a poorly spelled blog.

wolverine...at the beach

2012-01-15T18:47:00.001-08:00

starfire

2012-01-12T16:13:00.000-08:00

mulled wine recipe

2011-12-30T14:49:00.000-08:00

Storm

2011-12-06T17:27:00.001-08:00

I like storm.

Sketch Book Wednesdays: some peeps on the TTC

2011-11-16T18:28:00.000-08:00

all the things

2011-11-14T10:00:00.000-08:00

drawings

2011-11-13T09:37:00.001-08:00

Sketch Book Wednesdays: TTC

2011-11-09T18:31:00.000-08:00

Sketch Book Wednesdays: pioneer village

2011-11-02T18:29:00.000-07:00

Halloween cut outs!

2011-10-24T20:07:00.000-07:00

Do you need some last minute Halloween decorations?

Do you like colouring stuff in & cutting stuff out?

Do enjoy the gut-wrenching fear that only the 7 classic monsters can provide?

Then baby, I have the thing for you!

Spooky! Halloween! Cut Outs!

For only $1 you can own for your very own a PDF of some truly terrifying monsters to decorate your haunted abode.

Print that puppy out!

Colour that little fella in!

Cut him out--

All the way out!

Put him together! (either tape or stitching works great!)

Then pose as desired!

Then make all his little buddies!

Fan Art Fridays: TorontoDrawsTintin

2011-10-21T20:48:00.000-07:00

this is my submission for TorontoDrawsTintin, I'm really excited about this event i believe in the cose as well as loving TinTin (Captain Haddock has always been my favorit!)
the proceeds go to the Canadian Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund who are an awsome bunch of dudes looking out for all us crazy cartoonists.
hope to see you there!

new stuff on etsy

2011-10-19T21:10:00.000-07:00

I put some new stuff up on my etsy page you should go buy them, for they are cute and need a home :)

all the things: Drive

2011-10-17T14:17:00.000-07:00

Drive was actually awesome.

all the things: pancakes

2011-10-16T20:19:00.000-07:00

This is a conversation between Kean and I regarding my getting fat.

all the things: Dream House

2011-10-10T08:08:00.000-07:00

Jack Layton

2011-09-25T10:56:00.000-07:00

Jack Layton, I liked him a lot.

square dancing!

2011-09-02T11:36:00.000-07:00

A little gif of square dancing....

its funny on two levels

think about it.

Some random photos from LA :)

2011-08-19T14:02:00.000-07:00

a new doodle

2011-06-07T23:30:00.000-07:00

this is a character for a webcomic I've been wanting to do for a wile.

a thing i drew for some reason

2011-06-05T14:02:00.000-07:00

this is acutely a vary faltering drawing, any one who has seen me sleep can tell you.

new business cards!

2011-05-10T10:14:00.000-07:00

I'm all about the BIDNESS!

seat

2011-04-23T02:40:00.000-07:00

i put my but on this from time to time

water colours in Northern Ireland.

2011-04-22T17:25:00.000-07:00

I wish I could say that they look better in person but.. ya not so much.

Korean food and Beer

2011-04-16T02:39:00.000-07:00

Cards: Beloved and Education

2011-04-13T09:01:00.000-07:00

I'm in NYC and doing a talk at 630!

2011-04-11T11:29:00.000-07:00

April Parent Workshops

6:30 – 8:00 pm

Location: IDA-NY Offices
71 West 23rd Street, Suite 1527
New York, New York 10010

Members Free / Non Members $5.00

RSVP: Diana Naples at (212) 691 1930 ext 12, info@nybida.org

April 11

Growing Up with Dyslexia: A Reading and Conversation

with Tory Woollcott

Children welcome!

Tory Woollcott, author and illustrator of the biographical novel "Mirror Mind," will talk to parents and children about her early experiences growing up with dyslexia, learning to read and fitting in. She will also discuss the importance of self-advocacy in the post-secondary landscape, both in education and in the workforce.

sleeping on the TTC

2011-04-09T02:36:00.000-07:00

I'm not afraid to draw sleeping people..

