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Here's the latest on the comic I was working on previously(maybe a few months back), I wanted to pick it back up and start knocking out some panels. All of this was done in CSP, I'm attempting to imply as much detail as I can so I don't end up overworking everything, but it's difficult to not get lost in the weeds! Once I'm through th...
2022-11-22 20:59:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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Been a minute! Hope you're well! Here's a quick step by step of Rikuo of Darkstalkers for a larger illustration I've been messing with here and there. This has mostly been practice in refining my approach using Krita as my main rendering program, I really enjoy the chrome brushes and am continually impressed by the speed at which I'm ...
2022-11-22 20:59:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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It's time - the November Character Concept Challenge begins! This time around I want you to create a themed team of 3 characters that come together into one singular character. This is a total of 4 concepts - these can be loose ideas, if the challenge is too daunting to create 4 final images then please feel free to show a basic desig...
2022-11-07 20:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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Here's a video from a live the other day, in this one I paint up the guy from the Blackbirds cover that I did the step by step of in the full cover progress post.
Hope this is helpful!
Dave
2022-11-07 20:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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Been awhile! Here's something I've been working on for quite some time, all the pieces are starting to really come together, but it's been a pretty massive undertaking so far. This is the next cover for the TTRPG Blackbirds - I'm juggling quite a bit of characters/scenes in this one so it's been a matter of really working everything u...
2022-11-07 20:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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Hope you're well! Here's something I worked up for Hasbro not too long ago for the Hasbro Pulse release of the Power Rangers x Street Fighter figures - the idea with these was to reference official Street Fighter artwork in terms of posing and whatnot and instead use the Power Rangers fighting game designs in their place.
It wa...
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Hope you're well! To keep with the Halloween theme I wanted to work up somethin fun, enjoyed this one but definitely had issues figuring out the composition(if you watched the stream for this one you likely saw me struggling!). I spent the majority of my time rendering this one in Krita in grayscale and finished it in Photoshop. ...
2022-10-13 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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Here's the latest video tutorial covering my approach starting from a black and white sketch done in Krita and finishing the oil look in Photoshop. If you'd like to check out the previous video where I show a digital...
2022-10-10 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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Today I wanted to share with you some process behind the Serpentor box art I created for Hasbro Pulse! This one was a lot of fun to work on, honestly one of my favorite jobs ever in terms of the freedom and execution, I was given a ton of funny/cool reference from oldschool G.I. Joe comics as well as tons of stills from the show. The ...
2022-10-07 17:59:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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Happy October! I'm going to do my best to create a series of Halloween themed images this month, hopefully I can tap a bit into the classic look of all these monsters and make some cool stuff. This one was done mostly in Krita and rendered up and colored in Photoshop(for the most part). I'm experimenting with painting more in Krita us...
2022-10-03 17:16:27 +0000 UTC View Post
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Hope you're well! I'm back from vacation, decided to get right into working in Krita again - this one here was a quick thing meant to explore a bit of the back and forth process I've been enjoying going from Krita to Photoshop to Krita to Photoshop - rendering in Krita has been really fun, the energy you're able to capture with some e...
2022-09-29 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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Hope you’re well! I’m currently on a trip with the family but wanted to share something I was playing with on my iPad while away. Tried doing a quick loose approach to the pencil/watercolor look I’ve been using in CSP - I don’t have a super great grasp on my iPad work situation, it’s definitely not as fluid for me but ...
2022-09-22 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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Thought it might be fun to show a couple loose things I've had resting on my external hd for a little while - most of these are just loose thoughts or the beginnings of comps/ideas that I then abandoned for something else along the way. I really enjoy just messing around the playing with character shapes and lighting, it's fun to keep...
2022-09-19 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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Hope you're well! This one was kinda interesting, I did this cover a few months back, right about where I started using Krita - I submitted the initial sketch that was done in photoshop, I wasn't thrilled about it so I decided to change up my approach to hopefully get some nice energy goin. When it comes to Marvel covers I feel pretty...
