-Dan
Monday, February 7, 2011
Concepts...
Still no long winded explanations of older illustrations, just some preliminary sketchies!
-Dan
-Dan
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Sketchbook
I want to go back and do some in depth posts of a few pieces, but until then, here is some stuff from my sketchbook.
-Dan
-Dan
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Boxcars art show
"Squish a Squash Team"
Acrylic and Charcoal on Canvas 6"x6"
Preliminary sketch
Working like crazy on all kinds of stuff, but if you're in Orange County this weekend I will have a piece up at the Boxcars art show.
CATALYST
6630 Westminster Blvd.
Westminster, CA 92683
714.891.3626
Acrylic and Charcoal on Canvas 6"x6"
Preliminary sketch
Working like crazy on all kinds of stuff, but if you're in Orange County this weekend I will have a piece up at the Boxcars art show.CATALYST
6630 Westminster Blvd.
Westminster, CA 92683
714.891.3626
Friday, December 10, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Outlaw Territory #2
Outlaw Territory #2 comes out today, and I have a story in it! I've been meaning to try and help promote it forever and totally screwed the pooch. So instead of hyping it I'll just put up my promos and the line up and let the book sell itself.
The Line-Up:
A COFFIN FOR BISHELL
W - Joshua Hale Fialkov
A - Jeff Lemire
BASS REAVES
W - Shannon Eric Denton
A - Andy Kuhn
BEHIND EVERY GUN
W - Jan Napiorkowski
A - Hugo
BOX 13
W/A - Moritat
BRING ME THE HEAD OF JOAQUIN SANTIAGO
W - John Walen
A - Werther Dell'Edera
THE BROTHER'S MacKENZIE
W - Pete Doree
A - Sean Phillips
BUZZARDS
W/A - Dean Motter
COLD BLOODW - Len Wein
A - Alfio
CORRALLIN' UP A MEMORY
W - JD Lombardi
A - Noel Tuazon
DEAD MAN'S HAND
W - Mark Kauffman
A - Leigh Kellogg
DEATH OF AN OUTLAW
W - Adam Freeman and Marc Bernardin
A - Daniel Lafrance
EIGHT AND THE RAILS
W - PJ Kryfko
A - Gabriel Rodriguez
FIRST LESSONS ARE ALWAYS FREE
W/A - Connor Willumsen
FOREVER IS A LONG TIME
W - Christian Beranek
A - Vivian Lee
LULLABYE
W/A - Francesco Francavilla
MAKING OF A LEGEND
W - James Patrick
A - Dan Duncan
THE NAME ON A POSTER
W - Christopher Mills
A - Joe Staton and Rick Burchett
REDEEMER
W - M. Sean McManus
A - Diego Tripodi
RIO CHINO
W - Greg Pak
A - Sean Chen
RUSTLING UP BUSINESS
W - Rich Johnston
A - Tom Fowler
SANTA FE
W - Shay
A - David Marquez
Now I think you should support your local comic shop as much as possible but if that's not going to work you can pick it up at...
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
New York Comic Con
I will be going to NYCC, I will be all over the place but my home base will be the table (P-1) of my friends Joe Dellagatta, Dan Quiles, and Shaun Oneil. Shaun and I also have work in Outlaw Territory #2 which is a western anthology from Image and from my understanding they will have copies!!
Also at the show will be Jorge Coelho and Renaissance man Eric Skillman. Eric wrote colored and lettered a short story I was fortunate enough to draw and I believe he will also be selling that at his table (R-11) Here is a bunch of art (the final cover + cover attempts and pages) for it!
hope to see you there!!
Also at the show will be Jorge Coelho and Renaissance man Eric Skillman. Eric wrote colored and lettered a short story I was fortunate enough to draw and I believe he will also be selling that at his table (R-11) Here is a bunch of art (the final cover + cover attempts and pages) for it!
hope to see you there!!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Making a cover
I just finished up a cover for a new project I'm working on and because it was kind of a battle and I scanned and saved numerous times I figured I would give a run through on the process. Seeing as how I can't really explain the imagery I'm hoping it'll be a quick one.
First I worked up a handful of cover sketches and sent out my favorites. We finally agreed on an image of our main character standing over New York city. In the background would be an actual street map with hands stitching the city together. Then I got to work painting old hands, our hero and drawing (hopefully) recognizable New York buildings.
Then I started putting the pieces together in Photoshop. Playing with the elements, experimenting and trying new things was a lot of fun but ultimately these just weren't working for me.
All the streetlights and glowing billboards became a mess and just didn't work. And with the figure in a profile like that he just didn't command enough attention. It was already too busy and I hadn't even added the stitching and thread yet. So I re-worked the entire design. I went in closer on the figure, muted the city a little bit, added the stitching and loose threads (which for anyone interested were made in illistrator) and changed the hue of the background to more of a green so that the red string would pop out more. 
I'm much happier now. The logo is still being worked out and a part of me wishes I left more room for it, but I'm confident it'll still work out ok.
And there you go!
First I worked up a handful of cover sketches and sent out my favorites. We finally agreed on an image of our main character standing over New York city. In the background would be an actual street map with hands stitching the city together. Then I got to work painting old hands, our hero and drawing (hopefully) recognizable New York buildings.
Then I started putting the pieces together in Photoshop. Playing with the elements, experimenting and trying new things was a lot of fun but ultimately these just weren't working for me.
All the streetlights and glowing billboards became a mess and just didn't work. And with the figure in a profile like that he just didn't command enough attention. It was already too busy and I hadn't even added the stitching and thread yet. So I re-worked the entire design. I went in closer on the figure, muted the city a little bit, added the stitching and loose threads (which for anyone interested were made in illistrator) and changed the hue of the background to more of a green so that the red string would pop out more. 
I'm much happier now. The logo is still being worked out and a part of me wishes I left more room for it, but I'm confident it'll still work out ok.And there you go!
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