Cards: Malady / Message

2011-04-06T20:15:00.000-07:00

Letter and Message

The Malady

TTC times

2011-04-02T02:32:00.000-07:00

I love drawing on the TTC, but i get freaked out drawing people. I worry that they will yell at me or something

Cards: Fidelity and Gardien

2011-03-30T20:02:00.000-07:00

Friend / Fidelity

Officer / Doctor

friends house

2011-03-26T02:30:00.000-07:00

hanging with my buddies, drawing their house. good times.

Cards: The Thief and Adversary

2011-03-22T09:10:00.000-07:00

The Thief

Some one is stealing from you eather, stuff, money, energy or time.

Position one (with a mask) you don't know the person, a stranger, or someone you don't suspect is stealing from you

Position two (no mask) you know the person, you might not know them well but you have seen their face.

The Adversary

This is one of the most negative cards. Someone is out to get you.

Rival this is a person who doesn't care about you they want something you want or have. they want your love or you job, they are competing with you. but they have no real animosity towards you in particular they just want what you have. The can be dangerous though.

Enemy this is a person who is out to get you (or some else) and their motivation is hate for you. they are out to harm, that is their goil. they are dangerous eather fiscally or other wise.

hospital drawings X2

2011-03-19T02:20:00.000-07:00

some more drawings from my visits to hospitals of late. It sucks when people you love are sick, but hospitals have a lot of fun things to draw.

cards: The Woman and The Man

2011-03-16T13:51:00.000-07:00

The Woman: a female person

The Man: A male person

hospital drawings

2011-03-14T02:19:00.000-07:00

I've been in the hospital with my granny for the few days she's doing ok now. But it's been an intense weekend.

Reading: Three Shadows, Cyril Pedrosa: ★ ★ ★ ★

Listening: Way Down Elvis Presley: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

The Unsinkable Walker Bean: fan art

2011-03-09T13:21:00.000-08:00

I just finished The Unsinkable Walker Bean by Aaron Renier. one of the best things I've read in a long time, it's out standing. if you havent read it get on that.

Reading: The Unsinkable Walker Bean by Aaron Renier.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Listening: Magic Mountain Blonde Redhead
★ ★ ★ ★

Cards: The Baby/Home

2011-03-06T14:01:00.000-08:00

I've been making tarot cards as a fun project lately, they are based on the 'Gypsy' tarot, I got like using that word because of all the rasest implications, but i was worried if i called them the 'Roma' cards that wouldn't be right ether so, sorry if that was bad if there is another name for them please tell me and I will change it in my post. (I've also heard this style of cards called the European Tarot, but i don't know for shure)

The Baby

This is one of the most positive cards you can get in a reading, the first interpretation should always be positive change. This card can also refer to an actual pregnancy or baby but this isn't the most common meaning, a new job, relationship opportunity, a move, things like that.

Position one (open eyes) refers to a massive change in your life, this position is more likely to refer to an actual pregnancy, but more likely a move a new relationship, or a promotion at work.

Position two (closed eyes) this position is pointing towards a new beginning in your life like a new job or the start of a new new project something a little unexpected, big and wonderful.

Home

A default positive card. generally this card means that everything will be ok. safety shelter and hope.

Position one The House the actual place your apartment, house, dorm room. This means that there is something up with where you live good or bad, a move, roommate things, rent, a new place. things like that.

Position two Home, this is more about the idea of a place, shelter safety: you are not alown and there is a safe place for you.

Jane Russell

2011-02-28T20:25:00.000-08:00

Jane Russell was in the top ten sexiest people of all time. Her life proves that you can be hot into you 80s no problem.

2011-01-25T22:18:00.000-08:00

here's something from a top secret thing I've been working on.
ok not so much 'secret' as not dun yet.
but soon. soon it will be dun.

here are some holiday owls!

