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Cory Van~ SKOOKUM Artist Dude

Drawing and Rocking into 2007!

About Me

.. ================================================= --------------------------------------------------- Hi! I'm the Singer/Guitarist for SKOOKUM ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- I'm also a successfully self-employed visual artist and cartoonist. Check out the ol' bio and site: Corycatures ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- Born in Surrey, British Columbia on January 3rd, I spent the better part of my childhood reading comic books and listening to music. I took up the guitar in the teen years, and went on to study Fine Arts at Kwantlen University College. Having found my true calling, I continued an education in art, and in the year 2000, graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------While both passion and talent cover a broad range of artistic disciplines ranging from painting, printmaking and drawing in a variety of mediums, to comics, cartoons, animation, and web graphics, my artistic groove comes shinin' through in caricatures and comic strips. ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- Since leaving Emily Carr, I have become an accomplished caricaturist and cartoonist, with a unique ability of catching one's personality as evidenced by the many conventions, weddings, parties and other events I've been asked to attend, much to the pleasure of the guests. ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- Currently, you can see my cartoon art at the site for Big Kahuna Sports! This bi-weekly series follows the ongoing saga of Mel Schlick and the mystical Hawaiian mask he discovers, which transforms him into the Big Kahuna (www.bigkahuna.ca)!I'm also singer/songwriter/guitarist with SKOOKUM, Vancouver's own 'Wall o' Rawk', of which I'm a founding member. ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- Keep an eye on my latest work at: www.corycatures.com Corycatures ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- See my comic book work at www.bigkahuna.ca Big Kahuna ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- www.skookumrock.com SKOOKUM
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My Interests

Music / Art / Cartoons / Cross stitch / Guitar / Movies / Animation / World events / Vancouver Canucks -------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Cory Van Ieperen
Birthday: January 3rd, 1973
Birthplace: Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC
Current Location: Delta, BC
Eye Color: Green/Hazel/Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 6'3"
Right Handed or Left Handed: LEFT handed - in my right mind
Your Heritage: 50% English/ 25% Dutch/ 25% Shitmix ALL CANADIAN
The Shoes You Wore Today: 2 pair
Your Weakness: Sugar and alcohol
Your Fears: Not succeeding
Your Perfect Pizza: mmm...pizza...pesto and meats and garlic...mmmm....pizza
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Making money at music
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: lol
Thoughts First Waking Up: Why can't Aydan just go back to sleep a little longer...
Your Best Physical Feature: eyes
Your Bedtime: lately 3 am
Your Most Missed Memory: What? That's why they call it dope...
Pepsi or Coke: Pepsi ...cuz my wife sez so
MacDonalds or Burger King: Rotten Ronnies - BOTH ARE GROSS~~!!!
Single or Group Dates: Single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Nestea
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: Coffee
Do you Smoke: Not smokes
Do you Swear: Like a politician
Do you Sing: Lead vox in SKOOKUM
Do you Shower Daily: Mostly
Have you Been in Love: One true love...see wife
Do you want to go to College: Been there done that
Do you want to get Married: Been there am that
Do you belive in yourself: Yes!!! Because I'm good enough, I'm smart enough...and gosh darnit...people like me!
Do you get Motion Sickness: Only when dancing
Do you think you are Attractive: Yes, for the most part
Are you a Health Freak: Sadly no
Do you get along with your Parents: Yes
Do you like Thunderstorms: Love 'em!
Do you play an Instrument: Guitar, Harmonica
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Too often (hic!)
In the past month have you Smoked: Not smokes
In the past month have you been on Drugs: Yeah
In the past month have you gone on a Date: Our son wouldn't let us go alone (he's 2)
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: Yes...what is with some of the LAME questions??!?!
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: Not a whole box
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: YES!!! YUM!
In the past month have you been on Stage: Sadly, SKOOKUM hasn't played since November 3rd
In the past month have you been Dumped: I've taken dumps and had to be the dumper
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: Just in the shower
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: No
Ever been Drunk: hic!
Ever been called a Tease: yes
Ever been Beaten up: no
Ever Shoplifted: yes
How do you want to Die: Old and ACCOMPLISHED~!!
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: A successful creative individual ~ good father ~ good husband
What country would you most like to Visit: Greece/Holland/Italy--What? they're all EU..
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Blue
Favourite Hair Color: Strawberry blond/Red
Short or Long Hair: Long
Height: see wife
Weight: see wife
Best Clothing Style: see wife (I'm really covering my ass here!!)
Number of Drugs I have taken: Different kinds?
Number of CDs I own: a few hundred
Number of Piercings: 1
Number of Tattoos: 0
Number of things in my Past I Regret: many...dwelling on them? no

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I'd like to meet:

KISS, Queens of the Stone Age, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Bigfoot, Chris Cornell, Pearl Jam, JC, Moses, Jim Lee, John Byrne, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Mike Myers, Jim Carrey, Eddie Murphy, Bob & Doug McKenzie, Old Man Winter, Dr. Johnny Fever, Spongebob, SuperGrover, Cookie Monster... Vincent Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Leonardo Da Vinci, Edvard Munsch, the Pilsbury Dough Boy... Gary Larson

Music:

SKOOKUM...the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, the Doors, Cream, KISS, the Who, Tower of Power, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, the Cult, FNM, Mr. Bungle, Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Gn’R, Tool, KYUSS, AIC, Soundgarden, Nirvana, and Screaming Trees, Pearl Jam, Queens of the Stone Age, White Stripes, and Dave Matthews Band ...more ========================================== NOT SURE WHY THIS DIDN"T MAKE THE ERA VULGARIS ALBUM?? Great song!

Movies:

Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Star Trek, Indiana Jones, the Incredibles and all funky cartoons like Shrek and stuff. Ace Ventura, Dodgeball, Anchorman, Pirates, ....ack!! I watch A LOT of Movies!!

Television:

Star Trek, V, Simpsons, Family Guy, Saturday morning cartoons (the Xmen). COLBERT REPORT, DAILY SHOW,

Books:

All DUNE books, LOTR and Tom Robbins : Skinny legs and all! the ultimate artists reader, Celestine Prophecy, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

Heroes:

KISS, John Lennon, Vincent Van Gogh (for his art...not that whole ear thing), Stan Lee, Paul Cezanne, Leonardo and Rembrandt. my Dad and Grandpa. John Byrne and other comic artists like Mike Zeck and John Beatty. Frank Miller and Harrison Ford (the younger Harrison). Firemen, Paramedics and Philanthropists too!

My Blog

SKOOKUM Video El Stinko - 17,000 views currently

Added 1 day ago. It is now up to 16,972 views. SKOOKUM has quietly posted this sucker so this many views is...well ...kind of surprising!Check it out!">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqD7Lvz3iHkEL STI...
Posted by Cory Van~ SKOOKUM Artist Dude on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:52:00 PST

My work for the 2010 Olympics

I'm excited to present my first Party piece for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games Construction and Organization Crew! I was invited to their wrap-up party this past weekend and was asked to do things a...
Posted by Cory Van~ SKOOKUM Artist Dude on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:25:00 PST

SKOOKUM CD Release - Friday, December 7th at CHEERS

I'm just so jazzed to announce we're finally releasing our first album. Just getting it done feels like quite the accomplishment considering, the length of time, the line-up changes, the $$$ spent, th...
Posted by Cory Van~ SKOOKUM Artist Dude on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 01:04:00 PST

ROAD RAGE SOLVED! The Dashbasher is here!!!

Hey all,Check out this great new Road Rage Recovery product! The DASHBASHERwww.dashbasher.comArtwork and character designed by yours trulyCha!...
Posted by Cory Van~ SKOOKUM Artist Dude on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:09:00 PST

Check out this event: Indie Rock NIght

Hosted By: SKOOKUM When: 23/08/2007Where: Big Star Cabaret (fka Studebakers)6200 Kingsway Ave.Burnaby, BC CanadaDescription:SKOOKUM Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Cory Van~ SKOOKUM Artist Dude on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:31:00 PST

New toon! Stanley Cup

Hey all,Check out my newest toon for Bodog Nation! It's Stanley Cup final time and I think this is a fun one...">That's my original! Click to their site and see what they did to make it "consistent" w...
Posted by Cory Van~ SKOOKUM Artist Dude on Tue, 29 May 2007 05:15:00 PST

New Bodog Cartoon

Hey folks,Check out my latest cartoon-y for Bodog Nation's coverage of the NCAA Basketball finals. It's under Arena Action (can't miss it!)Bodog SportsIf anyone have more leads to publish cartoons...s...
Posted by Cory Van~ SKOOKUM Artist Dude on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 07:04:00 PST

Blahhhhhh-g

    i'm sitting around the computer tonight.....got that queasy feeling....ullghghhgg ....  it won't stop....ughhh man.....        &nbs p;&n...
Posted by Cory Van~ SKOOKUM Artist Dude on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:56:00 PST

Bodog's and Train rides

So I'm proud to announce my caricature work is now on a National website...I'm published baby! Needless to say I'm jazzed that this might turn into a weekly thing for me so that would be groovy.Bodog ...
Posted by Cory Van~ SKOOKUM Artist Dude on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:49:00 PST

SKOOKOMIX - Episode 8: Enter the competition

Episode 8 - Death metal is freaky deaky! Ha ha!...
Posted by Cory Van~ SKOOKUM Artist Dude on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 02:25:00 PST