Friday, March 10, 2006

We checked out the Toronto Free Gallery last night where Rannie Turingan has a window installation showcasing portraits he shot in Toronto parks (it's part of what they call the 24 hour gallery which means that the window display is lit up through the night so you can always check it out). I illustrated the map in Adobe Illustrator. Most people are probably familiar with my digital brushwork but less advertised on Siteway is my love of information graphics (although you can get a feel for my design sense from Siteway's design). Using the pen tool in Illustrator I imagine myself a vector surgeon. Slicing and dicing and painting and curving. ¶ Afterwards we jumped in a cab and had our last pre-wedding dating anniversary dinner at one of Toronto's best French restaurants, Gamelle (468 College St). Our waiter, who served us when we went for the first time for Valentine's 2004, made us feel totally at home and we had a great back-and-forth going. The best commercial transactions are like this. For the curious: we shared snails and frog's legs to start, Pauline had the venison special and I had the steak. After my cognac and PLN's creme brulee we leisurly walked down side streets towards the new bar on Ossington, Sparrow. We each had a crisp pint of Stella Artois to wash down the night. ¶ Worked on my direct mail campaign this morning. Fifty postcards went out on Monday, and fifty more out today. It's actually quite fun to be involved in EVERY element of a marketing campaign.

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Antony Hare is a freelance illustrator whose work has appeared in publications including Esquire UK, Maisonneuve, Forbes, Annabelle Mann, The Improper Bostonian, Bon Appétit, the Globe and Mail, and National Post (for which he won a Silver Medal from the Society of News Design). His work is at the meeting point between portraiture and caricature. Antony is a member of the Society of Illustrators and works from his office in downtown Toronto. ¶ Learn more about Antony.


Siteway was launched in 1996. It is Antony Hare's personal web site and is affiliated only with him. It contains his gallery of illustrations and blog since 2000. His illustrations are available for sale and for licensing in film and advertising. Siteway World is Siteway, Phelts, Tonicville, and Coastalmatic. Siteway is updated every week, usually Tuesday, with a new feature illustration.