2010-12-25T15:27:00.000-08:00

these may look a lot like the back ground to my blog.. that is strange.

this one i made for all my twitter buddies (there are like 4)

This as you may have guessed, was made for Miranda. Who doesn't like purple as much as she should. (she is one of my twitter buddies.. sometimes there is overlap)

and last but not least, holidays! They make me hate less.

made a thing

2010-12-14T21:40:00.000-08:00

I thinks he be cute!
more stuff on my Etsy

http://www.etsy.com/shop/ToryWoollcott

no name page 5

2010-12-06T11:00:00.000-08:00

book: robot dreams, by Sara Varon
song: Landscape At Speed, Shearwater

no name page 4

2010-12-04T11:00:00.000-08:00

Read: The complete pays of William Shakespeare as adapted by Eric Kim
Music: Feather On The Ocean Floor, Sister

no name page 3

2010-12-02T18:25:00.000-08:00

Book: Zebrafish, Peter H. Reynolds
Music: Birds and the Bees,The Bird and the Bee

no name page 2

2010-11-25T12:30:00.000-08:00

i feel like i shouldn't wright anything with this cuz of how its all wordless and what not but then i feel like i'm missing the point of the 'blog' thing..

listen: Don't Stop Believing, Journey
read: ALIEEEN Lewis Trondheim

no name page 1

2010-11-24T12:30:00.000-08:00

first real page of my wordless comic :)

listen: Stinkfist, Tool
read: A Home for Mr. Easter, Brooke Allen (sweet, funny and full of hart.)

a thing

2010-11-17T15:04:00.000-08:00

well a lot of you might look at this and say humm thats a little odd.. thats cool :) this is a wordless comic I've been working on for NaNoWriMo i know its not really NaNoWriMo, in the sense of words.. but i feel I'm going with the spirit of the venture.

listen: Scenic World, Beirut
read: Hicksville, Dylan Horrocks (second time, still love it)

09-12-07 pissy tory

2010-10-20T20:53:00.000-07:00

This is a super old comic I did when i first got my tablet, I was not in the best of moods, but damn it, Greg is just so damn cheery.

Music: You're an Old Smoothie: Ella Fitzgerald

italy

2010-10-18T19:11:00.000-07:00

Old studo layout

2010-10-15T22:12:00.000-07:00

Here are some old photos of the studio before i moved things about, but I haven't taken any of the new layout yet, but i will then i will post it

italy cute little truck

2010-10-12T12:30:00.000-07:00

This was the cutest little truck! it had three wheels! so cute!

owls! now with colour!

2010-10-05T13:21:00.000-07:00

i was just goofing around with the little owls i drew before, now colour.

16th of july

2010-09-29T13:00:00.000-07:00

i have since found out that i am not allergic to chocolate i have a 'mild' intolerance.

july 22

2010-09-24T20:25:00.000-07:00

a 3 hour comic. i guess i should define these or something? i just pick 3 hours of a day, and draw what happens in them... also the net book is Miranda. i just thing its super cute.

some randome photos!

2010-09-08T06:19:00.000-07:00

untell i have time to scan my drawings ;) hope you like they are all from a place in italy called quince terre it is one of the most beutaifal places on earth. there will be a comic of this i hope :)

Italy comic

2010-08-11T08:44:00.000-07:00

Here is a little Italy comic, more and better coming.

adventures of a little naked man

2010-08-09T10:47:00.000-07:00

I crocheted a little naked man. and I took him with me to Italy, here are some of his adventures. hope you like! I'll blog some drawings soon to, really, maybe.

3h in my life... 2

2010-07-26T15:47:00.000-07:00

I'm having fun with these 3h comics, I'm going to try to keep them up :)

reading: sense and sensibility
listening: Center Of The Sun (Solarstone's Chilled Out Remix), Conjure one

3h in my life...

2010-07-21T20:44:00.000-07:00

here are three hours of my life! they were fun.

and for those who care i cut my arm on an yaoi shelf.

Reading with Pictures Anthology!

2010-07-13T18:44:00.000-07:00

Here are three pages I did for the Reading with Pictures Anthology. This is a super grate charity, they want to encourage the use of comics as a educational tool and I'm excited to be a part of it!

Listening To: Trophy, Bat For Lashes
Reading: Erica Moen's Dar! Vol: 2

old school lunch box

2010-06-18T05:01:00.000-07:00

I made this for a class I was taking a few months ago and just found it again and realized how happy I was with it, I used illustrator, it was a good time :)

2010-06-03T17:41:00.000-07:00

I drew some owls!
also I'm up for a Gene Day Award for Self-Publishing, w00t! it's this Saturday night, June 5th, so wish me luck people. :)

another cowboy

2010-05-15T07:13:00.000-07:00

Another cowboy. TCAF was so fun! I don't even know what to say about it other then wow that was awesome!

cowboy!

