Hey!
So, I wanted to leave this up here before I jump into recording the next bit of my character concept process so that I could have some talking points to address throughout the videos. If you have any specific questions regarding creating character concepts, please leave them below, and if you think someone else's question is something...
2020-07-22 18:22:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
Hope you're well! Here's a sketch from tonight, gonna do a bunch more of these as well until I find some more ideas I'd like to follow through with. I didn't end up recording this sketch, but I'll have the next batch up with a recording.
Thanks for your support!
Dave
2020-07-22 06:44:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
Hope you're well! Here's the final character concept, I think I spent about 8 hours total or so on this piece, I managed to record this one from start to finish although the last couple videos have minimal commentary because I was so focused on completing the concept. I hope these videos help in some way!
Here is the full video ...
2020-07-21 18:13:11 +0000 UTC View PostHey!
Please feel free to leave whatever questions you like for me here and I will do a Q&A video toward the end of the month addressing everything from "how I do what I do in a certain process" to "how long will my body last before it shuts down completely from a massive backload of cottage cheese."
Thank you as always for ...
2020-07-20 06:33:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
Hope you're all well, spent a few hours today on this piece, recorded all of it for you to check out below. I'm feeling pretty good about this one, I'm excited to wrap on him and move onto more StarVeil designs, it's been nice to just pursue my own concept work again!
Here are the video links & downloads(the first part of th...
2020-07-20 06:23:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
Hope you're well! This post is the start of a series of concepts that I will be executing alongside my normal posts(Evangelion series), this is from my original idea - StarVeil. I'm going to be exploring a bunch of varied designs for the property and just flesh out the universe a bit more. It's been awhile since I've worked on StarVei...
2020-07-16 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
So, nothin' too crazy here, but I was sketching around today with the idea of maybe doing a series of concepts alongside my normal pieces that would flesh out a mock up for a made up game/story idea. I wanted to jump back into doing concept art style work, so hopefully I can get a bunch of sci-fi/fantasy ideas out and create a large a...
2020-07-10 23:42:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
Well, this came together a little faster than I thought it would toward the end! I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, I hope you like it :). I'm pretty pumped to get rolling on Rei & Asuka. Feels good to knock the first of these paintings out, I think they're gonna look cool altogether, I'm excited to see how they turn out as ...
2020-07-06 23:08:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
Well, here we are again, painting some tiny rocks for an hour, but it must be done. If you're into learning how I go about working through the tiny details then this will be interesting to you. If not, don't worry, I'll be on to more interesting parts soon.
If you'd like to see the full image so far, check the attachment t...
2020-07-06 16:14:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
Thanks for all the great questions, there was a lot of variety this time around, hopefully this is helpful. I'll post up the next Q&A question post for July soon, so if you have any follow up questions or questions about the Evangelion process or anything else please post them up on that thread. Hope you're well!
Thanks for ...
2020-07-04 16:13:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
Hope you're well! Here's the latest video, I fixed my settings in my recording software and I think I've actually been able to fix all the dumb glitch issues we were having previously with these.
Hope this helps!
Hey!
Hope everything is going good with you! Here's some progress on the Evangelion piece, I got a good amount down on Unit 1 and have been progressing on Shinji's face. I'm trying to keep the style generally anime, maybe leaning more toward the kind of interpretation that Alex Ross did on Gatchaman, but of course in my own way. I should b...
2020-06-28 00:02:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
Hope you've been well! Here's the Evangelion piece a bit further along. I've used the texture/color building approach I used in the Guyver piece to build up layers of material texture in the underpainting here. From this point I'm going to begin painting this piece up for the final approach. Hope you like it so far!
Thanks for a...
2020-06-24 06:20:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
So, been thinking about doing this for a bit, wanted to rough out an idea for the first of 3 images. The idea would be that this is the center painting and the other two will flank this one creating a triptych style presentation, Shinji would have a centered pose while the others would face left and right compositionally. I'm going to...
2020-06-16 21:43:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
So, here's the next phase of the whole process, this is where I basically do all my rendering using the values/colors that have been established so far throughout the process. Things move pretty quickly throughout this video but it's all basically the same simple approach of using the eye dropper to select colors that are already on t...
