Dustin Tokarski ~ Tampa Bay Lightning
Up and coming Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Dustin Tokarski goes by the the nickname “Tic”. His helmet for the 2011-12 season references this nickname with the prominent display of The Tick character from the hilarious animated series.
The back plate on the helmet is tribute to his Grandpa who supported him throughout his hockey career.
Yahoo Sports covers Angry Birds Helmet
The Angry Birds goalie mask received enormous attention over the past week.
Highlights:
- Featured on Yahoo! Sports – Greg Wyshynski’s article about the Angry Birds mask and other video game tributes on goalie helmets
- Houses of the Hockey – it was the post by theScore which originally covered the story
- Both @NHL and @AngryBirds picked up on the coverage and tweeted them to their massive followings
Angry Birds Theme ~ Toronto Junior Canadiens
When it comes to Angry Birds there are very few remaining corners of the world that remain untouched by this phenomenon. I think its safe to say this is the first Angry Birds themed goalie mask, and from the responses I am receiving, clearly it won’t be the last.
Thanks to the Houses of the Hockey post yesterday all of my modes of communication were overwhelmed with people asking about this Angry Birds themed goalie mask that I created.
The concept was brought to me by a goaltender who plays for the Toronto Junior Canadiens and who now owns what might be arguably the most talked about goalie mask so far this summer.
It was said several thousand times on Twitter already and definitely worth repeating, this goalie takes his @AngryBirds seriously!
Malcolm Subban ~ Belleville Bulls
When the name Subban is mentioned with hockey, most fans immediately think of Montreal Canadiens young superstar P.K. Subban.
You may not be aware that there are more Subbans working their way up the hockey ranks who are getting considerable attention from the scouting world.
P.K. has two brothers, Malcolm who plays goal for Belleville Bulls in the OHL and 16-year old Jordan who is set to join the Bulls this upcoming season.
During the MasterCard Memorial Cup I met up with P.K. who introduced me to his brother. We hit it off right away and the end result is this goalie mask that Malcolm Subban will be wearing in 2011 season.
Sounds like we have a new hockey family in the making…
Adriano Belli ~ Toronto Argonauts
Just completed this piece which was commissioned by the Toronto Argos to commemorate the retirement of “The Kissing Bandit” Adriano Belli.
You haven’t lived until you have been kissed by Adriano…
Brent Johnson ~ Pittsburgh Penguins
I am happy to share Brent Johnson of the Pittsburgh Penguins new Led Zeppelin theme goalie mask.
This mask which he will wear in the 2011-12 season continues his trademark references to Led Zeppelin. This time around Johnny and I decided to create our own Led Zep album cover.
I’ve been tweeting updates throughout the progression of the mask and have received excellent feedback. I would love to hear what you think of the final product.
Welcome to the New Site
It is an exciting time in this neck of the woods with A LOT going on…
First off, if you are reading this then you are looking at my shiny new site.
The design of the new site was driven by the desire to give my visitors the ability to experience events with me as things unfold. For me the priority of the website is to be able to share my work and provide a channel where visitors can give feedback directly to me.
The new website provides an RSS feed which allows access information as it is published, you can also sign-up to receive the content via email.
What this means is that we will be much better connected, so…
- Like Me on Facebook
- Follow Me on Twitter
- Subscribe to my blog (email option)
- share my posts via Facebook, Twitter, Email, and ShareThis
The current work load is quite heavy so stay tuned as I unveil new goalie masks for 2011 NHL Season, some artwork I creating for the Magnificent One, and special announcements that are just around the corner.
Cheers
Majors Helmets for 2011 Memorial Cup
As part of hosting the 2011 MasterCard Memorial Cup the Mississauga’s St. Michaels Majors commissioned me to create a mural for the gala event as well as tribute helmets with the Majors theme (see attached photos).
I had the privilege to attend the games and have to say it is top tier hockey that can rival any league on this planet. During the week long tournament I ran into some familiar faces which I have not seen in awhile as well as had the opportunity to make new acquaintances which are interested in my work.
A special thanks goes to St. Mike’s as well as all the teams that competed.
Chill Magazine: Blood, Sweat and Paint
In the March edition of Chill Magazine’s Allison Kelly wrote a detailed article about my goalie mask work. It provides background on some of my well known pieces and also goes through my step-by-step creation process.
Here is a snippet of the article:
Here at Chill, where our lives are centred upon the longstanding mantra, “everything after 5 and weekends,” we think we have pretty cool jobs.
But, after sitting down with professional goalie mask artist David Arrigo, it’s pretty obvious we’ve been job trumped. The fact is, David Arrigo has the coolest job in the world.
The article is avaiable online in PDF (on pages 34-37) or as a webpage.
Thanks to Chill and Allison for the much appreciated love.
Carey Price 2011 Heritage Classic Mask
This has easily been my most talked about goalie mask.
It was on the front page of Yahoo Sports for several days, hitting viral proportions on Facebook and Twitter as well as receiving dedicated segments on various television sports programming.
Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price, along with his buddy Wes and I discussed ideas for the mask he was to wear for the Heritage Classic in Calgary. After some back and forth the final product is a throwback to legendary Habs goaltender Jacques Plante.
I would like to congratulate the NHL on a fantastic event as they made the 2011 Heritage Classic an unforgettable experience.
I have posted additional photos of the mask on my Facebook page.
You can read more about the mask here:
My work for the Heritage Classic event also included the Program Cover as well as a tribute goalie mask for Mike Vernon, check out my 2011 Heritage Classic post for more details.