2010-05-04T22:56:00.000-07:00

This is a cowboy I doodled today. I am happy with him. that is all :)

Listening To: Beautiful People Marilyn Manson
Reading: Hope Larson's "Mercury"

SPACE!

2010-04-29T20:25:00.000-07:00

Space was KICK ASS! I sold all my knit monsters! which was awesome! I took photos of all of them as they sold to good homes :) I'm making zombies, skeletons, werewolves and naked people, all will be up on my etsy as soon as i make more.. which should be soon, probably after TCAF.

MoCCA part 2

2010-04-15T23:45:00.000-07:00

me with Kalmans travel pillow going to NYC.

MoCCA
so i thought i would do a post where i show all the super nice things people i met at MoCCA have said super sweet things about me!

Jimmy Aquino is the nicest person ever we had a crazy good time with him for the MoCCA party, but that's another story! also he said nice things about me! and i got to be on his kick ass pod cast Comic News Insider.

And the Daily News said cool things to!
"One of the most exciting reads from this year's MoCCA Festival is Tory Woollcott's graphic memoir 'Mirror Mind.' It chronicles some of her experiences growing up with dyslexia. Her book also includes a host of resources for those who want to learn more about dyslexia." The Best Comics from the 2010 MoCCA Art Festival

and Sequential (best comic blog in Canada!) talked about me to,

so did Comic Book Resources they said i was one of a list of "talented young cartoonists" this was crazy cuz Megan Beahr, Lucy Knisley, and Jason Week, and so many of my favorite artist are on that list and I'm all, holy crap, I'm on a list with them, this has made me smile.

MoCCA ROCKS!
i had too much fun

NYC part 1

2010-04-13T13:52:00.000-07:00

SO I went to NYC for the MoCCA festival, and it was pretty much the best thing ever I when with my studio mate Eric and our friends Deryk and Mara. The buss ride down to NYC was fun, mostly cuz there were some crazy 'girlz', who said things like "we spik-ie the ing-rish on this buzz-ass" and "we-ra-gonna be class-y not trash-y" they were the best thing ever. they would also sing that Empire State of Mind song, now i'm more of a Galactic Empire State of Mind, but is still made for an entertaining buss ride. We also had some truple getting over the border with our books, but after they looked at mine they seemed to realize we were not "taking anything of monetary value into the US' :S First thing I do when I get to NYC? get my ass a cupcake. Then I take a bunch of photos of these crazy signs telling us where the fall out shelters are at. good to know.

Going to NYC!

2010-04-03T20:48:00.000-07:00

I'm going to MoCCA! I'm at table 'G2' come see me! I plan to be super cool.

I'm going to be bringing my book, Mirror Mind, and also some other stuff! like, My lovely hand made octopuses, and my one of a kind buttons and magnets! I've been doing a lot of writing the last few weeks and it was nice to make some art :)

Book: Chiggers, Hope Larson, Kick ass book about friends, good, bad, and boys :)

Song: Piano Blink, by, Hawksley Workman, from Between The Beautifuls

super girl!

2010-01-10T13:00:00.000-08:00

after!

before!

This is the original and finished work.. I did it a long time ago. and I love super heroes!

Knitting!

2009-12-14T08:14:00.000-08:00

This is a silly knitting comic i did about MacK and i knitting... I consider my self rather 'crafty' not necessarily good at it, but crafty nun the less. I got to talk at "Unitarian Fellowship of North-West Toronto" which was a lot more fun then it sounds! they were the nices people :)

Book: Paul Goes Fishing, Michel Rabagliati: The thing that makes this book special it talks about miscarriages from the perspective of the father. Its pretty intense, in a good way.

Song: They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhh! Sufjan Stevens.

first post!

2009-12-08T14:39:00.000-08:00

Hi all!
This is my first post to my new Blog, I am excited! I have big dreams of updating weekly. I have a lot of big dreams but I'm hoping this will be a actually happening one! The image is one of my favorite pages from my book as the final vectored piece, and the original art.

Book: 'I'm Crazy' by Adam Bourret. This book looks at mental illness in a humanizing funny moving and powerful way everyone on earth should read it two times.
Song: Wrecking Ball, Mother Mother