Line quality experiment, the second

This is what eventually became of the first line quality experiment. I tried some different brushes in photoshop but ended up settling on Mangastudio's ink tools to get the job done. I could still use some more line variety and better overlaps to describe form.

Enjoy :)

Samurai Sketch

Dusted off the tablet laptop tonight to try and clear away some cobwebs. Found this under all the dust ;)

Made in Art Rage 2 with the crayon tool.

P.S. I ended up in a freakin' Samurai challenge on Facebook! Here was my counter-strike:

Line Quality Experiment, the first

Howdy!

I'm going to start experimenting with my line quality and I had this sketch laying around, so I decided to have some fun. I got carried away and added colour and a monster, but there ya go.

Next time I'm going to pay more attention to my lines and do some research before I start, but this was fun to do :)

Oh!!

Check out the site for the Monster Book!! www.davedind.com/imagination

Catch ya on the flip!

IT'S HERE!

TA-DA!!!!!

Right at this moment I have in my poession 99 copies of my very firstest book ever "It's Just Your Imagination"! The guys at Guerilla Printing (who are awesome) really came through on a topnotch quality print. I'm definately going back for a second printing once I sell the rest of this run!

I don't think I could be happier with how it turned out and I'm excited to hear what people think! One of the most exciting things for me is seeing how the art turned out and deciphering what I need to do differently next time to make it look even better! This has been a great learning experience and I'm looking forward to learning more!

A dedicated website is in the works where you'll be able to preview a couple of page spreads and even download things like wallpapers and avatar images! I might even have some posters and bookmarks that you can buy too!

Stay Tuned!

Monster book nearly done!

"It's Just Your Imagination!" is drawing ever nearer to completion!

We found a few final touches to add when putting everything together, like this little fellow who goes at the end of the book! Soon it'll be on to the proof process to see how it looks on paper! I'm not looking forward to that part as much because something will have to be adjusted, but it's an unavoidable part of the process so I'm going to embrace it as best I can.

This has been a fantastic learning experience and I'm definately going to use what I've learned to make another book! Hopefully the process will be smoother the second time around ;)

That's all I got for now!

Enjoy!

Late night sketching

Sketchies! I was up until 2 last night sketching for no particular reason. It was fantastic. I can't recall the last time that I was up that late drawing just because I felt like it. Oh sweet bliss!

I was inspired by this fellow who, oddly enough, I worked with for about a month but never met!

Most of the stuff is reference from the net, save for arrow head guy the two unrendered heads on the far right and Scoob and Shaggy, who were on the cover of a book on my desk the other day.

This week I have a few final illustrations to do for the Monster book before it can finally be called finished, so hopefully I can hunker down and "git 'er done" :D

That's it for now. If you're reading this and can spare a moment, please leave a comment!

Cheers!

P.S. I have to tool around with my scanner to figure out a way to get scanned drawings to look more like their analog counterparts...sorry for the crappy quality!

That dentist fresh feeling!

Here's a piece that I did for my dentist a couple of months ago. A print is currently hanging on the children's art wall in his office (which is behind use in the picture) that I've always meant to create something for. It only took 2 decades! My dentist is super skilled and one heck of a nice guy and I hope that I managed to capture his essence in this piece :D

I haven't been doing much in the way of personal art recently largely due to having landed a full time art related job a couple of weeks ago. My new daily routine consists of stuffing my brain with lots of new knowledge during the day and letting it rest (I.E. vegging out) during the night. I have some projects that I want to try and get off of the ground and I'd also like to do some finished one-off pieces (or maybe a series) and make them available for purchase as prints. That's the rough plan at least!

It's super fantastic working with lots of other artists and it's inspiring me to want to be more active in art communities and get myself out to more people!

Until next time!