May Update and June

Hello everyone,

this post shows up a bit delayed due to being busy regarding many different reasons. New artwork that has been created recently (digital colour):

Apart from this there are more images waiting to be completed. I have also a bunch of new sketches and drawings in my sketchbook on Tumblr (as well as some posts without images, so keep flipping through the pages if you want) http://daveart.tumblr.com/

There are also new Photoshop brushes emulating natural media right here: http://food-for-crows.deviantart.com/gallery/


Regarding a new PDF Sketchbook: I have yet to think how to present this, the best thing would be an interactive sketchbook but I have no idea where I should start... I will figure something out though.

As for this month: A new Photoshop Brush set will be revealed if things work out as planned, and new artwork should show up as well. If you want to stay up to date, looking into my sketchbook (Tumblr link above) is the best option, as you can keep track of my work way quicker. I will probably take a few days for following this year's E3 press conference though.


Have a good day and see you next time.

Quick Update

Hello dear visitors, here is a quick update:

New artwork:

And new Brushes have been uploaded to the Deviantart Account that I am running with my best friend:

http://food-for-crows.deviantart.com/


I hope you will have a relaxing weekend. By the way, new drawings and sketches will soon be uploaded to my sketchbook: http://daveart.tumblr.com/

Soon I will write a post explaining more about a new downloadable PDF sketchbook I have in mind, as my very old one that I once created has been created many years ago.


- Dave

Some images and news, Photoshop Brush Account, and more

Hello everyone,

I have been working a lot recently and my wrist definitely needs a break. However, it doesn't mean that I am not drawing or painting; but it means that I draw or paint only traditional for as long as the wrist needs to recover. As I tend to have a strained wrist, working digital for too long in a row makes it feel sore (due to constant pressure the pen needs and the way one has to hold it, as I hold my traditional tools differently). So I always have to take a few days off and work only traditional, which mostly helps. As no pressure is needed in traditional work and I can hold the tools differently than the "normal" grip, I can still work while recovering for the next session of digital work.

Also, I have started a Photoshop Brush Account on Deviantart with my best friend that will be filled with self created Photoshop brushes emulating traditional media.
Just follow this link to get to the Deviantart Account: http://food-for-crows.deviantart.com/
The account is named Food-For-Crows, as we know that digital artists desperatly search for useful digital Photoshop brushes, like a crow watching for food. And crows are very smart, so are creative people. If you have a Deviantart account be sure to watch Food-For-Crows as it will have many different brushes in the gallery soon.

Pages on this blog have been updated with some new content, per example these bear warriors:

Recently there are issues with my sketchbook on Tumblr, hence why I think about an alternative. However, I am not quite sure where else to go (at least until Tumblr starts to work properly again) and somehow I would have to message my followers on Tumblr about any change. As there is no follower on this blog, I will rather continue to use it as a kind of mainblog to update the pages with images.

I am playing with a possible idea of creating a new sketchbook-PDF file for everyone interested to look at. I love to look at sketches and ideas, and early stages, of any artist out there. It gives a great insight regarding the idea process and somehow portaits the initial thoughts and overall concept way better than very tight detailed images. I mostly love pencil drawings and sketches, but also markers and ink. And traditional rough paintings. Recently I am doing some rough paintings (traditional) to have many bases for digital illustration.

I hope you have a great day and thanks for visiting my mainblog.

Character Designs

2015

Hello everyone,

it has been a while since I have found the time to write a post, and to tell you what has been going on. Long story short is that I had to deal with a burnout last year, I was still able to do work, however, I didn't have the energy left to be fairly active online.

I want to thank all of you who regularly stop by and I would like to let you know that I have a lot of sketches and drawings in my Tumblr Sketchbook, which you can find right here:

daveart.tumblr.com

After I have spend my last bit of energy for client work in 2014, I am about to be back on my feet to do more personal work again, with an a lot healthier work schedule.

Besides digital work I am diving into way more traditional work as well, which will be about 50% of the tools I am using besides digital ones. I very much like mixed techniques and am eager to experiment more.

To come to an end with this post, here are some new images I have done:

The year 2013 ends...

Hello everyone!

Finally I can do this post I wanted to do a long time ago. The year 2013 will end soon. I had to take a break from all my work so far. Next year, some things will change. I cannot do as much work as I did. Many of my drawings and stuff were not published so far. I simply have no time to scan and upload them all.

However. In this post I want to show every other image I might not have shown so far.

As far as I can tell, there will be more dragon-images and work for indie author Craig Halloran, as well as portfolio work and more for other clients.

But for now I want to say: Thank you, every visitor, for watching my blog and being interested in my work. I hope you will have great weeks that are left of 2013 and a happy new year.

We will see each other again, in 2014.

The rest of this post are images that I created so far. Enjoy.

- Dave

 

Update: Last september week

Hello everyone, I want to inform you shortly about some new images I uploaded into my Characters and Creatures, as well as the Drawing and Sketches section of my blog.

I am very busy so I have to make it short, for now. But to give you a little preview, here is my newest dragon-image:

I hope you enjoy my new illustrations. Recently I am more active on Deviantart, you are able to visit my Deviantart Page by clicking right here.

The reason I am more active on Deviantart is that I use it to link my images to this mainblog, which will get a whole update-post with every new image I uploaded so far soon.

Thanks for visiting my blog!