. I presented a couple more but I'm lazy to put them all up

^Personal identity. Theres 3 more versions but again- feeling mighty lazy right meow.. sorry

^CD Art Display skin I made. You can get the actual skin from deviantart if you'd like.

^A set of 250+ icons I made last year for dock apps. Grab it from deviantart

You're Going Back

2010-03-09T18:19:00.000-08:00

From The Wild Hunt. I can't stress how good of an album this is; go get it.

Honey Blood

2010-02-21T15:57:00.001-08:00

DOWNLOAD

Figure Drawing: January #2 + February #1

2010-02-11T21:24:00.001-08:00

^20 minute

^1 minute gestures

^5 minute. Screwed up the proportions so I drew two butts and laughed at it for a minute or two

^5 minute; the dude looked like humpdy dumpty haha

^20 minute

Little White Blood Cell

2010-02-10T13:12:00.000-08:00

DOWNLOAD

Rabbit Shit

2010-01-30T12:58:00.001-08:00

RABBIT SHIT
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Just taking a memento of the idea.

One take, loop pedal, lots of improv

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A Fistful Of Paint

2010-01-29T14:11:00.000-08:00

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A FISTFUL OF PAINT
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Inspired by Cubesato and Nosaj Thing to name a few artists. This one is something completely new; I've never ventured into this particular kind of music in terms of creating it. I'd call it electroacoustic/glitch I guess; vocals were done by yours truly cause I'm a noob at sampling. Theres 48 layers in total, took me two evenings to do. It was a lot of fun to make :D

Check out the water submersion thing I did at 2:20, I think it's pretty boneriffic

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Vanishing Point - Bonsajo

2010-01-27T21:44:00.000-08:00

Possibly the coolest fuckin thing I've seen in a long time. It amazes me that something like this- abstract shape and colour put to music and movement - can reach you at an emotional level. The impact this short clip has on me is easily greater than half the movies I've seen.
Ridiculous.

New Slang

2010-01-26T20:51:00.000-08:00

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NEW SLANG
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A short acoustic (partial) cover I just recorded of one of my favourite Shins songs.

I probably didn't do it justice but hopefully you'll like it anyways.

There's only two layers:

1) Guitar + Vocals

2) Harmony

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There is Suffering in the Nature of Life

2010-01-25T21:52:00.000-08:00

I saw this -

THERE IS NO SUFFERING IN THE NATURE OF LIFE

- on a bulletin board in the hall at school. I thought it was pretty cool; so I doodled it out and ended up with some pretty cool stuff.

^ It's dirty cause someone stepped on my sketchbook. 15-20 minutes

Figure Drawing: January #1

2010-01-25T21:18:00.000-08:00

[January 21, 2010], [January 25, 2010]

These are from my 4th and 5th sessions in live figure drawing at Sheridan. The 3 hours you're given goes by pretty quickly when you're constantly firing off lines trying to keep within the time limits of the poses. I'll post up some conte drawings as soon as I find my camera; but for now I can only post scannable pieces.

^ The foot was 2 minute.

^ 1 minute gesture drawings on the left, 5 minute drawings on the right.

^ Trying out some heavier stylization at the top left

Man Looking Out To Sea

2010-01-25T21:13:00.001-08:00

Something I did in the summer I spent alone in our student house up in Guelph. It's unfinished as you can see, and I don't plan on finishing it. Maybe when I figure out how to draw cirrus clouds in ballpoint pen. Took maybe 4 hours give or take.. I used a wallpaper I have for reference.

Jellyfish

2010-01-17T16:30:00.000-08:00

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JELLYFISH

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I took the idea from Neon Waltz for this; I think this is much better.

I used a loop pedal, one take, finger tapping, and improv'd soloing.

Just recording the idea, there's some mistakes. I might build a song off of this for the EP.

Hope you enjoy :)

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7.5 >DBLBASSPDLS

2010-01-02T22:42:00.000-08:00

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right click>save as

7.5 >DBLBASSPDLS

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Short post-rock/prog metal idea I recorded a while back.

I've got tunnel vision with this one, I'm not sure where to go with it.

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LEESHIT.

Self Portrait

After the Gold Rush

Public transit timesink

Deep Rivers Run Quiet

Heron

Noodles

80085

sucks

Pokemon Trifecta

Taste of the Kingsway

Jackie Chandler

Beach House - Take Care (Cover)

Bunch of gestures

Sweet

Kingston

Real Estate - Municipality

Metamorphosis Book Cover Design

Socks

Pencils! Pencils! Pencils! Dat Bum!

TRUE GRIT

Materialistic + Smelly Ghosts

Mossman

Unfinished sketch #981

Soon, I lose the ability to distinguish between the two kinds of darkness. I can no longer tell if my eyes are open or closed.

Stream of consciousness wordcloud

Dumb Animals

Why people avoid me

FUN FUN FUN.

Biscuit Tin Packaging Design

Biscuits

June

Mental Deficit

Drowned Hand

The Pokemon Alphabet

Stream of consciousness doodling

Real Estate - It's Real

leeshit dailies

Don't Think Twice, It's Alright

Good Morning, Powerlines EP

Good Morning, Powerlines

Sweet

The World Has Turned and Left Me Here

Sketchbook 2010-2011 Complete

The Bleed Whites

Pixies - Doolittle Redesign

Patience

Sketchbook Update April 2011

(Mini) Sketchbook Update April 2011

The Bedroom Covers Vol​.​I

Cloud Factory

Stretching

Sketchbook Update March 2011

Thrown Right At Me

For The Turnstiles

SUCCESS

Sinking Swords EP

Sketchbook Update 10.12.07

Waltz #2

Jesus, Etc.

Sketchbook update

Alan

Choir Vandals

Blue Eleanor

Photos 2010

The Suburbs

Self Portrait I

Greenman

bigtoe

abandon

'Chiaroscuro' exercise

Virgins

The Mayor is Spiderman

Black Handed Blues

Six Strings + Six Days

Jellyfish Gestalt Assignment

DERP

The Postman

Sailor

King Of Spain

The Bedroom Covers Vol.I