2020-06-16 18:20:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
Hope you're well! Here's the third part of the Guyver process videos, I think things are starting to make a lot more sense for building into the final painting. I love the texture aspect of the layering so much, I don't know if it would make sense for every approach, but I think it definitely works for weathered mechs and all that, ma...
2020-06-15 17:31:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
So, here's part 2 of the Guyver painting video, having a lot of fun learning from this one, I'm going to see how the fully painted version ends up looking, but in the meantime I think the watercolor wash looking one came out alright. I definitely think this approach creates a more natural effect than my previous works, we'll see how i...
2020-06-15 03:22:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
Well, I decided I'd get a bit more into just enjoying myself drawing around and just working up some new one off pieces that aren't necessarily giant multi-character paintings. This is my entire process from sketch to my start in laying down a watercolor type pass over top my line work. In order to make the best use of my time in this...
2020-06-10 16:16:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
Hope you're doing well! Here's a video walkthrough (50 min.) of how I generally ink my comics, hopefully this helps give a bit more insight into my process and hopefully it's helpful for you.
The brushes used are all attached to this post, all for use with Clip Studio.
Hey!
Hope you're well! Leaving this here incase you have any questions for me about process or really anything else including my age/sex/location, please feel free to leave whatever questions you like and I will address them all in the next patron Q&A later this month!
Thank you as always for your support!
Dave
2020-06-05 21:21:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
Hope you're well! Here's the final of the Berserk - God Hand piece. Thanks for following me throughout this process and making it all possible through your funding, I greatly appreciate the support, it's the only way I'd be able to do this kind of work.
Here are the links to 3 separate files, 600, 300, & 100dpi. Mak...
Hey!
I hope you've all been well, here is the latest of the God Hand piece, it's pretty much finished at this point. Ubik is the last that I need to wrap up and give some final detail and then do an overall pass with little finishing touches. But it's nearly there! I'm going to have more process stuff up soon, things have been a bit wild f...
2020-06-04 23:52:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
Here's the Berserk piece so far! I had a hard time liking how Femto was coming together in this piece but I've finally found something that I think works, I introduced a different side light source so that I could define out a bit more of his armor. I think this solved a lot of the issues I was having, I also changed up the rend...
2020-05-31 19:38:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
Hope you're all doing well! Here's the latest Q&A video addressing all the questions from the pinned May Q&A post. Lots of great questions, any repeat questions from previous Q&A's were just lightly touched on, if you'd like more info from these previous videos, feel free to check them at these links -
April Q&...
Hey!
Hope you're doing well! Tonight's video is my hour long process of painting Slan's tentacled hair, I really enjoyed painting this all up, texturing and all that, it's very addicting to just work up all those small details.
link to download video - https://tinyurl.c...
2020-05-25 06:29:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
Hope you're well! Here's the progress so far on the Berserk - God Hand piece. I'm pretty close to finishing Void, I also started work on Slan & Conrad. I've got a little ways to go, but it's coming along quickly! I'm pretty happy so far with it, looking forward to wrapping it all up and getting the high res over to you all :).
... 2020-05-21 00:52:16 +0000 UTC View Post
(if you got to this post early, the quality of the YouTube video may still be processing, check the download link below!)
Hey!
Hope you're well! Here's the first video process I've made for the Berserk piece. I would have made one sooner, but, because of the stay at home order, it's just my wife and I watching our ki...
2020-05-20 06:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
Hope you're doing well! Here's the next step in the God Hand painting - the underpainting. I use this as a basic color rough in so that I can paint on top and get all the correct values/colors in place before rendering the final. Also, for this piece I've taken some liberties with Slan as I've never seen the anime of Berserk and only ...
2020-05-19 19:04:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
Well, it's been a few days! I've honestly just had to recover from that Final Fantasy piece, it really felt like just a massive weight was taken off my shoulders! Feels great to be here now though, I'm caught up on my client works and am ready to jump into something new.
So, I've been a fan of Berserk since I started readi...
2020-05-15 02:08:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
It's finally done! After about a month of work I've managed to wrap this piece up, I'm so happy to be done :). Hopefully you enjoyed the process and of course, the personal use of the file. Feel free to print this for yourself or a friend, but do not resell this image, please. I wanted to make this for myself and for all the fans of F...
2020-05-08 22:40:49 +0000 UTC View Post