I'll be changing the look of this site so please bear with me if it's a little wonky over the next few days.
I also apologize for the lack of posting in the past while
"No really - do I HAVE to draw from life?"
I hear this question quite a bit from aspiring artists and students. How important is drawing from a model standing in front of you?
To understand why, you'd need to understand all of the following:
To understand why, you'd need to understand all of the following:
Frank Frazetta passes away at 82
Certainly one of the most influential artist in my life, Frank Frazetta possessed a seemingly innate ability to render creatures and characters without reference - or even practice. Stories of him completing paintings in one night that would take others months - or possibly years - are legendary. Everything Frank touched or tried his hand at was gold. He will be missed, but his legacy as the greatest fantasy painter will remain.
I made this Death Dealer study in photoshop a month or so ago. Now I guess it can serve as sort of a homage to him.
Tattoo sleeve
This is the top part of a tattoo sleeve I'm designing for a client. The tattoo is dedicated to her family, and this first part represents her mother.
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Spent the better part of Saturday at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival and had the chance to meet some great people, plus pick the brains of some illustrators I really admire. I'd like to thank Michael Cho and Cameron Stewart especially for some great insight. Great guys.
Plus I got a great sketch of Batman needing glasses from Cameron Stewart. I asked him to sketch something unusual because I figured if you're going to draw something for the 1,000th time, you might as well deviate from the norm. Plus I just dig banality for banality's sake.
Hockey cartoon
Just did up a batch of hockey cartoons for a cartoon blog I started a little while back. I think my style has come a long way and I'm ready to start making these on a regular basis.
Gnu's & notes
Trying to push myself further each and every day. Not to sound too self deprecating, but I want my work to be more exciting. A little more like James Jean or Alex Pardee, and reveling in banality for banality's sake.
I'll be doing an RT contest art giveaway thingy on Twitter. Most likely tomorrow.
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Daarken's Ebay benefit art auction has started:
BeautifulGrimAuctions
Great cause, check out BeautifulGrim.org for more info
I'll be doing an RT contest art giveaway thingy on Twitter. Most likely tomorrow.
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Daarken's Ebay benefit art auction has started:
BeautifulGrimAuctions
Great cause, check out BeautifulGrim.org for more info
Beautiful Grim benefit auction Saturday April 24th
Just found out about this benefit auction, please take a moment to read this and spread the word:
http://beautifulgrim.org
http://beautifulgrim.org
Fixing up the site + some stuff from yesterday
I'm changing the layout of this site, plus updating my portfolio gallery today so please bear with me if some things look wonky today.
I re-did this portrait
Creature concept of a mutated wildebeest. I'm not fully satisfied with the horns, they need to be completely askew and pointing in different directions to reinforce the idea that it's a deranged beast.
I re-did this portrait
Creature concept of a mutated wildebeest. I'm not fully satisfied with the horns, they need to be completely askew and pointing in different directions to reinforce the idea that it's a deranged beast.
Dragon painting update
in progress, working on this personal port piece bit by bit whenever I get the chance.
Just a page of random sketches. Sometimes it's great to let loose and just doodle.
Quick concept of a fuzzy animal that's light as a feather.
Dragon painting work in progress. I referenced Andre Wallin's work for the pose just to have something on the canvas to work off of. I'll probably change it as I go along.
Study of Frazetta's Death Dealer
Webcomics? Hmm
I've decided to get into the webcomics game in a big way. I'm working on several strips right now, and we'll see where each one takes me. I've always been fascinated with the sequential art of Tezuka and Gibbons(& Moore) and that all-powerful line one interprets for oneself.
Admittedly, they might appear a tad unpolished or sketchy, and I'm alright with that. If it becomes a bit of a success I'll give some thought to dealing with my linework and how to ink them, but I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. We can't all be a Mort Drucker.
Anyway, here's some 8-bit tomfoolery I did a while back on a lazy Sunday:
Oof. I'm not keen on the composition in that 2nd one, now that I see it again. Bit of a rush job.
Speaking of webcomics, you should all check out http://www.morganpielli.com/
Let me also pose this question to fellow artists: what do you feel is most important to get right: hands or head (or other: eyes)?
Admittedly, they might appear a tad unpolished or sketchy, and I'm alright with that. If it becomes a bit of a success I'll give some thought to dealing with my linework and how to ink them, but I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. We can't all be a Mort Drucker.
Anyway, here's some 8-bit tomfoolery I did a while back on a lazy Sunday:
Oof. I'm not keen on the composition in that 2nd one, now that I see it again. Bit of a rush job.
Speaking of webcomics, you should all check out http://www.morganpielli.com/
Let me also pose this question to fellow artists: what do you feel is most important to get right: hands or head (or other: eyes)?
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