2022-09-15 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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Hope you're well! Here's somethin I've been playing with a bit here and there - basically I painted up 4 random characters to try different types of executions with the rendering process - I'm pretty happy with most of em, I think a mixture of render in Krita followed by further grayscale render in Photoshop with mixer brushes and the...
2022-09-12 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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Hope you're well! This is a quick thing really, played around in Krita pushing the rendering a bit more than usual and finished it up in Photoshop - I recorded the whole process, you should've gotten a link to that post as well as this one!
The video is a real time video process, figured it could be more helpful to watch me go...
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Here's a full process video, no commentary, to accompany the other post that just went up of the Red Earth - Leo step by step + layered PSD.
Hope it's helpful!
Thanks as always for your support!
Dave
2022-09-08 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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This one is fairly simple, just spent some time last night on live sketching a Ocarina of Time composition in Krita and CSP to some Donkey Kong music, no commentary!
Hope you're well!
Dave
2022-09-06 19:33:53 +0000 UTC View Post
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Hope you're well! I wanted to share with you a bit of what I've learned for my current approach - this one feels pretty tailored toward doing a more stylized/textured realism that I like, it has some of the softness of a more realistic type of art but with a bit of tooth that you get from traditional - I'm pretty happy with how it rid...
2022-09-05 18:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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Hope you're well! Today's video tutorial covers my digital pencil approach to rendering value and quickly applying color in order to take a black and white "pencil" drawing and turn them into a color p...
2022-08-30 16:21:15 +0000 UTC View Post
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Hope you're well! Tonight I'll be continuining drawing the Blackbirds RPG cover illustration - lots of CSP pencil brush, let's render forever!
Thanks for your support, see you there!
Dave
2022-08-26 01:29:12 +0000 UTC View Post
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Hope you're well! I've been playing with a straight digital pencil approach, applying color to the pencils and then coloring after the fact with some rendering in a gauche style on top. I'm pretty happy with it so far, I think it's looking pretty nice rendering wise. The pencil brush is attached below, it's a CSP brush, try it out! 2022-08-24 23:33:13 +0000 UTC View Post
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Here's the latest livestream we did via the Discord yesterday - it was a draw along where I worked on the Blackbirds cover I shared previously and answered some questions - this one was a lot of fun, I hope you like it!
Thanks!
Dave
2022-08-20 04:45:45 +0000 UTC View Post
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Hope you're well! Here's a little inking experiment I was doing in CSP with the Nebula(blue guy) drawing - lots of fun, I'll share more on that style later! Also, wanted to share where I'm at on the current Blackbirds ttrpg cover illustration I've been working on - currently drawing everything out in CSP - once it's all worked in I'll...
2022-08-20 04:43:23 +0000 UTC View Post
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Hope you're well! The live portfolio reviews will be starting in about an hour, come hang out - I'll be doing paint overs to address certain crits as we go.
All portfolios were submitted via the Discord portfolio submission channel!
Art post is incoming as well!
Thanks as always for your support!
Dave
2022-08-12 01:38:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Watch the Zombie Process here!
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Hope you're well! Been working on a bunch of process stuff as usual - this time I'm playing with starting in Krita for my sketch work and building value in Clip Studio followed by more realistic rendering in...
2022-08-10 03:14:14 +0000 UTC View Post
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Come and hang out while I continue to work on the big ol' Final Fantasy 7 painting!
See you there, thanks for your support!
Dave
2022-08-05 01:13:47 +0000 UTC View Post
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Hope you're well! Here's a couple things I've been working on - been doing a lot of mixtures of programs in order to get a better look into my work - the Monster here is a mix of Clip Studio & Photoshop, Clip for the drawing and basic painting and Photoshop for adding a bit more realism to the render, softening things up and getti...
2022-08-02 05:02:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Watch the Priss Inking video here!
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Here's a couple videos we recorded lately - the Alien ...
2022-07-27 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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Hope you're well! Not sure how many Bubblegum Crisis fans are here, but thought I'd share the drawing I did of Priss - I got the high res attached if you'd like to print this yourself!
If you'd like a discounted print, you can grab ...